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DOOiEO FOB LIFE.
Conclusion of the Trial of
Thomas Cullen for
'Murder.
Hs is Found Guilty? and Condemn
ed to Imprisonment
for Life#
Singular Scene Between the
Prisoner and His
Father.
The trial of Thomas Cullen, charged with the
murder of James P. McWilliams, was re
sumed in the Criminal Court yesterday morning
at 10 o’clock. The first witness examined was
Chas. 0. Blanchard, who testified to having seen
Cullen display a revolver in a saloon on the
night of the shooting.
THE TESTIMONY CONTINUED.
James McWilliams, father of the deceased*
testified that the latter died on the 23d of Sep
tember. and was 17 years of age.
Wm. Fry testified that he was with Cullen ou
the night of the shooting; saw him flourish a
revolver; told him not to shoot; saw the flash,
and ran away to bed, at his boarding-house,
No. 42 Monroe street; Cullen came there to go
to bed; told him it was no place for him; he
left; next saw him at the police station ; tried
to take the pistol away from him when in the
saloon.
William Kenwick testified to having been
present at the shooting; Doras came running up
and asked for the pistol; don’t know whether or
not Cullen gave it to him; saw the flash, and
McWilliams fall, but don’t know who fired the
shot. *
J. W. Duffy testified that he was with Cullen
on tlie street at tho time of the shooting; did
not see Doras or Lynch; saw Cullen have a pis
tol ; saw the flash, and the man fall; they ran
away to witness* hoarding-house, where Cullen
put on some of witness* clothes. On cross-ex
amination he stated that he was pretty drunk;
they were all pretty drunk; don*t know what be
came of Doras; has not seen him since.
Ellen Pond, keeper of the boarding-house No.
ISS Clinton street, testified that she saw him
that night at tea time ; saw him again about 10
or 11 o’clock; he was in his own bed with Doras,
and appeared to be asleep; half an hour after
that no was walking around the room; think
he was sick; Doras was taken out of bed by tho
officers; don*t know when Cullen left the
house; never saw him have a revolver. On
cross-examination, witness stated that she saw
Doras leaning over the man who was shot, and
erring ; he carried the man to the drug store ;
then he came home and went to bed. witness
was asked if it was the general understanding
that Doras had gone to Philadelphia. The
prosecution objected, and the objection was
sustained.
■ Policeman Edmund Miller testified that he
was with tho Coroner when Cullen was arrested;
asked him what he had done with his revolver,
and he said he “ threw it; ” found four cart
ridges in his bed. On cross-examination, Mr.
Miner stated that Cullen came up into the room
at No. 42 Monroe street when he was Beach
ing the house, and when some one said
“ Who is that ? ” he went back, and the Coroner
arrested him in front of the house ; he made no
effort to get away. . .
This closed the evidence on the part of tho
prosecution.
TESTIMONY FOB THE DEFENCE.
J. M. Burnett, living at No. 141 Clinton street,
was the first witness for the defence. He testi
fied that he was in bed on the night in question
between 11 and 12 o’clock, when he was awak
ened by a noise on the street; got up and looked
out of the window; saw four men on the side
walk ; on’e of them had a pistol in his hand;
heard the shot; saw a man fall; one of the
party ran to No. 135 Clinton street; three men
Fan toward Monroe street; was about 160 feet
from the spot; thinks the man who fired the
shot wore light clothes. On cross-examination,
Mr. Burnett stated that he did not see the man
go into the house, and is not positive as to the
kind of clothes he wore.
John Lynch testified that he was with Cullen,
Fry, and Kerwick early in tho evening of
the affair, in a saloon on the comer
of Madison and Canal streets, where they
played cards and drank for about an hour ; he
left before tho rest did, and did not see them
again; knows Edward Doras; has seen him
have a pistol j knew Cullen and Fry in Phila
delphia.
John J. Cullen, father of the prisoner,testified
that he resides in Philadelphia, and is a stone
cutter by trade ; his son left home six or seven
weeks ago, and went to Chicago; he was al
ways a good boy, peaceable and quiet; never
heard of his quarreling with anybody; he is
about 19 years of age; witness saw in the Chi
cago papers that his son was married.
The counsel for the prisoner here announced
that he had no more testimony to offer.
ARGUMENT FOB THE PEOPLE.
The Court took a recess until 2 o’clock, and,
upon reassembling, the case for the people was
argued by George McWilliams, Esq., assisting
tho State’s Attorney in the prosecution. He
disclaimed prejudice against the prisoner, for
whose situation he expressed pity, but main
tained that his connection with the killing was
clearly proven, though it was doubtful if any
eye saw the shot. By flourishing the pistol
he showed a disposition to use it, while his
subsequent flight was the strongest evidence of
guilt. The safety of the community demanded
that the jury should discharge their duty fear
lessly in this case.
ARGUMENT FOE THE PBISONEB.
John Mason, Esq., counsel for the prisoner,
followed in a lengthy argument, in which he
labored to show that not a scintilla of evidence
had been submitted showing that Cullen fired
the shot. He also suggested to the jury that, in
any event, it was sworn by nearly all the wit
nesses for both sides that Cullen and his com
panions were all drunk, and that the act, if com
mitted by Cullen, was committed in a condition
of maudlin intoxication, and was devoid, of a
murderous intent. The darkness of the night,
and the peculiar circumstances of the affair,
rendered it impossible to accurately determine
who fired the shot, and, so long as a doubt re
mained on that point, the jury must give the
prisoner the benefit of that doubt. The fact
that they all ran away after the shot was fired
was of no weight as indicating
guilt, for all were terrified beyond
lontrol. The only significant feature of this
point was the fact that Doras did not run away,
but, seemingly in order to divert suspicion from
himself, remained behind as one of the chief
mourners, and gave himself up to the officers,
but after the Coroner’s inquest he made his
escape and fled from the city, though in doing
so he threw up a situation paying him $5 per
day. "Why did Doras fly from the city? The
jury must seriously consider this phase of the
case. Mr. Mason then adverted to the public
meetings recently held for the purpose of urg
ing the speedy punishment of criminals, de
nouncing these meetings as attempts to overawe
the judicial authorities, and to prejudice juries
in advance. , . „ , „
At this point he was called to order by the
other side, and was requested by the Couit to
proceed no further on that line, but to confine
himself to the evidence. He resumed by ar
guing that no intent to commit murder
had been shown, the law declaring in
tent to he necessary in order to constitute
crime. Suppose a clear case of murder were
proved, the jury were not compelled to fix the
penalty of death. Only under the moat aggravat
ed and atrocious circumstances, should the
death penalty be inflicted. To inflict it in this
case, would be to perpetrate a wrong for which
the jury could never forgive themselves. Capital
punishment was a species of revenge,—a relic
of barbarism. The object of the law should be
to reform the criminal, and thereby confer a
benefit upon society. He surrendered the pris
oner into the hands of the jury, confident that
tie would receive a just and. merciful considera
tion. The address was one of John Mason’s
finest efforts, both in rhetoric and argument,
and was listened to with intense interest by the
jury and spectators.
ADDRESS OF THE STATE'S ATTORKET.
State's Attorney Eeed, in closing the case, ex
pressed surprise at the defence, which was re
duced to this: First, he didn’t kill him at all;
second, Doras killed him; third, if Cullen killed
him ho was drunk, or it was an accident.
The bullet went straight through Mc-
Williams' -head; the evidence goes as
straight to convict this man of murder.
There was a peculiar difficulty in this case to se
cure justice. Every one of the witnesses who
iaw the shot fired w&s a friend of the defendant,
and it was with tho utmost reluctance that they
were induced to testify anything against him.
Mr. Mason objected to the statement that the
witnesses were all friends of Cullen.
The Court said tho jury would draw their own
conclusions with reference to this point.
Mr. Reed laid great stress upon the fact that
the ball went through the head on a direct level,
showing that a deadly, determined aim was
taken. He scouted the idea that the shot was
fired by Doras, as all but one witness in effect
testified to the contrary, two swearing positively
that he was not there. Cullen’s actions subse
quent to the shooting, were such as to point con
clusively to him as to the one fired the shot—his
flight to No. 135 Clinton street j from
thence quickly to No. 42 cr Monroe'.* street,
where he did not board, and . where the
men who had been with him, told him when he
went to bed there, “This is no place for yon; ”
his return to his own boarding house, where he
changed his clothing, and where he jumped
through tho window. Tho thing could not be
explained consistently with Cullen’s innocence.
The witness Kcrwick committed deliberate per
jury.
Mr. Mason objected to the impeachment of
his own witness by tho State’s attorney.
The Court sustained the objection.
Mr. Reed then took the position that Eer
wick’s testimony was contradicted by that of
Fry,. Barnett, and Duffy, who stated that Doras
was not there. It was proved that Cullen flour
ished the revolver in the saloon, and that he
had on the- sidewalk beyond all controversy.
McWilliams laughed at him; he felt insulted,
and, in a spirit of hellish bravado, he drew the
pistol and shot him dead. The cause of publio
justice demanded that this murder should ho
punished. The only way to administer justice
m this city was to declare that he who takes
life wantonly shall forfeit his own. It would be
a shame and a mockery not to punish this man.
INSTRUCTIONS,
The Court theu instructed the jury, as usual,
iu regard to the definition of the crime of murder
as laid down in the statute; as to malice express
or implied; as to what constitutes a reasonable
doubt; as to the power of the jury to fix the
penalty, etc. On the subject of drunkenness,
the instructions for the people were as follows ;
Voluntary drunkenness is no excuse for crime. If a
man voluntarily gets drunk, and then commits a
crime, be Is just as amenable to the law as if bo was
sober. The jury bare no right to allow drunkenness
to exense the defendant if they believe from the evi
dence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that ho shot and
killed James P. McWilliams in manner and form as
charged in tbo indictment.
For the Defence: Tho jury are instructed by the
Court that, before they could find the prisoner guilty
of murder as charged, they must be satisfied not only
that the circumstances given in evidence in this case
were consistent with his having committed the act, but
they must also be satisfied from the evidence that the
facta were such as to bo inconsistent with any other
rational conclusion than that tho prisoner was the
guilty party.
Crime consists in the violation of law, in the com
mission of which there must be an union or joint op
eration of act and intention. In all cases of crime act
and intent must concur, and iu this case, although the
jury should believe from the evidence that the prison
er shot the deceased, yet before they can convict him
of murder, they must also believe from the evidence
that at the time of the homicide ho intended to kill
him, but if the jury also believe from the evidence
that the defendant shot the deceased, and that the act
was done deliberately and intentionally, then the law
presumes the defendant intended the natural and
probable consequences of the act.
The jury are instructed by the Court that if from
the evidence it is uncertain in the minds of the jury
which of the two men, Doras or Cullen, shot and
killed tho deceased, McWilliams, then the law is for
the defendant, and the jury is bound to acquit him of
the crime of murder os charged in the indictment.
It is a rule of criminal law that a crime must be
fully established by cogent and convincing proof.
Neither a mere preponderance, nor any amount of
preponderant evidence is sufficient to convict a pris
oner, unless such evidence generate a full belief of
the fact, to the exclusion of all reasonable doubt.
The Court instructs the jury that this case is to bo
determined by the law and evidence, and not upon tho
assertions and declarations of counsel.
SPECULATIONS ON THE RESULT.
The jury retired at half past 3 o’clock, and at
ten minutes before 5 they announced that a
verdict had been agreed upon. The Judge being
absent, a messenger was sent for him. During
the interval bets were offered as to the verdict,
a reporter wagering tho cigars with a bailiff
that the prisoner would not get over fourteen
years. The general impression scorned to bo
that the death penalty would not be inflicted,
Stale’s Attorney Beed expressing the belief that
the jury would not decree hanging. The pris
oner and his father, who sat side by side, mani
fested no especial anxiety, as they had been evi
dently mtich reassured by the telling argument
of their counsel.
THE VERDICT.
Upon the arrival of Judge Tree, the jury re
turned to the court-room, and the verdict was
read, as follows:
We, the jury, find the defendant guilty in manner
and form aa charged in the indictment, and fix his
punishment at imprisonment in the Penitentiary of
{fiia State for and during the term of his natural life.
As the words (i for and during the term of his
natural life ” were read by tho Clerk, tho elder
Cullen gave a loud cry of agony, and threw bis
arms around the neck of his son. The latter
shook him off fiercely, and, in an angry tone,
exclaimed, “Quit that!” The father continued
his wails of anguish while the jury was being
goiled, but the son sat unmoved, and, when tho
heriff came to conduct him to his coll, he
merely allowed himself to be repeatedly kissed
and embraced by the old man, and then hurried
away as quickly aa possible.
The counsel for the prisoner entered the cus
tomary motions for a new trial and arrest of
judgment, the jury were discharged, and tho
Court adjourned.
OBITUARY.
Death of Dr. William D. Winer, an
Eminent Physician and Surgeon oS
This City.
Died, on the evening of the 21st of October, at
Burke’s Hotel, William D. Winer, of severe in
flammation of the lungs, in the 4.lst year of his
age.
Bom and nurtured under the moat genial in
fluences, he obtained his degree of Bachelor of
Arts of the University of Toronto, and several
years after graduated in the medical deportment
of that institution. After a year or more of
travel and study, to still further fit him for the
vocation which he had chosen, he established
himself in this city in the autumn of 1856, and
from that date to his fatal illness, if we except
his absence as Surgeon of General Mulligan’s
Brigade during our late civil war, continued in
the active practise of his profession.
There has probably existed few men whose
traits of character were so well marked and pro
nounced, as to draw around them such hosts of
friends, and by his death to make all feel that a
great and irreparable deprivation has been visit
ed upon them. Thoroughly unselfish, & firm
and just friend, with charity toward all and
malice to none, untiring in his attendance upon
the sick and suffering, ever ready to assist the
weak andj distressed, his name had become a
household word in so many families, and his
popularity so justly secured in every grade of
society, that this announcement will bring sor
row to many a hearthstone, and the poor will
sadly grieve, for indeed they have lost a friend.
With a comprehensive mind, and excellent
power of analysis, backed by an unerring judg
ment, he had worked himself to the highest
eminence as a medical practitioner, and the
members of his profession will acknowledge
that they have lost from their midst a safe ad
viser, a firm supporter of its dignities and hon
ors, and one who, under all circumstances, had
reflected credit upon them all.
The illness which brought him to his death be
gan in the early part of this year, and was
the result of long-continued labor, and
constant exposure in his practice; hut
unwilling to realize that his splendid
physique should succumb to such apparent
trivialities, he persisted until the very foun
tain of life had almost become dried, and, upon
the urgent entreaty of his wife and medical ad
viser, he finally consented to remit his exer
tions, and by relaxation, and travel in milder
climates, to rebuild his shattered forces. This
course was, in a measure, successful, and for a
time it seemed as if that greatest boon to the
human race—good health—would be regained,
but the hope was delusive, and eleven days ago
a return of his former complaint, under a more
aggressive phase, ensued, which terminated bis
useful career.
Even in this sad extremity, he struggled man
fully, resolved that if determination and resolu
tion could be of avail, to resist to the utmost
the approaches of Death; yet the inexorable
Harvester slowly but surely cut the tendrils of
life, and, with hope in the mercy of his Maker,
through the intercession of his Savior Jesus
Christ, that his many good deeds would balance
that sin which is inherent in all and bom in our
blood, the soul of this strong man passed to the
bosom of God. , •
Peace to his ashes! and may the memory of
his goodness ever live with all.
Furnaces.
This weather should remind all to look well to their
furnaces, as the health, as well as tho comfort, of the
family are largely dependent upon them. If you
would always have an even temperature in your rooms,
and be free from gas, smoke, and dust, and relieved of
the care of opening and shutting your drafts, and heat
your house with three-fourths of the coal you usually
use, you can do so by calling at No, 214J£ East Madison
street and ordering a beat governor attached. No pay
required till it haw proved that it will do this.
THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1872.
EDUCATIONAL.
History. of the Korlhwest-
ern University.
Rise and Rapid Growth of the
Institution.
Promises of the Future—Trustees’
Meeting To-Day.
Chicago Theological Seminary
Alumni Institute.
THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
qh the beautiful shore of Lake Michigan,
twelve miles north of Chicago, in the heart of a
grand old oak wood, stands, the institution of
learning whose name heads this article. It is
not an old Institution, with ivy-mantled walls
and covered with the associations of centuries,
but a young and vigorous one, having only re
cently attained its majority, with a most flatter
ing prospect for its future. Institutions of
learning, like wine, improve with age; so it will
be with this University, yet its rapid, even mar
vellous growth, la worthy of more than a pass
ing notice.
In the spring of 1850, on the 30th day of May,
a meeting was held in the city of Chicago, com
posed of those favorable to the establishment of
a University, under the patronage of the Metho
dist Church, in or near that rapidly-growing city.
By appointment the following well-known gen
tlemen met at the office of Grant Goodrich, over
J. K. Botsford’s store: Bevs. Bichard Haney,
B. H. Blanchard, Z. Hall, and Hon. Grant Good
rich, Orrington Lunt, Esq., H. W. Clark, Esq.,
John Evans, Esq., J. K. Botsford, Esq., and A.
J. Brown, Esq.
At this meeting resolutions were adopted
favoring the immediate establishment of a Uni
versity; and a Committee was appointed to
draft a charter to bo submitted to the General
Assembly of Illinois at the ensuing session.
The charter was obtained the succeeding winter,
and accepted by the Trustees Juno 15, 1851.
The first election of Trustees under the charter
resulted in the choice of the following gentle
men as Beaident Trustees: A. S. Sherman,
Grant Goodrich, Orrington Lunt, J. K. Bots
ford, John Evans, Andrew J. Brown, George F.
Foster, J. M. Arnold, E. B. Kingsley, James
Kettlostrings, N. S. Davis, and A. Funk, upon
whom the charter conferred the power to elect
their successors.
It was thought best by the Trustees to secure
a parcel of ground in the city for a Preparatory
Department, which should be made tributary to
the University. Messrs. Lunt and Evans, the
Committee, finally recommended tho purchase
of some lots on tho corner of Jackson aud Clark
streets, which could bo had for SB,OOO. After
deliberation this purchase was made, and it may
be interesting to know that tho Grand Pacific
Hotel now rests upon these same lots, still own
ed by the University. Tho Executive Committee
in 1853 made numerous excursions into the sur
rounding country in scorch of a suitable location
for then: embrj-o University. Negotiations
for a tract of land near Jefferson
were pending, and tho majority of the Commit
tee were in favor of their purchase, but were ox
rested by the merest accident. On the return
from one of these excursions to Highland Park,
Mr. 0. Lunt, in the company of Mr. Benson,
stopped at the Snyder Farm, where tho latter
had some business to transact. While Mr. Ben
eon was attending to bis business, Mr. Lunt,
who had been opposed to tho Jefferson purchase,
walked across tho wet land to tho lake shore.
His attention was then drawn to a high bank a
short distance north, to which he repaired. Ho
was delighted with the location, and the im
pression made by the bigh bank, the forest
trees, the pebbly beach, and rippling waves,
was so great, that in uia dreams
he saw bright visions of the future beautiful
University town with all its prosperity and ad
vantages. Tho Executive Committee were not
long after transported to this newly-discovered
Arcadia, The verdict was unanimous in favor of
this site, and action was immediately taken to
secure it. It was not without difficulty, howev
er, that tho land was secured at the then exorbit
ant price of 870 per acre. Pour hundred acres
wore purchased, forty of which were set apart
for University grounds, and tho remainder laid
out into a town, Bov. Philo Judson, who was
their agent, and filled his office with universal
satisfaction for eight years af
ter, superintended the laying out
of the town. In the month of June of tho
year 1854 the following Faculty were decided on;
President, Dr. C. T. Hinman; Colleagues, W.
D. Godman and H. L. Noyes. The first building,
a four-story wooden structure, was erected m
1*855, at a cost of about SIO,OOO, on the same
block in which the now Methodist Church now
stands. In the summer of 1871 this building
was moved into tho Campus, thoroughly remod
elled and enlarged, and is now used for the Pre
paratory Department. Although the institution
opened with only five students, it was not long or
dained to remain so. Dr. Hinman, who up to this
time had been President, was called away by an
inscrutable Providence, not being destined to
see tho future growth and greatness of tho idea
for which he had so faithfully labored. At tho
annual meeting of the Trustees in 1856, Rev.
Dr. B. S. Poster was elected President, under
whose fostering care for the next four years tho
institution advanced rapidly Into public notice
and esteem. The great commercial crash of
1857 fell with full force on tho University and
growing village of Evanston. It was at that
epoch in the University’s history, if in no other,
that tho Trusteees showed their financial ability
and wisdom.
There were no funds to pay tho salaries of the
professors, only an abundance of unimproved
lands. The Trustees thought better to shut up
the University entirely than sacrifice them,
and so informed the Professors. But they, in
perfect accord with the spirit of disinterested
benevolence that has shown conspicuously
through the entire history of the institution, ex
pressed a willingness to take promises to pay,
rather than shut the University doors.
Prom this date the institution prospered won
derfully ; the landed endowments which the Uni
versity possessed rose in value, and its future
success and opulence were indisputable.
The successful efforts put forth by the Paculty
to raise the standard of Western scholarship
turned from its doors the superficial, and at
tracted the lovers of high scholarship and liberal
culture. . _ . . ,
The accommodations not being sufficient for
the large influx of students, and the time having
arrived when the finances allowed of the under
taking, the present elegant and commodious
structure occupied by the arts, scientific, and
civil engineering departments was planned.
The corner-stone was laid in 1866, and the
voar 1869 witnessed the completion of the edifice
and the installation of Dr. Erastus O. Haven to
the Presidency. The building is constructed of
« Athens marble,” four stories in height, con
taining recitation rooms, chapel, museum, and
library, the whole furnished throughout with
the most approved modem conveniences. Tho
entire cost was $125,009. Dr. Haven, entering
upon his duties as President, assisted
by a large and able Faculty which had been
added as the growing wants of the institution
made it necessary and advisable, and also by the
experience of years and the reputation of being
one of the moat popular and success
ful college Presidents in tho country,
can it be a matter of surprise
that the University with one mighty leap placed
itself with the foremost college of the land.
Students thronged the balls, and woman, who
had previously been admitted to the same privi
leges as tho sterner sex, threw the charm of her
presence over tho prosaic life of the student.
THE CHICAGO MEDICAL COLLEGE,
founded in 1853, was annexed to the University
in the year 1869. The conditions of the union
areas follows: The graduates of, or, indeed,
any who have spent two years in, the Literary
Department, can receive instruction in medicine
and surgery free of charge, and students in the
Literary Department receive instruction in the
Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, which is
connected with the medical college, without
tuition. In return for these privileges,
the University has aided in the erection of an
elegant and commodious building for the Medi
cal College, which stands near Mercy Hospital,
on the comer of Prairie avenue and. Twenty
sixth street, Chicago. This institution is now a
credit to the community in whoso midst it
stands, . and has done as much as any
similar institution to do away with inefficiency
and medical quackery, requiring three years of
preparation ere a degree will be conferred.
THE GAS3SBTT BIBLICiX INSTITUTE,
the second theological school established In this
country by the Methodist Church, stands near
. tho University building. It was erected in 1863,
at a cost of $60,000, is built of Milwaukee
brick, with stone trimmings, and
used for a dormitory and recitation
rooms. Although the Institute stands on an
independent financial basis, the union between
the University and it is as close as that existing
between the colleges .of Oxford and' Cambridge,
and it is regarded as a department of the Uni
versity. It was one of the first to insist that the
degree of Bachelor of Divinity should be con
ferred on none but college graduates.
THE EVANSTON COLLEGE FOR LADIES,
under the charge of a Board of Trustees, all of
whom are women, is now erecting a new college
building, a moat beautiful and tasty structure,
already described in these columns, on a site
of four acres, near the University grounds,
which will serve as a homo for
the young ladies, who enjoy all the advantages
of the University, and in addition will in the
college receive special instruction in feminine
arts and accomplishments. Miss Frances E.
Willard is the President.
A LAW DEPARTMENT
has already been projected, and an appropria
tion made for that purpose. It is thought that
before another year opens it will be in success
ful operation. It is much needed, as many of
tho graduates yearly are compelled to go else
where to prepare themselves for the profession.
A NEW CHAPEL.
The Trustees contemplate erecting a new and
finer edifice than the University building for a
chapel, os tho present one in the University is
inadequate for the purpose. The second and
third floors are designed for the library and
museum, o
A UNIT.
All these different institutions are practically
a unit, and form one great University. It would
ho useless to speculate as to the future of an in
stitution which from so small a nucleus has de
veloped into so much; it can have but one future,
which even now overshadows it.
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
contains over thirty thousand volumes, 20,000 of
these tho generous donation of L. L. Greenleaf,
Esq., and tho remainder purchased with the
library fund of $20,000, the gift of Orrington
Lunt. The museum contains 10,000 specimens
of different species, to which additions are be
ing constantly made. We cannot pass without
mentioning the skeleton of the Elephas Indicus,
Presented hythe class of ’72, whichisconcededto
e tho largest and most perfect in the country.
THE DEATH OF PROFESSOR H. S. NOYES,
whose long connection with the Institution, and
indefatigable labors from its incopiency, ore
worthy of a more extended tribute than can here
bo given. To say that those who knew him
knew him hut to love him, and that no man has
ever done so much for the Institution, is feeble.
DR. ERASTUS O. HOVEN
passes to another field of labor, taking with him
the good wishes of all. Would that he could
have seen his duty different.
EVANSTON
owes her growth and prosperity to the North
western University. 'Tt founded her, has nursed
her into strength, and advertised her. Yearly
the students bring hundreds of thousands of
dollars to her that oil the wheels of trade, and
brings comfort to many a fireside.
THE ENDOWMENT
of the Northwestern University now amounts
to oter a million and a half of dollars, and is
yearly increasing in value.
THE TRUSTEES
of tho University meet this morning at the
Methodist Book Boom, in this city, and it is ex
pected that Dr, Haven’s successor will bo made
known.
CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
THE INSTITUTE OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
of Chicago Theological Seminary opened Mon
day evening with a sermon by Rev. C. A. Towle,
of Sandwich, which was a highly practical ser
mon on the text, Matthew xx., 26-27. He
showed clearly that the position of service is a
Soaition of the greatest eminence in the King
om of Christ. This sermon was criticised by
the Alumni on Tuesday morning, Prof. P. W.
Fisk presiding.
The experience meeting Tuesday morning was
full of interest, as each member gave some ac
count of his peculiar trials aud encourage
ments.
At the business meeting it was decided to hold
the next Institute of the Association in two
years. Rev. M. W. Reed, of Now Orleans, was
appointed to deliver the Alumni address at the
next Triennial Convention, and Rev. Chas. Ce
vemo alternate.
The Institute holds meetings in Prof. Fisk’s
lecture-room, at the Seminary Building, Union
Park, each forenoon during the week, excepting
Saturday, and lectures by the different Profes
sors of the Seminary each evening, excepting
Saturday, in the basement of the union Park
Congregational Church.
These meetings will bo full of interest to all
who can find it convenient to attend.
The exercises to-day ■will be as follows : 8:30
a. m.—Prayer and Conference. 9 to 10, “ Re
view of Park Street Pulpit ” (Murray), by J. A.
Montgomery, Prof. Hyde presiding. 10 to 11.
Discussion—" Ought Ordination to be Refused
for Disbelief in Endless Punishment? ” Open
ed by 8. -F. Dickinson, Prof. Boardman presid
ing. 11 to 12, reading hymns, “ Songs for the
Sanctuary," pages 42 and 43, Prof. Booth pre
siding. 7:30 p. m.—Lecture, by Prof. Fiske.
“ TENNYSON."
Hr. James T. Field’s Lecture at the
Union Park Congregational Church
Last Evening.
.Mr. Fields began by saying no eminent man
of our tim ehas been so mis-imagined as Tenny
son. He has been written about by those who
knew nothing of him personally, until a very er
roneous impression of the man and the poet has
got abroad. The lecturer claimed for the poet
the highest honors, naming him as a peer in
that department of English literature which has
been illumined by genius since the fourteenth
century. A man so great as Tennyson, is, to
some extent, the property of the civilized world.
His name is sweet and grateful on the lips of all
who love the language of poetic thought. It
was said of Voltaire that he was rather a great
intellect than a great manhood, hut a pre-emin
ence was claimed for Tennyson in both. Mr.
Fields described tbs poet’s personal appearance
as commanding and grand. Applying to him
his own words,
' He might have sat for Hcrculea,
So muscular he spread, so broad of heart.
A royal integrity, a spirit compact of vigor and
honest purpose are visible in every look and
tone of the man. * * * At tho age of 22,
when he printed his first volume, he had Cole
ridge and Wadsworth and Leigh Hunt to hail
his advent. Sainte Beuve said that in three
fourths of all the men who live a certain revery
of youth, tho flower of sentiment, the poet with
in, dies young, while the man survives. This
revery has never died out in Tennyson. When
he came singing into tho century, a new era of
song was inaugurated, and he has never turned
aside from the pathway that had been trodden
by Chaucer and the other great ones. He has
never slighted his possession, but he has con
tinued to enrich it by profound and earnest de
votion to the acquisition of knowledge. He is
one of the best Grecians of modem times, and
he keeps fully abreast of all the scientific dis
coveries in Europe and America, Tyndall and
Huxley are not more alert in their search after
truth than the Poet Laureate of England.
Mr. Fields described Tennyson’s manner of
reading poetry, and bis own poems in particular,
as most impressive. He gives the full swell of
the ode or tho lyric in & way no one who has
ever heard him can forget. Mr. Fields heard
him read in private from Milton and Homer, and
on various occasions listened with delight to his
rendering of “Maud,” the “Idylls," and other
well known poems of his own. The effect which
the poet gave in the reading of his own writings
was most startling, and quite unlike that pro
duced by any public or private reader Mr.
Fields had ever heard.
Tennyson’s great learning was commented on,
and his intimate acquaintance with botany
and geology were specially mentioned. His love
of nature is an ardent passion which ho is con
stantly feeding with new acquisitions.
One should see Tennyson in his own home,
walk with him about the Isle of Wight, explore
with him the chalky cliffs and the downs of
Freshwater Bay, and sit with him in his study
tower after midnight, to know much about the
man and the poet. His reticence is proverbial,
but those who are admitted to his friendship
reverence and love him. Mr. Fields quoted sev
eral verses and lines with which Tennyson has
enriched our native literature, and observed
that he has added more to the common stock of
quotations that are now in daily use than any
other poet of his era. No modem bard has
been habitually in such subtle sympathy with the
sea. and described tns ocean m all its moods
witli a power akin to Tennyson’s. Mr. Fields
closed his remarks with quotations illustrating
this statement, and ended as he begun, by plac
ing the Laureate high in the rolls of fame.
Heat and Irritation of the Scalp.
Burnett’s Cocoaine gives immediate relief.
Cod Liver Oil.
Hazard & Caswell's Cod Liver Oil is the best.
A DARK CONFERENCE.
The Mayor Interviews Mr. Hesing in the
Comptroller’s Vault.
He of the “Zeitimg” Explains the Sun
day law Editorials in
His Paper.
The Publication Necessitated by
Self-Preservation.
Considerable excitement prevailed around the
City Hall, yesterday, in various parts. City offi
cers appeared to bo in a state of excitement.
They acted as though they knew something un
usual was about to happen, but could not for
the life of them breathe a word of what they ex
pected. The Sunday liquor troubles appeared to
be the subject, and, as the result showed, a con
ference among the authorities was the cause. A
conference between the Mayor and Police Com
missioners had already been held, in which the
Mayor expressed himself determined to pursue
the course he had started on.
Mr. James P. Boot, County Attorney, and a
member of the Cook County Eepublican Central
Committee, presented himself, yesterday after
noon, to the Police Commissioners, and was clos
eted with them for some time. He afterwards
visited the Mayor in company with Superintend
ent Washburn. A rumor prevailed around the
City Hall that Mr. James P. Boot came as a rep
resentative of the Committee, to request the
authorities not to enforce the law next Sunday,
nor until after the election- On. being ques
tioned upon the subject, Mr. Boot smiled bland
ly, and said the reporters and others were all at
sea. That was not his mission. It was of an
entirely different character. He had come to
leam definitely the instructions given by the
Superintendent of Police to the policemen under
his charge. But though his smile was pensive,
and his air as mild as that of the celebrated
August 3, his assertion failed to carry conviction
with it.
The Mayors office during the afternoon was
the scene of several animated dehates. Report
ers hung around the premises in clusters like
flies in the cold mornings in the early fall. They
showed the general impression that something
was about to happen; but, being out of the
ring, did not know m what quarter it would ap
pear. ,
Their uneasiness culminated when Mr. Heamg,
proprietor of the Staats Zeitung , entered the
Mayor’s office, and led that gentleman into the
Comptroller’s office. They watched the retreat
ing forms with dismay, and. when the vault of
the office was reached, tney scowled on one
another to intimate that, if the other fellows
had only kept quiet, they might have
been permitted to overhear this important
interview. Several of them endeavored to do so,
and reaching the vault, stood aside, notebook in
hand, but Mr. Hesing was warned of their in
tention, and the vault door swung to, and the
Mayor and Mr. Hesing were locked in.
It was a trying time to the eager reporters.
Supposing an accident should happen to either
of them, and nobody be able to learn their last
important remarks.
The interview was reported, and was substan
tially as follows:
Mr. Medill took Mr. Hesing to task, and in
quired what he meant by what appeared in the
&aais Zeitung of last Sunday and Monday in
reference to the Sunday law. Qe thought the
article was rather strong.
Mr. Hesing replied that it was a matter of self
protection with him. He feared he would lose
nia subscribers unless something of the land
were written. Several Germans who wore politi
cally opposed to him had, h© understood,
gone round in buggies, last week, and
told the saloon-keepers that he had
joined the Puritans, and was responsible
for the enforcement of the Sunday law. These
men were incensed against him. and fearing
that his paper would be financially damaged by
this action on their part, he was driven to ex
press himself so forcibly. The Germans were a
very sensitive people, and the enforcement of
the law had created an intense excitement
among them. His political opponents had caus
ed a meeting to be held next Thursday night at
West Twelftn street Turner Hall, calling it a Lib
eral Republican meeting, but he, through his
influence, he thought, had succeeded in making
it a public meeting. Ho alluded to the Sunday
closing ordinance, and thought it should not be
enforced until after election. The Republicans
were in unpleasant straits about it. Mr. Hesing
intimated that the enforcement of the ordinance
would alienate many straight Republican
voters.
• The Mayor said that the ordinance was on the
books, and it must be enforced. He was anx
ious to have the matter taken up and finally de
cided by the Supreme Court.
Mr. Hesing thought it was right -under the or
dinance to sell liquor quietly, and as long as
there was no disturbance in the saloon the po
lice should not interfere.
• The Mayor said he had to act under the law,
and could not consistently allow anybody to sell
liquor “ quietly.”
Mr. Hesing alluded to the revocation of li
censes for repeated infractions of the law.
What would the Mayor do about it ?
The Mayor said that the question had been
asked him, but he had refused to answer it, hav
ing determined to perform his duty in his own
way.
Mr. Hesing asked if it was the intention of
the police authorities to adopt a system of
espionage—disguise themselves; enter saloons
incognito ; peep through key-holes and cracks,—
and, if liquor was being sold, to seize the pro
prietor and bar-keeper, drag them off to jail,
and keep them all night without the privilege
of bail. A great many of the Germans con
strued tho order of the Superintendent to mean
this, and were very indignant about it.
The Mayor said the police had received in
structions to do nothing of the kind. _ They
were merely ordered, in case of their seeing, be
ing informed of, or knowing that, liquor was
being sold, to take the names of the violators of
the law, and furnish them, and neces
sary testimony against them, at the
Police Courts. They were not to ob
tain any evidence by surreptitious means.
They had carried out these instructions on
Sunday, having reported only between SO and
40 saloons; the remainder of the 117 complained
of having been furnished by citizens.
The conversation was continued upon the con
stitutionality of the ordinance, when the
Mayor remarked that it was to be proved whether
it was in accordance with the Constitution.
Mr. Hesing inquired whether tho State law
was similar to the ordinance.
The Mayor replied that tho ordinance was
merely a re-enactment of the State law. An ad
verse decision on either would undoubtedly up
set both.
With regard to the prosecution of cases, tho
Mayor said that the liquor dealers would imme
diately employ the ablest legal counsel to argue
the questions involved, ana would carry it to
the Supreme Court. There were two questions
to be decided—whether lager beer was to be
classed under the head of intoxicating drinks,
and the other whether the ordinance and State
law were constitutional.
Mr. Hosing asked, what 'would be done by tho
authorities, supposing these points were decided
against the saloon keepers ?
The Mayor said they would have to abide by
tho decision, and enforce the law.
Mr. Hesing called the attention of the Mayor
to a case which occurred on Sunday, whore a
saloon-keeper had been arrested in his saloon
and taken to tho Station house.
The Mayor said that the individual in ques
tion was arrested for raising a disturbance, and
committing a breach of the peace, and not for
selling liquor. Every man wno committed such
an offence was liable to arrest, and would surely
bo arrested on Sunday as well as on a week-day.
Mr. Hesing intimated that he wished to act
as peacemaker as far as he could.
A BANKRUPT CONCERN.
The Creditors of the “ Evening Post ” Throw
the Concern into Bankruptcy.
The Post Printing Company was, yesterday,
thrown into bankruptcy, on the petition of J. B.
and G. C. Smith, and F. P. Elliott, composing
the firm of Bradnor, Smith & Co., creditors of
the firm. The petition of tho firm states that
action is grounded on the fact of tho Company
having allowed its commercial paper to be
stopped, particularly in tho case of *
promissory note to themselves, dated Ist
July last, amounting to $3,140*76, at three
months, which is now unpaid. The affidavit of
F. P. Elliott states, that he has en
gaged in investigating the affairs of the Compa
ny during the past month, and finds that the
Post Printing Company has assets not to exceed
in value the sum of $30,000j thatit owes the
sum of $43,000, or thereabouts; that a portion
of Bald indebtedness, amounting to $15,000, ia
secured by a chattel mortgage on a printing
press, ’which press constitutes the greater por
tion in value of said assetsthat said Company
is insolvent; that for some weeks last past it
has been becoming more and more insolvent;
.and that it has no prospect of- paying its debts.
Further, that D. Blakely, one of the stockhold
ers of said company, upon pledges of the capital
stock held by him, has heretofore,
and at divers - times, borrowed from divers
and sundry persons largo sums of
money, amounting in the aggregate to 890,000
and upwards, which sums are still unpaid; that
the persons to whom said Blakely Became so
indented heretofore, and in or about the month
of August, 1872, and with his concurrence, placed
in supervisory charge of the business and prop
erty of said Company Lucien B, Colby, and that
said : Co!by now has charge thereof; that while
said Colby, for such individual creditors of said
Blakely, has endeavored to conduct the affairs of
said Company carefully and economically, yet
the interests of such creditors are, in their
nature, hostile to those of the creditors of said
Company, and the interest of such latter credit
ors demand the interposition of this honorable
court.
“the law courts.
NOTES OF INTEREST.
Peterson v, Peterson, divorce, was yesterday on
trial before Judge Gary, Superior Court. Anne S. Pe
terson, the petitioner, alleges that she was married, in
1851, to Peter T. Peterson, and that the fruit of the
union was nine children; that between the Ist Janu
ary, 1869, and Ist December, 1871, defendant lived in a
state of open adultery with Matilda L. Olsen, to whom
a child was born, the offspring of such Illicit inter,
course, on the 10th of Octobor, 1870, which child has
since died. She farther alleges that the house on the
northwest corner of May and Indiana streets is tbo
property of defendant; that she occupies the upper
part, with her family, the lower part being let as a
store for sio a month, which is collected by the
defendant; that the value of said property Is $5,000,
subject to a mortgage of SI,OOO. She prays the custody
of the children, the ownership of the property for her
support, and dissolution of marriage. The jury sep
arated, by agreement, last night.
In the suits brought by the Manufacturers* National
Bank, State’s Savings Institution, and Northwestern
National Bank v Samuel A. Irwin, Collector of Inter nal
Revenue, to recover the amount of tax upon the divi
dend declared by said bank during the last
five months of the year 1870, paid to said Collector
under protest, which was instituted in the Cook County
Circuit Court, the defendant yesterday entered peli.
tions for their removal to the United States Circuit
Court.
(40,981. Superior Court. School Directors of Dis
trict No. 4, Town 40, County of Cook, v. Bosehill Cem
etery Company.) An injunction is granted to tho pe
tition, restraining the Cemetery Company, its officers
and agents, from completing the fence now being
erected around the land enclosing or surrounding Lot
5, in Block 28, in the town of Crittenden, in such a
manner as to interfere with free access to said Lot 5.
McDowell & Wilson, solicitors.
The acts of bankruptcy complained of, yesterday, in
tbe cases of Shanahan & West, and Johnson & Buford,
were, in the former, the non-payment of a note of 60
days, for $613.10, dated July 24, and in the latter, of a
note drawn June 24, for $7,000.
William B. v. Clara A. Lewis; divorce; Circuit,
Court (Chancery); Judge Williams. A decree of divorce
was granted in this case, the defendant being called
three times in accordance with law, and failing to
appear, the charge of adultery is considered as sus
tained, and tbe marriage is declared dissolved.
Judge Tree and the petit jury were engaged in bear
ing evidence and the addresses of counsel, yesterday,
in the Cullen murder trial.
There was no County Court yesterday; Judge
Wallace will not sit until to-morrow morning.
tHE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
CBAKCEsr —[Judge Blodgett}.
724 —Eliza Buchanan v. Geo. Von Hollen; injunc
tion dissolved, 72&—Same v. A. L. Morrison; motion
for injunction overruled. 727—Same v. J. B. Walsh;
same order. 728—Same v. Geo. Von Hollen; same
order. 645 J. Young Scammon v. Mark Kimball,
Assignee; leave to complainant to amend original and
cross bill, and answer to original bill.
517—Warn ell v. Barrows; demurrer of plaintiff to
additional pleas of defendant sustained as to Ist, 2d,
3d, and 4th additional pleas, and overruled as to stb,
and leave given to amend overruled pleas by Nov, 1
next.
The Manufacturers’ National Bank v. Samuel A.
Irvin, United States Internal Revenue Collector; peti
tion to remove cause to United States Circuit Court.
The State Savings institution v. same—same petition.
The Northwestern National Bonk v. same—same peti
tion. (I, O. Glover attorney in these cases.) Mer
chants’ National Bank v. John W. Tappan; injunction
to restrain the collectipn of taxes on bank stock; Fuller
A Smith, solicitors. Union National Bank v, same ;
same petition; same solicitors.
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
bankruptcy— [Judge Blodgett],
State Insurance Company; application of Norman
C. Perkins as assignee submitted to Court upon evi
dence, without argument.—Cnandler, Pomeroy & Co.
Sidney A. Kent appointed assignee. 2,101 —James N.
Barnett. No objections having been filed, matter dis
missed. 2,139 —Post Printing Company; entered and
issued rule to show cause, 2,lol—Barrett & Hickman;
order of dismissal made absolute, no objections being
filed. 2,l3o—Edmund Shanahan et aL Entered and
issued rule to show cause.
NEW BANKRUPTS.
The Post Printing Company, on the petition of
Bradner, Smith 4: Co.—Shanahan and West, on the
petition of Eamlln, Hale & Co.—Johnson & Buford,
on the petition of 0. G. Bnlkley.
new sens—AnailßALTY.
Michael Hanson v. schooner Ida Bloom,—libel for
wages, $142.75; Louis Gerdis v. same,—same suit,
$119.75. William Thompson v. same,—same suit,
$107.25. Wm. Borin, assignee in bankruptcy of John
J. Lake.—Application to garnishee Geo. H. Wentz, of
Livingston County, Illinois, for a judgment of $6,741;
King A Willard, attorneys.
THE SUPERIOR COURT.
x.AW — [Judge Porter ].
2.014 —Corbin ys. Lovely; by agreement submitted
to Court and passed. 2,l39—Gray v. Summers; de
fault. personal service, and record of judgment of July
4,1871, for $205 damages and $lO costs, restored. 3,225 —
Brand v. Miller; leave to plaintiff to amend all papers
and proceedings by making Henry B. Miller and Will
iam B. Miller defendants, instead of Henry B. Miller,
Jr., and ordered summons to them., I,B74—Davis vs.
Saris; leave to plaintiff to amend Karr instanter, and
esceptious by defendant, 2,oo9—Taylor v. Chicago A
Northwestern Railway Company; by stipulation sub
mitted to Court and passed. 2,228 —Bateson v.Miner;
default, personal service, and decree. 1,890— Lang vs,
Oehm; leave to plaintiff to dismiss as to Oehm. 1,420
—Chicago A Wilmington Coal Company v. Walker;
dismissed at plaintiff’s costs. 3,213 —Pirie et al vs.
Sigler; dismissed at plaintifTa costs. G. N. 40,980 —
Alfred H. Andrews v. Smith Preston; on motion of
petition ordered writ of certiorari upon petitioner
giving bond of SIOO. 2,766a —Easton and Wheeling
Gravel Road Company; rule to plead in 15 days.
2,767a—Same plaintiff v. Jenkins; same order as
2,7C6a. 2,769a—Same plaintiff v. Btckerdyke; same
order as 2,776 a. 1,859— Long v. Swann; submitted to
Court; finding for $138.56, and judgment, 1,829 —In
the matter of the application of Lees, etc.; order of
County Court affirmed. 1,858 —Marks v. Marks ; ver
dict for defendant, and motion by plaintiff for a new
trial. 2,3o2—McGraw v. McDonald; leave to amend
petition by adding party defendants. Owen Owens v.
C. S. Eagle; leave to petitioner to file petition, and
ordered summons.
CHANOEivr —[Jwine Gary].
735 a—McCagg v. Spaid ; dismissed by complain
ant’s attorney without prejudice. 307—Salisbury v.
Floyd ; demurrers of Speer, Morris, and Dyer to bill
overruled, and rule to answer by Ist of December, 1872.
474—McCarthyv. Brown; on motion of defendant,
damages assessed, on sugestion filed, at sloo,and judg
ment v. complainant; motion of complainant for con
tinuation denied, and dismissed at complainant’s costa
for want of prosecution, and judgment for costs: ex
ceptions by complainant, and appeal; bond for 1250.
512—Shelter v. Greenebaum; leave to file pe
tition, and reference to Magruder, 761—Mang
han v. M^nghan; Master’s report confirmed,
and decree. 875—Clifford v, Clifford; decree
restoring judgment. 920 a—Kurech v. Koch; leave to
complainant to file a new bill in lieu, etc., and ordered
alias summons. 909—Kotsch v. Kotsch; Masters* re
port confirmed and decree, G. N. 36,8o5—Peterson
v. Peterson; jury called, and hearing.
NEW SUITS.
40.978—J0hn Haas v.E, C. Cooledge and John Robb;
assumpsit, $500; Runyan, Loomis & Comstock, attor
neys 40.979 —John Dnnham v. Phillip and Christian
Kassel; assumpsit, $5,000. Hawes & Lawrence, attor
neys. 40,980 —Alfred H. Andrews v. Smith Preston;
petition for certiorari, 40,931—5ch00l Directors of
District No. 4, Town 40, Cook County, v. Roaehill Cem
etery Company. 40,982—0. P, Chase, P. C. Hanford,
and O. C. Chase v, O. 8. Favor; trans
cript from DeWolf, Justice. 40,983—Alexander
Bateson v. John Quick and Eliza J, Phelan ; eonfes
sion of Judgment on a promissory note for $650.
40,984—8y. E. Pickett v. "Wood Preserving Company of
Illinois; assumpsit, $1,000; Hoyne, Horton &
Hoync. attorneys. 40,985 —Helene v. Henry Muller,
divorce. 40,985— Republic Insurance Company v. b.
G Williams; assumpsit, $5,000; Tenney, McClellan &
Tenney. 40,987—Crawford, Chamberlin & Co. v.
FrederickK. Winston; assumpsit, $3,000; Bonficlds
Swezey,attorneys. 40,983-Isaao A. Pool v.OomgeC.
Knight; assumpsit and Narr; SMO; J. D. WurJoJi
attorney. 40,989—Estate of Cornelias BacSna, appeal
ot to claim of Andrew Kontzong. 40, -
Sambom v. Knhlmann; assumpmt, »ou:
Nissen 4: Banmm, attorneys. 40,901 mtteel
Brand, survivor ol Valentina • ,Q s ~£_
Zoinischek; assumpsit, ssoo;.same attorneys. < IO.SJt-
Owen Owens v. Christian A. Eagle, peuttim to re-tore
record of judgment; Vim. H. Holden atlorney MTO
-Alonzo Huntingdon v. Wm. B.
$300; John C. Patterson, attorney. _ 40.994-4aharira
Whitney at at. T. Geo. W. and Prank SUUot ,
sit, S2OO. Bich & Noble, attorneys. •W,99a—SStao r.
Frank MUIor and Wm. Btchardaon , MBumpint, $350.
same attorneys. 40,996— Wm. F \Jj£S og ? N '
Same: $150: same attorneys. 40,997— AngustusN.
Eddv et al v J S Patcbm; assumpsit, S6OO,
£nno attorney 40,998-John S. McAnley et al.
E. K. Stewart, attorney. 41,001
I tiSrner&lS
Durgee, Tern & Co.; assumpsit, $800; Edridge &
Tourtelotte, attorneys.
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
ulw —{Judge Rogers].
G. N. 4,537—Pe0p1e ex. rel. Roxford. treasurer,
etc., v. John M. Tiernan; by agreement. Judgment in
favor of plaintiff for $795.60, and plaintiff to pay costs.
751—Hatch v. Schofield; Hill withdraws appear
ance for plaintiff, and' W. W. Perkins enters appear
ance for same, and suit dismissed at plaintiff's costs.
G. N. 4,491 —Culver et al v. Adams & Co.; dismissed by
plaintiffs attorney. 469—Hamilton v, Scott; jury
again called. Verdict, defendant, Leonard, not guilty.
Motion by defendant, Scott, for new trial.
[Judge Booth.]
840—Glover v. Durham; dismissed for want of prose*
cution, at defendant’s costs. 799—Foster v. Durham;
same as 841. I,777—Carpenter v. Knox; leave to
plaintiff to amend declaration, and file bill of
particulars. 2,350 —Madden v. Don et al
dismissed per stipulation. 507—Kaestner v. Hall; dis
missed by plaintiff’s attorney. 2,243 —Sharp r. Laim
beer; same order. 1,801— Bailey v. Robertson; A. B.
Baldwin enters appearance of defendant, and 10 days
given to plead.
csakceby —[Judge Williams].
667—White v. Harvey; time to answer extended to
QBth inst. 575—Wm. B. v. Clara A. Lewis; decree.
531—Moynehaa v. Spaids et aL; service’.ty publi
cation on Garleton Spaids, and personal service on O.
D. Spaids and J. M. Bradley; bill taken pro conf&so;
hearing was taken and decree. 660—Cash v. Heming
way et al; B. W. Bridge enters appears' of Titus
Homingway and self; time to plead answer
and demur extended -16- days. 229—Wells v.
Blunt et aL; bill dismissed os to Wm.
Crawford; personal service on Carlisle Mason and G.
F. Foster; role to plead instanter; bill taken pro
con/esso. 615—Asa Vail v. Iglehart- et al.; time to
plead, answer, or demur extended 15 days. 557 —
Trustees of Schools of Town 39, Range 13 E., of 3d
P. M, v. Anderson et aL ; personal service on defend
ants and default; decree. 642—Koehler v. Breidt;
death of defendant suggested, 457—1n the matter of
Catherine Dodge, guardian, a petition to sell real es
tate ; sale confirmed and final decree. 589—1n the
matter of Asa Green; committee in lunacy of Julius J.
Green ; report of sale filed and confirmed. 12 (Burnt
records)— Sidney Tnomas, enters appearance of all de
fendants, and time to plead extended 15 days. 3
(Burnt records)— Personal servive on all defendants ;
dfcfauJ, and reference to Goodrich, Master.
[Judge Fancell.]
96—Motion to amend decree withdrawn; time to
file certified evidence, twenty days. 490 —Suit dis
missed per stipulation at defendant’s costs.
4,62o—Gustav Jenson and Era Frankberg v. Nicho
las Garnstedt, James H. Gilbert, and Johanna Erick
son ; mechanic’s lien on No. 137 Wessen street, for
$29.50 ; Delaney & Ferm, attorneys. 4,621 —Thomas
E. Courtney v. Thomas Lonergan; assumpsit; $3,000;
Fuller & Smith, attorneys. 4,622—Springfield Brick
Manufacturing Company v. August Martin ; appeal.
4,623 —Robert Wilson v. Cobb ; appeal, 4,624 —Swett
et al. v. Tanner et al; appeal. 4,625 —Maim*
fack v. Brown; appeal.
Loan Company v. Yonrell; appeal. 4,627 —Hawkett
v. Cobb et al.; appeal. 4,628 —Middleburg Woollen
Mills, Ohio, v. Simon D. Haskell; assumpsit, $4,000 ;
T. M. Manning, attorney. McLane et aL v.
same, $2,000; same attorneys. 4,630—C00k County
National Bank of Chicago v. Horace Warren; confes
sion of judgment on a note of S4OO. 4,631 —The Peo
ple’s Gas Light & Coke Company v. Henry A. Edger
ton; assumpsit, $50,00-0; Sidney Smith, attorney.
4,632—Forester & Beem v. Henry John; appeal.
GOVERNOR HENDRICKS ON ’CHANCE.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Governor-elect of
Indiana, visited the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday forenoon, daring the hoars of business,
and, being called upon for a speech, was intro
duced by President Preston, of the Board of
Trade, and responded as follows:
Mr. President ajjd Gentlemen of the Board of
Trade: When I come into tM-n ball it was with no ex
pectation of saying & single word' to you. I had a
desire to see the new Chamber of Commerce. I had
also a desire to see the men who had contributed so
much, not only to the development of Chicago, but to
the development of the Northwest. No one has taken
more interest in the rebuilding of Chicago than my
self. Chicago is the great city of the Northwest. Her
trade comes from all sections of the Northwest, In
diana included, so that as an Indianian, 1 feel interest
ed in tbe success and prosperity of Chicago. lam
very glad to stand among you, and I wish you great
success in this new house. I feel that the prosperity
of Indiana as well as Illinois is closely connected with
the enterprise of Chicago. I thank you.
The Governor then retired amid the cheers of
the Board.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Tho Board of Health metyesterday afternoon,
Inspector Hoard in the chair. Sanitary Super
intendent Bauch’s report for the week ending
Oct. 19, shows the number of deaths to havo been
152—a decrease of three from the previous week:
males, 81; females, 71; under five years of age,
67. Typhoid fever was less prevalent, and t>
general health of the city was good. The hi;;
est death-rate was in the Seventh Ward
lowest in tho Fourth. Fifteen cases of small
pox were reported; 7 persons having died from
its effects. The Health Officer reported that
notices had been served and 573 nuisances abac-,
ed during the week. A report on the condition
of the distilleries was ' submitted. Nearly all
were in good condition, and the offensive ones
were being improved. Generally, the slaughter
houses had improved, hut offal was still depos
ited on Pratt’s ground, making it a disgusting
nuisance. Many suits had been bought a:
judgments obtained against the offenders, bnt
seemed to be beyond the power of the Boai\-
effectually eradicate the evil.
NATURALIZATION.
Judge Tree, sitting in the Criminal Court
yesterday promulgated the following order
specting naturalization:
It baring been represented to me by the
this Court that there is now, as is usual on the ap
proach of a general election, a large number of peiions
desirous of making application to become of
the United States, and that many among them are un
able to leave their work in the day time; and it, more
over, being impossible for the- Court, in view of
the great pressure of business upon it, to
attend to the transaction of matters of. this
character during its ordinary daily sessions,
I deem it proper to announce that the Court will be in
session every evening between the hours of 7 and 9#
o’clock on and after Wednesday next, until further
notice, to hear the application of all such persons as
may desire to be admitted to citizenship, and I further
give notice that such applications will only bo heard in
open court and during the period of its sessions.
New Beal Estate Pina.
Edward Goodridge, of the late firm of H. A E.
Goodridge, bna associated bimggif with William N,
Stokes in the real estate and house renting business.
These gentlemen are old residents of the West Divis
ion, from their past reputation as honorable men,
it may be expected that their present enterprise win
prove a successful one. By close attention to business,
and reliability, they hop© to merit the patronage of the
public. For location, see advertisement.
Great Improvement in Illinois Sheep.
Hon. John Wentworth’s recently-imported South
Down buck, selected from the herd of Lord Braybrooi,
England, by Colonel Morris, late President of the State
Agricultural Society of New York, has arrived at Chi
cago. Mr. W. also keeps Lincoln sheep. Send to him
for his farm circular, descriptive of fowls, swine,
sheep, cattle, horses, he., Ac.
Highland Park.
The sale of lota at Highland Park trill take place on
Saturday, the 28th Inst, A special .train of cars win
leave the Milwaukee Depot, corner of Canal and Kiazie
streets. A free ride to all who wish to attend the sale.
Sec advertisement of William A. Butters A Co. on the
last page of The Tkibune.
PBBSONAIi.
The wife of Congressman Foster died at
Greensburg, Pa., last week.
B. Gratz Brown is one of the bidders for
furnishing stone for the new Capitol at Des
Moines. „ „
—lt cost Ben. Eggleston just 810,000 to be
beaten for Congress in the First Ohio Dis
trict by Milton Sayler. He will never ran
again. , ,
Adolf Class has been appointed a member
of the Board of Public Works at Washington,
D. C., by the President, in place of A. B.Mul
lett, resigned. _. . , , _ . -
sued for divorce by his wife, a niece of the late
Colonel Fair, husband of Mrs. Fair. Hunt is
supposed to be somewhere in South America,
and is said to have abandoned his wife in Sep
tember, 1869. _
—Miss Bosine Slidell, whom the French pa
pers haye married more than once, is, we are
informed by the Courrier de France , about to be
united,—this time pour de bon, —to the Viscount
de Saint-Romans.
—Among the teachers of public schools re
cently elected at Savannah was Mrs. Louisa
Seabrook, daughter of the Hon. John McPher
son Berrien, and wife of the lamented Francis
S. Bartow, a lady of rare attainments.
—The Rev. James Prestley, D. D., of Pitts
burgh, who gave his wife a divorce, and himself
married again, in 1866, and who was excommu
nicated from the Church therefor, was lately re
instated by the Presbytery of Monongahela;
but the Synod, last week, reversed that action
by a vote of 56 to 11, when notice was given of
an appeal to the General Assembly.
—The Rev. John Purchas, of St. James*
Chapel, Brighton, Eng., who made some stir ia
the world, and some trouble to the ecclesiastical
authorities, by the use of certain vestments,.
lighted candles, incense, wafer-bread, ani the
ceremonies he had practised in the regnbr se»%
vice, and who was suspended, Feb. 7,
lately deceased.