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THE RAILROADS.

EAST-BoUND FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Although the freight blockade on some Of
the Eastern roads is still claimed to be quite
serious, yet the lines leading East from this
city have done good business during the
week, and contrary to expectations have
transported more freight than for the week
previous. The Vanderbilt roads seem to be
best of rs regards transportation facilities,
as both the Michigan Central and Lake Shore
took out during the week very large
amount Of grain, flour, and provisions. The
pennsylvania Company's roads-the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, and the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati & St. Lonis-have also
done very large business, but principally
in provisions having refused to take any
thing but perishable freight during the early
part OF the week. The Baltimore & Ohio and
the Chicago & Grand Trunk Roads have done
very little: The. latter is said to be badly
blockaded, and the former was pre-
aecoant % Of is dia1caities da R'' Wiz the he
Pennsylvania Company about the substttu-
ton Of the Bound-Brook route as its outlet
to New York in place Of the Pennsylvania
lished line Of steamers between Baltimore
and New York, which it expects will enable
1t to compete fully. with the Pennsylvania
and other Eastern lines for Western business
70 NEW UEk, aHQ II Will QT0DIQlY SHOW Oh
this account an immense increase in east
bound shipments from this point this week.
AS the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania lines
expect to be able during the next few days
to dispose Of all the business now on
transit, the scarcity of cars is expected to
cease at this point in few days, and the
roads will be able again to take all the
freight that offers. An advance in east
bound freight rates would now be in order
were it not for the trouble between
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company. The establishment by
the Baltimore & Ohio OF line Of steamers
between Baltimore and New York to carry
Its freight business between the two points
is likely, however, to prevent all advance at
present, and may result even in reduction
Of rates. AS rail nnd water routes cannot
get business at the same rates as all-rail the
Baltimore & Ohio will be compelled to
charge less than tariK-rates on its New
York business, and the Pennsylvania seems
to be determined to allow no such adyan-
tage to the Baltimore d Ohio, hence a fight,
and consequently reduction III rates, can
hardly be avoided. The total amount Of
grain. flour, and provisions, shipped by the
six Eastern lines from this city during the
week ending Dec. Is amounted to 45,G67
tons, against ~ 034 tons the week previous,
an increase Of 3,633 tons.
The following statement shows the amount
Of business done during the week by each Of
the six Eastern lines from this city:
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BLACKM ALLIED.
Soecfdt Dlsoatch to Ihe Chicago Ittbtn4.

Spectal Dlspatch to The Chicago T+t6an&.
GALEEA, ILL.,, Dec. l6.-Charles l.. Giles,
an old and highly esteemed resident Of War
rem, IN insurance agent by profession. III
case now being tried before Judge W. r.
Kowley, testified to-day that he had been
blackmailed by ". c. De Long, hardware
merchant Of that village, out Of $500; that
Chicago detective and the former had put
up job On him while he was temporarily
clerking in De Longs store, and had forclbly
conveyed him to room in the upper
part OF the building, and having first
charged him with robbing the cash
drawer Of the establishment, compelled
him by menaces and threats of exposure to
sign note for 8, coo, which he subsequently
paid; that after he had given the said note,
and on another day, a further sum Of 500
was extorted from him by De Long, and $500
by the Chicago detective. The testimony
was brought out in snit against De Long
to compel him TO make report in an estate
Of which he Is co-exccutor, and has created q
profound sensation on account of the busi-
ness standing OF the parties principally con--
cerned. De Long admits that he received
from Giles the sum of S., 900, but claims that
he had caught the former stealing, and that
Giles had paid him the money to keep still
about it.
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A MERITED CASTIGATTON.
Special Dfspateh to The Chicago Tribune.


RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 18-Last night at a
late hour, after the performance at the thea
tre, as Mr.. Pond, Miss Rebecca Rosedale,
and the troupe Of Palestine Bedouins and
Arabs were returning from the theatre, a
drunken oysterman by the name Of Murden
jumped from behind the corner and struck
Miss Rosedale e blow in the face. The man
drew back 10 repeat the blow when the lady
lodged and he missed her. The Arabs and
Bedouins, seeing this cowardly assault upon
lady, rushed forward and literally
lifted Murdcn from the ground. Sheik
Mohammed Su}einan, the whirling der
wish from Baglad, displayed his remarkable
activity " Whirling the assaiiant until the
demofai1zed man fell almost lifeless to the
ground Shelk Abor Dauch, the Bedouirl
Chief, and Youseph Awdy, the Moabite, then
came upon the oysternlan as he was getting
to his feet, and beat him numerically. at The
same time nttering their strange cries. Prot,
Rosedale, the manager Of the troupe, and
l.ond, ~ vigorous efforts, saved Murden's
life The Arabs were infuriated, It Ia
stated that this is theGrst time that they have
qisplayed their rage since their visit to the
United States. The police, hearing The COM
motion. came and arrested Murden. Today
ne was lined $50 and sent to Jail for thirty
days His face presents black and blue ap-
pearance from the effects Of his castigation.
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Of way, and the Burlington simply asks the
right to cross certain streets and lay tracks
on its own property; The Burlington pro-
| poses to do thing that no other company
a yiaduct across the, tracks at Polk street,
when the city would be required in any
event to build yiaduct at that point,
whether the Burlington crosses the street
or not. Italso proposes to build approaches
to avoid crossing the tracks now there. AMI
viii have to be built over ali those streets.
The Burlington, they say, would never
have made arrangements to get in on the
West Side and yacate its present route on
the South Side. but for the clamor made by
the people of the South Side that the tracks
now obstructlng State street, Wabash and
Michigan avenues, should be vacated. Com
few years BY the people living on the South
Side over the delays caused By passing trains
on State street and Wabash and. Michigan
avenues, and this has caused the Railroad
Company to believe that the people would
sai Tth Joy tf Intention s to 'aeate tbs
on route along, the river already
taken up for railroad purposes. For years
past the papers had urged the vacation OF the
St. Charles Airline on the South Side, and
along the river banks on tho West Side: But
now, when the Company Is ready and will
ing at great expense TO make the change,
every possible obstacle is thrown In its
way BY designing and selfish parties. The
Burlington is not compelled to come In on
the West Side, but can continue to run in on
the st. Charles Airline to the Central De-
pot. and the other companies on the Lake
Front will only be too glad to keep the Bur
lington there; And this 1t will have to DO If
the Council does not pass the ordinance,
The Burlington people say they do not pro-
pose to be feeced by anybody, and that Its
new move is far more in the Interest OF the
city and the taxpayers than of the Company
itself.
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Special Dispatch to 1hs Chicago Tribune
ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 18.-And now comes
the report that Jay Gould is about to buy the
st. Louis s San Francisco Road. When his
purchase OF the Iron Mountain was added
to that Of the Missouri, Kansas &, Texas,
people thought that the st. Louis &, San
Francisco, somewhat Of q rival Of the two,
would be crushed between the upper and
neither miilstones. But the fact is that 1,
week ago the Frisco line stock began to ad-
vance, Then it was quoted for first
preferred at 81 and S.. Yester-
day 1t had advanced to .s7k and
0l. Whether this advance is due to negotia-
tons Of Gould for Its purchase, or because
the attention of capitalists and SPECTATORS is
being drawn to Southwestern roads by Mr..
Gould's operations, is the question. Gen. T..
F. Winslow, President Of the road, lives in
New York. Some OF the Directors are also
New Yorkers; three live in Boston, and two
in st. Louis 4 reporter called upon Mr..
Frederickson, chief clerk to the General
Manager, and Mr.. Douglass, the Auditor. this
morning: Nr. Frederickson said he had NJ
no one here who would know il there should
be any truth in it. He thought, however,
that something was going on by the move
ment In the stock market. Mr.. Douglass
said he had heard nothing that Indicated that
or anybody else. lie thought lie col condition
and ar prospects OF the road were good, and
that its showing for this year had caused tie
advance in stock. \ reporter CHANGING
to meet Col. John o'Dny, Of SprlnE-
= San, Francisco Road, az asked ed 1d,: hiM:
Colonel, is there any truth. in the
San Francisco Road Sot in the se least: and tnS
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HNOT GUILTY.D

Special DtspateA to 1ns Chicago Ittbunx.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. 18.-For three
weeks past, in the Supreme Court in this
city, Charles L. Huge and his wife Eliza
beth have been on trial on the charge at
murder: In November, 1879, they were mar
Tied. On the 2sth day of the next March
daughter was born to them. Two weeks
later it was discovered in swamp with What
appeared to be marks Of fatal violence on its
head. It was the theory Of the prosecution
that the child was unwelcome. was perhans
not his, was hated, and murdered. Il was
proved thai the mother said harsh things
about it after its birth, and that she begEsJ
her husbands forgiveness for the birth OF
the child It WAS not attempted to prove
with what weapon the Injuries on the head
were inflicted, or which Of the respondents
did the deed. 1t was shown that, SO far as
could be found, no one but the parents and
doctor saw the child alive, and the parents
lied in asserting it to be alive and we'll after
it was dead The prosecution insisted that
the condition OF the head at the autopsy
proved violence, which produced extreme
The defense insisted that the
appearances resulted from natural causes
from the severe labor of the mother at its
birth, and from hypostasis. About dozen
OF the best physicians in the city were called
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his counsel, who moved that all OF the In
dictments against his client be quashed on
tue strength Of the Court of Appeals
decision. Judge Barker granted the m9tion.
AS soon as he lad, District-Attorney Titus
moved that Bark be arraigned on tlSe new ~
Indictments This announcement, IT, fatne. adne
sci, but be finally pleaded not guilty to all
Of them, and was let to bail In $4,000. The
new indictments on which Bark, was ar
raigned were obtained in December, 1871,
when it became known that the first ones
were defective on the 81. subject Of +n'lsn yalna
tion and description OF TIE money taken; ala;
District-Attorney Titus feels confident
that Bark will be held on them If he is
brought to trial Some time ago he was ar
raig1ied on one OF those indictments, which
charges him with having embezzled S2,o% ? On On
With having appropriated 100 city bonds,
valued at 100000, while the Others are as
follows For taking 500, May Is, 1879;
$1,000, July 20, 1875; S2.,a0o. Sept. II. 1875;
$500 Dec o. 1876.
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1
BALTIMORE, Dec. 18.-The railroad troubles
still continue unchanged between the Balti-
more i Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the Phil
| adelphia, Wilmington g. Baltimore Com
pauies. Excellent arrangements, however,
have been effected by the Baltimore & Ohio
Company for the transportation OF their
through freight from New York to the West
| by water, and the difference in time will only
| be about twelve hours. They have completed
an arrangement with the Merchants &
| Miners Transportation Company Of this city
by which freight from New York West via
| the Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad will be
brought from New York to this city
On the steamers of the Transporta-
| tton Company, Of which 3fr. George
C; ccurfesy 9y of the M NV es jersey central Rail!
road Company freight via the Baltimore &
Ohio will be received at the pier Of the
former, No. "a North River, and be placed on
steamship which will bring it to Baltimore,
to the freightrcars Of the Baltimore & Ohio
tion. Mr.: William Plummer, New York
agent Of the Merchants q Miners, Line, vas
name Of his Company with Boston parties for
the charter Of the steamship United States, OF
the White Star Line, out of Boston to
Savannah, and az J.. With NeW 4erk parties for
Of New York. Other steamships will be
chartered to meet the exigency Of the case
az soon as found necessary. President
AgBsay Baiofe OF fS Roa6 6haasGs nfohsds dt WSn
ninety days the difficulty will be amicably
settled, and the Baltimore & Ohio accorded
the same privileges as the Pennsylvania
Company. - If this is not done there is no
doubt but that rival line will be started.
Special Dt*pateh to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsH1XeToN, D. c., Dec. 1s.--The Balti-
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professional men doing business
THE MERCANTILE DISTRICT,

| AAA9 aAG1sAAN4A 4AAG NA9101N4s
| bounded north and west by the Chicago River,
south BY Harrison street, and east by Lake Mich
lEnn: can protect themselves against fire and
Are alarm calls il tier Stores and olaces, % Which
can be done at once, and II ts for the purpose Of
calling attention to this matter thai this circu-
If sufficient number Indicate desire to be
connected with the Central Station. horses and
wagons will be provided and experienced men
IN readiness night and day to attend all calls.
The expense Of these private boxes is esti-
mated as $:U each, which will purchase the ap-
! paratus. AS these catl-boxes are self winding
ever be incurred for maintenance or rental,
but, IN case Of getting out Of order, they will be
Police and Fire bepartments t ' VI tut e'' 40 'n'
bankers, merchants, hote]-proprtetors, jewel-
ers, and other business and professional men in
the mercantile district are constantly at the
mercy OF forgers, sneak-thieves, Bwindlers,
ehop-lifters, pfcapockets, and pennyweighters.
These boxes are 80 small that they can be set in
wall, behind desk. or under counter and q
nniseless alarm given. which will NOT disturb the
thief or swindler until the officers arrive to make
their arrest.
Flre-alnrms can be given in the same manner
and registered at tho headquarters OF the Fire
department In one second after the alarm Ia
Inc territory last mentioned comprises more
realth than my like amount Of territory west
of Nov York City. and ts so compact thar an
alarm-WaRon. manned with experienced Off
GERS, can reach its reEnotcst part in three min-
utes after the alarm Is given.
Business or professional men whose stores or
Offices lie In the mercantile district, and who de-
SIRE to be connected with these headquarters,
will address communications to
WM. J. bfCGARIGLE,
General Superintendent Police, Police Head
quarters,
Having been impressed with the success of the
new police and tire alarm system from its in-
copdon, and having watched it's progress with
keen interest, commend the above communi-
cation to the citizens OF Chicago, believing that
Its general Introduction throughout the city will
prove as beneficial tn the DuhliC tha fire.
alarm syBtem, and prove q valuable auxiliary
thereto CARTER H. HARRISON Mnror,
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BASEBALL NOTES.

refers has signed with the Buffalo.
!, Morrissey, late of the Nationals u,,,, -.
thlrd-oase With the Buffalo Club next ~ raae pay
Kelly: of the Chleagos, is SPENDING ~.
tends twenty hands. A' 'opef1a-
The Buffalo Directors have notaa ra+ .,.-
doned the idea Of securing Hankinsnn@ o9al" 9tll
cago dropped him in 1875 aud CieyeIanSG GHi- y
!sM' because he was too weak at the hat ~ "
Still Buffalo wants him in 1881. '"'r aao
The meeting to arrange the schpdn,. +.-
next season Will De held at Rochester in MI ~
Eastern clubs come West first. '1'' tlie
The Buffalo Express saws: .c1,n. -
signing in Cleveland, has got inst dbpH WbaHt ey
wanted in Buffalo in 1879 and that I. u. IT, no
for Mccormick. He held when ho ~ ~ satca
Buffalo first that Mccormick was tSe tSle ba.t .
pitcher in the country" 'N'o o*ss
The change in the rule providing that ma,
ayers shall make contracts with ciubs snd n
liable to penalties and punishment, The "a sama NJ
as PA players, for any violation Of the provisions
OF the same, Is said to have been the NV
growth OF the difficulty between tha RntfeIe Eds
Directors and Mr.. Bancroft. 'A'a'o
The Princeton nine, the college c}amn,on.
intend going Into active training At H.,
gymnasium after the Christmas ho1faa1e oi'
tlrst-class professional pitcher viii be a. "A
gagged to coach the team during the winter -
The refusal of the League to admit Wash
ington practically kills base ball In thnt az ~,
The team OF last season is all brnke NJ ~
Derby has signed to 60 to Detroit, and Ivnch
and Morrissey to Buffalo. Snyder ooea s"ia ~
Boston and AlcC Clellan to Providence.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 1s.-Col, Len A. Har,i.
has just returned from Washington. whera
he has had an interview with representatirae
Of the: baseball clubs, he representing tbs
Cincinnati Base Ball Club In its movement
for an independent League. He reports tha
formation OF League foregone certainty
The Detroit Free Press says: "About tha
Detroit team not much can be prophesied a.
they have never been seen together, and It il
not known whether they will work harmnni.
ously. Bennett Is good behind the bat Int
is easily battered up; but changing positions
with Reilly, as he will, may possibly do even
and good work. FuI,ner Is not mnch ~ =
batter, but Is a first-class fielder. Say was.
during the first half of last season. one of the
best at Short but when he went. later. tn
Cincinnati, he didn't play even a little bit.
It is thought however, that he will astonish
the boys next summer. Whitney. Hanlon.
Wood, knight, Bradley, and Brown are first,
Class men. and altogether it Is reasonable to
expect that Detroit will stand at the close Of
next season In the upper half Of the League
list.'' 1~"s'N'
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CONVICTED OF MURDER,

BosroS. Dec, 18,-After trial occupyfng
6va davs Staarns Kendall Ahho+t .roe +n1dov
;..s1 1Neua,. 1.ln Aupr.1 "a3 10y
louno gunty OF tue mutoef OF mara L.. cfoe
at Groton. The crime was an atrocious one
tund +hs WIZ whs ths % tx te.|ts o'u
,'s~r 1aet 1,1,nu daod 49, y, 10 ~ Aa aaon ~ ot
uIy 4aa' isue ues'u upon 1ae noof u
bedroom at her home with four wounds.
caused by pistol bullets,-one upon her fore
bar haad and ora ,,ro,, hor hraast .;+,,o-
ne4 ueau, ano ouo upon tet o4eAs'' elluei
one OF WHICH was sumcient 1oproduce death.
The discovery was made by Joseph Crue, the
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Special Dtgpateh to Ths Chicago 1rtbtsnk-
CLINTON, ILL.,, Dec. 18.-Edmund and
Robert Wills, who have been on trial here
for the last four days for killing Joseph F.
Cooley in November, 1879, were to-day ac-
quilted by the jury after de1iberating some
five hours, to the satisfaction of nearly every
person. It will be remembered that Cooley
entered the barnyard Of the Wills boys and
attempted, as alleged. to shoot them, when
the boys defended themselves, the boy shoot
ing him five times in the body. The affair
was caused from note that Ed Wills wrote
to Cooiey's wife.
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Special Dtspateh to Tbs Chleaoo Tribune.
Quincy, lii. Dec. 18-The police OF this
city have arrested gang Of murderers, OF
whose operations the. 1Vhig to-day has the
following particulars:
On the Sth of July last murder was per-
petrated near Lake City, Wahasllaw County,
Mimi, farmer named Hayerish, a Swede,
being killed by four men aud robbed OF q
considerable sum Of money. A large reward
was offered for the capture Of the mnrderers.
who had escaped, and the Sheriff OF
the county and the police Of Lake City
set out in search Of them. 1n-their efforts
to overhaul them they traced them from town
to town down the river, Officer H. w.
Banks and companion arriving here last
week on the Mission, where they lost all
track of the fugitiyes, and finally started
back up the river While in the city, how
ever, they conferred with Chief-of-Pollce
McGraw, and he undertook to assist the Off
GERS The day after the Minnesota police
left Quincy Capt McGraw got information
Of the whereabouts of one Of the parties
wanted, and had him arrested on flatboat
which is ice-bound in the bay. Detect
ives S1iney and Ryan kept hard at
york. and besides the first man, who,
this county, arrested here another one named
Mel Haines, he being detected by means Of a
tintype in the hands Of the officers. They
also tTaced third member of the gang and
the worst one Of the lot-Hosey Devoll- Ito
Louisiana, Mo., where it was learned they
had another hatboat on the Illinois side Of
the river. Detectives Siiney and Ryan were
last night sent down there by Capt. McGraW,
who gave them close description of Devoll,
and directed them that they would
find him on a boat, where there was
q large black dog. At noon to-day
8 dispatch from Louisiana to the Chief OF
Police announced the arrest OF the fellow,
and he will arrive here this evening In custody.
This made the third one Of the quartet
captured. The fourth, named Bob Morgan,
has been at work on the Government river
improvement at Hannibal, buthe has skipped,
aud will probably not be oyerhauled. The
name Of the first man is suppressed for
prudential reasons. The four men have
been operating as river pirates for long
time. In the summer they 60 up the river,
following the harvest, and return in the fall on
a datDoat, stopping at different cities to rob
and steal. In June last they reached Lake
City, Minn., hired out as harvest hands to
Mr.. Haverish, and on the night of the Sth Of
July murdered him and robbed his house.
Officers from Minnesota are expected in the
city by Monday to take the trio to Lake City
for trial, dispatch from George L. Matchan,
Of Wabashaw County, an
that steps will be Immediately tax
en- for that purpose.
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FALMOUTH, KY, Dec. 1s.-On Wednesday
night Miss Artenlis Fields, daughter Of
Layen. Fields, living six miles from Fal-
mouth, attempted to elope with Robert
Thornberg, but was overtaken by her father
and whipped home. The night before last
she eloped again. Fields pursued her to one
Joseph Eliiott's house, where Thornberg and
Miss Fields were. He fired at Elliott, ac-
cusing him OF aiding the elopement. The
only shot that took effect was one that
grazed his daughters cheek. The fugitives
ESCAPED,