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Il' SUPPLEMENT. PAGES 9 TO IC ?nl)i?i? r SUNDAY EDITION. FEB. 5. 1888. B. ill k fl will open To-morrow Mtraclions LADIES Snits & Mies, co iii pr i si n jj new and advance styles of WALKING and DRIV? ING SUITS* AFTERNOON, TEA, anti RECEPTION DRESSES; In BLACK SURAH and other SILK SUITS,BLACK LACE DRESSES, C O L O B E D CA M EL'S II A1R, CHEVIOT and CACHE.MIRE SLlTs, MOURNING SI ITS in Black Caehemire and Henrietta Cloths, &c.t &??? all at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. Also, FRENCH DRESS NOLELTTES MOHAIR and WOOL CHALLIES, and Novelties in ZEPHYRS and SATEENS. Anti a line of FRENCH CAMEL'S HAIi. SUITING At 48c. per yard. FRENCH ROBES, md embn 88.75. braided and embroidered, at Exceptional Values IN* Black Dress Goods 20O YARDS AIM Serp, 38c. 1,500 YARDS i New J).* rai gi is in PRINTED SILKS AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES, AND SPECIAL VALUES IN BLACK SILKS. jV large lin*, of LADIES' FINE UNDERWEAR. Ht, lill ifl 6th (HMh-tt Station Elevated Road. Le Bili Broadway and 14th-st. SACRIFICE IB FINE II -ililli III-) Embroideries. THE ENTIRE STOCKS OK TWO LA BOB IMPORT EIIS OK HAMIll'HO EMBROIDERIES W I LL BK SOLO l.N OL'H STOKE. BEGINNING TiOsPAY, FEn. ?. comprising ali. widths, EBOM NARROW I Ot: IXCM AND INHERTIOY'-s TO TliK VT10BSV AMI FIM>r -"IvlllTIMaS MAXlFU'Tl'llKD: ELEGANT sets, WITH AUrOTBM TO MATCH ; ITU.OKED I: !?< il M.- AND FLOFN1 IM'S IN I.AIME VARIETY; AI8J l.oi' NBOMJOr _IAllCBACtB*BB_* ORDER -AMPLE"-*, ALL FINE QUALITIES, IR UUIOTHS OV ?A TO i _ TARM BACH. THIS IS THB LARGEST ASSOl'.TM EXT OF EM" BROIDERIES EVER SHOWN AT RETAIL. THE GREATEIt PART OK TBBSB Git 'I'S WILL BK BOLO AT LESS THAN Half Regular Prices. WE ARK. OI'EVIXH DAILY NKW DESIGNS IN FKEM'II SAT! VHS. ? ("OTC 11 MINUMA Ms, I'll I NT ID RATItTE, Flt EMU CB?LUM AND DOMESTIC YVA"a|I FA ll IC IC** OF ALI. DESCRIPTIONS. BROADWAY AND 14TH-ST. HOM HIS IO El HON -IV/.' Mt>li LEY. PRE8EXTED WI Tr? MANY ADDRE88E& Tin; in-* iiM.i'isHKn vmio's impheiMBO by THEIR IUTT IT KIN?A BRI 1.1.1 A NT (_<)N VKRsAZIONE IV LEINSTER HALI |MT CABLf* T*) Tin: I RIBO-*-, I Copyright; 1H8S- By the \"v York Trihunt Druids, Feb. 4.?Tlie chief featino of yesterday's : diimiaaliatlnai btwwii Um jir**seiit iti w wtwAAxwmam* j to Lord Ripon um. M.*. Mmlcy fi. M BWWt tlinn sixty ' public bodies, ini'lii'llu. nuiiien)!.!* tli-pnt;itions of | re i "ff-g'ir* mil graduates fruin tlio twa great unlvei -.lins. Trinity GoUaaa and tue Boral diversity. This cere un-ninl took tatami Bi th* Mansion Ha usn. The Knglish stat**?an sc,-in,-a t-\,-n nun*- impraaM. 1 by it tbau any other lni'iiit-ii. ot their visit. " lt ls impossible," said Mr. Morley in replying to the adilrcs-es, "to 11ml a reprise.nanon lu an elected body ! In Ireland whieh tl not in f.-.voi of nonie Rule, ami tbat is a tact, the ImpartB-e* and tlmi!toa_?c oi which it I. im? possible to overrate." Lord i.r i>nii declared: " I tum. I am nol w-on-t lu say In. tbal tins -Ii-iii'in.tratliiu U ititlioiit parallel in Irish political I,!"',,ry." The day's proceeding* were brillianlly wound up by a ?.-iiinl conversazione In Lal Batar Hall. Oartal-lf never suire the IT,nm was sm.;, _ social assemblage gathered together Bl throngs I the vast .-md handsomely ileeor.it*-*! Inilldin--'. I.-idi'-s ,,f all rank- of Dui,Un society?aouie of tb,-iii lie beautiful representatives of the womanhood al the present generation; others li nhl ti *< the occasion with clii-risli.-il memories of tbe past, such as the. widows of Joim Mitcliell and John Martin, made Hie sceue one winch animated and thrilled the imagination. Au.inn* the men wen- blended all types ami all extremes of cultured and ? MIMBI Nationalism. Lord Blpoa wearing bis stars, ami Mr. Morley, looking less asi'etl** than usual In the centre of the room, hold such a levee as no I/ird 1 li u'rnrint in the Castle could jnirebBM at any price. The erenniit was enlivened by the music of hu bl-bSStM and a conceit of m,table artists. Everything wert willi a .[lint ftu.1 go such as one seldom sees e,malled in great social gathering, ni Willah dancing has no part. T. I*, 'ill.-, M. I*. HEIL I; MIS EH WAR OR SALOONS. THE M.Mit. R "F I.IQlnP. SELLERS MATERIALLY BB IM TED l.N PENNSYLVANIA. I'liii.Aiin.riiiA. F?b. _ (p-faalall ~TBa IB?11 brewers aie considerably alarmed on iiccount of the pool formed by the larg* brewers to make a fund far the guarantee ol tbe lieeuset nf saloon-keepers. Naturally the brewer! ia the pool will demand that the bsai*Ballan buy from them. TM. organization will also laigely i.it-- t th* salo Of bear lr.in oth.r cities Id Philadelphia. The -tate I'lubibit.o.i Convention will be held la lim i.s.ca;; na May 2, Chairman Wolla int ! resigned on the maand of ju< sain,: tu.\ eas eng nge i ii,fii!i. A. A. li.iclier, af (. au, lu ia . ounly, is bl. suc j censor. The city axpected at least ".C.OOO.OfiO from licenses, . but lt is pm....... tliat tke amount will not axceed , fl.OOO.OOO. Joshua L. Halley declined to serve as president of a I'rolilbil.oa niei-tiug because il was held in a hotel where liquor was served. A room ls boin*; specially Ut.ed up In the new City Hall lor the License Court. The Juders are Db Nsw tua Tell, Robert N. Wilson, James Cay Cordon ond R. A. Hicgy. They will benia their session on March 12. lu Allegheny County tho Woman's Christian Temper ;,!,,<- Union and the White Ribbon l lub uro making a de? termined fight against the liquor saloons. In Pittsburg last yoar only eighty-Uve licenses out of 2-10 applicants -.-??;?? n ault-1. ii. the whole county only 2,000 wore is? sued last year, mid this number will be reduced about one-half tins roar. la Carlisle, Cumberland County, tbe temperance, peo? ple are earnestly at work aud have been holding enthu? siastic meetings. Drivers of the wagons of a brewery from Berks County bave beeu arrested bemuse under the new law tbey can be held lor stiling liquor without a license. It has bee* their custon" to *nve Into Lebanon C.iiuty ami supply the country hotels. Tue authorities elaina that the li? censes of their employers only emilio them te sell in Berks County. Tbe licenses of six hotels have been renewed in Cet tvebnra, but a stn,hr stand is made agates! thc applica? tions of one hotel und a saloon. Hie number of applications for lieense from Philadel? phia s.ilo.in-krcpt-rs up to the present is _,0_-, which is a nil. inure tuan one-third of the present number. NOTES PROM ATLANTIC CITF. ATLANTIC ClTT. Feb. . (Special). ?Fashionable people who own collages here are makins it a etistom to come down during the winter with n whole army of servants and open their houses for simply a day or twe. While In the summer f.*w of the Philadelphia Judges are registered. Bara, Basify nil of them come down dui Inc ti. winter. Four or live hotels opened thi. week iii ad-linen to the others already prep-trod* fer guests, 'lhere are thirty Bow baa rd i rn*- houses Just bein* Un:.lied and about eeventy new cetta.es. Chelsea, the new re*ort Just below here, is Intended te be exclusl vo ind ari.tocratie. T here are to be no bomis. saloons oi shep, of any kind except drug store, and iee crsam shops. A number of cottage* are already erected ami tbe restrictions as to buildings are such that every bouse is .uri min,led by a large plot of ere...id. Among thc New-Yorkers here are lionise Ceplanl and I.er sister, Madame DePerlenfeld. A. t. Scott, Jr.. Will lam Hicks and Miss Ash. A JOORO VIRGINIAN IN TROTBLE. A w.il fire...** nun ot twenty one, wearing a silk hst an" Su.<iT.i->itsi. wu laksii to ihe Jefferson Market Court yet terdty for .ilaonl.ry ronduclln the liotel Blainswl k. He *,..? it. nt,,., m. i. . -, ii Bright and ul- bl. hon,. w?. I. Virginie. On Frilay b. w.nt ta u,o Hotel Hrun.wick snit re?'iUr?- ?? K. H. Wbltnsy, *f Boau.n. II. w?? ...igB.fi lo lOum No. Isa,BB ths third doer, but In the morning wss lound ender the heil In roon n?. ?_??. T),. oxru?o he ofTi rd ?SaB?4BS had ma en mistake nnd gone Into the wroag room. He shel lean ?n<1 slited thal he wa. the son of a jQilge of Virginie, .ml thu hs hid etien*s<1 Waihlngto. ana Lee College foi three year*, and recently h_t been e clerk a * salesman for book stores, being leal are plo---vi ina house In Wost leone.mu ti Jasiioe White sent bia, ie tn. Island lor t mn.ia LINCOLN'S TIMK OF AGONY. from -LECrnoNTo inauoi fbatiok THE DIARY OK A OLOM VA. ND-JITO GII.LK.sl*! K'S TIIK WITH THF. Pl.F. I! ?'. V I - BUM IT. FPitlNOKiiriD. III., Feb. '..-I'iiiiI tlie |HTio<l be tween lils oleclion nnd inauguration ".vu** ou** of j niiMciy to Mr. Lincoln even,th- mist know. Ntl } few me swats of tin actual mental agent throagh Mhi* li lie ih, n passed. Ile frit the necessity of rigidly re | in ssl ii ^ hims-lf in the presence ot |*oli lieiiuis uml casual visitors, iin.l il BfBA only in tl? cars of old and tr.isled ron, panHER ihat he ven l.ired to unburden bb?Sett, Within this eifel'* was Jns.-ph liillcspj,.. ,,f Kdwnrdsvillc. Ile wa* a lawyer, einin-'i.i in Un- pru,lie*- nf his prpftssiita. Who had sit-.eil serrata] lt rms as a legislator. In I860 lu- was in th*- prime of lif*-. xviii* li tl"'1' promised many >>ars of hoimr and preferment. This proaUse was abundantly realised, for Mr. Gillespie. r*'solutely refusing io e.it.r i,tr,*'* nada. the Lincoln atlministration, purr-died his profes? sion aiul ros- to later eminence In the judicatiu*'' of Illinois, ll, was of Irish antecedent*-. ,,f genial wit ami humor, lull of anecdote and repartee; a man illili* I.ii.coin's own heart, 'I'*, him. pi hal'-. ?SOI. I lian tn any other, did Iii*' gnat emancipator reveal il.,- aeon] of bis soul al that tim*' It wa** in Mfl_pllill| tin- memoirs of JndfB (iillespic. for a publication which his unexpected death i?i-* vented, that the writer olitained the following Botes. It wi-s New Yiar's morning when Mr. V,i\ 1'? pi*-, having coin*- to Spring-Meld, ealled a- the liind office of Lincoln St llerndon, ami lhere tn'*f Mi*. LiiD'oln, who, surround***! by C.ib'ii.t-miiker*., s;.nl to him: '* Slay with me to-night. I can take no refusal. I bare learned lin- value of om- old fin nd hy making many new ones.-1 That was a nu morallie night There was little privacy left to ihe family at the time, and during tea, at which there were two other gai ala beaidea Mr. Gillespie, th*- ringing of tin- front doorbell was not infrequent During the evening the fteaident diet whs in ciisuli.'-iiou with a Bomber of penile men who we.*- urging the appointment of BtRRB Iilinoiaan to a pine* in the Cabinet*, Mr. Lincoln eombatted the proposition ns impolitic, iayh*fi ihai if his occupancy of Un. office <?f Pleaident C.*nhl not r-oininaml the undivided loynlt*, o! Illi? nois, a dozen Cabinet nllicei-s could not tin it. adding that In- had never doubted the loyalty of his own Slat-, Bnd that it was tin* bolder Slates Which were the objects ol hi- greatest solicitude. It was near midnight before quiet fell upon the house. The family had retired, and Mr. Lincoln was hfi alone with his guest, .in old-lime friend. The lire wa-- burning low, and lights were shining only in tin- room when Hu' two men nh 'I'he scene, the aasocistions, ami roironndlng-, and thc personality of thc principal actor, even after tl.'' lapse of years, left tin deepest impression upon the j mimi of the venerable lodge, ami even iii'- -kele ton-like history outlined in tlie notes dictated by j him Income- vii ld with his recollection of lhat 1 st ningi- night Thus they run: *' I attempted lo draw him into conversation re? lating to tlie past, hoping tt* divert iii in frmn the thoughts which were evidently distracting lum. 'i's. \, s. I remember,1 he would say to any refer? ence to old scenes nr associations, hui. the old-time zest was imt nilly lacking; Ont in Hs place was i\ gloom and despondency entirely foreign to Lin? coln's character as I had learned to know lt I attributed nu.eh of thia to his changed ranouad iii-s. Il,- sat with his lnad lying upon his anns, which w,r,- folded over the bach <>f his chair, as I had often leen him sji, on nar tra\c!s after an exciting day in court. Suddenly he roused himself. 'Gillespie,1 mid he, T would willingly lake out nf mv lif,- ii period in years equal to the two months which intervene between now and my inauguration lo tala- the oath of oflke to-morrow.' " 'Why r I asked. ""BecattM every boor adda tn ihe dlflcnttlea I am mlled upon t<> meet and tba pi?bitl Admiiiistrnii, n due*, nothing to check the tendency toward dissolution. I. who hav..- Leen willed to meet this awful responsibility, am comi>elled to re? main here, dning nothing to uvert it, or lessen its force when lt '-nines to mo." '* I said that the Condition of which BB spoke was such as had never arisen before, ami that it might hail to the aiii'TiilnuTit of such au obvious defect in Um Federal Constitution. '? 'II, is not of myself thal I complain,' he said. with more bitterness than I ever heard him speak. before or after. ' Hut ever** day adds to the dif? ficulty nf tbe .situation nnd malwa tue outlook for the country mora gloomy. Br session is being fos? tered, rather than repressed, ami if the. doctrine niecis with a gcm-ral a, eeptaacfl in the bonier States it will be a great blow* to thc Government.' "Our talk then turned upon the possibility of avoiding a war. " 'It is only possible," said Mr. Lincoln, " upon the cousent of this Governmeat to iii*- erection of a foreign slave (Joverniijoiit nut of tin- present slase Sta's I s o th.- .nit.-, tlc. ih Tig upon me. I have read, on my knees, the story of Gethsemane, where 1 tbe Son of God prayed iu vain that the cup of bit? terness might pass limn him. 1 am in tho garden of Gethaemane now, and my cup of bitterness i_ lull and overflowing.' "1 thea told him lhat as Clnlst's prayer was j nut answered, u:,*l ins crucifixion bad redeemed a | great part Of the world from PegBBism to Chris tianity, so tin- sacrifloe demanded of him might bb u grut beneficence. Little dui I think how pde pbetio wert my winds to bc, or what u great aa* riflce be was called to make. "1 tiT.sl nnd believe tint lhal Bights beforo I let him co, I shed some rays of sunlight into that ? troubled heart. Lie long he came to talk of 6cems find Incidents in which irs had Liken part, and 1o laugh over sumo of my reminders ot sonic ol' our pcofessional experiencea When I retired it was thc master of the house and tholen ruU*. of tin* cou ni ry wini saw me to my n-om. " 'Joe,' he saul, as he was about to leave nie, 'I tsiip-ose you will never forget lhat triul down in Montgomery County when the lawyec associate with you gav*- away the whole case in his opening speech. 1 saw you signalling lo him, Imt ><*" Couldn't stop him. Now that's just lin- way with ii.'- and Buchanan. lb* is giving away the case Bad I h-ve nothiii_- to say uni cant stop him. (Jood ii,ghi.' ? 'thc next martling .Judge Gillespie, B lol cr of children during his entire life, waa asking tha lit* tie oms of the Presidential household what the patron saint of Christmas time had left in their stockings during the holiday -, as,,n just over. Thc old'si child, Hobart a [?rave, Itt?IkH?-looking boy. who had already Outgrown tho Christ mas my thi was careful, with all his lal lier's deina-v and tenderness oi feeling, to refrain from aaj expres sion calculated to dispel the phrasing Illusion which bald his younger brothel '-Tad'' captive. "Tapa received a Chiasmus gift in a letU-r,' be Mid to the Judge, " oh. vs. i;.l|,s|,i,.." rsi.i,. Mr. Lincoln hurriedly. "I forgot to tell you that soim- kind friend in Booth Carolina snit me a printed ropy of the onU Banca they adopted a tew days bafota Chi?B_pb, And I waa telling Bob lure," he cont..med, uffee tionateiy, laying his hand oa the loy's load. "lhal it must have bsea intended for a Christmas Kif!." "I was sii, nt,-" routines Judge Gillespie in bis indes. " for I . nuld ?ee that he had been endeav? oring to i.e. p fir,,,, ids son a knowledge of his tether, danger, and that i?. .sought to giro Ihs .1..-.I ni a iimst B?llgaavi enemy the guim of a Wundi*, it tl-"' .Indue Gillespie remained in Springfield several dn\s ,,,i ii,i.s accaaloa, aad waa in almost eaaataaa <o!it?ct and aaaoetetioa with thc rwaldentalert '?Jin not leave me,' I-f. said repeatedly. T wish I could lake all you lawyers down there with im-, I), nun iu!*, und Republicans alike, -snd make a Gabiuet out of faa. I believe i could construct one that would saw the country, for thea I would know OVaiy mau and when* he would tl! I tell you then? aro imTi' Illinois I < ?ii.iicru.-_, "i,..i/. I know w< ll. unit I w--ia BSthas trust than a Republican I would have to ham. ("r I'll have m, time to study the lesson.' "'Who are they*" I asked,' continue Judge Gillespie's notes. " "Oh. inost. any of th** hading Deagtem Demo crats-Linder. or Ficklin, or Morrison.' "'How about Logan r I Baa?d, for Logan's name was thea <>n every lip as that of OBS who would lead a large sntimi of Smith rn Illinois lulo rebe] I inn. " They tel] nv- Joha ls acting curious,' said Mr. Lincoln, standing before tba lire with his coat tails apart, and his bead bent in a musing way. ?\nii are from Egypt What do the I.ph* there think of him '." " 'They think he will be against Vnil,' I re? plied, drerding to add anything to his barden, bul. being unable to avoid a direct answer under ihe penetrating glance of his honest eye* "'I don't.' said Mr. I.menin, derisively, Me? gan has laen on the surface all ant i-DoBg-US inn.., bat 1 know tba! ia his heart, le loves Doug?as as a brothel. I think I uademtaad John, lb- lives in B section composed hugel-, of old hentinky ami Virginia stock. Theec men have a sympathy for the South which opposi? tion would only intensify, but which an actual rebellion would almost destroy. 1 think Logan is only going with his section now, ami wailing l*,r the ball tn Open. I count on him and most of th*- lighting Democrats of Southern Illinois, in defend, not Liaoola, but their country.'" In mn- or two aulniequeut visits to tiuringfield, before th*- day ni Lincoln's departure for wash iiigtou, Judge Gil le pale found Ins nhl fri. nd chang" int, .md variable in mood, with only now aud then I Hash of ihe old humor appen rill u to lighten the flouds which seemed to b*' lowering about him. A look of settled despondency bad *? imo upon his face. "The historians say thal that lind was natural nnd I,abiiual to him,'' gays ile- Judge's narrative. " Perhaps it. wsis after the Inst, rans name tn Know* him. but I believe that it .-.as dunn;, tims- weary months of kile watching ami wait? ing that the look of deep anxiety was ti\,,i up*,ii Lincoln's lace which remained lhere during the remaining ) ears of nts lifo. He v is nie- tni-.ienllv a re*ouic* lui man. ami relied Israel** u;,mi tha exigencies ot a situation to * uk gust 'he Inst po -tilim Uno of action. Asa lawyer, his greatest strength wa* iu meeting what kiana-. mg .lists heni in reserve a. tim sirona points of thfir rasa i coola sse that be wns wearing iiim scif out. in his anxiety to get into setion and de? termine ins course by tba policy ol his enemies. 1 tod Tin so. *'' Ymi are right," midna, 'hut no one hut an nhl friend li1-*- fours-elf would kn. w it. When you was here laal you spnke ol a Handing the Coustitil* linn 'or the benefit of sonic mau who will be nought, ia the future, iii the saim* lix lhat I am in uaw, I think it had bet.rar he let alone. Joe. j l.five thou ht s go d deal about that sun**-von -?poke of it, and while it .night answer the mreaeul purpose, tie ti x in ir of an inaugural day too aooa aller the election might, if 'he result wa- disputed, plunge'he eniiiitiv imo civ I war before part v passion oould cool, or maana of settlement b?- idopted.' " I oould not sc- th,- force ol his reasoning then," adda tba Judge, Mbut aiuc*> 1 have lived to ms a party conflict, such ns he described, arise, winch ronlo univ be sen led by extrae-oostitutiousl leans after the 'trangie had been protracted to the last day and tbe last hour of constitutional iiini. allon. Ism moved to greater reverence for his memorva' Aoonttbal nm,'tim Bepahlicaa majority ia tba two i,rancho- ol Congram assumed lbs remarkable nt lit.nh- ol' *) *g nu/, mg I he two lt I ninnes nt Colo radii and Nevada without but expression upon or restriction ot slaven,', lins was not only in non Hie! with the avowed pulley of the Repnbl cai, pa.ty. hui it wu- n v.rual abandonment of tha position previously take ia Congram on such quest toni ny all the elements opposed tn the exten? tion of slaven which the Republican party as ramed to represent lins action upon the part of Repaulfnano io Coaaremaroused tim resentment of Mn- party thmiiglioill tlie North. No mle was .pucker tu sec ice stgniticauce than tin- President" dort "lt seems to me," mid ba to J.nig*' Gillespie at Ibo time and only a day or two before be started for Washington, " thal Douglas pot tbe best ot it ii tin* slection last lull. I am left tn lace an empty treasury and a great rebellion, while my own partv Indorses ali popular sovernigaty idea, ami applies it in laos! at.hm,' " 1 ventured to ask him,'' says the Judge, " wli.-u ria inaugural iness;ige would recommend, amt be replied, na wall as 1 ctr. reiuen.bcr, thai no should ao* run * ahead af the li innis.' being Icily satisfied 1..at tsar was inevitable and determined to do or say not hm-- which emmi he toi lured imo responsi? bility for it. I parted from him only* a. verv lew lays before his depart ure. Ile seemed to bein netter spin's tuen nnd I told him thai 1 believed it v.mild do iiim go-ill io ge. duwil to Washington." "1 knoiv it will," he replied; "1 ouly wish I "oiild nave gul there to luck the doer before the .ores was liolea. But when I get ro the -pot l eau rind Hie tracks.-' " Ile hid me good-bye." said tbe last ol' these notes taken before Judge' Gillespie's death, "with a 'marty grasp af tho hand ami an earnest request that 1 should come to Washington. 1 promised ?nm to du so ami 1 tl id.'' _); I OliCRS IN CHICAGO. i l-rri LiAi.iry OF nnsrox WOJSBir?WEW-TOBBBB1 WHO 60 WLST TO i'.F.T THFIR KKTTURS ni T. (illina), Feb. -1 (Special).?Chicago has a national eputat.on lor div*..ces and Judge Tulay am had na .Mia! experience in presiding over ca-.es ol domestic i aha jipine-s. "Ale yes," BS was iskad, "Of H,0 opinion that naniago, -h mid be dissolved only for -*-hai is called he mille reason t* " Moat positively, no," said tho Judge. ?? Aside (rom me a reiigtOU ? cul *. ICtlOIIS, I eau -ec no good BfglUttsm "dy, f,,r and of the cause provided for In nm s.a.ufo, ho mutual relation should not be dissolved, what re Ih" prevailing causes for which dive.ces are .ought I answer, desertion, cruelty and drunken HSS and In the order named, taking Bl ca*cs on my doekst, i rad thal l giamei deere s? jr desertion, 103' tor cue.ly, ility-e ghi; foi diunk niie-s, twenty s*"tcn. Ihe dssartlons occur among hat ?'|.a*-s who receive the lowest wages, si eoBUBOB al,,nels and the pmiie-1 pail trades, paint ITS, bai ?-1-, ste. Dsssrtioa aiming ti-.* weil io do elsssm i rare except when tke women are from or In bos? un. I feaVS divorced a great many husbands for the sis reason thai .h-*u* wives refused to live anywhere .-*? iiua ni Boston The divorce, tor desertion aad rueny are upon the luere a- . while thus, for diunk iiie'-ss are derreaslng Tor adultery there appears to ?? a" Increase among what are styled tbe better * lasses, r. r-..\.iis ot iho petitions for divorce come from mung what ait- aaued working classes. Keligious ira- upon the subject ha1,-- moro to do with appil ations than naiionaliiy. bul iii" Irish furnish the ?west ami tho Bohemia?i ami Palm the nge-t number In proportion to population. d , ,.*: i has acquired an unmerited Botoriet** for the lumber "f dlvoi-ei and the facility with which they ne obtained We have in ( hlcago not onlj divorce* seken Bom oilier Btates, notably New-York, who Ihe hero linne than a year,' bul from all over this date. They Hock lo Chicago lo avoid local scandal uni lo lake advantage Ol MU monthly terms ol court, wuulil not add to noi take away any of Ihe SBUSM ,1 divorce now given by the statute. If lt wein a a,.'.,aide, I would prohibit by law any newly -mar? iel couple living with the parent, of either wlthiu he lii-t live yea,*s. When left bv themselves, their haracters sooner assimilate and they much BOOBSC Barn lhat in order to Le happy there must be Cou? ll.innis a.ul mutual self sacrliice. aud depen-ieuce of ?ad. upon the other." 11SA0BBBMBRT IN THE IVILIIVRLATUROP CASE. Wiii.ima.mh. ('ens.. Feb. 4 .special).?Tbs jury has liaaaraad le tie fatuous Wilhnr-I.aihrop case. Mrs. Innis Wilbur suet! Coane Lathrop, aa a.* I and Tsalthy resident of Windham Csntre, fer RSeOQO, al aging H.at she 1,-t hun have .7,ooo several years ugo a teTO? Bm km. fad he retuned only s,_.niw). I.ath ? ii j hi.it- ihn' ss g*ve the woman !?>*.,ono, but says lt ta- because be thought ix good ileal ol Uar ami gara ber hat tins at a press.t. Hut he deal*.*) that she tren lot lisa have any saou.y whatevsr to iaveat 'Ihe case had been tris*! before ab,,ut twe years ago, .nd tho ) ny then disagreed by oIr-.cn to oio for the rldow, aid now auorher jury diSSgrsss?elfbl to Tour or the wilow. 'Ihe case bas become celt-bratt.il ni ( os lecticut, Bad pahHS SplOtoS U divide 1 as io whatlier the tldow lot Lathrop hat,- thi- looney to Infest or whether he got a hold oa lils aHootioiis, gut RZjQOO, aad thus aw a way to gel more. HIE DI LEO RION APPIN 0 CASE. cn i tor M.. .a- rttmrlay ,!,??.-: of tho Vliuoezo tn rn* kMaapamg cato hr bsMisi in bas sadat i,.i< nam tho Lilian "t ica-t anani tan malts j tl,,,rough itl'iii if nt in Len's Balam el untaiihlulnaas SCSI BS! his ?*.!??. Wara Mrs. Ill .,i, tiriTsd har ssa ibsstsaaMi Brttaaala asr husband dis. Linne,i psssntsgi ot lur yaaasest efelld ami asali turo ,.ti,iu. lulu wu.i bsa.aadOollsstse ?sgsm deeMed mat li-lainily mut. ri tars la Italy. 1" t*S tlien Ki tSBBfad Hie id-si c.old aud Ind u unul slur tha aiaaaier tads I, vfi.ru l,a toa ..????:. WHAT DEAD A V1) DT1SO SOLDIERS LOCiR I.tEE fin ipl)s**rjii*ffcas cart niilf ? raniui for rt-ont-e- the bur Td. In bia-N,* throng , au .pura flats at lils tunnaier islntlBs of Ino Kalila ot (iattya.urs. we rennin help bi i,? . t- I'... .,,.-. rt*., 1 willi Hie Tarring ana lerr-tn lo expression. (tami Bt ths (a, aa nf tho wnanrlad aoltliara lylns amil lha r.-i ;? ?.l ..in 'fha faces of the dead aolillera, with thalr aswti (asturias and era* hal, d,aieii*1a<i Pps. arr giuatiiaeta .alf. and tha herrera nf lha htspitsl iran- sin**)!? turpsta oarrtctiaa. fox Dinnyo u illinois NO DOU, ND QUI*, NO OHAKOI FOK KSYMABD THK UIHT.K HINT IIFI.LTI-I1 "To A SY"*rKM? A arno,h. Tr*.it nun ?tk.t*" iii*- fi tm* un. -.ii. [ar rs*. SO BS ra to tub Tiuntrvr:. ] Toms*,, {Iii I'eb. 4?The gic.est fas drive ever knows iu Champalga enanty task Blase ti* day at Lime 'iin\e, eight miles Miufheasi of here. BstWSSa BOO ami 1,000 men. laeludlug tavarai kuaters ttwm abroad parlMyatad la tar ipart. Tha lea?ns are vion-ly elms,-n ueie not all pre-cut and ol hers were istoetsd on tin* [imind Wnea the iim-s were formed they were commanded by J. u. Mooro, af philadel? phia chief martha!; "sam'' Van Urn,it, captain of the BOrth line; S. ... Lehman, of Sidney, ea-l lim*; I. l-s. [,'ayiiioii'l. of It'symoml, ninth line; Anthony Kem? bali, af i iTiiemlen. west line. Kach rap,alu was inpported by tara Haulsnants The samers wei*.! mounted on ans horses, all the test being on foot. Not a dog noi* a gun was on Ike ginini,1. Lime lirovc ls a paoli of nut,ve foroil si anding In a Vast prairie. It ls part of a fringe, of timber Which loathes from ihe Wala-h Uiver far up lum Illinois. It was neaily ll a in Wben a slueit was raised from thS -.out! ,-a.st comae of the grove ami Ihe next Instant a rad fox was seen BUtklB| a s.iulgh' shuni. tOWaid tke HuO near Captain Kay nanni's position, The lines wavered fm a moment and the ladies blood in bt eal blue i nw pe aaa, thea ih*' men staadtod ami Reynard retroal *<i In go ni order Pam times i?< made tba Circuit <>f inc Unas, slopping a ino.nen. at bis hiding place iii ca* I, Ins.ame ami I lien returning Wi , ,,Hi-,-. a. the end of twenty minutes hs became desperate ami made _ frantic dash fm liberty, .\s he rushed toward Ihe lino, Joseph O. Lawrence, principal of the i hilo public behool, throw a club, striking Rej nani fairly and knocking him seu-iT-'-s. Following up his advantage, Lawrence secured Ins trophy, the brush, ami will have lt mounted and placed in his IC bool room. T ta- original Intention had 1**eti to have th,, round up In a -tii.ill (.cuing a. the southwest collier of tho (rove, inn thai was not reached before ths Bm lox was captured and a hasty movement was now* madl? in al tain the desired position, len lin mites had ?, an. i\ elapsed wi,cn (rom the ".ame place where the Hist appeared, another (ox lumped nut. tho lines were bow alu.osi pko a wall nf men and the .,-,-<? ai ia made uo aflort to break through. The hunters broke ranks aad rushed j-oii mell upon the fly ig anim d. Om man made I lunge headlong after it. bu. mle-ted hs gama Mr. Bartlett, of Kidney, stumbled over the niau who han tallon and throw a club. Ihe fox loll and liar, lett pounced ..pun 1.. FEWER ELECU0NS FOE "Ross" odrmas. AVoiDiN.; ni-Ks hy LBXOTRKXIXO TUB TBBHB Ol ins omCBHOLbBRB, AaWArOU-*, Md., I''*b. 4 (special).--Minni BCBBtOC Gormaa and others of tbs Democratic clique that mles Maryland were frightened Into promislBgB BOW election law, they immediately sc themselves to scheming rn te how to beat the very l-.w* they Iii.en,led the l-'gi larine a. this S'-s-ion tu make. Promptly a. tho opening of ihs hi lon inverai bills providing for the Tilden Ejection law wera Introduced. One of these bilks wa* offered by the Reform League thal -.<? Utter ly tough! Gorman las! fail. The uti,cs Introduced by the Democratic managers ware eopkM of the Belo m League's bill with si,gin .Iterations. Thew bills are now la ihe bands <*( a coemittee thal wau altar th ? I,, -uir (unman'- idea-. Knowing 'ha. Democratic icajn; (tat would be jo ipsrd /'-,i by a par.{titration and election law bu- Baltimore, the managers cou eluded.she tura of a longer hold on the city gov ernment by extending thc terms ol tbe Mayor ol haiti mme io (our ieai-. .-,, thal hereafter Mayoralty o,e?* ? ions in liaitlmore city will occur every (our in-,*'*a,i ol even two years; likewise to double the length oi the term* ol memben ol the I lt> I ounclls m wben of the ins. branch to nerve two Instead ot uno year, ami of fhe second branch four Instead of two yea:-. Tbe bill was quickly Introduced ami "rallioaded" (brough the State Senate. The House ol De.ega is will certainly pass lt. The terms ol tin* Mayor au i Councilmen elected las! (all are extended under the new law. and the ?."lilian " ring" ls -ave the enormous expense and pier., ai dangors encountered ia-, fall nulli i-m. Ui*i, Ihe cit] government In their power, thc ?? ni,.*' i- apparently solid lor three yean more. These ls considerable roltennesi In the presenl Lsgls Islura; bills wllh "snake*," in Hiern au- nlemltul, and Indicstlnns of "Loodle" working are apparent -?? DAMAGE TO THE ATLANTA'S Hm TOM. IT IS KA I uki; WUBSB THAN" BBPOBTBD? MAKING cxwoukmabi ina aapaiaa. Theie ls much expedition mani (Mt ed In pening the BOW cii-tsei Atlanta ready fur sea al lb" BBrllSS! possible moment, 'lbs order of Secretary Whitney that "the bottom of the Atlanta be carefully ex? amined a. all pniiits and a full report mad*' of it- c.\a-*t condition,*' was obeyed oa Friday bight lite cnn .unction workman have been caulking tho piatas wham ti,e veuei struck the hardes! and it is lound tl,!, then are several plale- between Lames Nos. li!) and 47, inclusive, thal are beni and deformed lo the depth A between 83-8 to 3 Inches and om <>f thees frames has been iprang so that lt ls a half-inch out of lino dram the outside. One ot two of tbs butts sra Marted and, contrary to the usual thoroughly mechanical mei hod, they are being Baulked on the outside. This is apt lo beal, .ho surface if .ho metal and facilitate corrosion. Tins repui 1 seems lo differ from Ihe .-tateiuent bout to Secretary vt bitney t* hen sho liist tmn on dock, that there was no deni decpoi than 3-c of an inch and that tho ve--e| would need indy her bottom palmed to malu* her ready for son. lt ls al-,,) Included In ibo report that uiost of her cement In the compartments .war where -he struck is broken up and. a- ll,!-, is not io be renewed, ibe sin face Will remain exposed mid facilitate corrosion Bom the bilge water. lin- disavled ttx pounder has been repelled, so tho A.lama will bo able to lire a -al.if, ss ll is .rnd-'t Itood .hat she will cany a good .supply of sal..ling charges. The vassal is expected to come oat of dock to-morrow and after hIid is coaled, wm start ob a iTiil-e lo tbe Me,t Indies, but as there was no coal at the Navy Vai,l yesterday, lt ls a little uncertain when she can get a supply. HE KEPT HIS PATIENTS ACCOUNTS CONT KS 11 Nu A WILL BY WHICH A DOCTOB SCC ckf.ds to COMBIDBBtBLB PBOPRBTT. Thc coit'est 0*.er the will of Mrs. Sarah II. Peek, who bequeathed all her property, ii,.- talus of whisk is variously ?siitinned at fioni $30,000 io $00,000, to her doctor. Kben sset n. ii-id,n, wa_ continued yesterday la ihs Surro late's coot b-foro Befeim - aderhllL Ur. ii-idcn pro luc.J all ih>- books and pap-is btluiiglng to HM i-maie, ivl.i- li had torie Into his hands as UM 101$ executor, An exauJua.ioii showed '.hat for I M i- * "f fasrs nearly ill tho ShSsm drawn by Mrs. Peck M 'li- IT.ion Trust DOmpmy were Ulled out by Dr. BeldWi and the eniries ni tho ku I.- were In lils handivrltlng. Tho greater part jf num'-rous receipted board Mill held by Mrs. reek wore wrl'ten by him. The doctor wss examined In regard to Ms manner of keeping accounts with Ml patients, and especially with Mrs. Peck. He mended her every day, ivlth the exception of two or thrco days In each month from 1880 to the time of hor death In November, 1880. He testliK-d lhat he m_1e a do' over tho line Indicating each day'i attendance Pameral be considered lt a neces? sary visit. This dot appears only thrco or four times a month. Ex-Recorder 6ml lb snd ex-Judge Birdseye appeared for the proponent and P< B. .Sanborn ant H. V. Kneeland for the contesting nephews and nieces ef Mrs. Peck, who dalm that her neglect of them in th>; Brill was caused by the undue influence of Dr Beld-n. Tn. hearing wu ad? journed until February 13. DP LL TIMBS IN THS IRON TRADE. rmi.AD_i.rniA. Feb. 4 (Special-.-A wholesale Iron menliaiit, speaking ol* tha: Industry, said today: "The depression in tbe iron trade continues to grow warm ond worse, and prices are down to bottom fig? ures. The Improvement looked for by tbs big order of ibe Pennsylvania Eallroad ha.s not helped the mar? ket to a (Treat extent Pig Iron ls scares and prices are steady. Gray Forge (a a little stronger, but neither buyer nor sellei cares to ma!.- contracts foi* a long time ahead. The actual fcattaOM d*,ue ls limited, there ls little demand for skulp. Plate-Iron makers report a moderate volume of business, but prices aro not satisfactory. For ibeets there ls a fair lu'iu ry. and buyers are willing to pay current quotation-. The structural mills are working up all orders, ami there is no pressure to sell as yet, but tbe orders In .be market are for small lots only. Thero ls no bang,- tu the st-.-l rail market E ' rn mills lao demanding i.,2 and .*??. i at the ui ll.' NOT ANXIOUS TO FIGm PROTECTION. tVohckhter, Ma-s, Feb. 4 (HpeclM.)-Tko publics lon The Irlbuno lae* sunday of u dl-p?toh from Dfsreeeter announcing that tlie manufacturer! of B?I oiigrc-sionul distil* i were deteimined on a strong ighl on tlie .--ne of pi-nte-cion to wm back tbo dis rbi. hasi saBad out a I'B ement hy John ltita-ell, h-* pie-em Democrat teprsmatativa, late lie w.u imder no circumstance,, -tam! fte re-elect lou. Mr. Itaesalli althaagh a oas nader, ls IBS only Iieinocrat nai ,.,i,|,I , aad Ih" illKli'e-t .banco of OBIfytng tho ls!, nt a: ,1 bl- party aj.pivcia'es Hut fact. lila , ?.'iig h lu- io Ins | eis,.nal popularity and lils wida i (pun. ?am* among UM fa?mc.s vf Ibo Ulallie., tvhich ls* ,*tui.'*i while serving a-** secretary of tho Hate Duaid of Agn.uiuie, ? posiiitui to which he sss sis e.1 ny I-publican vole*. Ills sinoerl y In ., mg tba the will not lat a candidate for reelctlon s nut il<,obie,I, tor the pool iou ls nut to Ids taste; ul he waa equally positive and equally sincere two i eu rs ago wiaii he in.isled ilia he would noa accept i i,?inVa..un up to tire day boiurc tho convention md tinally accepted. TO TAX PELHAM BAY PARK. TBTIira TO M-D NKW-fOKK HEAVILY. AN aUBOBf DBBUBM BABB ihat May a imf. HIGH ? TWO IfDBB TO lill" STORY. Iham I* a bill now limier eonsldeia'lon b-fora the A-seiubly Commute,-, on Cities, tho BbfBSl of wklak is tu saaajM the city af V* Vnrk te p?y taxes on the Ivlham Hay Park property In tho town si Mks ii. s/ssmmsam i-<unty, mam lg the city for pail* imrpnscs. Ide ( ommlsslnii'-i-s of Appraisal, (ieorge Bf, (Julnfaid. Luther lt* Marsh and J. sealer I'ega. have lini-hd taking tesiinuuiy. bul have not yet mail., their rogart on th? aw .nd- io bo made the owners nf th-< value of tho propel ty taken. Mayor Hewitt, Whoa asked what ho ilmighf of lha bill lo coiiiij"! tho city to pay taxes on fhe puk property, saul: 'This bill will bo discussed, among others, when U,e heads of deportments meet with rn,- ?,, Monday. II would be manifestly Impressa fir me ta B?I >,*s it now-. Tins 1 can say. howe er, tbs! taft year I protested sgateal the city teing ssibbtIIsiI io take ?his STS UM ly for a park. Ii ls outside the city bound?lei and too tar away for the pursues for which lt ls Intended. Such a thing as taxing pub? lic property ls calli ly unknown Hence the laira dOetlOa of this ME If lt pa- SS, lt Will leave Ihe etty, so far a. .hus park ls eoassmed, at thi mont-y of the town ainhoiiiles of Pelham. 'I hey can plus un the (,a,k aliiin-i any vatua.Imi .h.*. ptossa, anti a cons ease? high ta.\. an-l th- etty wo,ipi i*- is,wer IBM to prevent it. The BUMfS BthNM *,f th- IvlhalH. Lay Park, fruin li.vt to last, l? witing.** A COCBBB !** MUK. AS \\l;<)Ml. Pi- sidenf Coleman, of the Ta.x DSBOrtl **'? -ad: "Tho Idea of tabing this elly foi a public j>._j k U entirely Bevel ami, of com-se, wrong ibo pail was toned on tho city, In the til-.t place, against ile* plo',st of the elly ant built a\s. Them ls no uiv-e-s!tv fut- a parB ibero foi* twenty IBB IS to ci,i,??, and probably not ai that time. No park bsteaglBg ??? iho elly should be oiii-id. n,<* rliy limns. \u i|,.t ?Tty aolhotiti -. pi,,ii-tei| again", the -cl.-iiie of a park ar lvu.am Hay, and an B_?lairer wan made lo vlude lt bom .ti*' new parks si h-iiie. If this new nil pssssi. Kew V,,,k i ny win Be samaaPed t<? |,ay Ike grenier prut of the t?\iy. Bf ' h- tOWB ',.' Pelham. lhal ininh I- e-itaiu. If lt could bc done, li wooli i,e much better ta allow the land io raver! la the orlgln.il own,-is. and pay them for any damage they may have su-iaine,| by rea.-*,n of iheir lands ha*, lng bees taken tot the new Bark." ??'mild not lin* etty -ell enough of th land ac? quired by lt to leduco largely the park ai-a and In gund par. rel ml urso It-elf for the outlay uti to that .'.lin* r " To enable Ihe city to do so would need a special act, and would probably be resitted by ibo adjansm land owners whose property might ts* depreciated in value in consequence of the reduced area The itcu-r "ay. If ll ian be done, ls to abandon the I'-'lhi'ii Hay Puk scheme altogether and pay th'* property own,-:- tor the imall atmamt rn,' damage tl, ?*, h.,wi received. This I- better thea '" go bu i id ip nd millions of dolla.s for a park lhat will only ben..lit West, bester i santy." it Ulan's ninr of thi: casi*. A well known citizen if th- town ?! Pelham hal ??-ur I lefter tn Mayor Hewitt calling hi- afeiulon fo tbs fact that fla* town of Pelham |,.s a lota! srea of aboul 3,000 acres, smesssd a. #i bboajbo, t?f this aroa, l,TO0 acr*-s. amassed a. *t .O*'OOo, aro located within tha ii.int- ,,f Psibaa* i>a> Park, I nder .in* pimsai law this raik property will, a- soon as acquired by the city, ba exempt bom las at hm. The taxable property of .he town will be reduced to 1,300 seres, valued a. B70tMW0, and tte 'ax rate lucre*?ed to -early <i per cent. Th.- mean, bank? ruptcy lol* Iho liiitn. lt will ls- obliged io main? tain many mil. s nf expensive higbv a\ ii,, ugh .be park without tin- righi tu tax the latter, in- town will ls* obliged 'n ii.a Main the -ame schools a- now "iib,un ibo righi lo lax many hundred a res now contributing to their rapport. With the largely in creased excursion travel, the town will have to m - re see it- police force ami this will add ta tba ? spensa the enlim burdon of the bonded Indebtedness of the tow,, win ls- thrown ob toa thai <i half af ,r- territory. The letter assert! .hat tm gc-at majority of tbe eftis-ans of tte town were apposed t<> the park, li ts proposed thai Un* city continue to pay laxes on the land is th" town oi Pelham until the tOWU ls annexed tn the elly If Ihe bill ll pa.?,-d If will Increase the#taxes of Hi* city only l mi*) of 1 per oem oa ns" aassssad vatoatloa aud lt xviii save the town of Pelham fruin bankruptcy, -? SUCCESS OE A POLITICAL NOV, LIT. un: imox (nfNiY, .**.. J., rkpiulican UUOCfl si: va il wan s IFHMAVKNT HBADQUABTRB-. The League lennie of the Republican Clubs of Tulon County bel*l the fifth of Ifs unique series of meeiin-'s al Elisabeth on FHdaj svaning Tba sub? ject considered after tkS Senate wenl intu Column ten of tho wiioic was io* ai option, wiih ipa lal ie_ream to the kill which conn's up In th,* State legislature n-.xt Mun,lav When the debate wa- fin.-bed the Sen? ate wem into executive mmtos to consider the qnemtoa of its peiTiiau.-iit argaalaattoa in eouaMtloa wiih .lie cornily league, ami also tho adv liability ul obtaining pennanea! Quartan Ihe pie.-id-iit. L. V. DStomSti speaking on lilli questl. -lareil that the "Senate'' had been more ot a success thin was at flest expected, amt Ikeuld bo coanectod diroetly with the soaaty league; ikal it would be a valuable adjunct to the regular organiza? tions, and that he was a*ked about ll on all sides at Iho recent meeting of UM stato [/.'ague at lamil'n. lie claimed that tho young Republican- of I'mon County bad dune tbs best wank foi th- cans- which had been aOSempUshsd In any part uf tin* stare. It wan uot ino early lo begin their organization now. Tho keynote to victory iu this Presidential coules! wai nig.-iiii/aiinii Hi-', last and all UM time. He moved tbat a committee of live b<> SfPS?Bad to cai.y out tlio purpose of making Hie l.-ague i-enaio a p-iiiiunciit oig.ini_a.lon, and .dearing petmaaaal headquarter. In _-i.ab.t_. charles E. Bead, ?f Rah way, who WM acting as . en, poi ai y chain,ian, appoint? ed xs web committee C. C. McBride, Hitor "' "The BtlSSbetk Journal" ami president of tho Inion Coiinty Young Republican LSSgas, l_ V. Deforest, of ltosolle J (.'. M. flSddari. of PUinlleld, and James M* .M.-ate.*., of Kli.abetbpoit. Mr. Hoed a*lde*l his own uauio to the cnminit.ee by unanimous request. The committee WlU set to work at once to provide club-room-*, winch will bo kept open all tho time unlit eiectlou day. The next meeting to hear tlc repoit of tho committee is subject to th-? call of chairman Deforest, and will probably be held next week. Tho present office's of the Lasagne Bonnie aie: 0overnor, A. D. Hope, of ltosolle; president. I. V. Petsrasl. of Roselle; secretary. i_ Frank Carson, of BlBBfcatk| reading clerk. C. BL Heed, of Rah** ay ; sergeant at arms, lie nry f?ss, of Romlte. % at THE STANDARD IN TUE TCKI'ENTINE TRADE. St. Lo. is, Mo , Feb. 3.?Tho ontlro plant ol William Washburn <_ Son_, of this elly, dealers In naval stores, Including a largo oil warehouse and tho em ie Inter? est of ths Iron Mountain Warehouse and Tank Com? pany, was sold today to tho Waters-Pierce Company, tho local branch of the Standard Oil Company. Wash? burn ?_? bons ran a lank line Into Alabama am! Mis? sissippi, ami practically controlled UH tu.peni.ii_ product of thOM State-. Hie juice j,aid lor this plant ls not known, bul lt di -puses of the issi competitor ol Ibe Mam! aid Dil Company, gi- es tin Ul Cul.Uni of all tankage In this elly and leaves them wm,mit any bunn,lablo competitor lu tbo turpentine trade In th. _outh. SETTLING A LAW-SCIT WITH GOOD FEELING. Thc Childi! Hall Man-factmlug Company, referring to the pub!, i ion* of thc affidavit of Marshall D ll ill, ui Um null bmugh' by the company again,i James C. and lion. ,. B. I.ymTi, makes the following .t.itcuit-m '. "The ,-lalii, of tho Cl.aplu Hall Manufacturing Company, for wbl. li sc was brought, has Uren honorably settled, and we, fm . what hts transpired lu connection with such s-Tilcn.,,, , entertain tho hlghrrst opinion In regard to Messrs. Jan.. ? O. and Ilob-it B. Lynch, as honorable and reliable g-iri. iecu d sining W cv.ry confidence" WOREING FOR A NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE. A number of ladles uiiluentlsl In sncietr are new busy ii intklitg arrangements for a gre it fair io l.e Itel 1 ,n _..l ,1 tl,* ?iff Hoinie?i,a.hl. Mc Cai Collegs sud Free Hoe.nUI Foul Through lb-genei,it.tv of Jo'.ii 1). Ii,.c_?r. i sr, David Hu*.. K. I*. Klower and ollie, t, euuuili moues bat be?n given ... enable a special comaii'tee at,pointed br .hs trnt'ea. au ftculty tn purchase a plat ot ground on Um ea-t.-fn Houlev it r wllh s frontage el .00 feet. This ei.eti,is from -iity-tliir i tu BlSIf tomih ak. which willi the dc.th of UM lot will admit ul the srerllou of largo bini lings fur eulie.-- snd hospital pur? poses. Th. fair will b< held la the new armory ot tha _<l Uattsry, bcglnniug Hatter Muudar and cvuttnaing for un* week. It |.i'.iins>* to t*e I great success tn ev$r- respect. Among Uiela-I.ci iutsreaisl In the project aro tbs follow? ing : Mra UT. T. ll.lmutli. Mrs T. F. Allen. Mra F. R. Donglily. Mrs. P. h. iir_..ir_:.'. Mrs. Ct J. Caa ls, Mrs. OL K Junri, Mrs. J. D. Ax-bO-M. Xl is **. M. SnniUrlaiiJ. Mrs. BB M. v ming. Mrs. C. Mt Lr., u Pc.., Mra l>. ll. lina'. Mrs. J. F. Baksr, Mrs. Sidney Wilcox. Mrs. J. Olcett llh.ues, Mra j. ll. Dillon. Mrs. Bf, IL Ur.a-orir. Mra U. W. K!t. Mt*. J. H. llsroy. Mra H. D, Page, Mrt. P, Karie, Mri. H. K. Enos, Mra. Munroe Crano.ji., Mr*. T. U. Hoekstader. Mra, T. C. Baldwin, Mra Ueorge Montague, Mn, Cllatoa, Mra. __S. flatt. Mrs. Cowing. Mra Rlcketls. tho Misses Pattee, sea, tho M ita,.. Waydeli. lha Mltsat i.r', , Uta K; nt, Mrs* BL Via.: Mu.th aud Mrs. ll. Uoaghtea.