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| not exceeding 500, or to imprisonment not ex'
cecdn4 thirty dnys for the first ofeuEe and s1ts
days for any subsequent ofense. -.
| "SEu. =. NHEHEAs, It appears thar there is al
emergency, On account Of which this act shoniu al
take effect; therefore, this act shall take ef-
| feet from and after the time OF i1s passase.'
The Temperance md rcformatory societies
that have taken the minors specially under
their care should receive the active co-opera-
ton Of the city authorities to the extent TINT
the city police may be legitimately employed
in the enforcement OF. this State law. There
is no phase Of city life 50 denorelizing to
| the young as tlat which this statute is
designed to reach. The privilege Of playing
cards, dice, tDutcA" " billiards, pool, etc.,
has attracted many boy to saloons WHO
would otherwise have kept away from them,
and has promoted among thousands tie Aabtt
OF visiting these places. 1t is not merely
that boys aud young men thus acquire the
habits of drinking and gambling, but the
fact that they ara thus thrown with the very
worst and most abandoned Of the youth
of large city, that makes the
vice SO obnoxious. AL thieves are
gamblers, and the saloons where card
playing and pool-playing by young men
are tolerated are almost invariably the resorts
of young thieves -sneak-thievas and thieves
kids, as they are called The personal con-
tact Of such vile creatures is contaminating
under any circumstances, but especially SO
with the surroundings of q saloon, and under
the excitement of drink and gambling. It
is not unlikely that some Of these dens do
as much in the way Of educating thieves as
Fdgin's school in London ever did, and the
suppression Of the gambling facilities which
they extend to the youth Of the city will be
not merely in the interest Of moral reform,
but in that Of good government and proteo-
tion for society. The enforcement Of this
law does not require any general crusade |
against downtown saloons or neighborhood !
beer-halls, though card-playing, dominoes, !
and billiards IRE features Of the latter. ALL |
these places which have respectable |
patronage will maze an effort on their own /
account to close their doors against minors !
The particular kind Of place where fast boys
and embryonic thieves congregate is well
known to the police, and hcreafter they
should ba brought under the strict con-
sruction Of the new law. They should be
to abandon the business of edu-
eating drunkards, gamblers, roughs, and
thieves from the youth of the neighborLood,
or they should be pulled and fined continu-
'usly until they shall recognize the advan-
age OF changing their tactics. TIE TRIBUNE
aas already done some service in this moye-
nent for the protection of minors by direct
ng the special attention Of Mayor HARRISON
md his police to the dives that infest State
traat for the extent Of mile and half j;
nd this would be an excellent locality in
which to begin work under the now law.
, 1879-05-11

bear upon the city authoritioa as would Gu
force the strict letter Of the oontract. But
Ill this furnishes no reason for "Judge
SHEPARD or other local Democratic politicians
to make political capital out Of the situation,
nor any good excuse for renewing the Ring
demand for tearing down what has already
been constructed, and beginning over again
with Cook County limestone aud caoutohouo
contracts that would stretch to- the full
capacity of the public resources and public
patience. =. "..
"Judge SupAnD and his associate DEM
ocratio politicians were no. left in bright,
shining light by the proceedings OF the So
called Stone-outters meeting. As matter
Of fact, they were placed in the attitude of
applauding incendiary sentiments which are
particularly offensive in the prospect or hope
Of judicial preferment. Aid MoNA11Y, one
Of the leading spirits Of the meeting, hoped
under cortain circumstances that 10000
men would go down to the City-Hall and
level the rotteE structure even with Lake
Michigan" aud he was sure, "if they should
do this, their children would rise up and
call them blessed: AID. LAWYER seemed
to be restrained by an oyerpower1ng Sense of
his official responsibility, but committed the
characteristic Hibernianism Of saying that,
" Il he was not occupying position of trust
in the City Government, be would tell the
contractors that, by the Eternal, either The
stone should be cut here or every stone |
brought in should be sunk in the river"
These and kindred sentiments received the
applause of "Judge" SHEPARD and his asso-
c'ate Democratic politicians, aud we presume
they were intended to do good service in the
approaching Judicial election. This may be
the approved Democratic method of running
q Judicial campaign, but we doubt very much
whether it will receive the approval of con-
servative people generally, who are in tho
habit of thinking that tho Judges should be
as far as possible from the turbu-
ent Influences Of the mob, and rendered rs
independent as possible Of dattery on the
me side and threats on the other.
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PERSONALS,

/ Hawdon, We hear, feels soar over his re
+ cent defeat. - =
/ Alr. Keely's new motor, perhaps, is th.
compressed bind leg Of mule.
The Indianapolis editor is apparently con-
vtnced that the pistol is mightier than the pen
l. John Sherman has been repairing his
fences; and now does John intend to mount oncs
Circuses don't. go to Washington while
Congress Is in session. They cannot compete with
| it.
j Il Representative Lowe is.st1 aching for
him. +, :.
| Wewant no Federal bayonets at the polla;-
we want Confederate shot-suus. Solid
!: South. y =
The Changed Brides" is the title of q
new novel. H2s Ltttfe Butfercup mixed those chill
|: dren np:
/; Illinois is the Mother cf Presidents, and
{ let us whisper it-she is again in IN interesting
condition.
A1r. Lowe is Methodist, and his fighting
qualities should bc employed only In lighting tho
F! good fight.
. Widow Oliver is coming West, and wo sus-
Fses A@A " aA IALEAl4V4 " OfEu EUuE LEN u1tAt"
backmail-routes
=: Matthew Vassar, son of the founder Of
Vassar College, is about to endow HON. foE Old
Men ut Poughkeepsie-
Perhaps, after all, we had better not annex
canada~ In case Of annexation there would be no
place for our prize-6ga:s.
Tho New York Egpress accred sits Charles
a. Damn with horse sense. Has Mr. Dana BEEN
reducing the size OF hIs ears,
Kentucky claims man who wns drunk
three times In one Day and perfectly sober in Tho
evening. TIE whisky gave out, VIC suppose.
Mark Gray has never seon any Of the int-
personations OF the great Count Joanucs. Other
wise we could easily account for uis insanity
Il hes been the boast that oua Southerner
can slick" five Yankees; yet we cannot recol:cct
'oat 1he south has produced single prize -dghter
The unusual quantity office stored away
last winter all over the country ia doubtless tho
Cause OF the general cool weather Of the past two
weeks. "
The negro exodus will probably go on un-
until the South has more circuscs, and
stops the lntoleEahle ptucsicc Of locking up its
chickens.
Iom Thumbs statement that be has kissed
million ladies ought to show the injustice Of ae-
;us'ng pteachers Of doing about all the kissing pf
his county.
At the Boston celebration Of the one
aundreth Anniversary Of the birth Of Thomas
aoore poems will be read by Emerson, Holmss'
Ind Longfellow.
The kind and thoughtful LII. Tilden i
'eard to remark: - Ovcr-e1ertion in the case Of
'eoplc OF y"ur build, Mr. DAVIS Ii often fatal.
'oomfng would be quite dangerous.
Between the executions Of the Govern
aent for inhibition anu the assassinations Of thu
'ihilsts for loyalty, the only people in Russia who
re safs are the dead ones. 80: -
4 mule saved the life of seven starving
liners in PennsyIyania the other dny; and 1t is
otter for mule to 60 to Heaven with such
ecord than with the record Of Goldsmith Aaid Of
arole. -
4 minister Of Easthampton, Mass. r.
unity preached sermon on David and Goliath.
nd little boy in tho congregation was 70 In
'essed that he went home, took rubber sling
ad shot ais llttle sister in The eye. -:
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4 railroad accident somewhat out of the
usual line occurred on Canadian line yes
terday, by which the Directors Cur of
the road, containing about forty
officials and prominent citizens Of
Toronto, wss destroyed and an OF its
inmates more or less severely injured. 4
misplaced switch caused an engine moving
at the rate Of thirty miles an hour to collide
With the car which was on. the switch, with
the disastrous results mentioned It is
fcard that several of the injured persons will
not recoYar
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The healthy example Of Gov. Cu11ou. Of
this State, in addressing commendatory let
ter to President HA4Es upon yetoinp the
Army Appropriation bill, might appropriate
II be followed BY other Republican Govern
ors all over the North and Northwest. The
questions discussed in that message are as
important as any that have engrosscd public
attention since the close OF the late Rebellion,
and, indeed, they can truthful]y be said to
be a part and parcel of the Reconstruction
measures which the country found necessary
to adopt and approve after that orershadow
ing event. # the President and the Re-
publicans in Congress are right in endeayor-
ing to prevent the injudicious and reEolu-
ionary legislation which the Confederate
Rrigadiers and their Northern allies are try
ing to enact, it is the obvious duty as well
as the privilege Of every prominent and infn~
eptial person in the Republican party,
whether in public or private life, to let Mr.
HAYES and our friends who are at the front
Washington know that they cordially
sympathize with them, and ara ready to do
au in their power to sustain and uphold them
in the patriotic course upon which they have
entered. Letters Of approval like Gov. Cu1>-
1o1s, coming from the representative mem
bers Of the party Of which Mr. HAYES is the :
head, not only serve as an index of popular
sentimentupon question of vital Importance,
but they help to harnonize and solidify the
elements of which a great political party is
aud make it more thoroughly
compact and efficient organization. The
country is presented with the extraordinary:
spectacle Of IN extra session of Congress
being made necessary, with all its e1citsment
md bitter partisan debates, simply.because,
certain political measures had been deter |
mined upon by secret CAUCUS OF the ma
or1ty, and confessedly for no other reason
Y purpose but to promote the interests of a
, 1879-05-11

Mare GRAZ, the young man who, not long
ago, shot nt EDWIN BOOTH while the latter
was playing 81 Richard IL" at McV1cKEn's
Theatre, this city, WAS yesterday examined
in the Criminal Court, and adjudged insane.
The wanderings Of GRAY's mind were plainly
apparent when he WIS placed upon the wit
ness-stand, and his former insinuntions that
he was in some way related to the tragedian
whosa life he endeavored to cut short were
wholly unsupported BIZ facts.
, 1879-05-11
a NEW WAY TO RUN FOB JUDGE.

/ ~ N4A" "RA AV lt1 GUR DUOREs
! Judge HESEY II. SHEPARD is one Q
the foremost members Of the Committee ap
pointed to wait upon Mayor HARRISON t.
protest against the cutting of the stone fo
the City-Hall outside Of the oity-limits
! A good many politicians Of the same schoo
as 81 Judge SHEPARD attended the meeting
of Friday evening where this Committee va:
appointed and where resolutions were adopt
ed in keeping with the spirit Of til confer.
enoe. Indeed, if one were to judge from
the conspicuous attitude assumed by the
Democratic politicians, the infere nee would
be that tho meeting had rather % political
significance than the 1audable purpose of
procuring work for home stone-cutters.
The activity of "Judge SHEPARD and other
Democratic politicians, the enthusiastic
words spoken in behalf of the Democratic
; City Administration IS it is to be, and
finally the special denuneiatiou aimed
at the city part Of the Courthouse
structure, would indica.e that the
Chicago stone: cutters had simply been
used to serve d partisan purpose
first, in enabling certain Democratic politi-
clans to play the demagogue by pandering
to certain labor interests and, secondly, in
opening up the WY for n new attempt to
break the contracts under which the City
Hall is being constructed, pull down the
walls already laid, and begin the work over
from the very cornerstone IN such shape as
to admit the old County Ring to the control
On the basis Of Cook County limestone. I:
There is no occasion for all the hullabaloo
the Democrats are' trying to make over the
alleged breach Of contract which the city
contractors are charged with in having the
stone-cutting done outside Of Chicago. The
contractors bound themselves TO have this
work done in Chicago upon the understand
ing that they could hnve it done as cleaply
hara as elsewhere. But it no sooner became
known that they were obligated to have the
work done in Chicago than there was strike
for higher wages among the stone-cutters Of
this city, and wages we're put up to q; figure
1t which the contractors could only carry out
Ehelr agreement at loss. If this is cor
:ect statement Of the case, then there was no
s1alm upon ToM1Esos g. REED, either legal |
" moral, to prevent their seeking to hnve |
heir work done elsewhere at reasonable
'rice. If, subsequently,, the chicsgo CON-
'ination to put up the price Of stone-cutting
vas abandoned, an d Toszn1sox & REED
'ould thereafter get their work done as'ad-
,antageously in Chicago Us IN Indiana, it was
10Th policy and duty for them to do SO; Or,
n their failure to do SO, it was proper for
be stone~cutters to bring such pressure to:
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street-cars to ;go to church, and those who
wished to quietly buy aud smoke 3 cigur, were
really to grant similar privilege to some one
else who preferred G slass OF beer to cigar on
Sunday. Tho business Ut this world seems to
be carried on principally BY compromises, and
it is often better to bear the Ills We haye than
to ny to others re know not Of
, 1879-05-11

. A general gladness overspreads the city to-
day, owing to the fact that our Ball Club is
ahead in the race for the championship, aud
with fair prospect Of staying there. An
other event of interest to persons Of sporting
proclivities is the meeting Of the Board of
Review Of the National Trotting Association,
whose sessions, which commence in this city
tomorrow, will include the consideration of
several cases to which the laws Of the turf
are expected to do justice. -
, 1879-05-11

A,Resident in the Vicinity Of Union Park u
writes to THE TR1BuSE that he is willing to bet
big money that sodom and Gomorsah were de-
stroyed because the young men prncticed on the
flute. His.letter is penned in asitated hand. is
filled with locks OF hair apparently torn from the
living skull, and is dated 2 Il. m. !; hence we have
no reason to doubt his good faith.
, 1879-05-11
The Democratic party to DAVID DAVIS:
What care whom he loved before,
So that he loves me now*
SUNDAY REVERIES.

At least one Chicago miner has made
great success in Leadville. In five weeks, ending
May 3, he took out s1o $40 with no other mining
implements than pack Of advantage cards and
Dcrrinqer pistol.
, 1879-05-11

The Sunday spasm Of goodness in Newark
cid not last long, and those who undertook to
enforce tue laws against the saloons soon got
sick OF the rndertakng- When they came to
trJ it on, they found. that the Sunday Law could
be stretched 70 cover good deal more ground
than they at first anticipated, and that it could
be applied to Sunday newspapers, :nilkncp,
cigar-Yenders, strect-cars, etc. After an unlim-
tied number OF arrests On both sides, the COM
mon sense Of the community prevailed, as it.
always docs, and those who wished to use the.
, 1879-05-11

A social scientist Of statistical turn Of
mind has discovered that within the last month the
average good looks Of the private coachmen have
gone down from TO- A3 to less than 26 58 while the
percentage OF Apollo Eelvederes and SO on tnat
bring advertisements to THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE be-
ginning ''Wanrod-By Coachu,an' has ri7cn IN
tho same period from I. 1G to 60. 43.
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TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

TEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branch otnces
tor the receipt OF subscriptions and advertisements
follows:
: NEW TORK-Room - zys6une Building. F. I, Nc
FAnpxT, Manager.
PARIS. France-Eo. IS Rue de In Grange e-Batellcre.
3. MAHLEE, Agent
LONDON, EnG.-Amertcan Exchange, "a Strand
HEHRT F. G1IL1a. Agent.
WASHINGTON D. C.-13le street
, 1879-05-11

It Is thought that the bell punch Will not
work well in Texas when 1t goes into operation
in October. The'punch makes n noise in regis
teFing similar to the discharge Of firearms, and
the upsophist1cated Texas ranger, when he goes
up to the bar to get three fingers Of .tinstaut
DEATH" may suspect that somebody is getting
the drop on him, and, in that case, there will be
tronhin =! -"
, 1879-05-11

WASHINGTON CHAPTER, NO. -. Il. 4. M.-
Regular Convocation Friday evening May 49, at 7;3o
for bukuces the Mark Degree Visiting companion
cordially invited. By order Of II. E. II. P.
CHA:.LES 3. WRIGHT, Secretary.
, 1879-05-11

LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, NO. : K-A M.-Hall. 7e
Nouroc-s:- Stated Couvocatou Monday evening, Nay
IT, At o'clock. Tor busues4. Visitors and members
cordially invited By order Of the Z. Il.
Z. \. TUCKER, Secretary.
, 1879-05-11

4 good idea would be to get up six-days'
pedestrian tonrnament between the various gentle
men who own the original manuscript OF Gen.
Dix's shoot hiEa- -on-the- spot order. II they all
paid % cents admission fee, the financial success
Of the affair woull be insured 80
, 1879-05-11

RED CROSS OF r. 4 C-Spcctel Rendezvous Mou-
day. 18th Inst, At 730 D. m., for installation and i'm
portAut WORK. -.
JNO. D. II. CARR, ii. P. Sow
HENRY s. AUSTIN, Recorder
, 1879-05-11

CORNTH1AE CHAPTER. NO. 60, r. A. NJ
!a1s ststsa ce9cos9toq Monday eyen!Pz M Ny II r
Ing companions cordially nyited b order Of the
ii. E. H..F- J. o. DICKERSQS, Secretary,
, 1879-05-11

VAN RENSSELAER, GRAND LODGE OF PERFEC-
TON will confer the Thirteenth Royal Arch Degres
OF the 4. A.: Scottish Kitc, on Thursday evening
next. By order Of
AMOS PETTIB0NE, T.. P.'.G.. M.:+
ED GOODALE, Grand Secretary,
, 1879-05-11
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

APOLLO COMMANDERY. no. !. KNIGHTS TEMP
7:s9 O'Clock The Order Ct the Temple viii pc con.
expected 70 appear equipped Sir Knights Of other
ComnandeE!es are always welcome. By order ct the
Eminent Commander.
, 1879-05-11

A little boy at New York scooped up tin
pail full Of mEnnows and poliywoga the other day
from the paternal creek, and went fishing. He
didn't catch anything but prominent city caterer
who happened to be pussng bought his bait OF him
for quarter, and next day New York was agitated
to its centre, anu the prominent city caterer IVES
selling the m'nnows and poNywogs At six FOR s. al
WHITEBAITll!
, 1879-05-11

Why, Harold Edgar, where have you
been'' said fond mother to her 6-year- old off,
spring. as he appca red late the other evening after
having been gone since breakfast time, having In
the meantime acquired scratch down his nose, a
black eye, a thick eoating Of Dust and dead hen
tied TO string. at an expenditure OF ona shoe.
tn!ec- c-quorters Of his hat and the majority OF the
eeas OF afs tfoTscrioons: You'd better ask
where haven't been, " said tho pzodisn>, making
break for the fatted tea table.
, 1879-05-11

~ presume you are connected with the
establishment, :" satd defercntially, gentleman
TO another who had been loudly Wanting the beau
ties and glories Of -'s circus. advertising
rates can he learned on application ut the count
ing -roon,) II have the honor sir, to be ADVANCE
agent, said tho party addressed. ''Ah; Ishould
have nough You were the lynn King. replied his
interlocptor. Then they clinchcl. 49,
, 1879-05-11

. a drugsist out Oottage Grove way had bis
n1sht-be pulled out by tho roots couple Of nights
aso' at . d. M. BY o man who wanted three-cent
stamp, aud subsequently the customer came back
and kicked in 81 worth Of the panels of the uiae-
door to got the stamp changed for another with tho
statutory amount OF gum upon it. The druggist
YVES SO mad that he nursed his wrath till the rxt
customer came along, and cnye him oose OF
'somo mild spring mcdicir- you know, u that
would have made clothes wrlnger bend double in
agour. "
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31
Very Gallant. Indeed.

FROM the st. Joseph News.
When the span of The Chicago and
Alton railroad bridge across the Mis-
souri, river, at Glasgow, fell with n
crash, soIae two months since, among
the newspaper men who visited the
scene to ''write it up" was Mr.. X.
NJ. White, the handsome and atfable
editor and proprietor of the Mexico
Ledger. On his way home he me a
charming Illinois belle who had been
delayed Oh account of the accident,
and who was compelled to take pas
sage on a freight train IN order to
reach her destination at ali appointed
time, and a row breaking out among
some of the railroad hands in the
car, the gallant White offered her his
protection, and demanded that the
disturbance cease and that proper
respect be shown the young lady.
She thanked him, and looking up in
to his handsome face, with her eyes
half-filled with tears, smiled sweetly.
From that they became first friends,
then lovers. Yesterday they we're
made n at the residence of the
BRIDES sister, Mrs. Chas. III. Hodges,
of Carrollton, Illinois. The young
lady's name was Miss Belle d. Mitch
ell, and she is well known in Central
Missouri as a lady of culture and re-
finement. May their cup of pleasure
ever remain full to the brim is the
prayer Of the writer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31
Trustees Sale.

WHEREAS, Mamie NJ. Everett
w and Melvill l.. Everett, her hus-
band, by their certain deed of trust,
dated April 23d, 1877, and recorded
in the Recorders office of Audrain
county, Missouri, in book a." on
page 523, conveyed to James II. NeF
son, as trustee, the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the
county of Audrain, State of Nilsson
ri, to-wit:
The west half of the north half Of
the south half of block nine (9) o.
the county addition to the city Of
Mexico ; the said conveyance being
made to secure the Payment of Ger
tain promissory notes thecein descrlp
ed ; and, whereas, default has been
made in the payment of said notes
and interest now, therefore, at ts
request of the legal holder of sala
notes, will. IN accordance with the
terms ofsai1 trust, on
Friday, the 9Th Day of August, 1879,
between 9 O'Clock, A. NJ, and
O'Clock. +. NJ, of said day, sell saia
real estate, at public auction, to tf
highest bidder, for cash in hand, .
the east door of the court house, y
the city of Mexico, Audrain counti
State of Missouri, to satisfy sas
notes, interest and cost of executbt
this trust. JAS. Il. NELSON.
Trustee.
MEXICO, Mo-, July 18th, 1879,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31
AItbouoh Slater will be a division

Although Slater will be a division
for local freight there IS no longer
any doubt that Mexico will be the
passenger and through freight diyis-
ion of the Chicago and Alton Rail
road. On last Thursday the Super
intendent and chief engineer, of that
road were at the round-house arrang-
ing for its enlargement. There are at
present accommodations for 10 en-
glnes but it's circle is to be complet-
ed and room made for 25. The ju-
risdiction of Mr.. j. S. Peabody, who
has charge of the round-house, ex-
tends from Roodhouse to Kansas City
and there are under his charge at pre-
sent I20 engines and 240 engineers
and firemen. Thirty new engines
are to be added between this and first
of October as fast as they can be
completed. If an eating house is not
put up at the depot by some Of our
citizens, the company will have to
erect n
Since penning the above, we have
learned that Mr.. O.. ID. Ferris has
commenced the erection of q hotel
and eating house adjoining the De-
pot. Mr.. D. n. Evans is the enter
prising architect and contractor. As
reported, the main building will be
so feet long and 40 feet wide. 1t is
to be of three stories, a brick base
mcnt of 10 feet, second story of L
and third of 10 feet, both frames
The dining room is to be 25 by 40,
lunch room II by %, and parlor II
by 20, with an s foot hall. There
will be 81 rooms in all, and the build.
ing is to have a two story verand:
8 by SO, and will cost in the neigh
borhood of $500. Next week We
will notice some Of our new rcsiden.
ces.