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CITY HALL GOSSIP. Comptroller Hayes' New Bill Relative to Tax Certificates Held By Hie City Government The Proposed Ordinance for aa Increased Xamber of Hack Stands la Proinl. neat Localities. A Benevolent Enral Gentleman Ftmishes the Mayor with a Cure ibr. Hydrophobia.

Miscellaneous City Matters of Interest. 1 TAX CB8T1F1CATE3. The Ixtxb-Ocbab has already: referred to the bill proposed by Comptroller Hayed, enabling municipal corporations to hold, tax certificate without being liable for subsequent taxes on the property. This bill, Which wilt be presented to the Legislature, is as A siLi' iotbubcx in reiaoon to ue nniniKnii uw funds of municipal corporations, and to relieve them from paying subsequent taxes, or mwinents, on real esuue purchased by (hem tor any tax or aasessment, and to preserve their Hen thereon. Be JtA: cl be the of tSt Slatt oj Waofs, repre-tmlci in the iitneral AssestWy: Suction 1.

That when-evertbe amount of money in the treasury ul any city, village, roantv, or town shall exceed one-tenth of the mount of Its annual tax levy last preceding, the oomp-t roller, with the consent of the mayor and finance coin-jaluee of the common council, if there be a com Dt roller, or the common couuciL or Village, county. or town authorities, if there be no comptroller, may invest -the surplus of money in such treasury above the sum aforesaid lu interest bearing bonds of the United btatea. and keep the same Itt the treasury anui it may be neees-aary to convert the same, or some part thereof, into motiev la order to meet the pre nor expenditures of sm-h city, vil-axze. cotintv. or town, when such conversion shall be made by said comptroller or other authorities, and the proceeds thereof shall be deposited in the treasury.

It shall not be kAMaftn tn fen fin lha twMannr fin Mask tk mount of any special fund; and all prohibitions upon the use of special funds of the corporation, other than trust fund, tor making any payment authorised by law to be made from the treasury, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. fcac i It shall not be laiv'ul for any city, village, or County, or any board or department thereof, to enter into 'any contract for any building, or the furnishing thereof, or -pubiie work or improvement, the cost of which shall $1,000, nntil at least one-half the sum provided by inch contract to be paid shall be in the treasury In money or United Btates bonds as aforesaid, appropriated for and subjeetto such expenditure, and the remainder shall bare been duly provided for by tax levy or otherwise. Sec, 3. Whenever any block, lot, piece, or parcel of Jaad, or any right or interest therein, liable for taxes or special assessments, snail nave beeu netetoiore, or shaft hereafter be, sold to, struck off, or forfeited to auy city, village, or town, or any officer thereof, for any unpaid tax or asaeshment, such city, village, or town shall not be required to pay auy subsequent taxes or assessments thereon to preserve a lien on such Drouertr. Sec.

4. Any city, village, or town, holding any block, lot, riece, or parcel of land, or any right or interests therein, tax dtwd. under sale for anv uunaid tax or Mtfw-iwnt shall be- deemed a joint or undivided owner with auy and all persons holding under any sale for subsequent taxes or assessments, ana may sou sucn joint or uu divided Interest in such real estate. Ssc 5. Any block, lot, piece, or parcel of land, or any right or interest therein, forfeited to, or struck on, or sold to any officer or authorized agent of any city, village, or town, sua ue neiu to oe lor sncu ciry, village, or town, ftcr Anv uiikrviiieTit nlinhawr of anv InL nliv or parcel of land for taxes, shall be entitled to take up any tax-title or claim of auy city, village, or town, niter the time of legal redemption has expired, ny paying sucn corporate authority the sum die at the date of the Anal legal -redemption, and ten per cent, interest per annum thereon, ud to the date of takiut- no such claim or title.

Sec. 7. If any city, village, or towu ahall uot proceed to take out a deed when due for any block, lot, piece or parcel tana, or ngm or interest inereia purcnasea as aioresaKi, their lieu or claim to any such block, lot. land or real estate, or richt or interest shall not lapse or be tost to consequence of such failure or ora union, but such lien or claim shall continue until paid or surren-. dered.

Sec. 8. Whereas, the condition of the finances of some of the municipal corporations herein specified is such that an emergency exists reuuirlng that tliU act should take effect immediately; therefore, tht- act mail take effect and be iu force from ana after its parage. THS MCKSaB OOUJflTTES. The Council Committee on.

Licenses met yesterday afternoon, in the room adjoining the City Clerk omce. The ordinance amending chapter 54 of the revid ordinance, entitled eoiclrs, was ordered to be placed oa file. The petition of hack men, that certain sections of the charter relating to hackney coaches be wasoroetea to oe placed ou The following ordinance, providing for an increase the hack stands in the city, has been prepared by this committee, and will be presented to the Council tt its next meetinz: Be it Ordamcd iy the CVsmow Council of the City of Chi cago: Sicrioa 1.. Every licensed hackney coach, cab, coach, car riare. or other vehicle fur the convevance of oamenaera and they are hereby, authorised to stand and -remain on the following places: Last and west sides of Clinton street.

between Madison and Monroe streets; north and south aides of Randolph street, between Desplaines and Halsted Streets; northeast corner of Wabash avenue and Twenty-second street; north side ot Michigan street, between ilart ana Dearborn street; north side of Chicago avenne. between Clark and Dearborn streets; also, between the hours of 8 p. m. and 6 a oa both sides of any theater 'or public hall: Provided, a space of at least forty feet In front of every entrance of such building be left open so as to allow private carriages and other vehicles to approach or leave the same without being hindered Provided, further, that the driver of any suctr. hackney coach, cab, coach, carriage, or other vehicle shall, when requested so to do, move their vehicle from the place where thev ffltT atand.

aa aa tn allnw anv Mmum nr mher vcnicie to approacn tne ataewaix oi any nullum to re-main there or to discharge or take in anything which may -be necessary, or the driver may be requested to take or receive on board of said vehicle. Sec. 2. Any person violating this ordinance ahall be cned not less than This section shall be in force from and alter lis passage. FOLIC! AKD FIHS MATTERS.

The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners met in regular session yesterday. Present: Avers. Reno. and Klokke. Commissioner Sheridan is still absent in Springfield, working for a commutation of sen- tence in the case of the morderer RaHerty.

Edward O'Neil was permanently appointed to a position in the Fir Department, having served his probationary period to the satisfaction of the board. Patrick Doody resigned bis position as a member of ine ire uepanmeni. Thomas Culkins, charged with being absent from uuij siinout permission, was nner nve aays pay: John Quinn, arraigned for a like offense, was fined the same, and Francis Paquio, charged with intoxication, was fined ten (lavs' pay and threatened with instant dismissal if he should again appear be- fore the board for misdemeanors. James Traynor, for absence from his post without permission, was fined three days' pay. The board then adjourned.

aUtSDY AOAJX8T HYDROPHOBIA. The Mayor received a letter from a hnmane resident of Danville, I1L, in which, stating that be had heard of the manv" cases oi hydrophobia in this city, be offers a remetfy for the frightful disease. For the benefit of those who are now, or may hereafter, be the victim of a mad dog's fury, his recipe is published. It ia aa itHXnmm' Immediately after being bitten take one and a Tialf ounces of the root of the plant elecampane the green root is perhaps preferable, but the dried will answer, and may be found In all drug stores, and was used by me. Biire or bruise, put into a pint of fresh milk, boil down to half a pint, strain, and when cold drink It, fasting six hours afterward.

The next morning repeat the dose, fasting, os in two-ounces of the root The same dose must be repeat-Co the thh-tl morning. i. The man prescribing states that he has tested the virtues of the remedy in his own family, having effectually cored two children who had been bitten by a mad dog. ths rcttntTov avextb cosdcit. The Board of Public Works met yesterday after noon to consider the bids of the contractors for the construction of the Fullertoa avenue conduit.

The contract is not yet awarded. The lowest bidder is 'Royce it Con who have notified the board that they are prepared to accept the contract and begin work at These contractors are required to give bonds to indemnify the city In case of any suits that may be brought against it growing out of the contract. The City Treasurer received from the City Collector TMterdav the mim of 17 B4 anrithafHtw Plliwtnp received $10,000 from the tax debtors to the Alderman Heath, who has been seriously ill for tome time past, was at the City II all yesterday and called on the Mayor. THS SOCIAL IVIl QUESTION. rr 1.

i i regulation of the social evil in this city, was a reference of the entire question, to the Eon. Jesse O. Norton, Corporation Counsel, in order to ascertain the legality of "the movement. A reporter of this paper called upon the Judge and questioned him as to what he intended to do in the matter and what opinion he should give on the suojecv The following Interview occurred: Reporter Judfre, what do yon intend to do in the Norton I have not eiren the subiect rerr mnch at tention, so tar. U.

Do yon think tost the ctty oss a right to regu late prostitution K. Certainly. The city can regulate this class of persons as it can regulate any class oi citizens. Rut what fliul vnitt MrniUfa" ttiHn 1 JUTne cltT can arrest the members of the demi monde if thev are disorderly or occasion any trouble. THE DAILY IOTER-OCKAN, TKIDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1874.

nut what do you think oi the question of reg-IstraU6nT N. Ah! That is another thing. R. But has not the Board of Health asked von to decide the question for them? it hits asked me to decide whether the city can regulate the demi-monde. If the word regulate" is taken as I have already defined- it, it can, for there is no ordinance forbidding this kind of regulation.

R. Suppose the board should ask your opinion on the question of registration. i. men 1 should have nothing to ao wiin.it,ana return the matter to their charge. If they desire to enforce a registration and examination system, incj ran do it, but I am not going to be mixed up with.it.

I think that the idea of licensing (here the honorable counsel waxed vehement) prostitution is revolting; it is a disgrace, to wives, onr sisters, and onr daughters, 7 and should not be thought of in any tu isttau or cinutwi com-mnnitv. I should as soon think of licensing stealing. or any other crime, and when I am ready to license the one am ready to license me otuer. 1 am uoi favor of registration. What do you intend to say to the Board of Health? N.

I shall return them the subject, with the state-meat that prostitution can be regulated, but shall sav nothing about the registration That I shall decline to touch. RAILWAY JiETTS. rjto or ths vmoa raciric was. As predicted a few days ago by the Ikteb-Ocxab, the pro rata fight between the Vnloo aad Central Pacine Railways and the Chicago roads la virtually at aa end, the determination ot the managers of the Kansas City, EL Joseph and Council Bluffs Road to establish a local tariff having forced upon the mind of Mr. Vining.

the General Freight Ascent of the Union Part 3c Boad. the eon vtctioo that the interests of his Western patrons demand the ship ment oi ireigni 10 me seaooaru ny toe moss airers route. While in Omaha he held a second conference with Mr. J. Stubbs, the Ueneral Freight Agent of the Central Pacific Road, the result of which was the authorisation of that gentleman to effect a compromise, if possible, with the Chicago roads.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Stubbs arrived in the city and immediately proceeded to the Chicago, Burlington and Quiucy ohice, where, by agreement, he met Mr. Vlele, General FreiRht Agent of the Rock Inland Road, H. H. Porter, General Manager of the Northwestern, Robert Harris, General Superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quinry.

J. K. Joy, President of the Mk-hian entral and several minor roads, and one or two other railway officials. The party were closeted for more than an hour, and succeeded In arranging the preliminaries. A second conference will be held this morning, when the terms upon which the roads are willing to pro rate will be finally settled.

A FATKJTT KAILWAY CAB STOVE. Several railway men collected yesterday afternoon at the Chicago aud Northwestern shops to witness a practical tet of Oliphant's patent car stove. The invention la designed to obviate the dancer of the destruction of railway cars by fire in the event of being overturned, and thus save nroDer- ty and life lu such accidents. The stove proper is made of wrought or boiler plate iron, thus insuring it against Dressing. 11 is cyitnan-ai in lorm, tne poraon containing the fire being a smaller cylinder within the larger or outer one.

The live of the stove is provided with a cistern for containing water, which. In the event of the -tore (or car) being rapsixed, runs Into the cylinder containing the fire, extinguishing; it; and although some steam is generated in the process, It Is probably not of a sufficiently high temperature to occasion any suffering by the paKsengers. The stoves, a placed in the car, are ornamented with an ornamental jacket of Runia iron, making a very presentable appearance, and are provided with the necessary tubes for the en cape of aoch steam as wonld ordinarily be generated when in ordinary which would be slight, and for tilling and emptying the water compartment. The stoves hare been tried, the inventor sal, on the FiUsbnrg. Fort syne and Chicago Railway wjlh perfect success.

A car on the Sorthncsiorn Road is being supplied with the stoves to test them more fully. xiscKLLANxora D. Brock. Superintendent of the Klizabeth and Paducah Railway, has l-ued a circular stating that upon the completion of the line to LotibvlUo the departments now iu clisrtre of O. Bre-hear will be divided.

Mr. Brexhear re tiring from the and ticket department and assuming the duties of General Freight Agent. Mr. James rerner, a ccutlt-iuau well anil favoranly kuoun in rxilwuv circles, has beeu appointed General Pa-secgcr and Ticket Agent. The following telegram was received at the Michigan leuuai omce eMerasy morning: Ntw Yoaa, Feb, as.

J. F. Joy: The strike on the Erie Railway is ended, and both pas- eugBr anu inixni trains are running regularly. G. it.

Blaschaso. J. C. McMuIliu. General Superintendent of the Chicago and Altou ruad, has gone for an extended tour over the line, lie proposes to thoroughly inspect the main road and all of its numerous branches before' returning.

The destruction by tire, yeaterdsy morning, of the finger Sewing Machine Works, at (South Bend, placed ihe I'nion Depot oa the oppooitc aide of the street in a dangerous predicament, bnt by the exertion of the employes the building was saved. THE BAKR0X CASE. The airy Tall 1 ArrfK. mswl Use Tresasanl Plan Bo(r Will lluv Sew Trial. The jury In the Barron ca-e, after being out all night were brought Into court yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, looking very much the worse for the night's experiences in the jnry room, without other accommodations than the soft side of a deal chair, but still, as the foreman sadly remarked tc the court, unable to agree.

Be was asked If the difference was as to any point of law. and said that It was not. The Judge theu admonished him that there was nothing more to be divulged, but he went on to say that they stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal, and he pointed out two obstinate jurors, and passed up to the Judge a written communication setting forth in detail the grounds of difference, but bis Honor refused to read the document Mr. Reed expressed his astonishment at the result, and moved that a special venire issue for twenty-four jurors in the ease, returnable to-day, so that the ease might be tried forthwith this morning. Mr.

Trade, counsel for Barron, objected to such unheard-of rushing of the case. The prisoner had some rights, and asked that the case be set for another terra. Mr. Reed replied that he was atonihed how any man on the jury disagreed to a verdict of guilty, he must have been corrupt to do so. Judge Moore It is not necessary to impute corruption to the jury.

After further discussion, Jndge Moore ordered that the venire issue, aud the case will be called for trial this morning. Scene: The Mayor's office. Time: 8:30 o'clock yesterday aiternoon. The Hon. Harvey D.

Colvin affectionately handling his pet carbuncle. Several Aldermen and an Iirrxa-OcCAS reporter in the back-ground. Enter Timet reporter, gasping for breath and terribly excited. Mayor! any news. Mayor? Mayor Yes, young man.

Reporter What is it let's have it' Mayor Young man R- Yea. yes (pushing his auricular organ under the municipal Mayor oung man, that story In your paper in regard to my writing a private letter to the Governor in behalf of Bnffcrty is a base lie in fact, a damnably malicious lie. R. (A look of dissust. initialed with divannriintment.

creeping over his face) Oh Your Honor, i that all atayor es, young man, that Is all the news I have for you to-day. Exit Timet reporter in as great a hurry as he came In, looking greatly chagrined, aud muttering Incoherently about "suffering humanity." 1st Search of Truant Hasbasid. Yesterday a poor woman named Mary Perry arrived In the city from Buffalo in search of her truant husband, who left aj some two years ago to seek his fortune in the West. He reconciled his wife to bis absence by promising that he would send for her aa soon as he had established himself iu busincMS in Chicago, for a time he sent her money and kind letters, but for more than a year he has neglected her entirely, and she knew not whether he was alive or dead, until recently, when she received positive ataurance that he was in this city, and was earning a precarious livelihood by lingering a rheumatic piano in a concert saloon. His wife told her sad story to the police authorities yesterday, and detective were detailed to find her husband, if possible.

The woman was in destitute circumstances, and was cared for last night at the Central Station, together with her infant, a child of lesa than years old. The deserted wife was quite distracted with her troubles, and had no definite aim in view, except to see her husband again, and endeavor to win hint back to bis allegiance. The War the Canines. The canine tribe are receiving an unusual amount of attention from the police force now-a-days. Every guileless and unsuspecting puppy that runs unmnzaled on the streets accosted by the first peeler he meets with a whistle that lulls all suspicion in the canine breast, and then the treacherous policeman feeds the animal with strychnioed meat, with which doggy gorges himself, wagging bis tail gratefully meantime.

The pup then selects some nice place to die In, such as the door-steps of an avenue mansion, and turns his feet upward and breathes his last. Several hundred dogs have been poisoned since the hydrophobic excitement of a week ago, and yesterday about seventy dead dog nuisances were reported at the Board of Health. lis was 45 years of age; the cares of money-getting had just slightly tinged his auburn locks with She, Sarah, was 35, to whom her aunt, recently deceased, had bequeathed, inter alia, a brindled cat of the masculine gender, Julius Cssar Jefferson by name. They sat upon the sofa, for in the language of the New York iJitjiatck: "Christmas Eve was the time fixed, when the streams of happiness that run through their separate lives should unite in a calm river of blissful Iotc" They talked of this and that, and finally of the cat Ahl poor Julius Casar Jefferson," said the maiden, I shall feel it my dnty to provide for him as long as he lives." But the lover hated eats. His mother had imbibed a prejudice against a black eat previous to his birth.

Be durned if he was going to have any eats about his house; and if the woman cared more about an old torn cat than she did about htm, she might go to the Fra Diavolo, and take her tabby with her." Higher rose the back of Sarah. vtueresne went that cat should go I Ana so they parted, and the manly form of Joseph has never crossed that threshold Alas, how light a cause may move I i Dissentton bttrtea hearts that lover i- 1 THE COURT RECORD. The Uskon Doree Failure-Judge Blodgett Adjudicated Mrs. Johnson a Bankrupt As a Bestaarant-Xeeper She Tfaa a XannJao x- turer under the BaalrBptlels' The People's Omnibus Company Deny the Validity of Mathenaj'a $25,000 Mortgage The Cheney' Case. j-' An interesting question was decided yesterday by Judge Blodgett in the bankruptcy case of Mrs.

Anna J. Johnson, formerly proprietor of the old Maison Doree restaurant on Wabash avenne. The original petition charged sirs. Johnson with being a merchant and but oa the trial an amendment was allowed, by which she was alleged to be a manufacturer as well. The evidence went to show that from 18GT li 1871 she was engaged in a regular restaurant business, the also manufactured and supplied ice cream, cake, and other necessary articles for suppers at private houses and other entertainments; she also kept a baker at one time for the manufacture of cakes and pies.

The claim set np in this ewe was on some promis sory notes which were secured or cnattet mortgagi nn the furniture and fixtures In the restaurant. TThi petitioning creditor in the present ease was also the mortgagee, and he now claimed the balance dus on the notes, unsatisfied by the sale under the mortgagee, and he charged suspension of payment of commercial blunge Blodgett said that' fhe evidence showed that the petitioner had acted very fairly in the matter. He had repeatedly extended the time for payment, and when obliged at last to sell he had realised a rerr fair Dries for the mortgajred property. It was a very universal and well-settled custom of trade to take collateral seeurity on negotiable paper. Every merchant or member of our Board of Trade was In the frequent 1 habit of ob lain in ir loans from banks on paper secured by col laterals.

To lay down any contrary ruling would be dangerous. lie therefore saw no reason why the petitioning creditor should not recover the balance due on bis notes as here claimed. With re card to the business or occupation of airs. -Johnson, Jndge Blodgett thought that as the keeper of a restaurant she was not a "merchant or trader." as contemplated by the bankrupt act. She was, however, in his opinion, a ''manufacturer," and as such was liable to adjudication.

It was shown that she purchased the raw material and manufac tured it into commodities for use, which she sold to her customers. Just so, humorously remarked the court, in conclusion, a hotel-Keeper Who Days cornea oeei ana ana makes hash of them, is aL-o a manufacturer. An order of syndication was then entered, from which the counsel for Mrs. Johnson decided to appeal by pe tition for review by the Circuit Louru p. o.

a. co. Mr. ITongh, the receiver in the bankruptcy proceed inn avainst the Pronle's Omnibus and Bairraire Co. yesterday filed an answer to the petition of il a thenar, the (25,000 mortgagee, in which a sale of the company property under the mortgage was prayea.

In the answer Mr. Hough seta np that the tnortirafft is void because the ulcers had no authority to execute also, that it was given for a prior usurious debt tn favor 01 josepn R. Bickerdike. bo was at the time the treasurer of the company. The assignment to Hathenay is characterized as a sham, and it is further charged that there was never more than $4,000 due on the instru ment, which has since been canceled by subsequent payments to Bickerdike.

There says Mr. tiougn alout 30.000 of other indebtedness against the com pany, and the property' would be sacrificed by a forced bankrupt sale. At any rate, the company de sires to be allowed to content the bona hues of the mortgage before the court. 4 A30TBES EKSOXIOrS tAXATIOS. The firm of WiUon Brothers, dealers in gents' furnishing goods, of this city, filed bill in the Circuit iourt yesterday against the omnipresent r.

M. Vieary, Collector of South Chicago. This firm have two small retail stores, one on Clark and the other on State Htteet. The value of the stock on Clark was duly assessed at $2,000, and the taxes thereon paid. The stock on State street was returned to the Assessor at $2,000, but, by some means, they were extended at $20,000, and Cleary alleges that he has do authority to abate the taxes on the extra $17,000, The County Commissioners will wipe out Jive extra county tax, but a State court alone can alter the other taxes.

An injunctions! order was granted by Judge Far well, to stand good until Uarch 9. when the nual motion for an injunction can be heard. -tm cnxitKT cass. On the opening et the court yesterday Mr. Fuller, on behalf of the defense, submitted the record of the first Cheney trial, the protest and objections to the jurisdiction and evidence ia regard to the proceedings.

lie then read the deposition of Mr. Henry v. smith, H. S. Monroe, George A.

Sackett. H. W. Hurl but. Otto Moor, and others, to the effect that 99 per cent, of the pew owners and con gregation of Christ Church sustained Dr.

Cheney; also, that the church property when acquired was vested in three trustees, to keep for the use of the congregation, and independent of the control of the Bishop and reneral church. In the course of the testimony the controversy between Cystorins Beers and Bishop Whitehouse, about the Trinity Church lot. was alluded to. This almost concludes the testimony In the cele brated case. The arguments, which will be very able and interesting, will commence on Monday, March 9, BAUKSCPTCT acenrm bibsaid.

The assignee election meeting for the estate Roddin Hamilton was yesterday adjourned March 23. William Henry was elected assignee for John Earlie. An assignee will be elected for C. C. Henderson 11 a.

m. to-day. at The assignee election meetings for John B. Mayo and A. a J.

Nenberger will be continued to-day for want ox service ot warrant. TBS OOFBTS. The case of Flack vs. Cockles is on trial before Judge Blodgett, and will probably occupy the fore noon. Alter mis tne case or rarr vs.

isicainsou is to come np. As to the commencement of the call of the District calendar, no definite information could be obtained. In reply to a question this subject, Judge Blodgett said that it would probably not be called before Monday next, but this must be taken for what it may mean. On motion of J. C.

Knickerbocker, a certificate of moral character was yesterday granted to Nelson Rush, a law student, by Judge Wallace. THE BKCOBD. Cat! tod SHsslew nreasM Cwasrt-aVtk. SMt BEFORE JCDGE BLODGETT. FobFwdat.

459. Flack vs. Cockle, ou trial and likely good for 'e forenoon. There is soother set case for trial to-day, 822, Farr vs. D1ckinen.

The District Court calen dar will probably not be called before Monday. BiMSfca. cHARcwtv e.s, Goffva Banger. Decree, before BLODGETT. Bakkbcftcv OnnkM lln.HSolamon Rothschild et aL Order authorizing to prosecute bankruptcy proceedings en Sling bond to Indemnify petitioning creditors against coata 2,533 Frands Schreiber.

Order that assignee pay debt Oi in ion on its being proved np before tne resiater. 2.4W Albert M. Kidder. Injunction rostral ninf Kidder from collecting rents of 8L Charles HoteL 1,1 Annie J. Johnson.

Court finds debtor gnllty, and adindicatina mterwl warrant fwtnrnahla March Jft. Lauer et aL Order setting -aside i ii J. 6. Garland. Order giving assignee leave to seU lurei.ow.

atsmeiles mmx reawta. WlTTr PTTTSL 47,731 T. C. Boyd and J. J.

Buffton. Asst. t300. W. Minant.

attv 47,752 W. Batcbeller and N. Elaght vs. B. Fosaow.

SoOO. A. B. Jencks, atty. Uartmann vs.

T. H.McGrath. AssL, $1,090. iwen 4 attya Kama va tu.kT VWJmtV VechsnirS' lien for t658 on e. of wHlot '29, T.

Dobblus" sub. of lou 10 to 16 of block 4 of w. poraon of Ellis' Addition to Chicago. Same solrs. Abeil vs.

J. Schneider Co. Asst. tSOO. Grant, attv.

47.756 Grundv Co. Nat Bank vs. lVeach. Cred lUirs" hill for tl na Tnnm F. Jk A aolra.

47.757-John fcilsby vs. John Falconer, James R. Hayi Josephine M. Browne, and James and Antoinette Marsh. Bill for partition of estate of James Marsh, deceased.

Hovna. FI. A antra 47.7&S-Mary A. Swurler vs. John 8.

Bwigler. Bill for divorce for drunkenness. A. Goodrich, solr. I.1W f'U IE-IT JI-TIPK HART.

Fon Fkidat. Ko causs on trial. No further call this term. flsniM r-rr w. vm Anft annaala S.9R1.

Burton vs. 6chwab default 153, Porter vs. McCabe; rule on deft to plead to amended petition la ten days 4,899, Btraus va Hall r1lmiud aabr stiD. 7.017. Hartwell vs.

Beese; leave to plff. to amend by changing name of plff. to Edward A. Hartwell 6, 1M, Peterson va Althrop; leave to plff. to amend by adding additional count to and csuae aet lor 2tn ot At area uexu Tbiais akb Jprjawcvra.

d.S06. F. Wentheva t. L. Leach new trial denied, and Judgment 5,223, John Carrigan vs.

nicnara Jtorpoy same nnior. Law-jvixjkjamesox. FoaFanAT. fs2 City va Shepherd; still on trial CHANCEkY GARY. Brsntxaa.

a Bernmes vs. CaUan. Order alias sun mons. 4i27-Jarrett vs. Burbridg.

Hearing, and bill dismloed wiwoat prejuoioe. VU mw.bw. u. v. 0.

Magnifier, master, to report by March 12, 1S74. ttm I ITMrfn. mrA Mfuwl TO lao Kelly vs. cavanaugn. iisuusaeu oj cumyiaiiiam.

OnaMttart-fUkM new enim 10.TW-ITD. Klmbark vs. 8 Griffith. 'Asst. $5o4 W.

Burnham, attv. 6arah J. Golloy vs. Robert 8. Oolley.

Bill for diverse fo drunkenness and cruelty. Helm A solrs. vs. Estate of Haensier. appeal.

10.796 Alberta Elv vs. Jamea T. Ely. 1 Bill fur divorce for drunkenness and cruelty. W.

Forch, solr. Lauer vs. Charles McLaughlin. Mechanics ilea on tots 6 and block 23, Canal Trustee's Bub. of and a- of as.

and iiot w. sec. S3, A and forits3.98. Jumen and A-solrs. 10.7 p.

j. ti inlander and r. sr. Aimiui vs. t.

A. neison. $3,000. Hoyne and IL, attya, men va neatue. 10.MJ0 John Rubana, was Thos.

Coaxswell tt tin. Ly coming Fixe Iua. garnishment on a judgment for wv. pnniH.ni, 10.801 Chaa. Fltxaimons ll.n Wm.

W. and Bteohen Bates. 1600. Johnston, B. and attya.

10.803 Wilson Bros. vs. P. M. Clearv.

collector of South Chicago. Bill to enjoin collection of taxes. 1. W. Waugnuop, solr.

iianna, Barret vs. August Mencbing. tWX a J. Hanna, atty. LAW-JLUUll BJJUKKH.

i.uw,. mil mil Is from SUO to W), lacluaive, except SU and SIS. Oanraa. 2.6U1 Preiitiaa vs. PuaU.

Leave to deft, to file plea of surrender; pi ft, accepts. Tkiaia. 2.M7 Julias Davis vs. Emilia Blersdorf and K. Kuaucr.

Jury being unable to ajrree, are discharged. law jutKaK booth. Fob FaiDAT. 288. McAualev va.

MeAualev. on trial. Can is 2H to SUO, inclusive. oancas. ee, unrrow vs.

Keans; oismissee p. by agreemeus O. 10.S7S, Lay vs. Arnold dla-mlsaedT by plff. 4,110, Finn vs.

Fry; rule on deft, to return appeal fees advanced by plff. y767. Miller va Goodman; rule on def t. tojustif ohna va. Uearv: nassed to be taken ud on five days' no tice 104.

Cameron vs. Glaaer: dismissed D. for want of proaeeution (i. 10,758, Bingham va Wagenburger; dis-missed p. e.

by asreesnent 4,072, 0'Hara vs. Harmon time to Justify extended till to-day (Friday) 3,134, Hose- karap vs. Howard dismissed p. for want of prosecution. T.l.l.

i.t, Jiinau.MM 1 auA fl A l.nK .1 D. Dickey et aL; finding for' i371.iew, T. Cotm i- 'vse vw wm. mm ewisss isuwuhi juusjiirws VII vsk-v Frasier Lubricator Co. vs.

Oold Heating Co. of New York; default and judgment for a3.77 2,088, M. Flnanva' Bryan Daley et aL: finding for tm; def a aaoves for new trial 1,118. A. J.

Ulmaa et at. va A. uibbons; finding for pltt, toS.m; deft, aaoves for new trial 2.1X2. tieom Ludolnh va Elizabeth Darum: evi dence heard and suit dismissed by jlfT. A.AW -JtJlHjK TKIlE.

FOB Tolmaa vs. Kuk kerbocker! atin on M.l C'm 1 1 4. ft a-ji a ruit c. tuiK. IMS, 2,546, life, bi, 227, 1,00, and 679, it eluiave.

Oaoaaa. 8.965. Rlchardaon vs. Bovd: motion to set aside default, and judgment overruled, appeal L340, Far va Bpafford; leave to plff. to make A- B.

Fox party deft, and to amend papers to conform ,507, Fletcher vs. Stafford: dismissed p. c. forwent of compliance with rule J.306. Richard.

vs. Gorven: demurrer to narr. sustained, pin, has ten days to amend narr. and file copy oi instrument suea on iJui, Mann va waiaer aemurrer to amended petition overruled, defts. have ten aays to file answer.

CHANCERY-CHIEF JUSTICE FABWEli. Fob FaiDAT. Fo cause on trial. Call Is from 77S to 800. inclusive.

Obokbs. I.4PS, Cowles va Obereln; rule to answer iustanter and default; bill taken pro confeaso and reference to Butler acuunia mu. uc uuiiiiiiii tra cu im wui ui prosecution, with leave to reinstate this term 767, Harrington vs. on Iter; same order 768, Christian vs. Tuck er; dismissed on call for want of prosecution.

Thau 770. Emanuel Frankenthal et aL vs. H. H. Gate et aL demurrer overruled, and leave to deft, to answer Ins tauter; rae beard and taken under advtwmcnt.

inuiui-gtiiuB aiLUAas. Orders. 177. Russell va Fabodie: order of default and reference act aside, and leave to petitioner to amend petition generally The People vs. Kat.

Life Ins. Co. rule on 1C Hawes, receiver, to show cause why he should not tnm over prop erty mentioned tn petition of M. Fahey 348, Wachter vs. Alien; motion Dyaeiu to stnxe out certain matter contained in deposition, sustained nunc pro tone as of 6th Inst.

348, Wacbter vs. Allen; order finding amount to liich complainant la entitled nunc pro tune as of 6th init. 1 III BlrlnklA v. Al.t confirmed and decree. L400 First Nat.

Bank vs. DeGolyer. Cause heard and decree; appeal 1.2.' llynes vs. Hynes. Decree sppolntlnx commiwion- Sra to make parti lion.

Oiaatr C'wsrt Fr. SSL BEFORE JCDGE WALLACE. r- PaoBATx. Eatate of Hannah Stroiher. tirantof administration to Edmond D.

Taylor; bond of tW.OuO approved. Est. Charles Schelle. ill nroven and letters teauunent- ory to Augusta Catherine gcheile; bond of SI.OUO. tiCABhiAKxHir.

Est. Cora Strother, minor. Letters to Edmond IK Taylor; bond of approved, and leave to guardian to borrow I17.0U0. Leu act Craggs. Caleb Dewey, Catherine Hplden.

Eiiea McCarthy. John Bberidan, Thomas Couroy, bihI Thomas James, were adjudged inaane by verdict of jury. The Aahsuatew War. To the Editor of the Inter-Ocean. Sib: The telegrams which appeared in your issue of yesterday, announcing the terrible conflict between the British forces and their savage Ashaatee foemen, seemed to have caused no little stir amongst the com munity, who are unable to reconcile to their minds how it is that a magnificently disciplined, well-armed, and fully equipped force was so severely handled as to lose some tea per cent, of its whole force in killed and wonnded; but I bare no doubt that the perusal of the following lines will enable your readers to comprehend the facts already given, and prepare them for intelligence of still greater disasters: One of the trite maxims of war is.

do not underrate your enemy." and to the neglect of this axiom we may trace tne present straggle and its bloody Issues. Let it be called to mind that the lately defunct Gladstonian Ministry had exercised a cheeseparing policy with regard to the army generally, and especially with regard to pensions to old soldiers after a term of service, which has now been done away with under the new recruiting system; consequently the recruits now joining are sucn as do not look forward to any future in the service, and of that sort who see in it a temporary refuge from jail or from starvation, and not an honorable profession, as the old soldiers in the British army do. This change ia the class of men necessitated a reduction of the standard of height and chest measurement (the latter to S3 inches, the former to 5 feet 6 inches, instead of that which had existed, vii-, 34 inches and feet 6 inches), so that the men recruited since 1870 are physically and morally inferior to those recruited before that date. Tarn, then, to ths fact that those three regiments now in Ashaatee, the Second Battalion Rifle Brigade, the Second Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the Ninety-third Highlanders returned in 1869 and 1870 from India to England with a complement of some 400 men each, and that since that time till the date of embarcation, they have been recruiting from the aforementioned material np to their foreign service strength of 1,000 men; thus quite sixty per cent, were lads from 18 to 22 vears of aire, who had never been out of England. and had no training to support the ardors of war or the trials of a tropical climate of the very worst eriptions.

The engineers were mnch of the same class, doubtless, regarding acclimatization, and the artillery and naval brigade were so comparatively few as to need no comment. Turn for a moment to the Ashantee country, and consider its nature, how it is thickly studded with dense bush, and covered with long grass, in which a 'mighty host could easily lie hid, and evade the scouting of any ordinary line of skirmishers. These physical peculiarities, then, of the country would tend to neutralise the effect of the far-sbooting Snider and bring down very much to tne level ot tne assegak which, in tne nanas oi an expenencea ana ssuiea warrior, is a deadly weapon at sixty or seventy yards. And lastly, call to mind the fact that an African warrior knows no fear save that of angering his chief, at whose command he will calmly die, and mnch more so when elate with the gaod'uv certaminis," the joy of battle, which overwhelms all their feelings when a man is fairly launched in the hurly-burly of a general engagement. we have, then, before us two armies, the one heavily-laden, climate-stricken white men, numbering, at most, some 3.000, and probably not more than 2,000: and the.

other composed of stalwart, strong, naked, and thoroughly acclimatized savages, 'to the number of some 10,000, perhaps, all thirsting for blood, all eager for the fray, ana bound to fulfill the orders of their chief or die. The odds are terrible indeed, and the only wonder is that the British nation has not had to mourn over another such calamity as that of Khyber Pass, when out fares of a large army of veterans escaped 'to tell the tale how the Afghans, with their own weapons, and in their own fastnesses, had wiped away the stain of a brief conquest. The fact that for nine hours the terrible contest raged, is sufficient to prove the grim earnestness of each party; the one to destroy, the other to defend, and we can only grieve that such brave men were exposed to so terrible a trial when past experience in Caffraria and Kew Zealand should nave taught England that savages ran fight. Abyssinia was no criterion of this war, for it was conducted by the ablest of British engineering generals, with a hardy and fully acclimatized army, and every procurable means to make assurance doubly sure, and in addition, a stultified enemy gave np his strong point snd advanced into the open plain to meet a disciplined foe that mowed down his ill-armed forces by a. few volleys from the far-shooting Snider, and finished the contest by routing the panic-stricken foe by charging home with the baronet.

The Abyssinian war cost Britain over $40,000,000, and we can only suppose that the ill success of the present Ashantee expedition is owing to a combination of parsimony and ill-advised depreciation of the enemies to be encountered. It does not follow, how ever, that any expense like that incurred in Abyssinia need have been entered npon, for we believe had ths government sent six regiments of old son-seasoned Europeans, and some two regiments of tough and warlike Ghorkas and Pangaubees, as they did to Abyssinia, they need never have sacrificed the many gallant lives which already by fever and battle have been lost to their cowntry ana the world. cnicago, sen. zo, wt. PATENTS.

Weekly Beeord of Edited tor the Inter-Ocean by Louis Baner A Co, 8ollclt-rs of Fatenta, Washington, 1. A very important snit has recently been decided by the Supreme Court, which involves aa oft-recurring and vexatious question regarding the iMiTi of rcBCBAsxaa of patented articles, when these purchases have been made from the assignee, tor a limited territory, of the manufacture, sale, and use" of tne invention. The ease came np on appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, and involves a most important principle in patent law, which will apply to quite a number of similar cases now pending in inferior courts. The appellant in this ease, who was the plaintiff In the court below, is the assignee of a patent to Merrill A Harner for an Improvement in "coffin lids." The defendant is aa undertaker who, in the pursuit of his business, used ia the town of Katick. Mass.

coffins with lids of the kind patented by the assignees of Slaintiff. The bill was brought for aa injunction, for iscovery of profits, and for other suitable relief against the defendant as aa infringer. Mr. Justice Miller, in delivering the opinion of the court, spoke as follows: Tha queatkm presented by this plea is a very interesting one In patent taw, and the prertse point In It has never been decided by this court, though eases involving some of the considers Uona hich apply to it have been decided, and others of analogous character are frequently recur ring. TM VAST rWCTJWTABT BBWJLTS Involved In such eaaea, as well as the public Interest, ad monish ns to proceea witn care, ana to aeaae in eecn no more than what is direetlv ia issue.

We have repeatedly held that where a person had purchased a patented machine of the patentee or his assignee, this poiefaase carried with tt the right to the use of that machine so lone as it was capable of nee. and that the ex piration and renewal of the patent, whether in favor of the original patentee or of his assignee did not affect this right The true ground on which these decisions res Is that the sale bv a person who has the full right to make. ell and use such machine carries with it ths right to the use of that machine to the full extent to which ilcan be osed in point of time. The right to manufacture, the right to seU, and the right to use ate BACV STBSTAWTTVt BMVTS, and may be granted or conferred separately by the pat entee. But, in the essential nature of things, when the patentee, Or tne person naving ma nana, aeiia a wsoudi or instrument whose sole value is in in use.

he receives the con sideration for its use and be parts with the right to restrict that use. The article, in the language of tha mart, nama without the limit of the monopoly. (Bloomer va McQuewaa. 14 How, Mitchell va Hawley, is Wallace 644.) That ia to ear. the patentee or his as signee having In the act of sale received all the royalty or consiaerauon wnicn ne ciauna rur uia nac ut bib uimuw in that particular machine or instrument, is open to the naaof tha ourchaaer without further restriction ou count of the monopoly of the patentees.

If this principle be sound aa to a machine or instrument whose nse may be motioned for a number of veara, and mar extend beyond the existence of the patent, as limited at the time of the sale, and into the period of a renewal or extension, it must be much more applicants to an instrument or proouci oi patented manufacture which perishes in the first use of It, or which, by that first use. becomes Incapable of further ue, and of no further value. Such is the case with the coffin-lids of appellant's patent It si i mis to us that, although the right of Lockhart and Seel re to manufacture, to sell, and to use these eoSin-llda was limited to the circle of ten mile around Boston, that a purchaser from them of a single coffin acquired the right to use trial cosun lor tne purpose tor woicn su comns are used. That so far as the use of it is concerned, the pa tentee had received his consideration, and it was no longer within the monopoly oi tne patent, it would ne to BXCBAtT A UMTTATIOM upon the right of use not contemplated by the statute nor wit bin the reason of the contract to say. that it could only be used within the ten-miles' circuit.

Whatever, therefore, may be the rule when patentees subdivide territorially their patents, as to the exclusive right ts avoAr or fo tli within a limited territory, we hold that in the class of machines or Implements we have described, when they fire once lawfully made ana sot mere is no resmcuouon their ssr to be Imiillwl tor toe ueneut ot the patentees or his assirnees or licensees. A careful examination of the plea satUfleJ ns that the de fendant, who, as an undertaker, purenasen earn ot in eomsm. and used It in buryinx the body which he was ployed to bury, acquired the right to this use of it, freed from any claim of the patentee, though purchased within tne ten-mile circle ana usea itnout it. Tha decree of tha Circuit Court dismissing the plaintiff's bill is, therefore, aatmed. This decision from the highest court will affect a site a variety of interests centered in the parch and sale of patent-rights, and of patented articles Under such rurhts.

and is looked npon by onr leading patent lawyers as eminently fair and equitable, and as settling aenmteiy a point at, law wnicu uas sung ucca in controversy. The record of the past week shows a total of 259 original patents granted, seven reissues, ten design patents, ten trade marks registered, and three extensions granted. At the close of business for the week fifty-seven applications for extensions were still on hie awaiting bearings. tumour" SRABB nf oririnal na tents was twelve, of which Chi Cairo claims five. The latter are as follows: Treadle for sewinr-machines.

patented by Cyriac Dnbrnl of Chi cago, and Jf. DubmL of Cincinnati, jointly; bottle stopper, patented by P. Hayes; fix for furnaces, patented by Lars Nelson and Thomas McKeff; center- niece for ceuines. patented by U-. W.

arren. and device for washing barrels and kegs, patented by Louia Lanrcuth. The other patents issued to citizens of the State of Illinois are as follows: Roofins- tile, patented by S. Perry. Macomb (deceased.

J. C. Johnston, adminis- tratorV: saw-shameninr machine, patented by D. Iseminger, of Heyworth, assignee to himself, J. C.

McFarland. and J. Joralemon.same place: wheel plow. patented by 8. Neff, Cuba; chain, patented by Peter NefT, Cuba; chain, patented by Peter on; sulky plow, patented by R.

New patented by J. R. gton, and a derrick, patented by J. W. Hanrman, Hudson ton.

Jersevvilie Ren iff. Bloomincrton. Sefton and J. T. Jones, Xenia.

Next in point of number ot patents obtained comes Michitren. with twelve, as follows: Fore part iron for shoemakers, patented by R. S. Babbitt, Jackson, assigned to Austin WiswalL, Chicago: hose-eonpling. patented by BL Bannister and John C.

Perkins, Kalamazoo; bxwk-paCtpatented by J. A. Weaver and Wm. B. Hawkins.

East Satrinaw: thill-tug. patented by D. C. Bassett, Cambria Mills; balanced slide valve, patented by t. rieyde.

cast bagmaw folding-table for sewing machines, patented by A. Marc hand and S. A. Hutchinson. Lyons: car-couplinz.

patented by Chaa. P. Russell, Battle Creek; log- turner lor saw-mills, patented by ueorge tt. Shearer, Bay City; windmill, patented by P. A.

Spicer, Marshall: revolving horse hay-rake, patented by E. W. Tucker, Grand Haven bee-hive, patented by A. Caaniff; Three Rivers: assignor of one half his right to J. M.

King, same place; and a washing machine, patented by M. jjenny, tieriin. M. Denny, zteriin. Missouri (eleven patents) Windmill, patented by C.

Ray. Mayville; assignor to Henry Miller, of irning, Iowa; animal cage-trap, patented by S. L. xseacn ana n. jonnson, sieaavuie; paint-ou, patented by S.

B. Langshore, Hamilton; draft-equalizer (for three' horses), patented by B. D. Morton. Green Top; rotary reciprocating engine, patented by T.

A. Risher. Kansas City; bale-tie, patented by C. H. Schnelle, St.

Louis; spinning-wheel, patented by F. Voegtly, St. Louis; pruning patented by Wm. H. Collin gs, Ray town; mowing machine, patented by John Carmeaei, Marshall; doorcheck, patented by S.

A. Demuth and Wm. H. Willis, Forest City; and hand corn-planter, patented by Wm. Kemp, Palmyra.

(eight patents) Machine for' driving nails, patented by Charles H. Smith, Bloomer; plow, patented by H. Bine, Medina; clothes-line attachment, patented by D. W. Smith, Fox Lake; automatic boiler, feed and regulator, patented by L.

Swenson, North Cape; sawmill dog, patented by a W. WooL Eau Claire; assignor of one-half his right to Isadere Cook, same place; machine for forming sheet-metal window-caps, patented by Rollin A. Smith, Fond du Lac: harvester-rake, patented by O. O. Storle, Milwaukee; and a windmill, patented by William H.

Wheeler, Beloit. Iowa (five patent) Air-distributing pips for furnaces, patented by Alonzo Rawson, Des Moines; carriage spring, patented by Enos Wright, Denmark; corn planter, patented by S. B. Davis. Hamburg, assignor of one-half his right to Metcalf Brother, same place; washing machine, patented by i.

B. Stover, Bloomfield; harvester, patented by John Webster, Floyd. California (five patents) Eye-glass, patented by L. A. Berteling, San Francisco; valve for pumps, patented by William D.

Hooker, San Francisco; combined wall protector and toilet rack, patented by H. BorchardL San Francisco; truck, patented by A. Y. Smith, San Francisco; and an improved method in the art of tunnelling, patented by DeWitt C. Haskins, of Vallejo.

(This latter method consists in dividing the tunnel into compartments by aa airtight bulkhead or an air-lock, constructed so as to be movable at pleasure to reduce space as the tunneling proceed. Air is forced in until sufficient pressure is obtained to expel moisture and obviate caving. When lets or crevices are encountered, an integument is used. The earth excavated is allowed to occupy the space to a certain extent after the masonry is completed, in order to reduce ths area of air-lock required.) Indiana (four patents) Saw-gumming machine, patented by David Boyd, Vevay; feather-duster, patented by John L. Little, If nncie; casting mold-boards, patented by James Oliver, South Bend; and another patent for a similar device, patented by the same in- yen tor.

pnaratus for obtaining by O. bmitn, Albany. Kansas has two patents, both for an ironing board, and both invented and patented by John B. Home and Daniel ti. iiorne uomilyt of lopeke.

Nevada has onlf one patent, which is fo a rever. beratory furnace for roasting ores, patented by Ernst Herligendorfer, of Belmont. A New Jersey inventor has devised a method for rrBrcnisa cfholstirid ruBsrrcsB. the object of which is to perfume upholstered goods generally; out more particularly sucn as are nsea tn railway sleeping cars, and on ships and steamboats; ana an inventor in canton, Jtass nas patented a new form of projectile for heavy ordinance, which Is pro- viuea wun two or move rollers or wneeui in one or more of its sides, and said rollers or wheels arranged in a line parallel with the longitudinal center of the projectile. By this arrangement, the friction is considerably lessened; and it is claimed that a projectile navtng tnis improvement will travel nearly doable the distance, with no more expenditure of starting force, or powder, than aa ordinary rifled shot.

Hew Two Cwssvleta Eaeatpesl frwaa Prtaem. One of the most daring and ingenioas escapes ever effected from a penal institution, says the Boston Globe, Feb. 2L' was made yesterday from the State Prison by two convicts, notorious cracksmen and -burglars, named Nathaniel Jones and Euthine Worthing. The manner in which the escape was effected showed that the men possessed conning, ineennity, and perseverance, as well as mechanical skill and thorough knowledge of the manner in which the pri son is constructed. The modus operandi of the convicts may be brie-iy summed np as follows: Jones and Worthurg, being skillful machinists, wera employed in the enrue-roora of the institution, and havt been employed for the past two months in repairing machinery.

They were necessarily a great eal together, and a strict watch could not possibly, front the net are of their employment, be kept over tbem. XWhen the prison bell was rung last evening, at 6:30 o'cJack, both convicts Were seen, bnt at 6:43 clock, WSn ne men sues into their corridors, these two w9te missea, ana search was immediately instituted. It that they were concealed in some of the vKE'' ana these were thoroughly searched lor over 1 hour, when some of the officers, who were the engineer' i room, discovered a loose board in the flooring. Further search revealed ths fact that a shaft had been sunk two feet deep in the frozen ground, and a tunnel, between eighteen aad twenty uicirew us uuuncier ana twenty-n ve lees song, nan been cut through the solid earth to ths stockade that divides the prison proper from the prison wharL" in in is tunnel tne prison clothes oi the convicts were found, and the mystery of escape was. of coarse.

cleared ud. The tunnel opened on to the prison wharf. and, having once got through the tunnel, all that re mained lor tne convicts to do was to scale the tence of the yard and get out npon the track of the Boston aad Maine Railway. It may seem difficult, at first, to realize how the job could possibly nave been accomplished, bnt when the- matter is looked into carefully the difficulties rapidly disap pear. As has been said, the men were alone together a great deal, and one of them could be at work while the other was on the watch, consequently the chance of catching them at work was small, especially when it is borne in mind that the hole in the floor could be covered at a moment's notice.

The earth removed -from the tunnel was carefully mixed in with -the cinders and ashes ftom the furnace, aad of course could be removed without exciting suspicion. It Is not known with what Instrument or instruments the earth was removed, bat it is supposed the men used 'hoes. The difficult task that the men performed can be more thoroughly nn- derstood when it is stated that after having dug through a solid wall of frozen earth, twenty-five feet in thickness, they were obliged to saw away a portion of a large pile, as well as two sbeathings of pine boards, before they reached the ground under the prison wharf; then, of course, they were obliged to barrow upward two- feet, before they were able to tee daylight. As we -stated above, -the men were-, missed shortly af- ter they effected their escape, and bad their means of egress been at once discovered, they might have been captured." As the prisoners left their prison clothes behind them, it is supposed that they were provided -with suits made from their bed blankets. Everything that could possibly be done to intercept the flight of the escaped birds has been done by the Warden; men have been sent in all directions, notice has been left at all the police stations in the vicinity.

Be that the local police are on the watch; telegrams have been sent to all the large cities, and Warden Chamberlain has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of -each. Isisliasi AfrwdUea im Artsoaa. A Tucson, Arizona, dispatch to the San Diego (CaL) scene of the dVea'df ul massacre at the ranche of Carlos Machado. near old Lamp Urant. by the Apache lndi- ans who recently broke away from ths San Carlos res ervation.

1 bey report that on their, way out from Tucson they met, near tjanada Ueloro, a szexiean named Benito Corillas, who had almost miraenloasTy escaped from the massacre, of which he was the sole survivor. He was wounded by a bullet-shot through the wrist, tie gave the following narrative of the attack, which was witnessed from a distance by poor Machado, who fled with the terrible tidings to Tucson: On the morning of the massacre, Corillas and two other men were at work near and in front of Mac ha-. do's house. They saw a large number of Apaches approaching, but at first felt no alarm, because the In- -dians were accustomed to visiting the ranche. On arriving at the place the Apaches asked for two ot the men employed there, Romano Esmerdon and Mendoza.

They were in form od that the men were away. The Indians then went into tha corral, and formed into lines, like soldiers. Then, for the first time, Deloro and his couv panioni anticipated treachery. They at once rushed into the house and closed the doors. The Apaches la- -stantly opened fire, shooting through the windows, and almost immediately killed the woman and two children.

The Indians then set fire to the home, aad with an ax msde a bole into the room where tha three men wet ard soon smoked them out. 'The men retreated ia another house on the opposite side of the torraL One, Jesus Vasqnes. -was killed soon after getting into the room, and soon arierwatd. feafaet Romans was also killed, leavii Corillas, as the Apachei thought, their certain victim. As soon as Romans fell, Corillas took his dead comrade's gun and fought his way through the yelling fiends to the river, escap -ing death by a miracle.

He lav secreted tn the brush by tha river all day and night, and then made his escape. Corillas says the corral was foil of Apaches, bnt does not know the number. The band was let by HPacheco," who snot Corillas in the wrist, act who also killed the woman. A number of the oil Camp Grant Indians were recognized among the band. The party from Tucson found the bodies of Mac ha.

do's wife and two children and of the two men, and buried them. The houses had been burned, anl everything on and about the premises was destrovei except a few hogs and chickens. Among the property destroyed or taken was one snot-gun, a pistol, eighteen herd of cattle, and three horses, a large amount corn and beans, all the clothing and household furniture. The troops are still out after the USar-J derers. Kra.

Aster and Her amends. Mrs. Astot, the wife of the hundred millionaire (f New York, appeared at a party which she gave at hrr Fifth avenue residence one evening last week, in style which would justify any reporter in saying ths the "literally blazed all over with diamonds." Oa each of her shoulders she had four stars, the size et silver half-dollars, made of diamonds. Her hair was set off very- thickly -with diamonds, aad her head seemed -aflame, with them. There a diamond bandeau npon her brow, Jehad diamond earrings and a diamond necklace -magnificent proportions.

Upon the two sides of chest were two circles of diamonds, about the siz 1 the palm of the hand. From them depended and curves of diamonds reaching to her watt, round which, she wore a diamond girdle. On- the skirts of ber dress in front were two large peacocks wrought of lines of monds. There were rosettes of diamonds Le her slippers. There were diamonds large lor small, but in every variety of form, all over her dtesi and person, wherever they could be artistically placed.

She presented an extraordinary and dazzling spectacle as she moved languidly through the dance among her friends. One of the ladies present, a connoisseur in precious stones, who kept cool enough to take practical observations, says the diamonds sb wore could not have cost less than and most have represented her husband's income for at least a quarter of a year. This same tidy, whe Is familia. with court life in Europe, says that the largest collection of diamonds in possession of any European Empress or Queen belongs to the present German Empress, but she adds that even Augusta herself could not make a diamond show which wonld begin to compare with that made by Mrs. Astor oa Thursday -evening of -last week.

In these hard times the As tors are occasionally liberal in ttrir benefactions. For instance, there was a banquet for twenty-four given at the Astor mansion the other-day; and, in front of each lady's plate, there wis a gilt- for her of a costly honbortnicre, exquisitely wrought with precious stones, and about the size of an ordinary snuff-box; and each lady was also presented with a bouquet, gotten np ia taibion sot to ha Oregon (three paten Rotary winnower, patented by Thomas H. Drury, Wheatland; medical compound or bitters, patented by Emil C. Jnrgensen, Portland: and a dental apparatus for obtaining the bite, patented rsf rrpposea fahops, ransackingW.