«
H 
m-w* 
THE 
<MK AGO WMmimi 
TW?lWf)A¥. NOVfcW**fc .*>, iWf. 
cl i w 
to b o point*. 
A aingle 
g l a n c e at the : n ^ 
will convince aay m»,-easwetally 
a St 
Ileitis man*—of this. . 
i 
lh< 
•point*" of th* proposed quaitri; a 
ha! 
.ir-ime.narro w gauge. 
doebie-tr*uk, 
railed 
t h r o u g h t>\ d a y l i g h t 
i n > / i r r -
I t 
Will 
b * 
Conceded 
t>y 
BV«ryb0dy 
a© 
able-bodied 
men, 
to 
wk«« 
<*ydsy, tot BTO days eack week, is 
siracle reward for his lisae and acirwit 
Uliil to b« s j u n r ; attd It will likewi 
conceded that this pay » cttMfs * 
t'l-i' 
Oaaiv M M 
1*n w*%s.ry 
MoMUr aortao*. per j***-, 
lt*P aaBwtai*,f4rje 
3?*rta at »i*ar a* ia* i 
To pre-wnM tal ay sad l 
oev* ien — ta Mil. a*ciu*u*« *t«t« < 
Keoultaooa*. mar >JS <u*<ht 
Posr : >*k* tNw, Jt IB t H " " " ' 1 tetter*. 
ntxaa to c m ». s*t*i»**e 
JMU^, ohtoNS**. *o«<»*7 SM • uO»i. 36' OB*** P*V * a l ! ( 
MMrsm 
* ' 1 S 8 TJaaaWWB OOMPABT, 
Sto I I Q M M . , cn*a*o, ru. 
ad 
be 
Blind's 
i;. i .>lf»<l 
hat 
iJi I t .'veil 
ouir 
V b f j i » it hal ' 
:'* 
therefore 
a. H'>ri4ii<> 
• 
n p 
fhrt 
And her* 
«>>i n l y 
**—it is 
is t h a 
rai 1 n -a. 
ur 
paper 
itaelf 
fie 
M -
N 1 •• • if* and docs not 
$30,000,000 lying petit*. 
to c 
buw 
m*ri 
ren 
t .01 
a de-
ices, -
rise be 
equate 
r other 
istiuae 
d o o l y 
i. The 
•direc-
inile-
11-tax up-
on through whii 
narrow-gauge, air-line, etc., 
•>v, wnieh ransv* from ** 
iic.t.a<.-iWoi".i" • 
.«»•» d b y a 
u she people of the 
THURSDAY. HOvKMUSB 
30, WH 
In order 
employee oi 1 
tocelebrato 1 
t heir insffl^bSSl 
.Preaideai am 
r».*t i d ! tie pftat-t 
• 
and ©liter 
H« TJMBCNB aa opportunity 
nil sod the injunction of tie 
QcWBWM?i no paper will be 
taoAea on Friday nasgiung. 
i> ««f d 
I his ! 
'•'infC, rWWl •— > ' >ltti 
I fiiii'v.'. 
oaly JH\jt"j"* to be raised by 
development. There is no doubt 
the mini of UM prolMttor that 
mm woold be plankei down cm 1 
of Che qnadribracMal^ur-liae, na 
stoao-ballasted, steel-railed 
gag© railroan #erp#i»8l8Q, 
ahooJd bee 
TEurxwiviHu 
The re torn of the thank«tTia«g f«Hlfr»l 
has m W l a a a ordJaary eifnlieaaee tit the 
people of Chicago. Nereria the history of 
civilized people* i»«each a ealaaaity fallea 
so suddenly npon so large a number d ,#i*-
ilised persons, sa that which de&tojysd the 
heart of thteeityia Octofeer !s 
one hundred ihoa^nd persons * 
homelessia * few konx^ : thou i 
of t h e * endured suffering and 
though many wens beret* ^af s 
and have bees iaile.bxedjfg ®$p, 
and shelter, taougk h*nir#d» © 
mourn .the loss of dear 
t»< •- 
•-••• <. ••"•• 
last seen in that dscaf u| c - • a tl Mcrati >n, at 
, no people p»\ I such 
ni«< c**r spe. • 
iving as At-stficksn p©opl«.ef-Shis 
great eity. 
* ^ » ™ ™ *• 
In the Chicago tire it haoJ>een den 
. ^ . . J . 
, 
.tnn.au .iviiiastlii-* H ! human love 
are limiteii to no s^o^raphical lines, bound-
ed by no seas, eupqnagribotl t^&s asgreeaqf 
latitude, but are as oroad* as Christendom. 
juity. 
This. 
iood has'Seeu' 
•4 I- 
|)ikii>. 
M), leaving 
JOffitSa&OtUi 
'hatever in 
the whole" 
on the ©oiinters 
j , narrow-gauge, 
prr.:.-.;-red,apft-.. 
the moment it 
ere this almost 
spontaaeocut outpomriflg, the following plan 
It 
••» 
h 
Though 
raiadersd. 
lvstions; 
shey had, 
d& food' 
RJBfehoMst 
>e sxplsiaM to tte County Court of 
'ttAt fai» r>>*.l W4» aiU-U'le<l 
P . H . T * -
Sfests of aach county; tout a very 
lsjp§e a umber of ears would be pteinod upou tac 
hne; that the rate of freight would be down to a 
niiBuswna AgstBO* and hapS ttosn perau*Qentiy, 
witaoit rc> ; • u>.< :u tne rates oi ..lUiof ...i « 
u »i 
th© stork -.' MM> r<»»/1 *h.»ni<1 ,i*tiT lif ?>u upon 
tfeanarhf t, KACII county agreeing to stmver m-
tain 11 p Shares.; Ui»[ f<irv« Cur i>»^»«.-uj<»-ri **iii 
• a. t; iua shuold he put n r*ts* du i^/v*. tudt ctit-i 
wiMiiu' Ui<*. «;"-•••" ,''-u"..ri»J 
tftorou<h 
V »'iil)'.alut. 
air, pay in cIUlli'l v' iu ;i 
ni*i»ti- any irn'm, * tin (IA.-* » 
bss&dta %*iag a juror, for 
n-fii. 
I'i.» raiiM-; the pay woi 
a )W@tteF WfHBO, i f 
pOffiltt 
or t&® orll is tn the opposi' 
it tke pay bo abolished, i* 
aga be paid nxi'.y tojtttors living na-
ive miles from the Court Houae, Let attend-
ance be compulsory for one week, to be foi-
st exemption of two years from all 
J$jgr service. This can work uo great- hard-
ship to 
any 
man; 
it will 
cause the 
professional 
juror 
to 
vanish, 
and 
the 
tas-payers 
will 
save 
a 
handsome 
sum ©f raoffiOy yearly. This remedy is based 
upon, the assumption that the average man 
hereabouts is now too good or too bright to 
decide upon such matters as come before 
juries; and thffit this community is unwise 
in permitting its important concerns to be 
decided upon by men of less than average 
intelligence and good character. 
fJX'.'A i.ownri! the hui 
In*,) abi«- iii u u ytara, 
fd to BUW ;:" «- that 
erase Yale is lytog a 
—Bev. fl. K. 8»w» 
tiou a® pastor of th« 
iliii< of Hanittn. 
M T H I t 
f 
#NtaMof mtaylastlsyata. 
. . • < 
* : ( • - 
•! 
, • • • • « 
l l 4 U l 
u , o v 
t th«> poiat of daa&h. 
rt! aae tendsrwi Mm reslga®-
l Spteeopal ofeupcliaa g| g^ 
ttoaiof t3MB 
p^ait «• nttory 
thef«bSJto» 
r. We :. i.r.1 t.'.iBt Mi ft-
f hi« jmj'pr and i«a 
icn't to the 
h will stop 
.<». 
>e$terfor (his 
i L,' 11 -Hi 
universa 
cheaply boujshti, cyonwit| 
Chicago r for it has hoea shown tkjPvJFMSX1 
that falls npon iNBjjpjfjflpsMpjpjshM) nnm-
' of the human fajmj^ly ia felt by all other 
Q; and th*t 
Lwp'oe "tote separation of 
andt the diversity o* lauguage, msn-
kind is, Mftfall. but one family, rejoicing in 
other's prosperity, and sharing the aor-
of the efln«te& Ther® is no 
does not think better ofhm race, or w 
not find his 
of this ipram* outpoarmg of charity and 
human !«*©» 
The pewpleof' Chicago have sufTered what 
no pen can record. Individual loss has been 
general, an«, fB| iaasty eases, overwhelming. 
But. t b o o s ^ A i r a ^ l W * 4 e l s 4 M m h e a 
our treasures vanished in smoke, there is not 
a heart ikM 4®os'ti#* rtviir© in the work of 
reetoration aMjhdy far advanced. We have 
lost much, bat i 
still left us. 
In the 
light of the past, avoiding its errors and 
by its exparieaoe, we are robnildinir 
the 
exeeed in 
wealth, popula 
maa^v • w ra^sm p-aaa^ *.4^*^CF V 
I we hive 
for 
thanksgiving. 
The 
ray fur aoomttiulated gains, 
.smite; d c ^ m i i l l energy. 
B 
left as our commerce; it did not destroy the 
by which thertjU^rada of th*efty 
«y 
auhscnoing n00,000 anouiu appumt oaa wueetov, 
awlou< 
•.•!' •-• iry *..!ilitiou»i V.I>>,«)©M UM*> iiiu'iif 
-j;h:V:':t.^:" 
! a*:- ii;:Ui ?UA:» , ih+i li*c*«s I.Hrtx.'Coc** 
shoula s<ei«K ttM aaurn maxumeaMSut jf th<s ro*<t 
from 
aSSOlfttth^'Sr n u t t i e r 
:->> n-„ 
;>j.u,l 1,•:,>;* 
and freight agents, if .praottsaaM. 
From which ft will be seen that the pro-
posed road is to be a high moral railroad as 
well as a naiTowgapp on*. The " Coanty 
Court1' ofi^Ji of the assessed oofftie* |s,to 
be persnAdeA t h a i t t a fares' h y i a e " great 
narrow-gauge etc., line will be placed at a 
phawtotwftnally low flgaiw a© <*S"W:* h*Jeod as 
• E r i c e s told of by Billy Barlow, in |he song, 
" J ^ u ^ T 
.
^
^ 
< T 
*?? C5CC*P* 
r i a m e wkos. 
«
W 
^
e
d 
j T * k . J f i * ^ i f ^ ^ y - s c r u -
pnlously avoided any direct allusion to the 
morality of the story, and contented itself 
with eulogy of its literary character. In re-
ply, Mr. Reade invents a word for hi* crit-
ics, " t h e anonyuiuncule," indulges freely 
in epithets, and throughout displays a vani-
ty, con plod with ill-humor, that shows he 
has not avoided " a terrible temptation " to 
ho very siUy; 
•__* 
Mr. Charles Beade, novelist and dramatist, 
the author of a very good book called ** The 
Cloister and tha Hearth," and of a very bad 
book called "A Terrible Temptation," has 
addressed a communication, 
nearly 
four 
columns in length, to the Toronto Globe, in 
reply to the criticism of the latter work 
which appeared in that paper. 
Thoeom-
tuimitation of Mr. Beade shows that gentle-
man to be the most thin-skinned of his 
profession, and will only expose him to gen-
eral ridicule. 
It is vituperative, shallow, 
&ad,«gotiatie. The writer of the Globe ex-
pressed himself very freely, as was his right, 
concerning the immoral character of the 
personages of the story, and the equally im-
moral tendency of the book, and was by no 
mean s singular in that respect. E very jour-
nsjlbf any pretension in this country, and 
..every magazine likewise, with the exception 
of 
tha*. printed 
in 
the 
interests 
of 
hi* American publishers, condemned the 
• hrakemen and baggage smashers. 
This 
W*m»» 
teheme is onJ^«x#eil*d in hrillianoy byArte-
laas Ward's plan of raising a reginjeat where-
in all the men should rank as Brigadier Cfen-
exak. The luxury of travelling by a railroad 
where a Director could be hailed to check a 
valise or turn over a seat-back will at once 
appear, and it would doubtless serve to at-
teact many oadseager*. 
80, also, would the 
novel arrangements for emigrants, by which 
these embryonic citizens are to be placed 
upon shelves in the freight cars, and brought 
through along with molasses, millinery, and 
other merchandise, at so much a hundred 
pounds. 
, There are other, brilliant features eon-
nectod with Che proposed quadrihraehisJ, 
air-line, narrow-gauge, etc., ithc, which are 
too numerous to be even summarized here. 
We cannot, however, refrain from commend-
ing the enterprise to the business men of St. 
Louis and to the Comity Courts of the sixty-
name happy counties along the proposed line. 
If it is true that ail the present outlets of St. 
Louis to the East discriminate against that 
city in their rates; or axe unable to carry of 
conducted. It burned down oar stores.] bar teaffic, aid If the "great natural high-
sold ashes, and sold 'em so low. 
That made It quite hard for pow BMly Barlow." 
These rates will preclude the possibility of 
dividends ? btttja* *Q offset to that disad-
vantage, the owttt is to be aliowed to choose 
each year a few Directors—the scheme pro-
viding for a Directorfor each 1100,000 of oapi-
tai stock, or a board cef three hundred Direotors 
fn all; iand, what is more, these Directors are 
to be allowed* the double luxury of serving 
to a directostal eapaeity, and also as •* con- 
Mr. George H. Parker, of Davenport, Iowa, 
dnctors and freight agents," perhaps even as 
* leading Democrat of that State, well known 
that 
we count np the 
and shipments, the 
productions 
but ft did not destroy 
done in them- When 
Osgood*, the receipts 
performed and the 
way of American commerce " has really gone 
back on those who have been depending on 
it, then it is evident that a new thorough-
fare must be constructed. 
It is also evident 
that they have compared favorably with *uy 
corresponding period in oar history, we 
should be in grates indeed if from our hearts 
we did not give thanks for sush an outcome 
from the great calamity. 
THE avfiinnf mniiHjres. 
A bill has been introduced into the Legis-
lature t%end*,•.¥JTisdWttoa U> the United 
States ov|sr certain land and for the eosv-
demnation thereof." 
In.the rebuilding of 
our city the passage of such a bill becomes a 
matter of the greatest importance. 
The { 
block on which the Pest Office formerly 
th* tire,, and find ; ^ ^ e progreseiv* mind of the present day 
that the hope of all otherwise hopelesB re-
gions lies in * very broad (say ao-feet), or a 
very narrow (hay 20-ineh) gauge—the pro-
gressive mind cannot quite say which, at 
present, 
. 
Meantime, 
however, 
St, Louis people 
should not negieet thefr efforts fo redeem 
the traffic of the region to the north, west, 
and south of them, to the end that the won-
derful Railroad of tb* Future shall ha*e 
someth.ing-»o*atry. 
' 
T
T 
in Illinois, publishes a letter in which he 
hears testimony to the truth of what THE 
CHICAGO TBTBCNE has said concerning the 
Democratic party. He writes: 
Having faithfully served as a member of the 
Democratic organisation for over as years, and 
still having the fullest confidence in the cardinal 
principles of that party, I am impelled to declare 
my conviction that the orguiization has outlived 
Its usefulness, and that it is the duty of Demo-
crats to opealy acknowledge that the Democratic 
party is dead. All efforts at departure, or to gal-
vanize it into new life, have proved a failure. The 
prestige of Its general policy, or, rather, the 
task of policy during the late war, will eliag to 
It. and prevent success, no matter how muoh we 
may become purified by a change of heart. The 
result of the recent elections are (sufficient proof 
of this fact. We can organise by forming some 
integral part of a new party, and probably resur-
rect our principles, but the body must be buried 
I ffatd tie stench of its putrid remains removed 
'nhm the public nostrils. The present is the prop-
er emergency to test the patriotism 01 members 
01 the Democratic party. 
If we love our country better than we do our 
party, abandon the organization, and unite with 
patriots, disregarding politic*! antecedents, and 
we may reasonably hope for a change of admin-
istration in 1873, that will protect and guarantee 
•qual rights to all sections of our common coun-
S
. Centralised power will vanish, the war win 
n be forgotten, and our country again be 
peaceful, prosperous, and happy. 
GEO- H. PAXXKB. 
©avBSPos*, Iowa, Hov. at, istl. 
The Question is thus directly put. to each 
member of the Democratic party: 
Do you 
love your country better than your party f 
if so, abandon the organization. 
Dissolve, 
drop the title, unite with other lovers of the 
country wherever you can find them, and 
aid in electing right men, governed by right 
principles, to national offices. 
THE FRX1 LIBSA1T. 
I 
Among the many curious conawmmatioiia, 
stood can not ft •»«*! a* obtained on eqm- 
reenitj^g 
tmm the fire, is the fact that the 
table terms In any other way. If one-half or 
two-thirds of the owners of the land should 
sell it to the government for what it is 
worth, th#,:others would, perhaps, refuse 
to 
sell 
unless 
thtg 
obtained 
two 
or 
three 
price* f S O 
t h e * r 
property. 
Some would perhaps not l U t e t e to drivs 
the bnildiqsn awsy <l isti iii they eonM enrich 
themserve* from tfcapnbii* Tmamry. 
This 
plan was adopted whan the site tms the Bos-
ton Post Office was selected. The govern-
nient bought theUgddisssn those who were 
willing to sell at market prices, and then the 
Massachusetts Legislates*'<fa*e the United 
States authority to condemn the remainder, 
of 
this 
bill 
be 
carefully 
guarded, 
and saad* ciattefSiptacy to t l * authorities at 
Washington, and then let it be passed 
out any unneceeswy delay. 
Much can* be 
donoduringtite winter to clear off tha sit* 
and get it ready for pwaarajf tn the founda-
tions beiorn Bfrtng opens; b i t «f oouise 
agrees sfsl the g*7^mm6atoffi*esn cannot 
the work till this 
1 of by rival ffcOc 
utationa .scarcely sect 
M.'*, and D.'B of F. O. 
a deaiimation 
akin 
The 
St. i 
LOTUS 
, tired of ha 1 
string, ttoe S 
si 
[U'cir 
lARiow-aAuui 
L. U. BesiT^ tte Cham|4*n Cafdtel Mover, 
and Demonstrator of the Future Greatness, 
should never have left the seat of hts power 
and gone o# wio^A-ffigitaingr to Boston and 
other cities oi the effete East, as he has lately 
for his ahssMs® bos boon taken ad vaa-
syfeasv to bnild up rep-
id to his own as C, C. 
of St. L.; or at least 
to tlMS proud fettle. 
J2s*»oere*, 
for 
in-
ag ©tearoally upon that 
Ubstik Missouri; or else 
mortified at being out-harpod by its neigh-
bor, the ifcj^iailww, storm* the public ear 
w ith a prcf*siti*m ef th* tret me«nit«d« 
concerning anew outlet from St. Louis to 
the East. 
This Eastern outlet basins 
be St. Louis' weak yeiaft, 1 
tha ** great natural kigfiway 
levees, making only a alight 
thousand .miles on tijts to 
and 
Euofo^. 
It 
is 
found 
called Toledo, Ws 
i Toledo F«®si;" 
& Alton is naught bet 
is admitted to 
Hi. 
1, f, 
I 1 -> ( 4 l u l 1 
11 laves 'nT 
B U of a few 
Hew York 
t h a t 
1 he 
'•> 
M»[• ri> 14 
while the Cfeieago 
*•» CMcago roM,* 
*»L 
question of a free library in Chicago, whioh 
had been agitated in til* columns ef Tat* 
TRIBUTE for several weeks prior to the great 
fir*, is about to be settled for a* in England. 
A cable despatch oi November S8 states that 
lit the meeting of the Anglo-American Asso-
ciation, held November 13,- a scheme for pre-
senting the nucleus for a free library to 
Chicago was adopted. Communications, ap-
proving of the plan and offering assistance 
for its execution, were received from Mr. 
Disraeli, the Marquis of Lome, Messrs. For-
ster, Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, and others. 
The 
Association 
meeting was 
over by Thomas Haghes. 
A 
originating 
with 
gentlemen 
so 
well, 
known 
in 
the 
literary 
world 
as 
the above, cannot but result in securing a 
,f large and valuable collect ioa of books. The 
question immediately arise*—What shall we 
do with it f This should be made a matter 
oi mature consideration, but at the very out-
set it seems eminently proper to make this 
gilt a sacred one, and to w a n off ail library 
associations in this oity from making any 
endeavors to secure it. This collection is 
the nucleus of a free library, and so consid-
ered by the donors who have united together 
fat this generous act. If other associations 
have libraries here, let them be made tz|hq»| that j j j 
tary to the owe bur En gHsh brethren propose 
to send n*. Any exclusive, or narrow policy 
will defeat the very end they ha 1 in view. It 
must be tb* Chicago Poblie Library, not the 
Young Men's Library, nor the Michigan Av-
enne Library, but a free h brary. fat t w hioh 
the whom city, aboil have an intoreat, and 
one which fi^l oi|jte»s shall: take a pridedn 
enlarging. A few days since, we printed an 
article recognizing the germ of ffSAh a libra-
ry in the liberal Eastern contributions made 
to the Michigan Avenue Babpitjaorary As-
sociation. 
The field now is enlarged, and 
the movement, if our association* will con-
tribute to it l i d our citizens encourage It, 
niimn destined to close the Question as to the 
fact of a free 1 i brary. It rest* with vm now 
to determine th* detsJM*f til* *s**t>ltBksnent 
of it 
The Young _ Men's Christian Association 
..' . .-•: v r e s i d e r a b l e !• 
* \ 
• i i'."W . >-! 
a oattsotioa off 
abo«t 
efcvdti 
thousand 
•• <>[ iin.-a a I sn - as Ire 
This building is 
now ia eonfg© of wc^nstntction, and, when 
completed, will have accommodations for one 
The Geological Board of Missouri have 
elected Prof. Raphael Pumpelly, of Har-
vard College, State Geologist, and in so do-
ing are to be congratulated. The new geol-
ogist is best known to Americans by bis two 
admirable works, "Across 
America 
and 
Asia," and " Geological Researches in China, 
Mongolia, and Japan,1' the latter of which 
was published under the auspices of the 
Smithsonian Institute. He is a man in the 
very prime of life 
and 
robust 
health; 
throughout his studies has devoted himself 
specially to the investigation of the geology 
of iron, coal, silver, lead, and copper dis-
tricts, and comes to his new post with the 
high endorsement oi such savans as Profs. 
Newberry, Agassis, and others. The appoint-
ment of such a man will not only prove 
beneficial to Missouri, but is a direct advan-
tage to the entire West. 
TMM 1TOBTHWSST. 
ILLXlfOIS. 
Alfred Williams, colored, has been sentenced 
to be banged by the Circuit Court of Pulaski 
County, for the murder of John W. Muller, in 
Mound City last August ' 
—The stock yards of the Chicago, Bock Island 
A Pacific Railroad, at Qeaeseo, are now fully 
completed. The yards cover several acres, and 
have every facility fer watering, feeding, and 
loading cattle. To take charge 0/this large es-
tablishment, and superintend its operations, the 
company has selected Colonel John Oalligan, of 
Davenport, Iowa 
-The barn of Mr. Joseph Pat ton,in Peoria Coun-
ty, was burned, on Wednesday last, with l.ooo 
bushels of grain, hay, .carriages and harness. 
LoestMOS, Ho insurance. 
A German and his 
pipe were the cause. 
U 
—A man named Henslee has been arrested at 
Mlnler, Tazewell County, for the murder of his 
wife. Suspicion fastened upon him from the fact 
coat was found secreted away in a sack 
of pop-corn, aad, on examination, was literally 
covered with blood from wristband to shoulder, 
aad down in treat. Spots of blood were also 
found on his psstelrama, hat, *"d vest, 
—A German, name unknown, committed Sttt-
cide at Mlnonk, recently, by setting fire to the 
ceil ia which he was confined, and roasting him-
self. 
-The Post Office at Mi Carreu was entered on 
Monday night, HOv. as, aad many of the letters 
opeaea. This was two days after the Best OMee 
a* Warren was burglarised. Within toe past 
yes* the oAcee at Freeport and Dlxoa have been 
opened, tiiii»liijj|.frv*ra| ether* In that porttoa of. 
Ghnois. 
• l"" *? 
—The Stmthem, lUmais Journal, a politically 
independent paper, that started at Flora, about 
a year ago, has come out recently as a Bepub-
bgb*ff. 
k man named Shanahaa, * ^ _,<•**,* grtson-
the Pike County Jail, charged wish mur-
iied Movember U. from the 
IT«-r*>l '...• an., iit*»i;.,i 
Ilea* 
er in 
deriSfaUr. Ha 
offsets of having 
the St. Louis, 
ja 
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« 
9nai}& «& * errs usnte &&# 
ran JA §JM> jniserable 
ttaregl 
of Indian spoils, anil the Ohio & Mississippi 
ia that oi Cincinnati, *4matti hostile to *r, 
, 
ridlVIoUd >>/ 
h> II14(lit>-«( 
•y ef tit* Future < .*,..•*!.. The through 
freight rates of all thee* are n*taiA«nly die-
cenraging tm^^m^rM 
m ©B^^^^&ao®' 
fore, to h«v@> i©u»trucu»4 ^nfW^^^^fPem; 
hspe, not until tb© sa«w salts away) a grand 
fonr-prougeg, natyow gauge, air-line, donhle* 
track,Stone>l'Ai:eBt<Hl. » U » I - t a i l e d , preferred 
mortage railroait 
bi..!t to .-ouuect H«<«t«ci, 
Bew York, *- a*bi.iade)phia, and 
BelUmom 
direetly with th* Future 
Capital. 
The 
grand f'-Jitia; trunz af this four-forke»i coo-
. »-. --1 ..*'.• .11 i» w pu*h .straight through r,j 1'ti . 
sdelphia, t^k^®§..v*'heeiiut* Wi»^&»« sorf 
.;,i »t- »ir, i t . ;t. I ' s r u u t e . 
1 ' h c N o * 
V ,-rk 
bianck 
• • • •!(•« (n>» Kr*.i u< the Boston 
ti; !.ipubwrg. iiiil thr- '! ».' t.tiioca 
ibustown 
There are also, >' 
of his legs* 
IOWA. 
>t a financial 
worth of coupons or eity 
»r 
I B -
tnat, so® va® purpose 01 psnoMKueg so gr 
blessing as a greet public library, ike 
ciaaion would redgn this building, or 
libfary hall which forms the principal 
tioa of it, at a fair rental, md 
mors® their 
own libraay in it. 
;uaoas 
The jurors far out eomrts oi rosord »n this 
Jt> and :> i sty AI r 411111 mtu^l ',»> 
'.*> Sheriff 
. The pay 
day not be-
•riii.y 
•JtTa 
t * 
IK'Ill 
ditto froen 
«*MB£*% 
aa#*% 
zuond, aad oskex 
tstnate Iff! ffffjfi HJ 
1MB 
m 
taatked oil 
is found tl 
sdelphia e 
only tfaia, 
eithejr ete 
tetaard ** b) 
t curves 
1 • 1 • ! 1 , 
< I 
branches 
And -':'.> v.. noc 
to iwuanti, M«a, stiaaV' 
t u w n s whi'-h 
:u»;.- '•'''• '••' 
tilu tucir applications ia 
h'-uie has beea caieftilly 
Stf^Bft truatwurth. map, aadtit 
liat a line 1 an i>a dra<f n to Phil-
a -' - Ajght as *n arrow ; and u >t 
• •ia 
t h e 
i t i v f r g i u g 
!«..•«. 
>r 
ikm 
'• >rtt. 
are fotiud 
to n»-
sight, 
j ^ what is 
teohaieelly 
r« ken hne*." 
N o n e ..f th<j»se hide-
ranri>*<'iug, 
1 ao 
i 
•:: 1 . 
: i.., 
• . . I 
son-
^hii 
•*a ut.l«*-tioi»at>U IU 
accessary 
upon the man. M 
iatUSdthat the *tr»iahieal Unas 
threugh eatMte a f v « , c^^ 
u J!,,,,,, ^ ^ 
n * 
, , p © » t ® , " «* thr r»ilro%.t men -..1! t h e m , 
s plaeos Offers \h-n ought 
system., 
m 
and by tk* Bailife oi the oonrti 
srf a juror is ®lJwa<i&,» .md ->*I-M 
isgdevo-toft to )snrji tr'»i, gon 
wofeWy pay of a juror is | 7 J a . 3' 
tita'enemtry get miiesgfa i n s s i f i o i 
"aw-of pay, it eoet this <-ity and M>< 
thing 1 i k r t- ;> . «< : -r jcirtS'rs during the 
ffflirifeBff With tfe%JhjBaffBd' t n " =>*peoditu 
».«', H I j4u#<» 
t h e HXisfeii' * of 
th<< 
ft«eei.uial. IPOT," TB® JUKW t«ark®t isglu 
in thi.Hcitv tiid >hrnti and BAIlid's are 
stetisly be-Hiegt'd ».od importuued to put 
or tiha* mmm on the jary list. At each toraa of 
•h® ©worts in this county the presiding Jmlay 
tiu<ia ' iirosMf. '" miiouuce DO the :urors 
10 at w-udance- f|P^pe j$mj will fe© given, to 
any nun * bo has •mrvei utvm i yn^yint% 
-« nrt .if record in this county wititiff •yesw 
lls$ffs£6. Tie mfksmMm. 
hi lfc*t the jurat* 
ffluimon 
t h f i i w , v c 8 . 
To tuanv «>f t h e m their 
a o n n a l ni«"i' " on t h e jury is t h e i r o n l y cer-
tain SotirCe .if r»-'. i-u'ue i l i m i i g the y<ViX 
It .5 
1 11 objt-ctii ti t<i <h»-ni that they are p<K.).r men 
It is an •! j« ' ' • I 1 t o tlsem t h a t they 
kre self-
b u m m o u c d : t h a t tiiey are b u m u e r a and io;u 
(•«*, w ho n e v e r h a d a n y regular wurk »r husi 
u« .*, a u d 
nrv--r*"*niea*u to 
!ia\-i 
uiy. 
itui 
t h i s 
fact 
;<uida 
U> 
briu< 
our 
>ury 
II 
e.ju>u», 
iaA 
contempt 
sen in Oesecah so penurious that, 
earn, and a kernel flew into the 
he removed eevem oorda of wood to 
tod it A neighbor standing by dropped a kernel 
near -where the searolter was toehJns, hatt when 
he fsnnd it, he sail: 
" Ton can't K*i me wtth 
that small kernel; the one I lost was a large 
oae." 
Tha-Kokomo Tribum of November S3 gives the 
estalle ef an eloi»ment of Charles B. Power, the 
proprietor ef the Kokomo House, with one of his" 
clwmbersastds. 
H® settled his property upoa 
her, left with her fer tewa, s a i left a wife bs-
, 1 M • K . 
fa-law,, 
grew OH I - 
M 
.1 Ml '. i ) 
tl* , '.H > . i | ' . ' 
» r«» shot 
iiii*r*' . 
him. 
Fcettt 
i f.t»;'r»>l 
'n'ttier 
he affair 
> " < k i i 
A r 
Njveaal 
i .in. 
a * t v» a • 
, 
: • 
•
: 
-
.
,
. 
trmte ax 
• • . . - u i . i ; 
. i J *i 
> 
•»i.u.iii r 
M i 
v'. 
••">i;.mk(u cxvurrr-d 
>ar la, bet--*->en *»-•< oeigted 
SUtaies^pipt SMlFsmd. 
Tfcs 
s reported as mmn'.iK >ixtym 
r>-«uli '**<• awful 
Hvn>*«, 
;.! ..»!! -»-re jii'r-,1 togetiier :.n 
. • - -in u<-.trty through M c b 
in, Left- * ruined 
1 .-,[ir»i:n 
HI., b»it 1 BBS hsBBS kiBed, ter w 
| ,.» i ti |ha A large nuur.H-r at I 
j n 1 if .•»(•.<• were .uat*utiy MU« 
tbe -,..:ian>ii. I 1 tain, will am 
n*a: 
»*«o»>.l. 
:raiD" .'U tile 
tnuh going 
le* tn tioa* 
• f i e 
MM 
•alas. Tk& 
I'tiii-r, both 
Phi nip*. '»' 
IF WlUCh h& 
of bo-gsaafl 
The 
Cloui, Sauk Rapids, and the IJU1* Pails, and will 
remove . to. a new Held of labor asms time to De-
cember. 
—The lumber mills of Bed Wing have sawed 
during the logging season as foUows: cogel * 
Betcher, 4,l23,ee» feet; .Bow% Graves A.iCo., 
4tj.»£m feet; a total of W*a,os® feet, 
—At Owatonna, on Wednssday of last week, a 
man nsmetl Green brought suit against a neigh-
bor named Cobb for cutting a gash in the neck of 
one of his horses with a knife, and on the hip with 
a hoe. The examination resulted in the discharge 
of the defendant, when the two shook hands, aad 
the plaintiff invited toe defendant to his house on 
Thanksgiving for dinner, which was accepted, 
when the contestants and witnesses all started 
for home in the same wagon. 
-Henry Shut tie worth, landlord of the Central 
House, Preston, Fillmore County, has been con-
victed of having outraged the person of Mary 
Rexford, a servant girl at that house, some 
months since. 
K jjrsxs. 
Goal has been discovered in Russell County. 
—The Bev. Jesse Brockway, of Osage, was seri-
ously injured recently by a vicious horse. 
MiBsounr. 
James Bradshaw, a former resident of St. 
Louis, was found dead on the morning of Novem-
ber 23, under a wagon and load of lumber, about 
one aad a half mile from Vicuna, Maries County. 
He left that town on the previous evening with 
the load of lumber. It is believed the horses ran 
away, as they were found seme distance off, 
badly crippled. 
—Hermann Ltndemaa, a German editor of some 
note, died at Jefferson City recently. 
—Professor Raphael Pumpelly, of Harvard 
University, has been elected State Geologist of 
Missouri. 
ran ran WEST. 
The Fort Smith (Ark.) JBra of November IT 
saya: " Halted States Deputy Marshals Stephen, 
sen and Shoemaker brought in, yesterday, from 
Fort Davis, near the terminus of the M., K. AT. 
Railroad, sin prisoners, four white men and two 
negroes. We learn that one of the former, Sam. 
Smith, a few days ago, killed a white man, and 
shot his own brother in the shoulder, severely 
wounding him. The Marshals got to the place 
just in time to take Smith from an enraged mob* 
who were about to string him up." 
—Camp Three Forks, an old military station in 
Idaho, has been abandoned and sold for §90. 
—The Legislature of Washington Territory has 
before it a bill to authorize a huge land tottery to 
pay off the Territorial debt. 
-Utah potatoes la large quantities are being 
shipped to California. 
—More rich mineral discoveries have been 
mad* around Buel City, Utah. 
Id, one of the old laad-
, CaL.was burned November SL 
•j—Mr. Chanfran, the well-known actor, was se-
verely injured at Virginia City, Nevada, Novem-
ber M, by the upsetting of a carriage in which 
he was riding. 
—Portland, Oregon, has more saloons than any 
city of its else to the United States. 
—A few Chinamen voted in the recent munici-
pal election at Victoria. The papers simply men-
tioned the fact, nothing more. 
—The Stockton (Col.) Independent of November 
23, says there is on exhibition, to the show-ess* 
at Barnes' store, a cornstalk bearing thirty-one 
ears of pop-corn. It was produced on the farm 
of C. R. Montgomery, near 
the Mokelumne 
River. 
—A gentleman was to this eity yesterday says 
tb* Virginia (Neb.) Enterprise ef November 18, 
who has struck a v«ry rich lead beyond £1 Do-
rado Canon, about thirty miles northeast from 
Dayton. The lead is about six feet wide, and is 
rich in free gold as well as silver. A piece of ore 
assayed here showed over ts.ooo to the ton in the 
precious metals. In extensions and all, about 
6,000 feet of ground have been located on the 
1 1 _ — 
*» 
PERSONAJU '. 
-The Hon. George H. Sanford, of New York, 
Senator from the Oneida District, is dangerously 
UL ' 
* 
—Ledru Rollin has returned to Paris to spend 
the remainder of his days there. 
—Roohefort is to be confined on the Island of 
Salntc-Marguerite, Provence, and will, it Is said, 
occupy the same cell la whioh the man ef the 
iron mask was immured. 
—Mr. C. Martin* of Brownflel*, Maine, has been 
insured m six different fire companies, in as 
many years, all of whioh have failed before the 
term of insurance expired. The last, the Put-
nam, was broken down by the Chicago mm. 
—It is said that Disraeli has allowed himself to 
be enrolled as a member of an Orange Lodge. 
—Knoe Collins, the wealthiest man to Lower 
Canada, lately died to Halifax, at the age ot »s 
year*. 
—The remains ef Lieutenant I. G. Strain, wad 
rertshed at Asplnwall, some years age, while on 
the ill-fated Darien exploring expedition, are to 
be brought to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, 
MA There is alio ts be erected, in the chapel 
at that place, a tablet to memoir of Lieutenant 
Commander Alexander A Mackenzie, who was 
killed in an engagement en the island ef Formo-
sa, in 1870, with the native* of that island 
—Afcnan who seems*e he losing his faith in 
womankind has posted the folio wing •• notis " in 
the Berlin Pest Office : 
My wife, Mary Miller, having deceived me to regard 
to hex age, before marriage, claiming to he 38 Only 
when abe was 32, with teeth badly decayed, while I am 
not S3, with perfectly sound teeth; therefore I will pay 
no debts of her contrasting. 
Hia 
L. H. X CHOBCU. 
mark 
—A mere encouraging report concerning the 
Rev. William R. Alger, who recently returned to 
Boston from Paris, is, that his health is unex-
pectedly good, and that complete rest will cure 
his insanity. 
- P S T 
DnChalliu,who ha. Just rotarned 
home, says that, a? one effect of the rascality of 
the New York city government, even the Swedish 
peasants taunt the traveller with the remark that 
saoo,ooo,coo have been stolen, and that no one will 
he punished for it. 
—Colonel Roby G. Stone, of the Pittsburgh 
(N. Y.) Republican, died on the 15th last, aged 65 
yc are. 
Thirty-eight years ago he went from Ver-
mont to Pittsburgh, and purchased an interest 
in the SepubUcmn. Ever since that time he has 
taken an active Interest in political affairs. He 
was Chairman of the Democratic Town Commit-
tee of Pittsburgh for thirty years, Chairman of 
the County Committee for nearly the same time, 
and for many years Chairman of the Congres-
sional and Senatorial District Committees. He 
was also for many years a member of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and in 1868 was oaa of 
the candidates for Presidential Electors on the 
Democratic tieket. 
—Major Thomas Meeney, a candidate for 
Sheriff, in Coahoma County, Miss., waS recently 
killed by his rival, John Cochran, during a polit-
ical quarrel. 
- A Hindoo ady, rejoicing to the name of 
Steerungammal, has been giving lectures In Mad-
ras. 
Female education was the subject of one of 
her eloquent addresses. She is learned in the 
Hindoo Shasta* and Parana*, and she brought 
forward maay quotations from the sacred book* 
to prove that the old Hindoos sanctioned female 
education. 
—Mr. Whits experienced with " non-explosive 
oil," at Grafton, Mass., in order to fully test com-
bustible properties. He is now done up in cotton 
sad sweet off. 
-The Speaker of tb* British House of Com-
mons enjoys * magnificent residence, finished aad 
kept la repair at the public expense, and contain-
ing one hundred rooms. He receives • salary ef 
SK.eso, and en retirement Is always created a 
VUoonnt and has a pension of tacoos, which on 
his death peases to ids eldest sen. Oddly enough, 
neither the ma* a** the present Speaker, al-
though both married men, ha* any son to inherit 
these goed things. 
—Madame Jaaauseaek's Jewesry, it ts Bald, is 
worth $80,000, *ad include; presents from half a 
dote* of the crowned heads ef Europe, and a 
diamond worth si«,coo presented to her bytes 
Casr of Russia. 
—Mr. Horace Haw**, whose will Is now contest-
ed to the Probate Court at Ban Francisco, appears 
to have been a very disagreeable monomaniac. 
He accused his wile of every crime, aad com-
pared himself to Jesus Christ as a benefactor of 
the race, m m*trt*g Ms wftt he practically disin-
herited his wife aaat danghtoEs leavmg a large 
fortWB to Ms eon, and tb® remainder to fauntl a 
" Mount Kdea ®ietva»relfy,M be$ vmtar sank ecndl-
ti**«e* to toads* tee p«y«st itapraetioabf®. The 
widow contests the will em toe gttra&d that to* 
testator 
* «<• in**;?,- 
»ni1 ti. <en 
* '..'J in- t.r. K, 11 
the I'!, K.li-lphi!, ,'Vfii, says 
a thorny 'ur stat.n< tbai lelTer^ou 
BBjffBfl 
Bnj 
v-r j 
t * e3 
Hull 
( • p r o n e Cenwt Heft*?*®. 
to t&e JMitef 0 «*® OMmm frmme f 
twyme have not forgotten, and are 
r, the ahks efforts of THE TBIBUWE 
I eastogsmdi Mr. Norman L. Free-
saalatlte publication of our Su-
sports. His reportershlp has been 
aga ted Imposition on the bar of tile 
all the interested pipings of praise 
whistles of the petty law journals, 
lawy ers'wbo use and ***»*» use these reports, aad 
know the* value aad maaaure it by their merits, 
cannot be deceived or weakened in the conviction 
that taken in respeotof matters merely pertain-
ing to , the.- repwrtm ial- 
part of 
Many 
uefui 
UlJ»'» 
Coui 1 
I ii n i i 1 
-pin -
of the pen 
i t 
it 
la" 
abo# 
the 
poorest 
specimen _of 
legal literature to the form of 
reports. 
Inthe first ptace the delay In publication is inex-
cusable. Between the filing of the opinions and 
their communication to the world in book-form, 
two years elapse. Within this time, and, general-
ly, long before it the reports of nearly all the 
States, containing eases contemporary with those 
in our court, »»d in England, are on the shelves 
of our libraries, and familiar to the profession. 
That we are compelled to submit to this delsy 
in ascertaining the " oraoles of the law" of our 
highest court.is a grievance of a really aggravat-
ed character. In the next place, the eo$t of the 
books considering their make-up, iabntinflniteai-
nially short of being a direct swindle. In view 
of 
the 
quantity 
of 
matter, 
and the 
useless 
superfluity 
of 
syllabus 
and 
Index, 
and 
expansions, 
by 
tricks 
of 
printing, to space and spread out the matter to 
fill up, toe price of the volume- -five dollars—is 
nothing tout extortion. The Legislature, in a 
statute, June 1, 1863, prescribed a standard of 
what the volumes should contain, and fixed, as the 
price, a sum not to exceed four dollars. This was 
liberal enough to the reporter to make Mr. Freeman 
rea sonably affluent. But that gentleman officially 
nullified the statute at once. In contempt of it, 
but profitably to himself, he, for a long time pock-
eted five and a half, and then five dollars, per 
volume, for his publication; and, instead of con-
forming Me books in siac and stole to the statu-
tory standard, he adopted one of his own, which, 
in its results, practically tixed the profession 
twenty p*r cent, or more, above the fixed price 
of 
the 
law, 
and 
diminished, 
m 
fact, 
toe 
matter 
below 
the 
standard 
about one-third. 
In other words, his annual 
three votfises, at Sis, amounted to what subetaa-
<tally, was required by the law, aad actually was 
furnished by Mr. Peck, for about *7.60. What was 
the consequence, and now uow are we reaping 
the 
fiuit* of this long undisturbed imposition! 
Of the sect and at the price, as furnished by Mr. 
Freeman, an edition of about 1,200 of each vol-
ume suffices. Of these, the State takes nearly 
300 volumes. The residue Is presumed to be sola 
to the lawyers of the State. The bar of Illinois 
numbers, probably, 4,006 members. At a reason-
able price, and with volumes honestly made np, 
three-fonrtha of this number would require and 
acquire toe reports, net one-fourth or less, of 
this Lumber only sen or will lafford to place these 
books on their shelves. Probably two hundred 
complete 
sew 
of 
these 
reports 
were 
owned to this city, and were destroyed by the 
fire. The books are not to be had to supply toe 
loss. Why? The price and quality of the re-
ports prevented then* universal purchase by toe 
bar, and** limited the demand, aad, to* supply 
being proportioned to that demand, there is now 
a scarcity of the books. If the profession in the 
State ooum have been furnished them on reason-
able terms, much larger editions could and would 
have been published, andjfrom such a number, 
the burned-out lawyers of Chicago could have re-
placed thetr lost volume*. As it Is, the disposa-
ble sets of our reports are commanding ex-
travagant 
and 
extraordinary 
prices, and 
are 
scarcely to 
be 
had at all. 
They 
never were 
salable out of 
the State to 
any more t&an an insignificant extent. Recently, 
in the capital of another State. I inquired for oar 
reports. The reply of a leading lawyer was: 
"There 1*nut one set to the city; It is in the State 
Library. Individual lawyers cannot effort to 
pay the price ; they are too high." Of course, the 
value of these report* to a lawyer in Massachu-
setts is hardly suoh as to warrant him in paying 
for them ft* a year, when he can obtain re-
ports of other States, with equal quantity of mat-
ter, for half, or less than half, the price. 80 
that to consequence of the wretched system of 
reporting tolerated to Illinois, toe lawyers of 
this city wast either dispense with^our reports 
or submit to obtain them only through the most 
merciless and grinding exactions. 
It is known to the bar that this monstrous im-
position ia *t its expense, and only benefit* and 
gorges Mr. Freempn. And it is a reproach to to* 
profession that it has so long passively surrend-
ered itself to this extortion. 
If the learned fra-
ternity itself does not take or aid in measures to 
reform or repress the abuse, the people them-
selves have Interest enough to the matter to 
abolish by legislation the official reporter's "nice 
little scheme." Our new constitution has Intro 
duced the policy of salary to place of fees, and 
does not encourage the enrichment of any funo-
ttonary ofMS creation, at the general expense. 
What Tim to* » continuance of toe present griev-
ance the more intolerable is the fact that 
offers and guarantees have been made to publish 
the report* of the legally-prescribed size and 
quality, aad within six months, for 12.60 per vol-
ume. Can the Legislature do anything more just, 
reasonable, and serviceable^ than to adopt some 
Aw 
Mr. W. H. attog," and Mr.'H. F. Walte, and Mr. 
THE GREAT FIRE. 
Coutinr 
t i 
- m at 
f the 
S Boarc 
laTrestigation by 
>f Police. 
Examination of the Superin-
tendent of the Gas 
. 1 . 1 
. 
- : • « "" 
Works. 
1 
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• 
Interesting' Statement of the Man Who 
Blew np the Building*. 
perfectly practicable, plan of publishing our 
prenmCoutoRepuito cheaply e a ^ ^ 
Are 
Mr.W.H.10ng, aad Mr. H. F. Walte, *nd 
• John N. Jewett, Representatives to the Legisla-
ture, but members of the Chic ago bar, willing 
that their brethren of this eity, already bowed to 
the ground under the heavy stroke of our unpar-
alleled calamity, shall continue to be double-taxed 
to price and stinted In supply, to sustain the pres-
ent system of Supreme Court reporting! 
Of Mr. Freeman and of the fire, 
CHICAGO, NOV. as,, ,ltia te $ 
•" 
I • » 
. , — — 
., 
Ant Apftoel fer Striageat Baildiag Lawi, 
lb (he Editor of The Ohiemeo TrOmne: 
8 a : 
It would seem that if the scourge of firs 
through which we have passed be not accepted 
S* a warning lesson by our authorities, and 
stringent laws are not enacted for the guidance 
of future erections, we arc toe*, indeed, given, 
over to the mercy of too fiend, whenever the 
time shall came for It to again sweep over us. 
The numerous letters addressed to yourself, 
with such queries as " How shall we rebuild our 
cityt" aad the many other earnest letters, edi-
torials, Ac., which have appeared in your own 
paper, aa well aa to the other journals of the 
eity, lead one to suppose that the public at 
large do act wish 
to have 
repeated the 
sad ex per ice sea of toe late conflagration, and 
how are ws to prevent it! Most assuredly not by 
a few special clauses of a hastily-constructed 
fire-ordinance, which has already been excepted 
to, and which will no doubt be adroitly evaded 
by old heads to the business ; nor by the numer-
ous appeals through the journals; nor by many 
able editorials, all good in their way, but tending 
to no direct and practicable results, unless there 
are laws enacted and enforced for this especial 
and particular object,—the rebuilding of Chicago 
upoa a solid and enduring foundation, whioh will 
be to resist a* far as possible the wear and tear 
of business, the weather, and tb* ravages of 
fire. 
We need laws for the successful accomplish-
ment ef this—laws with penal clauses, and those 
which win enter into the very detail or building. 
Of what effect is aa ordinance directing the 
thickness ef walls, that allows a building to be 
erected, say, two hundred feet square, without 
one single party or division wall, and filled with 
columns and timber* from basement to a sixth-
Btory Mansard roofi 
True, these walls may 
slightly interfere with the business transactions 
ef some great mercantile company, but their 
business can be done; and, in the event of a fire, 
it can be confined and suppressed within 
a 
prescribed 
limit, and possibly a 
por-
tion 
of 
their 
own 
goods 
be 
saved. 
But 
more 
important 
the 
neighboring 
property would not be placed in jeopardy, and a 
ionfiagrotioa would be prevented, we need laws 
to prevent the discontinuing of division walls of 
brick at second and third stories, for toe sake of 
Ill-judged economy, thereby hazarding, by the 
frame construction overhead, thousands of dol-
lars to buildings aad to goods; or, what is worse, 
the carrying of these walls to the roof, but per-
forating t hem with large openings where conven-
ience of room or passage seem to demand; to* 
superincumbent mass supported by girders of 
two-inch joist*, either doubled or trebled. 
Ws require laws not only regulating the thick-
ness of walls, and directing the use of fire-proof 
materials wherever aeemed advisable, but laws 
protecting those who build from being imposed 
npon with inferior materials and workmanship. 
It Is net always the fault of the contractor that 
such things occur; for instance, in the present 
emergency, and greatly increased demand for 
brick, with attending high prices paid for them, 
brickmakera have been khVwn to force upoa 
builders wit* whom they have had contracts all 
of th* miserable rubbish aad condemned bricks 
aad bat* that have aocnranlated in their yards, 
while they have held their good bricks fer a still 
higher advance to prices. 
There can be instances given, la every line and 
trade connected with building, exemplifying toe 
many abuses to which those concerned to build-
ing are subjected, aad which the architect, be he 
ever so earnest aad honest cannot wholly con-
trol; but. with the aid of the law, and efficient 
bniWing inspectors, employed in the interest of 
the city, and with licenses granted to those who 
claim to be contractors and dealers to buiidiag 
materiel* an* also to architects, then may toe 
public hope to see a well-coeatmeted eity. 
I feel safe fa saying there is not a stogie home* 
contractor aad mechanic (and I think there are 
many in Chisago) who would not be willing to 
-work under • Moense, did they bat know that ev-
ery unreliable contractor was obliged* also, to 
work to th* same way. Such a law would not be 
long In bringing about the good they moet earn-
estly 
hope for, that of raising the stand-
ard of their calling, 
and compelling 
all 
who did work to do it In strict conformity to cer-
tain laws andsjpeetfieattona, er else to abide the 
penalty and the revoking of their license. And 
the architects who have any love for their pro-
fession, and any desire for its elevation, and are 
honet-t in then* endeavors, cannot bat be willing 
tc conform to such laws aa may he laid down by 
the proper aapatorttias. and to work inoonjuno 
Hon with MgaMs building inspectors, aad to 
submit their plans to them for their decision a* 
regards their constructive merits, ant els* to 
work under a Beense* knowing that, by a* 
they are phaeteg themselves above suspicion 
the petty tricks and contemptible transaction* 
known to have been perpetrated by toe pettt-
f(waring members of what Is really a responsible 
a K n e r « o * nlrefessiom 
HKBBT ITGAT. 
CHICAGO, New. St. 
(
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on 
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• fi.iraHj ft\i 
i" resident 
MS invited 
. i , i , 
iral eplaica ia 
1 There is g«»t 
Davie is going 
from Tea 
ee 
•he 
Me 
be .Slave 
take the 
• -to 
T H 
i.I 
n«t "* » good many 
>nia liny be permis-
plunderiag 
UStenU of 
Br Charles borrow this 
•an; 
A> 
iwiiiiifiifl stosfcwcB 
»f HBsn* Ripley 
he* run away, leaving Ma creditors with looses to 
lie miouiii 
f 8*0,000. 
i*at, Wednesday, T^etaae, a liuie SOB of 
ff*gk|ffarba*8»*ty*,e£ Wssdatogtoav while mdtag en 
•<. tram of x:»ai earn, not far from t*e 
dump, 
feu, aad tbe car* pa<u*eU ttireetly over the body, 
mutilating tt 'aerlWy. Ha diet ia a few hours, 
MIXtrXSOTA. 
The Methodist* of OwartoBto have subscribed 
- •.' IP via 
! 1 *»v»ee a 
that the i 
.Republic Sato be tavtto 
place of Jn.irfi "* 
—Sir Charte« MBtS SCI 
••mi the throne 
irk for a hvlaj 
'iioae * ho do work." Dl 
ilea from MM" IIay*spoea*t 
—M. Gatnbetto, being about to be married, M. 
Tkstor Han* has addressed to the ex-Dictator a 
congratulating Mm en the approaching 
event which he characterises M the union 
with a Sower. 
—This is the way a Western editor weioomes a 
B*w-bern contemporary r * W* are sorry to re-
eeive No. l of the CemmneMe County Wortd. 
The World U badly printed, and has a sickly, 
poreity-strtchem appearance. Mr. John Smite, 
its publisher, ia aa idiot If the' loading men* of 
County e*e responsible for the found*-
Sbtt 
« i i * > i * * i i > r*ir MaMie~T«u»e*>ere, 
HJIMT »f Th* Chieo&o 
'Trtbunt; 
,: The fsmswthg situations are 
who have tost by the fire: 
1. At Steuben ville, Ohio* Female Seminary A 
j»oy tote*eh**toaand piano. Mm* be well in-
structed, » good singer, and a lady ef culture, 
Xo a person CBlhif/livi me that she would meet 
the wanteof fftosebacL a salary of Cm to sis a 
week, and bo*/.i. »-**iung, etc., and fare from 
Ctlcago. would !•»• ;«•,.! 
r» w*jit«id at once, 
I. Al Middtotown. Ohio. 
A gentleman to 
teach eteno and organ. Thla appeuro to be a 
-ood field tor a young man of proper qualifica-
fUna. I am ready to recommend any person 
wbise quaiirieetiens are properly approved to 
The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners 
resumed their investigation yesterday morning. 
The first witness called was Mr. Thomas B. 
Burtis, brother of the witness examined on 
Tuesday, and day Supemtcndent of the Gas 
Works. He was examined with a view to ascer-
taining the condition of the gas-holder at the 
time of the fire. He said he felt alarmed for the 
first time when the tar factory, adjoining the 
building, took fire. The largest'holder was below 
the coupling point and the smaller one was 
very much lower. 
He examined the valves to 
the dark, and felt that they were all right The 
gas that was to the meters was sent over to the 
North Side. The gas was shut oft from the dis-
tributing main early in the morning. The South 
Side supply was left on, because when the build-
ing was on fire, he could not turn it off. The gas 
leaked out from the joints as fast as it was 
made, from the effects of 
the fire. They 
were 
manufacturing, 
at the time, at the 
rate of about 800,000 feet in U hoars. 
This 
gas escaping made toe building very much hot-
ter ; the flames could be seen issuing from the 
joints. They were manufacturing gas on the 
North Side, too, but at that time of night the heavy 
consumption of toe street lamps had consider-
ably exhausted the supply. They always kept 
the North Side holder in such a condition as to re-
ceive what they were making. They manufac-
tured meet in the South Side works, and the 
North Sid* works were established to relieve the 
South Side, the latter holder not having sufficient 
S>wer to supply the whole South Side. T*he North 
de holder had the greater capacity, and on the 
night of the fire held most gas; the South Side 
holders were fortunately very tow at the time. 
If he received an order to letoff the gas, he would 
let ft out of the man-helee. It was not feasible to 
tot the gas out with the sparks flying; the east 
end of the works was in a blaze, ana he would 
not therefore, raise toe "lids." There were 
times when such a course would have been right, 
but that was not suoh a time. With the wind In 
that direction, the gas would not have risen, but 
have been carried to the blazing east end and 
caused aa expiation. With the largest amount of 
ga* on to* North Side, the effect of opening the 
valves would be to equalise the pressure on each. 
IX tne other two holders were filled, the gas could 
not be sent from the South Side. Heoou Id not tell 
to which of the North Side holders the gas was 
sent The water to toe holders was never stag-
nant ; toe ga* generally purified it .There was 
never any occasion for cleaning the tank. There 
was ao chance for the gas to escape except 
through the man-holes, and that was not done. 
If there was a smell of gas after the order had 
been given to tot off toe gas, he would say there 
was a leak. The gas was not shut off from the 
consumers. No eas escaped into the air from the 
holders or the sewers. The effects of sending gas 
through the sewers, should it encounter the fire, 
would be very dangerous. 
CHABLES ANDERSON, 
foreman of the America hose cart, was the first 
man to have a stream on the blazing barn. A 
still alarm bad been given at the house, and he 
bad fixed the hose to a hydrant and thus threw a 
" plug-stream." The wind was blowing heavily, 
but not sufficiently so to prevent his thro wing a 
good stream on the barn 20 feet away. Ia five 
minutes twenty or thirty buildings were on fire. 
JOHN C. SMITH, 
foreman of the Lincoln Hose Company, situated 
at Webster avenue, was called. As he did not 
reach the fire until nearly an hour after the third 
alarm was given, and as beyond stating that 
when he did reach It he began to took for hose, 
his testimony was valueless, except to give Mr. 
Sheridan an opportunity to remark that, though 
all the carts took a fall supply of hose, they all 
appeared to have devoted the greater part of their 
time to looking for hose. 
EX-ALDKKJIAN HILDBBTH. 
It was stated that this gentleman was to the 
sergeants' room, and a messenger was despatch-
ed to find him. He had considerable objection to 
be interviewed by the city authorities and report-
ers. 
The Commissioners told him that thay were 
accused of hearing only the Fire Department, and 
would like to hear his statement He said if there 
ws* any liability be would speak out. 
Hews* 
tnen sworn, and male the following statement: 
It was somewhere about 9 o'clock when be heard 
of the fire. Seeing the light, he dressed and went 
to the place. Itwas then in four or five buildings. 
Ho stood aad raw the firemen work. 
He had an 
Idea at the time that the fire was going north 
faster than the firemen were cheeking i t Ha 
remarkea to Mr. McClelland that he would 
like to see the Marshal or Commissioners. He 
found Williams and told him he must resort to 
some other measure or there was no knowing 
where the matter would stop. Williams replied 
that he was doing his best. Mr. Htldreth sug-
gested moving the engines to the north of the Are. 
The Marshal then went about his business. HI] 
dreth then met Mr. Locke, Assistant City Engt-
nt er, and said he believed there was going to he 
the biggest fire the city ever saw, and suggested 
tearing down or blowing up buildings. Mr.Looke 
had some conversation with Williams about blow-
ing up the buildings, but the Marshal said he did 
not understand bow to doit, neither had he the 
wwer or the means. Bfldretb said he would 
fuinlsh toe powder, and IT he (Williams) would 
£ve him authority, he would tear down the 
hidings. He then started for the powder, 
the 
fire 
act 
yet 
having 
reached 
Bateham's mill, and secured the insurance ex-
S
rese wagon. The Gund (he believed) was caught 
1 some plank* on Canal street He asked Bul-
wbikle, Captain of the Insurance Brigade, to let 
him eo for powder, and broke to the powder 
magazines on both sides of State and Water 
streets. The man in o£»rge refused to give them 
a fuse, and delayed them 6onadCr*Plf. When he 
got back the fire was on the South Side, and he 
went to the Court Hones, and put the powder in 
the trial-room of the Police Department. 
He 
looked round everywhere for the Commissioners 
or * Marshal. He had seen Commissioners Sheri-
dan and Brown. He went completely round the 
fire, and crossed on Indiana street bridge. There 
was a rumor started that the gas works were 
about to blow up, which created a general 
stampede 
from 
the locality, in which he 
joined. 
He returned to the Court House, but 
failed to find any of the Commissioners or the 
Mayor. On going out, however, he encountered 
the totter. He then told him something must be 
done to check the fire, the engines being useless. 
He asked the Mayor to give him authority to 
blow up toe buildings, sad the order was written. 
Judge Miller happening in, the Mayor asked 
him if the order would do. Judge Miller thought 
it ought to give authority to the Fire Marshal. 
His amendment was to add " under the orders of 
the Fire Marshal, adopting such measures a* he 
might direct" The Mayor then wrote toe amend-
ment, and then copied the document Finally he 
took paasosston of it and ran out to find the Fire 
Marshal (Williams). 
He found him on La-
Salle 
street between 
Madison and Wash-
ington, 
and 
read 
the 
order 
to him. 
The Marshal said 
something 
about looking 
after his 
engines, and 
remained 
where 
he was. He had endeavored to hasten the Mayor 
while the latter was writing the orders, so as to 
begin the work of blowing up buildings before 
the fire spread beyond the south side of Madison 
street The Mayor wrote three orders and copied 
the third. He returned to the Court House and 
found the Mayor. 
Mr. Williams inquired if at this time the Ori-
ent al Building was not on fire. 
Mr. Hildreto did not know. He went back to 
the Mayer and said the Marshal was attending 
bis engine* aad something; must immediately be 
done. Judge Miller said, " For God'a sake do 
something." The Mayor reiterated the request. 
He suggested beginning at the Union National 
Building. The difficulty was to obtain men to 
carry the powder. He met Sergeant Loll, who 
ordered a squad of policemen to carry the powder 
- to the building. Having taken the powder there. 
he kicked toe kegs open with bis boot, laid it, and 
touched it off. It blew through toe building 
without doing any good. Powder was then placed 
in the basement of Smith <b Nixon's Building, to 
what aeemed to be a bakery. That used up all 
toe powder. The Mayor sent for more powder. 
Tn the morning toe Mayor's sou came-to him, on 
n abash avenue, and told him that the powder 
would arrive hi a few minutes, and was put en-
tirely under his control. He put powder on the 
northwest corner of Washington street and Wa-
bash avenue, also next door to Lord A Smith's. 
Tl e wagon then went away south with toe pow-
der. 
He 
followed 
it 
and met D. 
A 
Gsge on 
Michigan 
avenue, 
and 
asked 
bis advice as to what to Wow up. That was near 
Terrace Row. He totd Mm to "go on and be 
weuld retoto him when be found M* wife." He 
made np hia mind to blow up oa State aad Harri-
etrecta. 
He received 
assistance 
from 
Munn A Scott's 
hia own brothers, 
eridftn, whom he 
met, gave him every encouragement He blew 
up on Harrison, from State street to the church ; 
on Wabash avenue, from Harrison to Congress; 
on Congress to Michigan avenue. Meenwhue the 
tu at had fired the cornice oi a building on the 
smith* ast corner of Harrison street and Wabash 
avtaae. 
While he was blowing up, General 
8heridanhad gone to work, after the fire was 
checked on that 
line, 
and 
was tearing 
down 
Colonel 
Hough's 
house, 
a 
block 
south. Three men brought a message to him 
£?JB.ib* .**/•*> GbamraT Logan, and General 
Sbnidan. to brtog his powder to Harrison street 
He replied (not very respectfully, as be should 
buildiBM. Thepastet'e bafftftegto the rmr ot 
the Methodist Church came down beaotrtoUy. 
There were al* kfg* there. Two kegs la » Ctofet 
were asnseful as five to a room. He could not 
•ay how many buildings were bfown up-thirty 
or forty. 
There were no buildings blown up 
south of the line be bad acted on. 
There was no 
one else blowing np buildings In the South Di-
vision. 
Genera) Sheridan wanted to get some 
powder to blow np the buildings a block in the 
rear oi where he wa». but could not g»t any. 
Commhwioner Sheridan said there was • talk 
of suing the city. 
Mr. Hildieth remembered that he (Sheridan) 
bad told him not to blow up any building whioh 
was not necessary. 
Mr. David Gage, aad Cum-
mifcetoner Bheridun were the only persons who 
gave him eneonjragciueBt 
Contniksioner Sheridan 
said 
the 
utmost 
care 
was 
taken 
not 
to blow 
down 
a 
building unless it waa abuolutely necessary. 
The i*re»T difficulty was to restrain the crowd 
iron, blowing up the chuich. Theyaaid: "Let 
her rip," " blew ber up," »G-d it, don't burn the 
town down." The order was imperative to take 
the powder out of the chnrch. and It was more 
reluctantly obeyed by the orowd. 
Mr. Hlldrefh said Mr. Hough would testify that 
be (Hildreth) had prevented his destroying hi* 
own house. He saw Hough oa his own roof. 
General Sheridan and Mr. St arns went to M*-
boncy. who had charge of the powder, aad asked 
for some. He said the General could not have 
it They tried to take it by forc*>. and Mahoney 
drew a revolver and said he woald have to wait 
until the pistol was emptied before he got it. Gen-
eral Sheridan asked if he knew who he was, and 
Mahoney said " he didn't care * d—n, but he 
couldn't have the powder." Afterward he told 
him he could eirry the powder If he wanted to 
have anything to do with it, and, on the General's 
refusing, he abused him roundly. 
The board then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning 
^ 
BUILDING MATERIAL 
One ef the Impertaft* Elements re the 
atrertioB ef the Citv—ttoit aad Hard Weed 
Lumber—The Pineries ef Mtchleran ausd WU• 
ceftftto—The Stack eft Heed and the Pi 
pectlve Demand-ExerblULBt Prtoee 
by Seme Deelerw—The Usee aad Satpply aae 
Cent ef Hard Lumber. 
In discussing the building element most Im-
portant to the reconstruction of to* city, one Is 
reminded of the ancient fable of the ttomach and 
tb* members. Bach languished, the others being 
inactive. The city cannot be rebuilt without 
trick*, and it will not be rebuilt without lumber, 
no matter if fire ordtoaaaes are piled upon each 
other until they rival to height Osaa upoa PeUon 
The 
lumber 
men know 
that 
their 
ma-
terial 
h, an absolute 
necessity, 
and the 
brick 
makers 
know 
that 
there 
is no metropolitan resnrrectio* without them. 
The lumber dealer* arc ^different to fire or-
dinances. The demand will be equal to toe sup-
ply, nounatter whether buildings are erected of 
brick, stone, or entirely of wood. It is asserted 
by some that large structure* require more 
wood, if built with heavy brick walls, than If the 
wood is the only material need, heavier timber, 
poets, and studding being needed as supports. 
However this may be, ft good supply of fine lum-
ber ia vital to the interests of the reviving city. 
Pine n*r**earuy constitutes the great bulk of all 
the woodwork to modern buildings. 
Even if 
other woods were equally cheep, the Increased 
difficulty and expense of working them would 
in effect prevent them from being used. Pine is 
» cheap and durable building material, and it is 
not pieasant to look forward into the future, al-
though the day is still remote, when pine will 
disappear from the markets of the world, and 
man 6 invention must find out other things 
wherewith to construct his places of abode and 
of business. 
Oar market has been principally supplied with 
lumber in the past from Michigan and Wisconsin. 
Michigan has furnished to the world 1,000,000,000 
of feet annually, about equally divided between 
the eastern and western portions of toe State. 
That contributed by the Saginaw Valley has, lat-
terly, gone to Eastern markets, that being its 
natural tendency. That furnished by the pine-
ries to the western part of the State has princi-
pally soBght Chicago. From the Wisconaln-pine-
ries there has come annually to Chicago not far 
from five hundred million feet. The Green Bay 
region has sent yearly from three hundred and 
fifty to four hundred millions in the aggregate. 
and other lumber ports to the western shore of 
the lake have made up toe amount From some 
specific points it may be stated as follows: 
JPeet. 
From the Big and Little Saamtoo 
.2*,ooo,ooo 
From Fenaaukee 
15,000,010 
FromOcenh. 
15,000,000 
From Pesbtigo. 
40,006,090 
From Menemlnee. 
128,098 
From Cedar River 
is,aoo,euo 
From Stui geon Bay 
15,000,000 
It is estimated, then, that about 1.000,080,000 
feet of lumber came annually to the port of Chi-
cago. Of this vast amount, about 200,000,000 feet 
have yearly been used to raise our city to toe 
blab state of combustion, which It had attained 
at the time of the Great Conflagratitm. The 
rest went elsewhere. Our figures are not accur-
ate, but sufficiently so, to answer general pur-
poses. There is estimated to have been in the 
various 
yards 
and mills of the eity, at 
the 
time 
of 
the 
fire, 
about 
600,000,000 
feet 
Of 
this, 
about 
one-seventh 
part 
was destroyed. Lumber dealers expect to be 
called upon to furnish the coming to neon not lees 
then 460^08,090 feet tb be used for the purposes of 
reconstruction alone. There are some who place 
the prospective demand at 700.oee.ooo fee*, but, al-
though ft may rise above the first estimate, it can 
hardly reach so exaggerated a figure a* the tost 
At the least calculation, however, toe amount 
needed will be immense. 
The quest!"- then 
arises at what price can it be finished 
Last 
year the prevwling price ft^ ^^^^ 
lamber 
^ 
PL. *££ »e»-end feet 
The present 
price is |20. W5 cm hardly hope to bring it baok 
TO last yes Vs figures, although it ia not to be ex-
pected that the coffers of the lumber men will be 
swelled by exorbitant prices to the extent which 
some of them seem to expect. Saginaw lumber 
cannot now compete successfully with that pro-
duced upon the shore* of Lake Michigan on account 
of the difference in lake freights. Some dealers 
in lamber from that locality hoped to fore* the 
price op to *2«, thereby making it profitable to 
bring their lumber to this market either by rail 
or water as they would desire. The reasons ai-
fcged by the producers for greatly enhanced val-
ues Will hardly answer the purpose. Extensive 
fire* havs prevailed to the pineries, both in Mich-
igan and Wisconsin, which necessitates increased 
expense s to cutting thefl umber and hauling it to 
the mill. This increased expense they estimate 
at from one dollar and a half to two dollars per 
thousand, but there are no data by which the ex-
act amount of damage to the pineries can be es-
timated. A very .sr«er area of pine lands has 
l-een burned over and the !rees, some of which 
are fallen, and booome almost .inextricably en-
twined together, must be got out at the coming 
season, or be ruined. If they can be got into the 
rivers, or be shipped, they will all be saved from 
the depredations of toe worms, and nothing will 
be lost to toe wortd. 
It ia urged that the mills only have a certain 
capacity, which cannot be greatly increased. For-
tunately but a few mills were burned. It is said 
that the whole lumber region cannot be made to 
produce more than 200,000,006 feet to exoeas of 
last year, while the demand will be increased 
for Chicago alone 600,000,000 feet to say nothing 
ofijth* rebuilding to toe devastated regions adja-
cent to the pineries. The arguments are plausi-
ble, but the data are undoubtedly exaggerated. 
Producers and dealers differ in their calculation 
Mahoney, a man employed in 
elevator, Driscoil. • policemaa. 
and other* Commissioner fib 
of probabilities, many of the totter expressing toe 
opinion that common lumber can be purchased at 
tie soon after lumber begins to move in toe 
spring, wMch is not likely to be before next May. 
The supposition is reasonable. In any event the 
price will not exceed tia. There is an abundance 
of lumber in the yards for this winter's oao, al-
though the assortment la hot good, aad purcha-
sers are obliged to visit several yards before suc-
ceeding to finding all that they want 
In regard to the quality, It seems hardly neces-
sary to add, for the Information of the reader, 
that the Saginaw lumber excels ail that cut iu 
Western forests. That to the Wisconsin pineries 
is cut with considerable waste, the lower part of 
the tree being, from certain climatic reasons, 
worthless. Lumber producers to the Green Bay 
region claim, however, that their stock ia fully 
equal to that to Western Michigan, cutting as 
Clearly, and with aa little waste. 
BAH) ncAtaxft. 
The hard wood lumber business is quite an ex-
tensive branch of the trade. There are about a 
dozen fit ma engaged in i t some cf them large and 
important. Thetr yards are dlstrib ated about the 
eiry, 
pi incipeliy 
have done, perhaps) that he would remain where 
«^AVsar«cs&itaa;k 
he 
3. At EfflBgkym. UL A singing teacher, 
dress A. H. KWpley. 
4, At Mt Cfcrroll seminary, DL A gentleman 
in uric teacher (piano and vofeei. This seminary 
otters Its .^vantages to pupils who were burned 
out in our great fire, atone-half the regular rates, 
and rt^e yeare to pay it in. I am in possession of 
» letter from the principal, Mrs. F. A. W. Shimer, 
in which, this efife* is made. 
' 
,. At Woodstock, Vt, a competent man to play 
the organ, train the choir, and teach piano. Organ 
salary. •*». Address Henry Boytiton, Esq. 
I have also received a tetter from Mr. H. S. Per-
kins, offering to> contribute liberally to a isnato-
traebcre relief fund, should actual suffering ren-
der it necessary- Yours respecTtuliy, 
W. tt. B. M ATE* w s, 
143 South Morgan street 
down his house 
eto^wughlf0.gl*\ 
Hou*thhv the shoulders, and told Mmto destroy 
There were five kegs of powder in the church, and 
he was going to Mow tt up. The minister prayed 
L D*1.^? 05*^* t o^ t oJ ,»^ t t'. M , f l ft aBTeedto 
let it stand for awhile. It get on fire, but with 
Commissioner 
Sheridan's 
advice it was al-
lowed 
to 
stand, 
aad 
«as 
net 
rutoed. 
That 
ended 
the 
blowing 
up 
on the South Side. He then went to North avenue, 
en Clark street* and made an effort to blow up 
buildings there, but ae one could be prevailed on 
to stop, and be was wearied out The word 
"powder''put them to flight The explosion in 
the first frame buildings had no effect to stop the 
flre. There was not system enough to blow them 
up effectually. It would take an hour to lay 
powder to blow np a house. Even when he car-
ried i t red hot coals fell upon him. He wrapped 
his coat around the kegs. At Harrison street 
they could blow up a building every five min-
utes, and men became careless 
about the 
ganger. 
If 
they 
had 
been 
as 
slow 
in 
blowing 
up on 
Harrison 
street 
as 
on Washington the fire would have overtaken 
them. In the building on the northwest corner 
ef Wabash avenue and Washington street he 
made a fuse of paper sprinkled with powder. 
It was dangerous work. If the Harrison street 
buildings had not been blown down 1M had no 
doubt that the fire would have continued. It 
could not be stopped on Congress street by the 
levelling of the buildings. He didn't see ho w the 
Michigan Avenue Hotel could have been saved 
without it. There were? no persons bk>\ m up in 
the buildings—the word "powder" au&t them 
away quick enough. When powder wa« put in 
the Basajment it did not hare a good effect 
After three or four explosion* he put it on the 
flcxr above the basement, and in that case the 
building would fall right In together. There w *s 
very little brick even oft toe sidewalk. 
He 
did not know what the effect would be on wooden 
w herever convenient, their material coming 
-jipaliy by rail, and dockage not be-
fog, 
therefore, 
essential 
to 
their 
exist-
ence. The two branches 
of 
the 
lumber 
trade are never connected. 
The principal 
kinds of wood utilized for building and mechani-
cal purposes are white wood, a species of poplar, 
bass wood, oak, ash, maple, cherry, black walnut, 
and white walnut or butternut. None of these 
enter largely tote the structure of buildings, bat 
all have then- Importance and special uses. Bees 
and white wood are seldom used exoept for man-
ufacturlng purposes. 
Oak ia hard and not vorj 
readily worked. 
It is sometimes used for heavy 
floors, but rarely, pine answering the general 
purposes of the builder much better. 
It finishes 
handsomely, and gives a light and cheery air to 
any room m. which it appears, either as furniture 
or architectural ornament 
It ia seed niwtolniiia 
bly in ornamental floors, to combination with 
black walnut, for wainscoting, stair-buildng, and 
nnmeroua other kinds of adornment 
Aan, which 
is of cheerful color and finishes neatly, is used tn 
the same manner and to accomplish the saute ends. 
Butternut is also used to the same way, bat to • 
toss extent, the supply being lees,and other Smsjffl 
answering the same usee, being equally inexpen-
sive and more easily ^obtained. 
The wood most used, next to pine, is black wal-
nut. It Is most desirable, because of toe ease 
with which it is worked, its capability of flue 
finish. Its adaptability to many purposes, and its 
durability 
It* popularity is comparatively of 
recent origin. Fifteen years ago it wae Out little 
know n and valued. It wae first generally used 
by toe manufacturers of furniture. Gradually it 
began to appear to buildings whose style of archi-
tecture was at all florid or ornate. It ia now so 
common that scarcely a structure making any 
pretensions to architectural beauty can be round 
where this material is not largely used 
Tt ap-
pears to stores and banks in the shape of count-
ers, railings, and mouldings of all descriptions, 
aad to private dwellings to stairways, brackets, 
door and window casings, and to every species of 
decoration which the ingenuity of the builder or 
ar< hitect can devise. Cherry Is also employed by 
builders to relieve the lighter colored woods, but 
t.nds its principal use in the manufacture of 
school furniture. 
Maple i« used in moderate 
quantities in the ways above mentioned. 
Biack walnut conies prineipaliy from Michigan 
and Indiana, the totter State furnishing the 
larger amount. Most of it reaches the eity over 
the Ureal Eastern and Pittsburgh A Fort Wayne 
Railroads. Oak and ash are furnished by the 
same States, Michigan contributing the larger 
amount Cherry cornea principally from Michi-
gan. 
Hickory is occasionally used in a small 
way as a building material, and finds its place in 
th* yards of the hard lumber dealer. Prices of 
hard lumber range now about as follows : Black 
walnut lumber, t60a75 per hundred, according to 
quality ; ash, SiWaSSdo; oak., S3.Sa'*0 do; cherry. 
•iOaSO do. Lumber dealers report the trade good 
and prices firm. They expect to Bhare largely in 
the profits that will accrue from rebuilding the 
city. 
mfmmtmmm 
a strong power; but then yon will he deprived of 
to" BuiopesB w r t e a v a s e s s V"-***"*-;"? 
what then will you do wit* P**» insaaense stock 
of aerictiliural prodnw of si) description*, you; 
n agniflcent grain-elevatow. and where find em 
cViiient for the capital now invested in your 
forwarding bmitoe**, whtob, if I mistake not. m 
the Mlnclpsl snptKirt of your extensive aysu-m 
if raUwavs! Your Western and Northwestern 
states anpiuv to some extent th* Northern. E.ut 
frS and Southern State* with tbrtr breaden.'i.. 
SS'^nVquently you have both toe power ;u,l 
the right to uwi-t on your Pre-ideat saymg. .1 
Hft.Attn the Czur of All the fiu**ia*. " We are 
ffwfVitogto6 beXrlVod of our beM^aarto^ to 
have oor elevator* rendered • * * « . »nd our 
rill way a ruined, and therefor* yen will just let 
Turkey alone* Of course such an totimauou 
wouMl* couched In the uaual diplomatic tnrin,; 
toit aVvertoeteM.. i^ would hajemiire efiVcl. cio 
The combined representation* of all the d„>.,»-
mntists to Europe, and you1 would have the lienor 
of being the iKarerul arbiter* of the affairs1 of 
the civilized whrld. I have no doaht the on ck 
prewptiona of your numerous readers wui at 
once perceive the correctness ff my ytsws^aorl 
accept them in the sashe friendly spirit to which 
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AjtaniCAk, 
COOKED PROVISIONS. 
Tb* 
Cinelnnatl *••» Heftae at toe Career of 
Chreeft aad Carroll Streets—3,300 Peraeaw 
•4 Dally Free ef Oeet~The Beti*** Of svto-
trtbattea, Btr. 
It to always aa open question w th the benevo-
lent how charity can be moat beneficially dis-
bursed. Every method proposed is liable to ©b-
Xetions of wast:-, bad judgment or corruption-
In times of great hardship and scarcity, soup 
bouse*, where previsions hare either been given 
•way or sold at cost price, have for many years, 
to large cities, been means of distributing food to 
toe poor. 
The giving of cooked provisions 
possesses great advantages over other meth-
ods. 
It 
is 
more 
economical. 
It 
prevents the waste that easues when provisions 
are given to bulk, end insures thorough evoking. 
Persons who have not convenience* for cooking 
can also be thus accommodated. 
Soup is the most nutritious article of diet that 
can be used. It is said of Americans, aa com-
pared with the French, notably good livers, that 
they eat too little liquid food—or food which to 
not easily assimilated. No person woidd care to 
take food a*a steady diet, nothing else being 
used. But if he were obliged to confine himself 
to a single article, there ia nothing that haa ao 
many nutritive qualities as soup. It 00n tains, 
when properly prepared, all the chemical proper-
ties necessary to repair the waste in the human 
system. 
The Cincinnati aoup-houea. at the corner of 
Green and Carroll street*, is the only effort so far 
made to distribute food to the poor In the form 
indicated. The building need for this purpose is 
a plain frame structure, 90x60 feet erected at a 
cost of *2,600. The machinery essential to it* 
operation is simple and cheap. Tne soup it cooked 
in aix large tube, each filled with pipes, through 
which the steam is admitted. The ingredients of 
the soap are heans£riee, aad barley, aad vegeta-
bles of all kinds. The cooking ts thorough, aud 
the soup produced not excelled by that of the 
same kind furnished at toe beat hotola in the city. 
The establishment ha* ft capacity to furnish 
16.000 gallons daily. 
The rule now ia to give each person one-sixth of 
a gallon. 
About 8,500 are at pre«eut dally fed in 
this proportion. 
The soup-house is the only 
point of supply. 
There is, however, another 
point of distribution, at the barracks, corner of 
Centre avenue and Harrison street where about 
half the amount is dealt out Another ptace of 
distribution will soon be established on the North 
Side. 
At the Central soup bouse it is furnished 
from T to the morning until 7 ta the evening. At 
the barracks from 9 until S. Seven-eighths of all 
those who apply are women and children, whose 
husbands aud fathers are to a certain extent oc-
cupied to the various industries ef toe city. 
The low rates at which people can be fed will 
perhaps astonish most people when they team it. 
The entire cost of running this establishment ia 
only $2*1.60 per week, including all contingent*. 
For this sum is now furnished 34,500 rations a 
week. This makes the soup about one cent per 
ratios, or six cent* per gaUou. 
By Increasing 
the amount, it can be furnished for four aad one-
half cent* per gallon, making the entire expenae 
of feeding one person fer a day not more than 
four cents, supposing hto diet to be entirely of 
soup. 
The institution is under the especial superin-
tendence of Rev. R. Frankland, formerly connect-
ed with the Cincinnati Bethel and many other 
worthy charities. It ia supported by • fund of 
»28,oot>, set aside for that purpose from the special 
appropriation made for Chicago relief by the 
Cincinnati Council. The advisability of selling 
tots sou* at a very moderate rate to those who 
do not desire to receive it as a charity has been 
considered, and it is possible that some plan to 
accomplish that end may be adopted. 
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
Deeevtpttoft ef toe D*sl«* ef toe New Boars 
ef Trade BftUdlag-The BtmetBre ta Caver 
SB* Same Grewad ae the Old Balldia*, bat ta 
be Here Ianpeeina and Canveafeat. 
The plans for the reconstruction of toe Cham-
ber of Commerce are Completed, aad the build-
tog will soon be put under contract, 
It at to be 
ot the gray Cincinnati sandstone, a very hand -
some material; and, with certain change* in too 
general design, will be more Imposing than be-
fore its destruction. 
The foundations, whioh 
were partially destroyed, have been restored, 
and 
are 
ready 
for 
toe 
superstructure. 
From the heceseity of 
using this 
founda-
tion, toe ground plan will be the same as 
before. The mam entrance hail from Washington 
street will be twenty-aix feet wide for a distance 
of forty-nine feet, aad sixteen feet wide for the 
remainder of toe distance. The aide entrance* 
and halls will remain aa before. The grade of the 
adjacent streets having been raised eighteen 
inches, the first floor will be seven inches above 
the sidewalk. The foundation proper, which 
means the first two stairs, will be somewhat 
higher, which will add to the general effect The 
doors and windows will be sank eighteen inches, 
which will give the structure an exceedingly 
massive appearance. A technical description ef 
this building is aa follows: 
The building will be 84x181 feet 
upon ths 
ground, with an extreme height over all of «7 l^a 
feet. The first story will be 13 feet; the *eoond 
16 feet in the clear. These two stories constitute 
the foundation proper. The Board of Tride 
room will be 45 feet to the clear, with interior 
diniensioas of 142 1-2 by 187 feet Each of the 
two tower stories are designed to contain two 
large basks, and twelve„commodious offices; 
each of the former 28x40; each of the latter 18x34 
feet At the southend of the large hall, to the 
upper story will be the Secretary '* office, with 
the necessary adjoining rooms, and above them 
the rooms for the meetings of the Board of Direot-
ors, library, ete. 
At toe main entrance, whioh will be thirty 
ne feet in height, will be a portico of the mixed 
and Doric style, with four columns, each 
three fOM-two inches in diameter standing upqn 
a solid pltouhCgnr feet high, and sustaining • rich 
cornice with an ornamental blocking coarse at 
the top. The first story will be furnished with 
square rusic joints and raised panels com-
pleted by cross pointing. 
Above this will be a 
molded water table. The principal story will 
be furnished with heavy bevelled, rustic joints, 
raised 
panel*, 
enriched 
by 
vermiculation. 
Above these will be a massive cornice corre-
sponding with that of toe portico. The upper 
story is to be adorned with pilasters, having 
ornamented caps and bases, and a heavy Corin-
thian modillpB cornice with balustrade. 
In the centre of the front there will be a tym-
panum thirty-four feet to width, to be finiahed 
OB the top with pediments. €>ver this and above 
the balustrade the ornamentation will consist of * 
heavy blocking course, with vases for the 
staff. The entrance doorway i* to have a wi< 
of 18 feet, and a height of 27 feet, finiahed ia 
heavy 
panel,' 
work, 
with 
glass 
tran-
som. 
The fintoh for the 
window 
above 
will 
be 
of 
Corinthian 
column*. 
ante-
dental cornice and molded archivelta, with orna-
mental keystone, and heavy molded panel*. 
The windows of the first and second stories are 
to be of plain design, deeply recessed, and 
having molded imposts 
Their contemplated di-
mension* are, to tne first story, 4 1-2x8; to tha 
second, 4 1-2x14; to the upper story, 9x28. The 
latter ere to have molded arehireita and bal-
esteadeo, to be deeply recessed, like the others, 
and finished in the Venetian style. 
The design of the balustrade to a series of 
circle* linked together by belt molding*. Ths 
cape of the pilaster* are to be carved, ei 
ie of agriculture, into fruit vasea. The 1 
of the balustrade will be surmounted by orna-
mented vaaee. The tympanum of the pediment 
will be of stone, enriched by heavy carved wood 
work. The main bail will, In due time, be " 
somely finiahed, ml fresco. The floors of all 1 
of the building are to be of ash. 
change is possible, everything in toe design j 
proved, and the finish ia intended to correepoatd 
w ith the design. 
The Kaaiera «*•*•»»•• *a*i Skour 
Craia Maurke*. 
ONTAJUO, Canada, Jfor. 20. 
To th* MWor of Tk* OhietH* Triom* ; 
SIB: In view of the present threatening aspect 
of affairs In Eastern Eexope, I woald beg to call 
your attention, and, through your column*, toe 
attention of the farmer* of tffcJTij0jiM_maC 
Northwestern States generally, to toe^aftamr *f 
losing the principal market for their immense 
aupplU efagiicalturalI p o i i u j , to which they 
are now exposed by the ambitious designs of 
Russia. The soil of Egypt and Palestine is as fer-
tile now m when, In the days of the Roman Ein-
piie, these countries were the granary of Europe, 
and such they will again become under the rule of 
BILLIARDS. 
T M r d Oftame B e t w e e n J e e e p * D l e a a n d H e a r y 
Miller, a t N e w Orteaoa— Orerwrfcelmiaa Vie* 
tary 
ef toe CawaSIaa—The L a r * e a i at ua smd 
Lar*reat i r e r t f t e « B e c e r d . 
The third and concluding game of the series be-
t w e e n Joseph Dion a a d H e a r y Milter occurred a t 
N e w Orleans l a s t Saturday evening, a n d 
resulted 
in another overwhelming victory for Dion, w h o 
made not only toe largest ran, but a l s o the largest 
average on record to i k e tines bail game, beating 
e v e a his splendid s e M s e e m e n t to toe preceding 
c o n t e s t The N e w Oi leans Tames Bays ef the g a m e : 
l>ton, baxioK won the lead, started e g with a count 
0 1 i . w h _ ^ MiUer overshadowed by a well-executed 
11, tohewtaelt up ta the third la nine with a like num-
ber, aad. at M O B had aocoededln aeertag a total ot bat 
6 up to the same inning, the friends of the Naw Or-
leana player aaoltedaererely at the good opening, ao4 
the promising prospect in store for thetr favorite. Cp 
to the close Sf the twwty-fourth brains, they had a* 
lavi^lofeeldubtowa.aa, although Dion got m two 12* 
and 
an 18, Henry 
bad 
been doing 
well, ta* 
call at thai stage ahowiag him auTI ixr ia toe 
lead. In the twenty -fifth inning Dion, who had thus 
Hay been playing very tamely, suddenly gathered him 
self, a a d getting tee balls to the favorite lower comer, 
he maninuh»&-4 them with such akiii thai " * « « h * 
left eff the marker called out SB. 
Thin run put • ulflter-
ent paaae on utters Mlhardiatic, and caaaed new 1 or* 
stock 
to.hxk 
u p , which Joseph very much increased, 
by again gathering the bails m the fatal km^rooraaj 
at tfie thlrlrtiett tofttag, where be i-JK'rj*" B*£f 
prevtoea eirort by hia rolilag a p e « f B * f * J ™l . S r 
taking the lead from hi* opponent, the call ftowftf tha 
string at 249 to 282. 
- . . . » * - , » » . * . * » 
IhL* " n e w deoartnr*" dla*t|ifttal all oaaetaaato 
the r e U l l ^ t . Mifheha«» not yet fulfilled hia attthi-
t l T n ^ r m S n g 10* on Tnaaday uight (thus tar toe 
h n ^ e n ^ w > r * h * c h a m p s £ 
^ " B * - U , » k 
inftatinrty4hinlinnlrg,and once more coaxing the 
alherei into the ~ lower left corner," he succeeded ia 
I maktoK S o hitherto unexamaled run of IflS-Bot only 
S5Sia«a4»owB great achievement, bat caattag late 
' aaetoade th* Idgfteat eonnt overload* by anyntayer 
STIBO. at toe rreach game. 
Thfcs wtawderfalrun 
" brought down the house," and. giving him toe teed 
,1 15* point*, eCectoaJiy destroyed the «K«wrftW ef 
Miller's -a Inning 
From th>» point forward the only question was how 
much Miller woold be beaten, and when the came 
stored, »t 10 o'clock, with Won'a majority at l « points 
it alao ret-orded the most remarkable exhibition of 
sclent fie billiard* ever witnessed in America. The 
average—nearly t—hfta Bearer before h i t * eoaalled 
and l i o n may well feel Breed of having ^ M ^ y n n j w i 
a dual event, the like o f whioh hU 
ri^^rtfyetto 
achieve 
Annexed is the 
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strantABT: 
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T H ? A T * * . J*OI. 26, 1*71.-Contest for $3K> 
t m £ • A * W J«**»* Won, of New York, and Henry 
SS2x 
° l w N U 
Orleans; 
SOS point* up, French 
Mfwaaa, agaajaj *» S B v # 
D y x^ 
CJkroB, 
table. 
• W - 
toCSfvtog 
the 
odds 
of 
one 
hundred 
SB* fifty points. Dion the winner. Score—Dtoc, sot: 
Miller, 26s. Average*— I>t«o, S « 2 - M ; Milter, l a t a . 
largest Xuna-Dion. m . St, SI, 28, 44; Milter, 
Bgaa 
feiy 
bafely Plays-Miller, 1. 
Maeee-Dion, t 
k e e n and fifteen mu.iitea. XT 
Dion; 1. 3, Winn tor Milter, 
Esq. 
. Mr. Dtea will 
he will glee 1 
Orleans late 
northward via 
gtlsg* 
13.11. 
-Tw» 
Hi 
Thomas M. Tryniski 
309 South 4th Street 
Fulton New York 
13069 
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