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The Police Commissioners seem 10th to fe-
sign the easy independence, the exceptional
luxuries, and the habitusl indulgence OF their
past official life, for one of mere commonplace
and uninteresting routine in private life. But
out Of humiliation at having been caught nap
ping, they forbear to hang around their old quar-
ters to any great extent. Yesterday morning,
when Commissioner Sheridan came down town,
be drove up to the usual hitchiug-place in the
alley beside the windows looking in on his former
quarters. The window was opportunely open,
and be pat his head inside to see how Colvin
and his men cleaned up. Cslciminets and paint
ess wese too busily at work to notice the intru-
sion, and, even after he had spoken, they did
not recognize the man who essayed to direct
them in their work
"At 1t already" my boys ?" said he. "Do It
up nicely, my boys; think tho woodwork will
look good in dark colors-" He retired and
walked around to the corridor. and amused
himself by trying tho door leading to the
room. To his surpr1se it yielded to the touch,
and he entered. Rack and ruin On all sides of
him entirely crushed the idea which flashed
through his brain Of bouncing the whitewashers
and seizing the castle in the same manner in
which it was wrested from him, and accordingly
he departed and went into Supt. Rehm's room.
to ask about their difficulties Of yesterday
.sThere sesms to be some misunderstanding
shout whether the Board Of Public Works issued
the order to clean out your rooms yesterday or
not" said he to Sheridan "Iou asked me
about it yesterday, and I told you how it waa."
Eheridan-I vent to the Board OF Public
Works yesterday, and they referred me to you,
and ycu IN turn referred me to the Board OF
Public Works again. AL that I wanted to do
vas to fix the responsibility.
Rahm--Wel, al1 there ia about it is this The
Mayor directed Commissioner Thompson to fit
up the room. When hs found that be could not
get in he came to me- and gave him key which
Sim Prince had given me. I put men to guard
the door. In al Of this WAS simply acting &C.
cording to orders.
THIS ended the conversation, for Supt. Reh1o
vnnished in his private apartment
Sheridan went over to his friend Onahane
Office. opposite the City Hall, and awaited the
arrival OF mis- brother Commissioners. In the
afternoon they visited their lawyers, Meests.
Fuller & Smith, and after long consultation
left them The Commissioners appear to be in
good hu1nor. and are feeling confident shat they
vii soon reoocupy their regenerated offices.
During the day the Superintendeut's quarters
were exceedingly quiet Marshal Dunlap had gope
to Geneva Lake and left word that he would not
return u1il Monday. Tia Superintendent hold
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carefully considered. At tho zoeen. high cost Of coal
East 1t Is impossible for those who purchase their
coal BY cargo to allow my dscoans to ron from retail
prices, Is at present established, without loss
70 thenselves, md ~ feel that to add any
thing to tbs retail prices for the purpose Of
allowing margin ot profit to you would b. unjust 10
the public 1nd injurious to the &rade Wo are there
fors, compelled to Say to you equip yourselves
srs obliged TO- for ths purpose Of handling coal
Buy your coA a We do, and you will be admitted 70
to:n-
Questions then arose sud wore dis cussad
which vero purely techulcai, and had no public
interest.
The Exchange adjourned for one week.
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BEECHEEs.

A Kumor ehnt HIoulton Will Bring an
Action for Perjury.
NEW YonK, Aug. IA dispatch from the
White Mountains says: There is a rumor in
circulation in the hotel here at which A1r. Beech
ct is stopping that Francis D. Moulton has been
in consultation with Gen Butler. and that the
result Of their consultation is partially perfected
The plan is to bring an action against alr. Beech
er in that county for perjury in swearing to his
reply to the Hiton suit last year at Middleton.
''Mr. Beecher has introduced in the hotel ths
feature OF morning prayers, which will be con-
tinued during the time he remains"
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ur required BY tho City Of Chleago. You will there
fore 1t nnco discharge them from duty.
You will p!elRe IN future turn over to Mr. ". B.
Daiey, Inspector Of Buildings all matter relating in
whatever p1rticuar t., tho o Buildings that
otr having been appointed to perform, Ill duties
latiug thereto.
The Chief forthwith issued an ordar in ac-
cordance With the above.
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OMAHA, Eeb., Aug. 7.-Joseph AedtA, Editor
TSibtns There il not ona word Of truth N
your Washington dispatch Of Aug. relating to
land-t1ansactions OF the Union Pacific Railroad
with the Interior Departmeu. or with myseh-
o. r. DAVIS,
Land Agent q. P. B. B.
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ILLINOIS RIVER AND CANAL.
spee4a! D'spate. to The Chicago Tribune.
LASAL1.E, ILL.,, Aug. 7.-AnA1vED BIT R17KR-
Nothing.
DErARTED-Prop China, with light load Of
merchandise for Peoria.
PASSED INTO CASA-f. L. Booth, from La
Sale. with corn for Chicago.
PASSED OUr-P1op China, with Light load OF
merchandise for Peoria; caual-boass Andrew
jackson snd Iron Clad, both with lumber tor
Peru
Seventeen feet s inches Of wster On the
mitre-sill Of Lock Is, and slowly falling. Wind
vest.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 7.-ARR17ED-Gracie 9xis-
void. Joliet, 6,oo0 bu corn
wheat: Midgie, Marseilles G,243 tt lumber;
John Carter, Lasalle, 90. 400 # lumber.
VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON.
Spe-at U.spatch to The CA1a1ao Tribune.
PoRr HuRox. Mich, Aug. 7.-DowS-Props
Manlstee, Rescue, California, Roanoke and
Montgomery; schrs Oneida, r. J. Gibbs, J. L.
Richards, Parana, Ayr, Republic, ]. 8. Minor,
John Ko1fage and Alfred.
Up-Props Scotia, Ketcham and barges; schrs
Edwin Hammond, c. H. Burton. Florida, Trini-
dad. Arabia, Reindeer, Niagara No. 2, Pie11e-
pont, Dan Haye and spademan.
W1Sp-Southwest, fresh.
WEATHEn-Cloudy.
Sre-tal Dispatch to TAs CHICAGO 1tiosf7ss-
PoRr HERON, Mich, Ang. Ito p. m--DowN
Props Lake Erie, China, Canisteo. J. s. Fay
aud coueort, Fletcher and consort, 8. Chamber
lin, with John Martin and Escanabs: schrs
Angus Smith, Southwest, Seaman, ". B. Phelps.
Thomas GAVIN, J. P. March. Kate barley. Fred
A. Morse.
UP-Props Philadelphia, Concord and barges
schrs Sunrise, Our Son.
WnD-Northwest; weather cloudy.
PORT OF ERIE.
8peci0l Disuatch ta Tbs Chicago tribune.
ERIE, Pa, Aug. 7.-DEPARruHEs-For Chi
cago, steamer India, with freight aud passen-
gers
Coal FBE1dHFs-Firm, with better supply Of
coal rates, 6o@G5c to Chicago. The charters
reported here to-day were: Bark William jones,
coal to Chicago, at 65c par ton !; schr IL. Carson,
coal to Toledo, Soc per ton.
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1RITilAnY.

NHw Yonr, Aug. 7.-Aax Hoiderbach, ct th$
banking fsm Of HeIdslbseh, Frank Co..
dead,
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To the Editor Of The Cdseaoo Tribune:
CHICAGO, Aug. Tt has been asserted, by
persons vino seemed to know the facts. that
much OF the capital used by professional pawn
brokers (who loan on pledge at 10 per cent =
month) and private bankers (pawnbrokcrs who
loan on pledge at aud per cent per month),
as well as those who loan on furniture and
chattels at from 3 to par cent per month,
comes ont of the leading banks Of this city
the banks receiving directly or indirectly larger
profit from this source than ordinary loans.
The bills Of sale on chattel mortgages which
pawnbrokers and money-lende1s receive from
their victims are taken to the bank, and. by
conniyance with aome officer in the bank, who
receives liberal shars OF tie profits, put up az
collateral and money borrowed thereon a. 10
per cent. to be reoaned to poor people at from
36 to 120 per cent. according to circumstances
i knowledge of these facts will explain why
pawnbrokers and private money-lenders can OBJ
tain accommodation at the hank when merchants
and other business men, whom it is for the in
terest Ut banks to encourage aud sustain have
to stand aside to wait for . more convenient
scaaon. No fact is better established than that
bank officers sometimes speculate in the funds
of bank, an2 exercise towa;ds customers q
discrimination more partial then just. SMITH.
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scuu.iptance, and felIov-oitizen, va ought 10
distinguish between right hno wrong motivee.
II Mr. GAge had, at the expira.lon OF his term
OF Office, been able to have turned over to the
citv al Of iss moneys nad large amount oil H.
terept and profit, every one would have approved
and applsudea. Alr, Gage would have beeo un,-
varsxllv esteemed. aad considered nobie-beart-
3D. puol,c-spi1i:ed. generous man. and wise
fnancier; there would have been nothing sad
about illegal acts. But bad it not been for the
ranic, Mr. Gage would have done all this, ior
every one who knows him knows that his PRIDE
was enlisted, aud that ha coveted the pra!se and
esteem Of tie people Of Chicago in connection
with bis career ns City Treasurer more than any
thing elaa in the world.
Tie rea! truth is, that Mr. Gage is the victim
OF the two great public ealamties, the fire and
tho panic, winch lie could not forssee, and these
are the real causes Of. not defalcation. but Of
the city bling Obliged to suffer loss bS reason OF
tue investment of it's funds. Mr. Gage is still,
as we have always believed him to te, an hon
est, honorable man, no perhaps VAS little too
sansuine OF bis ability to leave glorious Of
icial record in well-Gl!ed public treasury, but
he is not corrupt, nor IL he Al emhezzlrr or de-
faulter after the manner OF Tweed, and it is an
outrage for the public press they have SO lre-
quently doue) to assoc'ase the namca Of these
two men who differ so entirely In everything
that constitutes manhood. 4.
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prudant business man. must have been crazy to
have guaranteed The ssfey ot an INVESTMENT @ o. a 1e
hare agreed to Pay Per cent interest on l. claim
that did not dot was not At my risk DIG not
Ps9t p IT,. 8oud ss I'D
authorized By tho Council loan the city
funds to the best snd saiest pa1aes s.. Gouio;
would honestly turn oyez 70 the city ali IT, moneys
and the increase thereof. did invest It's money.
and an w1s to turn 1yet a ana mo5e moi .onr b b
demanded Of mo; bnt ought not be forced to stand
the bad debts snd pay the interest," loaned IN good
Of Riyerside bonds. did this agent Of the cisy
let the city ake these claims. and viii psy the inter-
ea but cannot stand the Losses aud pay interest too
That is An established rule that no one should
or justification is undoubtedly truo, but when
ne consider that the loauing the c,ty funds and
obraipine interest thereon waa not new system
introduced by Mr. Gage. but one that had always
been accepted as matter OF course: with the
single difference that the profts and inferests
went into private pockets instead Of the public
treasury, We must admit that precedent, custom,
and use may be some little justification in this
Gaze am assured bv persons familiar with the
management Of the City Treasury for several
Years past, that should this interest account be
settled in the usual way between tho City Treas
urer and the city, Mr. Gage would be entitled to
1T least $780, GOO as interest and that after allow
ing the CITY claim OF interest there would be due
Nj. Gsge over $3.50, GOO. 1t is q fact well known
to those acquainted with city finances that, even
II the CITY ehould never receive one cent moro
from Mr. Gage, it would be at least 5000, 900
better of ihan it the finances had boon managed
as thew were before, and have been since.
OF course ve all know the necessity OF guard
ing public moneys, ind ci1cumscribing tho aots
Of ofiic,sls having pecuniarY trusts with rigid
laws. and for ono am not unwilling that M1.
Cages pecuniary responsibility should b de-
monstrsted In she courts; but as individuals,
tudSin0 aud czitIcIaing the Actions Of friend,
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1ho WHO OF Weu-kno"n bo3Fd OF 1f8ao
man, residing on West Washington street. in'the
vicinity Of Union Park. when returning from i
drive few days ago II company with Young
ladv friend, Was somewhat surprised to notice
The front door slightly ajar. Visions Of tho dis
appearance OF the eilrer-ware, dresser, and
1ewelry flashed through her mind, and. with the
agility Of High-SchooI girl, she sp1anE
from the phaeton. and rushing fransically
into the houso called the Servants who pressed
into service several Of t!,o neiehbore. The
young lady, no. wishing to bo outGone, snd hav-
ing desire 10 distinguish hcyseif, Immediately
turned in an alarm, the teRu1t OF which was to
bring upon the ecene squad OF special police.
Who accompanied by the servants and peigh-
bors, knu led By the lady OF the house. asceuded
TO the chamber. ahete they were aston,shed to
just ''pat on his clippers ana WAS in the
act Of lighting cigar p1 1epa1atoy to taking his
esse On the front steps, not thinking OF the eeri-
ous Consequences likely to follow his leaTing the
door open. At this point the fire department
put tn an appearance, but, with the police quiet
ly wended their way home In their hurry to
encounter the supposed burglars, she ladies had
neglected to fastcn the horse, which Was, with
what remained Of the phaeton, brought back to
tho heuse In rather dilapidated condition. /. The
not advisable to leave tho front door open. par-
ticula<ly IN the absence Of his Wife
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Tho question is often asked, in view OF recent
events, il The work OF instruction in the Uulyer-
.tity to he carried on the next college year "a
heretofore The following private letter. made
,pubhc By permission, may. perhaps be taken es
m answer to the above question:
Ux1vxzsuI ov CHICAGO. Aug. 6-Mx Dan HE.
r. glad to hsar from you, and to learn that you
intended 70 os here next Jear. hope uypel to ue
the ground, With the greater Iar Of the Old FAcu
r. and VIC sha1 III glTo you ceEdia ~e1eome- Adec-
uoaately yourzs JAMES T. BOISE.
TIE AMERICAN SOCIAL DrsrRrur COMPANY.
Anovel speculation has just been entered upon
by some wealthy and pub'ic-spirited residents of
Chicago, which in eome o: its features resembles
the Amencan District Telegraph Company. and
in others, the Cou,missouaire enterprise. Peo-
p!e know we'll that there are theatres aud other
places Of Amusement where ladies' are not 3D.
znltted without male escorrs also that it il very
uncomfortable for = member Of the gentler sox
20 70 unattended into restaurant or similar
plsce Of refreshment: also that much social
snnoyspoo frequently results from the failure
n8 beau1 70 appear at the appointed
sus &adx ssoau thei1 hsila to ths
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Afraid of Becoming Witches.

Major Powell says, in his forthcoming
book: "The life of an Indian maiden is
blithe and merry for few years, but
when she becomes a wife she is soon
broken down with the pains of mother
hood and the heavy labors which fall to
her lot, and she soon becomes wrinkled,
garrulous, cross, scolding, in fact, an
old hag. OF course such liags are not
pleasant company in camp, and in the
belief of the Numa such old hags grow
uglier and meaner until they dry up and
whirlwinds carry them away, when they
are transformed into witches, and lest
such fate should befall old women,
they are taught that it is their duty to
die when no longer needed, and if they
do not die by natural means in a reason
able time they must commit suicide.
This they seem willing to do rather than
to meet that terrible fate of being trans
formed into witches and being compelled
to live in snake skins and wriggle about
among the rocks, their only delight be-
ing to repeat the words of passers-by in
mockery. / once saw three old women
thus voluntarily starving themselves. /
rode up to what was almost q deserted
camp, the three old women only remain
ing, sitting by the fire and intently gaz-
ing into the embers. They seemed to
heed not my approach, but sat there
mumbling and groaning until they rose,
each dragging up her weight with staff,
and then they joined in sidewise, shut
fling senile dance around the fire, prop
ped by their staffs, and singing a doleful
song. having finished which thew SAT
down again on their heels, and gazed
into the fire, and 1 rode away. On COM
ing to the new camp of the tribe the
next day, and inquiring of Chui-at-an-
um-peak, their chief, why these women
were left behind, and what they were do
ing, was informed they had determined
to commit suicide, fearing lest they
shonld be transformed into witches -
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Partisan Newspapers.

Arsene houssaye writes from Paris to
the New York Tribune: eve must
go into society, on Change, or on the,
boulevard TO learn the news, while.
the reporters of the daily papers
are playing dominoes in the cafes.
Do you Mt to know how paper is
made here? 1t is very simple; the jour
nails make themselves out of one another.
The scissors do far more than the pen.
Paragraphs out of the evening papers
become articl in the morning papers,
and the reverse. You discuss with your
opponent a political question already
discussed thousand times, and thous-
and times more muddled at the end than
the beginning. Darkness is thrown upon
it. A prefect of the fourth of September,
who was as good prefect as he had
been journalist, recOunted while dining
with me at the chateau de Breuil-tor it
was the prefect of Laon-how, one morn
ing, seeing that all his associates had
gone off to civil funeral, he decided to
make the paper by himself. He scis-
sored away at other papers so much and
so well, that he needed only line of in
vention here and there to reduce to har-
mony those heterogeneous ideas gathered
from every side. The paper came out
at o'clock, and at 5, his editor in chief,
who had been to make a speech at the
civil funeral, came to congratulate him,
saying the paper had never been so COM
plete or so interesting. Since that time
the editor-in-chief has followed no other
system. Perhaps you imagine in read
ing our papers that all those fine things
leap alive from the brain of Minerva.
They have usually existed at least hun
dred times the life of the rose, and are
taken up and turned inside out for the
occasion. For instance, NJ. Emile dc
Girardin has always highly interoga-
tive article ready for any possible event.
We call this reserved wit. :"
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The Potato.

The potato haz eyes, but like the sad
ducers ov old, they see not.
Next TO rice and bread, the potato sus-
tains more life than emmy thing in the
shape ov food.
One haf the people on the Emerald
Isle live on meat and potatoes, with the
meat left out.
Potatoes dwell in the ground, and are
az prolifick az a hens nest.
They are planted in hills, one potato
in hill, and they CIV yu back twenty
for one. This liz generous.
Mixed with -four they improve bread,
and tons ov starch are made out ov po-
tatoes.
Hunny IL also made out of them,
which iz so natral that some smart law
yers hav thought it waz an infringement
on the hunny bees patent.
The only mean thing that the potato
can be made TO do liz to turn itself into.
whisky.
Whisky can be made out ov potatoze,
and there aint no liquid, nor no solid,
known to man, that IL haff so mean and
low-lived az potato whisky.
When a man gifts so 10 down that he liz
willing to drink potato whisky for the.
sake ov Citing drunk, hiz boddy-and i
am a good mind to say hiz soul-aint
worth saving.
If thare IL ennything that whisky, or
deviltry ov emmy kind, kan be got out ov,
man is sure to hunt until he finds it and
prostitutes it for hiz purposes. He would
dig up his grandfather's bones and dis
till them if thare was fifteen per cent. ov
whisky in them.
aint prepared to prove the teetotaf
depravity of any man, but do say that
hav known thousands ov them whose
natures were nine-tenths depraved and
the other tenth shaky.
All men and wimmen to-day ought to
be angels, they have had good chance,
but live angels, mail or femail, are pain
fully skarse. Josh BiILinQS.
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A Pioneer BABY.

In September, 1860, the first babe saw
the blue Idaho armament and breathed
the crisp mountain atmosphere, under
circumstances little less primitive than
those which attended its Savlor's birth.
David Cartwright and wife were the
parents who were rendered happy by the
little fellows appearance, and the boy
was born under the spreading branches
of pine tree, which is yet standing,
near the center of the village. This
specimen nugget soon became the pet
and, ii is said, the somewhat demoralized
pet-of the rough miners, and, catching
their rowing disposition, he wandered
around the confines of the camp at the
rather youthful age of two years, with
the apparent ease of an Arab. He was
called "Rock," on account of his won
derful hardness, and often showed ms
appreciation of the honor conferred upon,
him. The crowning act OF Rocks LIE
SO far as is known-was accomplished
Just before he discarded his swaddlng
garments, at the age Of two and hall.
While on his way to superintend the
working of some extensive gulch Dig
gings one day, he tumbled head foremost
into well, where the bottom could only
be found at depth of thirty feet Upon
striking he only found six inches Of
water. and didn't propose to be worried
much by such fall, so immediately
commenced calling for help. 1t was his
sad fate, however, to remain there six
long hours before being discovered, but
when men finally came to the rescue his
pent-up wrath knew no bounds. There
was no crying about it, but such a volley
of invectives, upon the heads of neglect
full parents, never before fell from child
ish lips. Here is a sample You fink
I kin tay in well all day wifout muffin
tie eat Ike f'ogl Fly wasn't no better
fadder'n mudder'n 'ou I'd do wifout
chillen l'-Rocky Mountain Neps.
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GOING TO TOWN.
by KATE H. NJ. RAMSAY.

The horses stand ready, old gray and the brown,
For Paterfamilias is going TO town;
The -four bag is empty, the Kerosene low,
And father declares that to town he must co.
30 the horses are harnessed and hitched 10 the
cart,
While "pa goes inside 20 make himself "smart. "
He takes down the mirror with infinite care
And deposits il handily down in a chair,
And, mixing his lather, with face rather grave,
de proceeds to infict very clean shave.
This finished he gets into his suit of "sheep's
gray"
"a suit that has stood " him for many a day.,
And calls for collar in his OVID hasty style,
That hes so long getting off," he grumbles the
while.
The big Jar of butter is covered and tied
And INTO the wagon il goes with slide;
The hide of the heifer killed Monday for meat,
Is rolled up and carefully tucked under the seat;
"The boiler is leaky," declares Susan Jane,
"Until il is mended, shant wash again"
Thus "stumped," the old gentleman can't say a
word,
And Tom is sent out 10 shove II aboard
1.-THE matches are out, the indigo, too,'
81 guess you'll make out If the duds aren't blue"
Says "Pater," while scorn in his gray whisker
turks
Which ends up at last in a couple of smirks.
i must have a speller," little Billy sings out,
"And l want round comb" says Bell with
81 think you had better get yourself a new hat,
Your old one is shabby, you can't do with that
Proper sight," quoth the pater. his mind in
fume.
"You think if you wanti it, I'll bring you the moon,
Do you think of good greenbacks the men are all
made?
I'd like 20 know when I'm TO get my debts paid
And grabbing his hat with a lowering face,
He mounted the wagon, with very bad grace,
And cracking his whip with consummate Skill
He would soon have been out OF sight DER the
hill;
When father" came borne 20 his unwilling ear,
And faher." in accents more thrilling and clear.
He groaned, stopped his horses, and took fresh
cud,
And waited, while Tommy came plash through the
mud;
"well, what nOlc thought I'd got arrants enough
Said he, just az Thomas came up with pun.
Why-heTe-is- a letter, ma wants you 70 mail,
And bring her some stout linen thread without
fail"
The poor man shut his mouth with smile very
grim.
And made the old horses move on with vim;
His " earappets" mournfully tapped in the breeze,
AS be passed out of sight near the white willow trees
-fTdtrte Farmer.