, 1876-09-03
r,ho Racine Man Co1ates Some
Facts Without Pasto-
raj Assistance.
Hospitalties and Asperities Attend
ant on Inter-Municipal
Baseball Games.
1he Social Record as Scored at
Waukegan, Kenosha, Au-
rora, and the Suburbs.
WISCONSIN,.
mILWAUkEE.

MILWAUkEE.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
soeoai Correspondence qf The 7r4buns.
MILWAUKEE,, Sept. al have strung togethe1
far the readers Of Tue TRIBUNE the pickings.
m nj the past week, and have noted herein those
,ncidcnts and events which think will interest
them. We have not, in our comparatively small
e,y. such field in which to CLEAN as Chicago
xould afford to correspondent, hence. Of ne
cessity, items are often scarce. A weekly letter,
however, is expected to be something more than
arehash Of matters already published in our To-
III papcrs. News and novelties arc what are
songht for, and have endeavored to give them
.s thef hare occurred. don't know that ran
bein in better way than with case more than
commonly
IMPORTANT TO CHICAGO NERCuASTs.
There is case, awaiting q decision of United
States Judge Hopkins, OF Madison, Wis, a
,.Gtal OF which will, am confident, be interest,"
in to the readers Of THE TRIBUNE, including
several Chicago merchants who are interested
therein. Briefly stated, it is this: John Green
4 Co., OF Middleton, Dane County, Wis,
reneral store, we're short time ago adiudgcd
bankrupts, with liabilities about SIP, ,003, due to
Milwaukee and Chicago merchants. Their
assets we're about $6, ,0o3. Fully one-half Of the
liabilities are for scalping whcat-clainls Two
thirds Of these last-na1ncd claims arc held by q
brother Of George 4sichard Green, Of Middleton,
and about onc-third By q commission firm
Of Milwaukee, The whole Of the creditors in
Milwaukee and Chicago have combined to contest
tlls scaiptng claims, aud proceedings have been
Instituted By al OF them II unison TO defeat their
Allowance. A Provisional Assignee has been ap-
pointed: When the claims were presented be-
tore s. ". Botkin, Register IN Bankruptcy at
Madison, the Chicago and Milwaukee
merchants, By their attorney, objected to
their allowance. The Register at once
certified the matter to Judge Hopkins
for his decision Tor which the creditors are
noT waiting. | am ercdibly Informed that sew
e.al copies u THE lR1DISE were produced con-
tan1ns the DECISIONS OF tue Supreme Court OF
Illinois on the sub.o-t Of scalping, dcnouncing
tue Ehole system as gambling.
Tie entire facts arc these: John Green was
merchant, aud not dealer IN wheat. lie was
trusted BY tile thlcago and milwaukee, lner-
chants on the strength OF MS being merchant,
anu THAI, from the legitimate sale ot the goods
VIII Nh!cn tneS lrustcu MIN 0nu Tie pfonts
made thereon, tncy would te paid their at
counts. Inc statement as renuered shn"s that
the assets, or goeAs, ETC., Would nave pad Ills
indcoLe.hess. but the }llterpos1tlon
.. t1'e s:alMns caltas prevents II they are a.
lo~eu, tte Aqu1oataoh u us 1usuy-:nsurrco
aegls. tsa moreover, " Is cSessars 70 state here
tnat neither 70 hlcnafo dreeu nad John urcen
paia any margins, Eor 70 tnc all."aukce COLI
n mlssloh-nouse, ana Int amounts cMmcd
" them arc Tor losses they claim
10 , have sustained M III the puts
ealls, s2ots, ionss, sao1ts, op-
nons, saws, a1u huatetGI e1se elass oi 9s-
sl,es theF sasloiea III LOT s'onn nfeen, OF Aiu,
ale1on. 4te cre4:tors, potn III your Guy ana
ouF, assert as um 1n1orago' tiat u John
GTcea Lad paid out thu money 1or margins when
he d1d the scalpins to the men who staliped 1or
nun, iiles in1Sht he "i1nopt any remedy, ana
*ouso perhaps DC oDnseu. Or might ueenl u
1est, to accept any ulFldenu, however small,
fhal the assets OF John 6reen would pay. but,
under the circumstances When Grcen haa pau
hotuoS out, nor Is there any evidence that mar
gus We're demanded, then Tor the Wheat-arokers
to claim that the goods OF the merchants winch
were not PAID 1or snail De saerheed TO
par losses i'll scalping wheaf,-Wileat which
Green never intended to receive, and which the
brokers never Intended to deliver to him, and
1or which Green could not have paid had It been
tendere.a,-is TO ask the merchants Of Chicago
and Milwaukee, to furnish tue means. IN their
goods, to Country merchants where"ith to
gamble IN wheat The creditors emplaticaiiy
pronounce the claims Of Richard Green aud the
eomm'sslon-house IN Milwaukee, as u those
ocsl9na:ed and denouncea by the Supreme
Court OF Illinois Us gambling contracts, hence
1olo ana OF no effect, anu they w1il contest3 u
eSen e. to the Supreme Court OF tue United states
Ing aeas'on Is looked loF Hltn oeep interest,"
ano believe 1nE TRIBUNE will be the nrst TO
give the facts OF this novel, yet very auaportan1,
sase.
:" men IN american mint lulep was nfet o1el-
"a u frcnchtnan for his opinion, ne remarked,
~, nc soup Is good but tue green's IS not dons;
ine drecns OF Middleton are not yet done Win,
ana, "hat IS more, the creditors oi your o1y
saa ours do not intend to be done bY the GTee7as
VI -hluoleton.
!. an the matter OF Whcat-scalplng, another case
uas come to light, which give:
scALplSG A sEWISG~G1RL.
"A snort time since development was maze, IN
oH % seventh Ward, OF the passion Tor gambling
tu wheat, that seems to pcrvade all classes, or,
1athe', considerable portion OF thef'- a very
Notify young woman had Tor some eoEslocraD!c
LIME been sewing i'll one Of the most respectable
ta1Q1iles on the East Side, her uEt.rlng industry
aad ailable ways having made her quite favor
Its u with the husband aud wife. Not long since
lug e1Fl asked the gentleman to lend her Soo,
telling him that she needed it for avery particu-
lar purpose, and that she would be able to pay
!. hack before long. The gentleman loaned ncr
Inc $50, telling lis vile Of tho affair. III
Snort time the money was paid back. and the
gentleman thought no more Of the matter,
except that he was pleased to hare been able
- alo worthy aud industrious girl: what
e9o bill haul been repaid to him, the girl sought
[or the urgency Of her request that she must
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