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the streets in the suburbs of the city should
be introduced to Judge Cooley.


be introduced to Judge Cooley.
Only thirty-seven licenses have been issued.
Twenty are for liquor selling. There were one
hundred and fifty -four last year.
The work of constructing the Nicollet avenue
sewer is being rapidly pushed forward at a
lively rate, and has already passed Fifth
street.
Governor j. 8. Pillsbury has been elected
president of the Farmers and Mechanics Saw
ings bank, of Minneapolis, in place of the late
DR.. Levi Butler.
The street commissioners could do good
work in picking up the loose stones and pieces
of wood scattered along the principal thorough
fares of the city.
The Adah Richmond company, which APP
pears at the Academy of Music this evening, is
the best variety combination in this city since
Tony Pastor was here.
The soldiers at the fort have received their
pay, and large number Of them were in the
city yesterday hosting in the ''booz'' at rate
that indicated fearful inroads upon their
pocket books.
A free license has been issued to John Walter,
as per instructions of the city council, for the
purpose of liquor selling on the East Side. It
seems that Walter is SO crippled that he can
earn a living in other way. He has large
family dependent upon him, and as he always
keeps an orderly house, the council do not feel
that they have transgressed in furnishing him
a license free of charge.
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ASSOCIATED Press Markets.i
Milwaukee Produce Market.

MILWAUKEE,, May 8.
FLOUR-Dull and weak.
GRAIN-Wheat opened unsettled, at 1lsc lower,
and closed a shade firnler; No. l hard 1.l3A; No.
1,l.1A; No. 2 .O9; May 1. o8S june l. o7H July
1.05M No. 3, OBJ Corn steady, with fair demand
No. 2, old A0c; new 39la40c. Oats easier; No. q
26Ac. Ryeweaker, No. l, SOC. Barley firm No. q
&c; June $3.50.
PROVISIONS-Wea and quiet; mess pork dull
at $3.50 Lard, prime steam Sc s7k.
FRE1GHTS-Wheat to Buffalo, Sc.
RECEIPTS-7,555 bbs flour, 49, 145 bus wheat.
SHIPMENTs-5,9 bbls four 9,s7s bushels
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Markets in Detail.
The following quotations giving the range of the
markets during the day were received by
MORTON, MOORE q CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
LIVERPOOL, May $40 100 A. N.
Wheat, quiet and penny lower.
Floating cargoes rather easier.
Cargoes on passage, rather easier.
Cargoes off coast, cd to Is lower.
Consos, 506 points up.
LIVERPOOL, May 8-10:3 A. n.
Market steady and quiet and little doing.
LIVERPOOL, May 8, Pm.
London inactive and prices dull.
NEW YORK, May 8, "a. N.
Wheat, opens weaker and inactive; May sold at
1.2l June sold at 1903.
New YORK, May $1,000 A. II.
Corn easier; No June SIC. Wheat, easier; cash
offered at .214
NEW YORK, May $500 P. NJ.
Wheat, weak; Milwaukee S1.23 Chicago 1.21. OPP
tons weaker and dull; May 10 bid; June sold at
1.20.
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lie. daily, Ar. Daily,
ExMond y
3:45 p N leo p II
Minneapolis & st. Louis Elk.


Minneapolis & st. Louis Ex- ExSa
press. ga
Passengers at st. Paul leave
by the st. Paul K Sioux City
r. R., at 3:15 P. N. connect
ct Merriam Junction. LIE.
Minneapolis, Burligton 4 st. iEx.s
Lou,s mail and express -. 6:t
(Close connections coming
North.
Mixed Minneapolis and Mer-
Ram junction, connecting
for local stations and st. P.
L s. C. r. II. as far as Wor- Ex. s
Ellington Il;
Mixed, Minneapolis L White Ex. s
Bear Lake, Duluth & saltwater 4:
Omaha E1., for all points on
st. P. h 8. C. R'y, Omaha Ex.s
and California. ..... ga
Trains arrive and depart from tn.
fc depot, Minneapolis.
Tickets and sleeping car berths
ticket Office, No. 8 Washington a
Eicollet Honse) ". G.. Te;fer, Tick
st. Paul & Pacific depot, Minneapoi
Third street, st. Paul.-GEo. H.
Agent CHAS. F. HAT
A. III. BOpE. Gen. Pass. Agf.
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

CHICAGO, May 8.
HoGs-Recepts, 10000 head; shipments 2,7oo
head; strong and higher, except mixed rough.
Choice heavy active, and sold at 3 35@3.55; light
firm, at 3.3oQD3.55, chiefly IS; mixed quiet and
weak, 31O@3.35; good butchers fair demand, at 3.25
@3.45.
CATTLE-Receipts 5000 head shipments 1,4oo
head, fairly active and shade higher Choice ship
ping steers 81 zoos .65 light stockers and feeders
in good demand: at 3.00D4 so; butchers steady
COWS .b0@4.40 bulls 2.750325; steers 6O04 90
oxen 39O(y4 rs.
sHEEP-Receipts 900; shipments 600; supplies
too light to make market; sales $4,000; lambs
o. ner head
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Philadelphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, May 5.
FLOUR-Dul; super $3.50: extra 400; Penn
sylvania family $4,000; Minnesota do 55O06.25;
high grades 6 .5007 so.
GRAIN-Wheat, dull, weak and lower; amber $3.50
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New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Nav s.

NEW YORK. May g.
COTTON-Dull at 1oss@1oac: futures steady
FLoUR-Dull; heavy receipts 49, 600 barrels, No.
2, $2.75@40o; snperfne State and Western S415G
4.65; common to good extra 4.70W5.15; good to
choice 5.o5@5.s5; white wheat, extra, $500 $50;
fanV 65586.75; Minnesota patent 6.750S 30 Rye
-four and corn meal dull
GRAIN-Wheat, receipts 22l,ooo; No. 2, spring
81 .21@1 .21hs; No. 2, Milwaukee 1923; No spring
/. 28@1.29; No. 2 red winter 81 3N01 80 Rye
steady, Western 71@72A. Barley dull: Malt dun
and nominal. Corn heavy; receipts $1,000 bushels
No. 8, 1917 @49c; steam 5oa5o1a No 2, 52052h No.
white 1910. Oats firm irecepts $1,000; rejected
33h; No: 3 white 34A; No. 2, 35H@36; mixed $40
35h; white 33038h.
HAY-Quiet.
HOPS-Western, 508c.
GROCERIES Coffee firm and unchanged Sugar
1rn.. Molasses quiet and steady. Rio steady
PETROLEUM-Quiet, steady and firm, at 111sc,
crude CSC.
TALLOW-7A@7 9-16c.
ROSIN-Qniet, 1301Sla.
TURPENTINE Unchanged.
PRODUCE-Eggs, western 13013H.
PROFESSIONALISM quiet. Beef dull and I'M
changed. Cut meats, long clear middles &c. Lard,
prime steam 81. 17h@7.2O Cheese quiet
WHIsKY-Frmer, at $1.O71a@1 Os.
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1dnh Richmond.

Adah Richmond.
The Adah Richmond Comic Opera company
appears at the Academy of Music this evening.
for the first time, and should have a packed
house. Her company is certainly the best seen
here since Tony PASTORS. Little 'Baby Nc
Donald, alone, is worth the price of admission.
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Boston Produce Market.

BOSTON. May 8.
FLOUR-Dull, moderate and unchanged.
GRAIN-Corn, steady; mixed and yellow, 5405sc;
steam, nominally 4S050c Oats, fair demand; No.
and extra white, 4O@43c; No.2 white and mixed,
36Am3Sc.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO Nay s.
FLOUR-Easier, not quotabiy lower.
GRAIN-Wheat unsettled AMI lower, demand
active; No. Chicago 81 09ll al .159 cash and
May; 1.07G1 OTIS June; 1.04M July; No. s. Chit
cage Los. Corn unsettled and lower; 38155@s9c
cash and June; $3.50 July; rejected SIC. Oats dull,
weak and lowsr, 25cA cash and July. Rye dull and
lower, sec. Barley good demand, and shade high
or, SOC.
PROFESSIONALS dull, weak and lower, at
$3.50 cash; 8 57ls0I8 60 June, 8.77ia July. Lard
dull, and prices shade lower; S690as.s21s cash !;
6.95 June; 7.0oD7.2h July. Bulk meats steady
and unchanged.
ALCOHOL-Actvc and firm at $50.
WHISKY-Nominally unchanged, at 81 o.
FREIGHTS-Corn to Buffalo unsettled, 2lsc.
RECEIPTS 900 barrels -four, $4,000 bushels
wheat, 222,00O bushels corn, $4,000 bushels oats,
1900 bushels rye, 5000 bushels barley.
sHIPMENTs-1o, barrels -four, $4,000 wheat,
430,50o bushels corn, 10000 bushel oats, 545
bushels rye, 1900 bushels barley
CLOSING PRICES.
GRAIN-Wheat unsettled and lower; ST O921 c
Nav .08h@1. 082s June; 104 asked for July. Corn
dull, weak, and lower at 385s@3S2lc May; $685. T;
June. Oats dull, and lower at decline of &c.
z PROVISIONS-Pork dull weak and lower So 52Iz
June, SS.72A July Lard inactive and lower; Sc 80
June: 6 97Is july.
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St. Louis Produce Market.

ST. LOUIS, May 8.
CoTToN--In good demand and higher, offerings
light; mddling l0Ac.
FLOUR-Dun and lower to sell.
GRAIN-Wheat dull and lower; No. 9, red fall
1. 12!4 @1l31a cash; 11s01.1s1a June; 1.os@1 .CSA
July fair do 1.051a @1.06Ka No. spring nominal
Corn inactive and lower; No.. 2 mixed, 3sAc; cash
| July. Oats firm, 26@26Ac cash; 272lc bid june.
Rye easier, at 6Oc.
WH1SKY-Steadya d unchanged; S1.o4.
PROVISIONS-Pork quiet; jobbing 9O009 10
Lard frmer, at 6.75@6.sO, latter in the East Bull
meats unchanged; car lots loose at 50 7O4.7O, 4.sC
OF :85. Bacon unchanged, at S4.25, 4.3o, $50
5.37H, $40.
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
st. Pdnt Railroad Time Tables.

81. Paul s. Pacific Railroad.
March 81, 1873.
Main Line through trains for Iitchtield Wilma
Landing and Winnipeg.
g.. Leave. Arrive.
81 81! fanl. 500 p. m. Fishers L'g 100 p. m.
flsners Landing 2:30 p m st. Paul 10 80 Q M
Whlmar Accommodation
@. ~, Leave. Arrive.
st. Paul. :05 m MINNEAPOLIS l.3onm
"1 n 1856 m ST. Paul. IS 40 p n,
and Bismarck. N
Leave. ,,
81: PAU. 1880 q. m. Minneapolis 80 o, M.
minneapolis 80 a. m. st. Paul. -. $40 D. NJ.
g. Paul and Minneapolis trains
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.Sf,<y,xoI mr. Sfo1o,,

From my premises In North Minneapolis, E. D., ,
white COW with red feet and nose. Any one return
ing the same to me will be suitably rewarded.
112-tf LENORA GEANSANY.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-09

CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS IN
DER CONTRACT OF JACOB MILLER,
AWARDED NOVEMBER AND NOV.
Is, 1877.
In front Of the following described property,
to-wit:
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Fire G{Obu{es.

The insurance adjusters are still at work, but
keep their proceedings and plans secret.
1t is expected that work will be commenced
to-day in tearing down the walls of the Petit,
Robinson & Co., Galaxy and Zenith mills.
The Turn-Verein will give benefit for the
sufferers at Association Hall next Monday
eve ling. Everything is to be furnished free,
and choice programme will be presented.
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Pullman Sleeping Cars will run on the Main Line
Trains leaving st. Paul at 500 p. m. Cars run
through to Fishers Landing without change.
River is now open and steamers run through to
winnipeg from Fishers Landing.
Northern Pacific Isailrbad.
Depot foot of Sbley street. Ticket and Freight
Office, No. AZ Jackson street.
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BETHANY HOME.

Regular Report OF the Secretary Yesterday.
Mrs. H. G. Walker, secretary of the Bethany
Home makes the following report for the
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SOUTH d. SokTBw .
LIE. daily, Ar. Daily.
x.Sund'y ExMon1 y
ESQ q n: II go a N

ri Ex. sLnd'y EI.Stmd'y
80 a m $40 ! N
tie Ex. Suud y E1.Suni J
er 7:10 a m 500 p m
Ia Ex.sund'y E1.suud y
j. 3:45 p In ll:25 a m
rom the st. Paul l. Paci-
: berths secured at city
igton avenue, (opposite
er, Ticket Agent, and at
and at 1l6 East
20. II. HAZARD, Ticket
F. HATCH Gen. Man.
~.
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Schlegel F.; Mccarthy John. st. Michaels,
LIE Sueur Co.; Doescher T. H.; Paul B. 7.
Thurder E. II.
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Minneapolis st. Louis RaiIway---Short
Line Iowa Route via Burlington.
Running through express trains with Pullman
palace car sleepers to st. Louis without change, ~
miles shorter than any other route.
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AMERICAN EXPRESS CO..
Sale of Unclaimed Goods.

To Whom it Hay Concern:
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE.
ST. PAUL, April Goth, 1878.
Notice is hereby given that the property
consigned as per list below, now remaining un-
claimed or otherwise, in the Office of the Amer
lean Express Company. a. different points in
the State of Minnesota, will be sold at Public
Auction to the highest bidder, at the Auction
House of j. M. Warner, on the 23d day of May
next unless the same shall be called for, and
all charges paid thereon. G. II. EATON,
Superintendent.
E. T. WARNER, Agent st. Paul, MINI.
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River Division
Through Chicago 4 East
ern Express.
Through Chicago 4 East
ern Express.
Iowa and Minnesota Div.
Prairie du Chen, Milwau-
kee and Chicago Express
st. Louis Express.
Owatonna Passenger. :.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
REORG ANIZA1ION or The ARMY.

GENERAL BASNISG's TWO BILLS Oh THIS SUBJECT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-General Tanning ;
bill 10 rcorganzc the army proposes to reduce IL 10
90 900 men, the regiments being reduced as follows
cavalry from 10 to g. artillery from to 3. infantry from
% TO Is The departments OF the Adjutant ami III
specor-Gener Ia are TO bc reduced the Quartermas-
ter and Subsistence Departments are 10 be CONSOLE
dated; ~ paynasters 10 be dispensed WIN; anu
board OF three MaOr-C;encra IL to be appointed 10
suggest plan for rcorganizing the Engineer and Or
dnance DEPARTMENTS. Section % provinces tlat gen
cral officers shall have the following aids General
three, aud limit 10 rank l"
NOT above the rank of Major Major General, twO no
above the rank Of Major; Brigadler General, TWO,
from First and second Lieutenants Ans are 10 nave
no incrcas" of rank or pay. 49,
10 be at Washington, and all orders TO
b. issued through the General OF the Army one
section provides that officers shall be retired az inc age
Of sixty two. after forty five years OF service Ocers
who have received vote OF THANKS RON 'ongIcss may
I've retained until they nave served hitY-iiNe years
The Army Pay Bili. introduced to-day by Grncrai Ian
ming Xes the annual pay OF the officers OF the army as
follows: The General $4,000 per year, III" Lieutenant
General 5000, Majoricnera sbooo bfiSdnlHi
$1,000, colonel - 900, Lieutenant colonel TZ5UO
Major - GOO Captain tm0untedl SlSOO, captain thOt
mouutrdj - 1000 First Lieutenant (mountedl TlOOo
First Lcuican; (uot mounted - 400. Second Lt"ute
AMI (mnuucdl - 200, second leuttnlut mot mouHtcdl
II 900 Ordnance stOickrepcr 81 .GOO all per year.
The third section Increases the pay or n0n-c1inu1ls-
stoned officers follows: Sergeant jor from ~ 70
s3l per month Quarcr-Master sergeant rom ~ 10
~:j3 Trumpetcr from ~ 10 ~ ~ N Sergeant
from 22 to $685. scrgcauts from Sl7 to 81; all Cor
pOras from ~ To go per month.
The h reduces The pay or commissioned ouiccls, III
Guiding allowances FOR quirtrrs incl and forage IN
round numbers, II 100000 per annlm III increases the'
pay Of n0u-comni>sion"d oIccI-, III lohnh hUmpeIs'
total about $4,000 year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
FAILURES AND ASSIGNMENTS.

James f. Ray, builder, at No. 101 East
One-hundred and-hlteenthst., has gore into voluntary
bankruptcy His liabilities amount TO $4,000 and
there are assets. The NewIoI Lille Insurance Com
pany is the principal secured creditor its claim amount
ing $77 900, upon bonds executed jointly by the petit
aud Margaret Ray for loans made real estate
IN One-huudred and-tbiryrstst., secured by mortgage
bonds to the amount Of $4,000 1t is alleged 10y the
pettoner that be never had interest the real estate
nor the loans made upon security OF these mortgages
The unsecured Indebtedness amounts to $4,000, OF
which the largest claim is that OF v X. Stevenson for
Sl0l03.
Register Dwight has adudicated Adam Carr, machil-
list at No 43 COrtlan1ts and at PaSsac y. j. bank
rupt on his petition. His debts amount 10 about
Soc 000 he however responsible on bonds and sure
ties for over Slj0.0JO The normal assets are about
$4,000. The principal creditors are II. Smith d Co.,
SlO735 NJ c. Sclden, $1,000; Sarah l.. Carr, $1,000
National Tube Works Company, SOi1O,
Richard Atkins, OF No. 215 COlumbia-st, Brooklyn, a
dealer in boots and shoes has made ali assignment for
The benefit Of his creditors.
Assignments for the benefit Of creditors filed yes
terday by James A. Day to- Edwin sherman by Abra
ham Katz 10 simeon Levy, AMI by Edmund Il. BOstwick
(hats, No 1888 Canalst) 10 Samuel Iidcth. T. H. Bost
wick In bis schedule states his liabilities al Sl0,J37 80
and his assets at S54J2 80. George Lsers schedules
state his liabilities at ~ 100 IL, and his assets al $I7.
100. Max RIegclmaa and Adolph RegelmaH state ther
liabilities at $50 009 g. and their assets az 1872 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
BOLD ROBBERY IN BROOKLYN.
A BROKERS' DESK OPENED AND $4,000 IN COIN,
CuECKS ETC STOLEN


CHECKS, ETC, STOLEN
George F. Malby, who is engaged in the
Office OF the Montauk Fire Insurance Company, al No
22 COurtst Brooklyn, entered the Ponce Headquarters
of D. m yesterday greatly excited, and stated that
desk in that Office occupied by John H. Beers, broker,
had been robbed OF about $4,000 worth OF gold and
silver coin, checks stock securities, and greenbacEs
Mr. Malby said that he alone in the office few
minutes before 10 o'clock and was bnSily engaged in
writing when stranger entered and made some inquiries
concerning insurance. He said that he had friend
outside who thought OF taking out Insurance
policy, but lie was lame aud did not wish 10
get out Of his carriage TIE man asked II MI MalDN
would step out and answer his inquiries. Mr. Ma'by
did so. lie said that the stranger went ont OF the
Office before he did. The conversation lasted minute
Mr. Beers came back, he found that his desk had been
forced open. and that the cash-bas was MISSING a
chisel evidently new, lying on the desk. Mr. MalDy
described the who entered the Office as about iee
and 10 inches in height stoutly built with sanGy dlr
m0ustaehe His clothing WAS black and he wore nell
met hat. The man in the carriage was tweniy-sIX or
twentyseven years Old, ee inches III EclGht ana OF
dark complexion.
Mr. Beers al once stopped payment upon the checks
He tina: the coin, about $780, was the Ony negota
BILE part OF property Late In the afternoon
the horse and carriage with which the tTo men came 70
the Office were found at JOraemOn aud Furnansts No
cew TO perpetrators of the robbery could be found.
Tue OF the horse and carriage used by the men
who committed the robbery was found last evening TO
be Whitfield Van Colt. from whose place al FOUfthst
and Lafayctte-placC, they had been stolen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
BROOKLYN CHURCH DEBTS.

a complaint was filed in the Office OF the
Clerk OF Kings County yesterday, in suit for foreclosure
against the Brooklyn Tabernacle brought b. Insurance
superintendent SInyth. rhe complaint sets forth that
the Central Presbyterian Church. which aftorward be
came the Brooklyn Tabernacle borrowed on November
10, 1865 $4,000 from the North America Life IT.
mortgage on the church property The bond was exc
cutrd by James H. Prentice and W II. Marsters. aud,
with the consent u The Tabernacle, assigned 10 Nh
Miller, who was then Superintendent OF Insurance.
The debt st AIMS Protestant Episcopal Church on
Brooklyn Heights is said TO amount to $1,000 III his
sermon sunday. the rector tie R"v Dr. Noah Hunt
Schenck urged upon the members the necessity o hqui
dating the debt. His text sell the oil, pay the
debt. and live thou and Thy children The church
property he said had cost $3.50 900 and during the ten
years thai il had been occupied the congregation bad
paid less than $4,000 toward cxtingushns the debt
The yesry had gwen $4,000. II IL was not removed the
church would have 70 be closed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
1TDINNER NTH MR.. SHERMAN.

LARGE COMPANY OF coXGREssMEN AND OFFICIALS
ENTERTAINED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Secretary Sherman to-
night. entertained large company Mt his residence
in this city, consisting of Senators members OF the
House of Representatives and chiefs of various
bureaus of the Treasury Department. The party
was altogether social in its character Among those
hecs Eaton aud Blaine and many other Senators ;
REPRESENTATIVES Wood, Tucker Banks, Ewing, Ste
phens Sayler, Phelps, Kelley. Garfield Hartzeli.
White Bagley and about forty other members OF
the House; ACCOMPLISHMENTS HaWley ana
French Treasurer Gilillan Professor Henry, ana
all the heads of bureaus of the Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
ABRAHAM LINCOI.NS LIFE.
LECTURE BY SCHUYLER coLFAx AT COOPER !

LECTURE BY SCHUYLER COLFAX AT COOPER NSil-
TUTE.
SCHUYLER Colfax lectured last evening 10 an
audience that completely filled Cooper Institute on the
life and Characterof Abraham Lincoln" The address
was given in aid of the project of the Odd Fehows OF
this State TO erect monument In memory OF the l'e
Grand Sire John A. Kennedy. Among the persons on
the platform were Grand Master George '" Dks Peter
Cooper, Thomas c. Acton the rev. Dr. a. H. iin"n3
and Mrs John A. Kennedy
The speaker was enthusiastically received After eiv
ing cursory glance the early history of Lincoln MI
Colfax related many anecdotes and personal reininis
of the late President each of which was INTENDED
illustrate different phase OF character Inc success
of the Union cause. the speaker said, was with MI LII
colu during the Rebellion above all other CONSIDERATIONS
He held that the faithful surgeon inust strive 10 save
both life and limb. II he found that this could not
be DONE the life must be saved at AL hazards 20 nc
was not willing strike the decisive blow AT slavery u
Ill ali other had failed. In personal e9nver
With Mr. Lincoln the speaker thought that he
caught INSIGHT into the true enar aciaritv
of his own life had been that In all cohtroVersai
struggles in which ne had engage d. he had always taken
moments even more closely than his own. Therefore
had never happened TO him to be surprised ny We
strength of the other SIDE and he always ready TO
meet their opposition. None except those intimately
associated with the President understood now heaVi!
dist Of the nation weighed upon hm and yer ouiu
of limited circle of friends, he was always ready WIN
place had been particularly harrassing bin, he was
Stricken down by the smallpox at the White House;
Now ten the occseekers, he said. with sometime o.
give them at last" Mr. Colfax kept the audience IN an
almost continual ripple of laughterb by MS repetition OF @
anecdotes of the STORYTELLING President
his mercy, hi1 philanthropy, his 1xedness OF purp9s,
and ms religious fidelity: In conclusion, the spenhci
said of Mr.. Lincoln: I'VE know linn now modest o., 81,
dressing wrongs. Wearing the white Hover oil hanic-
lessie from the top OF flames ladder he scppeu 10 INC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
POSTAGE on REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.

Mr.. Bissell, assistant attorney general of the
Post Ofcc Department, met committee OF publishers
yesterday, TO consider the Postage BIZ now before the
Senate Committee. The committee consisted Of Roswell
Smith. representing Scribncr's Monthly and :" st.
Nicholas :" Mr.. FarIcy. OF the American News Com
pany Horatio G. King, OF " The Chrstian'Union," and
w. H. o. Price, OF The Grocer" Mr.. Fdrfclly main
tanned that the law should state explicitly what should
DC necessary constitute regular publication entitled
to pound rates of postage. leaving the Department TO
room foG construction. Mr. Smith was particularly op-
posed TO what he termed the "cOunty newspaper MI
sance" under which country new spapcIs were delivered
10 any address within the county IN which they are pun
lishcd free OF postage. Mr. Prcc COMMENDED That trade
Journals issued by mercantile houses in their own inter
est should be entitled To the Same iatcs as thosr
devoted 10 the interest OF cnrt branch OF trade.
TIE discussion will be continued to-day.