Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1881, Page 2

© Thio party compriace 10 '+ guirlay twenty conche THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, Her wako on the eut-bound trip had Ly this time, v'clock, becoma widened by tho wind futon very brond chunnel, nnd the Pler was reached abont 0 o'clock witheut any trouble at wll, ‘The newspaper-uien and Capt. Gilson bade ndiey to tho Fest of tho _ party nt tho pler, anid then the Mosher started for the Cril, to rhich place ho tnnged to run throigh a elr- cuitonaand, nt times, very narrow channel. Her busineas at the Crib was to clear out tho ports by tho wolls, ana kee; lly;;uu cammunieation, tha anme as tho Greon hiad done, The tug Captaing on tho Mosher are of tho opinton that the (reen has been bled in her machinery and drifted with the fee into the po- sition In which ehe was seon yesterday, No per- so11 cott]d ho &een on borrd ol her with the fleld- #lnss,—Just thy hout fteelf, headed northonst- wand, At one time smoke eotld be secn {rsuing from hor stack, {t 18 probable that tho Mosher willaturt nt daylight this moruing, If possible, to make wnother attempt to reiel tho Qroen, ood learn the result of Dutehy's daring exploit. Tho tug Constitution may 0130 be In rendiness to-day, anid will Joln In |hu’cx1\rd|uou to freo the fcchound tug and Teseuo her crew Froin the sturvation that threats ens thomn: for, uniess Dutely reached thom Inst nlght, they must aran go hungey wntil tosday, whon gomothing should be done, and probably will to shecor them. Curl. Ed Nupler, of tho dreen, Is dbout ne conl and bardy u tugman us thore 13 i this iIntitude, and ho hhs nien with him who nro used to hardship and can probahly go without fool tonger than tho nverage buman befng, Capt. Napler's wifo nnd mother are very anxious ahout his safety, and made tearful Inquirica for him terduy, but they' were assured by his fricuds that he would soott be relieved from his present trying posiiton. Some of the tugmen were w! ing to fny wngers fnst night that Ditehy had réstehed tho Green, and wis recelving the hearty congrntulations of the * boys'* on board af her, whiic thoy feasted on tha eillbles contained {n tho two, well-filled bnskots which be took to thuem. + AT THE CRIB. Communieation by telephono I8 opetr, and thus it 18 possible to keep posted In whut I8 go- iug on out at tho Crib. What is appended (8 explleit. 3 you? “Ilow nre Al right. . “Anything tho maiter?" 2 **All'the gates nre full of ice.” “Any In tho wellr” “Yes, Jots." - S WiIL the water-supply be interfered with? I think not."” 5 How nre things outslde?” * Plenty of fee, but It seems tobe brenking up, ore are more erncks in it than yesterdny.! Clty-Enginecr Cregler 18 under no apprehens slons tognrding the supply of water, ns thore is an unusual quantity in tho shore well,~an indi- cntlon thut th wator 18 tlowing Yreely Illrmlgh the tunnel, notwithstanding tho fee 'is in tho Crib well, Tho gntes and well wiit bo_ecieared, 4t it Is possiblo to remove tho fce, The Crib 1tself has not been damaged. THE RAILROADS. ‘The storm has nffected somo of the rallroads quito seriously, the Northwestern and Chlengo, Milwaukee & §t, Paul befug the princlpal suf- terers. Advices recelved from along the Hine of the Northwestorn report a perfect binckade, nnd teains hre lylng at Freeport and othor polnts un- able to make nny bendwny, No tralns went out over the road fnst night, and It Is feared thut tho early morning tralns cannot leave tho city. The Chicago, Mllwaukee & St. Paul Road Is also * having copsldorablo trquble with ‘*tho beautl- ful," and tho road (8 feported nsnlmost {mpnsan- Dle, The rogular SBunday night traln over tho Chiengo, Burliogton & Quinoy Rond loft tho depot on time last nisht, and the Train- Dispatcher sald that the road wus clear and trains were running regularly. Tho 6:15 train over tho Mlobigan Contral Ronid lefton timo yesterday, and will have no troublo In getting through, it 18 thought, Tho Daltimoro & Ohfo tralns are arrlving and departiog regularcly, ns are thotrains over tho Ilinols Central Rond, Tho regular night trnin over the ltock Island Road did not leavo lust night, but it is expeeted that therond wiil be clear to-dny, and trains wiil be running muulnrlg'. No trouble Is reported along tho Hne of the Chlcago & Alton Rowl, The rogular traln on tha Wabash Romd didnot teave tho city .Inst night, The Lako S8hore Rond re- portan clean track and regular outgoing traing, Tha morulog traind on niost of tho ronds are rived within o fow hours ol the rmLuh\r time yesterday, Tho trains over the Luko Shoro Road woro behind time, and it was fearcd that the ** Danites " company woulkl not reach the city in timo to appear ut Hooley's [ast evening, ns ade wvortised, but thoy roached here about & o'clock, ‘Tho most scrious troublo appenrs to be with the ronds running through the Northwest, where tho atorm bas been wnost severe. - AMlen are at worl eienring tho tracks, and i 18_expected that trins will be running on sclicdule within & few oys, - i~ 1 oxcurslon party from Canada, gotten by the Grand Trunk Hallway, and baving Manl- :!b neo 10:0'clock. Satur~ fay night on account of tho snow-blocknde, nasongers In all, re- or- thelr nceonunoda- twenty conches on, and sixty-flve curs for stock, frelght, and ~aggdxe, tho wholo divided fnto_threo scctlons, . ho grumbli " -ing thelr enforced del RIBUNE m?»rcsonmuve visited tho trutns JYeatorday, and found tho excursionists to be n very intelligent oluss ullpuuplo. who took tholr aelay very ‘phfluaophlcnl f»—thore belng little ar ing among them, although they were deprived of water, light, lnna hnml throngh- out tho night,~and al gt - an air of belng " well vrovided with “this world’s %o0ds, Tho -first person approsched by tho pencll . pusher woa u Mr. Colqupoun, who was gurrounded by his wife aod threo young children, all busily vmployed in partaking of thelr morn) meal, 3Mr. Colquboun, a stout, hearty, and halo Englishwan, eaid ' he had started from Montreal Inst Wodnoaday after- noon, and whllo on the Canndinn side nothiug oceutred In tholr travels worthy of note, Ar- riviug at Polut Edwards about 6 p. in, o Thurs- duy, they were uanecessarlly detalneduntll tho nextmorning ere the vustom oflicials would nl- low them to cross over totho American side, The examivation bad then to be mude, and mom!l){ adeluy of fully twenty-four hours wan caused. Had thoy Leon alluwed 1o go on thoir wn{ with reusonable dispateh thoy would now boin 8Bt Paul instead of belng dt‘ln{l}d ut tho dtock-Yurde. ~Mr. Colquhoum b hought 880 acres In Rockford, partly from the Hudson Duy ‘Company anu partly from two halt-brocds. 1le days bo'is tuking with him on tho samo train horses, prizo bulls, pigs, Dorking hens, St. Bernurd dogs, prizo Ayrshire cows, etc., nll of which ho lug lm:orlcd from -~ England, Ho Intonds to settlo at that polnt and engnge in furtning and stock-ralslug. Tho other en- Kkers uro algo well provided with atook, and scem well pn.?mred for u farmer's life, and will add wmaterial wenlth 1o the country, Thoy nre ull uccompunied by thuir familics, ‘Baturdiy nlght thoy run short of water, and on Sunduy morn- ing bud to wash thomselvea In snow, and * muke feu" with snow witer. Mr. Harr, tho Stock Ageat for tho Chlcuko & Northwostern Itond, saw that thoy were supplied with water, and, belng uinble to purchase wood for fuel. tare down same fences and made tires In tho ditfer- ot coaches, o also procured them o supply of oli for lighting up, 3r. Churles J, O"Conuor, the Travellng Agent, fa with the purty, and 1s doing his utmost to nmecliorato “the ‘condition of the snow-bound cmlgrants. Ho personnlly awept out the conclies In the mornlng, Mt the fires, carrled water, procured colfes for ‘the entlro pirty, and scemied intent upon mak- ny ns plensant s possiblie under tho circumstances, Tho truvelerd, how- ever, complain very bitterly of tho coarso, rude, and unbecoming conduct of the employés'of +8ho Btock-Yarda durlug Saturday night, and the -voaches of Norweglans, tho rematnder a -man, und English, Th Tough treatment received at thieir hands seemy 10 be tho hurdest to bear of any during th eu- tiro trip. Of the whole party thers umclwn an- s fow Individuul Prench, Gor- oy have uil been loeuted at differeut puints in Canadu, und huve neeymi- lated wealth, 1t {3 oxpected that about 14,000 nore persons will be lrnnsunund from Canuda 10 élthiur Dakota_or Munitobn during this year, A smalt portion of the party who Atarted with tho une here blocaded fa inoving ovor the Sliche dinin Central to locate in Lakota, A Norweglnn cigraut ludy gavo birthto n bounclng boy near Bellevitie, Ont,, while on the Jouruey, and tho conductortried topersinds her 20 romal over, Leing fearful that tho travol would serfously injure her, but sho resolved to flfmmhuny the purty, and ehe I3 doing remarku- ell. wi finur the Btock-Yurdsa man who bad charge of tha horses junped off ono of the curs wmln‘rn wiotlon, and left the door open. A very valua- Dblohorde was thrown out by tho Juliing, and llrufikcll severul yurds, bumpine aguinst ties, rocks, etc,, but wus ut lust drawn under tho wh of tho truin and kiled, The remalader of the pussongers fnterviowed expressed thumyclves ua perfectly NIHHLYII with Wit the rallway nuthoritics had done for thom, but added that, owing 10 the licompotency of #otuo clerke ut tho Canude cud of the ronte, thoy were subjected to unnecessury delay, and sbould ?:uwmgu hundreds of miles” further on thelr .- The f"mlrh\ pagsonirer-train on the Rock Istand Road, duo hore at § o, m. y rday, arrived at i P, Enrly fu (ho morning it got stuck ina “#now-drire elght orten feet deep ubout twelve ollea west of Jolict, Whlto walting thoro boow-pluw came ub, whioss was supposed o Lo on the samv track. in the rear of tho train, and severul people, including Rho ene sluoer, Jumped out, expecting u collalon. The Plowy howover, wis' o the south track, which Was Lot w0 badly drifted, aud several of the 1riy o assengers wero standing on 18, They were suddenly thruwn Into the Enow, aud Mr, Goodrich,” u merebant of Bruldwood, wis opie ously infured. T'wo physicluns wery sunnioned, Who feared bis lujurive wers futal, ‘Tho plow Wb yuuniug (L wreat speud, and the snow tiow :l ::x :m:v'lnmm- hniumnu nenrlrn:‘n the windows X uth side of the vera and pouring —~ 2ba cuachus. ¥ = adians, excoptin; OUTSIDE. DAVENPORD, TA. Bpeclal Dispateh to The CMleago Tridune, . Davexpout, . fa., Murch 2.—The savercat snow aud wind storm of the season visited thls locullty on Baturduy, A northwest galo bogan Liowing t6o'clock in the morning and continued tranded | untll, midnight. About twelvo inched of snow tall on a levol, bringing busiuess of all kinds to arandstlll, Al tolegraph-wires leading outof thé clty were prostratod, nnd communication complptely shut off both from tho efty and rait-' rondoflices, From 8 o'clack Saturday morn(ng un- tilgthis evening no tratna reached or loft thoeity, Trains of overy kind were nbandoned Satur- day on nil the rords, This morning jopened mild and bright, and tho ralfrond companies employed overy avalinbie hand at track-clearmg, At §:53 this ovening No, 4 on the Chileawn, Rock Island & Pacitio nreived from tho west, twenty-threo hourg ate. Snow-banks are reportud hetween Da r vt ol Iowa City fifteen feet deep and pnched hard, Advices from Superintondent Kimball at 10 0'clock to-night are'to the eifect that<ho lino wiil be apen by mhinight from Chi- engo to Council Nhure, and that trains will run as‘usanl tosmorrow. The Soutbwestern Rtond 19 Ladly blocked and cannot ho opened hefore to- morrow afternoon, The tening which left Chie cigont W, m,and 12w, o'elock Satirdny have been anowsbound at Pert_unth) to-nleht, On tho Chicago, flurlington & Quiiey and Rock 14l and & Peorin na tratns will move betfore to-tior: row Afternoou. & MILWAUKER, Wis, Speelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 20.--=Although tho freat snow-storm eatne to an end this morning there is littlo prospéet of getting tho ronds in runming order Yefore tho middie of tho week. Thore bas not beon n train to or from this clty to-dny, nud tha prospeets for fo-morrow uro very indofinit, Thousands of men will work ntl niuht, Assisted by overy availablo snowsplow, to clear the track, Communiention mny Le opened with Chicago to-niorrow, ns trains arv belng started this evening, or will start early In tho morning, at buth ends of the route on the Northwestern and tho 8t. Paul. 'Fhe traln which loft this ofty nt 4130 yesterday afternoon on the Nourthwestern bns boot snow-bound at Bt. Francis, ‘Thero s littlo bopo that tie train which loft Chicago nt @ o'clock this after- nuon wil get = hero before ueon to-mare row, ‘Tho ~Wikconsin Gentral and Luke Shore Ilonds nro In even worso conditiun than tho others, The snow 13 packed a9 solld os Iee to the depth of at lenst six {nches, nnd nw engiue would be thrown from the triack before it could run twenty rods, 1t 6 estimuted that in expenso wud loss the St. Paul Compuny 18 out about $100.000 per lln{ during such a blockade. From Lua Crosse und Portago olght or ten mlles of track were cleared to-dny, 1t 18 slow work, The lown & Dakota and the Southern Minnesotn Divisions rewain completoly biocked, —— DWIGHT, ILL. Speelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dwiant, N, March 20.~The heart of the agrleuturist {3 down In his boots this morning. He had been led to think that * the borutiful snow" wns gono for this sonson, and that ho should now bo permitted to enjoy muddy ronds and all the delghtful necompaniments of farme lifoin the spring of tho year. The Irnhmu rooster hnd been crowing clearly npon the mornlag alr, and tho prailrie-chickens had be- Eutitocoo. We had xathered n fow fresh expss tho ‘cremn wos thicker and of o mure Ruldent hue thun usuul; our tiles bad all they ‘could o to get awny with the water, and the frost was coming out of the ground very fast. Such wus our condition XIF o Frldnr night, whon it Legun to snow, Llow, and drift, and this (Sunday) morning finds us agnln in tho dupths of winter und with all howpes of doing nnylhhgf on the furm put off tn auindolinit period. The-long, severe winter hns made 1 great bole Inour corn-eribs, and wo huve fed out nn unusunl ymount of convse feed, Hogs never buye been as henlthy or as searce, a4 to-day. A buyer of swine sald to me the, other duy: “It took two of us n week totry und pick up & car-lond, nod we had to give it up 81 bnd Jon,” KEWANEE, ILL, Spectal Dispateh to The Clicago Tribune, KewAsk, 1., Murch 20.—~The sevorest anaw- storm of this season commenced hero carly But- urday morning, aud contloued till 11 o'clock In tuo evening. Elghiteen Inches of suow foll, and is bodly drifted. We have had no previvus storms siuco Jan. 1, 1860, that witl compare with It. Iy wreat oxortion tho provious bluckade of the country roads hnd been ralscd, but now travel inust be susponded for & number of days, nnd trade of all descriptions s ata standstill, The Chleago, Burllngton & Quinoy Kallroad Company ave having vory hoavy drifts to con- tend with, all cuts - betng filleds Traln No, 11, which lefk Chicago eurly Saturday mornlng, ar- rived hero nbout two hours lute, bLut bus not been able togo further. Train No. 12, from tho ‘West, which wis blockaded Letween here and Galva, bns beon dug out to-duy and returned to Gulva. Lorwegangs of men have been em- gluycd by the Company, but, after workipg all aturday uight and to-duy, ‘nave been ol liged to suspand furthor operations, as tho” men nro oxbuusted, and no furthor efforts 10 ralso the blockude ¢an bo made. 'To-night the snow has to be remaved by shovels, ns tho drifts aro so bard that tho snow-plows ennnot atfeet thom, ‘Tho pnssengers an the blockaded trains hero aro well Ymvldml for at tko hotels at the cxpense of the Rullrond Company. MENDOTA, 1LL. Hpectal Dispatch to The Chago Tribune. MENDOTA, 111, March 20,~Tho starm that com- menced at 4:30 Saturday morniog, did not cense il noon ta-day. There Is no one buro who ro- meinbers ever having#ven so much snow fall in tho samo epace of time. Thore 1sno pinco that it 18 not two et degp, and tho drifts vary from 8lx to twelve feots ‘It would have been much deeper but it was very moist and packed heavily. This inakes the fifth big storm wo have had eince Jan. 1, with somo dozon light onca thrown in. A feellir of utter dlsgust with snow Is on every countenance. Tho rallronds employed every hand thoy could get to-duy, and will keep up the force till tho trick nro ciear. 1t 18 thought that one teack will be upbn butween llurlumwn und Chicago to-mor- row, but it 1s feared that some duys will olap<o before tho yenoral traflic can “be resumed, cspeelally with regurd to froight, The llinois Central 18 faring wuch worse, the Arifts on that rond belog much bighor aud more munerous, The brangh botsveon hore and Clluton I8 ntso in abud state, but tho wreat forcoof men mnd suow-plows thut aro belng kopt at work will 3\'ureomu ull present obstruction fuo a very fow nya, GREEN BAY, WIS, Bpectat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Guxkn BAv, Wis., March 20.—A regular Northe ora blizzard has beon raging hero sinco 2, m. . Baturduy, and 1t s still anowing quite hard, al- though the wind hns decroused In velooity, Tho Enow 18 quite heavy and wot, Unt has dritted cousidernply In this scetfon, The storm ex- | tends sl ovor this Btate. About & foo! bus fullen here. All trains wero abandowed lust night, aud only ous tealn bas reached horo aincw tho storm commenced, Tho Northwestern x‘uusungor of ?'mcrdu)' fromn the north is block. aded at Marimotte, and will probably rowain thoro until Monduy, ¢ £ ——— OTTAWA, ILL, Hpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, OTTAWA, NI, March 20,—Tho worst blizzard of the douson bus raged boro for the past cightoon hours, Snow to the depth of suveral Inchos hus fallen and 18 badly drifted, ‘T'ralns aro delayed, telegraph and telophona lines out of order, and communioution generally Interruvted, The disputeh frotn Streator In Tun TRIBUNE of S Ui O s Seneny oioio L iug of the kind hins oceurred, DECATUR, 1LY, Bpecial Disvatch to The Chicaco Tridune, Deoarus, Hl, March 20.-8lnco Satunlay wmorniog a violont wind and snow storm has pro- valledin and around Decatur, &rippling busi- ness and delaylng trains, Hoveral Wualush truins wore abandaned yestorday, apd lust night the mail and express of the Chicugo Divislon of the Wubash wuro ubandoned, and therefore no Chicuxo pupers huve buon rocelved hero sitce Friday alturnoon, to tho great disappolntment of huudrods of people. —— COLDWATER, MICII, Bpictal Dispateh 10 The Chicugo Triduns, CoLuwAaTen, Mioh., March 20.—Tho weather yedtorday und to-day bas been very lcklo undg disagreenblo, Friduy was tho most sprivg-like fluy of tho year,but ut nlght It grew colder, and ever glnco thoro” bus beon a continuous full of wetsnow, stloking to eversthing it strikes, The l‘rjuu is belng rapidly thuwed out or the Kround, PSS, CINCINNATI. CINCINNATI, Blarch M.—The great storm touched gontly hore. Chilly winds commonced at duylight. Drizsling suow fell spuringly all day, scarcoly whitenlog tho roofs. Since durk the wind bud subsided und tho tewperaturo §s rlalng, 3 . ‘'PLANO, 1LY, 8pectal Dispateh (o The Chicago Tridune, PrLANO, TiL, March 20,~The sterm absted laet night, but Ita results in raitroad tratlie have buen the worst thls season, To-night Hifteen ea- #ines with two cunstriction and two passenyer traius are blockwd in bero, @ TIE SIGNAL SERVICE, Orvice o TiE CuINP BIONAL OrviCen, WASH- INQTON, D, C., March 81—k a. m,~For the Oblo Valley and Teouessee, wencrally fair weather, northwesterly winds, stutlonary or higher tom. pe:mre. ®nd bigher borumetor In the omstern purt, N For tho Lower Lake reglon, snow followed by clearing wenthor, colder westorly wine rapldly rising barometer, For tho Upper Lako reglon, possibly clearing woathor, northwesterly winds, stationary or lower tampornture, rod higher barometer, For the Upver Muslulnw and Lnwer Missonrl Vallegs, increnslue cloudinoss, ponaibly ovea- slonal snow, winds mostly northorly, and sta- Rnd tionRry or lower larometer, Cautlonnry Northwest signals continue at Qrand Haven, Milwaukee, aud Ludington, JOCAL DUSRIRVATIONHA, CHIcAGY, March =104 p, m, Wi, TAme. Tars| Ther | Hu Vel) it'n.| Weathar [ " ow » 1 AW " 1 oW & b 12t o L Ig 2t 1t snow 100 p, m, (204 i CCLITT] b Al 10h18 b o A » 4 [l cloaring *Baromotor corrected for temporature, clovation, and instrumental error, Amn‘l barometor, A8 moan Ihfllmnmslfll’..‘k‘w mioan humidity, k.7 highost tompersturo, 51.0; 1owass tompernture, 215 1Moited snow. {Too small to moasure, OGENERAL UNSKRVATIONA, HUAGY, March 20~10:18 p. v Ther | Therd - PRI wina, N n'n| Wwehr, Stations. i Indinunpolis.. Kuakink.. .. CASUALTIES. TWO FATAL ACCIDENTS. Speelal Dispalch to The Chicago Tribuna "OMANA, Neb,, March 10,—At Plattsinouth this marniog Henry Stark fell off the raitrond brldio and was fatatly injured, receiving two fractures of tho skull and having both legs broken. Ho was ou his way to Chicago with n tenin of eattle. His home was at Tekatmnh, where tie bas & fam- iy residing., Engincer Tom Bacnbart, of the Durlington & Missourl Hond, was killed nt Pluttsmouth to- duy by belog run over by histrain, RUN OVER AND KILLED. &pecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. CARLINVILLE, 1, March 10.—Lnst night Pat- rick Dooly, n farmer iving uenr 8ulpmua, while walklug on the Chlenga & Alton Rallroad track, wns struck by the engine, torn to pleces, and tnstaatly killed, Tho engineer could not see Dooly In'thmo to cheek tho trafn, ns It whe at @ sharp turn. No blume 8 nttached to the itall- roud Compuny, . TIIROWN IN THE RIVER, NEw.Youk, March 20.—Hy tho spreading of the rallf on the Spuyten Duyvil Creck bridge flvocars of on oll-traln were thrown from tho track gnd tambled into the North River, Tho enboose, in which five traln-men were slecping, struck violently against the bedins, the coupling Tr:egicd' and tho cabuose and vecupanls were THUROWN SINTY YARDS, Mgsivns, Tean., Mareh 20.—Tho mangled re- maind of Jobn Scals, tho nissing pliot of the tow-bont Jond Means, wero found yesterday In u fleld plxty yards distant from the bank of the river. They were Interred by citizens residing neur the locality where the explosion ocourred. KILLED WHILE AT WORIK.. NrAprdnn, Pa., March -Androw Connelly, nged 31, while working nt an oll well near Bradford this afternoon, wns struck by the cruno pulley, which fel} from tho tap of the derrlek, und dfed in two hoitrs from his Injuries, His nntive plucois Pontiae, Mich, FOUND DROWNED, Speelal Dispateh 10 The Chieago Tridune, Fonr WAYNE, Ind., March 20.—tHenry Slobold, who has been missing sinco Friday night, wus found drowned In tho Wabash Canal this after- noon, having falion In whily intoxicated, IHe was o slnglo man, uged 25, KILLED BY AN ENGINE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. DrooxiNgTox, I1L, March 20.—Dantel O'Nelll, Jr.,, aged 1, son of Nunle! O'Nelll, o prominent Irish resident, was Instantly killed at 11 o'clock to-nlght, by n switch engine, STATE ATFAIRS. MICITJGAN, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Zvibuns. TLANsiNG, Mich,, March 19.~After the urder of business had boen gonu through with thls morn- ing In tho Senate, Senutor Rich was eatled to the chalr, when Sonutor Upson arose, und, aftor a very hupoy little speech pregonted Mr. Rich nn cleguut gold watoh aad ghaln ns a token of re- 8pect aud regard from hia follow-legialators, Mz, Rich bind supposed thut the crowd ha gathered Blply to seo hn resign, and was greatly sus prised, Lut respondod In & few sulinblo remarks, Later hie hunded inbls resiguation, to take fm- medlato offect, uud ho hns gone homo with his sloeves rolled up todo bis vart fn naking tho {.;:‘r:: r(!lfl“!';ulml canyuss In tho Seventh Dlllfior. [ Tn{ wife anddaughtor of tho Inte Gen. Dwight slnr havo presented tho Ntute with an oll por tealt of thut wontleman, 1 Thonust of tho loronoon session nf}the Houso was absorbed In the debate un dcmehlnur‘pnrn of Kochvillo and giving itto Buy cnumhr. he blll did flot get o mujority, and was tabled, o fight betweon Huy und Saginaw fu this matter Iy gotting to be a véry hvely one. . Hom—— " INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 10,—Tho House passed Dbills furnishing school books free to paupee childron; allowing witnesses from other counties 81 perdion and five cents mileggo; leguliatng acts of Justices nnd Notarles after uxptrution ot commission; requining tho con- stritetion of divislon fonco after notled from owiler 0N elther sido, or penuity attachoed of one-* fourth above costs roquiriug County Auditors tu turnlsh tho State ‘Audlmr the records of sohool lunds, VE; YLVANIA, HAwnsuena, Pa,, March 1.~The Jolot reso- tution uxpressing sympatty for froland and yo- «uestiug tho people of Pounsylvania to extend pecuniury ald to the Irish, which pussed tho House lust weuk, and, being sent to the Bunate, wag 1eforred to tho Commitieo on Federnl felus ::lalalt.d;lylu Leen reported negativoly by that Come P ARKANSAS, * LiTrie ROCK, Ark,, March 10.~The Genoral Assombly adjourned sine die nt £2m. to-day, ‘The presiding ofilecrs of both Houses wero, bo- sllcs the usuul rosolutions, complimented by tha presvntution to esct of gold-headed canes Ly thelr reapsctive Housos, e e— ST, LOUIS GRAIN SHIPMENTS, Hpecial Dispatch (0 Tha Chicagn Tribune, 87, Lours, Mo, 3arch 10.—The' shipments of corn 1o Now Orleins to-day anounted to 20,633 bushels, aud of wheat 514 bushels. Freight on whoat Bi§ cents, aud’on corn 8 conte, T the Western Ausoctated Press, Hr. Louis, Mo, Mureh 10.-The withdrawals af grain from clevators during 1ho past week for shipment to Now Qricans by river, thooco to European ports, mmount o IELEN bushels whear, 397,708 bushels corn, ang 4158 bushols oate: total, GH,KY) bushels. Sincd tne opening of nuvigation, ¥eb, 18, to dato thory hay buen #hippod frow this olty tu Noew Oricans on farelgn aceount 1,366,10 busbels of corn, 785,076 bushels of wheut, G607 bushols of oats, snd. 2245 bushols of rye,—an uggregate of 3,112,007 bushets of gruf, welglilng 62104 tonk 'This bes bown tuken down tho river lu twolve tows, B svezuge of nbout 175,U0 bushuls Lo u tow. v Hr, Louts, Mo, Muroh 2L—The tow-hoat Juy Quuld and burkus left bera to-doy with 3,00 Lushels of bulk corn and 80.0x bushels of bulk whieut, equul To B,m joay, fus Nuw Usleans, to bo transhipped thoro for Burope. * The tow-boat Future Cliy also left for the samo port with four barca of Lulk grain, but the numbar of bushels cannot bo glven. ‘ptanding a fow feet nway, to lire. Desperate Fight Between Two Police- men and Two Thieves in St. Louis. One of the Desperadoes Shot b Threo Times and Mortally Wounded. A Number of Variety Actresses Swindled by a Bogus Manager. A Barber in Cleveland, O., Arrest= ed for Violating the Sun= + day Law. A Little Boy Stolen in n Public Street of Oincinnati by a Gypsy Woman, Oflicers on the Trafl of {he Murderer of a Michignn Fnrmnr.l A Shooting Affray at Ent Saginaw, Mich,, with Probably Fatal Resulta, A THIEF MORTALLY WOUNDED. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. 87, Louts, Mo, March 2.—Mlehnel Coffey, 0 woll-known thief and desperado, wus mortally wounded by Ofticers Patrick DBurko and Willinm Henloy, In a disreputable house, kept by Chnrles Willinmns, ot No, 115 Poplar streot, this mormng at 1 o'clock. The oflicers hal traced Coffey nnd a companlon, Con Foley, from the Canterbury dnnee-hall, on Sixth street, to several snloons along Sixth, Poplur, and Almond streets, untit thoy discoveral tholr men in Willinms' house. They had secured nn apartment just to the renr of tho front room, which I used ns aanloon, and, tinving called twof the fomule lumates, urdered tho drinks and sct iu for u gool 8me generally, As Oiticer Henley sturted uto tho saloon he was noticed by Coffey, who trled to walk out past bim. Jenloy selzed him, saying, “They wart tosee you nt tho oflice, Mike,” Colfey reached his hand fnto hls pocket, and, drawing his pistol, callesd on hls compnnion, Con Foley, who was Foley drew, his pistol, andas he did 80 Burke eatled ot {o the barkceper to come and take Cof- fey's wonpon awsy from him. Tho bur- keeper refused, and Burke, drawing bis own ol placed to muzzie neninat Cotfig’s tems il * Drop thas pistol or Pl kill you,” he said, * Kill me, thon,” replied the burglnr, and muk- Inw a desperato eifort ho freed his band, As he did 80 Foluy commenced to fire on tho two of- ficers who wore mmdlnf by Coffey. Coffey alsn fired. Burke fired nnd Ueiiloy tired. Tho ‘stove war overturned. Burke strick Colfey in tho bead and Cottey dropped, Foley Ttan to- wirds the door, MHring 08 bo did 80 nt Burke, who ~attempted to follow ~hins, but stumbled and fell. Foley's Iast two shots ewme througl the panel of thy door and he eseaped. [ouloy does not kuow wihio fired tho shots that stretohed the burglue out. Colfey claims that Burke Is the man who shot hlm, He 13 wounded in three places, twlco in tho abdamon fnd once in the breast. o Ia lylnr now nt the puint of death In tho City Hose itul. 1118 compunion (Foluy) was nrrested two ours aftor the aftray. T MEAN SWINDLERS. Spectal Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, St Louis, March 20.—A wholesale swinidling #ame was unearttied by the wollee to-day. nnd twoof tho three mleged pivindiers were put in Jall. Thetrioarosnlkito hafl from Cinolnaatl and claim to be mombers of the -theatrical pro- fession. Their uames nre Willlam B, Clark, Jo- seph Spencer, uad Loula Ward, On Bt, Patrick’s Dy thio threo wero seatod at e table In thoTivoll Hall, corner of Fourth and Elm struets, Ono of thom tho dny beforohad inserted advertisemonts in tho city’ papers 1o tho effvot that actors, And Actrpsses, -amntour and professsions: ul, wdre wauted to joln“R deamatio gompnuy about to tuke the rond. [n andwor to this went divers porsons to tho point Indicated, Most of the tllgr$wihio yoling womdh'who wero stago- struck and dying for aii engigement. The lat- ter thoy got. or nt lonst wWore promlised, on each poying to Willlam E. Clark & Co. &1 in cash, Clark st his company wik to bo of tho varloty kind, and to be called * Clark's Excurslonists," It was to make an extonded tour of the North- west, and to play at all tho londing towns and citles, They wers to open, ho sald to some, ut Collinsville, 1N, to othors at Altun, and to othera nt Kausag Clty. Tho Ilen wns not to attruct too tnany of his dupes to one point. Mo engaged o full com- pany, it would appear, and among thom Will- inm Collins, who pald £60 for an engagement s treasurer and tigkut-seller of tho company. Mr. Colling, seon after slgnlng his cuntract, wns sent to Coilinsville, and ordered to LIll that town for “Clark’s Excuralonista.” Ile was tald tuat upon his . arrival thero ho would find LIlls, postors, eto. Ho went to Collinsville, “bul = no blls did he findd, or posters eithor. Tho .propeictors of the only ‘hall thore said t uow nothing about *Clurk's Hxauraloniats, d Mr. Colllng began to thing there wis no such compnny, aud roturned 1o Bt. Louls, Arciving hore ho re- puired to the printing-house whero Cliark had represanted to Colllud the bills hud been prints ed. The proprictors uf that establishuenc said they knuw Ilulhlnanlmul the biits, tho * Exour- Blonlts,” nor Mr, Clurk, and then it was that Uolllumnmo to tho conclusion that ho had boon swindlbd out of his #0. Ho roported the mat- ter to the CentralvPolice Btutlon, and the rosult wns tho narrest ‘of Ward nnd Bpencer. Thoy claimod % bo innocent partles, and said that Clark bnd®hired them, as ho had hired others. Ward sald that the cugugomont lven him waog that of slngoe managor, while pencer nld claln HJ that of advance ngont., According to Ward, tho following wuru the othor mombers of the troune who paid for engngoe- monts whlah thoy did not got: Mamie, Uraco, and Emma_ Ellis, Who were to nppoar In double song and dance, and to bo knowin us,the Grace Slaters; Fannlo amont, lending lady; Luura White, Louiss Decriug, aud Jennle Walluce, vurioty , parts.. Of course, they dld not puy 860 ouch Tor thelr pluces, but patd some- thing, 1218 thought that beslded thuso nnmod thore nro Dlllpni who hnvo been swindled in the sume way., While Ward clalmed ta hivo been hired In the snne manner u4 tho othors, h kllllwludfl’l thgt ho know Clark in -Cinelnnatl, and admlts thut they cotao to 5t, Louls together, It {8 wald thut Ward, who 18 an_elfemlnate-look- 1og younyg mun, o away from Cineinnntd with anothor man's wife, und’ that tho othor mun s hore now tookiug for his errlug partner, A TEST CASIE, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribung, CLEVKLAND, O., March 20,—~To«lay has beon one of interest mnong the barkens of tha'cfty. fbme tiwe ago a number of them petitioned tho City Counclhl to pnes un ordinance closing all barber shops on Sunday. The monsure was enre ricd, and to-dny wont into etfect for tho first timo. Sovoral meotings buve bLeon hold, and tho fact wus thus dumonstratod that sevoral Ralghta of the Razor, the proprictors of hotel barber shops, wore opposell to tho endinance, Tho opposition determined to fight the now measuro, und It was arcnnged that Charles Motrey, proprictor of an Onturio etroct shup, should koep his establishwont open to tesc tho constitutionolity of tho ordinance, ‘Tho fact becoming known, & number of tho pro- fesston gathered this morning to witnoss the outcome, dMutroy opened at the ususl timo, and whllo i the uct of shuving n eustomer tho potloe dropped in upon him and ondered him to court, A dutall of barbops favorine the ordinanoe pa- trullud the elty darlog tho day (0 sco thut tho law wne wiforod, ‘T'o-might a'meeting wos held In nulumnur tho uuthoritivs, 1t 4 undorstood that the oxponso of Stutroy's trial will be shared by the vpposition fuction. . A FATAL ¥FIGI'D, CINGINNATI, 0., Barch 20.—~To-nlght at 8 w'elock I Rivorstde, tho extrenie southwestern part of thoe city, Adam Boyer, keeporof a boards Iug-nouso and auloon, bad a quurrcl with Chrlg Moyer about s board LIl due from Moyor. Flunlly BDoyer jumped over the counter and struck Moyer, Thu two clinched, went down, tumbled amund, first one on gop and tlien the other, ‘Then Beyer's head came down on & inlnerul-water Lox, broukivg his neck and torininuting thu contest by death, Meyer wunderod about the streots till 11 o'clock snd ul‘ll;“ ‘hllnnwlr upat s stution near the contre of tho city, PROBABLY FATAL SHOOTING AF- FRAY, 0 oe- Spectal Duspateh o Th Chicago Tribune, AST BANINAW, Bivh, Murch 20,—A gorlous shooting aifruy occurred in Baglnaw City about 120'clock Friday night. Flve men-John Cune uingbam, Henry Wilson, Henry Youne, Furdy Hall, und Ocorgo Bercuu—were pasting up Water strect when one of thew acoidentally or MARCH 21, 1881. otherwiro kicked tho posta supnorting tho sign ofJ. Ryan'a shoo-shop, on Water stroet, when a door or window wna opencd and two shota fired froni a donblasbagroled horsespistal, loaded with buekahot, one of which struck John Cunninghnm Just above the richt shouldersbindo aud pone- trated to the spine, produeing paralysis, and Is thought to bo fatal. Hall was plsomlichtly (njured, Tho shota were fired by Patriok ityan, brother of dames, who gave himself up to the oflicers, and Iafn Jnil. Ryan cluima that for montha past boya have annoyed him by mrnwlm{ stones throungh tho window nnd kioking In tho door, He Fnys lflls orowd hurled half o briok through tho witdow, wvhen his Urother Patrick grabbod u pistol and fired It at thom, with tho above re- )ilt. Tho Hyans nre quiet, inoffensivo people, and conatderable sympathy {8 nantfested on tholr atde of tho caso. = 1IIE ITAD A BOYISII, RUDDY FACE. Wneering, W, Vi, March 10.—Quito nlnenl sonsation ocearred hero to-day, caused by tho sudden alsappenranive of Johy L Heovly, pub- ltsher of n whilom paper known ng tho Pust- Offce Iulletin, issucd semi-ocensionally and Invgely devoted to advertialng tho tusiness of Seevly, which wns that of astenel and dlo cut- ter, tnninly for usc In the post-oflices of the country, 1t wns found that ho had heen en- kaged “n- forgery inon sl way for - long - thne “past, using tho names of saveral cltizens qulto freoly for aceominodn- tions un tho banks, He had nlso hypothecated one or two bowds ssued by the Lutheran Chureh, of which be was n membor, and had forged ‘the signutires to thow, [le was not a mun of any known bid hnblts, and at ono time atoald quite high i his church connectlon, For fome timao pust, howevor, e has been vegardeid Twith suspicion.” Tlo whs a_ruddy-faced, boylsh- louking mun, about 35, heavy bullt, aod 1s very (uict and taeiturn, INPANTICIDE, ¢ CINCINNATL, O, March 10— Death from being stablied by Its mothor. I further find salil wounds were Inflicted to commit murder.” Tho nliove s the verdiet of tho Coroner this afters noot in u ease of infantfeido. Tho mothorls Mntildu Strenzlo, Tho birth and infanticlde o~ +enrred two weeks ago, but tho discovery of tho child In a privy-vault wius not mndg till last nlght, and then aceldentnlly by o rlumlmr. Iwenty mortul stabs were founid on the body. The mother this afternoon testificd that she 1{!\\‘0 birth to the child In tho privy, knifegy it to denth toatiil its cries. and threw 1t futo tho vaul, to conceql hier shame, hut says sho was montally” deranged. Sho is 1 years olik, camo from Gers many to Chlengo & yenr ngo, and to this clty aboiitn manth nago.” Bho and Curl Solbl, the ro- nuted father, hove been urrested for murder. They eame from Germnany togothor, and are sald’to bo eouslng, . — ABDUCTED BY GYPSIES. CINGINNATI, March 20.—Last Thuraday nfternoon Theodore Kelly's chitd, 214 years old, disappoared from nenr Soventh street, and hus not heen honrd from sinco. Children report see- inga woman piek him up and carry him neross annlley. Tho fenrs of his parcnts that ho hos been alducted by wypsles wre (ncreased by tho ropart of aprivate watehman that be sawn u_vpar woman In that viclnity nbout the timo of his dlsuppdarance, Tho child was tast seen going out tho buek gato into an alley knthe henrt of tho olty, ind nour n much truveled stroet. Not n shidow of u trace hus beon left. KILLED BY AN OFFICER. Conxiydg, Ark., March 20.—~Wiittam Foley, n seetlon foremnn on the Iron Mountain Raltroud, cume Into town to-day with his men, two of whom got lnton fight, aud wero arrested by Clty-Sarshid Lewter, Foloy undertook to res- otie his men from tho Marshul, whon tho Intter knocked him down with a plstol. Foley then fired ut Lewter, and recefved four shots i re- turn, two in the nem and twa In the head, kill-, ing him Instantly,” Lowter wus arrested) and wiil be held for trlal, ON HIS TRAIL. Special Disvateh to The Chtcago Tribunt, Fonr Wayxg, Ind., March 20.—James Traver murdored an old furmer near Pontlac, Mich,, Iuat Friday night by pounding blm to denth with a club, and vobbod him of ¥00. He pnssed through this city at nn carly hour this morning, and »lnnpcd ut the Phillips House for breakfnst, aftor whish he sturted south on the Plqun Road, Our Sherlif henrd of it two hours ufter, aud started In pursint with hls deputies, IDENTIFIED. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Dunuque, In., March 10,—A. ¥, Mofouald hay- Ing groatly recovered from his wound, Tilleo Van Hensling and Pete Wortin woro takon be- forv him for identlflention. Van Hensling was veéry nervous, and ns he #tood before his vietim Mr. MoDouuld rocugnized bim fa un instant._ CAPTURED. Special Dispaten to The Chicago Tribune, BarTie CReek, Mieb., March 10.—Fred Foote, who shot his uncloin a ramily quarrel at Vor- montviile last Tuesday night, was captured to- dny, He pleads self-defense a8 tho reagon of tho shuotiug, ALLEGED INCENDIARIES. NEW OnuEANs, L., March 20,~Isldore Lelr, of 1aldore Loir & Co., crookery donlers, Matthew May, clerk, and Patrick Btinson, packer, wero arrested oo a churgo of seiting liru to the store No. 20 Magnzino street, Jun. 1 FIRE RECORD. AT KXOKUK, IA. . Sptelal Dispateh to The Chikago Tridune, 2 . Krokuk, Ia., March 20.—~At an carly hour thls morning u firo was discovered in the roar of u buitding on Main street, botween Sixth and Bev- . euth, owned by J. Lafo Curtls, of Chieago, and aedhiplod by % Dirminghom as & grocery store, At tho time the nlarm was sounded the dread- ful snow-storni of the duy was still ragiog In ult Its fury, making it almoat impossible for the firemen to travel through tho weatber and’the terrible snow-deilts, Tho Hames broks. forth with grent fury,and foru while it was thought the adjoining bulldings—IT, M, Lowrlo's hard- ware establlsbment and C. d. Hickoy's bukory —must go. However, with work tho fire wans kobt within tho Curtls bullding, The bulldin waa reduced to rulns. Mr, Biviingham lost his entire stack of. grocerles. Fortunately nll books and valunblo papers wero auu;v.l. The origin of the contlugradon ia a mysteryi AT PARIS, KY, TAnms, Xy, March 20.—<The tralniog stable of Jnmes 8, Offut, with {ts contonts, was destroyed by firo this morning. Bovornl valuablo horses wore burned,~two belonging to Houry Bwenoy, valuo, $700; ono to O, D, Tipton, of New York, | value, £100; three to W. DFSmith, value, $1,000: and one to Bd Fordfvaluo unknown, The rosi- denee of June and Ed Kelly, adoining tho sta- ble, nfso burned: loss, §3,60. Tho siablo wns the property of birs, N. S Fishor, of Cincin- natt; loss, £3,000. — IRIDGE BURNED, CincrevinLe, O, March 20.—The covored bridgo over the Bcloto, 600 tcot long, was deatroyed by firo this morning, The bridgo was bullt forty yonrs ngo, aud cost $40,000; insured for $16,000, Itis nu‘lwsnd au Incendlary started tho fire, The wpueduet yarrowly eseaped burn~ ok from tho tloating brldgo-thnbers.s AT FORT HOWARD,aWIS, Bpeclal Dispateh to TAs Chicago Tribune, anerN BAv, Wis., 3arch 2).~A fire broko out olitIn Fort Moward last night at 10 o'clock, com- pletly destroylng Mre. Poak's rosidonce, togothor Wwith moat of tho furniture. Tho wind wna so high thutvnothing could bodono to save the house, J.oss, $2,0; insured, Fire accidental. AT PORT WASIUNGTON, WIS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicaga Tridune, Pour WasimsoroN, Wis, March 0.—The Lake-View lluufie. valued ut $3,000, hurned down to-day. Partially Insured, —— JOHN W, POWELL, % Speclal Dispateh {o The Chicago Tribuns, Br.ouMiNGTON, 1., March 20.—~John W, Powoll, Who was coillemed ou gho 18th inst. by tho United States Honato as Direotor of thedinited Btutes Geologlent Buminury, formorly restded in thiv city, and for over two yours was Frofessor of Natural Selenco i the fitinol Westoyai Unl- vensity, Ho served during the War in un Ll nuls Littery with Lravery and distinotlon, o lostun urin and wok otherwise lurgunly wounds ed. lo f4 regarded by schulars @3 atie of the 1ot salentific mon In"tho countr |NDIAN OUTBREAK FEARED, Rawnixas, Wy, T, Maroh 19,~A sorious out- broak among the Ute Indians is expeoted in the spring. Tho Indians are buying ammunition at overy opportunity, und say they will fight ps soon ag the snow goes off, Tho mllitary at Whlte Itiver buve just completed o substantisl blocke house, and are prepuring for thoe worst, e SMALL-POX. - Bpicial Diapatch fo The UAicago Tribuna, LexiNartoN, Iil, Murch #0.—Small-pox has Made its aupearanco in tho violnity of Lexing- ton. Thrus milos southwest of the oity some half-p-dozon familics are serlously (Il with the dlscase. Tho cffcot upon buslness 1s boln‘f Telt, and It i3 fearcd that the discase will spread. —————— | 1lop Ditters cures by romoving the cause of slckooss aud restorlug vitality, ! CANADA. Departure fr})m Ottawa of Most of the Members of Par- liament, L] That Body to Be Prorogued To-Day— Scenes at the Final Evening 8Bitting, Adventures of an Amazonian Who Wedded an Tunocent New-Yorker. Report of thio Buporintendent of Govern- mont Railways for the Year, TARLIAMENT, 0 Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. OTTAWA, Mareh W.—Partiument will adjourn the fore part of noxt woek., without tnking any netion whatever regurding tho charges mado by Préf. Hind. The Honso met thls nfternoon to recelvo re- Ports ns to the progress of business {n the Sene ate. The latter body will tneet at 11w, m. on Monday to dlspose of whatever buslness shall remain over trom to-day. The mujority of tho Senators und meinbers left the eity Inst night fur tholr bomes. Othora loft to-doy. larely a muorulu will remain over for wrorogation on onday. There wns 1 lnruu’\ltondunun in all the wal- lertes of the House o Conntons lust silght, lns- much s it was tho lnst ovening sitting of tho seaslon, Somio consternntion wus caused by the throwing aown of u parcel of paper from tho Puhllu unllery facing tho Benators” gallery, The rac-und-casy practlees of some honornble gautlemen caused much wmusemient, Thoy pelted eaeh other with Blue-Hooks and sung popular afrs. Wign tho House ndjuurned tho cotrldors resonnd®l with tho stralng of * Bon Bolr,Mes Amis, Bon Bolr. A WOMAN’S ADVENTURES, &peclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, HAntrAX, March 10.—A womnn of unusual slze,~nimost . ginntess,~ind not n chicken in nge, was married 8omo time ngo, In Now York, tounman who zeems to have been ono of tho nost unsuspeoting of mortals, Sho established an Intlinuey with & Now York pollceman, and thoy luved not wisely, but too well. It began ta bo gt little dangorous to keep putilng wool over the husband's eyes, and they urrunged to clope. 8he explained to her lord and mastor thnt sho intended to visit some relatives, aml would bo awny for o few weeks. Bhocamo down here, and the understandiog wns that the poltcemnn was to follow: but—whethor duty provented him, consclence smote him, or,” most lHkely of nll, ho becamo tired of the woman—he didnot rcome, Tho woman then prococded to **have n timeo ™ on herown acenunt, becoming nn inmnte of whousoof biyd repute on South Bruanswick streot, and noxt"of one on Albemarle street. Finnily sho saw the folly of her conduct, and do- asired to ruturn to_her husband, In order to ac- count for her prolonged nbs rgm home, sho ropresentoil that sie had been taken {1l and Kiven birth to u child; but, to carry out tho de- ception, she must haven chlldto tako homo with her. Sho went to tho Infant'a Home, and Indueed n wotnan who hud a child there to atlow her to mlnrt It. Chie child was glvon to hor not- withstunding tho nrotests of thoso in churge of tho Home, Bubsequently tho child's mather discovered the above ficts, Tho woman pur- posediciaving by the Hoston bont to-day, but tllllfi‘Imlnuthur succeoded in - gottlog back her ol DOMINION RATILWAYS, Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, OTTAWA, Murely 20.~Tho report of the Super-’ Inteudent of Govermmnont allways, presented to Parlinment tho othor day. showed that, nt the end of the fiseal year,June:), the total milengo of.- tho Dominlon was: Ilafiways tn operution, 0,501 miles; rmlways under constric- tion awd on which teack Is i, 534 rallways uwndor construction, 1,077 miled; total, 02 wilea, -Thoro wiis an Incrouso of 616 miles fn oporution, and n . decrense of 120 miles under conatruction, during tho yoar. The nominu! capltal on Juno 30 as: Ordinnry share cnrlml i;re(awum: capltal, otided debt ., * BRI Totul... y e vvaneneene 2BLETLN Atnaunt of uld from Nominton Government, . .8 T24n,105 Gurarlo Govornment....,. o BB guunouflnvernmout..... New Hrunswick Governin Nova Scotin Govern: Munfelpniitie: Other Bource: Totnl.eysnps .$ 700,372 The large tnerdaso In Government ald (8 ohlef- ly due to oxpendituro on the Canada Pacitie ltaliway nnd tho purchuse of the Riviere du Lap section of tho Interoolontul, ns well as to tho extonslons aud Imiprovemonts of tno lattor rond. The total milengo for the year was 22481214 mmiles, ngainst 20,741,680 In 1830, Tho nymber of pusaengory carclod was 10,584010, agnifst 6,532, lho tonnngo of = frelght bundlod wuy 8,158,810, 0 Increasoe of pnssengers carrled Grand — 'Prunk, 20,007 & Northwestorn, 100413 Midland, Ski3 Toronto, Grey & Bruce, 3055 Toronto & Niplusing, 0. On tho Gront Western thore was u decronso of 674, and on tho Intercoloulnt the onormous decrenso of HB018 In the nunber of lmuuuuun currled, although tho rovenuo wus urger. All the linos naied show largo Increases in tho volume of frofght currled. * The onarnings of railways dm-lnf the® yonr showed nn increnac on passottgers of-#610,741; on frelght of $2.007,811; on_ulls, expross, k21 total Incronso, §3,476,830. TOds Op crating oxpensed show nn fnorease of £851,000, but while tho earnifiys per mllo wors grenter by BEE2 In I870-"80 than in 1878-"70, tho opernting ex- n8os worg loss by §80 mile, Thenct prof ts show nu incrende of 402, > Durlng the your eclghty-sove; kilted ana 103 lnjured,” Ther pnuunfir killed thun In the preceding year, ten cinployéa less, and cloven other l}mrm 8 Tho total ucronse of porsons killed was twonty, and the incrende 16 tho injured thirty-slx, Tho praportion of passengors killod to the numbor carrlod was one {n 1031251, ngninst ono In 724, 84D In tho preceding your, ‘The pgoportion of ine ured was ouoe to 2,6K,078, aguimst one to 24,100 n_tho provious year, TEersons woro Je following tabio shows amounts atll to’ Pald Ly various governments and munlol- pulitics on completion of roads to which ai@ is promiseds Tolal To bs A Paid. pafid, Dominlon Gov't. 814,346,165 $74,215,105 840,000,000 Ontario dov't. WTLET 2080087 1,080,000 BTEUS 214045 2,840,000 650,000 50 1,028,000 4 AGI8TH e liamsnads g sictinbly Totala........ 8144,800,913 07,624,080 ufi.mm,u::u According to tho latest roturns of fifty-nine Btates und Kingdams of tho warld, Canadi ranks as eightt In absoluty mileago. of rallronds, and fifth in the numbor of miles to each fuhabltant. b — TIIE 6UL1F OF 8T, LAWRENCE, Bpactal Dispateh 10 T'ha Chicaga Tridune., OTTAWA, March 20.—The Deputy Minlstor of Marino and Fishorica hne written to tho Col- leator of Custows at Liverpool, informing him that the Government of Canadn bas decided to cstablish a speelnt fco and weather bulletin In the Qulf of 8t, Lawrouce durlng the opening of navigation, which will be composed of telo- graphio dlspatohos from tho Signal stations at Aunticoati, tho coast of Cuspe, tho Magdalen Islands, and the Northeast Cupo, -Cuve Brotos. ‘Thls bulletin will sot forth the stato of tho wind, tomporature, weathor-prognostics, and anything olso which mity factlitato sufo sad specdy navis ntion in tho Guit nt tho opening of uuvigation, 'he substaneqof thatelogratas refurred to will Lo tolegruphed euch day trom Syancy, C. ., 1o 8t. Plorre Miquofon, und, with the colipora- ton uf the Frunch authoritics at the Intter place, will bo trunstorred trom tho tolegraphe offiea to the semapborc-stution ut Point lantry Nghithouse, on tne Island of 8t. Plerre, whure nny stenmors or sulllug- veasels passing in that vichilty can Iy of und havo the weather- bulietin slenaled 10 them from the somuphoro freo of oxponse, Thoso vessels will thoen euubled to nacortaln ourreulli whethoer the (it 18 clear of fos or not; aud, sbould tho Guif be obatructed by foo, (nformution will be given thom where 4 pussage can bo found, i il GOVERNMENTAL, Hpectal dupateh o The Chicago Tyiduns, OTTAWA, March 1W.—A roturn laid heforv Pagliument shows tho amnount of monoy sent by, post-oltice orders to Great Brituin mid Jroland during the past year to bo $44,0581; cost of tho sume, §0,801. Awmount of money seat by post- otfico ordund to tho United Btatus during tie samo thno, $465,644; coat of tho suumo, §7.211, Coples of correspondence betwoen tho Post- muStor-Guneral nod tho Measrs, Allun, rolativo to tho scleotlon of Boston us tholr terminal wiator-port, 610, wero also Lrought duwn. On the ¥8th of November, 180, Hir Alexander Camybell writes to Mr, gndruw Allan, stating tuaf®it hud been ropresentod to him that tho Allun Broawnsulp Company do not glve falr play to Halifax as & " port, to the lutercoluptal Hallway su g carrlor ol woods to the Woest, Ua the 2l of Novewbur Mr. Androw Ailan writes at length, donying tho charges,which, husays, ure Wild 0Ne moro . nationin r"f.‘(, A that an outery was belng tady i 'yr'-'n'u'?'lf;"'l.l,'.“{ cortaln portion of the press for il poser. i aiys ho mieht onter marg 1o Vs tho qitestion oF Mnlifax 1 n wintor-pocs. 3y 10 Nt axpect thnt nls brothor or Ny o, 1o ‘"I‘l"t?(’;“ 'l'"“p"a":"yd,r (lh?ummr tho m:i?{l‘! wi ho Postmaster-Gonoernl el R TiohSAr Tilloy, FI “' Ol Hir Leonan oy, Finanece Mintato, Iy negotinto a lonn 6 SIRR.AN. o el thia is to mnko provision for the Dytuent of mnr dobt maturing atd of te authorized eupiin 10 ponditure, I 1885 thoro will b pnyubie i) 03¢ tlon tho lngn Amuunt, of ExainON Th Lol debt maturing up to wi amoy TERUTO. o thkty L A BECRET I'ROTESTANT SOCIRTY, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaso Tribung, © ** ToruNTo, March 2.—~A number ot representing varlons parts of the Province and both politienl partice, et hero at the oflico ot o prominent bare(ster, add porfectodtho organiz . tlon of n now secret Protostant guclety, Ty, name of the order, and the name and llllesu“f its aflicers, nre (o Lo withheld from tho yyyy. Thaabloct of tho now oranlzation ls sy o be uncompromlising hostility to the llmnnn? Cathollo nlerarchy. Every member gg swom never to vote fora Homan-Citholle for office, elthor cfvie, Provinclil, or Dominlon: ang o) tha cnergles of tho onder aroto bo devoteq tho abotition of sepnrate schools, convents ..:" nunnerles, The ordor disclnime ')} conliectiq Wwith Orangelsm. At orgnnizer was Ilppulnlm{l Atn anliry of ®L20Por annum, ta visiy | 8 varlous citiea and fuwndof the Do) c: open Lranches. infnlon, 19 Tersons, —— SILVER PLUME MINING COMPANY, Special Duspatch to he Chicago Tribune, ** MONTREAL, March 20,.—The Sliver Plume Min. ing Company plnced Ita stock on tho market sume thno ago, and succeeded in working off g considernblo number of sharcs, 0s It wag wel) ndvertised n8 o vory rleh mine, Justice Tor. , rance bhswiven Juilgement In tho cnse of tug Attoeney-Ueneral of the Provinee of Quebeg againat tho campany, declaring the company an llegnl corpBration, Tho sult was instituted to test the valldity of the corporution, in order that tho stockholders might recoup thomseiyey of n large amount of nlleged worthless Stock issied by the company. Only lnst week th for_tho’ incorparation of fho ompany et thrown ont by the Scnato nt Ottawn, The mine 13 situated hn'tho Binck Ills, Dakota "Fertitory, and 18 siuld to have been purchused by Canadidg burtiea for $16,000, and pluoed on tho market THE BUDGET. Bpectal Diapateh to The Chicago Tridbune, TonoNTO, Mirch 10,~A number of Torontg #entlomon aro about to apply for a charter to Incorporato a Jolnt-stock company, with $1,000,- 000 eapltal, for tho export ol cattla, The journcymen plasterers have resolved to atelke for 82.23 on April 1 next. They are now rocolving g2, . pecial Diapateh to The Chicago Tridune, LoNDON, Ont., March 10.—It i5 stated that the Inmuttes of the Miditlesex House of Refuge are beaten and otherwlse ftl-used by thoso In charge, Anold woman, an inmate, had . chalr Jerked from under hor the athior day, and recelved fn. furlun whioh caused hior denili, The Inspector i) lnvunllwnuny tho matter. 3 Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, OTTAWA, Ont., March 10.—The City ot S1. Joh, N, B, does not appoeur to thrive, © In 1878 the number of persons on the list of voters for Par- liament was 1,662, and In 1880 it was only 2,914,—5 lossof 018, Can it be the exedus? Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tridbune. O1TAWA, Mitreh 20.—The Domlnlon (iovern- ment has granted $130,00) to bulld a whart und elevator at Halifax, tho elovator to bave n cn- waclty of 240,000 bushaols. Justieo Tasehoreau, of tho Supreme Court, hus beon taken suddenly iil, and his pbysiclany wdvise a trip South, ‘Tho bitl to prescribe tho oath taken by em- [loyés on telegeaph-lines under tho Government mpoges n penalty of §50 for disclosiug the cous tents of messnges. Ata moeting of the Provisional Trectors of tho Winnepeg & Ilutson Uay HRallway and Stoamship Company held in this city, it wi solved that all necossary prellninary survey: wnde without dolay, BtRrting from elther Win. nipey or Selkirk, Joseph Riopello was ap- pointed Becretury nsuror of the Company. | Speetal Dispateh o The Chicago Tribunt, TonoNTO, March 20.—A number of Atnericans are i tho clty biylug up all tho suitublo borses thoy can get, for the Western Stutes, They muke suipments once nweek. OBITUARY. CAYTT, ROBERT E. MURRAY. Bpeclal Dispateh to Ths Cheago Tribune, Louisvinue, Ky., March 10,—Capt. Itobert B. "Murray, Passongor Agent of tho Pan Hangle Ratiroad at this pince, dled ‘at his residence ln K37, Now Albany at 1 o'clock this morning. e was well known In ratlroad circlos, having been here sluce 1665, He formerly livad In Clevoland, and was connocted with Cinelnnatl & Indianapolls ltond, 118 reuishs were seot to-night to the latter city for burial, * A. W. BUCKEY, Bpeeial Dlavatch fo Tha CAledgo Tribunt, Toreno, 0., March 20.—A. W, Luckey, & prom: inent rnd highly respectod oftizen of Elmore, walked to his church—tho Disciples—in that town apparently In his usual health this,morn- ing. 1fc wad In his soat but ‘about ton tiinutes when ho recolved o stroke of paralysis and dled almost instantly, Py Js B IIANCOCK. Rpecial Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune. Gnranp HAvey, Mich.y March 10.—J. B, Hane cack, Bearerary of the Catlor & Savidge Lumber Company, died this ovening at his restdence in Spring Lnke. - THE RAILROADS. THE WISCONSIN LAND GRANT. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuns. MApSoN, Wis.,March ‘The argument male by Col. John C. Spooner before tho Assembly Committeo on Raflroads on the Lana Grant bills 18 pronounced by’ all tho finest legal argument made In tho Assombly Chambor,. The severat Land Grant billa woro indefinitly postponed 8t Baturdny morniug’s .sesslon. Tho fight will doubtleas ho renowod next wintor, ny tho so- cullod Alr-Line Company has but little moro thab & yoar in which tg constryct nearly U nlles-of road, tho land-grant portion belng through an unbrokon wilderness. —— AIR«LINE ROAD. Tva MoiNzs, Ja., March 10.~It s declded to push tho Chicago, Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul from Marion to Councll Rlufy, direot, without regard to citina aud towns, thus skipping Codar Hapids Marshalltown, and Des Moines, to galn & abortet roud thun tho pool lings to Chisaygo. —— REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Speclat Dispaten to The Chicaco Tribunt. ‘COLEDO, O,y March 19,~The Nepublicon City Conventlon, which was held to-duy, was fully attended, and vyerything passed off veryibnr monlously, considering the atrong competition for sotno of the positions, The following tleket, which waa nominuted, {8 considered u "w‘ Stroug one, nnfivwlll undoubtedly be elect " Muyor, W. T, #Wnalker; City Bolloltor, Clarenc lrawn; Polico Judge, J, Prico; Pollce Proie voutor, A, A, Lott (¢olore OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, NEw Yonk, March 20,—Areived, tho Ilhvln: from Bremeni tho Gormanle, from Liverpooli tho Stato of Alabama, from QIRsgow. BavTione, March 20.~Argjvod, tho Lelpsiiy from Dremets, ) HAMBUNO, March 20,—Arrived, the Westpha la. from Now York, LtveurooL, Mareh 20.—Tho Clty of Montrealy from Now York, and’ tho Tord’ Gough, frod Philadolphie, have arrived out. SUICIDAL, Mpecial Dispateh 19 The Chicage Tridunks FamonT, 111, March 10.—Last night & cour:I tesan named Mollle Willlams attempted to en hor lifo Ly commiiting sufoide, 8ho took fl!: oyordosoof laudanum, but tho timoly arrive of u physlolan and othors saved tho unfortunatd woman's )ife. Bhu formorly resided in Lla'H: 3 and, it is sald, was botrayud & ‘um '"ufllhl: #go by agon of 4 prumiosnt dentis t elty. —————— ‘The Prayer Cure ln Malne. Bk Indevendent. Mrs, Ellen B, Dunnll, supposed ta bo I"u-lehd. lust atayes of ansumptlon, hus Just boca euted ua sho betloves, by prayor, Snewus tirst ta! ke siok luat Chrlstinis, but ot botter, and becue avl o walk atout lhlnklluuut‘-h'lu Foruutsy howover, she was'axalu takon sick, polied Lo tuke to her bed, A ph)‘llullfll V‘I;:: called, and pronouncas 1t u caso of gancral TE0 bllity, Which might deltt nto guiek cousumb: tlun, Bhe Dwfll["llllly worse, and l.vccuu'n_ld e BLI0 to food hersell. Onoweok uga lust We el duy ulfbl Mrs. Dunnell detornined upot {r.:om tho otlivaoy of prayer, leing bhorselt n nuM Christlan, sbo bad ulf tho fulth, but, 48 nh% e toe reportor, nover hud pruyed with sucl ) nesticss us sho did thut algut. In the "m"'.uv at 6 o'vlock ber prayer seow eantod, rurw“‘ appearod to bu und folt horsol m-rh-mly“mm 80 sho Infowmed ber attcudunt, and, Brisiug s Lier bod, vn which, a duy before, sbe "“"n'uur to feed herself, sho drussed hersel, and an ullowing Bunday sbe atten % times, u0d slico bas wade way calls upou uer friouds. .o 5 i tha Cloveland, Columius, \ \