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, 1872-10-15

The Special Committee Of the Common Coun-
Gil, to whom was referred the subject Of a re-
form in our present system Of numbering and
naming Of streets, at q meeting yesterday,
decided to report an ordinance providing as fol-
lows: l. To adopt the decimal system Of num-
bering streets in the city. 2. To make Madison
street the dividing line, or base, for numbering
all north and south and diagonal streets: and
State street the dividing line for numbering
all east and west streets. 8. To take the
word "West" from the name Of all
streets running west Of or from State
street, and "South" from streets running
in that direction from Madison street. 4. To
add the word " East to the names Of all streets
running east of or from State street, and the
word s'North " to all streets running north of or
from Madison street. s. That one hundred
numbers be assigned On each street to each
block or square not exceeding four hundred feet
in length or width and two hundred numbers to
all blocks or squares exceeding that dimension; !;
intervening narrow streets and alleys are not to
be considered boundaries Of blocks or squares.
, 1872-10-15
ANOTHER REFORM.

Report OF the Committee on the REMEMBERING Of the
Streets---Draft Of the Ordinance to be Submitted
to the Couacil.
The Common Council Special Committee On
Numbering Streets met yesterday afternoon in
the room adjoining the City Clerks Office. TIE
Committee decidedto report fayo1ably on the
following ordinance adopting the decimal system
Of numbering Streets: and changing the names Of
specified streets:
SECTION 1. That the decimal system ct numbering
streets bo adopted the system OF Numbering arest3
in the City OF Chicago.
SEC 2. That 5Iadsom stree. be the dividing line or
base for numbering all north and south, and all
diagonal strcsts and State street the dividing OF base
line for numbering all cast and west streets. =
SEC 8. That the word 'swest" be taken from the
name Of all streets running wet Of OF from State
street, and the word "south" from the name Of al
streets running south Of from Madison street; that
the word "east" shall be added to tho name Of all
streets running east OF or from State street, and the
word "north" to the name Of all streets running
north or fFcm Madison street, r.
Sec. 4. That 100 numbers be assigned each
street to each block or square, not exceeding 400 feet
in length width, and, that in I'll Ilock aquares
exceeding 400 feet in length width, 900 numbers
shall be assigned that Intervening streets and
alleys, Eh2 Eot be taken considered boundaries
Of blocks or squares.
Sec S. That no permit fee shall be charged or re-
CURED for REMEMBERING any building numbered.
Sec. 8. That all ordinances or parts Of ordinances
in conflict, OF inconsistent With this ordinance shall
be, md arc hereby repealed
The Committee then adjourned.
, 1872-10-15

It will be remembered that Cincinnati some
time since, gave up in despair the effort to count
votes with Chicago and St. Louis, and that lat
terly she has transferred the contest to Pitts
burgh. The rivalry between the two cities
grows interesting. Pittsburgh claims the vote
of Allegheny County as her vote, and Cincinnati
that Of Hamilton County. On this point, there
is no dispute between the two cities. At the
October election Of 1868, Cincinnati came out
ahead with flying colors, her vote being 1880
while that Of Pittsburgh was but s., s03, diff
ference Of 5,067 in favor Of Cincinnati. At the
recent election, however, The tables were turned
The vote, Of Cincinnati was q, I'll, while that Of
Pittsburgh was 1854. Cincinnati, therefore.
has the modification, not only Of being beatan
423 votes by her smoky riTal, but Of falling off
1869 votes from her own count Of 1858.
, 1872-10-15

The New York Mayoralty tickets are now four
in number. Jimmy o'Brien is the Republican
nominee, Abraham R. Lawrence the Democratic,
". F. Havemeyer is named by the Democratic
members OF the Committee OF Seventy, and
George n. Van Mort by the Republican mem-
bers of the same Committee. O'Brien, who, it
is said, can neither read nor write, has demand
ed high price for his past services in Philadel-
phia, and for those to be performed in New
York, and, despite his Penitentiary record, the
Republicans confess their purpose to win a VIC
tory even BY such means. It will be vindica-
tion OF Tweed and Connolly when the party Of
Reform nominates and supports O'Brien for the
Mayoralty OF the great metropolis Of the Nation.
, 1872-10-15

Disproving the existence Of William Tell has
come to strongly resemble knocking down e nen
Of straw. Nevertheless the Historical Society
Of the old Swiss Cantons has taken the trouble
over again By m unpleasantly conclusive mass
Of facts it shows that the original Tell was born
in the frozen North; that he shot apples off his
cons heads in Norway, Sweden: and Iceland !;
that he became William Of Cloudslee in Eng
land, and did his little to1ophilic feat in the
market-place Of Carlisle; and that he thence
journeyed to Switzerland, Theze he lived his life
and performed his feata all over again, and left
bohind him his cross-bow, which is still shown
at Zurich. In short, he is g myth. The proof
is complete, overwhelming. Hereafter VIC shall
be told no more Of Tell.
, 1872-10-15

The friends Of Greeley and Brown in Ohio
are by no means disposed to surrender the con-
test for the Electoral vote Of that State. We
have already published General Brinkerhon's s
ringing address, aud Mr.. Hassaureks, in his
paper, the Cincinnati Volksblatt, Of Saturday,
says: '' II the Grant party Of Ohio carried the
State by 5000 majority, only $500 votes are
necessary to neutralize this majority. Hamil-
ton County alone will furnish 5000 toward it,
and in the other parts Of the State there will
certainly be as much done, if not more"
, 1872-10-15

The increasing frequency Of sudden deathsin
England has excited general attention. The num-
ber Of such deaths waH, in 1851, 5,746; in 1870,
1923. The medical journals seem to agree that
the cause Of tho increase was tho tremendous
pace at which men now live. The mental and
physical strain involved in constant struggle to
get wealth or fame quickly ends in heart-dis-
ease, and this ends in death. This view is sus-
tanned by the fact that such deaths occur, as
general rule, among men between 20 and 45years
of age. medical review kindly advises Eng
Gshmen that these figures 'swarn us to take =
little more care not to kill ourselves for the sake
Of Gying.n
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however tn1fssy ne nay De- ino isgaHlA:1on u
osher states "outd ha'o1y aoep' lesen 70 i'raeks
commemorate plan Tor recovering soDfle5Y' ano
remaining an upright and proper man, neSerthe'
less he mas hit at the very root OF the matter,
anu, as 1af as no t6fick) is concerned, ne mas
cut the Gordlan Knot which the churches and
unite ever eince Noah got drunk in his own Vlne-
yafo. instead Of oelng compelled oy the "a"
&c remain eooor man, ne compels the law
10 Keep MN eooef. instead OF mere
a''si t,espAsSlus upon 1he Punhc
peace ana naV1ng TO pay damages Tor 1t, ne
meke7 tne seloon-Eeeper responsible in tEespasa-
ing upon LIB moral and physical rights, and COM
Pe1S MN TO pay tne uamasea therefor. In our
own otate' unoer inc new temperance laws, the
nlle " 'ne laopilate ca. or1ng an action Tor
damages against tne saloon-keeper when she
mas suffered from ner husbands 'nto1lcation.
II tne VIE, ~hy not also the husband? 1t the
temperance Sc 4eg1s1atlon IN TINS state we're so re-
''.oael'ou 'na' OIL oi DECK 1eno"-snnerers were
~ ~ upeity ~ apPly nls remedy, and clothe
'nen1se4fes !" 1ne iun panoply Oh the Law, 1t
"ouu 1naae 1n sely h'e1y tfmes Tor saloon-
heepeis' "e 10 not pele7e there Is any man,
"Ao 10 W 'ne oown ILL u 1htemperance, pos
aesue7 ~ set pacA asal'' ana sttl'es WIN al ms
unsn' 7uo "aln W W so' lue h@oltual drunk
sio - Jua' a. conscious ol tne lneV1taple rate
~ s1ote 1oi .n1n III any " ni7 sooer anu more
1o1'olase 1r1enoe, anu II ne nao tne power 70 ne
=, ~" unto n1mse1, ne: "oulo many times apply
tna1 remedy. Ihore ls many and many
drunkard, over whom the temperance societies
are working, and the Legislators wrangling, all
to no purpose, who will envy Ar. Brick his legal
prerogatives Suppose that every drunkard in
Chicago had the right to come upon the saloon
keeper Who sold him the liquor for personal
damages, in trespassing upon his right
to enjoy Life, liberty, and the pursuit
OF happiness, and that the drunkard's
wife also had the right to make him
pay for the damages inflicted upon her, how
long would tho saloon-keepers business remain
, 1872-10-15

A Committee appointed BY the "National
Union Of Elementary Teachers," in England,
has been in session at Manchester, considering
the propriety and possibility Of introducing
phonetic spelling. Archbishop French has OBJ
jected to this that it would seriously Interfere
with the study OF etymology, but tho Committee
does not agree with the Archbishop, or, at least,
thinks that such interference is the lesser evil.
It is proposed to restore some words to their
Shal1spearian forms, which represent their
sounds quite clearly. However, the Committee
seems to have done nothing moro definite than
to lay down the two maxims ssRoform, not
revolution" end: ''Tho maximum Of advantage
With the. minimum Of CHANGE and
to suggest the formation in Eng
land Of Board like tho French Academy,
which should, like that, revise the language.
The Pau MaN Gazette rather discouragcs the
whole scheme, by saying that the new spelling
would soon be as anomalous as the old, and,
quoting Richtor's remark, ssSound must oven
succunb to the silcnt power Of Time," to
r,rnva it,
, 1872-10-15

being Americanized without delay. And much
more of the game sort.
How far these schemes arc favored by the
Administration we do not undertake to say.
That is not to the point. But it is perfectly
obvious that every scheme of this kind means
money, and necessarily includes war. It is no
answer that we are vastly superior to Mexico,
and can easily overrun that unfortunate coun-
try; that Spain has fallen to the condition of 3
third-rate power, and that We can borrow
three dollars to her one; that the people OF San
Domingo are 30 few and so ignorant that they
dare not oppose their transfer, and that Hayti
can easily be coerced into an incorporation with
the American Union. The great fact remains
unchanged, that all this means vast expenditure
and needless war. All these proposed conquests
or anne1etions are OF foreign people, speaking
different language, with national traits and
habits, and with social, religious, and political
institutions equally foreign to our own. These
people, moreover. have a bitter hatred Of the
United States. The memory Of the war Of
1868 will be ever green in Mexico, and if, to
the hopes Of the Mexican people there ever
occurs q vision Of national greatness and power,
it il hailed chiefly because of the promise
it gives Of recovery Of the States lost in 1848,
and the consequent humiliation and disintegra-
tion Of the great Robber Republic" Of the
North. we may conquer Mexico, as We may
conquer Cuba and all Spanish America; but, in
so doing, We take upon ourselves the RESPONSE
billty Of war and butchery to subdue a people
who hate us in every sense Of the word, and who
will gladly contribute, at any moment, to our
National disintegration.
The next four years, it is expected, are to add
thirty or forty new States to the Union, all Of
Of which Ku-K1uxsm will Of necessity exist. 4
war with Mexico, and another with Spain, will
require an increased navy; there will be eli army
to clothe equip, and subsist; there will be
whole fleets Of iron-c1ads, with new
ar1naments there will be new contracts. new
frauds, new robbery Of the Nation there will
be new loana, new issues Of bonds, new issues OF
greenbacks, new syndicates, new Treasury
Agents; there will be new scrarnbles for gold,
and more Black Fridays; and tho various fnan-
ciers and capitalists who professed to have q
dread lest Greeley would disturb the peace Of
the money market, will reve} in the tram
quillity Of IN endless war, Of eternal rebelions,
and Of permanent standing armies and floating
navies, if those wild projects succeed. Have
we not had enough Of war? Do we want any
more conquered territory or subjugated people7
Are We over to have peace, or is tho sword,
which was supposed to have been sheathed at
Appomattox, to gleam until the Republic, in
forcing its imperial power upon other nations,
shall fall and perish like all it's predecessors, into
the darkness of anarchy
, 1872-10-15

During the election in Savannah, o negro who
was melting a riot at the polls was arrested by
man named Julian, Special Deputy Sheriff.
This outrageous interference with the right Of
suffrage has received its merited reward. A
core Of negroes, headed by white Custom
House official, gallantly attacked Julian, in the
evening, shot him in the head and thigh, beat
him with clubs, and left him senseleas. The
colored men are arming, Or organizing, and
fighting in q way that must do Wendell Phillips
heart good.
, 1872-10-15

A Cairo paper reports that the Surveyor Gen.
eral Of Canada and the Astronomer to the Royal
Engineer Corps have been in that city searching
for the points where, in 1907, the waters of the
Mississippi and Ohio Joined. This is necessary
to settle the boundary Of a tract OF land, 400
miles square, in Canada, always in dispute, and
in the original titles defined by landmarks, one
Of which, the junction named, WAS directly south
Of one corner Of the tract. Her Majesty's Coy
ernment has gone at work in earnest to locate
this missing point, which portion of old Cairo
residents assert is now out in deep water, while
others are equally certain that it is far inland.
, 1872-10-15
PROVISION INSPECTION.


Meeting Of Pork Packers and Provision Dealers--A
Rule for the Inspection Of Provisions Adopted.
meeting Of pork packers and provision deal
ers was held at the Chamber of Commerce ycs-
tcrdny afternoon, to take action upon the rules
for the government Of the trade, adopted by the
Cincinnati Convention. There were about thir = y
persons present. D. A. Jones, Esq, presided
After three hours Of discussion, the rules,
with several important amendments, we're adopt
ed. The frat rule adopted at Cincinnati
was objected to because it would interfere with
cash sales and delay shipment, as, under it,, the
buyer had the privilege Of appointing the IN
spector. The old rule of tho Chicago Board OF
Trade, with few additions, was substituted foa
it. The rule as adopted reads 2s fc!lowg: '~-
The Board OF Directors shall appoint five members
Ct tie Association Committee Oh Provision In
specton who shall hare and exercise gcrercl control
oEes ta II Of ~ 3 shs 1
the inspection Of aa5 lot of p-ovieona, any nat
ter Of business pertaining to the samc. The
spe:tozs Of Provisions, wao rall constitute sab:o
mtteo to decide Of complaint against any H.
speetoz, and saal have pewse to appe3Rt competent
be approred by the: -Comrelt:ce On Proyis-
sqa t The Iaggeet9s ct Povtsena
arising from tie sanaz. TSs7 shall Keep record, n
detatl OF every examination they may make that they
may be qualified to testify positively At sny time to
facts il regard to the Parties complaining of
any Inspector the inspection Of any lot Of rrovis-
ions, shall have the right to appeal to the Inspection
Committee, and their decision shall he tlnal..
The following amendment was also adopted:
Nonbound tierces for lard and hans sha be clsssed
standard, ii made in compliance with the require
ments of the rule as to heading and stages. T.
The third strap on heavy boxes WAS discarded,
and the weight Of q box of Cumberlands fixed ut
from 100 to ATS pounds. and that Of all other
cuts from $50 to 525 pounds
The meeting then adjourned. The rules, as
amended, will have to be submitted to the full
Board for c0nfirr,atinu
, 1872-10-15

financially must be worse than it was ten years
ago." The Massachusetts Bureau Of Labor, in
their last report prove by the testimony Of work
inSman in all their chief industries, that their
average earnings do not equal the average cost
Of living. And as General Butler
claimed that these benefcent features of
Protection could not be discovered under the
partial Free Trade system Of Great Britain,
Mr. Wells cheerfuliy admits that for once he is
right, and to fortify his sage conclusions prints
q table published this year by Leone Levi, which
shows that s'partial Free Trade" hes SO far
contributed to the comfort Of English laborers,
that, instead Of being like their American COM
petitors, harassed by the increasing gep between
their wages and their expenses, their per capita
consumption Of the necessaries and comforts Of
life has largely increased.
, 1872-10-15
EXTENDING TIE AREA OF FREEDOM.

We have now a renewal of several breezy
schemes OF territorial acquisition. There comes
to US from Washington the old cry of enlarg-
ing the area OF freedom" Interference with
Cuba, and especially protectorate over Mexico,
are already urged. The Spanish Government
having refused to abolish slavery in Cuba and
Porto Rico: and having failed to abandon the
former. to the revolutionists, it is sug-
gested that the cause OF freedom de-
mands that the Old World despotism shall
be exterminated, aud these islands placed
under the American flag. There are
remote suggestions that no canal
or other communication can be
safely constructed through Central America,
unless the territory selected for that purpose
shall belong to this Union. Therefore. trade,
commerce, peace, prosperity, union, future
grandeur, and the American Eagle alike demand
that the United States shall acquire more terrific
~ southwark. It is suggested that 81 We must
have harbors in the West Indies in which We can
have our fleets in time Of war;" It has not been
long since Senator paraded block Of salt On
his desk in the Senate and declared that the
Uuited States could not afford to remain any
longer without the possession of the island where
it was found. It has not been very long
since the President Of the United States adj
vised the purchase of a foreign land on the
ground that the value Of the sugar, coffee, and
other products which might be raised there
would eventually enable us to pay our foreign
indebtedness. It is hardly necessary for MS to
say that it was from the same high authority
that the country was informed that there was
gold enough in Colorado, Nevada, and California
to pay the National debt many times over, and
that it had evidently been placed there for that
purpose.
Just at this time the Presidential canvass in
Texas is conducted by one party on the assur-
ance that. if reelected, the President will at
once extend the military authority Of the Union
over the northern States of Mexico, in order to
protect our frontier, and that if Mexico
objects to such an invasion he will
have to overcome those objections
by force. In 1886, General Taylor WAS ordered
to occupy the east side Of the Rio Grande, to
which occupation Mexico objected, and when the
Mexicans vain1y endeavored to repel the inya-
sion OF their SOIL the President, by proclama-
ton, declared that !" war existed by the act Of
Mexico" Already force Of the regular army
has been ordered to the Mexican frontier, and it
is stated in Texas, OF authority, that, as soon
as the election is over, the President will estab-
lieh protectorate over all the northern States
of Mexico. or practically move the boundary line
some hundred or two hundred miles backward
into Mexico. If war should follow
this act. then it will be the "act
of Mexico for which Mexico must be
punished by having her people subjugated and
her Government reconstructed and placed in the
hands Of Americans. It is true Mexico has
just now, for the first time in many years, elect
ed President by unanimous vote, and without
revolution. Nevertheless, her welfare, pres
ont and future, it is argued. depends upon her
, 1872-10-15

4 Judge in one Of the Eastern States, in
explaining to the Grand Jury their duties with
regard to indicting persons for certain noto-
rious crimes, said to them "I II the States Attor-
ney does not properly and promptly aid you in
discharging your duty, indict him. We think
if Grand Juries we're more generally reminded
Of their duty, and advised Of their power in such
cases, there might be an improvement in the
execution Of the law, and more vigorous effort
to arrest certain kinds OF crimes which now go
unpuuiEhed
, 1872-10-15
LIBERAL APPOINTMENTS.
ILLINOIS.

The gentlemen named below wil speak at the times
md places dssI&Rstsd; S&EHAToR rRuMBu1.
E1 Paso, Woodford Co.. Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Fairbury, Ay1ngston e. Wednesday, Gs Oct 1e'
Mnrion, S' Williamson COUNTY, Monday, oct: q.
Belleri1e, St. Clair County, wednesday,, Oct. %.
GENERAL BLACK.
Ell Pgso Woodford Co., Tuesday, Oct. Is.
Ta1aauy Wm'neton, :f1eS, WE Co. Thnrsdsy hi; oct H.
IT. SsaHas Co., ss}a1aay es aaaS Se 2e d.
Iouis9iile' 1ta1igal clay Co., T9ssdsy, 9st. p
Rs1aH saeIs2viIs sael6e Co. II TThsssSsy, 9st 4
Taylorviue, Christian Co., Friday, Oct. rs.
se5ss GS Goss%ass Ge %ssdassaay os SS oo
Belyidere, Boone Co., Thursday, Oct. 81.
Rockford, Winnebsgo Co., FFiday, Ney:1.
F9eeport, Stephenson Co., Saturday, NoF.2 2,
The 'O0:e THa e aoN 5N vi william BRoss.
Fsss S$s ~ e. ~ Ts$Sss@s OF 81 i aEss aE|s5
Co. 15as 6s ct is 1 DAY.
Ssaas HSas Co. Co., sssdsy %enas ct oct dsy
Gol1insvi1le, Madison o., wednesday, Oct IS day.
Lebanon, ST. o!air Co., Thursday, oct. "a, night.
assz; assaSB9s 5sysss Ss Ss'E Ss day.
Equality, Gallatin Co., Tuesday, Oct; Is.
4seqoai Metropo1g, Ma &sassc o., Saturday, oct 1s.
TIE af ION. ae G. b, MOORE AND 1. E. STEVENSON.
Deleyan, Tazewell Co., Tuesday, Oct. l5.
Mason City, Mason Co., Wednesday, Get. It,
Bath, Mason c., Friday, Oct; as M q,
Chenoa, Mclean Co., Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Iexiugtou Mclean Co., Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Leroy, Mclean Co., Thursday, oct. "a.
sy55oo 4sIssp %sEsTs 3e g. f%esy %onda2 9s os
The above are s]1 night meetings..
JUDGE EU6TACE,
Pittsfeld, Pike Co.. Oct II, day..
Winchester, Scott Co., Oct l8, day.
Garrollton, Green Co., Oct: Z, d.y.
Alton, Madison c., Oct. %, night.
BeNeyile, st. Clair CO., Oct. o, day.
spsrta, Randolph Co., oct. a, night.
Chester, Randolph Co., Oct. d, day.
Tanaros, Perry Co., oct. 26, naght; as I;..4
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Oct q, n1ght}
Centrslia, Marion Co., Oct. 50, night.
AIattoou, Coles Co., Oct. 81, day.
Paris, Edgar Co., Nov. !, day.
TIE HoN. g. I. BRYAN AND D. 3. GREEN
SHssa SHssa g. &C., Tsssasy Wsa1ss o.:
TIE HON. ". Il. NEECE.
WARSAW, Hancock Co., Tuesday, Oct. l5
Eauyoo, Hancock Co., Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Dallas, Hancock c., Thg1sasy, OF; II; MT ~
IaHarpe, Hancock Co., Monday, Oct. q:
Terre Haute, Henderson Co., Tuesday, Oct p
1nuawm. Henderson Co :, Wednesday, Oct. 23.
And tn Mercer County from Oct. "a 81. The soove
re all night meehngs: ,.,1e
Newark, Kendall Co., Tuesday, Oct l5.
white %illow Kendall Go WsdneSdag, sd ,tS96p ost ae
Crystal Lake, Oct Is