, 1877-10-07

limoney, hut l wouldn't. have your aisposito
for hundred and fifty thousand dollars."
Col. c. 1urcrsoli, iLHiSSo Bc!oit, Wis, is at tt
| fremont House.
The Hon. David B. Blair, San Francisco Cal
is at the Palmer House.
The Hon. E. Q. Ely, New York, is guest a
the Sherman House.
The Hon. ". NJ Gait, Washington, D. c.,
guest ut the Palmer House.
The Hon. " l.. Orrick, Dubuque, To-, Is on
Of the fremont House guests.
DR.. ]. Avery Stephens, San Francisco, Cal
is stopping st the Sherman House.
The Hon. J. D. Plumer, Brattlcboro, Vt,
registered at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
The Hon ]. &. Williams, ". C., Jaucsylle
Wis, is registered ut the fremont 1lousc.
Col. S. 4. Whitfield. Special Agent Of Inter
| nal Revenue, is stopping 1T the Grand Paciti
Hotel.
Tie employees of A. y. keilogg's auxi;iar
! prnting-touse On Jackson street, rot up yer
| pleasant testimonial yesterday to Mr. William
II. Thomson, the esteemed cashier Of the estan
iishmcnt. 1t was iu the shape Of handsome
! El1n gold watch, suitably engrossc0, and i
was presented to him with mauy expressions o
| good will and respect. Mr.. Thomson respond
| I'd to the unexpected honor rs people general,
| do in such eases. Theu there was music and
good time, anu eyeryho cEiored the occasion,
| DEBATE BIZ THE W. $. s. X. L. AND L. AND VI. T.
|. D. s.
| At the last meeting Of the West Side Saloon
| Kcerers' Lycrum aud Literary and Mutual I'M
| proyemcnt Dcbatin. Society. the Second Vice,
| President a distinguished gentleman who car
| draw more glasses Of beer out Of less kegs ol
| beer than any other man OH West Van Buren,
/ street, proposed Is subject for discussion the
| following: "A saloor-keeper. a, is standing be-
! hind his counter, b, when nun. {, COMES in,
orders glass OF beer, D, aud offers in payment
| therefor 4 counterfeit $40 Dill, E. A, having
very little change, and finding C's appearance
respectable. says to e. Il have 10 change; you
can pay me the five cents the next time you
! come rounl.' c consents, and 4 puts the drink
down on his slate, +. e issarrestcd BY i detect
iye- Il, aud put in prison, II, for counterfeitiug
and dies there, SO that 4 never gets the five
cents put OIL the slate, F, Tor the glass of beer,
D. Ques'iou-How much does A make by the
transaction!"
This subject was discussed at length and with
much acutcncss and eloqucnce. 4 gentleman
from Randolph street declined to express IN
opinion, that being question which never came
within his sphere Poor Trust, he said, was
dead; short settlements made long friends and
he never gave credit. 4 second speaker said he
would have fired him out or taken his hat,
sure. i third said TINT it was clear that 4 was
50 95 ahead, because if lie had given the man,
c. that much change, be would have lost it, the
bill, E, being bad. In amendment, q third
speaker suggested that the saloOn-keeper would
only be $3.50 ahead. since from the change hr
OF the beer. This yc:y was, however, combattcd
By another debater, who held that the beer did
not cost over three cents, or two, according to
the dextcrity Of the Dar-kecper who drew it,
hence that the Dar-keepcr's profit was S9.e3 ur
1888. Another member, rising to point of
order, said the beer had already been paid for
by the five ccuts the customer didn't give. and
So was no longer factor in the calculation:
fApplause.] Still another, q German, imbued
with the niatera1istic spirit so frequently found
iii people Of his race asked whether it was 4
sclntt, mug, or schooner Of beer the GUS
totIer had, and from whose brewery. \
young member FROM Madison street. near Hal
stel, introduced q startling element Of rcy-
olution into the assembly by. taking Hi al
together novel view Of the case. ''Pcrflaps,' he
said, "he might have, Ii tll man had got change
from him, have worke. the $40 bill off in change
upon soule customer who was drunk, and then
he would have been ahead lust tho profit on the
beer, or : cents, as the case might be. Or, it
fc had worked some bogus bills of on the Gus
toner, which being stranger he should have
done, hc would have been. SO much further
ahead, besides the profit on the beer.''
i point Of order was, however, raised to the
effect that this WIS wandering IRON the
subject, inaslnuch US the question stated plainly
that the salo0n-keeper did not make change,
and the Chairman announced that the l,onora-
BILE gentleman would have to hang his argu-
gu1ncnts OF both parties had been exhausted
and 1nnumcrable suggestions made. the pro-
FOUNDER of the problem rose and said that none
Of them were correct. The man didn't make
nor yet $500, nor yet $780, nor yet larncd
cent. lie lost TIE beer The Society, by rising
vote, resolved to adjourn to the little miii
around the corner, and tender him the freedom
0f the city in glass tumblcr.
ANOTHER WHISKY COSCSDRTM.
Il Drt1intnDnU in
hearing demurrer to the suits against the
various dlstillers Of this city and their bonls-
men on their official bonds. The suits were
brought to recover the amount Of the assess
mcnts by the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
in 1876 The assessments were duly certified to
the Collector. and payment demanded. The
defendants-thc whisky mcn-pleadcd that
Government counsel dcruurred. The oucss .as
ton was thus raised Of the validity
OF the assessment, and the Government
attorney, Judge Bangs, urged that the
assessment assess made by the Commissioner of 1n-
elusive on the tistilfers. Their only remedy |
was to appeal to the Commissioner to have the
assessment corrected. They not having appeal |
ed, the assesstnentdwas conclusive, and nothing |
PENDANTS urged that such assessment WAS not |
conclusive, and that even if it was conclusive on
the distillcrs it was not on the boulsn,en. /
Judge Drumnond held that the surctics werc |
IlhH!cs DuL vi lIic COnCIuStFcncSS OF the lSsesS-
ment he withheld his decision, and touk the case
under adyisemcut.
4 NARROW ESCAPE
Yesterday morning, at i 30 o'clock, while the |
tug NJ Shields was passing down the river, and |
when opposite Central Slip a. Capt. Roach |
heard the sound Of mau's voice. CRYING out. !!
" Say, come and pull ne out !" and immediately
checked down and looked about to see if it was |
some vessel master who wanted the services Of !
the tug to pull his craft out Ut the Slip The !
cries were again repeated in quick succession
and Capt Roach steamed up into the slip, and |
by tho aid OF lamp-lights-it was not |
yet daylight-saw 4 man shivering in the
water and clinging for dear life to
4 Spite Of the dock. With the aid Of
the men on the tug the Captain hauled the
neariycxhausted and stupid man OH board, and
placed him down BY The furnace to get warm
and dry. His teeth chartered and his limbs |
shook like autumn leaf in the wind. As
soon As he was warmed up, he stated that lie
haa been drinking freely the night before and
became intoxicated and wandered ofT-hc knew
not wherc-until he found himself f1oundcring
II u 1ne slip at the spot where he was discovered
ne nad attempted to find some place where he
eou4o cilHlb out OF the water on to
Tue ,dock, but after swimming about for
y y " nlle ne got exhausted, and vlung to smile
70 await ASSISTANCE. He thought be had beer in
Tue water fully two hours. lie was a ycry re-
: : ssp@ecsaoll-ofcssed, @ middle-aoed person. and had
r ~ p'ee1 " wa5ch-chal dangling to his vest,
a. iIg s.ateu that he had had d watch md few
uoa!ats ID money, out he failed to find either on
a saa.tln,ne us pockets. This looked as If he had
oeen Ioopeo anu pushed into the sin. He did
not give his name, but said be held = rexnonai- |
0e D1stt{1n In a farra