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BEEUHER,s DEFENSE.


Tie Nov Yoik Graphic publishes tho follow
Ing ~ tho deienso which AIr. Dseohss proposes
to o1er iu hlB coming dotailod atatement to tho
Plymouth Church Investigating Committoo:
"Ti,e document will ba very powerful and
startling one, aud will mAke some confessions
which will cgoatc AZ great q surprise aa did Ill
ton's now famous presentation OF his alleged
personal grievances. Mr. Baecher will ncknowl-
edge tAht, SINCE tho beginning Of Ills ministry, ho
las boeu beset by lattora addrssaod to him from
women, expressing great personal admiration
ndorAtlon, intloed--of him na q nlan aud as =
minister. lie will show that communications
OF this nature are constantly received
by every noted man iu the community,
and that Il is especially tho fate Of clergynlon,
poets, and actors, to bo tue rociplonta OF tneae
abnormal demonstrations from women who ar1
generally disoAaed physiologio4Iy aud psyoo'ogi"
chilly. x,,
s'Attor this general etntomont Of a we!!.
known fact, bfr. Doochoe Mil alludo to
tho case Of 3Irs. Tllton, who, it sooms,
conooiyol tor him a nost oxtrasaEant l'ha..
sion, Knowing tho ludy from ol1htit""d, ana
having married Aer 10 her husband, Mpa
bcen on terms Of close social relations
shlp with them 10th, 10 NUS 1pd 1y strange In
fatuation to submit to lor b!andhhlnunta, and
ap intimacy waa formed whloh, "ha'e u @aa not
criminal was raprohenulblo, or at least put him
iu poHltion which made him aeom to do great
wrong To Theodore Tilton. lie will confess that
botl. he and Mrs. Titton Wero very omottonni,
given to exagge1Ation in aentiment' aud that
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MISS ANTHQNY's STORY.

Special Dispatch to I2se Chftd0o 1TitstHe.,
STATEMENT OF HER BROTHER, COL ANTHONY, OK
IEAyENWoRrH. .... =
LEAvENwoRTH, Kun, July 28.-Col. Anthony,
susa1l B.s brother, told your correspondent to-
day that he first hoard the scandal story from
the lips Of his sister, in Washington, ono year
ago. susan B.. then told him that aho was \
gacst in Tllton'a house, whom violont domestic
accne occurred She 1etroated 10 her own room
to avoid 1t, aud was presently followed by HRS.
Tilton. Tho two women bolted tho door, placing
the bedssead against It. to keep Tilton
on tho outside. Tilton accused his
vito OF adultery with Boecher. and Bhe 70.
piled with tho accusation that ho had procured
au abortion for h young lady OF Drook1yn, whom
lo had aoduced. calllng the lady by name. That
night Miss Anthony and Mra. Ti'ton eiept to-
gethor, and during conversation the latter, IN
seeming mental distross, impaired thu be~
cret Of .
GUILTY INTRIGUE WITH bEEcuEh.
Miss Anthony asked her low Ahe camo 10
yield to Boecher's advances; It he used force;
to which Mra. Ttlton replied no force was 1laed,
she yielding without knowing why She dld 80.
Bho ayorred that Boochor treated her with the
kindness he would child, 6ho
NE8oLYKD MANY rlMEs TO YIELD ny ssoAE,
but ~ often her good resolutions failed: This
il the wholo substance OF Susan b. Anthonye
story, Us ro1nted to her brother. ie 10 OF tue
opinion that his Sister will not teHtsfy In tho
case unleas compelled to do 30 IN COURT
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It o sha,,'sp hGSpoinance botwoou them WAS not what
~, o"ou'n T., nays beon botweon q pastor
sr;nnd Ivy 1Iau2y' tuas ledy tho wife Of hiB
III sir. III r;,, to pecutiartty OF tic case wns,
ian1a ncf.aetnp tGup'asnsd bitterly of her l11ls-
her, and possibIa IT, want Of Kindness to
s,t,o.," ,ro3, ~ " s.ye her thnt Affection md
1an1or Iii ne tnou TO tls!d at home. hr.
sseIs. tn,t,elt, "4'i ns1uto"l9ueo tlat ne "'th
nroaa;ons ~ nnr .ro 1,t2meu kandneaf -
rtnm ~ = H.; ~ seats se's'ernoa -:
dc"raa aa a1u 'nn. a,' ~ ien'ptocatod M ,1hon ~
nuii,v - nv. aulu na ~ tnnt, m, wtete - @.y
ar comn1n1;"t9 n, ~ay ;"t9"s ~ tneoagre + 80
rc,,aor uacoaaas1s u.suu nlntsoia any " 8 to
ioitera uHini' "oa. .,.tpP.i tnpPuaaudi W G =: nc
Momitnn ,mj ~ ~ ,r;,Ia ,Tru;,pIsequony ,',;.' 2hr'
fofc tia IN ttar ~. aa hcfnsa ~ uStnau3 uo.
Demonstrations 70 Of S affoctfon @ for t tha c'hhise
+ Heuce: wbi1e Ia vii, ,oc,ar.+1,. s. 81 ,,,.x
of ,nfiecornm ,n,],v ~ nus',n.. ~asutate 1na lily
fn jovo lin ,nnro n1y tIGy,, Eo.'uyst " &, Wis
sf}iv In tho Jonth ~ h;u .n..sst, naauI. eos1
in aIin,yno l,s imnn.iro o ";,nao' a.,.s nnn
n,,nv vii fnsst that NJ xa1e ~ !uaa .n
tha Tncnus d,rtot,on .vti H. ,araa uiaaaple tnal
Nv afn7hnTinc nnrnt IN t;otttian. ;.'unigoa
o5,+nh 10 Mrn MI ~ ~ bns. H., III, otaesctsr 1T
,1ost norfcct nora1ni fnr thia cssa ~ ,r1,n s,u ~.
more. ha may ha exnocted t., allow thet hta n,a;
tson In haon graoty "n,srroasn 1aSM INV h n ~ nsa
fSc WIKI a nannn nd ti,at svc poHn ~ ,a aug
ba,,v ,,oranrn nncmi;or;ttoa, - are W ,.o"a a,.
dear r. IN, rhnaa nn1rerndn5 }aa,,,a,. "u
aa III h, hsn,o snI +o.aen. ~ h"'itns w.
s.mros W. sn0 1,oJ J"''g ano a'tI I'll na ;r,,,a
whie, had intnro1 ,,fa foir forno and ali hin
Ea!es9us sJ t. wsodns, WHICH,, no"esoI, 10 Wa us-
ut19u lIusL u9n!l9k y the 1aet suat, III p1ana
tns snoee tasenoqaa as theJ oeserved nc Wou!u
,ron ha ue IL , ~ e. aao oa, 20
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COMMENTS OF THE LOCAL. RELIG-
lCUS PRESS.


From s northeastern Christian Advocate {atfhodsD
ru.r .,un,n eo.rn.I
r.a .,aaea,. ~ - ~. ~ .s,., .r;,,, ,,,aa
Inc hoeenee easo II YET On 'f'a'' WIN paos-
pects TINT the dofondnnt will be acquitted. "his
guess OF ours Ia basod upon tho alleged express
aim of oue nj tho Com,n1tteo. tho facs that hIr,
- wv y. W. 80 49,, a,..o
Lsol nns ". e.uuussa Tieeoos s anu ,;,n qus1
Hof M ,r ,,;r., .ss ~. ista ava,' hn ~" ~
tsoon fo no1 p;n ts ss ra ~ |do "a uo
csr, to more NJ f,'1Iv discusa ia naston o. oftor
tha tr,s ~ tn ah tirt Rt ~ a. sr;s;
t,!o r.c ~ ronans,,a, hnth tl.t - IA ~ ;ntar
osto5 ~ r. ~ aavarost .am;natinn ~ ri, anal,
ss"daa ~ 'u n tat IL cn,xctiou ~ svs
Taac%ar !. s, nnt . hl"w NJ re1;"ion" Ting nav;a
nn1 1ndaa a. acttiod that noint nm aoo o AA~
wiz va haro boon s1n,nst er6anera+ad hv b;a
sono a -" I.tor 49,,
~ H. osae wa vi % ina1 for liz fsun, acnttaI hv
virtna ~ ;namf1,oi"nt toatimonv. n,,1 eycn innt
,,rosMn,n,;n" prnnn, conrts * ny Hasi T., nros
ho near aa1 and ~ honoa ~ part
.,at Dt nr,,r rooaiton VIVA, Vrt"a aTns
n,n,'s I'll Tcv Wa~d naancr tn tr;ai Ink tIoy viii
niso damon;, that ha ~ ra".ni,ckor shsI, ha
ari ,a, ""HE H. ~ ri,n"S1 tjnI;cttnant +ha
',2o .oof - IL ~, t1'n "cG,,tnr h,t anco
T''itnn N liz statam"nt i,at wnar manifostly
nlado Gus us caso. granting ta1 ~ y
, 1874-07-29
IRON SHUTTERS;
s Il U!l' rs!


CHICAGO, JaIy n, 1s7a
Mctsss. Borrs i Young,
Xn@ s:k y state aptaaa of tlo !a rEHKtNS Nh
H{lU1uIsR TINT Ii ns hrrn A1eote1 10 I1e tobt q
fire, ny l,allns I'll; ny wabash s.SnYo pastaf-
y ho5trtyed IN thu nlght at ruDliny TIM tath iaat.
h1y reply 10 your inquiry Il A. fnllorhi "A u, :,
eonnss il ,o xat tfic 5Gpst% n2, sGye1ca
j1KhiY Mri }SI3pN p n I}! tHs 0ss;t n, , nna,
Ply iiUihDfNti. TIN shutter iau: tore r9n, tho build
'oE nSy IL; xpr%Sir III 0ff sf%f $SS FIRMLY
in ITS TACE. Thoea tho rehr nf tho f1nEth story.
Eltsh et.!y, eHti,o5 bnSned 9nt AnE AT, NOW ~ II
IhUED 1oso hs posod .a9 q Tho ,a third !laos
hr5, s!!t;!ao 81 tf ,,'inf e}snsiy 'nST
oR H2i.i,E6 m 6,ii }ii'. SO AS k1fAnR 70 LET THE
!. Tho iren shnttors undoubtedly .aved the building
@ s1seps Sas t%S XESj lNER $$Gipi% GH,SEi
prsb.br e thY saving oi bleoks ot sostly hadinFs
an, ssti:'ed xit ;odr shn.ter. know 81 iene thst
wnud slbAtttne for 1t. Tho rsnnfpo upon which II Ia
CoMttrad s b8ilnFg entirely correct, and therefore
,enyned!y recommend IT to general usc.
Worry truly your. ". Il. RYDER,
0dlee and ManQfactgry, l38 { lao Lakes.
, 1874-07-29
SUSAN B., ANTHONY.

i fron. tho Rochester {.N ~ lTt.fo,,, july a5.
In the artlolo on the. Deecher scandal copied
ycserday from tho New York Graphic, 1t was
stated, not as facs but is something that had
beon alleged, that the. story Of Mrs. T1lton's
unfaitbfulncss first became public through
Susan D. Anthony, who obtained 1t from Mr.
a aud Mrs. Tllton tliemeelyes while stopping aat
associates in tho clique at woman snffsagisla."
While the channel through which the scandal
leaked ont is not OF much Importance, We
thought this alluHion to Miss AntbonY's agency
revealing some Of her knowledge Of tue "groat
sorrow" which Is generally believed to bo not
little, ind 80 dispatched a reporter to hor resi-
donce In Madison street, with inatructiona to
had 70 say about it,: He Was courteously ro-
oeiyed and IN reply to his questions was given
this for answer. '''
Miss Anthony" During my whole public ca
paper a.lusion 10 myaolf-any scandal, charge,
gossip or moan thing not oven the Charge that
! was drunk On the platform in Now York last
5Iay. and now TINT I am 81 years OF age, on
the The sseon sn toward th' centennial shall
And that WAS Ill Miss Anthony would say for
publication. II nc fhiIod To obtain from her .
statement Of knowledge concerning the Bcecher-
Tilton business, VIC may With pafdouablo pridc
boast Of the achievement Of {. triumph unpazal-
lelod iu the annals Of journalisnl-ascertainea
aud TINT author1tatiTo]y, the preciRo age OF
maiden paat her teons! Miss Anthony tells us,
aud we violate no confidence ia falling the world,
TINT She ia IS.
While Miss Anthony declines to say anything
on the subjecl brought to her notice. we may ro-
mark that from our knowledge Of that iady aud
tho high personal character Rhe bpars in this
community whero sho has lived sc long, we on.
first became public through any retailing by
hor. Her tongue las nayof. ceased, md probably
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tSes Filth t'nxa.,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14
Manners in Iceland.

Manners are simple IN Iceland, as in
deed in all the Scandinavian countries /;
and all the simpler here because there
is really no distinction of ranks. No
bode is rich, and hardly anybody alb
jectly poor everybody has to work for
himself, and works Except to be sure, a
few storekeepers in Rsykjavik, and at
one or two spots on the COAST with his
own hands. Wealth would not raise a
man above his fellows, and there are
indeed no means of employing it except
in supplying house with what would
be thought in England Indispensable
comforts. Wealth, therefore, is not
greatly coveted (althoGgh the Icelander
likes a good bargain, especially in
horsefesh), and an air of cheerful con-
tentment reigns. The farm servant
scarcely differs from the farmer, and
probably, if steady fellow, ends by
marrying the farmers daughter and get
ting farm himself. There is no title
of respect, save Herra to the bishop and
Sra to priest not even such title
Mr. Mrs. Esquire. If you go to
call for lady You tap at the door and
ask If Iniibjsrg or Valerdr is in g.; or if
you wish to give her full name, Injib-
iord Thorvaldsdottir, 'or Eiriksdotair,
or Bjarnardottir (as the case may be-
for there is no title of politeness to ap-
ply, Her name, moreover, is her own
name, unchanged from birth to death :;
for as there are no surnames or fam
lily names among the Icelanders, but
only Christian names, there is no rea-
son for a wife assuming her husbands
name, and she is Thorvaldsdottir after
her marriage with Gudmundr Just as
before, while her children are Gud-
mundsson and Gudmundsdottir. When
such a concession is made to the
rights of women, it is a little suppris-
ing to find that she is IN any other re-
spect treated as an inferior, not usually
sittiag down to the table with the men
of the family, but waiting on them and
dining separately Otherwise, how
ever, women seem sufficiently well of,
having full rights of property, and rid
ing yalorously about the country wher-
ever they will and we could not hear
that there vas any movement for their
emancipation, or indeed for social re-
form of any kind, though to be sure,
imperfect knowledge of the language
restricted our inquiries. In one regard,
the women of Iceland have obtained a
completer equality than their sisters in
continental Europe. receive ex-
actly the same education as the men do.
There are no schools in the island
naturally, as families live mostly a
dozen miles apart and instruction is
therefore given by the father to his sons
and daughters alike and together, the
priest, where there is q priest. some
times adding a little Latin or Danish
Thus the girl learns all her parents San
teach her, and is as good an aritlkne-
tician, and as familiar with the Saeas
as her brothers. ornhiU Magazine.
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Fatal Ahsinthe.

A Paris correspondent says 1.-THE
other dav 1 saw a sad sight on the
Champs Elysees, and which, with all my
experiences of Partisan life, ] never saw
in this city before. 1t was a party of
three persons, two men and a woman,
all well-nay, even handsomely-dress-
ed, and all three in a Keeling, beastly
state of intoxication. The men went
staggering along, disputipg and gestic-
ulating after the manner of drunken
men generally, now and then. stopping
to hail the passing unoccupied carriages,
not one of which would consent 10 stop
for them, while the woman reeled along
in company, sometimes clutching wild
ly at the arm of one of her companions,
and at other times stopping to address
them in words of tipsy remonstrance.
She was handsomely dressed in cos
tune of black silk and cashmere, trim
med with Jet, while her companions
wore high hats, broadcloth suitA and
kid gloves. Finally the party mae up
their minds to cross the street, diff
cult feat for anybody to attempt to ex-
ecute in the full possession of their
senses, so dense is the throng of pass
ing carriages and so rapidly are they
driven. but the drunken trio got across
somehow, snd disappeared among the
crowd of promenaders. Such is spec
linen of the changes wrought by the
lapse of few years II the manners and
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14
Canary Birds.

A writer in the Baltimore American,
who has been making a tour of the bird
fanciers' establishments in that city,
says; "The canaryis above all sing
ing birds the most popular. These
birds were introduced into Europe dur
ing the sixteenth century. They were
first imported to Italy, and from there
spread to the adjoining countries. The
German birds are the best singers, and
in the Kingdom of Hanover no less
tn n 60, GOO are raised annually. There
are imported to this country from
France and Germany about 60, 600 every
year. While the German bird fanciers
have bestowed their whole efforts upon
the vocal power of the country, French
fanciers have by judicious breeding
greatly increased the size and symme-
try of the birds The German canaries
in most cases lose their musical power
about one year after they are imported.
The American bred canaries, although
not as fine singers, last from FIVE to
seven years. 1t is said that the reason
of the success of German fanciers II
training their birds is due TO their plac-
ing their young canaries in cages with
larks and other European songsters,
from whom the canaries learn many oil
their most beautiful melodies. I'm.
ported birds sell at from So to $40
American birds from So to so. The
hooking bird is the only rival the cana
~ has. Their characteristics are toe
well known to need comment. The best
I singers come from Georgia and Florida
They bring from S15 to $50 each. What
/ fanciers consider fine singers are exceed
/ ugly scarce, net one bird in three hun
/ dred being first-class. These fine birds
bring 500 and upwards apiece. The
/ compass and variety of its voice make
! it a great favorite in Europe. The birC
| is found ina II European countries, bu
I is by fanciers in this country considered
rare. They bring from S25 to $50 each.
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BOTH SIDES.

A man in his carriage was riding along,
A gaiIy-dressed wife by his side;
In satin and laces she looked like the queen,
And he like king in his prime
A vood-sawyer stood on the street as they passed
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And said as he worked with his saw ON log,
- / wish was rich and could ride
The man in the carriage remarked 70 MS Wlies
a. one thing would give if could;
II give al my wealth for the strength ana tn
Sof the man who is saving the wood"
A pretty young maid, with bundle OF Work,
Whose face as the morning was far,
Went tripping along with smile of delight
While humming lOve-breathing air,
So looked on the carriage; the lady she saw,
>Arrayed in apparel so fine;
Aud said in whisper, q" wis n from my heatt
Those satins and laces were mine,
The lady looked out on the maid with her VOL k,
So fair in her calico dress,
And said. " I'd relinquish position ana weeitn
Her beauty and youth to possess"
Thus it is in this world. whatever our JoY,
Our minds and our time we employ
In longing and signing for what We have not
Ungrateful for what We enjoy
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ting and clawing at each other, until |
they are shoveled into great kettles of |
boiling wa, er. They are then dipped |
out, broken up and the meat taken out
for canning. The big claws and tails
are the only parts used. The cans con-
tain one pound. A liquor is made of
the contents OF the body of the lobster,
strained and prepared with salt and cay
enne pepper, and small portion put in
Ach can. After soldering the cans are
boiled two hours and half, when they
are taken out, little hole made IN the
top to let the steam out, then tightly
sealed and boiled again. The cans are
then vanished, labelled, and boxed for
market. HOLSTERS are not now very
plenty, and are rather small. The par
ties who set the nets Gull out the large
ones for Boston and other markets.
BOILED Corn FOR PoULTBY.-In the
breeding of poultry as in all other pur-
suits, little care and forethought inva-
riably return an apparently dispropor-
| tiAnate result. In the rearing of poul-
! try, where the expenditure of each fowl
| is small and the material provided com
paratively inexpensive, we are apt TO
| overlook the small wastes which occur
! in the transformation of the different
| grains into poultry, but which aggre-
gate quiie a respectable sum.
The opinion that corn IS very n eur1sh-
ing 70 ID for fowls is so universal that no
| further thought is given to the mat
| ter. IF any one should suggest that
corn would be easier of digestion II
| soaked or boiled, he would very
| likely receive the answer that corn was
| not hard to digest for birds that swaI-
| low stones and other hard substances
without detriment. A moment's thought,
however, will convince that the mill
stone and the grist are very different
things, and feeding hard grain, although
not exactly like feeding the mill stones
with pebbles, bears a certain likeness
| to it. The trouble attendant. on the
I may indeed seem very disproportlonate
| to the advantage to be derived from
such treatment; but, in reality, little
time need be spent, as before going the
rounds of the nest little hot water
may be poured over the corn, tight
cover put on the kettle, and the whole
placed on the stove, where, by the time
| your rounds are completed, the corn
will have become steamed and mellow
and have lost none of its good qualities.
| Remember that each hen has a certain
amount of animal force to be expended
every day in some direction, and the
less she has to give to digest here food
the more she will have to give to b ex-
pended in egg producing. The advau-
| tages of warm food IN winter, when
| much food goes toward producing ami
nal heat to Withstand the cold, are two
| fold-the direct action of the warmth
and the slower action Of the food itself,
to say nothing of the fact that the con-
tents produces 10y nourishing food will
result in more eggs, for a hen thor
oughly at home will lay more eggs than
disconnected one. We have performed
this experiment ourselves, and know
that feeding boiled corn does pay; and
it is as result of experience that we
offer this plan to our f-iends.-Er-
chance.
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Lying.

Although the devil be the father of
lies, he seems, like other great inven-
tors. to have lost much of his reputation
by the continual improvements6h that
have been made upon him.-SaCiff
The most intangible, and therefore
the worst, kind of lie is a half truth.
This is the peculiar device of a con-
scientious" detraetor.- Washington Al
st0n.
No lie you can speak or act, but it
will come, sitter longer or shorter cal
culation, like bill drawn on natures
reality, and be presented there for pay
ment-with the answer No elects
Carlyle.
Habitual liars invent falsehoods not
to gain any md or even to deceive their
hearers, butte amuse themselves. 1t is
partly practice and partly habit It re-
quires an Effort in them to speak the
truth. IL Haiti.
Lying is disgraceful vice, and one
that PlutarcgEDaints In most disgraceful
aaln--, --lS4a .=e--- tIart 10 i7 q fFord
ing testimony that one despises God,
and then fears men," It is not possible
more happily to describe its horrible,
disgusting, and abandoned nature for
can we imagine anything more vile than
to be towards with regard to men, and
brave with regard to God -Dfontdigne.
A lie has no legs, and cannot stand /;
but 1T has wings, and can fly far and
wide.- W0rbmto1.
The gain of lying is nothing else but
not to be trusted of any, nor to be be-
lieved when We say the truth. Sir
Walter Raleigh.
After tongue has once got the knack
g L., 1. L
impossible, almost, it is to reclaim it..
Whence 1T comes to pass, that we see
some men, who are otherwise very hon
est, so subject to this vice. MOptdal31e.
When thou art obliged to spea8 be
sure to speak the truth for equivoca-
ton is halfway to lying. and lying is
the whole way to hell. = William Penn.
He who has not good memory should
never take upon him the trade of lying.
MOntdigne.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given
to lying Shakespeare.
He who tells ia lie is not sensible how
great task be undertakes /; for he must
be forced to invent twenty more to
| maintain one.-POpe.
Truth is always consistent with it
self, and needs nothing to help it out /;
it is always near at hand, sits upon our
lips, and is ready to drop out before we
are aware; lie is troublesome, and
sets mans invention upon the rack,
and one trick needs a great many more
to make it good. It is like building
upon false foundation, which continu-
ally stands IN need of props to shore it
up, and provesat last more chargeable
than to have raised substantial build
ing at first upon true and solid foun-
dalton. -Adolison.
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THE RAILROADS.
Sarato&a's Syndicate-The New Freigh
Tariff.

Saratosa's Syndicate-The New Freight
Tariff.
The resolutions and minutes of the
recent meeting of railroad men. at Sara
toBa, have been taken to Indianapolis
by the secretary and a copy is not to be
obtained. The railroad men state it is
not true that the meeting was called
for the purpose of combining against
the grangers or any other interest.
They say that the object was simply the
development of their respective reads
and their abolition of the system OF
underwriting and litigation which has
proved so expensive to all. The confer
ence will soon be resumed and the bus
mess introduced at the previous meet
ing be brought to close.
The freight agents report that the
action of the railroad officials has sim
plifed their work materially. Hereto
fore there was such competition TO pro-
cure freights, there was no pretense of
preserving nominal rates. BY a grad
ual process of cutting down, the rates
had been reduced from 20 to 40 per
cent, while special rates were made
with large shippers. The following are
the new rates agreed upon. Chicago,
S75 for first class, $40 for second class,
$50 for third class $45 for fourth class,
S35 for fifth class. indianapolis, 81,
500, S57, S43, S33. Cincicinatti. $40,
S64, $55, 81, 1872. st. Louis, S97. 1891,
go, S61, $40. Louisville. $50, $81, ST.,
$50, S44 Evansville, SSS. $50, S68, S51,
$40. Memphis, $1.15. sos, $94, S72,
500. New Orleans, $144, $35, $l18,
$50, $71. These rates it is stated will
be rigidly adhered to except possibly
in cases of few large shippers. No
rebates or drawbacks will be allowed.
Passenger rates have not been changed.