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New-York tribune., 1874-12-12

Total. l........$l3,563,73S 80


Net working expenses lOO "A
Tie in the gross earnings Tor the year 1914
as compared with the year 1873 is attributable TO the
general depressO OF the business OF the country which
prevailed during the greater part OF the year, and
which continues to such extent as to reduce mattr
ally the quantity of traffic over the road as well as the
rates winch be mei9taned for It'd transportatlln
comparative statement OF the working EXPENSES for
tho fiscal periods shows decrease OF Si69Jh Inc
decrease u the earnings view or The dl5Organzed
business OF the country is not excessive IN
my opinion IL less than has been realized by other
panies whose earnings depend SO largely upon the
TRANSFORMATION OF The decrease In the expenses
not In ratio equal to the decrease In earnings
The service required VI the Company not reduced D
that ratio. Tue reduction Of earnings was attributable
much reduction in the rate OF compensation as
reduction OF quantities, without involving or per-
mtiDg q reduction IN the expenses 10 the same extent
TIE entire interest and rentals payable by the Com
pany year ending Sept 3O 1874 exclusive OF tlat
payable on account the SIS OOOOJ0 of second consOl
dated mort gage bonds (he final disposition OF which
was nade by Mr. Gray, wnile in L1ndOn) amounted 10
month For the ensuing year there Will have 10 he
added to the above amount the interest on these
SIS 100000 OF bonds On the 1T OF July the hoat-
ing debt OF the Company was S234,2JS a. On the
lit OF the present mouth it was Sl52lC5 o. showing
reduction by payments TO that date out OF tae earnings
S23 TO- which has since been further reduced IN
OF 100000 leaving the present debt the sum
OF S1.42l.0l5 W only.
A comparative statement Of the earnings and ex-
uses Tor months show the following results:
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
A BRISK HOLIDAY TRADE.

BRlSk dOLlDAA AAshDH'
ANIMATION IN MANY BRANCHES OF TRADE-LowER
PRICES THAN WERE KNOWN LAST YEAR BUT
LARGER sALKs-rHE HOLIDAY STOCKS OF FROM
INENT FIRMS.
Additional inquiries among refaii houses ~nicn
have been conspicuous for enterprise and active
endeavor to stimulate business during the almos
general dullness of Fall trade show that In many
branches of business there have been good returns
to saracious and energetic merchants who have
kent their claims before the public and that these
merchants are justified in expecting very busy
time for the remainder OF December from
the experience of the first part OF the
month. Their stocks are very full. and
have been bought in Europe and in this coun-
trv Of prices much lower than those of year ago.
and are consequently held at much lower rates for
disposal at retail The extensive and brilliant dis
plays of goods made in the establishments OF the
merchants referred to below show their we'll
grounded confidence in discerning public. and
show also that cramped as the times are. there is
still sufficient demand for articles Of elegance and
luxury a. well as those of homely merit. and that
the retail holiday trade of New-fork is not likely to
fall far below that of former years. except with
houses which have not made extra effort to over
come the depressing influence Of the ELECTS OF the
crisis. Ss.ss-
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12

rsret Of Pandon."hy Moresu. il ecnspieuousy excel: Gel
the sEillfui Treatment Of tho drapesy and the
delicate poise Of the form Imitation ana trencn
Eegant fans for the ball show and there are
there are opera easses In sever materials and styles
Music from the best makers are articles In which
novel fashion Gus the gold In facets which cause IL
70 give Of gIancns light almost like that OF precious
made in this way. Lockets set with diamonds aud soil
taires for earrings. and sets OF cameo tewelry Win
borders of pearls noticeable. Attractive holiday
gifts for gentlemen scarf pins with gold hgures SET
with small diamonds and collar buttons with siugie
stone in the center. ging cost from Us to e2oo
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
CROKER'S DEFENSE.
THE PRISONER NOT ARMED DURING THE
AFFRAY.

THE PRISONER NOT ARMED DURING THE
AFFRAY.
STRONG TESTIMONY IN HIS FAvoR-JoHS BlGLiN
swEARs POSITIVELY THAT SOME ONE ELSE FIRED
THE FATAL snoT-TnE MURDERER DESCRIBED AS
AYoUNG MAN.
The trial of Coroner Croker was resumed yester-
iay in \ Court of Oyer and Terminer. Judge Bar
rett D, Eiding. The prisoners counsel produced a
large number Of witnesses. who were subjected to
rigid crossexaminatiou by District-Attorney Phelps
and his Assistant, Mr.. Rollins. The testimony was
strongly in favor of Coroner Croker The prisoner in
conversation with various friends expressed no fears
m a conviction. The case will not be given to the
ury before Tuesday next as numerous witnesses
are ret to be produced whose testimony VIII contra
dict that given BY the two brothers OBrien' tne
nam witnesses for tho prosecution. The probability
Is that Judge Barrett will charge the jury late
Tuesday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
DEyLlN g. co.

The great clothing warehouses of Devlin q
Co.. at Broadway and GIand-st and broadway and
St. present such display OF goods as maintains
aud even advances the reputation Of the house, and Its
enterprisng policy. together with the merits OF ITS
stocks has brought IN larger trade this year than
last year At present larger quantity aud finer quality
of garments is turned than before. For tho
city retail trade such goods now prepared as have
usually been made up only for custom trade, while In
the latter department there has been specially marked
in rates. while the excellence or work Is not at
all lowered Among the best holiday gifts for gentle
men are those which combine usefulness with other
mers Articles hich unite the attractions OF delicate
bandiwork with the choicest OF materials and tasteu
disnosa Of hues NAV be selected at the OF
Devlin q Co. In dressng-gowns. breakastjackets.
neck wear laprugs, there are novel designs WIN lhe
richest materials. The sales OF Devlp Co. IN these
articles been large and the goods which
tbey exhibit have the elegant characterstics wbicn
commend themselves to the exacting In style Tnose
whose Of expenditure have not been reduced TOO
far for the qualification OF snmpuous tastes IN the ad
uucts of dress can find satisfaction for the most uxu
riOus preferences here. and at prices lower than
they have been able to satisfy them Defore,
whio In the less expensive Roods there IN SUI.
staDtal merit which approves itself TO those OF
moderate means. In coats and overcoats this nrIn
shows q great variety OF form, OF hue, and material
keeping pace with the changes OF changing fashion
The stock IN @ in the other parts OF the business
OF this house. ia full enough TO leave wide room for
diverse tastes or gloves the display OF Devn Co.
uncxceptiOnabe. Their windows contain tasteful
array of specimens finest goods to De seen withn,
while Inspection Of the interiors OF tho two spacious
stores shows putude Of sbslyss and counters deeply
laden, and host OF prompt and satl.aA.!
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
MURAT HALsTEAD on DOM PIATr.

When the able editor of The Washington
Capital adorned our pages no had small assortment OF
that willing graty at
uense aud declined to indulge all his wayward fan
cies. He never seemed 10 understand that there was
dces and we greatly fear that TO all our teachings ON
that point he proved an naPt scholar HIS general feel
that ~ 10 not for the restraints fhat we Imposed
upon his fiery and untamed spirit he would make wash
too not Tor the ckcd and deal round
the land. We have only been wondering why M the
unrestrained freedom VI hs glorious tndepende noe, no
has not done IL -.......
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
EARNINGS.
0@0 uS@
1910 1910 800

Being decrease In earnings OF e936,354 co. and In ex
penses $194 722 H. and being working expense for
the July OF rs 610 per cent; for August, OF 6S
5l0 per for September. Of Ga 4l0 per cent for
October 81 10 cent Considering the low rate at
which all the traffic Of the country Is being
ported the reduction made ID the expenses, and the
comparative low rate OF percentage at which the road
ia being worked the results must be satisfactory. As
business OF the country revives and the movement
OF its traffic becomes active, the percentage OF
penses 10 tho earnings be rejuced other words
the road Is equal to largely increased rJlc. with
out any spOhding Increase OF expense For
pe the peuses lower than they have been at
any period OF the service my connection with the
COMPANY although the transportation receipts compare
fayora bly, with for the like period for o
last years. will appear from the following state
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
BIZ.

Believing that there Is great economy In the use OF
rail- instead OF iron, have since this Board took
charge Of the property of the Company purchased 5000
tons thereof using only far To
haust that haDd.and keep the track IN repair but
steel entirely for renewals.
II. J. JEwBTT, President
New-York tribune., 1874-12-12
A DECREASE IN THE ERIE EARNINGS.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT on THE FINANCES OF
THE COMPANY-THE NATURAL EFFECTs OF COM
MERCIAL DEPRESSION.
At meeting of the Board OF Directors OF
the Erie Railway Company. held on Thursday the
President submitted O statement substantially as fol-
lows which the Board ordered to be prepared for the
use or the stockholders:
comparative statement of the gross earnings for the
fiscal years ending Sept 81 1873 aud 1874 shows de-
crease OF 3,7O7 70; comparative statement or the
net earnings for the same periods saoYs decrease OF
n f5 The actual net earnings Tor the fiscal year
endIn the st OF September, 1874 wer6 s035l60 A. as
shown by the fo,,awlug statement:
'"N"- ~ ,.n.,sn, wORxya xypss.ys
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

The altitude of the highest point IN
the world where railroads are now in
operation is at Apizaco, ON the Vera
Cruz and Mexico railway, 7,47S feet
above the level of the sea. The next
highest is on the Central Pacific, In the
Nevada range, z, Ill feet above thelevel
of the sea. The third is at Areqaipa, an
important city in Peru, 1000 feet above
the level of the sea, and, under the Pc
rurian railway system, the work is to
BE continued, and Is expected to reach
double that altitude. Itsets out upon an
ascent to pass to the west Of the East
err Cordilleras, and puts itself thus In
connection with the famous lake of
Tit;eaca and the entire Andine Bolivia,
also with the great historic realm of the
heas, the ancient capital of Cu1co, and
must reach a point at the breath-taking
heiest of IA, Coolest above the levelot the
sea~less than 4, 00e feet lower than the
crater of Popocatapetl, and over 1000
feet higher than the city of Mexico.
The inspirations Of four Peruvian neigh
bors are shown by these vast undertak-
ings 70 be as grand as the traditional
empire OF their Ineas, and as lofty as
the sublnae heights of their magnif-
cent Cordilleras.-C CTS Of MEXICO Tsos
ReDttblscs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Terrible Retributi0n i'm Store FOL
tltfif America! tf
[From the Havana Voc de Cuba


A telegram announces the loss of the
Virginius We did not expect anything
else from the American Government. 1t
has acted with the Virginius the same
as it did with the Florida, In order not
to be compelled to return that steamer
to Brazil. Such nobility corresponds
with the course of those who are patron
izing Cuban assassins and incendiaries
In their heroic enterprise. This will not
exempt them from paying the full value
of the Virginius-she being the prize OF
the Tornado-nor from giving ample
satisfaction and paying proper damages
to Spain for the great injury which
America has inflicted in breaking its
treaty stipulations so scandalously In
permittine> the enlistment of men ffter
such enlistment had been advertised be-
forehand u the journals, and protecting
such men, when once out of the country,
with their flag and vessels of war upon
the high seas and in foreign ports,
thereby making themselves the accom-
plices of assassins and incendiaries. If
the weakness or fickleness of CASTELAR,,
not of Spain, delivered to them the Vir-
ginius, the bad faith of the American
Government buried the pirate ship ID
tie bottom of the sea, as it did the coal
barge Upland at the mouth of the dry
dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to
prevent the departure of the Arapiles,
which they feared so much With such
deeds they viii gain everything except
honor, and viii transmit to the pages OF
history that which, instead of being
their glory, viii cause their descendants
to blush for having had such illustrious
ancestors. 1t is useless to try to gather
pears from elms. What Grant, Sickles
and the rest of the crew can produce
has already been fully demonstrated
For the great wrong of the Spanish ma
ton, terrible atonements are reserved
and their hour will come.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Censressnea Five and Twenty Years
Ago.

Ben Perley Poore, IN his Boston cor
respondence, thus alludes to the above
topic Five-and-twenty years ago
there were seldom over five-and-twenty
Congressman who brought their wives
to Washington and kept them there
during the session. Up 70 that time the
Senators and Representatives usually
lived here IN what they cane1 q mess
es." From half dozen to fifteen con
genial spirits would take rooms at some
boarding-house, with the understand
ING that no one else was to be admitted,
and the party thus formed family cir
Gle. In many of these 60 messes no
ladies were tolerated, while In others
the chief attraction was the wife OF
some Senator or Representative, who
was virtually the queen OF the estab-
lshment. Was it to be wondered at
that SO many Congressman used to pass
their evenings in " fighting the tiger" at
some of the comfortable gaming bells
on the avenue, or In carousals at the
gorgeously fitted-up establishments
near by. Washington city was then a
very immoral city, and many fine In
tellect failed to preserve the owner
from temptation.
Nowadays matters have changed.
There are to-day in Washington forty
five Senators out of seventy two, and
one hundred and six Representatives
out of two hundred and thirty-five, who
are accompanied by their wives and
these one hundred and fifty-one wives
of Congressman exercise potent lnfiu.
ence. Gambling, drunkenness, and
other vices which it is not necessary to
name here, once so common among
Senators and Representatives. are not
now openly practiced, if practiced at
all, by any of them. About forty Gen.
gressmen keep house. and are benefited
by the social influences of home, while
the others board at hotels or boarding
houses where agreeable circles are
formed. Eighteen Senators and TWEEN
ty-four Representatives have also here
with them daughters who go into so.
ciety; others are accompanied by fe,
male relations or friends, and thirty
have with them children too young tc
go out. So the successors of men who
used to pass their evenings at a faro
bank or poker table, escort their daugh
tiers 70 baHs, or remain at home and
frolic with their children. All this is &
decided change fer the better.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

No DANGER OF STRIKES THERE.-It is
such little incidents as this that keep
alive ones faith in human nature and m
the future Just after the great fire,
the employees of Macullar, Williams &
Parker, Boston, of their own notion,
proposed reduction of salaries. Their
generous offer was accepted Since
then the business of the firm has pros
pered, and, last Wednesday, the part
ners played the return game. They pre-
seated each of their clerks with a check
for the full amount of the pay surren-
dered, and announced that all the
salaries had been put back to the old
figures. We wish such histories as this
got into the newspapers great deal
oftener than they do.-Sprinatfetd Re-
publican.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
THIRTY YEARS ExPERIENCE OF Al
OLD NURSE.

MRS. wINsLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP IS THE
PRESCRIPTION OF one OF the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never failing
safety and success by millions Of mothers and
children from the feeble infant OF one week old to
the adult II corrects acidity Of the stomach, re-
Heves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child
We believe 1t to be tie Best and surest Remedy in
the World in all cases Of DYsENTERY and DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genu-
inc unless the facsimile OF CURTIS PERKINS
Ia on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
vNEeAR BrrrEas.-DR. ]. WALKER, a


regular practicing physician of Califor-
mia, has conferred a priceless boon upon
mankind, by the Introduction of
g Bitters" compounded from herbs ex-
clusiEely, which may be truly said to be
superseding all others, and is becoming
a bitter dose indeed for the charlatans
and quacks, on account of its immense
sale and universal popularity. Not only
are these VNEGAR BITTERs, as he calls
them, an invaluable tonic and Alternative,
but they are acknowledged as standard
MEDIcxNE, and the astonishing rapidity
with which they cure diseases hitherto
declared incurable seems almost in
credible After having been carefully
tested, they are kept on hand in thou
sands of households. and used for any
and every form of disease, many relying
upon them IN preference to the most
celebrated physicians. They have be-
come recognized /" Family Remedy, I"
and properly so. asas-ass.rssz ..-'sa'ss--a2 %
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND
MII.Y IMMINENT.

10 the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs and stor-
ach, Pain in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheu-
matism in all its forms, Bilious Collie. Neuralgia,
Cholera, Dysentery, Cods, Flesh Wounds. Burns
sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, sprains and
Bruises. Chills md Fever. For internal and Ex.
ternal use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient
put entirely removes the cause of the complaint
n penetrates and pervades the whole system, re
storing healthy action to all its parts, and quick
ening the blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA IS PURELY VEG.
etable and All healing. rfr-se...
Prepared by f# flEN
CURTIS BROWN,
No. ais FULTON stree, New York.
For sale by all Druggtts.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties OF which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. what is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?r Our answer is, that they remove
the eause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and life-giving principle,
perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in tho
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the Remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs In healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, In Billion
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diapboretic
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretlc,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudoriflc, Alter
tive, and Ambitious.
r. HI. MCDONALD & CO..
Drugg' 3 and Gen. ACTS, San Francisco, California,
and <. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

Russian PB1soS 6rATIsrIes. On the
5th. Of September the number OF prls77
oners in the Empire of Russia was TO-
AGA. Z Russia has $40 prisons, with ac-
commodations for only SO, 200 persons.
Over Il, 900 prisoners had, therefore, to
be put in temporary quarters, even more
unhealthy than the regular prisons.
The mortality of prisoners is, therefore,
Unfortunately large. In the two years,
1868 and 1869, of 500, 200 prisoners kept
for a longer or shorter time IN confine-
ment, Isl, S52 had to undergo medical
treatment, and 1850 died. That is to
say, one out of every four got sick, and
one out of every nine died.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Milwaukee Monthly Magazine.

The Milwaukee Monthly Magazine is one OF
the best periodicals. of its price published in
America. The January number is one Of the
finest ever issued, being filed with stories.
sketches, poems, etc, by the best Western
writer's, including two ffty-dollar stories,
"Muggins' Holidays" by d. H, johnson, and
Little Ruth" by Eben E. Rexford. y is
furnished at the extremely low price of Il a
year. Address 7. ]. GILMORE, 4O7 Broadway,
Milwaukee Wis.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

The career Of a witness In the Bazaine
trial il thus reviewed by the Paris cor
respondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette !:
"The person to. whom | allude Is
Maud heux, who was employed as an
emissary, by the commandant OF Thion-
vile. to communicate with Bazaine
This individual, who. has just been
brought before the Court OF Assize In
the Cote dor, is the son of Paris adj
yocate who was condemned to hard labor
for life for forgery. The son was care
fully brought up by his mother, and re-
ccived a first class education. He studied
the law with success, mastered SIX or
seven foreign languages, and might have
made himself capital position. How
ever, he took to bad ways, and then en-
listed. The discipline of the army did
not improve him, and he was several
times tried by court-martial. When his
time was out in prison, he returned to
civil life and committed forgery. He
was tried, and passed several years In
Jail. When released, he took to itera-
ture under false name, and produced
fifteen or sixteen volumes on diverse
subjects. He wrote for several papers,
and obtained the editorship of paper
In Algeria, but he committed new crimes
and was forced to fly. In order to live,
he was reduced to accept the position
of a common servant, under en- assumed
name. He got into fresh trouble, and
then wandered from town to town, abus-
ing the confidence of friends and rela-
tives, deceiving people with his seduc-
tive tongue, and robbing ladies to whom
he promised marriage. He then got
work at an iron-master's In the Moselle,
and it was there that Col. TURNER found
him. Since the war he has committed
half a dozen more forgeries, not to
speak of other crimes"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22

We were pleased to see, not long
since, in one of our exchanges, some pretty
severe remarks addressed to several persons
who during an interesting lecture by Rev.
Jno. s. G. Abbott, kept continuous coughing
which prevented many from hearing. People
who cannot refrain from coughing, had better
stay away from such places, or else take a bot
tie of .Johnson's Anodyne Liniment with them
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-01-22
Skin Diseases.

ACNE OVERWHELMINGLY symptoms: Hard,
email pimples, with black points, most numerous
in the cheeks for che ad and nose.
PRuHIao, untense Itching), which begins when
the clething IL removed increased BY the warmth
OF the bed No eruption except that produced by
scratching. .
the above and ali Skin Diseases permanently
cured Entire cost Of treatment 81 so per week,
$500 per month Address, DE-. J. II. VANplk IKE,
lbs Wahut-st-, Philadelphia.