Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1881, Page 12

INSURANCE. A Little Panic Among the Lit- tle Companies, TInroads of the New Forcign Companies. ‘Who.and What They Are—What They Are Doing. Curious Gossip About the Manas gers' Movements. ow the Chicago Boys Talked Against Tine, Gon, U.S, Grant in Insurance—Various Personal Items, Sprctal Correaponience af The Chicago Tribune, New Your, Oct. 1—There js 0 great trembling among the smafier local oflices. They see that their future is uncertain, snd. tho officers are skurrylng around to see if they can be taken care of when the: Inevita- insurance and retirement takes place, "This statement re! particularly to about twenty oftices, of whieh It enn be trathtully said that, $f the opportunity offered, and the Dresidtent, or Secretary, or whoever way be in fait the manager, could be transferred to afat berth alone with the reinsurance, they would throw up the sponge and cease to take risks Inside of a Week. They are whe vhough to foresee that the end of the strug. ele must be reinsurance and retirement, and the question now troubling their iniuds Is, What can be dene te save the Individuals who are at the head of the failing compantes? Upon general principles itoalght be as siuued) that a oinan who professes to be a capable underwriter, aud yet is unable to on an estabhshed company would be a Htous appendage to anothers but, on Ale contrary, Hoa mau who bas been fanting fate tn condnettng the alairs of a local come pany and proved binge! a tnilure, wants to ehinge bis Dase, all he his to-do ts to pile tip the Income of thy fulton company fora tew months: nnd then suy te sonie typing English company, “Look there; sce our incon Fuingure us: tuke ine xs your Ameriean manager,” and the thing Is done, ‘Chere are four Baylishmen now: Mu this country scekitue American connections, and, although two of thei ure aivondy tocated, there ure two stl to by heard from, aod that's, what's thy matier with the Presidents and Se tries OF the siail-fry companies. fn this city. ‘they want ty get thelr work In betore ail the Kiertish companies ure snapped up. As there wre about ten caudidates for every English cone heetlon, gait cat eitally se whys’ the Tittle eon cerns stould be excite] avout ite THE DAY FOR SMALL COMPANIES PASSED, Li this situation of affairs onu may sec the realization of the prophecles uf the past two s. Steadily and surely the business fas been turned toward the grent fire-Inguraneo companies, and mmong these must be lnelud- ed the English eompantes who lave tovated and become a permanent fixtire be Chietga and elsewhere, When the cumpetition: tn {his city became too strong forthe small computes, and they saw thelr business zolng into other and larger channels, they bez to establish agencles. ft ts almost laughable to a veteran dn the nuderwelting profession to contemplate some of the smunller New Yori oflves embarking upon an agency business fn competition with the munnoth companies With tholr iiliions of capital. ‘They may Bure vive awhile, but are no more Mtted tor te struggle than the ite dorics whieh from time fo Ume baye crossed Die oe ited to com- pete with tho White Star steamers, Well, thoy 2 ns vapliug tho fruits of their experime! T Tosser ring iu froin tho w s y from ull aides. If, their premium incomes were Inercasing We loxdes might be neutralized, but they are nat, ‘Tho experience of a majority of the sini cumpantes 1g that thoy de not secure the best risks nor tae best rates. ln both these particulars they aro ut i disadvantage, ‘he best risks nnd best rates are secured py the Jargest und strangest companied. One of the iiumediate causes of this muy be traved 10 tho efforts ta organize local boards and raise rates, Nine-tonths of the people through the West have found during the past two years that thelr insurauce rates have been Inereised, Now if 0 Stuall company ly its agunt tries ty ralxe 1 rato cor ii per cent, the asstired resists, and if he ie vompalfed to pry the advanee be almost inyas riably yoes tor the largest: corupany available. When it fs remembered that the hulk of the mercantile und manufacturing risks of the great Wi enn be wholly carried by twenty companies, and there are 1‘ eompethur far them, the effeot of trausturring tha host business to the larg lex is ensily discerned, "That ta the \s malt compiny busi- nosy hus declined to Whonepaylng polnt, AN INFLUN OF FOUEIGN COMPANIES, In the local companies of this city proeured the passage of niuw to prevent foreign companies Crom entering the Slate thereafter, unless their capitals are wholly pattup in cash, as English compantes are organized with very lirge capitals, and only Wor per cent pad up in enash, In 1ss0 this law was modified so n3_ to allow the for- ofgners fo come tn, provided they haveat: Jeust $500,000 pati-up enpital, Under thls Jaw several companies have already entered, und, as frst stated, four others are preparing tado fikewt Retween the desfre on the part of some to cover themselves by relnsure unee and fat contract for an Ameren gxeney ut the sume thine, and the indignation, reator professed, onthe part of others he ease the forelguers threaten to fnerense the comporitton, the arrival of so many companies haa created quite a breeze. ‘Tho dafiy papers have been tiled with interviews." dnd tt ls. ainteing to Kee how tho shoe pinches the tect of the companies who ave holding an to tte by Nhe. wyulids, ‘Kho chief among the uew-cone ers ty THE ALLIANCE OF LONDON, This company is one of the oldest and strongest “in Grent Britain, It possesses as- sels io the amount of nearly 825,000,000, and enjoys the patronage of the Rothsehtlds and. other wealthy eapltulists In Lawton, Lhe Munager of the company, Mr. Rovert Lewis, rhis been inthe country nearly two months, and tn that perlod hus visited Chicago ant Sun Franelseo, He nme here shortly before the great Chivage fire, and went home and reported adversely to the project of esinh Mashing tn American ugeney. ‘The Chicago dee occurring startly atter, it was conusidereit areal feather in the nmnngers cap that he Hadl saved the Chicago losses by keeping outs ere is curiuls story told in explanation teh puts wnothor phise upon the wilde. tis ld that whon My. Lowls came here originally MANY LOUGH ane OC-its Most Intinenthay ors Wits partly ur Rolly, ccomsnattied 1 the President of a Ne ‘ark cant. pithy’. Me. sate arrlyed ho spect ty. ed thde this party was nar hited tur the positfan be sought. ft would have ralsed a row nt once bo have sitll go, sid CunsE. quently, ne itn easy method of lout hin dow! tas, (OO) tnunawer reported versely to. tho schemu for Anierienn bused. Now, however, he te in earuent, and, ta searching tor peoper representatives, ineans to chouse the Lost men he enn tnd. "Phere are many appileants, but it 1s Hot partlenlarly those WHO ure seeking tho plive whe are bubig sought after, The Alliance will bow At eatel (or sui hags, and there Is uccardiugiy veeat iiterest Us ita disposition, It jo not yet known whother the company will bo mitusged from this city as a ce point or through yeaerat ageuts tv diferent scetsons, alter the wanner of the Royal and Liverpool, London & Globe, ‘The copaay would ike (6 secure thu serviced of some bigh olllvial among tho feuding American olllees, and it ts believed WIR nut hesttte to pay u bien salary, but thus Jarno vppolntinent hus been settled tipon, ‘HH: CLTY OF LONDON, LDITED, Of un entirely diferent breed by this com- pany, which has alse cue smong us ta suet. Ue down and go for Amouriean business, 1b Js a new company, hardly a niue-months? child yet, with £100,000 pald-up capital and a Aighly respectable Ust of stockholders and directors, Who are. responsible for £000,- WO more, Lo ir extent that makes the unpaid ‘Winost us Rood an asset us the paid eapital, * {ts manager Is Ab. 1, C. Phillips, formerly at the Commercial Union, Ue arrived here, weompanied by Ald, Kuight, the Chairnnun, Mf the company, early last meuth, and has xoue through the motlons of trylug to find a proper party to represent the couipauy, In this comncetion Mr. Fhithps bas dove wy exe tremely foulbb ring, und created a prejtidice uleudy which will du bia uo guod Heroutter, Loug before bly arrival it wus polwcd uround that be owed bli positfon us manager tw Lily friend, Sir, E. Cozens Suit, of the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, OCTORET. 12, 1SSI—TWELVF, PAGES.: Imperial office, nnd that the debt of obilgation wns so strong thit whatover Mr. mith anid about. the American ugoney Mr. Palys wold be bound to respeat, Now, every= How Unythiug oF tho Insttagmove- ulish companicos know also that Mr. ns Hinith's Atsericntt Celends ura Mr. Attieet of the pereee & Northern, and Mr, John €, Paige, of tho Metropole, Hoth those gentlemen Are, tho popttlar oploion, indebted ta Mr. Xinith for thelr preaont positions. It was ot long, therefore, befury certaln signs judleated that’ Str, Phillips wns prepoyseased with the no Hon that Mr, Palye, of Hoston. was Invontestably tho beet man for the Awerienn inannweraliy of the City of Lond nd that all othors why fought “tho compiny were wisting thelr time, There was nothing improper or strange Inthe favor shown to Mt, Paizo, but tho mintuke was ja denying it, Four weeks ogo and moro it Wits substantinily knows that Mr. fatgo tad heen selucted, and the statement wag printed far and wide. The denials from M wero numerous, and from Mr, no confiranition er denial was obtumebte, y Hot have eaid so four weeks amo us well as within, A fow drys, us it la now naunltted without reserve: that thy story was true, Mr. Patze ts the ape pofnted manor, exactly as was atated a month since, Me. Pnitlips is understood tw be toile tant becuse of tho story that le came here to out the wishes of Mr. He Cozens Sinith, ps he does tot t rse in finally chousitig Me. Sanith's frlend cautirais tho charge. veryhody else sens Itallthough Mr. Phillips sing not, “itisa ood thing for the company, und infyht have been acknowledged from tho outset and avon al thla foolishness of ovadingwlenying, and disnuting what was palpably a tact thirty: days ago, The company will make ite deposit and begin business in the course of a few weeks, nnd will ba a desirable acquisition. ‘TI STANDARD, OF LONDON, is another of the new arriynts. 1t is focated in tho office of the New York City Insurance Company, and will be gulded in tts American affairs by Mr. J, W. Shuonson, President of that company, whose business las been retn- sured in the Standard already, Its man: ager, Mr. J. Mugh Middleton, started “on his return to Europe on Saturday, liaving been in the efty since the Inst week tn August, ‘The Standard is half English and halt Irish, having been born of an amalgamation of an English office and the Belfast, of Ireland, Until recently tt belonged to the smiier de nomluation of English companies, but fn the Impetis to stock specniation canged by the glut of money in London its pald-np capi tu was Iuereased Intely from £30,000 10 42115,000, As the outloof for inerensed te come was ho more hopeful in aglind with the Intger gum pald up than thoamaller, Its ouly resources to varn iw dividend on tho in- crouse enpital was American business, Tho muamager came here frecly adaiiting that what ke wanted was an *ininediate tucome." He stated thht the company preferred a relnsur- Reo Arrangement, aa that would bring fan Smmedinte furie sim, and it Is falr to sity he got It through the * New York City.” The supposed son for this desiee for a round «um by way ‘immediate Income’ is that it is the inten ton of n syndicute in London to toate large tot of additional stouk early next your and if the American business produces & large sin at once the hnpression will prevail that the com- pany Is on tho high roid to success, nod tho ‘yndlento will make a large su in selling the shares ata preminin, As mast of the old com pany's shares are sold at a large prenmiun, it 8 thought thore Is speculation in tho Standard’s stock, fn thoeinenntine the company fs suund ond healthy In its finunces, GEN, (NANT IN THE INSURANCE LINE, It may {interest some of your local renders to learn that among the ‘Trustees appolnted by the Standard of London is ex-lresitent Ulysses 8, Grant. Itis known that he was suxgested to Mtr, Lewis, of the Alllance, as an available Trustve some time ago, and that Mr. Lewis was vleaseBwith the idea, There were threo or four persons colneeled with English offices who went so far ns to suggest. ieneral’s appofntment as American Manger of the Alliance, with an ert Assistant Manager, ‘Cie 1, Grant, ft was urged, wont ben tower of gth to nny foreign company wno should bo F efoug to secure lis services, but the dcheing of usin lin ng Manager wag probably av tinpracticnble Ou. The Stundard Manager was fortunate enough to secure hin, and thus wet tho start of Mr. Lowls, If that gentleman wanted him, Hi NATIONAL OF IELAND. This 1s the nmine of the fourth company now secking to Identify itself with Aineri- can business, Its manager, Mr. Harold Engelbach, ly now in the city investignting the American methods of doing business amt trying to satisfy himself that it is a good. thing to go ahead and establish agencies in this country. Me is not certain that his Di rectors wHl sanction the Wea of American business, and probably belng pure Irish they will procewd in a purely Irish way of begine wing at the wrong ent. However, Mr Engetbach is here, and St Is already assumed thut he will be impressed so favorably that of course the company will goon be on its way to Albany knocking at the doors, for adinissicn, Todo this the managers of tho National of Ire- aod aust back on thelr own words most Trighttuily, The company, relnsured tha Jin- periul prior to 1870, and got euught in the Ime perlal's share of tue res In the Naw York ary yous district {1 that your. When tho Now York Au wis pussed proothlting computes from ros insuring risks tn companies net authorized to transact business In tha State the lin perlal coused to roinsure in tho National of freland, At tho nuxt annual tneoting of tl company in Dublin the Chalrman anuoun tht thoy had withdrawn from Atoriean bu negs because they found it unprotitable, ete, etc.—anotber ense of woy duck Hoblnson didn’t eat hig suppor, ut now two yeurs Inter tho Natlonnt wit) consider tho expedicney of tho American business, and already several parties are wixtotts about it, Among the knowiny ones Unore ig only 4 single oplilon 8 to where tho conpnny will go in the event that ft fs decided to begin Dualness here, ‘The tnger pointy to- yard the Imperial Building jn Pinw atrect inthis city. ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE MOVE, It is slgniticant of the opposition to the ad- uilysion of foreixn compantes and the desire to .exelude them by legislative enactinent that the American compnnles have been for the Inst wo years gradually appointing ng their local agents throughout this State men who are Influential in’ polities. It will be found that In Democratic counties Demo- cratic politicians have been appoluted and ju Republlean cottnties Republicais, In Urooklyn it has become notorious thut leading politiclans, Licluding State Senators and As- semblyman, | f started Inte vice as tull-blown azents of Joval companies, | There is inch shrewdness in tis movement, and it means blood for the foreigners, tnetudiug those here and there wanting to'comne, ‘There fs only one clement which can successfully oppose the Insurance companies tn the balls of the Legisinturo—that da the morehants of the State who want Hberal and not restrictive Jawa in relation to insurance capital, Upon ordtanry questions the compuntes hive shaped the insurance legislation of this State for xoveral years. They pave tho tnsurs aneo department thoroughly on their side, and We policy of tho department seems to be to pree Vent conipanies from sauning in, Upon valued Wolley laws, eta, Thuy will not chcountor the Inercantile Infiuence, but on tho restriction of foreign companies the imerchanta will tly to arms, lowetbately, and oppose the compunics, but there fan’t a shade of daubt thut when the Hext besslon OF the Legiatature comnpetices a most determined eifort wHk be made to obtain reatrlctive tegisiation Lo shut out future foreigae compnules from entering the State, MUTUAL FIREINSUNANCE COMPANY SCHEME, ‘This project, which hns been reported al- ternately deal and allve for the last twelve jmonths, 1s now showing signs of Ife, aud it fs pretended will start Into operation ina few weeks, It has the support of several hun- dred merchunta who really kuow, very Httle of what they are doing, ‘The promoters of iv nve the former President ofa bursted New York company and an ex-Seeretary of a Cine clusath mutual oflee, According to popular rumor, each of these Individuals has sueh an alfectlon for tha ather that ft 1s stispected, and expected that ns soon as the company: Starts there Wil be 4 movement to oust the other begun by poth parilox. ‘The scheme bs to baye 620,000 In cush paid up, fur which vore Ufleates will bo given redecmable in Insurance— Reort of ATanoe Daya wyatom. Thon the rake will bewiis twill be seon that if the com pany bus no losses, and its expenses aro 10 per cont, that at too end of the geet, the $200,000 will. be dhutuisthed $20,000, and tho noxt your, if thore ‘bro no fosges, $0,000 more. {f losses Ovcur the Tunds wilt bu depleted rapidity. Yet wo hear daily of leading firms going Tuto this poke aube atitute foru stock company fn tho belfef that they will havo a substantial secugity agaiuet lows. Jiut the counany tanot yot ready tor Uusl> ness, and perhaps if it ever is ready, the State dnauranee Dopartinont will have somothing to say us tu its proposed methods. ‘The promoters oF tho company are expecting great things to vom of it, ‘VUE WESTEUN UNDERWRITERS! UNION held o convention the other day at Niagara Falls, and us no newspaper reporters were. present, the outslde world knew very Hitle of their proceedings, excepting as rotalled by toso present, ‘There wosa great deal of umuseuont caused by the gentleman from St. Louls, who thourht tt bad "polley” to slngle that city out for flerce Invectives and forget to Include Chicago, which onee had “a Tittle fire” Navertheless, the Unton sald very frankly that unless the fire departuient was luproved and water faellitles Inereased in St, Louls they sould be better off to withdraw from that city. ‘That [4 the utes ing; In practive they won't do anything af the kind, but hold an, eaetr one with a hope that ils compuny may be the exception, and make money while others lose, Bat the funniest thing fs tho way tho Chlcayo boys talked at tho session, inorder to prevent action ‘on the reaciutlan condoning the syste of double-hended ngeneies fn your eity. This ts Heat devies ta serve Coil nnd Mamiman—by hav: iu one agont in tho Board of Unierweitors and one outside, Some virtuous comparules thought this wan Unfair, and brought up the matter 11 tho "Union" ineeting, ‘Tho frients of tho ttonble-headers sty of netion from time toting unl the members broke alf the dle cussion to hasten to the depot to catch tho train homeward, ROUS TORICK. jes In this city hive been broken down step by step from 13¢ per cent fo 6) cents, Until a few days ago the * Conti: neninl”—one of the 60-cent. kind—burned, and tivolved a loss of nearly $150,000 tu the companies Interested, But as all the com: panies take brewerles, and only a dozen or fifteen were caueht inthis toss, the lesson is hoksevere enough to raiso rates to one halt the ‘old figure, AC large wuinber of offerings havo been noted here of risks on packtng-houses in and near the Union Stock-Yards of Chileno, ‘The companies are so generally represented in Chicago that it is dithealt to cover aay vonsiderable anim on tho best of these risks. ‘The tately fre caught a timber of our smatler locals, and they are sick. Anon the imines prominently mentioned in connection with tho Allinnce of Londen $s that of Mr, Eizar W, Crowell, Intely of thy Scottish Commoreint Liney have Jately been offered bere on tho Ton Marehé and the Magazins de Louyre— tho two great dry-rouls shops of Paris, ‘The rates were i cants, but no companfes accepted on that basis, Kates on frame rows in Bradford, Pa, aro 12 per cont, NEM. WHITE HOUSE SOCIETY. A Demoernutic Review of Presidentiat Manners nnd Hablts—Erom Boel clor Buchanan to Widower Arthur— A Predictod Rogie of Snobbory and Esthetics = Superfine Culehaw and Aristogratic Breeding. , Pitadtetprta ‘Tioves (Dana? Wastusarox, D, C. Oct. $,—Washington so- olety, per hogs the most frivolous, tawery, and suixcd of any elty in the world, Js congratu- Jnting Mtself upon the dawning of what It ts pleased to eall “polite régime’? Washlig- ton soclety, cold, enlentatlnyg, and mercurial, Ins Just torn down tts ostentatious mourning for President Garileld and postrates Itself at the feet of his successor with opon aduintion and genuine inward rejoleing. Washington socfety felleltutes itself thatit has a repre- sentutivelu te White House at last. The Jonged for, the devoutly wished, has arrived, A socia senticinan, an aristocratic single gentleman, a super-esthetient gentleman has succeeded to Ue throne, Ju Washington society {do not now mean the oficial and semi-oltetal world of Wash- ington, whleh Condies to anything fn power and plunges its red nose fn the sand before anyhody in authority, but tho blue blood of Virginia GY ant Marylid(), which runs along the aristocratic sublirbs of Georze- town (2) and forms the nueleus of as pure a elvilization and sovial refinement as can be found tn any elty of the Unto, (Fndge,) While the leaders of this cultured efrefe are for the most part wealthy (2), wealth ts nota test of membership, ag Vulgar wealth never is of the truly best society anywhere. ‘This efrete onee “ried, but ft was fn Buchannn’s: tine When Mr. Lincoln took the Exeeutive Char the nian, thy elreumstances, and the woman drove the brilliant und cultured peo- ple of refined soclety into the bnekground, Lincoln was surrounded by rough soldiers, und was hiinselt plata, bluat, ‘und uncouth, caring more for the yarns of tha wardraom thin for the suviety of nd! wos ntineof pers peti and , Bud tmuny of the charmed eirele which surrounded Buchanan ond hia pred wors bid friends engaged on the other side. Even hid this not been the ease tho vulgarity of Mrs, Linculn would have ecused all but the ofllefal circle to hold aloof. Che sucees- slon of Johnson was tollowed by an attempt of tho old régine to revive tho glory of a formor decade, but the sears of war were too fresh and theae were torn open in tho bitterness of tho political struggle whieh Tollowed. 'I'ne gocloty uf tha White fouse soon fell below oven its for- mer stindard. With the wiventof Grant eamo the manners of the mess-roum and the tawdry evidences of Rhoddy soclety, The President who could dellbe crately putt bis cluwe fa the face of big Jody visitors nnd sot out a bottle of whisky ‘to hla gentleman guests could not hone to attract the culered nor fall to disgust the retined of every grade. Tho second Grant régime was even worse thi tho firat ina vocial polnt of view as well ag poiltigal, Whon Hayes enne fn he mado a parade of his, ascatl- elsin, Ilo banished wine from his. table, which Was tho hospitable bonrd of tho Nation, with a {oud flourish of trumpots, and finally practically Danlsbed the table acif out af a peourious economy, Whe Government had lnereased tuo Presidential salary to $50,000 1 your to enable tho Chief Executive of tho Anuirican peopla to outertaln in a way suited to his exatted station. ‘The Western President responded by putting it in his pockat. es not only did this, but ho drow bis satury quarterly or monthly in advance, contrary to hiw, Sirs. Hayes was the head o} tho household, She was n very good old-fash- foned woman, and took society to he ninagnltiod Suuday-schoot ofass, of which ux-ulliclo her hus- bard was auperintendent. Mr. Hayes, the frutd, Wau succeded by Mr, Gartold, the scholar, Mr. Gartluld bad always found Hfe tuo short for foctoty of anything but books aud politics. i 1 ho wie seconded by a plain, simple, fntellectual wife, ‘they Lrouybt with them us tholr predecessord had done the sknple Western huvits of lite and Western culture. ‘Thore waa nothing in eithor of thom to. promise a brillinnt erain the White House. ‘hus, to roview them bricily, passed two consecutive decades Of Waaliggton socluty, which, sinking yearly. furthar ord further away from tho Executive Munsion, uuve pluca to the somi- wolticnl, seml-ottclat tmixed Democratic eic- mnent which swarms about euch successive head of tho Governinent—the chief ingredionts bony olliciul position aud tordy lam, With tho udvent of Presidont Arthur, of New York, wo ure told to prepare for “a polite régime.” Tho frosty edye of aristocratic brecd+ fng isto be turned toward the parvennes who havo infested the Exceutlve Mansion. There fa to bo anmethiuy more under tho relyn of Arthur than mere — political “lunches, cold and ar sinto §=«dinuers, = pubiia receptions and prayers, culd ‘ten. and whiaky, Hecause, suys tho Washington social world, Arthur is wgentionua by birth and breed ing, and ho will lve like a gentleman and enter. tuln like a ventieman. It js this iden which brings out tho congratulation and happy antiel- pution of tho super-esthotica! fashionable world, (they nro not permitted to onsoy the bospitall- tles of the Executive Mangion themselves the {ndividual membors of this clrele feel that tn the fresidant thoy huve nn honored representa tive, Thero will be select receptions at which tho rubbic will bo excluded; thero will be din- Tera to saunobuily glue than pub, funes, and old women; there will by wine at these dinners, and aon wine, too; thera will be danetng, porhupa, niso, a Vision of Wuleh fils tho Washingtonian mind with pleasurable andelpations, In short, the polite régime fneides all that fushionnbie Washington sucivty demands, a Hattlosnakos Wold a Jubiice Over a child. Watlamsnore (Vt) Sun and Banner. Whilo my wife and 1 were dually onyaged back of our Joy cabin elearing the groand, or ligtle d-your-old girl had strayed from the house into the deep, dark forest. Wo looked all tint, oventng tor her, but could thd na truce of her whereabouts, Wo vane buick, but sleep wag far from us. We sat and speculated nil night. ‘Tho next day several of the ‘huighbors Jotied 4m tho senrch, but to no avail, We cumpod out that niabt, and at smidaight were nroised by may und loud sounds of blasting aud rattling, We jumped up and followed in the direction | trom whieh the sounds came, and bud not gone far when wo all stopped suddenly awit we had been rooted tu the ground, for before us we bee held our Itty girl surrounded by three dozen of rattlesnakes, varying ju sjizo from threo inches to tifteen fuet, the larger oncs stand! nf on thelrtails in nvirele, with erect bodlva and neoks curved down toward tho head of the ine fant in the centre, Wo louked on It horror but could do nothing a8 tho wirt wus in tou dangerous a position. Hut soon after tho snakes hu), ws wo supposcd, danced thelr war dance und subg tholr war gong, the hirger aues tide each for the lowest Druneb on one of tho trees inn direct Hno with ourcabin, Wrapping one end of thelr bodies around the branch, they dropped the other oud toward the ground, E Jn tha meantlmo two large snakes bad wrapped ono ond of thelr badics aroand tho ebild, so thut one of thalr hoads was on one aide und the other on the cnposts side, One of thesa snakes thon ticd itself with tho one hanging fro above; they thun swung themsclyos, to- kothor with tho child, till the other snake on the ebild could catch the snuke hunglug on the ad- vining treo, whon the former lot go, and the ntter swung the child tothe next. During this novel Procevding the othor sinkea kopt up an {nveavant Jubiiee rattle ull tho child wis landud Inalue of our cabin, sufe and Bonnd, when thoy noo more repented the scone In the woods by hincing around ber, after which they loft, a Mico, In tho Geriaan towu of Herxhali there wera such hordes of snicu that & reward of 4 fourth of ao cent for wvery oue killed was olferod by tho tauucibal nutburities. Under atlinutus proof hav beon furnished within a short time of the death of over iu, a Ladies, do you want to be strong, boaliby, aad Dewutifuly Then use Hop Bitters. - 5 Over Sprouted Corn and Dame aged Crops. Prominent Illinoisans Appeal to The Chicago Tribune, And One Legistator Appeals: to the Governor, SPROUTED CONN. ATRinG reporter yesterday found at the Matteson House two representative men of Central Hlnols—the Hon, Ex-Sonntor Charles Voris, of Windsor, Shelby County, anextensive dealer in cattle and hogs and a farmer, ond the Hon, O, A. Sargent, Prest- dent of the Moultrie County Agricultural Society, and an estonsive breeder of Mere fords, ‘These gentlemen Ive in the very cen- treof the corn-belt of IMnois. Mr. Vorls brought with him a sack of ear corn taken at random from a large field of corn whieh on tie sith day of September tv cout have solu standing for 0 cents per bushel, with a promised yfeld of thirty-five Dushels to the tere. ‘Lhe speelinens were exhibited during the day to many corn buyers, experts, and okt farmers, and the untyersal opliton was expressed {hat ne one ever saw anything {ke it before, one veritable pioneer going so far as tasay tat he fad never seen squaw cort nor sod corn look 1 hat cori. Said Mr. Voris: his Is thy result of tho conblned causes produced Ls an wnpreee> dented drouth qirhie the: past sumuner ant the heavy wart rains that have Callen within the past fifteen or twenty days, Here Isat ear of corn tliat tind borne the stalk down (because the drouth hind killed the life of the stitk), and its tip barely:totiehed, Hae etn You see lt has sprouted on all sides, and, like certain purnsitic vines, begins to tke root and grow from Its outermost polnts. Here ty an ear taken from u stk standing erect, You see it is still covered with the diusk. EF strip it down hate way and it is good merehnntadle No.2 corn, but pull the husk entirely off, aud here you find the butt rotten and sprouted. “It seems.” continued Mr. Vorts, “that upon close Inspection of our fields that at Jeast 10 per cent of both early and late corn is found in this condition, And that 1¢ per tisenongh to reduce the whole grade below merchantable corn. it ls next to tae possible to separate the soured and sprouted corn from the sound and merchantable.” Said Mr, Sargents fi ty county the damage from sprouted corn will exceed 3 percent. L fave made person inspection and believe Dam Justified in tts assertion, Such a disaster never befell the corn crop within tho remembrance of the oldest farmer on the Oknw bottoms or Moultrie uplands, ‘To stand off and look at a field of corn, one having Knowledge would carefully esthuate tho yield at thirty-flve or forty bushels per nerd, Go Into the field and begin Wugkiog and at once you tind ear after ear blighted, rotten, sprouted, It appears to make Jittle ulferenee whether the ear sands erect on tho stallt or bends over, or touches the ground, ‘The warm rains acted upon the corn on the cob as In the spring it nets pon the matured kernel in the grotnd, giving to it Jife and vitality.” “How do yout account for this?’ was asked, “Well, the only reason I can give ts that the drouth prevented the stulk and th by from maturing, and the Inte rains seem to: have made them spongy, and thas aided by the sun’s heat ted the minnatured kernel and. started it lo growlug.? A SOULNERN ILLINOIS LEGISLA- TOR. Another reporter of ‘Tum ‘Tumuxe met yesterday, the ion, Robert A.D. Wilbanks, ofMount Vernon, whorepresents Jefferson, Hiilton, and other counties in Southern Allinois In the Legistature, Senator ‘Tanner, of Clay, was lately tnter- viewed by a Springfield paperyand Represent- ative Wilbanks proceeded to reply to that interview very courteously, as follows: .“* What do yon think of Senator ‘Tanner's. published interview regarding the crop full- ure in Southern Ltlinols, and the condition of the peonle in consequence ethereof?” “T think the Senator allowed tits sympn- thies to rule his botter judament. I know thoSonator well. 1s would bo the last man to cast any reflection upon his section of the State. In his statement as to the Immediate necessities of our peopia tho picture is overdrawn. ‘The fallure of crops this year was n great disuppolitinent to our farmers, and in Southern ilnuis the fallure of crops is stagnation to all business. Our people had builded high their hopes on the wheat crop of this year, ‘Chere was an apparent boom in real estate. ‘There was to bean end of going into debt, substantial improve- ments wore to be made, the tlie of desirable emigration was setting towards us, hence in the frenzy of our disappointment wo for 1 thine {magined dlstress and want broodliyg around, But a enimer view shows tomy milud our people with more money in their possession, more confidence in tie future, more determination to improve our resourees until Southern (Minols shall ba acknowl edged the oppulent sister of Northern Ill- hols: yebfor the present without ereps und without surplus stovk, ‘There |x some rest. esness for tear in seme localities the wolf eunnot be kent trom the door of the paverty- stricken few, but L seo no causa for atari, Almost tis greatan nereage of wheat as was planted {st year iy now In the grounds Must of It Already covers the soil in its ‘growth promising far better at this timo thin over before, ‘There was practically no crop xathered this year, and the hurvest money of the small farmers, the prevalting class, was not spent, and hence thelt ability to plant another crop of wheat. ‘Lhe high priee of stock feed will make It necessury for all the hogs, cattle, horses, miles, ete, to be sold or driven away to some more fortunate Jocaiity for winterfny,, When spring opens wo will beshort of such stock, and it will have to be bought back ut Increased prices, taxes will bo dite, aud then wo may reason: ably expect to see hard thes!” “Is there auy remedy in the way of legis- lation or State ald to meet the cmergency in such ense 2” . “I cortninly knpw of none, Nor do T think State charity necessary, ‘Che poor we Jiave with us always. ‘They will be taken eure of, Such is the feeling and charitable disposition of aur people” (To the xenorter) “ Do you think the Goy- ernor fntends calling the Legtsluture to- wether next winter?) if he doves, let hin ine elude In his proclimation the revision of our revenue laws. Let him recommend inn messige the extenslon of time In which to pay the taxes collectable in January, 1382, lo the following September or Octobur. Let the tine of meeting be fixed enrly in January, {f tha Genoral Assembly would s0 amend the Revenue law it would Fie ample time tn Which to harvest and market the wheat crop ofuextyear, Lt would inspire confidence in the futiire, would enable onr farmers to plant thelr spring crop, und would do no harm to the State or county revenues, 1f the presont Reverie law ls not amended and taxpaylig Ue extended the per cent of forfelted hinds for taxes will bo greater than ever known, ‘The penalty for noy-payiment, will have to bo added to the tax, and before the taxpayer ean wet the money with whieh to re leem, lis | taxes will be doubled, ‘This can ba saved to hin if ¢ Governor ond Legislature so command. ‘Thore is no question ns to the right of the General Assembly if convened In extraordl hory session, this question included tn the prectunation conveulng tt, ta sa amand the aw, ‘Tho ist of dunuary woul burlap bo too enrly for the General Assombly to net upon the Apportionment bill, but w Legisia- Ure that yould do so generous an act for Souther Ulinols furmers would adjourn over, withoutpay, until Congress acted upon the general Apportionment bil” A CROMREVORTER'S STORY, Spactat Dusputch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Tuscova, UL, Oct. 11,—For the past four days 1 have been vielting some of the leading fare in Central Lllnots, and find what was at Arat apposed to be a more local disturb- ance which farmers in the Vermilion and Stony Creek Valleys, noar Danville, altrib- uted to the volatile action of sulphuric acid so lurgely employed fn the munufacture of glucose, by the Danvillo stareh-works, to be a general blight and serious damage to nearly all the corn jn Vermilion, Champulgu, Douglas, Moultrie, Coles, and Shelby Counties. No farmer ever seimembers to buye seen tho stulks of thus servo to dutnin the thing wherover ho corny whather in field ov be ahvek, so utteriy lasted and withered, even when’ Jett stand: tng nti tie Mareh following. ‘The stalk ts i K, Head, at covered with wa hnpalpne powder Hike spores, Even now cattle re- Tose to feed on this fodder, | Nor js it the fodder along that falls under this: bili, ‘The corn ty the husk also begins to wither, dry tp, anit sprout. lulls that fifteen days tue promised a yteld of thirty-tive and forty bushels of No, Jearn wil now searcely tert out twenty busitls af No. OF these felts J win personally assured hy many farmers {1 this rich corn Cauuty of Douglas who are here uttendiag Cireutt Court, ad by others whom T hive met ut the stations in the above- named countles. Tt seums that the drouth tiuted so fate tn the siason that the earn, even Inte: planting, attaly fn abnormal whielt the heavy talus of ten nnd lays Aigo Nave started to a second growth, ‘Tsend youtoday some samples of this sprouted vorn, which faciners say they nN siuy the like before, ‘This result will still leave Chose people who retled upen fads dor asa winter feud entirely at the merey of the hay ring, which In Central Wilnols “has already run the price up to SH@lL per fon. THE BiG BALLOON. \t Did Not Start on Its Aerial Voy« ‘ age Vesterday. The Gas Was Too Slow, and the Winds Wore AdvorseAnother Trial ‘Thoraday, ‘The Valloon didn't go up, ‘To some fow hune dred of diaguated people who gut listde White StuckIng Park, aud to thousands who Ined tho Randolph street viaduct until It was futrly black, ns well ug to those who filled Dearborn Park, al tho windows In sight, aud bung on to the cross. pleees of tho telegraph-poles, this brief an- Nouncoment will contin no nows, It Isn't Ine tended for thom, anyway, but for those who weren'Laround abusing thomselves becausy they didn’t stay home and let the “Great North~ west” bump uwoy ag much ng it wanted to, Rut tho kickers will alt turn up agnin this morning Just the sume, for a bulloon-ascenslon dovan't happen every duy in the week, and the Hveruge mortal js morbidly curlous over an event for which tho mnking of one’s willand the securing of an nceldent polluy ura about tho wisust sort of preparations, TUE SUEAT NORTIWESY Js probably tho’ biggest balloon that ever wont up froim American soll, It is twice as large us the one in whieh Donildson made his Inst trip, and has been exceeded in size only by some of the aerial ships sut affout some tino ago ut Parla, Its actual dhinensions, when inthited, are, J00 fuut In iitgbt, i fect in perpendicular, and 180 fuct in horizuntal clreumteronce, A sloglo Jnlation requires 100,000 feet of gis, which gives a Uftung power of nhou ny pounds with pure hydrogen, und from 3,500 to 43,000 pounds with vommon coul yng. ‘Tho lattor vilu-sinvlling aent was used to fill it, and tho work was begun at L o'clock yeaterdny morning, An iron pipe, connecting with one of the ely gas malog, was Inid in the park up to within a tew feet of the balloon, nt which polut It cons fected with a Lider gus conductor, innde out of air-tlght rubber cloth, whieh conveyed tho gud into tito bottont of the ship, Tho initiating ma- terlul went in very slowly, and by the thine the Ascension was to coine oll yestorduy afternoon tho balloon was only a ittle more than halt full. Prot. King, the bero of 237 voyages ang an epl- gode of recent date ina somuwhat celebrated Minnegott cow-pasture, stood around superin- tending the busitiess aud uncunsclously lipreas- tug everybody with tho ides that he was 9 Granger” fromm Vike County rather than an liustelous weronutt, He had allt overcoat winder his rm, and carriod the key of bls room at the hotel in bis bund, and, In abort, luvked. Uke anything but a man who was about to suit olf inte the clouds. No more was he, Whilv the Ming process went slowly on, and a coupte of Aysistunts were putting the basket togethor, the Minnesota “bigh-ilyer" oust hia weather eye above and enleiated the probabilities of wind und current. ‘Cho wind was from the south, as {Ubud been all the morning, THERE WEIN TWO CURRENTS OF ATI, ho sald, ung (f he remained in the lowor current, he would probably drift stone the shore of tho inke fn northwesterly direction, ‘This he did not appear to Uke su well a8 a decldedly futand direotion, ti whieh case he Intended to take quite an extomted voynge. If he ascended to ‘Une Upper current, he thought he would Fe, clean nerosa tho lake, dhould he finda geod strane gale to blow Ulm sufely avrogs, As the rosult proved, however, neither wind nor current was propitious, and the show ufdn't cont off, ‘The crowd of several hundred which had put Up thulr monoy ut thosate and got inside tho fucfosure amused thomuelyed us bust thoy could Jooking at tho monster alr-siip, with tts oly ellylug sails” securcly fastened to the grou by aund-bags and guy-ropes, aud ut tho asket and WATER-ANCHOR, which lay not farolf. ‘Tho former contrivance 4g 0 curious and stoutly-woron frame of wicker- work, capable of cuntainivg clgbt or nine peo- Plo. Attiuhed to {ton tuo outaldo, Just under the projection arranged for sents, are strung over t hundred air-tight cans, which, tho Pro- Tusaor avid, would: form an excellent Muvy in cuse the cary should land ty tho luke, It was bla intention, ho suid, provided he went upat all, and the wind enrried Ilin out on tho juke, and he found it necessary, to allght by a veasol. For Uils purposo be hid provided the wuter-unchor =n big canvas savk open at oncond—whi ch World gcoup up sovern! hogshoads of water, and chose to stop, ‘The tilling wont on very letsurely, howover, the gus evidently baying ‘no gort of iden Hs to what wits required of it, and bebaving Itself na init didn’teare uw cent whether tho balloon got of or not, ‘The wid continued to blow from tho gouth und southwest, and the Professor cautiously remarked now and thon that If it dldu't change be should be compelled ta post- pono the trip, Tho crowd, which ad grown in aize, und which tnd beon amusing itselt with the niainmath toy. aud wonderlug whether tn thunder “she would go up "or not, now began to grow in disgust, and to ponder over tho ep whether it was gulng to got its money ek, Another half an hour draggud slowly on. The Professor aut on hia overcoat, Somo one suggested that be was ete ting = rendy to yo uloft, — whereupon somebody cise advanced tho more rexsonuble propoaltion that be was getting cold. | ‘Tals lat- ter dinguosia of tho situation: proved to be the vorrect ono, tora moment Inter the Professor took The Casuxe min into bis contidence, padopat nting upward, sald ho didn't propose to start o} AS LONG AS THE WIND WAS Flom THR SsOUTIL : and be drivon up tha wholo tength of the lako— not if he knew binuelf, In the meuntime, however, it had becomo necusairy to divert tho crowd with same ort of a show, and the pilot bulloons wore anerificod to that cummendubla abject. ‘The plpe-conuce- ton with tho tulloos was broken up, for tho timo buing, and tho neronaut and bls assistants: devoted their . energivs to iuuting tho pllot—an — alrepnssenger, made out Uisiuo paper, in = the or Punch, Tho inilation — went woll enough, but when tho odd-look!, Ayure rove in tha midnic it wus evident that thore was ‘A ront somewhera, for, wfter describing hult-a- dozen ludicrous somersets over the hendd uf tho crowd, it was waited upun a Hundolph atrect tele- xriph wire, where ft unconsolously and uninten- onally perforied the horizontal bar act with ite feet wound around tho wire and Ite head dangling some distance below. Tha noxt bale Joon sent Up way lgure which looked very | much like a baby vleophant or one of Fuirbunk's cheruble swine. Tho wind carricd it up and over the Illnois Coutral depot, wafted tt 4 lttle west, and dumped jt down Into Michigan nyo. nug, Another Puneh-like Nyuro was sent up, aud with more -suecoss, for. tho thing mavod north aa farad the oye ecoutd reach, A huge dure in the shape of ‘a turtle met with almilar good luok. Prof, King mounted 9 chair avout this tha bared his head, mada a speoch, und adjourned tho ahow, He dwelt regretfully on (ho acl experienced in Alling tho balloon, but sald ft Waa iuinosalblo to husten the process moro thin thoy bad dona, The direction uf the wind, too, ‘wis againat bim, and it would ba fally to yo ou aud trko the rlak of bulng duinped jute the Inke, Ju abort, the taconglon wis Ira pose bis Juut then, but tho audence would yet thelr tickets back any could come again ‘Thursday ut 1 p.m. when, iC ittay within the bounds of possiblity, the balloon would go up. oe A Homanco of a Pretty Foot, : Hhitudelphia Thnes, 1don't know that there is anything in tho world that ta 0 well cuteutated tu exultu envy asa protty foot, und when uy person can boxst Gfauch w possession ho or sho is very apt, if poverty dovsn’t atand in the way, to make the Moat Of it, A pretty foot Is & fortune tom woman. Lust your 1 nado u pair of shows for aludy who had as pretty foot as were ever fuablont was 9 pleusure for mo to make tho shoe: when thoy wero finished T put thon fa the show-window Jn 4 very vonsplouous pisces where Tcould viow them at my lolaure. Pretty goon a nlculysdrossod gentleman stopped Gnd bogan looking nt them vory attontivey, Froaently he outered the store and inquired if they wore for auto. 1 told bin uo, chat they wero tuude for one of my customers, He looked surprised, und asked tho Indy meine. ft would notgiye hin this much sullstucuon, but told ‘Ula whoro she tivud, however. 1 was considor- aby surprised tofourn afterward that bo was calling at tho house, aud moro surprised still when the lady, accompauted by tho Wontieman, called af tho store three montha later. Bhe cullod bim- “dear” thon, so 1 guess they were marrivd. re Morsford’s Acid Phosphate for nervous dability, pateotied digoation, ete, Pamphlet tree, Rom Chemie: ra weehe Hed maford C) cal Worke, Bhupe on ie THE COURTS. A Fight for the Possession of a Little Girl. Judge Moran Sits Down on an Altempt to Dolay a Hearing. The Lamb Case Will Go to the Jury Today—Now Suits, Ete, MR, PARKER RECOVERS ITIS CHILD. Anintoresting habers corpita caso was tried yesterday before Judge Moran, it belng that of 8. K. Darker va, Myron Siulth and Mra. Myron Smith, of Welvidere, IL, for the eustody of Parker's ebiid. From the facts in the cuse It Appentrs that {ast Murch Parker, who Is 0 printer in the employ of Knteht & Leonurd, gave bis litele girl, Grace, to Mrs. Wabbit, the Chairman of the Heception Committes of the State In- duateiat School, who save tho chitd to Mr. and Mrs, Myrun Sinith, who lve on a farm nent Belvidere, The wnderstandiog was that thoy wero tu keop tho chili, as her stepmothor, Parker's seooud wite, was unable to manngo her, fatat month Purker conoluded he would tnko bis Nettle girl back home, and, as tho Sinithe refused to yive her Up, swore out n writ of hubeas corpus, and neonstuble went to Belvidere and touk the child. ‘Tho cage came up for a henring yesterday morn ing. ‘The petition for the habead corpus aileged that Mra, Mabblte wus a baby-farmor, and picked ‘up walfs and bleed thom out, Mr, Sheehurnay appeared tor the respondent, and Gun. Payne for tho relntor. Mr. Shorburtie read sn unswor frotu the Sisiths,, Soyy ine thoaj- Jegations in the petition, aud Gen, Buyne made a rejolndor relleratiny the chargos, 8.1, Parker, the father of tho child, was tho Orst witness called. Hy testitler that Gracio wis Il years of uge, and hoe had been married to hls second wife four yoars, ‘Phe child's mind bad been poisoned ngiinat the stepmother, and sho had been dn the bablt of raunlag away from home. ‘Phinking that in a few imonths of absence she would outgrow this feoling wituoss hid appented to tho Humane Soulcty, the Orphan Asyitim, and to Mra. 0. 2. Marsiy end tha latter lady hid roferred hits to Mrs, Kubbitt, She had spokon to him of the Smith fumily, and tho child hud been sent to them for & teniporary louie. He went ta reclaim hor Sopt. 2 Inet, but the Suniths would not allow her togo.and, thoy und never allowed ber to write tohim, Witness stuted tit be hid seen n lettor from Mr, Suit to Mrs. Babbitt suylug that ho vould not nford to pay weekly wages for the girl's servicus. Soverul persons testified that thor uelloved Mra. Parkor would trent the oblid kindly, The hittle girl Grucle Parker, was put on tho stand, Sho said, in answer ton question, that she preferred to live with her father rather tht With the Sintths. At this point Judge Moran sald ns Mr. Sherburne, the attorney for te Smiths, was not present, he would profer to tuke tha ehlld in his room and talk with her. ‘This hoe did Mrs. G.B. Marsh testified that sho hat frat met Mr, Parker carly last spring ut nis own house, The child waa with hin atthe tine, He auled her to put tho child in the Industrind Schoo}, tut she told hin Jt was seurcoly a fit place for her, Ho thon told her thut the rela- trons exiating botween tho child and her atep- mother were unfortunate, and he wanted to put hor somewhere, but he cottld net afford to puy bourd, Ils suid the stepmother had threatened to [oave the house If the child was brought lack that night. “She then referred hint to Mrs. Lin bitt, Chalrinnn of thelr Reception Committee, Sho understood from what he sald at tho tno that he wished a perinanent home for tho ehiid, Mr, Babbitt tostiicd that he had met Mr Parker the samo night he ‘tad culled on Mrs, Moreh. Tho chifd was with bim, and ho repeated tho story as told Mrs. Marsh. [ls wife told Parker ‘that Mr. and Mrs, Smith, of Bolvidere, Ik, wanted a child’ to adopt, and. abo would gommunteate with thom about Gracie, Tho child waa sent to Belyldero oventunally, and pleased tho Siniths, Parkor had always bud every opportunity to hear from bis child [oad he go desired. Nelther witness nor his wife bad ever received auy remunora- Hon from the Smiths far tho services of tho cbld. Witness indignantly denled tne inainua- tions of Gen, Payne thit he was inthe habitor picking up walfs and biring them out. Mes, Bubbitt's testimony wus In substance,the Bute 18 her husbantt's. Mra, Sinith, of Relvidere, tho custodian of the Uitte girk was the next whtness, ‘She sald tho ohild hud boon sent to her by Mre, Babblet, with tho underatunding that she was to keep’ her three months, and if ahe Uked hor Khe was to wnt her, She bad become very much attached tothe child, and had treated ‘her as hor own, Sho bad given up tho child when the Sheriff and Constable had called for her with the writ, Sho suit) that Mra, Babbitt brought the writ of Lsbena corpus to ber, toxetuer with nn nuawer, and had advised her tu go nhend and tht for the chil, Sho should ret have made the tight unless she hud rgecived tho advice. Mr. Sherburno rested bis caso by roading a fow letters whieh hat passed between the pire ies tu tho ease, During tho arguments of tho counsel tho little Bist stood with ber arm pround her father's neck mud her preference was plainty seen. judge Moran, in summing up the evidence, said the cnse was n peculiar ous, a8 every one connected with it was trying to do just right. ‘Tho fexal right of tho futher in controlling the ebiid was recognized and could not bo Waputed, ‘Tho Iden that stepmotuors were wlwaya cruol to clilfdren by tho first wite was but a fooflah wu. perstition, and there was nothing tn the evi- dens to show that Mrs, Parker bad nbusod tho child, The nomes, he thought, wore equally. ‘oud, but us the legal right rested with the ‘author he was ontitled to the child, Mrs. Marah and Mra. Babbitt were dolng.a noble work and they ahould bo aagisted in it instead of ntused, Tho Court thon ordered that tho child be al- lowed to go where sha choso, and she went with her fathor, A DISGUSTED DEFENDANT. Judge Moran yestorday morning, $n the caso of Webster ys. Mitehcll, made 4 ruling which will prevent many changes of venue being taken to blu, at least for tho usual purpose of delay, ‘Tho cose wasn suit in cjectinout brought by the two daughtors of old Danvlel Webster against Ellas Mitcholl, who claimed to be hls second wito, to recover possession of tho Rock Island Houso. 1t sooms Dan married about 1845 In Detroit, but a fow years Inter had to skip out, and came to Chicago, Here ho lived somo years with a -whito woman, tho defondunt in the oneo, whoin he married abortly before bis death, and to whom he loft bis property, Soon. atter his tirat wito turned ip, and the daughters ‘Logan a sult to recover his property, ‘Phoy re= vovored a verdict on tha ire trial, but under the statute tho defendant wus allowed unother trlat, On tho ith ingt. the defondant’s attorney made an appilontion for cbavge of yeniuoon tho ground of prejudice of all tho Judyos of tho SuperlorCourt. lt wns granted and tho casa taken bofore Judge Moran, Suturduy an application tho tutter to buvoe the case tried out or Mts remular order, It wos roprovontod by alliduvit that tho case would havo -benn trled pofora Judge Sinith tho day tho change of yenuo was tukon, and that tho Application was mado only for doluy; thnt une der the olroumstances the cago was entitled ton speedy bearing, and should not bo compelled to wait its slow turn on tho calendar, ‘Tho Judge hold that he bad tho discretion un dor such clreunistances to expedite the hearings thot the party making such uy apptioation ought hot to gain anythlug by delay; and that tho ease Ouuhtto be heurd as noarly as possiblo at tho sume timo it would had no change of venue heen taken, fo would thoreforg grant the mo- {on to xpcud tho cause and, act tho trial for tho Sith inst, The defendunt’s attorney objectod violently to the ruling, but ‘nls only satisfaction {oe nwotting ten dayd to ile a billut oxcyp. fons, wou mado ta THE LAMB TRIAL, Jo tho Lamb trial before Judgo Barnum the entire day was occupied by counsel i arguing the case bofore tho jury, dr. Mills, in hie briof opeulug, claimed that tho proseuution had ful- Nllod the promise made at the opening of tha trlul, aud bad counccted the defendant with tho oriine {1 all its various stagea, Sir. Forost tole lowed with an able analywia of tho testimony of ull tho witnossoa, and Mr, O'Rrien attemptud to show to the jury thut tho dufundant was placed 1u great Jonpurdy on tho unsupported teatimony: of Anotorlons thief who hus tho greatest and strongest motive fur fixing the orlme on the de- fendunt, At the closa of Br, O'Brien's romarke the court adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning, when Mr. Mills will muko his closing uddross, and after heuring the instrugtlons of tho court: the jury wilitake the case, ITEMS, Tuesday, Noy, 1, Judgo Blodgett will sbogin andhear trom day to day all admiralty dysos taat are roady for hearlug, Including exceptions to Sastor’s reports, Next Monday, Judge Blodwett will huar all contestod motions und defaults jn the Clroule and District Courta, dudge Wiliiameon js engaged in bearing the case of Ida Batos against McCnesney Hrothers, duutista, to recover $5,000 dumuyes for pulling out a largo number of hor teeth contrary, 9838 allexed, to orders, aud jy such a lunghig way ay to nearly ruin hor bealth, ‘Tho cde wus tricd once before, when the jury disvareed. judge Drummond leaves for Enidinuapolis toe uight, to bo absent about teu days on his clr- cuit, ‘tuo Appellate Court will announce at 10 o'vinok today the nutes of tho students adauit- ted to the Bar, . DIVORCES. Mary Speiltaan flod a bill yesterday against her husband, Jonathan ©, Speljmen, churwing ‘bin with cruelty and fallure to support ber, and asking for 4 divoroo, + John H, Bradicy asked far a divorce from ee Rarah L. radley, on tho ground of nlno years* desertion. on. otto Friant was married to Leon Frank ember, 1, od chums sha tins always been a kind, industrious, and frugal wifo to him, and a good mother to tholr soy children She, however, complius that he has for yours mst boon tthe hibit of abusing hor, and tht fo naa repeatediy threatenen to ki her. Sho dares not itve with him any longer, and now naka for nellvorce and an injinetion to prevent hin meddiiig wih her er destroying her furniture, dudze Qurdher granted divorces yoeterday In the folowmg cuses: Metile Cattle fram dicot Cable, on the growid of cruolty; Julla 8. Burns from Joseph Hurns, for desertion; Selina Lell- cath From WHitat Pelleath, for desertion; Joh Nackloy from Fannie Hanktey, for adultery; Eoma M. Lattin from Jobin i. Lattin, for erual Ay and dria N M. ‘Tuttle from John dl, ‘Pattle, for cruel osephing (. Hinder from Samuel G, Mindos, for eruelty: Meroah Lormer from Samuel Loriner, for desortiong Mary A. Kilvourn from: Wiliam of, Kilbourn, for uruelty; and Maximilian Do Fisheu from Elizabeth Do Fishem, for desettion. RTATE COURTS, DW, Munn begne a suit yesterday In the Sus perlor Court against Schuel Finuean to recover S100, Elvira Mooney filed a bit against Emily P, Newcomb to foreclose nm mortgage for $512, on Lot2, exvopt the west ten fect, and all of Lota, Mock # In elu & Hunne’s Subdivision of the north fifteon nerea of the suuth torty-tvo ucrog iu tho W. !s of tho 8. I, 14 of Suc. 27. 8, 14. « CRIMINAL COURT. The Jury in Judge dameson's court, ,bofore which Gustave Manley wis tried for horses steuling, enme into court yesterday morning and reported that after boing out nll niznt no pgreenent could bo renched, Tho Jury wis discharged and the prisoner remanded to jall. John Gartland was Cound aiilty by a jury of tnaliclously injuring ¢ horse kelunging to State thew Collins a few weeks ago, and wus sene tanuut to tho Houso of Correction for six months, ‘Tho Court sent Munroe Laton, a 1i-year-old hoy, tothe Roform-Sehool for threo years, ho having plonded guilty to burglary. . PROBATE COURT. In tho estute of Frederick Crilly ct al. minora, lotters of yunrdiunship wore tasued to Daniel Helly, under bond for £15,000. {n the estate of Jamies Gurrity, a minor, tet- tara of guardiunship wore issued to Daniel Zook, under bond for #3 couUNTY COURT. Helen Shefchek tled a petition for a writ of habens corpus for tha recovery of u 4-yenr-old Qnughter from Joseph Shefchek, and the writ was allowed to Issue, Tho petitioner ts tho wifa of Juseph Shufchek, the defendant, and clats that he forcibly took tho child from hor reat- dene, No. Calumet avenue, Sept. 9, or picked her up on tho street when sie was on her way to Bunday-schoal, and hus since secroted her. Tho petitioner further clalms that be is an {Ute Person (o have custody of the child, aud (s without meuns, A hearing will be bad (bis morntag, David B. Dewey and G. W. Van Zant filed a , DIL) for forcelosure of a nivrigage ov Lots }, 3 * 4,5, and 6, itt Block 5, Geegory's Subdivision ol 8S. 44, Lots 20, 27, and 28 of [uxter’s Subdivision, & part of 8 8. H.C. of Oullmette, 2 Bilth Inorigage having been, given by WW. 1, Hoops mea wy to secure notes tu the Vvaluo of about In the mutter of special assessments, Nos. 2, Tot, und i, Villaze of Evanston, N. G. Igio- hart, 1 i Piteh, ad Charles K. Hanuister wero uppottited Commissioners to maky the nasess- ment. In tho ‘ense of Mary EB. Harwood vs. Junius Harwood, divorce, n default wos entered, THE CALL. Jupan Drusoxp—1n chambers. Junge BLopartr—Nos, 21 and 2k to 33, inclus- ive, No case on trial. APPELLATE Count—Nos, 24, 25,26, 27, and 28 No caso on hearing. Jupay GAny—Asslsts Judgo Anthony. Passed ense on trial, Junge Smtti—No proliminary call, Trial valt 2, TU, UCU, 302M, 3, , BUSH, 3,110, 8, 3,160, No. 74, Sen ys. Guthrie, on trial, dupa WiLuTANSON—Asslsts Judge Gary, No, 8, Hales ve, McChusney, on tril, He aN — itt, UBL Co 87, 398, 412, 422, Nox, Be and 3 on Judge JTamnesor dar, and No.2 on dudyo Guide Her sca dur. No, i, Sherman vs. Sherinan, on warhig. dubae Roaens—No preliminary enh. Urint ‘eal Nos. 1s, 255, 247, 2 * 200, 201, 22, 204, 28, wt BAT. 28D, 200, Sits 292, 203,200, 200, i Field vs. Piexer, on trial, JubaR Monan—No call. No. 40, Chicago, Sillwaukee & St. Paul Kailrond Company vs. itice, on trial, Jupak HaAwes—Nos, 82, 65, 71, 72, 73,76. No, 6%, Chfeago’ Itolling-$1ni Com- Manka vs. North pany, on trial. Jupar Turney: a. 10, 17, 18 No. 15, Hile deorbrand vs. Huverman, on boaring, =~ Junge Loowus—Set caso term-No. 268, and Nas. 20 ih, “Bid, 275, 278, 260, 22, 283, 254, 2 B87, SB, ZAI, and st2, JULAE JAMESUN—Nos, G2, 41, 48, 51, 61, 02, 63, Bh, 5, 0, 288, ant STR, Sunay BAnsusa—No. 3 on trial, ——_ JUDGMENTS, . Bupmnron Cournt—Convesstons—Lazarus Sit- yerman va, Henry Harms and Carsten Btohmo, 742.—Spoar & Wolss va. W. Riderburg and Jo- soph Slominski, $134.05. Jupoy Gany—H. M. Hooker va, C, G, Anders; son, $113.91.—Pheodore Kourney ‘ot al. va. He Wolff, $111.83 verdict, $02.33. OTTAWA. Spectat Dtapateh to ‘The C{cago Tribunee Orrawa, Hl, Oct. 11,—Decisions have this day been announced in tho following cuses in the Appellate Court for the Sccond District: 620, Weeks, impleaded, ys. Loch; aflirmod, rer itoxuo ve. Edwards; revorsed and rev mandod. 4. Peoria & Springfold Hallrond Company vs, ‘Thompsan et ot; attirmed, On. Gould et ul. vs. Hendrickson; reversed and remanded, o 68y, Hunter va, Hunte 600, Yates vs, Kramor; 0}, Spurek, implouded, versed and remanded, 602, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Haftroad Company vs. Burns: aiticmed. Mrmed, allirined, JubOe SatrH—Rasinus Hanson ve, Jobn Kolly3 | va, Leonard ct al.; re ¥ On, Raker vs. Villaze of Maquon; reversed | aud remundod, 6, Schermerhorn vs, Cassam; aflirmed. 69s, Groenhood vs. Keuter; ravoraed and roe manndod, G8, Sonnelt ys. Turnbay, Compuny ve. Stabls affiemned, WL Galena & Buuthern Wisconsin Nallroad Company vs. Ennort; reversed and remundod, ie, Cumming & Cp, ve. Lolyhton; reversed and remanded, ‘07, Curpoutor vs. Calvort; order affirmed. it ie, Dowasentl ys. Young, exeoutor, etc; ate irmed. TU. McCormick ys. Huns; aftirmad. ish: alfirmed. 700. Gatena & jpuutborn Wisvousin Hajlroad | 712. Ravome ys, the People, otc, order ate | firme TH, jeymour etal. ve, Halnes; afirmed, 17, Tha Chicago & Eastora Milnols Railroad! Company ve. aks allirmed. ‘Tis, Stuckey vs. Hough et ul; aftirmed. Tu, Hurns ot al, vs. the People, for use, ot0.p4 roversed und remunder 1 vs, Gunaau! Mrmed, Cavanaugh; ablirmed. the Peuplo, for uso, otag. atlirmed, © — DIETING JURORS, To the Editor of ‘Ths Chicago Tribune, Cin0Aqo, Oct, 11.—From tine to tine certala comments aud assertions appear In Tue THine UNE roluting to bille rendored by tho Hovere Ilouse to the county for dieting juror, eto. To correut some of your. assortions {sg now my purpose, Tho price charged por diom if $2, 80° cording tacontrict with tho County Commis: slonors, n copy of which Ja new ju the’ bands of the Clerk of the bourd, nt nll times open to ine spection by any interested partica, and not $2), ns go often stated fa your column: As ta the correctness of the bills, thoy nro vouched by te Juillifa in choryo of tho jrry, cheuked by the Clork of the Court, cortitied by the Judge and Btato’s Attorney, and 1 presume they would dotect any urror abould gue ocuur, As to the statement mde by Tite Trine this mornings Ut wienis for Bailitts avo charged on dntes when thoro.was no jurors to feed, 1 ulimply ane swer thug auch statomont ta a gross falsotiuods the billsura on record and speak for theme #dlvess not one meal hus ever been chat other than those ordered by tho court. Ollie publle my ino by inserting this, that the correotly the rates oburged that you prten baw pleased to term Nekorhitant pe reapucttully you 5.5. PINNEYs id hea ‘every House. —— Sheop in Australia, Oficial returns show how vast uro the flocksot sheup owned In the Australaslin calontes: The New Zoaland and Augteallay ‘Land Company Owns 2,00) sheep: Mr. Rubert Campbell, db QoU Khuop; Sr, George Henry plonre, 0,00 sheep; Mesara, Bulgetty a Co, 208,000 heaps Measra, Clittord and Weld, 60.000 sheep; sir Dile Jon Bell, 82, tha ton, Witttam Hobie Son, 8,bud shop is (Gracrort. Wilson, aan cep; Bir. Kitchun, #,000sbeyp; and Mr, 3I'Leau, 500, her . e re Shan't I Take a Bine Pil! No, don’t take (t and run the risk of mercurial poisons, but whon bitious aud constipated act & packaxo of tho celebrated Kiduoy-Wort, and It Will speedily cure yuu, It ts unture's grent remedy for constipation, and for all kidvey and Uver dlscuses. [tacts promptly an these greal OFguns, and so restores boulth, strength, on Viyor, “It is put up in tquid and. dry tory, bot actlug with equal olticleucy. Pricu al, pus de know ve 60 Vury 0 abeap; houp; Bi 445, No. 4,08, Hayes va,‘