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Hard currency forever-A Pennsyl.
vania fool fooled with a pistol. Ball
struck a five-cent piece in his waisteoat
pocket, and took to his boots instead of
his vitals. A thousand dollars in paper
would not have saved him.
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Embracing Poems, Sketches Incidents of
Travel, etc., will find place in the columns OF
the Commercial, furnishing abundance ef in
struction and amusement for the family circle.
, 1874-12-29
WISCONSIN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

Special DspdtcI. to The Chicago 7rtbnae.
MADISON, Wis, Doc, 28.-Tlo Bem-annnal
meeting Of tho Wisconsin Toaohors' Association
commences hero today, aud will continue on
Tuesday and Wednesday. The programme is as
follows:
aouday Erenfnq-1nsrodnetory exercises. Exam.
inatorE-rrot Alex Kerr, Prof. g. Il. Wichell; dis
cusslun OF tho ahoyc ,palera. Hcpo!tH Of Commit
teea: Il 4Caunty Rupcrtutcndcncy h-Mcesrs ". .:
parkcr, ". II. Chandler, L. O.. Wright: Chartered
Asuoclnt,on n"-Meadrs. ". II. 0handiert j. u. ffadt
T,csdnu Ifor1tina-.G Tratutug Schools IN Connec-
ton win Normal Schools "-l'resiIent 6. s. A1bee
q Tho Truo Function Of tho College "-prcaldont A:
L. Cha1iu; discussion nT tho above paroEs Report 0l
Committee OH Free TuitIons in Higher md lrofes-
stouat Schools "-Ireslcnt u Arny. A. T. Morrill, IL.
| o. lsowlan', W.. "nHHoner. bastaess.
| Tuesday Ercning-" Coedncation Or tue be1cs -
rrosiuent " Q. Wltforl; "Hllat Not to Learn. and
Whit to Lelrn "-rrtsidcnt Johu Dascon: discussion
Of tIeahoye raperH. Report Of Committee on Enc9-
tlonal Needs In the aato"-steRsrs. g. Viebahn, =.
4. Charlton L. II. spraguc, an1 altss Moody. blsi-
| hess.
| ruent OF Graded Schools "--Frof. j. II. Heyno1ua
intermediate Schools PROF. a. Il. Cornwall dis.
c,lsso,l Of tho aDoyv rapera neport Of COMMITTEE
on Academic Culture III State SyHcm --aeshrs Ed'
| ward Scarlut, W d. Parker, ]. q. Emery.
| "Wednesday ErTAinu--" Tho Geological History o1
Wisconsin "-Irof T. Q. Chnmherin: Discussion
lIow lar May tic State Provide Education fur lel
Children at Public Cost "--aleabra. A. Salisbury,
mtteu us, Il Feasibility OF Adopting Cnlrao Of Stud!
| and Work fur Term of Years fnr Tearhers 1n1ti
tutya "--aesgrs D. McGrcgor, v. II. Chandler j. Ii
Tarry.
, 1874-12-29

SrtcGt U9tntcN 1T lHF LHIFGHo 4F'e""e'
DEs MONIES, H., Dec. 23.--Iho State Auditor
Init woek completed tho settlement with tho
counties delinquent 10 tho School Fund. 9ho
ACCOUNTS hayo boen unaettlcd for twenty yoars
until now. The delinquency Ia often more a1'-
parout thnu roa yet such as to prevent bal
anco OF tho accounta. In many inatancos, tho
difference arises from tla carolcHH manner OF
hooping county hooks; In so1no, it ln tho result
OF DOWNRIGHT raBcallty. casa OF this kind oc.
curred III Altan,akoo County, which was dng up ~
tho iinal aotlcmont with tho county last week.
Several yoarH aEo, one Francis & h9aeman "as ~
Tilt county OH bohalf Of the State. Whon no
rot tho,o, ho bought IG0 aoros oi land, mud bor-
hTowod $i,00U Of tho School Fund, $500 In
his OWN nasAo, uud $doQ In tho
nmIne Of hih wife, with which II pay for tho
land. aud III TINT way ho aettea:th School Fund:
lo wont or aud Tas eard ot 70 more %n so.ln uat,l
tary Of State. 4 lawyer waH sont to Investigate
bi1i,. lJo returned with s700; l'o put S2Ull il
iis pocIlot, gnu tho Eaunty Of Al!n.nakee $500,
Which tlo Ircabusor put Into the Gonoral Fund
instend af thu School Fund, and so. atter a!l The
equity iH out f5uU, bocauso tho State Auditor
| won't ntnit sho paymss.s.
, 1874-12-29
TEMPERANCE MAss.MEETlNG.
spet5a. Dispatth IA The Chtcad" Tribune

Spetidl Dspatth II The Chsc0d" Tra6Nn<.
FngEponr, ILL.,, Dec. 28.-An enthuH!astlo
masB- meeting was held in Wilcox'a 0poraoHouso
tonight uatlos the auspicoa Of tho Woman'a
Temperance Union. Tho house was crowded.
MrH Stewart Of Ohio, the originator Of the
Temperance crusade, delivered tho address. Tho
Temperance Union Of this city comprises Indies
Of charactor and prominence, happily free from
fanas!cisua, nna heartily supported by many of
our Yanst influential citizens. Tho crusade thus
far has boen au unostontatious aud discreet, but
mono tho loss persistent, effort to influence pub
lIo opinion and enforce the existing la'Se. Weok-
ly 1neo.ngs sinco last spring llavo beon lnais-
tainod without cesgation. This to-night WAS tho
Inauguration of sorios OF FREQ public mass
mcetinGs to be held in tho Opers-House during
the wiu,tor. Tho officers OF tho organization arc !:
President, Mrs. V. Ayeril Secretary, Mrs. I.
+, klacknor
, 1874-12-29
RAILROADS..
Tho Chicago e. Wa1dheim Road In
Court.
Reduced Rates Bctwecn Toledo
md New York.

E1hIcftNAII llN ACVHas
THE CHICAGO NALD1iEfN nAiLnoAD CDMrANY.
1lebocca Clark fled bill against tho Chicago
Il Waldleim Rat!road Company to prevent It
from crossing hor land. S|to Btasos that she
OWNS Lotg ~ to 70 In Ann 1nwBon'e subdivision
Of Lots u, Is. nnd tho north 3.5 Of Lot IL III
Honoro Il Dradloy'a subdivsion Of tho W. M Of
tho N. E. X Of Soc. Il, o., u, fronting On
Loavitt street, and directly woat Of tho western
terminus Of Harrison street, Tho Chicago Il
Waldhcim Company Inns begun building road
on Harrison Btrcos, and proposes to construct II
wcst to Maywood, thus crossIng complainaut's
laud. sho alleges tAat Harrison Btroet
Inns neyor boon laid out over her psop-
orty; that tho Railroad Company hae
mover begun any proceedings for coadomning
tho 1and, and that gront damago will be done to
hor buildings On tue aboyc-nan1cd lots u1lloss
tho Company be restrained FROM crogafng her
laad, without first aacertalning and paying llcr
tho damage caused thoroby, anl sho therefore
aalsa for au Injunction.
TIE CHICAGO, DANy1LLE 4 v1HCENHEs RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Fic1d, King Il Co. filed bill yesterday IN tho
| Circuit Court aganat tho Chicago. Danviilo l.
rinccnnos Railroad Company and robert rritc-
ard, asng for III injunction aud aot-oif. Com
plaiuants aloge that aa financial agents md bro
| kCF6, &0OY tuRH Uhuu AuAAR @AA Da'o7
for tho Company, for which thoy aro en-
titled to d commission Of 22,500, including
therein the negotiation Of loan of 1850, 600, and
tho guaranteeing Of Its notes to tho amount OF
! s150,000 Tho Company IN 1871 loaned thom
| $4,000, Of which they havo paid $4,000, kccr-
ing tho remainder to aot of against their olafms'
About year and ha,t ago tho Company rccov.
ercd a Judgment aganst tl,om for this amount
and short tlmo ngo sont III execution 10 Full
ton County, vhcro King haa somo properly, wit!
directions to leyy 1t md mako tho amount OF the
Judgment. 10 tins tho compiatnnnts object, al
leeing thoy did not plead thoIr claims as sot of
because they supposed that tho Company sas
solvent, and they Ind commenced Ani
Since that time tho Company, b,
it's own showing, Ind become inHolsont
Iu support of this allegation copies OF tho re-
ports Of tho Company to tho Auditor were intro
iuccd. showing that lilo whole assets Of tho Com
pany we're only $2,5oo 600. while ita dobts yer. yer
claimed tint they would DO unable to obtain thc
claim, aud that their only partial hoEo was tt
offset the judgment against them 10 their CLAIM
against tho Company. They, therefore asked 70
| an injunction to prevent tho levy OF tho oxecu
tion, and decree allowing thofn to Offset th
Judgment, aB far as 1t was sufficient, against tlei
claim for s22, 500.
4 long argument Was l,ad on tho motion fo
injunction, aud tlnally it was granted teinporari
ly by cousout Of tue parties.
, 1874-12-29

Tho English Government has I'LL elephant on
its hauds In tho iron-clad Devastation. s!e was
designed as far back III tho oarly part OF 18G9,
aud ahe has mover yet beon trusted in really
rough ucoa1 wntorB Thoro was tnlls OF scltl-
Ing Aor to Yigo this autumn to SOC how Atlantic
waves agreo with her but the visit il post
poncd, for It Ina boon diacoyeroa that all upetl-
{ngs To below. except from tho hurricane deck,
would hayo to bo closed for four or f}so days.
aud toward the onl Of thns time tho atmosphere
betwoon tho decks would becomo a poisoned
air-batb." When this has boen. put right the
Admiralty Will consider whether she can safoly
30 Hont into the open sea; but not much hope
Ia entertained OF ller over loing III for tint.
, 1874-12-29
THE INDIANA SI3NATORSHIP.
The Hon. Joseph II. HlcIsonn1d Olives
! f1ik Ffnnncin1 Viusvs--3lr. E1Otsllntl
GUfti1lK teutfy for the htrtsEuln.
La III. IT,.

The Hon. Joseph II. Hlcfsonn1d tiivcH
HI. Finnnctn1 vlu,v*--5Ir. E1ols,lnta
<iottilax ftcusty for tho htrtsgulu.
Sree,ai Diapatch 10 7he Ch,caao tribune.
1Sn1sHhro1sa, Ind, Jan. 28.-Tlo iloM. Jo-
Hoph i, Mcdonald Inns communicated n 1ottcv to
TIM Sentinel noting forth hiB tinancin' vows.
l1o quotes at longth from his nrooncaatlo
speech. In which ho said t1at tho normal cond-
ton Of tho finauco of my commercial country
Hllould bo specie basiB, but tint Ito won!d nj
low tho natural growth of businoas to help ,,s
oft Of tito ev!ls Of spurious ourronoy believing
lhat MI attempt to roluco tho gap between
tho prosont yaluo of tho currency aud gold
standard by reducing tllo volume Of papor cur
renoy would break down tho industrial nteroata
OF tho country. l1o also Bn,din tint speech that
llo did not bcliovo Cougroaa Ind tho right to coin
money out of paper, but M bo.woon Goyorn-
mont and National 1Iank currency, llo was Tor
| Government clirroucy, believing TINT tho
Government Ind o right to uso her
credit In .;ltho form Of Treasury notes
| 10 nny extent thnt her creditors win receive
| themselves nH circulating medium. at. tho
| coso Of tho quotation Mr.. Mcdonald Hays !:
" Thcao vioHs still ontortan md trust that
thoso who know bcst bolioyo would not pro-
tund to ontortain aontimontB contrary to my onn-
rictions for noat In tho United States se,,ato
| for life. Ny buHincss l,as to homo extent
boon neglected during tho canvass, and
think OF tic sunntorahip with which my na,no
haB boon connoctod, or to thank my friends for
their earnest Efforts in my hofnif. Nor hnye
bean inclined to entor into MI nctiye ca,lyass for
tho position. mncl, AZ desire It, as Iookupou
tho Office OF Unitoa Statos Senator MI ono Of the
higheat In honor and dignity in the land, and
only desirable to mo on account OF the honor at.
tncIaetl to It,"
Rooms hare been engagcd at tho Occidental
1Intol In the fntereHt ut Mr.. Holman and tnI
gentleman viii DO thoro personally during the
| Senatorial CANVASS.
, 1874-12-29

Ncechcr ato his Inst Christmas turkey rs pastor
Of Plymouth, Church with ls family Nfoulton
and Ills wife dlnod together at homo alone; poor,
weak, Sinful Elizabeth, having ruined her own
Children tried TO repair tho wrong by imrarting
littlo hnppiuosB to fow others ut Mrs. OWING
toms whiIo Theodore 1iLton dcckod his desert
ell l.orRo with 4 crown Of t!.or,s Of holly, meot-
Il so1lt lin by his danghtor Floronee.
, 1874-12-29

Tho aquarium Of tho Geological Station at Ma
ples WAS laAt autumn attacked by II lalgo number
Of rats. which not only did considerable mischief
to tho woodwork, but even caught md doyourod
au attaclt OH an octopus, lowovor. ono Of those
depyedatogs gut by far tho worst at tho tatta ia
next morning nothing remained OF tho four
footed gourmand but tho bones and part Of tue
ahIn. Though tlis achievement, remarks the
Los4don AAes.te,&sl., can,lot he compared to tue
exploits related by H. Victor Hugo, 1t is iuseress
ing, Al showing that oyon In captlyitya healthy
euttle.llsl IL woll ahlo to tako caro- OF ltsolf.
, 1874-12-29
f1rDNullt in New EnEllk1lGt,

Large sect,ons Of Now England ero suffering
SERIOUS Inconvenience from tho lack OF water.
Tho Lewiston Journal. speaking OF Maine. says:
"Tho drought Ii being quite aoyoro!y fot asl
over tho Ht1ta amIi utronmh and fo,1ntaina
Afe no low that business IL aln,ost suspended ut
aon,o ,nillp III biaiuo, and in soma localities
farmers lul 1t quito difficult to gat wator enough
to wator their stock. Tho Lewiston mills soon
to have botter supply Of wstor than moSI
points,"
, 1874-12-29
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

LONDON. Dec. 28.-Stennships Pennsylvania,
from Philadelphia; Dras,nschweag. from l'alti-
more, and ulsuorgan, from Now York, hayc ar-
rived out.
LoHpoH, Dec. 28.-Tl1c steamship Sarmatfa,l,
from portIand, and Ropnbllc, from New York,
laYo arrived out.
, 1874-12-29

sp<ciat Usratch to The E'hicaao Tribune.
pEsNtolSEs, Ia, Doc GA bill III equity las
boen tilod in tho unltod States Circuit here, by
ttlo Chicago, burlington Il Quincy Railroad oom-
t41ld tho state Trcasuror, and praying for an i'll
junction to restrain them, tile former
from prosecuting, tho hitter for paying
tho expenaca for prosecuting. certain suits
against lilo Company for violation Of tho lta!l-
road Tariff law; and. further, TO restrain other
u.Qucet in several counties. Tho hearing will DO
Lad before Judges Dillon and Love. at Chant
hera, at Davenport Ian. s.. Judge RoYor, attor..
noy for tho Company, is preparing for big light
IL these quits.
Tue nALtfons1A PACIFIC nANKhurToY ,M CASE T..
Gorman bonll.oidera potitioning in bankruptcy
agai,lBt tho California pacitlo liailroad Company
filal an atnendea petition to.day. Four bundled
crodtora are added 10 the list. The aggregate
indebtedness is e'nimea to hn q. 3.oao. 600.
NEW NAILnoAD.
Special Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Doc. 28.-1t now seems prob
able tA.s tho road fran this city via Abba, Knox
vile, to tho southeast, will be built. Capt.
jamoa Matthew'S, OF Knoxville, has received ne
following proposition from she Quincy d ~. ~:
Paul Railroad, which aavors Of buail1ess. Ihe
lettor bears date Dec. 70 int,
tyaur Company Will furnish tho right Of way ~
cau[l subscriptions donations sufficient to cotpca
suadheA ready for tue track, aud WILL Golsouats, W
ys1f ihs s t. t.rs s os ~ rsas VII o
tna road III iu operation froni quincy 70 noxsillv y
1T as' py % ns ill., s7 css ssss
t!ana should be snat!a payable ons.naif b.! ,.. ~
work progressed roassucd, aud ouc-half tlMa whc
S,an on your lino Onr hoard Of Dirucors Will '1eo
snd sppiors our sa suustgaa aud bonas aud TO cos'
, 1874-12-29

: Spteidl UsuHlcN N 1Nx CHtcH1t 174pHHt.
DEs MONIES, IT,, Dec. 2s,-A motion las lHen
filed i'll the United 6tatoa Circuit Court for the
gugpenaion Of George II. French AZ Receiver Of
tho Davenport i st. Paul Railroad, BY 5ulro
GRANT representing over $4,000, QUO Of boud-
bolde1s, suppottM by humorous aftidavits. TLo
Court Las ordered lloaring at Kookuk, JAIL s..
Isecoiycr may eontinuo, on condition tlat ho pay
out no money, except Oh order OF tho Court, aud
that ali money ho receives ahall bo deposited in
hauk in Iowa.
, 1874-12-29

REDUCED RATES fNoM TOLEDO TO NEW YoRK.
hIr. r. D. Slunlway, General Freight Agent Of
tho, Chicago t. Iowa nnd Chicago Il paducah
Railroads, tolegraphed to several railroad men in
this city last evening that q reduction Of oeuts
per 100 pounds on fourttl-c!ass freights Ind boon
matlo between Toledo aud Now York. IT this
news proyea to bo correct it will bo discrimlna-
ton nEainat Chicago in fnyor of tho cross HneR,
aud lhe Chicago roads leading to tho East Will
undoubtedly protest against such reduction
It ia hardly possible tlnt this action will DO ap-
proved BY tho Commissioners, but it is generally
known tint tho managors OF tho various roads
haYo, during tho lust fow days. ignored tho Sara-
togn agreement, and acted aB thoy doomed beHt
for tla interests Of their respective 1iucs. a
prominent Now York railroad manager
stated to TRIBUNE reporter few days
ago tint within sixty days two Of tho most
prominent Eastern lines would withdraw from
tho combination. The Michigan Central Rail-
road also will embrace tho first opportunity to
"Btep down and out" Of q combination whch
has caused It nothing but trouble aud voxatiohs'
There Is much complaint 1nado by rairoad man-
agors thai tho zoads arc losing money with the
present rates. This nay bo truo, as tho rates
! arc much lower now than they woro oVor before
| at this Benson Of tho ycnr. But, while most o.
| tho roadB aro losing money al tne1e iatee' s1e
Baltimore & Ohio is making money. It Is tho
sole owner Of tho ontiro limo from horo to Ba!ti-
moro, and is not c.nbarrasaod by hoavy dobtB.
Therefore this roal will undoubtedly adhere to
tue present low rates to Baltimore, and oonso~
uucntly tho other roads will bo unable to raise
| rAtpH to other points.
| Personal.
| Mr., G. Dl. Gray, General Woatorn Freight
| Agent of tho l4ako Shore Il Michigan Southern
| Nsilroed, has beol seriously Ill during tho Lust
| two months. 11o has. however, recovered sulli-
cicntly to bo about agau. and hcrenfter will 10
found at his oltce as usual
Mr, n. a. Philips Las been appointed General
Baggage Agent Of tlo Chicago 4 Northwestern
Ruilvoad in place of Alr. J. i. Clock, who has
| beon assigned to other duties.
Mr, c. II. Prescott has beon appointed Auditor
of tho Loaycnworth, Lawrence & Galveston
Railroad, yico ". G. Ransom. reBiguod.
| ALTON ST. LouiS.
Tho tlicago g. Alton Ralroa1 has contracted
for 6, 900 stool rails from tho Joliet and tho CHI:
| caro Steel-Wotks. Tue rnils must bo delivered
by tho 1sk Of January. This will add GO nsilcs OF
steel rails. Tho Company has nlready down BE-
tw1en hero and St. Louis 240 miles OF tlleso ralls.
loaviug to DO completed distance Of oniy IL
| meB. r
, 1874-12-29

ihe contract for 1900 tons of rails mRdo, and
wonftl be pcaAod to meet committee Of yOnrH, acte
gssd with full power 10 nct And 10 closo contracts
Should any DO agreed upan.
, 1874-12-29

Commissioner Holden sahl tAat among tho
,na.tusa referred to tho HpaeiAl Committee WAS
That Of Tho gouera conttaot system, matter r.
curing lnlci titao to ,nycetlgato, properly. It
apraartd thut groat saying could ne olfec.otl
tbiug hy uuutract. The Comnlttae really noedcsl
mors tli.lu 10 report Oil this subject, mud ought
,aot to 10 called upoa to report heforo Wodncs-
day afternoon, -, ,,-....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-24
FINANCIAL AID oonnERCI.L.
The Markets.

BhIIIsoIE, December Zi.-YIrginia siKes. peel.
eIs1 a. Wig einlas, consolidated, s. Nest Vlr-
MAE, 10 bii tD-csy.
BhTiSuRE, December q -Ooeton shade frmsr,
gnli-icS miGd'lng, l5'a SiS54 Flour dud sli
hraN. p-lcte unchanged. Wheat quiet and uu-
CbaI Sed. Corn-whIto southern, 7sLs2E yellOS =
ttuiLtrn, S(9s2, mlIed western, IS. Oats duIl an
CuobHEgcd- kgs dC!l ana unchanged. Hay un.
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q bauk reserve 10 liabiitIy, WGie1 i4,t week was
451s Ter Ceuf a. E.W a. Paris dispatches uuOte
ties at 81 francs, 72a Ceniilnes.
Par :, d. CenbeF q The specis IN the b Enk Of
FTsLce Ess increased l.I79 Ua0 francs DGriuE the
psst Wetk TeLtet wer, qusted al 6I francs o. cen.
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