, 1875-11-30


courage to insist on further ingestlgstion."
IN CHICAGO.
TIE CONDITION OF The DIBTiiLEnfgA.
f}en. WehAtnr hsa received tho laat Of tho re-
ports conco1nlnR the condition OF thu distlleflcs
tn operation In this vicinity, and thsy have been
forxartlcd 10 Warrington. TIE Collector states
that thoso reports wore em!nently satisfactory,
and showed good atato Of sl'oga throughout
nrEors1s or rARrAN'a LETTER.
4 gentleman who has = thorough knowledge
of the wofking4 Of tho machinery by which the
frauds in 81. Louis na,e detected, waa consider
Ably satoniabed md amused ty ths tpor. mado
BY Chicf Yaryau concerning tho sano subject
Ilo took occasion To draw out tho following ab.
stract Of tho document:
hynopsts Of Chief ya!,an report ,thowiuR how he at
lacked mud tar4urtd Tho VI. Luua Whfsky-Hing: u
~ ne. my. 11meit11l1." a. TIL. rolu., hav:
lug mot With temporary reYesse, hs rcttrct several
hs tas'ica, M! after taking spell q rest teturned to
!h1 attack which lie describes In fnictb'e Sa1ou
toPf' ns l11 II
liz" After such attack II nncdless for him
remark tbat tue Ring waa "hslpIt~a."
DtACENAIL1ko ron :Ewg.
There Ire methods Of RotllhK beMg, which
have very lately arrlvod In this city, 80 r1dicu-
lousy opposed 10 those employed BY gentlemen
that It 's proper to d!aown them. as belonging to
q Gt&9N OF t0uEQRlBm E4lu WHICH {ftG DG0DIG OF
Chicago will not be long Inflicted The lacsa In
one easo arc ~ follows:
Byron M. Catlsnde1 formerly Gsogez. lives
Oh Indiana street. and has wife 10 vary dclt-
cato health. few evenings ago \ young man
from tho Inter- 0ccan Office called It the house
Of Mr. Calleuder, and desired to 500 him. MrH.
Calender said that her husbnnd hAd gone 10
tho lodge and would not bo home uut4l late,
wbereupon tue young man sat down and Btayed
until the eloG woman .wsa obliged 10 intimate,
anil HnAttp Ia 4 . fhnt ahA Hrd
not DO kept out Of bed any longer. Under tho
influence OF hint like thia the young nan uoan-
aged to ges out Of the house, and al1s. Callsa-
der Lad liberty to rot,ro. About l2 o'clock tho
sane night the young man returned and aroused
Mrs. Calender, and vas again told that Mr. Cal
lender whs not al homo. Before having, 4e
gtyc expression to
/ RxMAnEAnIE INVITATION,
to this effect: "Yoa toll Mr Calender that If ho
don't come down 10 the Infer. Ocean otfico aud
tell ra about that whisky matter, I'll publish
something thAt will make him wish he had
eoma."
Thia was afterwards repeated in the prcaence
OF q gontIcman LIVING In tho ueigtbo1hool, who
expressed hinaef aatoutahed that tho papers
should offer such Inducements 10 got news. Tho
only question that r6malnB to be answered Ii,
Whether the policy Of tho proprokors Of tho
I,ler~ Ocean newspaper ia 10 blacktnail itB news
ton by Bush threats Ia d triao moro dcsptcahlo
than the Rhyster who btnckma,le Tor money.
THE TIME FOB THE TnALa.
a gentleman connected With the Government
there would be no special otrort made to
iaa7s. IL seemcd 10 the gentleman Ia
question "A II the Governmeat'a intorcsts
uond 20 bsss saSss1vsd BY so.ta of tra!s
for Christmas aud New len,'a. In tho gentle
mans own words. "lt wouldn't be- good policy
to havs lot Of jnrymen hanging around tho
city dur1DI the holidays doing nothing" There
ar0 other reayous which cause tho Government
10 dosfso not to hurry tue trials. Thcae ara
connected with the accumulation OF evidence.
4 little inquiry among tho lawyers prAcsic,ng
before Judge blojgett rssohls the fact thst the
calendar Of casoa yet to be tried bf linn wilt uu-
New Year, aud tboy Agreod in expressing the
opinion shss II was yery doubtful whettar Judge
Hopktna could ba Induced to sit hero eysn tor
tho civil calendar.
Tho question wa naked, Why It was ti,At the
wllHky cases ih Chicago wero brought before tho
District Court. and before the Circuit Court IN
Milwaukoo. 1t appeaGs that the District Court
is tho usual one for tho trial Of criu,ipal cases.
thougl. thore IL power to bring tham before tho
Circuit Cours II the District Attorney no
wills. In milwaukee, tho cssos sro brought
befoso Judge Dsuumond aud sbe Circuit Court
principally bocauAe the Diatsios Judge uAA =
nov man, appointed 70 tho position only Inst
TIT caseB which Involved hia frionla and intt-
mites. There il no parallel Ia the Chicago cases.
because judge Dlodgett canndt bo accused OF
any sort Of close trienuship with anybody likely
to be tIlod. he has been on tho Bench long
enough to have become almost hermit as far ~
general acquaintance with tnon ls coucerned
WHO 1s MOST 70 DLANEa
4 reporter yesterday asked Gentlanan who
collsctIou svaletu whether he considered the
HaugerH or the diatiltess most TO blame for The
frANaa that lad been committed, or. rather,
what,er thers might not have been SOME sort Of
reason for tho care!ossuoss (uot crn1nalstlos} Of
sonie OF tho GauRers who welo supposed TO haya
bocn houcst, though gauRlng for dishonest
houses.
;" Certainly thore was" WIS tho reply. 'It
waA qulta possible for tuan who Wka honeat to
be
1MrosEp on II TIE p1sr111Rn
and recttler. Tho man who owned the place
nearly alwaye had some QUO to help tho 0Auger
With h!s work. eunposs for instAncs, that =
1iat.ller waited to draw on ~ or 100 barrels
tho barrels nad "seriba" tAsm before tho
1auger saw them at all tNork.-" Bciblng" III
the process Of cutting figures representing tho
capacttY oe barrel On tue stavo BY the sldc ct
tho bung,l Thsa .thos would oo filled. and tho
d!ssil1er would Say to tho uaugor, "Try them
all. Or - many ~ you want to-; and the 0auBer
would probably think 1t WAS too much bother,
saa lie would gauge ona OF two Of tlo hear
est, aud AudlnR them Al! r1Rht, would tako tlo
rest for granted. Not to put ton tlno point on
It, the 0auaers used to take too much for grapt-
cd thoy Thought tha dlstlIlers were honest, aud
thoy got cAreloss and wors wiling to trust TOO
much to tao ownsrs OF tae house, Frequently
tho bopkleeper would mako out tho II. lis, or
schedules TO te seued BY tho GeugeF. on Whlc!.
tho purchased they stamps and. il abort, they
did lie work for tho Gaugor, aud lie,
THINNING ErkaYsoDT WAS HONEST.
allowed thom 10 do 1t. When tho GsuSer hAd
been rendered unsaspecunR by dntling evary-
thing al right for time, than the ilst.l!ers bo-
gan TO run III tue big bkrIola on him, aud he
didn't sse II. though hs might al tic tine have
becn huoeyt enough.
"Iheu, aaa!u. tho dangor hxa pretty stltr
time Of II anyway. Take big dlsttt'ety rilnnipg
1900 bushels. Tho diatillor gets II quarts, Or
SO gallons TO tho bushol, and tbat makes $3.50
gallons dsy, or 6s barrels. Now the enuR,ug
OF $40 gallons {ssy - barre'a) ts all ! Gauger
can get paid for per day. no mAster how muoA
he does, and II he Las to gauge more than his
23 or 81 barrels, OF thsrsaDouts, he AnoRs he
isa't Rolug TO get anything tor II. aud hs feels