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New-York tribune., 1874-08-01

The news Of the last Chicago fire was received
here yesterday and the feeling Of sympathy with
the Western city undcrits calamity is universal
have not met an Englishman who has not fastened
20 express bis regret The newspapers almost every
II them echo the voice of tDeTrtaders and if il
can do Chicago any good 70 know that her misfor-
tunes are heartily deplored here she may be certain
Sof the fact. If and is again wanted. that, also
si0ust not VIII be- forthcoming. nor viii Englishmen
ueed any hInt or appeal from Americans to stimulate
beg generosity. Certainly there is no country in
Etu0Be-nOne in the wOr d think may say-where
IN, uey Is 50 literally and wisely given as here and
the AtreAn never dries up. Ifa Chicago subscrip-
ton Were started tomorrow IL would reach a great
sum 'efoJe night There people here of so many
various sympathes that cause goes empty AWAY
France and Germany found ia 1870 and 1871 That
English iHlrses were open tO both OF them freely I
know how often and how heartily Chicago has ex-
pressed LeI gratitude. One Of prominent citizens
Mr.. WTJ Dexter. now here. made NJ his first busi-
ness arriving 10 find out Mr.. Hughes and tell him
for himself individually how much be felt indebted
10 the many and constant kind offices Of Mr Hughes
an rozgect 20 Chca2O have heard of other similar
s~s.s, ALI w e-ls!ence aQd expression of such 9
New-York tribune., 1874-08-01
MILITARY INTERFERING E.

The New YORK TRIBUNE publishes two
column ie ter from a correspondent at Richmond W.,
discusses the New Graut Party ia tue -onti, ana
speaks seemingly mteigently, OF premedltat"d agii
ton Tue curious Cltc unstinct n te
story told by correspondent TIE almost mex ciD
in which several Of the more nnhenta p"prt-'
nc south lend their columns % Ocacy OF the Pres-
dents reelection second time Inei positions are h"b
positive nor are they sincere bur their pufp1 j. eve
IDENTIFY 20 turn the tide, D. possible. toward thlIl
term Among the representative men Gtant ms WIN
him In his alleged aspirations are eXGoV. hrDrrt pi
Louisiana, Col. MJsey, Gov. Kemprr OF N.rNnia,
and several other prominent eXCoLfcactaic' ready ahd
anxious 10 strIke when tAt iron ls Iut
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SILKs.-Reports gratifying to the
soul of the fair sex, which loves to
array itself in silk and satin, are re-
ceived from the various countries
where the silkworm is raised. For
some time past, an annually-recur-
ring epidemic has committed terri
BILE ravages among the little COCOON
builders and consequently kept the
price of silks at nigh figure in all
the markets. But, this season a
hopeful change is recorded. Ow-
ing to the fine weather, or some
other cause, the silk-crop IS abEn
dant in Europe, in the ievant, and
in China. In Spain, cocoons are
25 to 80 per cent cheaper than last
year. In France, the prices are 80
per cent lower. In Italy, the har-
vest is the most prolific ever known,
and cocoons have fallen 40 per cent.
Similar accounts come from the coun-
try Of the Levant and from China.
The existing stock is also heavy;
and evidently the time is at hand
when ladies can again indulge their
taste and supply their need by the
purchase of silk fabrics at tolerable
prices. The only difficulty in the
way is that of persuading retailers
to accommodate themselves to the
altered circumstances. They have
so long been accustomed to charge
heavily for silk goods on the plea of
scarcity, that the temptation will be
great to continue the practice, in
order to reap an increased profit.
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THE NORT'HFES7ERN RAILROAD.
Mr.. II. Y. Poor, author of the
Railway Manual" has Published,
ia the New York E're,einq Post, a
letter nominally on the Wisconsin
imcroglio, and really on the North
western Railroad, which he selects
As type of its class. His position
is substantially as follows:
The complaints of both parties to
the controversy are based on fact.
The charges on Western railway s
are very high. The roads cannot,
however, cut them down and pay
interest and dividends. The North
western charges, during the last
year, were, for freight, 247 cents
per ton per mile, and for passengers,
$40 cents per mile. The CORE
spending figures on other roads were
as follows; Erie, $50, 2.20; New
York Central, i.57, 2; Pennsylva-
MIA, $50, 2.4S. SO the Western
charges are high. They must,
however, be high if interest and
dividends are to be paid, because so
much of the capital invested has
been sunk. The Northwestern op-
crates about 1000 miles of road.
d" 1t is not probable that more than
one-half of this mileage pays any
thing over running expenses This
half must, therefore, be made to
yield sufficient net profit to pay the
interest on the capital invested in it
and the capital sunk in the other
halt. 1t the Northwestern had only
the productive mileage to care for,
1t would fix its rates as low as those
Of the Eastern lines. $40 carry the
thousand miles of dead weight, that
has cost from s30,0OO,OOO to s40,-
100000, it has to charge fully one
third more" Useless branches
have been leased with apparent
recklessness. The Winona & St.
Peter Railroad was leased when it
was 100 miles from the nearest rail
on the Northwestern. This branch
has cost s10,604,87S. It's net earn
lngs for 1878 were sl42, ,4o7, or less
than / per cent on the cost. For
such folly, the preferred stockhold-
erS are responsible. They control
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g TATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
- In Circuit Conr.
William H. Smith administrator of the estate
of Bella Brooks deceased inteState, against
Hezekiah w. Shaw and Eliza A. Shaw, his
wife.
By virtue and in pursuance of judgment
of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above
entitled cause on the 18th day of June A. d.
1874 by which it was decreed that the mort
gagged premises hereinafter described, or so
much thereof as may be sufficient to raise the
amount of Sll59.76 due to the plaintiff for
principal, interest and costs in said cause be
sold at public auction by OF under the direc-
ton of the Sheriff of said county, l shall on
the / lth day of August 1874 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon at the front door of the Court
house in the town of Superior in said County
offer fol sale and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder the following described mort
gagged premises situate in the town of Supe-
rior, county of Douglas and State of Wiseon-
sin namely: The southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section two (21 III town
ship forty eight (4S) north of range fourteen
14) west containing 40 acres more or less
Dated Sheriff's office, Superior, Wisconsin,
June 26th, 1874 JAMES NEWTON,
Sheriff of Douglas Co., Wis.
Fl. HAYES, Plaintiffs Attorney. jun27aug8
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business, the real cause both there
and here. In point of fact the rail
road Legislation is God-send to the
railroad men. 1t gives them an ex-
cuse for their impecuniosity, which
is really the result of entirely indie
pendent causes. They do not en-
ploy men, extend lines, build depots,
make dividends, etc., because they
are hard up, and they are in this
condition because, like the rest of
mankind, they are affected by the
shrinkage which has attacked busi-
ness of all kinds in both hemis-
pheres. Potter and his Railro ad
law" have no more to do with it
than the man in the moon.
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DEFA TLTING RAILWi Us.

There is busy time just now
among lawyers, courts, and .juries
III the way of foreclosing railway
mortgages. Something over three
hundred millions of American rail
way bonds have gone to protest on
their interest coupons, and the hold
ers, at first shivering with alarm at
not receiving their expected income,
aud then wrathful at what they
deemed the dishonesty Of the bor-
rowers, have begun now, for the
first time, to examine their legal
remedies, and to inquire into the
nature and value of the assets which
constitute their security. In some
cases they find curious provisions
in the mortgages, preventing them
from taking any steps to realize un-
til the expiration Of one, two, or
three years after default-also pro-
viding that no foreclosure shall take
place except on petition of a major
itv of all the bondholders-and 9TH
er cunning devices which really put
the lenders in worse plight than
they would be at common law. In
still other cases they find that the
Trustees under the mortgages are
10th to perform their duty, thus rails
ing the presumption that they are
acting in the interest of the mort
gagees. 1t is found in a few instan-
ces that the money borrowed to
prosecute or complete a certain road
was diverted to some other road
with the connivance of the Trustees,
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NUMBER ~.

enterprises which public opinion
has somewhat hastily pronounced
them 10 be-"
There can be no doubt of the
soundness of these views. This is
not the first time that railroads
have found themselves in trouble
in panicky times, which have after
wards recovered and proved them
selves to be valuable property. In
1853, after the crisis Of 1857, nearly
every Western railroad then built
defaulted in it's interest, and either
submitted to foreclosure proceed
ings or barely escaped them. They
all recovered, with the return of
general business prosperity, and
all passed safely through the late
panic.-,St. Paul Press.
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From the On5onagon Miner.
THE STATE ar STTD II


A movement is on foot for the
formation of an excursion party to
Lake Superior, composed of the
members OF the House and Senate
OF the last Michigan Legislature, to
start about the middle ofnextmonth.
1t Is notorious fact that the large
mass of the people of Michigan are
deplorably ignol ant of the resources
and wealth of their depe1aaency-
the Upper Peninsula. This excur-
sion will consist of some of the most
prominent men of the State and will
afford them an opportunity to exam
inc our resources and get acquaint-
ed with our people, No better op-
portunlty viii be afforded them to
get an expression Of the opinion of
the people of Lake Superior in refer
ence to ourseparation from the State
Of Michigan, and we hope every
man will endeavor to so express his
opinion, that our friends from the
Lower Peninsula will go home with
a pretty clear idea that our people
are very unanimously in favor of
such movement. 1t is true that as
a body the gentlemen may not be
called upon to legislate upon the
question, but undoubtedly many of
them will again be members of our
Legislature before whom the ques,
ton may be brought. We are glad
this representative body have decid-
ed to visit us; they will see much
to astonish and crafty them and
have chance to become acquaint-
ed with the most generous, and
whole-souled people of the State of
Michigan.
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VITALITY OF GRAssHOPPERs.-

VITALITY OF GRAssHoPPERs.- -
An Iowa doctor writes Of the re-
markable grasshoppers that do SO
much damage in that state: "In
my opinion they come from the
lower portion of the British Pos
sessions. They are very hardy
insect. 1t takes quite a breeze to
to kill them. Immerse one in water
for three hours, and he will come
to have a better masticative and
digestive faculty than ever. They
will devour arsenic with the avidity
of a modern belle. When their
wings are developed they have a
better locomotive power than the
old Western Stage Company ever
had, and those that are here have
at this date got wing develop
ment now of about a quarter of an
inch, while the body is about three
quarters of an inch in length.
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were not for the fact that the people
Of the United States are made to
contribute the largest proportion of
the expenses Of the Spanish rule in
Cuba, the war would have been
ended long ago. There are about
100000 worth of sugar export
ed annually. About ssO,OOO,OOO of
this comes to the United States. A
few large houses in New York and
Philadelphia have monopolized the
sugar trade. These houses advance
large sums Of money to the sugar
planters, and their only security is
lien on the slaves who cultivate
the sugar plantations. They have
been making these advances for
years, and have come to have heavy
interests directly in the slaves, and
are therefore real slave holders. If
emancipation was to be decreed
they would be heavy losers. Hence
they are doing all they can to crush
out the Cuban rebellion, the success
Of which insures emancipation.
Whenever the Captain-General
makes an extraordinary levy upon
the merchants Of Cuba, he does not
assess small and great, but confines
his levy to a few of the principal
houses. Theseo men Immediately
call a meeting Of all the principal
houses engaged in exporting tc the
United States, and they add the
amount of the levy to the next in
voices Of sugar, tobacco, etc to be
shipped to this country.
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HERE'S YOUR CURE FOR HYDRO
PHOBI4.

Hydrophobia is said to be durable
only by alum and suction. We
quote from New York paper
"There is but one sure way Of pre-
venting hydrophobia supervened
from the bite of rabid dog, viz:
suction by the mouth. AS soon as
a person is bitten let him immediate
ly put small quantity of alum into
his mouth and commence sucking
the wound, renewing the alum occa-
sionally. The alum, besides causing
a flow of saliva, which assimilates
with the poison, acts as a styptic
upon the capillary vessels, thus pre-
venting absorption of the poision.
1t also hardens the mucous mem
brane of the mouth, totally prevent
ing absorption in that manner.
Twenty years ago l treated the bite
of rattlesnake in the above way,
and no bad effects followed. Nj
trate of silver, nitric acid-the act
ual cautery Of extirpation-neyer
did and never will prevent hydro
phObia."
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the election of the Directors. and
hence can rightly be called to ac-
count for the misdeeds of these
agents. The case is different with
the bondholders The State. hav-
ing allowed the corporation to issue
bonds, els bound TO take no steo
which shall in any way imperil the
validity or value OF the bonds.o
The rates it DEGREES by law must be
sufficient to pay the interest on the
bonds. A" No possible injustice can
be done by leyyiug such rates; the
people are not compelled to use the
road; they are none the worse off
for It's construction, if they do not
use It," But the State can rightly
fix the rates SO low that no wasted
capital shall receive interest. The
stockholders will suffer, but it will
be a lesson to them not to appoint
incompetent or corrupt agents here
after. The conclusion of the whole
matter is that the State is bound to
allow the Northwestern to make,
exclusive OF it's running expenses,
$4,000, 900, gold, per year, since this
amount is needed to pay the inter
est. "Beyond this, the equities
that may arise are the proper sub
jects OF Legislative action - Chica-
go Iribatne, END.
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From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
OPPOSITION TO THE RENEWAL OF
THE ST CROIY GRANT

A writer in the Superior Times
claims that the Jay Cooke interest
contributed largely to the defeat of
the bill in Congress to extend the
time for the completion of the St.
Croix and Lake Superior Railroad,
because the building of this road
would form competing line with
the Lake Superior and Mssis-
sippi road, which the Jay Cooke
party own This assertion is based
upon the alleged fact that nearly all
the Pennsylvania delegation voted
against the St. Croix extension bill
while they voted for a similar one
in relation TO the st Paul and Paci
tic road, which passed. There GER
talnly Is no more reason on general
principles for opposing one than the
other, and we are inclined to think
that the theory Of the writer in
question may be very near the truth.
The St. Paul and Pacific grant had
been twice extended or renewed
vet the need for the road was at
least no greater than that for the
St CroiX road. There is no sense
or justice IN the opposition that has
met the bill for the extension of
the St. Croix grant, and Congress
ought to be made to understand
this. The extension will not COM
init Congress to a continuance Of the
policy OF granting lands, because
1t would IN no sense be a new grant.
but simply the confirming of the
title of the state in an old one
one u which the state has acquired
at least a partial title by the dis
position which Il has shown TO de-
vote the grant to It's legitimate pur-
pose, and the investments which its
citizens have male in anticipation
Of The building of the road contem-
plated in the grant. If the state
had shown disposition to devote
the grant to other purposes than
that for which it was made, there
might be 4 valid objection to re-
newing it, but such a purpose has
never been conceived; and there is
little more justice in refusing to re-
new it than there would be in can
ceiling grant which has been fully
acquired by the fnltillment of its
. terms.
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The New York Bulletin Il

The New York Bulletin pub
fishes a list of railroads in the
United States which have defaulted
in their interest payments during
the past year. The list comprises
seventy-eight companies, and the
amount of bonds in default is $685.
298,66S Among these are included,
of the railroads in Minnesota, the
Lake Superior & Mississippi Rail
road, S4, 100000; Northern Pacific,
s3O,OoO,ooo; Southern Minnesota,
s4,592, 900; St. Paul & Pacific,
s26, 100000. Five-sixths of all the
defaults have occurred since the Sep
tember panic; and nearly all the
roads in the list are unfinished roads.
The amount Of bonded debt in de-
fault constitutes about l8 per cent.
Of the entire bonded debt of the
railroads in the United States.
The Bulletin says:
"This very large amount of sus-
pended debt, however is not regard
ed as permanently unrenunerative
TO the investors. On the contrary,
there is little risk in hazarding the
prediction that within three years,
the holders Of these securities will be
receiving regular interest upon
three-fourths of the above aggregate
of Indebtedness. The roads, as a
rule, suspended owing to the tinan-
cial catastrophe which they could
Dot, in their incipient condition, be
expected to Withstand; and it yet
remains TO be proved, by their
working under fair conditions,
whether or not they are the unsound
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THE narrow UauOp system fo

The narrow gauge system fol
minor railroad is growing in popu,
larity. Virginia and North Caro-.
lima are busily engaged building
narrow gauge roads now through
their almost inaccessible mountains,
and many more of them are needed,
and. if well managed, would pay.
Even Massachusetts, road i'll pros,
pect has voted to lay the narrow in
stead of the broad gauge. Expert
ence has but served to confirm the
advantages claimed for the cheap
road for all except trunk lines.
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CTArE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS

STATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
~ Ir Circuit Court.
Eber Il. Bly,, plaintiff, against
Adolph Buechner, Katherine Buecbner his
wife, Scargal Wakelin and Mary Wakelin
his wife, defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, To the above named
defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action which is
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court in the Court House at Superior in said
County of Douglas, and serve copy of your
answer on the subscriber at his Office in Su
perior aforesaid within twenty days after the
service of the summons in this action e1clu-
sive of the day of service If you fail to an
swer the complaint within that time the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the complaint
Dated July 10th 1874.
HIRAM HAYES,
Pltffss Atty, Superior, Wisconsin.
julllaugl
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THE MENNONITES AT CASTLE
n

Among the emigrants now at Cas-
tie Garden are about six hundred
Mennonites. Ifthese are fair sam
pie Of those who are to follow we
may expect the great body of emf
grant Mennonites about to come to
the United States from Russia to
rival their brethren in Pennsylvania
and Maryland and the States of the
Northwest, whose ancestors came
here before the Revolution. Most
readers will recall the singular his
torical fact that even Franklin op-
posed the emigration ofthese people
to the Provice of Pennsylv ania, and
yet they are to-day the bone and
sinew of that great Commonwealth.
The so-called Scotch-Irish, though
proverbially thrifty race, had no
chance in contending with the stea-
dy industry and economy Of the
German rel;gionists, and to-day
many of the most magnificent arms
in the State are owned by the Men
nonites. One fact as significant as
it is remarkable is that such thing
as poverty is, and always has been
unknown among them. A poor
Mennonite is harder to find than a
rich gambler. The reason Of this
is that they teach their children in
dustry and frugality as religious
duty, and laziness and thriftlessness
are, among them, vices to be partic-
ularly avoided. They are not what
the Yankees call ''intelligent," nei-
ther are they "cute," but they are
extremely honest, eminently active
in caring for their own interests,
without detriment to those of their
neighbors, and so Industrious that
they not only enrich themselves, but
as they have increased in numbers
and wealth they have conferred in
calculable blessings upon the whole
country. They do not believe in
war, but if all men were like them
in developing the natural resources
of the soil by honest toll the country
would soon become 80 rich that no.
body could afford to fight. They
are simple, modest, earnest, indus
trious and frugal people, and, though
opposed to war and taking no part
in politics, there are no better OF
more useful citizens. We have had
five or six generations of Mennon-
it's born in this country, and the
stock has proved so satisfactory that
we cannot but receive the new sup
ply with a special and hearty well
come.-N. Y. Herald.
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SAD FATE OF A Boy HERO. .-Sol

SAD FATE OF A Boy HERO. .-SOme
four or FIVE boys went out sailing
Friday at Pembroke, Maine, and the
boat was upset. The oldest boy,
about Is years old, son of John
Babcock, a workman in the iron
works, made the rest take hold of
the gunwale of the boat while he
went behind and began to push
ashore. One of the boys let go and
sank, when the Babcock boy dived
down and brought bin up, taking
him again into the boat. After GO
ing short distance the boy again
let go and sank, when Babcock, as
before, dived and brought him up,
after which he went to the stern of
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the boat again and began pushing
her ashore, but was taken with
cramps, and sank before reaching
the shore. The body was recovered
two hours afterward.
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WHO FOOTS THE CUBAN ARMY
BILIS

A Washington dispatch says; "a
gentleman just returned from Cuba,
where he has resided during the
last nine months, states that he does
not believe that the Spaniards can
hold out much longer, for their
finances are badly deranged. fit