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, 1879-05-02

Grant to Cmsar. You Look Mt thu linz.
fase arl obacrge The general contonr ill., a, % hts
w!ll sec sonething nf the Cmsa,r' '"1 ,A,u A,ou
ehursnan tetilt,.ls mt Of Frt,Irt,,, Hetc
t'ruas; tl.cre Is ,lse aann ecrrutric,ty as Tho
nltscts, md occasional eDl,t.rss, IN, ".n hctF.
out b't res.,!'s ~ Frser!ck re- dill abrr'a'nsS;" Sx
ypry much 1t ,ero ever wero nssemh,cd ~ aou1t
Held nj wnr three moro striking cllarar,sto.n IN 'e
those. nm III fayor Of ahcrn,an for Prcs'saana ''sa
",Yhat! Not In. favor Of tlr.ntln
mo, sir. II the American pcon,,
Grant President third time spe eu,I H.. atS ,ss
ms. make , h 80 for fonrt 4 aru rosr Iy s
stood. think that Cen Grant ou Eli 10 H. aae.'
somelr treated by congreas, giycn 'Iiaai, ill.,. .;
pai',ton Or sosnctnE worthy u hs serv;,s, rtesa
ernmcnt, mud TINT oual,t to bo cnaua,' the '97.
ttotlns 10 to get the Army OF the 'rcnnr..,, ~
Tuter, t!le Ereatcst army society In Tin fnao ,o'
StlErn1uti. IVA oe1,
, 1879-05-02
QRANT.REAI lNISCENCES.


WIat uhe OF sls}stan.o .ohcefs Hetne'nnors'
"0aLhs" LsFfF Z" Hr""*IV" EIo's.
AlWost everybody OH tho stall Of ten, urant
has bean heard fe6H, at some time or other, |
struck runifcnau Yesterday. howeyer, who
~. nn;,ar ham, intarvi.vc1 mn, Nh, so,1 r. ~.
.'ao uIve' Dao" .','.. "u VIZ sau ~ "u'
atler aau oohe Questioning Hll1. l"as He WAS
SURPRISED to lind how much hs remembered
about the GeueraI, This was Mr.. Grorre L.
Ihre. Inspcctor f1cncra] nm Gren,,s stafr from
o",s, .'s W,.,.,,.s. ~ ~. .s,a' 80 w..
nmo" u sEssoass' ~ was eaaes ~ West
Point, appointed from New Jersey, though
citizen Of Pennsylvania, upd ia about 90 years
old, suid to hin;
w,v,n, 1t1 WI, Hrst ,p,,, rr,n,,. oo,u,,,t
~, ra'a ~" '9o "'s' '4A"o o'""s . As4ua'ut-
aneel" ....
1t was Ia 1852, on Governors Islatll, IN tho
harbor Of Now York. Grant belonged to the
Fnur,h 1pf,utrv which Ind boep ,rtfc,cd IN
sal FRANCISCO, anu VIVA oh ny way 10 t'lht
country to 20 tnto business, having re-
signed from tho army. / went over
IA sco Inn officers who voul1 he nv
wv WV ua. ~ ~
shlPma'eS. tts"u. was mooesl' quiet
! man, not much observed BY anybody, aud for
tl.st reason, pustlaps, lilo responded to ny oyer-
turc., sincerely like, lin iron, thr very
,ss. T. NM ,ono lin IN th,s. ,,,,s ~ ~,
, 1879-05-02
SAN JUAN.


Works Tor tho Trcntsncnt Of Silver ~.
Srttfff C"TFtspandsnes af The 7titune.
SiLvRHroN, Colo, April 2a.-Sfiutuv IN a.
Juan IL still comparatively In It's tnfaner. 1t'.
trno the first locations were matlc here n. s.,,.
as 1S7f, but there wcro no mills o. machlnc,n :,
nt,y kind Tor tho reduction or treatment NJ y.
brought lit hcrc, until 1874. During tin l,,,.s
part Of that rear, George Gru,u g. Co.. fros.
Ccdnr Rapids H.. shipped In md cyertc,, N.
frat smeltcr In San Junn, a. this place. 'rlsr
had great difficulty IN getting their beayy M.
chfncry over the n1ountafns, having to cop.,r1e,
roat's Tor tho last flftY miles themselves. Wi,h
great pluck and energy, however, they succcp,l.
ed In getting fcw weeks run will, their snc,,.
ct 1ato IN the fall OF that ycar; anl It !as ,.n
operated with pretty fair SUCCESS during ,ho
summer and fall Of each year since.
In 1871. .Croake Droa., from Now York, er.c,.a
concentrating works at Lake City, lIIn.d,.
County, and 10 1919 tlley added smelllna
works, 50 that now they have quite m extpn.,sAk
establishment for treating all kinds Of ,IIr,,II
ore. In 1877 the Occan Wavo Mining Comm,
put up tlrst.class alneltcr ~ Lake GltY, wnsS
year ". IL. VangrIson aul others built IN @Ms lhs
same town, llxiyEatlon works, which have sIns ns
tllen been operated qllitg successfully.
Last year the Ice Mining uni Smelling Con-.
pany started up etnoiter Mt CauItol CIV, M
Henson Greek, about SIX miles aboyr Lake cIt1'
In 1877 IN association OF mine-ow ncys-sIn,.
inrorporatel under. tho tanie Of the iIIn.
crnl Point Mining CDtnpans-trcetcl cafrrn,
trnting works at Anfnlas Forks, lttlo mining
town about fourteen n,tlcs above this pisss,
tnls Company, md Willnm Young atl o.lsr n
prominent capttaisls OF milwaukee, are Ujfer..,
ora and lnrgc stockholders.
Lust. year there were three new smelt.n
, 1879-05-02

CHICAGO.
Tic schr Fleetwood wus lifting out yesterday,
preparatory to q trip 10 Green bay.
will probably meet this mornlnt, In tlle commit
teeroom Of the Chamber OF Commerce.
Tho J. s. 4. Stronach llas received her now
spars, AMI Is now fuli-aodgcd tern, or thrco-
1nnsted echooncr.
The ncw sci,r Resumption, built at Milwaukee
By Wolf e. Davidson Tor The Ford River Luul-
Der Company, Is expected hero to-lay. hayn;
lett tlat port Yesterday.
Tie srhr Live Oak Is in Doo3ittle'a lry-docs
for catksus. The steanl-bargo Fletcher went on
tho boxes at Miller Bros. shfpyartl to have hor
stem liked, and tic brig Lucy j. Clark for Ill
oyeFhauilng.
The prop Annie Luura ran irto the schr An
nie Sought yesterday, near the railroad bridge
on tile South Brancli, nI1 cut badly tnto her
port quarter, doing considerable damage.
ELSEWHERE.
The New York 8tute canals will open on the
9Th Inst.
Navigation is now fully open OH all the great
lakes.
The rate on wheat from Detroit TO Buffalo is
now &C, thu figure hxcd by tlle L0cal Donrtf.
Jules O'Dr!au Is nisbt-c!casanct clerk agaltl
nt Buffalo this seu4on.
It III expected TINT canal frctghts will open at
0]1c on wheat and 51fc on corn to Npw York.
At Buffalo Tuesday slean.er-Ilne wllce!Hen
struck for 81 pcr day. The managera Offered
Slh per month, tho Bailsr wagea paid last ysnr.
Tho Nheelers' aud WAtchmeD's Benevolent
Assueiation, ut late nlrctflE at buffalo, wis
1otnal BY sayenty-ttye tnen, nul It VIA unant.
MuuSly tpclltga tllnt 10 member should BllD Tor
less than $50 pcr month";
, 1879-05-02

Special FAspdtch n 1hs 7rtthHE
BUFFALO, N. Y, 1fny 1.-The uropollcrs re-
ported stuck in thu Ice outside of the l,ar,r this
morning succeeded In forcing u Massage through
tho Ice. Thc steam barge Nnlant arrived
dnrlnr tho day from Chicago, being tho first
arrival from that port. The Captain
says tho lako s quito clear Of leo within
short distance OF this city. Tho
props wnvcrly anl Russia loft for Chicago this
AFTERNOON, at,f1 at last ncconnts werc Makf''g
way slowly through the Ice. Late yesterday
afternoon tho stcan,.barge A1pcna, with four
bargcs, was i, sight. She tried to work.
toward Tho city, but was compelled TO
lot 20 at two barges. She then
started with tire other Two. but, after
struggling III the ire for n long time, ahe stop.
ped, md Is lying OF tho wind a. Mill Point NJ
present. 'rllc etenm-bnrEe CuynlloEa nlitl barKcs
run1c III this afternoon With }pa'l OF IMnlner
IRON Saginaw. Tho leo ls very firm yet and
the sciluuners will not move fDs several days.
Thg vessels report tlle easiest passage along ihe
north shore. The saliors' Rtrlke Is not settled
yet, no scamcn shipping at all.'
n tht Ntsttrs Astoftaftd Prftt.
BUFFALO, N. T., May 1.-rrops Chinn, Cuba
Scotia, Avon, nn,l Waycrly, which left port yes.
tcrllay, succcedctl III forcing passago through
the tcc ut 9 o'cnck this morl!tng. The prop
Nai,ant, from Chicago arrived this morning.
The prop CtyahuGn mil barge Northern Light
nrg near the 6relkWatcr. FroD Atpclla atlu fbnT
bargcs are short distance out.
Ciearcd-Prop Atlantic. mttse, llnncock; sctrs
| A. Law, 1000 tons coal, Ch!cnEo; Butcher Boy,
| MAeinette; L. l.. Watson and David Vance,
| 1,10O tons coal, Chicago.
, 1879-05-02

ot 4 pullmnn hoscl car. and 4 Pullman
s!ecper. to nnkn tt!p over tho ChiragD "
sss, 5csJf r. s 5 se,t. III 1s, s s's ne n ~
miles from Chicago. 1t i:ai 4. nj; Turner jung-
t!nn, thirty miles, f:4t; 1odi, llity miles. B:0,.
count Of q hot hox. THEY ronchcd Clinton,
1as iulles. at 1or3, whcrc they I'D u stop until
l0:l8 to ehan0e pnetnes. Cellar Napi!s, 2l9
inflee, was passed at II :50. At 2: .. N. Doons,
tl.ry icft this placu, having ehangci engines In
That short enacs Of time. Tho train got to
Logan at 5:2s p m. This made 458 mttos
Ia 10hours n,nl q ntuutct s!nge lcavnE Cl,tcaeo,
atnl thrtT.n'oht minutes Of this time hntl bgcn
lost In taking wntcr thrco times anl changing
cnntues twice, making the aetnat running time
iiinc hors aHl forty.iilrcc minutes. or y sl-iOo
1nllea pYr hour: Alter leaving L99an' tho
what. IN ors1er trAs st!nucr coulti be
tnkcn III The hotel chr With sDn,a degree
q eotafort. bctoro roacl,lnG Connyit Hills.
ry arfiyed . sntts a. Go!s ns w. o. ha s
Miles, tn eleven hours MI forty minutes.
Vandcrhiit's trip IL htilf the general tonic OF
conversation IN tar9ad clrtlcs, vl'tl nil sorts 81
as tst s. screi conro ~ e
property, md tint this t,ip Is prlncipailv
natle TO examine The road And tsst ita Us canrlty. cay;
ta 1o tS III GSyaao ho sfs ND Is T bssys sS
Int @ he he viii % ee'as buck ." lh!s IT, rSad: iils pr
yate rar, i! which llo caV1e to Chcago. was sent
over the Cl!icaEo y Alton ycsteFday tnormllE to
Kansas a. CitS. Indicating that no Tnxo M,il nso aso
1t on MS rrt1aFn tfip over nc Atoil. ihefc nro
parties, Who Claim t. Know waat they lax
| about, Tint Vanderbilt t'aa not ponIht 9ut
| tneae properties 1or ttlc purpose OF ngntl1s
douti ana the snow o. hostl,tY y sl!npiy maue
to m'slead nItt nlde t!lc feai oo1ect. u u as
serted TINT vanaerblt anu nouia really moan
| 70 mnkc common game anu LINZ tncy 1nteMu 70
ION hant's anu becano tilc aietators OF ~ !lo
rntlroa1 pIoufrty 10 t11 cohnt5y. it,e laea tl'at
MF. =; y. ii; Ciar4, donersl sGpetlntenueht 81
the Union raeilg, agconpanleu lle Yanaerpllt
pasty 70 tou9elt D!ons ceIsatn!y @ lnu4caies soae
eacn thlng Il Is aIso Mnteo III Ihs c9hnsStioh
t!lat vahuctoilt, N consiuesatlon !uT Soa!u rel
tiMs 60 the Northwestern, wt'tio Glge up
m hold on TIC Laka shcle q MichGan
southern, to be used ~ conn connection , VIII
the Chicago, ROCK it!ana ~ facilie, aha ttonlu
would rive vanderbilt an interest," u tae Union
Pacific. This would make TWO through routes
BY LIQUID oyer inc Ef1e LAZY snors g ,n Minehgan1 1
Southern, chicago, HOOK Island q taeIac, nMs
Union iaciltc Ra'lroads atM tlae otncr conIrotled
W Vnnaesb!t over tue New 1ofR ~ Gentfai, Ganaaa
Southern Micni1ah tG1trn' Caisaso 9 North,
WESTERN an1 unlon tac!ne. lnei llley M!ll
also haso Saen hne 70 eontnWeetern ponls 70
connect with tho hansss Fec'ae,-ohe co9troll-
81 bY doliu osce ths Efie, Wnbaeh, 81; Lonss1
kniisns City Notthcrn' anu Hanhlpal
u IT. Joe, 1nH the other CONTROLS
Gd w saudGrbllt over the new
YORK Central, Ca"ada southern, Mtchlsah
, 1879-05-02

Erie yesterday with conf. and arc the first vcs-
sets Of tile season from Tint rort 10 this.
For the first tIrno IN a1nut ilvts years the schr
Henry G. Winslnw, n vcsscl familiar to laku
tnartIlets, mt in nn appearance here yesterday
with about lMtl, 600 feet III luuler for ": It. Hull
i Co., from Au Sable. Hho n1oorca Ut the
Lumber Market.
A telegram was received from buffalo ycster-
day by John D. I.rou y Co., hhipl,crt Of tho
Nahant, stating that that vcsael Ind arrived
there sata1Y in the mornlng. and had discharged
her cargo, which was IN fuc order. She fs tho
irst boat OF the season from Chicago to Buffalo.
The Anchor Line prop ConcstoFa left ycster-
day for Milwaukee, where sho will load ~ 0O0
bu OF onts and q 900 bu Ut wheat, destined for
tue scaboar.l, at through rate, via Dnitalo.,
, 1879-05-02

NEW YoHK, May lat II meeting OF the
Stockholders Of the Kansas PucsIc Railroad
Company to-day, tho following Directors were
elected: Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon, F. l.. Amcs,
Russell eagu, Addison Chmn,ack, q. NJ. Dodge,
James i, Keenc, Z. s. Greeley, e.. 7. Usher.
u. N. EdgcrtuIl. and Jatncs ii. linn. At a
subsequent meeting Of tlln Directors the follow
tiM. officers were gi,osen; President. Sidney
Dillon; Vlce-President. .. NJ. Edgerton;
Treasurer, James NJ. Ham; Secretary, 4. Il.
Colcy; urd ueneral Solicitor, J. T. Usher.
, 1879-05-02
THE VANDERBILT PARTY.


OMAHA, Nch., May 1.-WllflaT II. Wander
bils's special train avcr tho Chicago & North
western, wl,tc! left Chicago ut 7:G7 a. tn, mr.
rived nj thu Union 'arlnc transfer at t:asp tn,
distance OF 401 miles, having u,ala butter time
hy sovcn minutes tl.nn the fast train Of Jarrctt
Il Palmer, IN f81lt. After brief delny The pnFtY
camc over to olnal,a, remaining hero only n few
minutes. They travc the Union Pacific trausfor
to-morrnw morning for st. Louis. BESIDES
Vanderbilt, there wcrc ia the party Ills Sons
Cornelius, William X, md F. W. also Capt.
Jncob Vanderbilt, Augustus scl,ell, W. l.. Scott,
John Nuwel. Albert Kcep, Marvin Huohtt,
md c. G. Wheeler. The object Of the trip
could not bo naccrtatncd, mud there Is much
speculation In consequence. Somo seem to
thInk II wna trial trip, 10 uscertnn tho feasl-
bfity OF running fast trims over tho Chicago s.
Northwestern with tho intention Of breaking tho
Iowa pool.
10 .as ,rtster. As.oeta,sd Pres.
Couac,L BLurRs, H., Nay 1.-Wiltta1n II.
Vanderbilt md party arrived besu 10 special
train over tho Chicago t. Northwestern Rond ut
G:!s,9 y. n,., having mado tho entiro run from
Chicago, 400 miles, in eleven hours md thirty
eight minutes. This ia twanty-thrco minutes
better time tlan was made by tic celebrated
jarrett & Palmer last train. Sonic very f'no
spurts, both for long mud short distances, were
nado. The first forty-tour miles out Of Chicago
was run In forty.nno minutes. From Cedar
Rapids to Donne, a distance OF 1T tniles, III
two hours and forty-one minutes; am from
Boone to Council Bluffs, 147 mtlos, iii
tllrco hours and forty-two minutes. Engineer
rllll Pickering brought tho train from Boono to
ttglled, notwithstanding tho high rate Of speed
ma!ntalncd, Mnd EXPIRES themselves well pleas:
ed with their flying trip. They have engaged
rooms ut The Ogdcn Iloisc for the night, ui,d
will renlnin here tomorrow inspecting the rail-
regarded lsern as the Inauguration Of d new era
In railroad affnirs.
, 1879-05-02

spteta, DttDafea r. 9as 1Ftsuna.;;;s. +.
hrIwAuKEs;'May 1.-The tuassposltion Of
owners Of grain In stoFe hero to forward Il to
tho seahoard Is becoming more aud more ap-
parent every dav. and cai1scR much uneuaineak
om,ro vo,.o,.nvrors ,vbn goor . 1o,or.1 hroa,,
a'u1uh 'ssso4-o"uola. WV soa, s.ne1" o'eaA
IN uae rates as recently esshollhhea, anu re-
turn to the low figures paid for three scGsons
tont,on ~ shtnntny the M wheat ator., hsr.
~ - y. t..pa ...s .'' ~ "aeas , o.ou "s
aha ~ on'caRo aoaee 1neiF eontfo! nntl
oeant ior - come. from Sutopo' EUR aaa prices
OF to.t1nv 10 the Keena crowd ntnounte1 IN ovrr
s.r,o noo h., IT, stn,s",,ao ",aa.. ~. .nas. w..
-'ooe ~ ~ "''."ausao a.ons' ist luc.' "as
not tie slightest demand Tor vessels. 10 aud
OF cratn.carrcfs Is rapidly accumulatlng. Nuc.,
NJ thts c,narttr IA ron,,it,,tei ~ ,teom
hareas s;th t,.s t,ot ,n,,., 'ha t"n.
moving after they onco enter upon bust
ness for tho season, to save uecccssary
expense, Tile necessity thus enforced viii
comnci .h,tlIrr ~ rutcs aoonc- or ,n,or -n,s.
cunpe' s1au!1's VI iA.ss s"opes .. 'a.er.-pos,
sicily complete overthrow Of tic organized
effort 10 maintain them. The frat sign Of tho
approaching crisis was observed to-day, when
tha nwners nf t,,ree ve:sela vh,ch hnve hcla
u,a,s ss..os. .ns-s .,s',e "ss1 az. u,e.a s.o
1aef ca1eoea on poasu s1neo Inc close
OF navigation entered into M agreement
to deliver the wheat In Buffalo ut 4c
per bu unless a higher rate should
w pa,a M oe'os u1elr atslSa' ~ 1has
port Ihia freight rate. With the condition. Is to
S ns entered upon tt.c u'anttssts ot the vessels
The owners Of the vcsacls-tie Moonlight, J.. /.
Casc, and John nWesley-.ackuowicdgc tint the
chaftefs SO ltlnae virtually cstablEsh uceltne OF
one-half cent, but cal1M lii dctenso that the prrs-
sht accotntnouation ot steam barGes and con-
sorts, With the ucecss!ons that must follow from
day to day, forced them 70 It. They sny tllnt
the decline wouid have been forced day
later, auyllow, by tho desire to kcep
the steam tlcct moving, and that they have
merely anttclpased ~ event which has forced
With this partial acknowledgment Of the failure
Of thu effort to ax aud maintain rates thus
plainly Indicated, 1t is doubtful whuther tho
members Of the vesscl.owners' organizations
will any longer alhcso TO the obligations
under which they havo placed themselves.
In fact, 1t would be tic hight Of
folly for fhem to do 30, and 4 general scrun,hlu
for charters, ut thu hest figures aktanable, may
be expected from this time out. Ihrra exits,
Of course, haro possibility that tho hcads ul
this vcssel.o~neEs' movement may 10 ahle to
, 1879-05-02

The schFa uallatiQ aud K. j. McFea arrived
troM 0odcdcA yesterday With salt cargoes.
Tie Commercial! Liue prop Roanoke arrived
yesterday morning, the first boat OF tllu .vasoa
1rom Clevelun1. She has suit from Buy City.
Ihe steam barge Gprmotant, to* Ing the schrs
Drixhtle,' Oharlc1 Wsil, a,h' Frank PorGw, frou.
Cleveland. With coal, arsyed yesterday.
tou1'mastss). ot tha Anchor Line, arrived from
, 1879-05-02


NEW YonK, May 1.-the bondholders o:
tho Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central
Railroad arc invited to conference In this city
May Is for The purpose OF uniting ia such meas
ures as Will be requisite under tho late decision
Of Judge Harlan for tho due enforcement OF
their rights against tho Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. It Ia suggested tiat the frat mort
goRe bonds be scatcd down 90 ns to bring the
bonded Indebtedness to s15,821 900, bearing
per ceut Interest, and also lhat the hold
crs Of the aeeond mortgages consent to
m exchange OF their bouds for !ucomcs.
This appears the only way in which
the bondholdcrs Of tic Culumpus, Chicago
& Indiana Central can reduce thu Indebtedness
to tlu amount provided In tho lease. II this Ia
done, the Pennsylvania Company will hnyg nc
EXCUSE for not complying With tilrir portton ol
tI3e QIrcerpent,
, 1879-05-02
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ls79-TwELvE

willie 4 NASHVILLE, expressed great satisfaction n
the result Ut tIc sale tt,+lay, ntnl the profit
whtrl, will accrue 10 Ills storkllOitlcrs. Il is asso
learned TINT III Tuesday last V!rG-Prrshscut
holders ui .ilu Evansville, Henderson Il :1a4ll-
yIlc lsoa,1, by wllfrl, TINT b:arri, uf thy r0ad,
extending from tiMthriu to Henderson. knnwn
as tho Kentucky Division Ut ,hc 81. Louta 4
Southeastern, passes Into The tn,sscssto', ut tu
LDufsyic u Nashville, A1ll1 piyes Tint road nb.
belute ownership Of no tnilcs uf ruaa frnln
NASHVILLE tu the Ohio River, nnd opens to Ut.
Louis md Chicago nnd intermediate cities.
, 1879-05-02

Grain fretghts were aguin at a standstill, 4c
being the usklng rate on corn to Buffalo, Md 3c
the figure bid. The through rata to Boston by
luke md rail was quoted at 12c per b,l, and It
was understood that lake anl canai rates werc
DC asked TO New York. 4 steamer f,robably
the stca11l-bareu DavIdson1 md tow OF twO
barccs have been taken ut &c for corn to arrive
from Buffalo by May 8. They carry about 1866
U0O bu "or1. .
No lumber charters were reported yesterday.
, 1879-05-02
GOULD A LIVELY CORPSE.
lSDeet0l Dfsbatch 10 TAe 2rIDnne.

Special D'pafeh 10 7as Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich. May l.-uencfa'-Manager
Hopkins ard Chlef-Eng!neer Anlrcws, Of tho
Wabash, were In this city to-day. looking
Tho GROUND over with reference to the proposed
cxscnslon OF uieir road from Toledo to this city.
Suitable depot grounds wore Viewed, aud
satisfactory conference was had with
the Citizens' Committee. There are
reasonable prospects tllat an o1-
tension will be nude within ninety
days, and Dctroitors arc jnbitant over tic iua.
pogtaut new connections to ba. gained. Bir
Hugh Chiidcrs. President Of the Great Wcstorn,
has sailed from Enginnd With full authority to
negotiate With the Wabash i, Eric for tho con-
nccttou which Will be inpdo at this city,
Nrw Ynnr. Mav1.-1t woa atotcd tn.,,,v .bo+
Jay could anu Representative Ncwbcrry, OF
Mlchigar. l'aVe bought the Lafayette, Munrle t&
Bloomington Road, connecting With the Wabash
at Lafayattu. nwl TINT Northern tcrmtnrs of
III. ill., =. - !. r,,.h.1 tn.,n.., ~. n....,,,.
.,.1 .i''o w oo pms.eo ~. "usu " oe'Fo't
within n'naty days. fh's would oe movement
to checkn,nte tho Vanderbilt scheme ut Detroit.
On the other band, Russell Bsro said tI1e roport
:, m, n,rr.,. hvt ot,,,t,,oa .t,t .,o w.,'..,.
49,, "us No.'es'' .as "1" u" uNS s"' maoa.''
"oulu VeF3 soo1s opeh Eha 10 DctFoit,
either by tho construction OF an iNde-
pendent line or by leasing one Of tic
lines uox controi,cd hv Mr. von1..htl,
'''NSs az" ee''~4o''~~ - "N' 'o"uS'D't"
, 1879-05-02


Mr. W, II. Vanderbilt and party accompanied
by President Albert Kcsp, ucuerat Manager
Marvin lIugh!tt, and Ass!stans Gel'cra!'
Supcrlntent Whseles, Ut the Chicago
g. Northwestern, and Mr.. q. II.
Clark, Qenerai Superintendent OF the Union.
Pacific Railroad, lrIt thls city at7 'clock yes-
, 1879-05-02

BRIDGEPORT, May 1.-AsHycd-Prop 1mpe-
tal, Seneca, 5000 bu oata, 1850 lbs seeds; lar-
rict, Seneca, 5000 bu cats; Lockport, Lockport,
$500 bu corn; prop Montauk. Lockport, 325 brls
flour, 5O0 bEle meal; Phoenix, Lockport, G90 bu
corn. .-...-..
Ccared-alaynowcr Marselllcs, O., 05O It lum.
bcr; First National, Birds Bridge ca, Oh # lu1n.
bct, 81, 000 Iath.
, 1879-05-02
RAILROADS.

rnss ,sos sc,,1 NJ n,1tc ourtfom ut tho entrance
toaa was SOU a. p.l'e nael'o ~ su
to tue NAtlo1sal Lie nallss'E, oa .l'a,'' ottssn
yesterday, the sale commencing nj II O'CLOCK
ami, continuing for an ho,,r nnt half. There
,vos lnrre crowd, aud for n time the bidding
"ao ~ ,,,,s,o,,a1 ho,n,,.1ohn
te , seS for
judgment; John H. Wrcnn, Judge L, D. Otis,
nnt1 Elwtn Walker,
~ A. The tnc annoln,e5 hour Mr.. Btshop took n
.tan, M IN % tfe yssllhle. INN md rco tue notice Of
lattng to tho terms ot sale, etc. 1ro then an.
nounccd Tint tho sale would cuumcucc, mud
called 'of n.as' , .. =, .,ro nm
hr. Dinlr leu OUT Win stasteF ol eaoooN.
John II. Wrcnn quickly mado 1t Ss00,oo0, md
Edwin Walker followed Will. n raise Of 5000;
Tud.o M, w.nt him AZ eN1 hrttcr. Emil of tirst
ou"s, Se "ss ~ w .s...... .,..,,.a ,,r.
ronha, anu Lie parties eell1''E "n9"ea W.
Mr. Dla!r started the acco6o Eouuu ny
offering $sl5,Oo0 fer the property, which was
rovoreI with nm nd1ltional SEQ BIZ Wrcuu,
and bs were Ieseve lot !e sooo as oon aol
lowing osder' ot's, sos''oov; @ niM,, fo'e.ov' o.r
ee Me;ke5 o, s M'SS WIN, .s ss u s'; 1ssss,
ssIio, ,ofU; mi Wrenn Ss8S,oOo.
e ih!s point the bidding .ga had ht's 6ssp vs!y
5; W!Es; ssssy Il; s:; S a,a Ps Wso, Pa ss %
,ff was Tie quickest bidder in the lot, spccdIly
mude &830,0 1heu followed sparrlp;
tntch, ia which each did hts part with tolcrab!o
ntacrtty, although the advances were not 20
rapl aa In tlr first part Of tho sale. Judge Otis
iii sS7t, ,oU5; liz. Wrcnn, ss13,0O0; Mr.. Walker,
sS;SM)D: Wrenn, SS75,000; Walker, $s;55O0:
WIN WaIeeF ~ M S'5' 5s, SssYy G'WS W4ena ss
er, ss70,50o; Wrcnn. s5s0, 900: Wnlkcr, $780,
Soo; Wrcni,: 1881, ,Ooos Walker, ssss, 900; Wrenn.
utls, SSH G00; Wrcnn, sBs5, ,00U; Wnlkcr, $685.
on:' ontl:' is1ajr. ssa,,loo. >>'0'
1t this point thc bidders agnfn took a breath
sps na 1,es esgasn to ak.r Sr sas ssfe os5 pS
ha1 I'' t,a ,nonny 10 nav for lis SiW roisc, and
seyeral offered to raise the last bid 81. Finally
| liz Invn rot down to business ouct more, n1ll
INK In hsiiers t .norel cautiously. It was cy1ignt
lint ts,err were nartics present who desired to
make liz road seii for ali IL was WORTH u,,d tho
Mu.o w. ,,st,a - car.c tn inrrer thn vi,isni
nmnn naT p''1c, item ~'''S s~' ~ '~'0''~
upJ III. Wrcnn rotsel Mr.. Dla,ets bid 800: Mr,
sea1 IN. -" WoI,srr ssA; i;t1,. HinIr sasW 7iM.s
otis. ssso, 75fi: Wrcnn, SssIgoD; Walker, $780,,
Hri. 1{Inir' sgStl {Hi]: WTeun. SSH7 600: Walker.
ssss Hs. HI.Ir ssssG!n. Ctis, ssss 7f11:
n1air. i ssoo So: Otis, ssou,apj; Walker, ssVo,.
'' xaci att Hn l}"tr ss1 III. ri. sso1 sI,1.
IT. eo"styi, III aoG. Woi,"r Ia, In. WIcnnt
~; SSi' nSs ' hoir Xii 'GH,. Wn,k"r saHs OH,:
f1Ivir ssso III. WSrnn sS9a Id: Walker Ss!ys
oVus yGs ,n na'F' ons @ ts SSnt p,n. 1nn
seo cnt ' g2tv Vn,.tor fsaa ,tt6 i,tssr
sans IN. 0W.i,. sar. Ma1'. FIFTY sott MH:
ffVuiian stnn IN. Wr"rn s4Nl sMi. Wniknr
ssO,io, HInnns a111, soos egW1 s,n AZ: ,v2on v2u