, 1875-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS.


4 cGrreapnnuont Of the ST. Lnus Democrat
Nritna TO that papor from Versailles, No., conn.,
rlainlng bite1ly OF tue iuertnssB and ttrows moss
OF tho 1t. Louis buAinesa mon In allowing tho
Chicago merchants to wrcst all the trado away
from tlom, eyeu III their own torrtory. An.oug
othor thngs, ho phys tho following compliment
to Chicago pluck, energy, and enterprise:
But, willis 81. Los to bo inert, Chicago u
Abort, Her eapal aud her agents arc here. thoy
they dlIgen.ly 1t work developing, a,.,l the result
pluck and capital owna and contsois !wo. o'
II mar Ia katl that atate prid1 should rreyeut us
from allowing Chicago to gr.p up that which natut.
ally belongs to onr own mctropols ntats pride lks
ho house, but Il leIthtr buys bread d meat, nor,
~ wo Aaye painfully ss1ericce, does It build rail-.
fSsd M Ghs1go ~ sny T. n wSsk ~ borrowed capital M
luek md euesGy will tell everywhere, even il bacle
by borrowed capital and nowhere uil II bs inarc
,no lie yeEy heart OF Missouri nn caltro Acr yxst
cna and lead aud rau aud Zinc deposits In that sec
HALLWAY nurU.L nEHErIr ASSOCIATION.
Tie Hallway Mutual Benefit Association,
whsci, hoia It'll flfth annual convention ju lu-
tannpol's, Ind, fow days ago, la in most
prosperous condition. Tie doaths for tho paat
I've years haY0 averaged only thirteen annually.
Tic !oasea last year wore only eighteon. Tic
exhibit Hlowa that this Association has the
cl.sapeHt mud beat possible method Of insurance
shat eau he obtained for tho least money, aud
se%sT epdes " is gey h1s popular .s WITH 1 the
altered IN tue matter Of receiving applications for
membership III such way ~ to admit to mota-
besship all employees connected with regular
Ioads y or transportation companies who arc uu-
uor 6U yoars Of AGO. The limit of eligibility used
70 DO IS years. An affidavit III required to Ger
tiitchtc Of good health and Freedom from hablts
OF dissipation.
1ha now officers Of the Association arc "a fol-
HailIoad Vtee-pFcsident, II. II. Hill, Laho Shore
4 Michigan Southern Hailroad Hacretary, j. Il,
y, WOOD GhlcAgo. nuElingtou Il Quincy I1assuror,
i. 9. Hatch, Chicago Executive Committee, Il.
y. raFKGf' y. u. Er!ton, Il. Emmett, l.. 4. Ash,
THE nlLwAuxEE DUBIOUS.
It ID contemplated t0 build new natrnH-
EAngo road tron, Milwaukee to puba1guc. wl,icl,
VII 10 known ~ tho Milwaukee Il Dubuque
charter for = railroad was grautod botwocn Mil
waMkoe md He'oit the road was almost com.
plotoly graded to Elklsorn, abont 10 miloa, Tho
panlc OF 1857 overlook the Company, aud tie
10" Tss .va1 ~ 4Sa son BY tho
Hubseqaent!y foseotosod. and tho road has been
suffered to becOne BruHa-grown. Tue protcotora
Of tile now lino liavo decided to com.
pioto this road on the narrow-Raugo
aud Tho bel Of tho road purchased At less than
per cont OF what has actually been oxponded
OH tho construction. Tho road runs 10 InIloa Of,
". average frous any other road to Elkhorn, atll
and under complete state Of cultvat!ou TAo
people alotfX the route are enthusiastic for tho
completion Of tho road, mud they expect to 4syo
It done, aud will ratse tue maneJ for tho con-
straetson Of tue line through their territory.
Tho charter Of the road oontemplatos : contlna-
ola linz to Dubuque, but What routa will be
takon after reaching Walworth County will do
Eoud upon the inducements that ara offered on