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rnsh tho auits until tho Legislature l,aa had q
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| wtLn-1roRsE EXCURSION.
Homo ontorprBinE persons of 1nrlnpoln hny-
Ing accidentally beard Tint west Of U,luhn tiara
worn yaHt pns1iB OH which NIL kintls OF came and
wild animals wcra roanling, aud to which, country
tho people q Chicago occasionally got up OK
decided to lo llhowlso mud ret I'm NJ, oxctlrsto,,,
aud osploro TINT mysterious country aud 500 II
Tho reports TINT cano to tlom from Chicago woro
correct. ~ apnonrs by Il largo poatar, tho OK
9nrsloi Will 8thrt from Cincinnati oil tho 9th Of
5aGaary' i; when, on account Of tho BLOW, tl,oro
WI 10 excellent trasla to truck tho gnmo.
Among tho nnin,als advertised to Ia hllloi aro
h,nhalo, Gll', desr., antelope. prairio-wolveH,
badEots jack-rabeits, rrairie-chckens, ducks.
promised to exports VIII, tho lauso, as to pialas
nro covored with largo herds OF Wild LureoB.
lho advertisement cloaos with tho advico to tho
participants to talo their gns, riilos. md plenty
Of ammunition, as big hunt Ii expected. Ilia
wa-horec excursion Is expected 10 last forty
days.
IN TIE SUPREME COURT.
Among the casoa submitted iu tho Supreme
tasn. Coutt u WasMng'on. Taesiay wero sw9 of II
y, Coleman !; error to tho Circuit Court Of
Alinncsota. Tho defendant in crrot recovered
Judgment against the plaintiff as Receiver OF tho
Southern sinnes9ta natlroad Company for tho
llquitated damages under thu laws Of tho State
for tlrau distinct violations Of tho statute rogu-
hitting tho charger for tho oorriagc Of fsoight
It ts hero urged Tint tho charges were nutlor-
tho law il, question Is demonstrations, In TINT It
fnsralrs tho obligation Of tho contract botwonn
tho road md. tho State. rho other case Is Tint Of
Ochtrco W. Tho Iowa Railroad Contracting COM
Tho plnintifr In error sought TO enforce tho lla-
bi!ity Of tho dofondnnt as stockholder In tho
Missouri. Iowa d Nebraska Hallway Company.
The Court below g'vo Judgment for tho tiofon!l-
ant, holding that ass tho Company bocamo sub
scr1bers to tho atock Of tho insolycnt Company
before tho adoption OF tho amendment to tho
Constitution creatinR tito liability tlloro coud 10
40 recovery or execution. 1t is 1oso urged that
tic Stockholders Of Tho insolvcnt road aro liablo
t,utter tho faw. without reference to tho timo
when they becnme such.
BALTIMORE ONO DEPOT.
IA will DO econ from tho following lotto r
written. By tho Bonrd Of Public WoskH to tho
General Manager Of tho Baltimore Il Ohio Rail-
road n portion Of tho Exposition Building will
10 turned into 4 passenger depot for that rnil
road. Several Of tho Aldermen aro Of tho opiu-
lon that the board las no authority III the mat
ter, and consequently tho proposition Will meet
with all tho objections tllcRo gcntlomen Gnu in
terpoao. Tho following is tho communication
GENTLEMEN: Tho Board Of Public Works aee no
objections to the 11atinore Ohio Railroad Company
rorarily 70 passenger waitin-roon1, provided they
will yacate tho Hano ut any tlne tho Board may 20
irsst ana not lay any TRICKS or in any other WY
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building.
REDMOND pnrspte1ILE,
j. K. THOMPSON, |
Louis VAIL. |
A large force Of workinon aro ut work at tho |
Mechanical Department. Of tho Exposition Build I
ing, at tho foot Of Monroe street, converting 1t
into n depot for tho baltimore Ohio Railroad.
Everything is expected to bo ready Monday, |
when all tho passenger ttasna Of this road will
depart from and arrlvo At tic now depot.
TIE LAST ERIE SUIT.
o1rcfai Dispatch 10 3he CAtcaqo Tribune.
NEW iong, Dec. 18.-Tharo IL M uncertainty |
in regard to tho condition Of tho Inst Erie suit,
ontitled "Tlo pooplo "a. Hugh ]. Jewott mud |
tho Eric Railway Company, II ia alleged that
Iho Erie Corporation. by making contract with
$751; 900 being payable tho 1itst yoar, committed
III illega! net, md thnt by entering into
Iho n combination with tho Now York Central
!!nilroad at Saratoga It violated its charter.
slcssrs. shipn'an. Barlow, Larouuo. and IcFar.
aud, attorneys for tho Eric Company. stated
yesterday that tho Attorney General Ind ordered
. discont:nuanco Of tho SUIT on tho ground that
ao complaint Which Ind boon Herved was not
ho one which Ind bocn shown to him, aud Tint
10 had mover authorized its service. Tho
attorneys for tho piaintiT said TINT tho suit Ind
aot hcen discontinued, but thut it might bo
modified IN regard to tho ground Of action basod
tpou the Haratoga combination.
UNION PACIFIC ! OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COM
IAEY. |
NEW IoHK, Dec. 18.-Tlo representatives Of !
ho Union Tatltc. Railroad mot yester3ny to
complete tho details mud remove tho minor OBJ
'taeIoa to the signing Ut tho contract botwoon
hom and tho Occidental l. Orioutal Stoanship
Company. Of California, and, Ms result Of their
deliberations. both parties have signud tho docu-
1ient. Tho Times Gays that nothing romnlna
n Liverpool out to San Francisco. They aro tho
3olgic, Celtic, and Oceanic, OF tho Whito Star
!uo. They hayo been chartered by tho Occi-
lontnl d Oriental Steamship Company for two
'cars, at per cont OF their valuation por an
suna, With tho privilege Of purchase ut tho ex-
'iration Of that time. Tho first trip will bo
nadc In February next.
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