Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 9, 1881, Page 6

IGII WATEXH. I2iescuri River Renaches the highest Foint Known for Many Years, Much Damage Alrendy Done at Omaha, nnd Greater Do« struction Fenred, —_— The Great -Bridge at That Place in Danger of Getting on One*Side of the River. Steambonts Lylng About the Prairles in the Reglon of Yaukton. Provalenco of & Great Storm in tho Bouith- ern Portion of the United States, TIE MISSOURI RIVER. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuns, OatAlrA, Neb., April 8.~Tho greatest flood ever known at s point 8 now raging In the Missourl River, which has taken n re- markable rise since yesterday, * Last night it reached elghteen teet and n half nbove low- water mark at 6 o’clock, From 6 o'clock Inst night to 7 this morning it mnde another rise of eleven Inches, nnd at £ o’clock- this nfter- noon Jt ratsed sisteen inches more, and kept coming up, At o'clock It was over twenty- ono fect above low-water mark, having ralsed since 6 p. . yesterdny about thim ty-one luches. The Ownhn smelt- fng works nare fluoded - to a depth of over two -feet, and are bewg waghed by two streams quite badly, The works: conslst of nine or ten bulldings, mostly frame. There are about twenty-llive tall brick smokestacks, which are valuable, Thelr foundations, It the wash continues, will soon be affeeted.. No work wlintever Is belng done in the works, ‘The Union Puclfte shops, covering over thirty ncres,. and In- cluding about a dozen large brick buildings, afid employlng nearly 1,400 ‘men, were all ln- undated this morning by the overtlow, and there I8 two' fect of . water in somo of the shops, - All the worknien were compelled to abamion work. No serious damnge 18 oxpected' ot the' shops, ns it I8 not likely that any eurrent will strike then, they being too far from the clinnnel of the river, " Numerous smull framo residences east und west of the shops have become sub- merged, and have been abandoned, —The Union Pacific pump-hisnse, located. near tho ripraps and close to the channel of the river, is alinodt’ entirely submerged, and stands o good chance of belng swept out, ‘Ihe reser- yolr nnd foundation for the Omalu Water- Works lemmg-lmusu. located on a high sand platean north of the Union Paciile Fum;» ouse, 1s yet out of water, but it s ikely that the pluteau will be serfonsly washed out sooter or Inter.” Fears ave entertained that the river will break over the high track of the Union Pacific on the leveo and wash out - the lumber-yurds and coal- yards and bufldings un the mside of the track. Tralng wers nbandoned this morning oh tho Nebraskan Division of the Chieaxo, St. Paut & Omanha Road, the tnick beiug sub- werged not only hore but at numerous other polnts betweeti Omaha and Covington und Sianx City. The river s reported falling alowli' to-lay at Stoux_City, aud fullinge very rapldly at’ Yunkton, Fort Sully, aud Fort T The flovd is still coming u here, and probably -~ will not rench its ‘full hight until sume thne to- night or enrly to-morow morning, Tlere 1s not so inuch lce running to-duy as there wns yesterday, and the streum belng broader, It does not make sv much show out In the ehannel, whieh s now a considerable distance from sliore, ‘The lce isalso of much more rotten quality than that of yesterday, and much more broken, . The river now reachesfrom bluft to bluff, & distance of four to six miles, ‘Tho western part of Counell Bluffs, which I3 lowly situsted, Is Inundated. The river 1s runuing “Into Spoon Lake, just west of the Union Pacitic transfer, and thonce on to the main ehannel agsin below the Unjon Paclfic bridge, and it the chunnel should be cut in this direction it will cut off the Unlon Paciie bridge and leave 1k on the west slde of the river. As strange things as this have been dope by the Missouri River, A few years ngo the clannel was over cne mile east of whero 1t 1s now, and b{ o cut-oft It moved close to Omaha Bluifs, ‘I'he river I8 reported to_have fallen one foot ut. Sloux City to-day. It has not begun to fall here l'lct, and hundreds of men are_working on he river front tu protect the Unfon Paclfic mnin track runnlug to the shup, and they probably will hoiil the water back by the uso of straw, wanure, and dirt piled on the rack, ‘Il river Is now llable to make n cut-off at Florence Lake, above Omaha, and cut o new channel close to the bluifs and take out tho Chlengo, $t, Panl & Omala Railroad for thres or four miles, aud probubly send o strong strcam tlirough thy Unlon Pacifie shops, the smelting-works, ete, The Kunsas ALy, St Joo & Couneil Siuils Rond fs nune dated to Pacitic Junetion, and tealns to-night burely fwt through, “The track will prohufily be washod out before morning. Hpeelal Dispatch to The Chicugo Triduns, Osranta, Neb., April 8—Midnlght.—Thoen- tire leveo Is now belng swept by the flood, All that portion hiuierto protected by the grudo of the Unlon Pacific Is betng fnun- tated, The river broke througn thoe gradent 10:80, and in ono hour the wnter flomied sverythlng. A strong current Is running over the levee.” Lumber “yards, rallrond shops, sinelting works, and other establishmentsure -how greatly endnngered, and the probablilty 15 that they will be almost entirely ruined, 8T, LOUIS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, 8r, - Louts, April 8—Serlous approhen- slons have been eutortained - both . liere and down the river ns to the consequenco of the Uoods now rolliug down both the Missouri and Misalsslppl, The river here has risen considorably in the last twenty-four hours,— 50 much so a8 to wake & very visible .ditrer. ence In the alze of the levee, All of the bont- men are anxiously waiting for news from up- stream, and details, excopt of the dlsnsters at Owaha, are very mengre. As far us the ‘facts ure obtalpable, n very great rise I3 traveling down tha Missousl, but it must be vemembered that a risu of ten fest fu * the Mlssourl will not Mgt the river here more than elghteen inches at the highest. ‘There uro & number of bottems north of St, Louls which nct ns safuty valves In drawing off the surplus waters, 'The unantmous opinion of theriver experts hero Is that no danger 1s 1 be appro- hiended in St Louls. Down the river tunger occurs when tho Ohlo, the Missssippl, and the Missourd pour out thelr tloods 1ogethsr, The' Olo has already run out, me%mmr Misstsslppl Is sthl fee-botnd, and conse uuuuuf the only high water coming Is from stie Missourl, which will be shoris of {is power for havm before it gets fnto the luud of thu crevasses, x COUNCIL BLUFFS, Couvert, Bruees, In, Aprll 8—The -un-. preeedented risa of the Missonrt River ab this point hus resulted In n general avertlow of the lower part of thls eity, sud many per-’ sony were compelled to vacats thelr bouses hero to-nlght, The bottonnland between this city und the river propur Is Inundatedd,, forming nmighty Inke sevornl mtles in widtn, I'he Union Pacltic was “compelled 1o load down thelr small Dridges over o smull stream In tho city lmits, and to-night the water s several fuches over the tracks, and 13 lowng I the vielity of the large Unlon dopoty ‘Thoe river 13 nearly ‘twenty-two foet above low watermark, boing severnl -feet Dilgher than sver known here, sl “it 1s stiil rislug to-nlght, Some funrs ure entortained that the current mny succeed . In foreinis o Jassage-wvay through the low land of the' cliy, noanlle ur two this side of the large iron Dridicu butweon this eity and Omaha, on the Unlon Pacltic Roud, but’ this resule Is hardly” Probuble. BIOUX CITY AND YANKTON, Swux Crry, In, Aprit 8~The siver, hero has been ou the decline all day, sl I8 now’ nbout u fuot below the highest point’ of yess. torday. The river 1 rapldly receding within 118 bauks W the countyy ubove, Willluwm Cunningnm, an old settler of Dakota County, Nub.,, was drowned this woraing, \ O —-———— 114 house was surronnded by frully i wone to Tifsher g making bis eseape on o hotse when his horag went through a brldge, and Mr, Cooninglinin ver (0 yuirs old, YANKTON, Aprll ,—The damnge to steain- bonts, railronds, and vrivate property by the Iee gorigu at this city has been fearfal, The stenmers ot the levee were carried 1n and now dle on the rallroad ner Poninh sttuck the rallrond maching pletely wreckingithem, The bont he prairie, abouta mile from tie channel. ‘The Government warehouses nre destroyed, and mnny of the thow were carried away, report great destitution and snffer the seitlers on_the bottom Jand and Vermilion, houses at Yankton were tmoved from thelr 0 somo instances cnrried i e UOen.- Terry Yankton from Chotean Creek, anly one of the fiect escapin was drownedl, ods stored n sening parties A number of \lllnqt‘!finn and 1 SAVED FROM THE WATERS, KANsAs Crryy Mo, Aoril 8—About 4 o'clock yesterdny morning a house standing on the bank of the Missourl River near Parkville, ocenpled by a woman named Cordelt and three childven, was swept luto the rlvor nbout seven. miles, the house y, two young hunters, numed Bureh and “Ford, from Kansas City, who put out to It In a skifl, cut whole in the roaf, tha only part of the building above the wvnter, reseried . tho ter fifed Tnnates, and took tiiem buck to Pirk 4 MANDAN, DAK. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, B, TAvr, Minn, Aprll 8.=Natwlithstand- Ing the recent freshes nt - Mandnn, Col, R, M, Newport, General Luid Agent of the North- ern Peltie, has shnce the first of- this month ol 101 ots 1n that town,” and the greater portion of theso have beeu taken sines tho Inundantion, In fact, no Injury will be felt by Mandan from tho outflow, ns it was an exceptionnl ocenrrence, and nobody can’ re- member when such n rise fu the rlver ever before took pluce. 'The past winter ins cer- fuinly been exceptionnl the country can tus 8 R0t KEORUK, TA. Special Dlpateh to The Chicago Tribune. Kroruk, In., April 8.—A drizzling rain be gan eorly yesterday maorning, and ‘it lins ralued at short intorvals sinco that time. The weather I8 very disngreenble, and walks are in'a brd conditlon, " Tlie snow began falling at 4:.p..m. to-ln Inches of snow fell lnst nizht and ing at Des Molnes and otlier polnts west, so uo doubt another storin Is In store for us,- QUINCY, 1LL, . Speclal Dispaten to-The Chicago Tribunes * Quixer, Il, Aprit 8—The river at this oint Is now. fourteen feet above low-water. The lowest ground on the bottoms near thig city on the north and south, as well as on the Missourl side, is covered with from two to threa feet of water. Much of t) 15 planted In wheal, A slight rise above the present level will Interfere with - wany fact- .. DES MOINES, TA. Des Moixes, Ir., Avpril 8,—~The heayiest show fall of the season oceurred duving the Inst- twenty-four hours, The deposit has rupldly evaporated or been transforwed luto LA ITARPE, 1LL. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. ' LA Hanpeg, Iil, Aprii 8. heavily here since noon to-day, and still con- Snow has fallen SIGNAL SERVICE., Wagmsaros, D. C., April 9-1 &, m— For T'ennessee and the Ohlo Valley, clearing weather, north to west winds, rising barome- " ter, and stationary or a slight rise In tem- For the Lake reglon, northerly to westerly winds, generally fair weather, no declded change In temperature, and In the southern vortions rising baromater, 2 For tho Upper Mississippl and Lower Mis- sourl Valleys, partly cloudy wenther, arcas of light snow, rising followed by falling burenieter, north to west winds, becoming varinble during thanight, and statfonary or a slight rise in temperature. The obsgrver at Yunkton reports that the - river has fallen sixteen feet in forty-eight hours, - The indicatlons ara that fair wenther wilt revall durlng Sunday In the New Eunglaud, Iiddle, and South Atluntie Stutes, ‘The Chiet Signal ofticer furnis! lowing speeinl The storin which was central Friday wornlng in Kentueky moved east, causing | sylvanin southward to Florlda, and danger- ous nurthenst -to southenst winds on_tha. nnddle and south Atlantle coaats, ‘Thi stori has now passed to the enst of tho const and Is central near Cape Iatterns, Light rain continues In Virg(nia and the and light snow vl Valley, St. Louls, and Daveir- hort, _Clear weather hins prevalled from the ew England const westward, and southwest the temperntureé remains oxcept In Tennessee, where It hns degrees, 1t continues 15 dogrecs below the menn for the month for Luke Mich- fmun westward and southwestward to the Missouri Valluy. LOCAL ONSEUVATIONS, CntoAao, April B-10:18 p, m. 'y raing from Penn- metor corructod for temporature, elovation, ontal error, Moun brrometer, ‘AMuzlmui towper AMinlmum tempers UKNERAL OLSKILVATIONS. CilioAGo, April §-10: e:ezs:_:zmeswzasssszg:asessszszzz:azé.ess::esse&sI EopeELSeEEELEETEECRANSERURREENES: axpspyaNELEENS] - MOBILE RACES, MoniLg, April 8~The third day of tho Mngnolla Jockoy Club meeting, - 'Ihe one- und-u-holf mily vaco was won by Fellowplay, Long "Tuw secoud,” Lord . Lyon third; thme, 8:40, ‘Ine - mile-and-nu-eighth rues wis won by Kimballs thno, 2:083, Tha threc-quartors nills heat ruce wus onu by Kaj, Y Butterscuteh distance atniced for non-appearance; e DYING FOR WANT OF FOOD," Spectil Diapatch to The Chicag Tribungs © ., Niw Ounuraxs, Avrll 8~The news from the Attakupas country I8 of the most starts ling character, tens of thousands of cattle belng yeportud ay dying for the want of prop. ©r nourisment, Mr, Juspar Gale aud the Aesar, Itaphael & Towellle, near the Town ot New lberla, ha bead, - ‘The loat nearly threo 8l THIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: don of liva steck Is owineg to the prolonged and severe wintor, In consequence of which there fa no grass npon the prairies, and the cattle eating the Yyoung grass Just apringing up are purgoerd to suech an extent that they dle by thousands. Prominent eattle ilrovers in that seelion of tha eountry areof the opinfon that, in order 1o l}l'nacr\'n tho enttlo they must bo housed In barus and fed in tha winter, past expe- rlence gomng to prove that without such care the loss will be enormons, % : CANADA. . INSURANCE, Bpecial Dlspateh to The Chicaco Tridune. . OTTAWA, April 8.~I'rof. Cherrlmat’s ab- stract of statements of Insurance companles, Just [ssued, gives the following among other Incts: FIRE INSURANCE, 25 Canadian companler—Net cash recelved for promiums, $1,208,5%2 net -amount of losses lnenrred during the year, ‘8653,0573 net, amount pald for losses, 8700,201,. British companies—Of these, three have so far not madte any returns. Net cash recelved for premiums, $1,777,017; net .amount of losses incurred durlng the year, $600,704; net amount vaid for losses, 8719,423, _Amerfeat companies—8241,140, 8112,080, and $100,610 respectively, i INLAND MARINE INSURANCE, * Canadinn cum]mnles—th cash - received for premiuims, $118,357; net amount of logses feurred Ihll‘lllli- the yenr, " S125,304; net nnf;;uuflnnhltrrg "!l:lw‘ 75745»‘:&0 5-15.405 i : Phientx, of Brooklyn—823 830,858 respectively, ! 3 LIFE TNSUBANCE. - Canndinn companies—Of seven compnnles, only two—the Citizens and the Toronto—have minde roturns, - Preminms for the year, S5, D413 net amount of policles become clnitms, £20,908: elaimng pald, 818,10, =y ‘Ot the seventeen Britlsh companies bu soven have made returns, . Premiums for the yenry S2u,221: net amount of policies becoingelnlms, $117,216¢ clahins pald, 2134,340, Of the vieven Awerican companies seven have ot made nnv returns, Premiums for the yenr, $56,410: net amount of policies be- come clafms, SE4074 cluting pald, §07,63 Prof, Cherriman 1y the Governent In- spectorof Tnsuranee, . . Spectal Dispatch fo The Chleoo Tridune TonoNto, Aprll 8:—The question of the right of the Local Leglslature to linpose statutory conditions on lusurance compnnivs =which enme up in Osgood Lall heve n the ense of Edwards vs, The Citizens' Insurance ts .Company—was appéaled In several enses to the Supreme Court, Ottawa,—it belng con- tended on behnlf of the comprnles thint cantraet of insurance fnlls under the head of tinde and commerce, and ns such I3 ultrn vires of the Ontarlo Leglisinture, The Su- preme Court not taking this view of the ease, the question will comu beforetho Privy Cottne cll ln England durlng the coming summer, Ar. James Bathune, Q. C., has been retalned a8 counsel, and will proceed to Englud fn July next, . BUSINESS SCITEMES. Speetatl Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Otraws, Aprll 8—~Messrs, James Me- Laren, B, A, C, Pew, and 8, J., Dawson hind -an - futerview with Col, Dennis, Deputy. Minister of the Interior, in relation to the “lensing of 100,000 acres of land In the North- west for grazing purposes. They seeured + the lease, but have not yet seleeted the dis- triet. 'The condition I3, that the Government cun eancol the lease atany time on giving iwo years' notlee. The applieants have the privilege of choosing their land In any un- settied purt of the Bow River Dlstrict, after thres other clalng have been satisfied. These are Mr. Wiser (AL P.), Senator Cochi- rineland a son-in-law of Sir l&‘i}m -Allan, eneltdf whoni have secured 100,000 aeres for shnllar purposes, © Messry, McLuren and Pew have also pur- ehnsed 6,000 neres. for sattlement; and the Intter gentleman lns - taken an additional townshity I tho Turtle Mountaln District, which he Intends to colonize 3 My, Pew wo uther extensive schemes on faot, In conneetlon with which hu has gone to New York. - He lins sueceeded I or- gntlzing n company, withn eaplital of 32,000,- U0, to work kold mine ay the Clmufiluru, Quebee, The Canadiun membersare W, R, Cassells, of Torants, Mr. S, ). _Dawson, and Aly, Pew, Thy New York Directorate Is composed of Messrs. Dreed and Shepherd, Operations have alrendy commenced,—n dam belng In conrse of eonstruction, also u Hume, preparatory to sluletng In the spring, . Thoy cafenlnte o minfug §'TUO,UDU worth of golil durhug the coming summer, ‘The Hon, R, W. Scatt, Mr. Pow, and Ar, Dawson own Plo Island, Lake -Superlor, which Is reported very rich In silver, u ton of ore assaylg ng Mgl as 2,600 ounces. Mr, 'l‘lmm]usun. ot this %l&'. récently sold his, shiare In the mine for 850,000, und a compuny hns been orumnized, with o eapital of 85~ ,000, to develop {t. -The New' York Di- rectorate conslsts of Mesyrs, Breed, Morey, Altmay, and Shephord, Mr. Dawson holds 820,000 stock in the company; and Breed talegraplied {oslauluy to take o cull on hig stack at par, but it was refused, l UNION . COMMERCIALT FRANCO- CANADIENNE, d " Bpecial Dispatch to The CMeago Tribtine OtrAwa, Aprll 8,—)Mr, Joseph E. Perranlt hng submitted to the Government the plans of the Unlon Conumerciale Franco-Cann- Alenne Company, of which he Is the Seere- wry, In order to endeavor to obtaln the sub- sldy of 850,000 voted during the lnst sesslon In favor of n fortnlghtly line of-stenmers botween a French port and Montreal fn summer, and Halifax In winter. Tho com- pany which ho now represents ns a delegate to the Canndinii.Govornment hus a sube seribed eapltal of 82,400,000, and 1s composed of French aud French-Crandlan capltalists, Tho purpose s n threofold one: First, the estublishment of a line of stenmers, which, | should the Government grant the subsldy, would be ecrossiug the Atluntlc in a couplo of months, Sccondly, the colonlzn- tlon of o tract of the Northwest with sub- stantial settlers, well rmrhlml with means, Thase who are ‘not will be assisted ju thelr etforts by a colonization soclety )ms!esnfiu: o cu{»lml of §500,000, which will’ undertake to soltle an ares of 100 square lengues within tha ulmeo of ten years, ‘Cho soclety Is pre- parved not only to advance to Intending dinl- grauts thelr ‘presage-money, but ‘to” give thom & furnished dwelling, agrleultural In plenients, & yoke of oxen, and sufliclons Pruwlakms 1o enable thewm to await the renp- ng of tholr first erop; the wholu advanea to be reimbursed to the Company fn ten equal pavinunty, bearlng Interest gt ¢ per cent. Thirdly, the Company fntends maklng a speclul oxhibitlon of French praducts at tha «Lrovinciul Exhibition to be held at Montreal next fall, Should the Government grant the subsldy, the company will begin operations at ouce, s it 18 anxious to have settlers at work In the Northwest ns early as the first days of July, . REPATRIATION, - . Bpectal Dispatch fo Ths Chicaoo Tridune, MoxTieAL, April 8.~Mr, J, J, Daloy, Em- igratlon Agent, who now seeks to repatrinte Froneh-Canndians from the Now Eugland States to the Northwest, In his roport anys: “Ile visited, nmong mnuy other places, Lowell, Concord, Lawronce, and Manchestor, and went up even s far as Bangor, Me, He found nmong the French-Cantlisns a feel- {ng that wider nuy clrewmstances thelr stay Juthe Bustern States would not be pertins nent, 'They lovked forward’ to the Lo when, aftor having inade money enougl, tiey would return i Conadu to spund diolr de- clining years,” ‘That is what most Canadluns expiect fo dog but, bé the timo they have had @ tow years of the United States, they fovm fasnclitions as dear to them us thosw loft bes hind, and never come buck, The signifleant ~part of Mr, Ualey’s report 18, thut uo one hus yet been repatriuted, - v vy TIE WAUBUNO CASE, Spetlal Dispaten 10 Tva Chicogo Tribnng, - TonoNTO, April 8,—In'the Waubuno case It hos been deelded by My, Osler, Q. 0., of ilamilton, counsel' for Mrs, Flsher, to havo n new trial, which 8 expected to takp pluce fn Jun; 5 £ — . ATFORGER., . . MoNTREAT, April-8.~1, ¥, O'Brien was Tound gullty of uttering & receipt for §18,000, knowlng it to be: - forgery,- Two shullar chiarges are yet pending. GENERAL NEWS, . Bpecial JHapateh §o Ths Chicago Triduns. OTTAWA, April 8,~There are twins, givls, -this year has an ines SATURDAY, APRIL 9, I1BBI—NIX'THIN Y PPAGLGS, not materinlly changed sines the tlmo of thelr birth, seven years azo. ‘They have galued only a quarter of a pound each. 1t transplres that not wore than one-third of Taylor’s great party, numbering somao 800, which started from this place for Monitoba, went to that Province. ‘The rest went Into Dakota, Willlam Dnvis & Son, of {his eity, con- tractors fur the Lachino Canal enlargoment, gxpet to resine operations nbout the 1st o May, It s sald the amount of rock-pxeava- tlon will largely exceed the first estimate, l‘mdkhlcrcn.m tho difficulty and cost of the work, 8pectal Dispaleh to The Chieago Tridune, TonoNTo, April 8—The Unlted States rev- entg-chtter Manhattan will be commissioned on Lake Ontarlo this swmmer, nnd it I8 ox- ef"n‘fi" will pay Toronto Ilarbor one or two y Spectal Dispateh to The Chieage Tribune, MoxTnEAL, April 8—"The Duvitt homestend fund here hasonly reached the length of 870, POLITICAL. XANTE COUNTY SUPERVISORS. Speetal Correapondence of ‘Fue Chicago Tribune. GRNEVA, TIL, April 7.—The returns from the sixteen towns In Kane County show the new Boasd of Supervisors for Kane County tobe: Aurory, Juseph Relsing, J. 'T. Thor- warth, J. B, Chnse, Thomas O'Dounnell, J. 1L Broommell, We W, Bishops: Batavin, A, H, Arnold; Blucl:burr_\', John Vang l!url\nk- tou, Charles Lovell: Bl Rovk, Isane Huteh s Campton, John_ Stewart; Deenloy, Josoph Baorden l'llgln‘ James Al Carllsle, Willun Grote, Hi 12 Perkins, 11, L Bosworths Gene- s, &’ 1 Mayboene: Tiampshire, 0, 5. Me- Allister; Kaneville, N. N, Ravlin; Plato, Seth Sterwoud; Rutland, L. F. Brayaung St Charles, C, AL Milters Sugar Grave, Mark Seavey; Virgll, ¢ £ Trwine. The Board nsed membership of two, Aurora and Elgin uulufi aecorded ono nudditiount rc;m-seu‘(utl\'c. t Is nrobable that Supervisor Miller, of St. Churles, will bu redlected Chatrman of Uhe Bonrd, - REPUBLICAN JUDGU ELECTED. Speciul Dispateh to The Uhicagn Tribune. Cot,DWATER, Mlch, Aptll 8—The Repub- Hean eandidate for Cireult Judge tn this dis- trict, Russell R, Penler, 18 elected by about 1,000 majority, His own county (St. Joseph) ave him only M majorlty, but this county fhmuch) Rave 3lhu tha balanee, ¥ A TOUGH TIME. A Severs Struggle to IEecp Rody and Noul Mopether="The 'Trying kKxporie cnces of Now Scttlers In the Far Northwest During tho Past Wintor, Dubuque ta.) Corraspondenre Boston Glole. A story told by Joseph' Sterrette, of Big Lake, Dakota, who has just mnnaged to break thirough the terrible snow blockade In that section of the country, glves only n fulr statement of the troubles expericnced by tho settlers of the Northwest during' the severo winter. Mr, Sterrette pre@mpted 100 neresof farm land In Big Lake two years ngo, and at onee moved on it with his family and sottled down to'work. At the end of tho year he was In shape for farming, and had a com- fortable cabin, Tast year he harvested sixty neres of wheat, twenty-five bushuls to the nere, and realized 81,200, 16 lukd v o quan- |* tity of fuel, and prepured for winter, but it proved more severo than he or his ueighvors had enleulnted. ™ In fet, Stervette’s better vrepnration for_ tho rigors of the sonson turned out to -be the only menns whieh pre- vented himself, family, and several nelghbors Trom starving and frovzing to death, it Feb- yuary he found it necessary to resene the en- tro fatnllies of two nelghboring farmers not so well housed from perishing by cold by taking them into his own house, “The cold was 5o stendy aud 8o bitter that before tho seasnn was lnlCover the fuels which e hind gnthe(x;cd to lust until spring was all con- sumed, - - ‘Then he and the men staying -with him went out and took down the fences und out- liouses and burned them. ‘Tho heavy snow- fall, which at this time blocknded the rail- ronds, wns piled in sueh drifts about the house whereSterrettoand his neighbors were domieiled ng to absvlutely eut oft ull commu- nleatlon with the sutsidd world, ‘The mer- cury fell lower than ever; the winds grew flercer; and the' surrounding snow eaked and . solitifled, L' this tlmo the men dug thelr'!™ way,” or rather mined It, tllrouqh the bloeknde to the rallway near by, and dug out tles which thoey cliopped up, took home, anl burned to cook their seanty food, and .save their wives and chil- dren from freeaing, When tho tivs and tele- graph poles that could ba reached wers cons stnied, 16 was decided to dig through to tha cibins of those sheltered In Sterrette’s house, and break them up for tusl, ‘This wus done, The bitter coul still continuing, Sterrette’s furpiture was next suerliteed, even to tho bedsteads, trunks, and children’s toys, Whila the cuhl-\mrrlsnlmd ploneers werg upon this Inst supply of . fuel n consultation wag held, and 1t was- declded to make n dey- Berntu attempt to drive thiough the deadly lusts on the crust for relief, John Becker agreed to go, A sleigh was prepured, and with live borses hitehed to It Becker started, It was o tgerible undertaking, and when the brave mairleft there wero tenrs frozen on his cheeks, Becker Yumlsled In_taking a fine shiephierd dog. Tle gave ns his renson: “1 dow’tknow whntmay hnpnen; 1 would rather bury Carlo 1m my belly thun have h im freeze to death,” Storrette und his coinpanions be- eamo alurmud when at the end of Lwo days Lecker did not return, and they started ont for him. "They had not gone fur when they eame neross'a hole ina drift where Becker hnd broken througl, ‘The man was found curted up In the slelgh frozen dead, Iis falthtul dox wis I[Ylm: Iddled up ngninst I8 breast dead. “Che five horses wora stand- Ink lifeless on their feat, all frozen stiff, "L'he men carrled Becker's Dody bnek, made n cottin of the slelgh, nailed the cotvsa up it, and then roverently Ylnem it in the - corn- firlhlululll the weather should permit of its urinl, Suon after this, and Just ns the party was on the polut of despair, tho wenther mlell.‘I‘- sted sutliclently to break the snow blockade, ond Storrette and frionds found rellef, A nelghborime famlly durlng this thae had no other food than soup mude from an ox-pelt, which happoned to bo in the house when tho blockade began, Notwithstanding all this, Mr, Bterrotte says ‘the ncople like the conne try, and say they will stay and In the future he propared for severe wintors, ‘The land Is outl, the soil 13 deep bluck, wost ot the set- org nre foreigners, and the ownesship of land I8 to them so novel and preclous that they will not give It uv, ELGIN COUNCIL, Important Actlon of That Iody Lnat Night—Licenss to Sell \\'&l’ul(y Fixed ut the Steop Slguro of $500, ' Special Diapateh to T'he Clidcago Tridune, Erary, 1L, April 8.~Tha City Councll nt its regular meoting this evemug voted to rulse the salary of the City Clerk to 8500, and the pollcomon tp 850a month; also to pay the Mayor 8200 a year, and the Aldermen $3 for regulnr nud 8t for speclal mectings, ‘The lquor license was fixed at 8500, 'This netlon was wholly unexpected, belng horetofore tho duy of the Incoming Councll; but, under reorganizatlon, the city election s post- voned o month, aud 0 duty dus volved on the “old Aldermen, This was dong In the face of a detormined uppositionof the Low-Licenss Aldurinen, und WHI ereate n protound sensatlon - to-morrow, 1t destroys the lssue mnde for the election, Ald, Filon, o Low-License stalwart, jolned the other side, and declared for 8500, The yesed guestion of the appeintiment or elees ton of dMarshal wud Street Commissloners ‘wus bronehed, but not sottled, ‘Tle minority thustrinmphis, and the Muyor will, under the hm;: nppolnt, The meoting wos an exciting of R e — NEW STEAMBOAT LINE, . Bpecial Dispateh 10 “The Chicago Tribune, 87, Paus, Minn, Apsll 8—A Pluneer- Press speeinl from L Cross this evening 80¥8: “A new steambont company, o bi called tho &t, Louls & St, Paul Pugsengoer and Frelght Line hoy been organized under the Iaws of Wiscopsin, with thugenural ollice at La Crosse, ‘Tho oftiesrs are P, S, David. son, of Lu Crosse, Vresldont; Secretary, Ju Holes, of La Crosse; Generul Munugetr, W, o Duvidson, of 8t, Louls; Genoral Superine tendent, A, G, Hutehinson, of Kuokuki As- sistunt "Superintendent, John Shethuy, of Clinton, - Tho line wilt'consist of ten bhonts, vo uot yet been nnmed, The othe irand Pacllie, White Eagle, Av- kANSQS, )Ul§ Eagle, Vietorks, Aluxunder Kendal), ud Magglo Reaney, 'Tho three yot 10 Lo secured ure tv bu first-cluss stern-wheuls orh Lo boats have boon overhauled and re- e Who live at the Chiaudiere, whose weight hus | Stted, Iy TILE RAILROADS, An Energatic Kick Against the Big Bridge Monopoly. Suppresston of the Now Freight Roule to Callfornia and Oregon. Gen, Grant's Views on tho Projected Rail- way 8ystem {n Mexico, THE BIG BRIDAE, ‘The Unlon Depot Company in St. Louls Is ane of tne tost grinding monopolies in the country, '"he rallronds centerlng in (hat city seemn to bo compelled to usa this depot, and the Company, taking advantege of this foct, finpnses upon them the most onérous terms, which the ronds are forced to submit to, Notonly {8 the rental charged by the Depot Compuny an excesslve one, but 1ts rules and regnlations are onorous and troublesome, Grent efforts hava been made Intely by the raliroad people to induce tha Depot Company to modify its burdensomg terms, but thus fue Avithout” avall, “The Compnny knows it has o monepoly on the depot faelll- tles In 8t - Louls, and it s “-thore fore bound 'to tnke all -the. ndvantage it con of the ratironds that are completed to naka that city thelr terminus. Therafltonds,” however, seoin determined 1o shnke off the yoke and chango tite present condition of tf- Talrs, * ‘The Governing Committey of the Union Depot, composed malnly_of ralirond oflielals, at n ineeting held In St. Louls a fow dnys ngo, thanlinously pusswl the' following resolutlon: Resolved, Thit tn_view of tho burdensomo terms of tho Union Depot lonse ut St. Louts, the question of the moditication of the sime or the purchuse of Ute stogk of the Union Dopot Cotne lmn by the rallronds ocoupying the devot ou n -bnsls thut will result In tho ruduction of the rental to the purchusing compnnivs be consid- ered at the general meeting of tho rullronds to be ield on the 12th of April. ‘The unaphinty with which ‘the resolution wits passed Indieates that the rallromds are determined that thero must be a change. TIIE 'NEW CALIFORNTAN ROUTE. The announcement made i yesterdny's Timuse that the Atchlson, Topeka & Snnta Té Railrond has withdrawn from all freight bust to Callfornin, Oregon, and Washe Inggton "Territory, enused general surprise in railrond elreles, as very fow expected that sueh netion wonld be taken so shortly after the opentng of the now lne nnd aftor ndver- tistng quite freely that the new lne, was still in the feld for such business, It makes but little aifference, howaver, to the shlpplng In- terests whether the new Hnels In the fleld for Californinn business or not. Owlng to the pooling - arrangement into which the Santn Fé was forced by the Unlon Pacifieand Centeal Paclfle [tonds, the new route was vir- tually of no_nccount a8 n compotitor with the Unlon Paclfie for Callfornta business, Shippers nra not lkoly to stick to a cireult- ougroute like the Atchlson-Southern route unless specinl ndvantnges are to be gained thoreby, nnd, under the pecullar condition of thiines, no such advabluges conld be offered, Nedther. could Gould _bo damaged by ship- ping -over..tha- new- line, nor could better rates: he obtained -to mnko up for the extrn time ft-took for the frelght 1o rench its des- tination: 1t was, therefore, probably the best thing, under the clreumstances, for the atehidon, Topoka & Santn Fo to let the Unton Pneitie ke the California, Oregon, and Waslungton Tervitory business (n considern- tion that it might et all the Arizona busines As stased yesterday, this condition of affut however, can only Inst until the Atchison's new Californin line, the Atlantle & Pacllic, witiel I3 now In the course of construction from Albnguerque west, has been’ com- pleted, Uiy Santa K8 will then have an dependent line to the Pucific Coast whi will bo equnl if not superior to the Unlon Pueitic, and over which Gould can exert no lnnu&ncunur compel any pooling arrange- nents, ' —— THE SNOW BLOCKADE. , Over 800 men are still employed In clean- fng the winter's nceumulation of snoy from the exteifsion of the Chicago & Northwest- crn west of Sleepy Eye, Minn, 'The weather Is mild, but the snow-drifts iave'the solldity of lee, nndd tho sun has had no percoptibie effeet as yet in reducine the blockade, 'Lhe trozen snow Is broken iuto chiunks by picks ond hauled away upon flat-cars. It will bo some days yet before traing will bo able to run west of Sleepy Bye, Eust of that -place all the lines of the Northwestern nrs again . running order. ‘Tho St, Paul & Slonx City Branch of the Chiengo, St. Paul, Min- neapolis & Omaha Rowd suceewded in getting frec of snow yestorday, 8o that tralns enn agadn run through to Stoux Clty. The Sloux Fulls braneh is exnected to be open to-tor- row. ‘e Dlifnols Central ls nlso open to Sloux City, A great denl of freight hus ac- cumulated on tho lines of these roads and thoy will be crowded with business for some duys to come. « GRANT'S MEXICAN SCHEME, A reportor of the (alveston News has in- terviewead Gon, Grant regarding the scheme for” developing New Mexleo through ratl- ronds: 2 Tho News man bogan his sonrch alter knowls edxe by n genoral luguley ufter tho pluns of the new eorpurition of whlch Gen, Grant had but recently been elected Prosidmnt, Forreply, he wats Informued by Gon, Grant that the Company hud but rvecently been orgunizod, and that tho wbjeot of this visit s to overlook tho situution, us It wore, proparatory to the commonemont Ue tho notive vperatiun of vonstruotion. ** 19 this line to be o purt of waat Is known as the Gould system ¥** * Yes: Mr, Joutd I8 onoof the stockholders, nnd o Dlroctor in the lne.'” ** What nre to bo yourtormini p* - * The City of Moxico and Tebuantopeo, tho ling -pusaing through Oufucn, Atthe Clty of Moxico conneetion witl be wmade with nil the ronds contering thore and divorging toward tho North, ' Upon theso constructlon 8 eing pushed a8 rapldly ns posslbly, 10,000 mon bolng now em- }uo)'cd ou the luo of the Mexican Contrul. o uro tho end of tne yeur there will bo 50,000 ln- hnfl:r‘s. lxlu work on tho raltrouds throughout tho opublic, 1 ** From this {t would ecom that cffcotive ore unizitlon und abundutice of capitul ure both ebind these entorprisest’ . - * There are suillclent broins, mum-y“g‘.l and mmua); at baud to aceomplish the results tha are sought,” « ** Do you fix upun any time far the accomplishe ment of tho enterorise?’ * Clrenmatances will'largoly control that, Of courso, no time will be lost, und deloys will bo uvolded us much ns possible,” *Whut 1s the genvral toollige, a8 far as you can Judge, nmoug Moxicans rugarding the juroud Of Amorieun capltui” - " Favorable. Tho great body of the people— tho intulligout massed, who govern und ovatrol overywhure—huve coino to sug that thele futers o8 Mo {n ol direetion, Thoy bave not the requigit nosus for this . dovolopment, sud tharefore ure glad to sco the presouce of Amerl- cuti capital.” “ut: will not the old bugboeur ‘annexation’ cr?llmyi'l_ fuoellug of distrust ngutngt your unter- urlses "I do not fear anything on that scoro, Whon 1 visited Moxico I tound sumething of * this feol- Ing, but 1 proved consluslvely, L islnk, to tholr minds the folly of sucha fear.. Itold thous of the cninge which hud tukon pluco fu our natitu- tond, Twonty yours nyo, whun slavery was in Xi1enco, thora wight bave besn t Teoling fn- yoruble to tho auquisition of thig torrltory, for tho reason that, with any growth stavory might uttaln, 1t would have required udditonal room in this direction, hs jts sprond in othors had been chockud, But the abolltion of - that josti= tution bud virectually destroyed thld argument 1or nieuisicton, mud s this thne | was sutistled that tho Amerivin peoplo woulil oppose tho ue- quirement of furthor possvssluns exeept upon turms honorablo and satisfuctory to ull. Agato, us unothoer argumunt, | showod that wo conguing B0 worth uf troplonl and - semistruplol frults, which wo now obtuls from countrivs thut in the firat place employ 8live Jubor, whivl Is distadtulul 1o usi thon thoy lmposo heav, dutius, which Wu linve to pn}'xl uud, 1l tho un thoy deal In return with us Ghly to tho extunt uf recelviog our dtevling exchunge, ‘This teado, | urgued, they could contrul und command, aid by an Interchungs of Kmduuu nnd trwde rola- tions could Lo catublishiod equaily wnd mutuslly protitublo und sntlaluotory, v Inntice 6 the Maxiean eorrespondence of a New York ungmr & remark of upposition, and comment by Moxleun pipers dpon esiracty fron the Ainerican prods Hostilo 10 tneso prje cute, . Do you cuncelye thii to bo a rellex of the -fnlllx}gnu of uny clowuut of sipguith Ju oppoe sldun? o »No, not to n _serinus axtent, Tha Mexicans undenitand tholr own press, und Kuow Low 1o nuyo It 18 ks our uwi pruss whicl con do us urm, Tho Sun hus bova vppPoEIK thid enture brlvo, but thut nioans me, It 18 not 4o much oy~ wositlon 10 (6 raliroad w8 It fs to' e personully, 'he World and otber luadiug jourans have treuted tho ontorprisa faivly,” Wil the forelun element now in Boxico prove nmumml-vlg.lu the udvent of further. Amorican Leutueprised; +Not_to sny sorfous extent. Of courve, somo OF tho foreliniore will opposo It, but thelr nume bons or fnluehco uce uot dungerous.'” *1 wudvpetend, thoo, that tha sontimoent of ‘That o the peopla nvorable. Aro the Uovernmont eonceasions In koeping with this eplirit?” * Yes, Tho Goveriiment bas made grentor conncenslons thun showtid hive boen tnndoy gronte or than «lie wil bo abio to pny.” % “In tho opening of thia country by those roads, do you anticipnte un ostensiva, imme- diate growth or develupment of the tpsources of tho gauntry i T du, niost assurodiy. Alroml{ nttontion hns been direeted to the liicrenso of ‘the agriculturatl featurcs. Largo sugar, colfee, nnd whent plantne tions are now bulge opened, and thoso will bo opened nnd widoned Aipon nn_oxtunded sealo, Land nnd Intior nre ohenp, und ‘the nntive popus Iution, findig n means of tranaporiation for thalr products, whl all the more rundily engago In theso pursuits, Tho teadllo betwoen the two countrios will dovelop linmensely witly the prog- resd of carrying faollitivs.” (3 Tbl-}nmn. nugurs well for the future prose pority of tno country?™ ** Deeldedly, The ivhole country will exporls enca It Texha firat and inore linticdlately, but tho Intluence will be wenoral,™ “This gignntlo systom of roads, conncoting the two ltapublics, inust noeds huvo an vutlot to thio gen, Where to you think 1hat will ber " **Gnlveaton of caiirss, (F you oun gut doep water. Yout huvo n city hero alrendy, nnd hnvy all the ndvantages of geographieal {oeation, If your offurts to deepin your barboe nro suge ceasful, the rallronds will unturally polnt to this plree. If not, thoy will have to seck some othor placo, Howover, I lurrn that tho ongineel In charme of the works 1y contldont of success,” Hera tho conversntion drifted fnton discus- slon of tho narrow-guuge systom, which Gon, Grant pronounced to bo tho most valunble ns plonger ronds, oit uceount of. thoir choupricsa of construotion, and thn fact that frot tholr own earnings thoy could ho changed to tho standard gauge, From his remnirks furtber in this stealn tho impression was not mnde that ko constdered it axtromely probabio thora would soou be & Nn- tionni or internntional natwork of thia system, At present tho charter of thoe Moxicau Soulhern cnlis for a nurrow-gaugo lino, —_— GREAT RAILROAD EX'IENSTONS, Hpeclal Corvespondence of The Chicago Tribune. New Your, April 6—~The four great rall- roail extenslons the most tatked nbout In hn- sitle rallrond eircles aro as follows:. L Tho Delnware, Lackawanns & Westorn, which 18 boing rapldly bulit purallel with the Erle from Binghamton, N, Y., to Builala, 2. T'he extenslon of the Hoosao Tunnol routes which Is: belng Lulit on the south bank of " tho Mobawk River, paraltel with the Now York Central, from Albany to Utlea. 0. The cxtonslon of Gould's Wabnsh syatem from Albin, In, to Des Molnes, and from Des Molzes on to Counoll Blults; nnd 4. The extenslon of tho Chlvugo, Milwaukoo & 8t. Paul from Marion, Linn County, Iowa g|lmlr Cedar Rapids), to Dos Mulnes uud Councll ulls, ‘The Delaware, Lnckawanna & Waestern cxtenslon from Binghamton to Buffalo Is nbout. halt-completed. Thers areupwards of 1,000 men now working between Biugham- tonond Buffalo. Bridges are belng thrown ncross the Susquehannn . in several places, ‘The rowd 13 backed: by Samuel Sloan, the President of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and b{y Jay Gould and Sidney Ditlon. Much ofthe tontrucet work iy beingg Iet minl supervised by Mr. Ripley, Mr, Dillon’s son-li-luw, This new traiik line is belng bullt nlmost parallel to the Erie. From the Erle car-windows you cat se¢ the construc- tlon of its great rival kol on for hundreds of mlles, The route of thy Delaware, Lcka- wannn & Western will be from Blugham- ton to Elmira, on through Corning, and thon up to Butfuo, ‘T'he grx,luu 13° low, tho stone- work massive, and 1o i onufi is being spared to nake it o low-grade trunk frelght line, Wiien Lasked the Gould peopls where the roud would go to from Builalo, they luoked wisennd sald: “Mr.’Goqulsgnln to have o trunk line from 'Loledo to Bullulo and from Builulo to Now York. You might as well make up &mlr mind to that. It will be running from ew York to Buffalo b{ October, and then the romd will go on paratiel to the Lake Shore by the easlest grades to Toledo.” **13 this new trunk lno arival to the Erle Jand Lake Shore ?” [ nsked. *1t1s not intended us such, The present lines cannot take the frelght., That s pll there is to it. Another roand needs o be Lutlt. Commerce demands it The Ere, Luko Shore, and New York: Central caunot dy the work.” x ‘The Iloosne Tunnel extenslon from Al- bany to Uten 18 no longer a routo on paper, The Inborers ure at work, The track is actually botng graded all along the south bauk of the Mohawk River. From the cur- windows on tho New York Contral you ean see 600 lnborers at work, At Little Falls the nurrow ehasm botween the rocks only sep- arntes the two ronds, The rocks being blust- ed from the hills on “the south side of the Mohnwk often ll{ ncross the streant and land on the track of the Central, 'This rond 14 not re%wdud as a rival to tha New York Central, Vanderblls don’t seem to cnmlnuythlnx aboutit: 1o sald to o friend iyt A The &uw York Central hns all the work it can do, _Therets business for twg ronds through New York, e are runnlug 160 traing a day, and that Is all we can do. Qur trains run only ning minutes apart now.” From Utlen the Hoosre Tunnel extenslon will go on to Syracuse, whers (6 will niest Samuel Slosn's Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (Oswego Branch), and Stonn, and Gould, and Dlllun will take (t on to -Buililo, The Hopsne Tunnol route will bo Gould’s system Inta Boston. In fuet, the \Valash, eliuware & Luckawnnna, and Iloosae Tun- nel systems wil bo morged Into ono system, with Gould, Dillon, und Stean the trinity to furnish the brafns and money. 5 Contracts a1 mude by the St. Paul Com- pany with Lungdon & Co,, the great con- tractors, 10 bulld_the St “Faul straizht througl Town from Marion, In Linn County, to Councll Blufls, "The road will fill up the space butween thie Northwestern and Rock Island, rmmlu‘jf o 1ittle north of Des Moines, I understund fu New York thut the Chi- eago, Milwaukeo & St. I'nul have the ratls ulreml:{‘ on hand to bulld this extenglon, 1y financior, Jullus Wudsworth, Viee- President of the Road, bought o large suppl; ot steel ruils Lwo yeurs ago when they struc| tho lowast quotations, In faot, the steel ralls bought by the 8t. Paul Company at that tino it sold now ut the market price, would pny a. q\mrm(lfl dividend on the whole stock of the Jond, i next fall the St. Paul traing will walt for the Unlon Pacifie trains at Councll Blutls by the slde of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, Rtock Island, and Northwesteri, Liverybady knows Mr. Gould’s Wabash systom alréady penotrates lown ns far ns Albin and Ottumwn, Many know. thay the Wubnsh system is to be extended this supm- mer from Albin to Des Molnes, while but few know that 1t s to bu extended from Des Molnes to Council Blufls, Such L learn to be the fact, Of coursg this extenslon ot the Gould system from Toledo to Coupell Blufts through Keokuk without dropping freight down to St Lonis, will atfect "tho Chicago ronds, Of courso Mr, Gould will favor hls own_ling in shipping frelght west from Conneil Bhiils - from the. Union Pacilie trafns, a8 he fuvors the Mlissourl Pacliie tn Kansas City, Notwithstundiue the pool In Kunsus City, Mr. Gonld ships frelght aronnd that city luto his owh Slssourl Pacltie, Thut 1%, ha takes it out of the pool, By-and-b Ar, Gould will ship frelght around’ Councll Bluits und Omaha nte his own lown line, .M thus avolding the Lowa pool, Se_thoy talk b DEoknrs o, on Waltstrvet The Towa lines had better keep one oyo on J. G, v - Y Bt PEniciNe,” Ry THF O,, R, & N, CONTROVERSY. &pecial Correspondencs of The Chicago Tribune, Brawy, I, April 7.—"The controversy ns to the right of possesslun of the Chicago, Rocleford & Northern Raflrond In whieh the- Chleago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul and the Chi cago & Lowa Rallronds nre engngod attracts genvral attentlon in’ Elgin, and the fight for the possesslon of tho. crossing at Davis' Junction, some wmiles beyond. hers, has been wWitnessed by many from thly citys A lvely interest Is folt In the outcome, ‘he Chieago & Pucitic Dranch of the Chleago, Milwinkes & St. Paul Rullrond was bulit from Chicagp to Byron In conshiernble part by Eiginmen and Elgin capital, and Eigln has, consequently, a sort of proprivtary lus terest In the rond, May 14,1825, Mr, George 8. Youngs, for tho Chlcago & Tacifle Lall- road Compnny, comploted” negotiptions with My, 8, U, Bigelow, who then ewied the land whure ‘the Duvis Junetion Srosnhnc iy situe ated, for u right of way norods tho same, b paying hiim for the urururty used, Julr 1, [xfl’b‘ e Chleago, Rockford & Northern Rail- roud lald o trek ueross the Blvlow farm without the sanctlon of Mr, Bigelow or the Chicago & Pucltio Ltulirond, aud without cous dunutory procuedings or payment tor the rnfllegu. “The Chlcugo, Milypukue & St Panl tallrond succeeds ns lessesto all the vights of the Chicago & Pacliie, and on this ground Tays clulin to the sole vwnership of tho rigit- of-way ueross (hls fand, — Wiitle It hus, urter tho tmw\'luum notlilention of the uction of ha Courts, ylelded. possessipn tu Rocelver lofcomb, ot all the |frum-rl.y of e G, It & N. It It at Rockford and along tha lne, luulnlms tha Davis Junetion crossing as ity ndividual property not under the jurisdie- :Iun (it thy lufi«ul\“«r‘, :fiflz }f;lllll_l fiwsfuf"a'fi'”l'f’:" ¢ unless a competon i U ) U adjudge. ‘Thuse fan thls clty who have varticipated In tho scones of the =4 unite. i clatning that tho ucu»fi.’,‘“.,}"'\ Chlcago, Mliwaukeo & St Pay) been noy nnl{ most careful but nmnuh‘“ the lotter of th Inw, When the progu 4 the C., R, &N, wns takun postession o the rond under sanetion of o court a b rlzhtof the ownership of n majority of 3 bona fide stack of the Company, nn vlou»‘ was used, and only suflicient foren to mmh abstacles plr{mwl‘ln tho way, ~Thig Copoot haa repulred the heavy damage dong Ly bridge-burners of tho C. & 1., amd Is nlh foedine part of the, forco Of that WY with —lts own mén at the ;’:’4 tion, ‘Che gang thero I euuduu" ltsolf with falr order. It Is divideq (,ll" four watches, Tho shlof officers of lhacu" €azo & Pacific Diviston have charee of k compunies and are msgmmblu for the(r, conduct. It 1 for the best interests of Elrly that tho Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Pau) T rond should comu Into peacsful poss of the Chiengn, Rockford & Northory, the _ncconnts of Rockford correspondedty, to the actions of tha men emploved by u: former Comuvnny are here l.hmuzhe Willigog cause, to be pirposely blnsed and mises sented for the Ch cn?'u & Iowa Ruilron W provent tho accomplishment of this objeg . NORTHERN PACIFIC. Soeclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuns, Pirrsuung, Pa, April -8—Qen, lermy Ilaupt, the new mannger of the Noither, Pacllic Raliroad, is in the cit§. to-dny onby way to 8t, Paul, where he will assung tty dutles ot his new position, In reply to quy tions, he sald this evemng, as to Lhe futoy policy of the rond, that his knowledge of ¢ matter was so slight that, he would Drefey not to sny nuything about It, The lulenllw, he ndded, was to oxtend the road wostward ns. rapldly ns possible, though* dtit not know what ‘arrangements had been tade for the work, Gen, Hntpt thinks Northorn Faclfie will quickly bocome ongof the best Pnyln;i ronds In the country, section through -which 1t Pnsses Is “raplgly filling up with an enterpris n{z clngs of “pe. pie, who will suon furnish all the freight ty - rond can handle, e nlso says the inopy dittfeulty hins been In o great mensurer noved, so that the early completion of thy ropd ean be reckoned upon with nlimostap solute certaluty, A THROUGH TRAIN, BGpectat Dispateh to The Chiceqo Tridune, MinwAuxes, Wis, April 8~The North western Rallway Company is still disposd to runn through train from Chicago to M notithnee, ‘The traln will be put on nfterty spring change Is made In the running thugot trains, The change will bo lwportant t towns north of * Mllwaukes, on th line of the Northwestern, ns they wil recelve thelr mail three hours earller thana present. ‘Uhe. traln from Chicago now ar., rives at noon, nnd ‘lays over three hours before nroqued\nx north, 'Tho new arrange ment will:provide for the departure of-th tn:lvn J“‘;fl;’" :{(I):_:;l {l!:etx;’ l:‘flrrlvtas llwrlu. Seven| ne ostal 0] net raln o built at Chlengo, 4 Yo © _THE WABASH SYSTEM, Sr. Louts, Aprll 8,~The Wabash Railroasd Company has nequired the Havana, Rantool & Enstern Rond, & narrow-guuge ling, soventy-six miles long, running from Leroy, 1L, to West Lebanon, Ind., and it will by Incorporated Into the Wabnsh system of unee, ITEMS, The Pennsylvania Rallrond Compnny after ncquiring possession of the Philadelphia, Wik mington & Baltlnore Rallrond, will have d rect control of nenrly 4,000 miles of track, Mr. IL O, McCullough, Frelght Agent of the Winona & St. Poter Rond, has been ap poluted to o similar position on the Galens and Jowa divisions of the Northwestern, e will nasume the dutles ot Lis new posl, tion May 1. Mr, W, IL Vanderbllt hasrecently ordered 108 new standard eight-wheel locomotives, Wwith tive-Toot drivers and 17x2+nch_eyle Inders, O thiose, (fty for the Now York Cuntral, and thirty for the Lake Shors & Michigun Southern, will be.bullt by Ellis ‘]llrazimc ms ?‘clmnugu&ly. (x:nd tw«my- ve l{nr i @ Siloro ot the Granx Locomotive Works, Patorson, N. J, 2 Kourteen thousand enr-londs of ratlrosd- Hes, fence-posts, and tolegrapli-poles have boen zot out during tho past winter on the 1ine of- the Northwestern Raifrond between Marinetto and Escanabn Raflrond, This is Indevendont of tio limmense anount of the same kinds of materinl which hias bacn taken out during tho wintor for the samo road st the ditferent points between Port Hurou and Afnrinette, This mnterial {s for the Cote pany’s extensions In Minnesota and Dakota, Gath telegraphs to the Clnciunnti Enquirer 08 follows: ~ ** A Phlindeiphisn tells ms that Col, "Thomas A. Scott, though physieally broken down from the enormous work of nearly forty g'cnrs has not quit poor, 1le Is worth from ‘.!),006 840,000,000, and has ooyt glvimge wwity hundreds of fhodsandsto varjous Institutions with o discrimlnation and an intelllgence showing that no less (n Intellectual thnn in fiseal things his judgment Issound. The new President of tho Pene sylvania Rallroad, Roberts, is safd to be an :txldml’n;ublu mau, glving the fullest satistac on,! Tho stockholders of the’ Cinelnnati, San- dusky & Clevelona Rallrond decided, nt s meoting held ut Sundusky a -doy or two ago, to ratify tho lenseof that rond to the Indtung Bloomington & \Weslern, subject to the re- sult of tho proceedings brought- in tha Con- mon Pleas Court at ~Sandusky by Joun II, James and others to procumn an Injunction to -prevent the lense ot the rond and the payment ot the secoud- mortgage bonds, on tho ground, that sald bonds were Im&ra@urly lssued. “The Indiny Bloomington & Western will, therefore, ge the roud only on conditlon that no fnjunction i3 granted, A i It was rumored around: town yestordsy that Mr. A, A Talmadge, General Manuger of the Missourl Pacltic, I8 about to resign il position, Upon what grounds these rumors are based could not be learned, but it was stated .that some enemies of Mr. Talmadge hud been busily engaged for some time past trying to influence Mr. Gould against Mr ’rnlumd{xo. 1t thusaare the only grounds upon which these rumors nve bused it'ls more than likely that My, Talmadgo will remaln the Gentral Mannger of the Missouri Paclile for soma thn to come, 18 Mr, Gould s not in the hublt of bulug lutluenced by outsldy purties to make changes in the management ot hisroad.' A8 far ns can bo ascertuin My, ‘Calimadgoe has glven good sntistaction to Lr. Gould since ho assumed the managenent of this rond, and thero seewms to be 10 reason why he should glve way to somo one else. Antong those mentloned _as his successor a3 Ugnern! Manager of the Mlssourl Pacitic, I8 r, T, F, Oaks, ab present Manager of the Uregon Rullway & Navigation Cmuemny. amd formurly General Superiutendent of the Kunsas Paclfic Rallwny, COAL: PUILADELPIIA, April 8,—Coal stocks suf- fored aume on the Stock Board to-day by 8 rumor that the coal’ combination had been broken, ‘The rumor proved, however, un- fonnded, for ater, in the day the officlal aue nouncement was made that all intorests had afimud ton stoppage of conlanining the lask three days of next week, e eem——— SMALL-POX, Bpecial Dispaten ta The Chicago Tridunss Minroun, Ind, April 8,—Early this morn* ing A. R Paul, & physiclan of this village dled of small-pox, Which he contractod while attending Mrs, Olem, who brought It heré 110 was burled as snon 88 denth was certals. ‘I'his is the Just cnsu In the town, 7 e ARKANSAS BOARD OF HEALTH. LarrLe Rock, Ark,, April8.~Gov, Church- W has appointed Drs, A, L. Breysacker, J« A. Dobrell, R.G, Junniugs, O, I', Smith, and 0. E-Nush, mombers of the State Boord u Heaith, "The law authorizes the appolut wment of o sixth member, —e———— BURDOCK, OF THE BOSTONS. Bosroy, Aprll 8.—John J, Burdock, uecam} Uaseuan of the Boston Base Bull Club, fel from u street car this afternoon, e bow les In a eritical condition, et & . Judah ¥, Benjamin. a Ex-Sonntor Bustis, of Luuisluna, rooently 821 of Judau P, Bubdswiug “Ho dld overytb with tuors _excollotico thau anybody el vuuid pluy billisrds botler thuw goy wiutels o ever kuew, Hlu wos w tlue palltieeu, und “-‘JIJ Inwyor hus duno whut I bluk uo utun ever fOro him,—kong Lo % couitry ua old aud prel 4 icvd 89 Bnglund, snd tukon wimost the BIRLY posltiouut hey Hus,