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for the ordinary religious worship, it will be
found that every Sundays use represents an
actual cost of about $500, or at the rate of
800 IN hour for actual use, while this costly
and elegant property remains idle esl1-seventlis
Of the time. Nearly every church could pay
large portion Of its expenses BY permitting
its edidce to be used during the week for
secular purposes to which it is aaapted.-for
lectures and concerts at night, for ki'ldeT-
gurten and private schools, for medical and
scientific lectures, on weekdays, for public
meetings and conventions Of reputable and
non-political character, and for many other
purposes that will suggest themselves when
the practice shall have become generally rec
ognized as legitimate and proper.
Chicago may fairly claim the distinction of
having inaugurated this new usefulness for
churches. 1t atones largely for the extrava-
gance of the edidces, which would otherwise
be unreasonable and inexcusable. It has es-
tablished system Of neighborhood enter
tainments that are peculiarly social and
homely in character. 1t popularizes the
musical and intellectual a1nusements. It
does good week day work as well as good
Sunday work. The cause Of religion is none
the worse because Catholic Bishop and a
Congregational clergyman are thus brought
into the same pit. The pninted admoni-
ton on the Wall Of "Praise ye the Lord,
and the comforting invitation to the heavy
laden, may reach as many Or more who ore
in need of the one and will be grateful for
the other as Of Sunday. The religious
aims Of the Church are not profaned, and its
worldly influence may be considerably en-
larged by these new secular uses.
, 1875-10-24

In TIE TRIBUNE Of this morning will be
found large mass Of Interesting relig1ou:
matter,-comprising the latest news from
the different denominations, and discussions
upon topics now prominent in the re-
ligious world. The question of Church.
Unity, in connection with the pro
posed union of the Protestant-Eplsco.
pal and Methodist-Episcopal Churches,
is treated by various correspondents, from
diverse standpoints. Another correspondent
vindicates the process Of singing down OBJ
noxious speakers Still other correspond
ents discuss the subject Of Rible-read-
ing in the public schools, pro and
con.,-one Of the letters making answer
to the statements put forward by the Rev.
ARTHUR MITCHELL Editorials are presented
from two leading English papers-the Lon
don Standard aud Uour--on the speech
made by President GRANT at Des 1Ioines,
and the position of the Roman Church
toward our free-school system. The
nature and objects Of the Catholic
s' Universal Jubilee" now in progress, are
fully described Then We give large and
y-selected variety Of personal and
religious intelligence; a col
lection of religious pleasantries; an ex-
tended list Of church services in
this city to-day and the Episco-
pal and Catholic calendars for the
current week. ALI in oil, our resume is far
more comprehensive than that afforded by
any issue Of any Of the professedly religious
journals and, moreover, is written and ar
ranged in such manner as to be of interest to
Ill persons outside of church organizations,
as well as all within them.
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THE SINGER WILL CASE.

AS The WARD Will case IN Detroit draws tC
| a close, another will case looms up, ever
more curious and complicated, and involving
nearly three times as large a fortune. The
will which is now about to be contested il
| that Of Isaac H. SINGER, the inventor Of tht
SINGER sewing-maehine, and the contest il
made by his second wife, MARY ANN SINGER
known as MARY ANN FOSTER. It appears,
from the preliminary hearing, that 31r
SINGER was model polygamist He has hae
three wives, as many paramours, and twenty.
/ eight children, and he leaves fortune oi
$13,000,000. He married his first wife in
1910, from whom he was divorced. His sec
ond wife, the contestant in the case,
bore him ten children, and from her
also he Was divorced The third wife.
ISABELLA EuGEsn SINGER, whom he is said
to have married in England, and who is the
residuary legatee under the will, bore him
six children, and to her and them he left the
bulk Of his fortune He also provides in his
will $15, 900 for the use Of two children by a
woman, MARIA HALEY; two equal portions
of his property to five children by woman,
MARY MoGoN1GA1; and two equal parts to o
child by one MARY f. WALTON His whole
property is divided into sixty equal portions
and is apportioned between all the living
children, whether legitimate or illegitimate
All the claims of the numerous 1egatees are
adjusted with the exception Of those Of the
second wife, who now comes in and
claims to be the real widow, and hence
seeks to break the will. It is hardly
possible that she can succeed, as the will
seems in reality to be an unusually just one.
The third wife is acknowledged as his wife
throughout the will, and was recognized as
his wife through long series of years.
Every one of his children, both legitimate
and i1legitin1ate, are also acknowledged by
his own name in the will, and the property is
equitably divided among them The trial
will be one of extraordinary interest, growing
out Of the complex circumstances surround
ing the case. During his life, A1r. SINGER
sustained good reputation. He was
church member, and gave liberally to religious
enterprises, aud was esteemed as a moral
man by the whole community. No
suspicious attached to him during life, and it
is not until after his death that It appears
his life was anything but an irreproechable
one. How he succeeded in entirely conceal
ing the fact that he was acting the part Of
husband to six wives and had colony of
twenty-eight children is q mystery. The
charge Of insanity brought against him can
hardly hold unless the curious and very rare
fact Of acknowledging and providing by will
for illegitimate children is proof Of insanity.
Most people, however, will be inclined to
credit this to sense Of kindness, generosi-
ty, and impartial justice on the part Of the
aud will Offset it against his polyg-
amous conduct. It will certainly 60 far to
sustain the soundness and equity Of his Will.
, 1875-10-24

TIE TRIBUNE reporter who was tempo
rcrily do,niciled at St. Louis has voluntarily
surrendered himself to the Rockford authori-
ties. The terrible monotony Of existence in
town in which there was nothing to report
was too much for him. Better q prisoner at
Rockford than q free man at St. Louis
He has alrendy been punished sufficiently for
his alleged participation in the Rockford
duel by his exile in the city which was found
ed g century ago, and las been found dead
by every visitor since.
, 1875-10-24

His powers with his ''left maulsJ sna u
winnings st faro did the business for hin ~
all in VAIN to the listed laborlng 6seo ..
the Honorable JoHE MoRR1ssEE protect tns& W
candidate he could not be. The ha1dv soa "
toll would have none Of it, and their casne8a
must he be in the Fourth Senatorial ulsen'~
New York; and he has yielded bis aecsps =
Of the honors thrust upon him. and Euns' y -, ~
cost him, according to the estimates o' 'oea A r =
iticians, 1876, GOO; but such are the peaaHes =
greatness; aud SO a. the champion Of P'e''-
reform is he launched upon the csnEasa
, 1875-10-24

There is yet prospect that the Bu111sEBs
and Grains Of Williamson County will be
avenged The conviction of three of their
clan, and the arrest of others, interrupted
them in the work Of e1terminating their
foes, the HESDERsoSB, whose murder Of old
man BuuHER inaugurated the vendetta.
But. encouraged by the success that has at
tended their efforts to vindicate the law, the
authorities are in pursuit Of the mu1derers
OF the HENDERSON clan, and have begun by
arTesting Mrr BAXTER for the murder of Dr..
HEcHc1uFE- one Of the Bu111xEns' parti-
sans, who Was assassinated some time prior
to the murder of SrsSEE and SPENCE. If the
work Of Furnishing the murderers on both
sides IN the vendetta is pushed vigorously, it
may lead to the depopulation Of couple of
townships in Williamson County, but itwould
be happy riddance Of them if it even came
to that Certainly the murdcrers of the
three Bu1L2Es oughtpt to escape.
, 1875-10-24

St. Louis actually furnishes the omniTorous
newspaper with an item. And the item is
rot q failure, or death, Or the statistics Of
the hay-crop Of the principal business street
o: that melancholy town 1t has, Of course,
n connection with the bridge. But it is not
that the bridge has fallen. It is, however,
SO heavily weighted with debt that it cannot
stand any additional 1oad,-n even that of
telegraph-wire. So the wire of the Atlantic
aud Pacific Company has been torn down
This is all but it insures the publication of
a local department in the St. Louis papers.
, 1875-10-24

The result in Ohio did not kill the rag
baby. After the election, cheap money Was
being printed right in Illinois to revive bust
ness and restore confidence, when uinion
Of GRANT stepped in and stopped it. ELMER
WAsHBURS Of the Secret Service was the
man who checked this great work for the re-
lief of the debtor classes which want more
cheap money, and he has the counterfeiters,
BoTD, DH1oos, and SrADrFn1, who were
caught in the vicinity of Centra1ia, safe under
lock and key, and the cheap currency will be
further contracted by destruction Of that
found in their possession.
, 1875-10-24

The top-lottical public virtue which inspcI cs
Gov, TnpES's recent c:rcular TO The Na!.
Attorneys, admonishing them to sse toa:
laws to protect the purity Of the ballot H'ae
idly enforced. becomes selt-evident "aen -.
stated that, under the New York stssals = -.
District Attorneys have nothing 70 % s''11.
enforcement Of those laws.
, 1875-10-24

The world outside of Chicago WIS very
quiet yesterday. History was made at a slow
rate. Inside the limits Of Cook County, how
erer. things were lively, The drinking,
smoking lying, and speeeL-mazdng which
are the outward manifestations Of political
campaign went On without ceasing.
, 1875-10-24

JQMbSK6W,
Ho0LEY's THEATRE-Randoph street, betwean
Clark and LaSa1e. Engagement ct the California
Atiustta1R.
McVICKERS THEATRE-Madison street. between
Dearborn and State. Engagement Of Lotta. Musette
ADELPHI THEATRE-Dearborn street, corner
Monroe Variety performance.
WOODS MUsEUM-Monroe street, between Dear
bnrn and State~ Afternoon, Aurora Floyd" Even
ing. "a Dangerous Came"
MCCORMICK H4LL-Horth C1ark street. corner OF
Kiuzie. Entertainment by Prof. Pepper.
, 1875-10-24

The Chicago produce markets we're rather
less lively on Saturday. Mess pork was in
good demand and irregular, closing at $2l.c
for October aud $ls.s5 seller the year.
Lard was dull and steady, at $3.50 for new
and S12. 81 seller the year. Meats were quiet,
a. s+4e Tor part-salted shoulders (boxed), 12c
1or abort ribs do. and 1osc for short clear do.
, 1875-10-24
I5e GbmaDu Gfibu1,e.
Sunday Morning, October -, 1875

At the New York Gold Exchange on SatuE-
day greenbacks were quoted ut the opening
at SCI, from which figure they advanced to
s71, the closing quotation being S71.
, 1875-10-24

A lot of card-houscs toppled over in the
East yesterday. The list embraces dealers in
dry goods, lumber, books, machinery, and
wool One Ohio failure throws 200 men out
OF employment
, 1875-10-24

larged by these new secular uses.
-
MR.. HESING's WILD STATEMENTS.
In h1r. HEsING's West Turuer-Hall speech
he attempted to explain why he had left th.
Republican party. According to his OWL
account, while he was in that party he wa:
treated very well Presidents and Cabinet:
offered him high md lucrative offices, whicl
he declined Republican State Conventions
offered him nominations, and in 1879 haG
offered to make him Lieutenant Governor,
with the succession to the Governorship, and
he had rejected it, Republican citizens
had heaped social honors upon him, giving
him d banquet, silver service, and csrriage
and pair of horses. According to 11r. HES,
! 1Se's own account he Jared well and honor
ably when in the Republican party. Why,
then, did he leave it? It does not seem
that he left because Of any difference
Of opinion upon any question Of political
policy or principle. Mr.. Sc11unz, Mr. HECK
Ell, and Gov. KoEnSEn left the Republican
party in 1872 upon plain and distinct national
issues 11r. HEs1NG saw nothing objection
able in 1872 in the principles, policies, or Or
| ganization OF the Republican party, he giving
to its support his whole strength, opposing
even koERsEE and supporting Gen. BEvEn-
| DGE His detection was not until 1873, when
he organized the Peoples party upon mere
| question Of local administration, which was
settled at that election and no longer divides
parties. Why he left the Republican partyis
still matter wholly unexplained. It is this
mystery which leads thousands of Democrats
to believe that in point of fact he is Repub
ican yet, and will be acting with that party
hereafter:
One remark Of MIR. HEsNG in that same
speech deserves comment. he said !:
Whoa these monoposta OF TIE TRIBUNE and a1me*'
ahu ns .on,s ta1Aeu peoF'e :as
bat 1000 peooe wars thera to reazn. such charos,.
He had said to them two years ago that every person,
rich or poor had tho right to be protected to I've and
~ ~1, ~ w. sou ao ,,.,
,bumb1e citizen sca1awufr 1e.auso hc had to Vors for
his bread and butter.
agraph which are untrue The objection to
Mr.. HEs1SG's ticket is not on any feeling Of
Know-Nothingism, butbecause American rep
resentation thereon was purposely excluded.
All nationalities are represented in the Board
of County Commissioners; three of the retir-
ing members are Of American birth, and Mr.
HEsn;a's Convention nominated three per-
sons Of foreign birth to succeed them. His
ticket, beginning with himself, is composed
Of foreigners to the end. So fur from any
feeling of Know-Nothingism governing the
supporters Of the Republican ticket, it will
be seen that there have been placed on that
ticket Germans and Irish for all the Offices Of
profit, retaining the other places for native
citizens.
The TRIBUNE has never assailed any man
, 1875-10-24

TO-DAY.

MCCORMICK HALL-North Clark gtreet, corner Kin
xis. Lecture By w. &. Emerson. Subject: p" The
Mechanic Of It's and 1875"
, 1875-10-24

LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 2, R. T. M--Stated
Couvocaton Monday evening" Oct. Is. At 1:39 O'clock
for business and WORK. by orde- Of the 81. T.
EN- TUCKER, Sec.
, 1875-10-24

LOYAL ORANGE E1NST11rT1OE-Red,W White, and
HUE L. .. L., No. 81. will hold regular meeting at
LIE ball. southeast corner o: Franklin and Van Buren,
sts 10 morrow {Iondsy} evening, at $50 p. sharp,
l1r vo1. On the 4. L. r. Dcerce Punctual attendance
Is requested. Visiting brethren cordially invited.
E. HUISE, Secretary.
, 1875-10-24

ATTENTION, SIR KS1GuTS!-Specal conclsve of
Chicago Con,nande7y No. ~ K. r., Monday evening,
tct IS. 1875, for work X. T. Order. general at
1endance desired Sir Knights are requested 10 ap
pear full uniform far possible Visiting Sir
knights ccurteously invited By order Of the EN-.
Com. G. A. WILLIAMS, hecofdef.
, 1875-04-13
that Mr. Morris hnd complained that somo OF
tho plymontl, members had bean neodlessly pos
lid In salt,ing tho turott.
MRS. TlLTON. d,
PREDICTION THAT atE WILL FOLLOW DEKonEn ON
THE wfrNEss.sTAND.

MRS. TlLToN. =
PREDICTION THAT attE WILL FoLtow DEHonEn ON
THE w1rNEss.sTAHD.
Sptrfat D.s,.aseh ia The Chteaos Trfbun<
New Yons. Aprlt 12.-slotlvos Of leleacy
nlono Lnyo not kept aErs. T,l.on from attendance
NJ court since Mr.. 1,ccchor went on tho stand.
Sic cxtbcfs 10 succeed him In tho wltnesa.cl,atr,
or certaluly to follow 1Tr. Cleveland ~ COLI
ctu1ng witnoss for tho defense. MIR. Dccclcr'n
counsel arc unwilling to admit that 1t Ia thoIr
I,rroao 10 call Mrs. Triton. but from other
SOURCES Of information II In known that sttrh II
their determination. 1siB known with certainty
That Judge Neflson has declared that lAo will ror-
mi! Mrs Triton to testify II both utdes Will cons
sent to II. Tho defouso recognize, perhaps.
that public continent demands Mrs. Tilton'B
Testimony md they will make tho offer Tot trvo
reasons according to Mt. Dccchcss friends.
Thoy wAnt hor Testimony In tho first place, being
satisfied that Il will corsoborato Mr. Beecher In
every Important particular, aid Introduce neodcd
narration OF circumstances undcr which tho do
Tense allege that tho confession and other ra-
peta were forced from her by her h'lRbsua Tho
second reason is tlsatif they do not get her tea-
limony It will place plaintiff III position Of OK.
c,utllpg II, md this they believe will strengthen
their case before tho Jury and pnbllc. Uns
whether plaintiff takcs this position or not, d.
rect Testimony Of Mrs. Tilton, Under oath, will
Ge given to tho public.
, 1875-04-13
phraaeo1ogy Intellectual bar 10 ,ta boyns u,.

FnthaenoRJ was an 1Heuecsual oaF 70 1ta GonH used
you md Mo,liton u to this paper having hcen s
~ A.-lt my vary eaally havn leon, ht ,o3
recoccs my fuch con.erraon. There wore so"5
was esr proparc-an ltrojuetory s,ria,5ss ah,5s
was auhmittsd 10 me- tllnk ns sos. Of ha,;la
This o,a,r one-f nm not elear IN my recne'ifon;
tentative forms wera produced hefors The lsson lee,
Waa published, but s'
rnEYusEn TO CONSIDER THEN,
bit after It WA published WIS iudIaposyA
W. !l SsiWesn Hfsi &.ef 1sSns, s
I'D .sa IT,. Sssos a.s ,y hm
1s"n 5oMt f1p Or given nttsr,n,e IT,
's% Fix sa patoass =" y ~ ss s%ri d
sss us; Gs1 uafs s* lSa e.. A.ys had good
.s'i p. tho Tr!a.y evening rrayer.'ase,t,ii ans !
your church seemed to 10 in entire sympathy will yas
aad slinl you might hase AvA,Icd yourself Of III
sWoI, an. M not 10 hians for tlat. Yoa a. aa!,. az
senee, and have followed Tho yoll sAsteafaa
jill s il yor hans and Witness proeeea' ''s ,ns ny.
y III rast thst Wish to "a, your attention ut.
s,o nj T. h'a sna ,o his1 .ss. a
hal asked usn Tfasy 4 hd h,d nabnIit. i IT,. H.
vi ha. ba aa s.ei, acE II With io thoishle shlef' Y
do,cetcd my hanl!vork. snd that Tracy had ss'i 4
Is +, ~ ,rt ~ t, c,t o,,onh F.o 10 Srine
.1i "si LaL. " .a'n rs sasu, .ao ~ aid
no!nsa u , Gea oi io IL - 1saTi " III hetsa-
H. oasts ' " - ,n1 lsr .oa sn1
1sstns aHa .,f ter"an s,,tinns VIII o!. ~ As
so,i, ny. s"ast1a IT, rst .ass t ~ asaffA
,tg,tI, II ~ rt,a III ~ t.n,., ~ n,%ita na't
sJn1tnr.s,s no .rin, .n,Icr to on;nn, oe1,t
IA A. nn1rly NJ rni rcncn n sn,i saf n i ihi
nns 1 W,atI, ~ ~; thnnnt ~ ,tx ~. ,n.,.a at HAa
Ruou "t tse en, 80. - df.int a,' HI it void
tr uu. ,t eu s.ts.s ~ a - attAtt
.nmnIt. ~ IJs,nrt nnmt,, onI thnb = - suo ueoa
, 1875-04-13
THE pAcGN LETTER.
THE CnlM1NAL uHA1tOY


Was tbore, In any oonT6lehtIon betWeon you nnu
1toulton, or Mira. Moulton, or with ouo In tho
nr..o,,o ~ Aha otbnr ~. conversation -.oor1.
lug Sour nfralrs-thoir atrairs-of what WAS bost
Ia bo done or ebould be done. Ia ul,ci, The word
",,,,n" % - ,va. n.sd h, ei,hor ~ ,h.ao 1,n,taman
In regard to you or tho subject which waa talked
,hcr4o A-Nh st.
A'oa'. A'o' .n-
Q.-Now, Mr.. Detohor, In oil ehla matter ho-
tween you and Triton and i1oulton, golug on
from December. 1870 until the summer Of last
1o,, ., sh,,pe m tho tho III. o, tho word er,s
r. s1s n nS m yS we're eh.a W.T., o. es
mo throuah air Rslnatb. Ut petk5kil, and ten ony,
1s' Id r. e th sss prss % ssns thr II n19S
interview,
vsm oa Td o .tan o S.sa H. H. '9ts ts
t.o, ny nras heasing Of il VA through Aedpsth At
O-Sow, t,r, vns not tho nrst t,ot,eo OF advertise.
meat tho part Of Ttllon .1a,on that you ucre,
E VI -, e' accused of adultery With Mrs ron'
Q.-Now, Ii regard to any conversation Immediately
psr:sa'nF fo,oE!ns The 2, What il saown
IN IN ric, s you you took par. md md Wiz whom! X1Yes,
1.ad : CONDENSATION Win hIotl!ton. bad ceased 70
H. vf In ess @ snog sh %Pn asy 4 II
1871 lai. and in regard To tho adarss. which
sss9sss s ss.s ia % u d. e e.
hvo lctters-if there we're 20 ma,y-or the .rticlc.
a1 Fl a Wa.
preparing to Bacon. -..~,-.
eT xS sy to sssSeTn @ IT, t ss n's1n 1S1
sclf can you 1ocali bearing iron
THAT arp1rAThp cHAnoH?,
but can .iye you the snpstaneo Of soyersi for tIeY
wero sbsantiai reproductions, with scry iiltis variu-
1T tr.ins tt e ogsa a MOon @ 4a va HITSo
, 1875-04-13

Moalton. In connection with lis samo az = 1aly;
~ :t,s \ ua: "Aer son,s,.,en xn b nSa
sYou .rs ths best fHea4 I.yo ia shs world. Yo'ii
shss helsoss Il ny y inaSossass' s' A@sa. IT.; nssss
W p{S Sa4 @:5s ~ sssySss ass Il; s;S a Iish I n f
ihs RI af i: i h.ys eon'iastea ier i many
q slo family ii hr: Tou. :: bsd Kspt yew p scso
.a as asP H. % ess 5
only with der, an4 \ A'd eadeared hss 70 ma: md
90 sa, a net ns;tr 'sss ssssa III s,s ~ Il. ssS s
tioa BY any such conversation With mo ana making
& 8MDId I @ sny.hius e. 1t tbh kind occur between you
md Mrs llol:on il atateo hy aet tI.t nj ar
hoIise you ssid referring to tps s1tesvsw, you h,a
Ei.absih, md the household, md said II tlink :
woman u y much to blame ~ man. sho wea tho
mother St Az q ~ sliSFen nd !. de-. not sse e
ssstan'y :. ms1h e hsms ;. y0a AZ! sFs" H. saIa;
tssporHlbily spl III tha blalaa On myself" Did
auythipR or that kind pccurf A.-No such coRvrtsa-
ton that Is put together occurred. There were d-
asaSsf % Si.Mney il Tut thsls wsls aoaSsis4iou. Ia r.
upect 10 the doetrips Of aoctology sul seatiVo
ppxlun4 OF Independence or culpsGluty OF mon aud
ton: hare beard IN " hou.sAo!a. though tion't
recAl tGAt III cohoeftlcn HleA blFf4 4l0QltOn {Afs
tlq4.ayly not y That Is slated, with tue impcatio
that tint garfield such conversation eycE took place
Gctwesn her snd MU-
Q.-Now, sir. lid Mrs. 1Ioulton ever report 10 you
her llter1isx bstwcea herself and MI. George 9.
nature. Mr. Aoulton ssJa. I told NJ. heeoher that
Mr. dsotee O loblnaou had spoken tS OF lis frs.
Quent calls II The otco tu Mr. Moutou. sud that
thought Il rsty strange That hs should select Aou
ioD, who va. nut churchman; that MI. neeehsg,
hs tack-ls xeFy staAga that hs should 90 70 tle
o1lea to hes onlton; that ~ did not u1aerland te
ifoubIs' bu. he dld not uadsrtapJ what il
wM; thA& hs reAllls4 tpat h. psoshss, Isss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-05
Daily Circulation, 1863


Contemporary deprecateS any "attack"
upon the District Commissioners in regard to
the obnoxious personal tax-law. We do not
understand that the action of the citizens, or
their public utterances can in any sense be
construed as an attack upon the Commits
siOners. The people of the District appreciate
the high character Of these gentlemen, and
the intelligence and zeal they have brought
to the discharge of their responsible duties.
And the people also appreciate the fact that
the very liberal appropriations made by
Congress for the District were largely due to
personal exeTtiOns of the Commissioners,
and To the confidence felt by Congress in
their integrity and efficiency. The most that
the public have done, so far as We have seen,
is TO protest with emphasis, but with entire
courtesy against a vigorous and sweeping
construction ola vague imperfect and unin-
telligibIe law, passed helter-skelter in the
closing hours of Congress The onerous
nature Of this law, as construed by the law
officer OF the District, took everybody by
surprise when the original schedule was pro-
mulgated, and il was natural that the pro-
test should be loud and earnest.
Again, n is mistake that this is an outcry
against personal tax by those who want to
throw the burdens of taxation upon real es-
tale BY looking over the signatures to the
call for the citizens meeting, IL will be seen
That the signers are heavy real estate own
erS, and that, with a large proportion Of
them. their real estate interests are really
heavier than their personal property inter
eSts- But il is the particularly sweeping, in
PuisitOrial and unequal manner in which
this personal tax is levied that makes IL so
offensive TO the citizens as body There
was no cutlery against the old personal tax
here, which was simple and ineligible in
form, and placed tax upon what is called
visible PERSONAL property, articles of luxury,
&c And there would have been no protest
low against a personal tax OF this character.
moderate in rate, and easy of assessment and
collection.