, 1880-03-21

] we're instflcted 70 dispose OF the present furn
! turc at their discretion.
Elliott Anthony introduced series of resol,
tons calling for action on the question Of tt
bribery Of jurors. and also directing attention
/ the TACT that murderers aud men charged wit
| high crimes were often held months and yea
| without trial.
| The resolutions were placed on file. as not be
Ing embraced in the call for the special mcctiu,
The COMMITTEE OIL Inquiry through r. S. Tu
! hill. presented report recommending TINT on
| or more Representatives be appointed to fcrre
out and punish offenders agaiust the purity {
| 1ur1cs. and further Recommending that fun
! should be established for TINT purpose.
f5es,aenI n; ~, stiles, IN referring 70 the matte,
md. although the members were not TO mentio
it. he believed that the whole system would b
split wide open: Judge Moran, be said, was de
terlntned to push the thing to the end
The association then adjourned to make
| visit to the new rooms, with which ali expresse
themselves as pleased.
! RAGS GONE DOWN.
One of the reasons which the print-papc
| manufacturers have been assigning forri1eir TN
called-for increase In the price OF paper wa!
that rags had gone up largely In an article
was shown that there had been quite jump IT
that article, but that, nevertheless, the mant1-
facturers Of print paper used 50 small proper
not perccptibly increased. But the price Of rags
has now gone down. and with it this alleged re,.-
son of the monopolists- At the time the article
referred to Eas published In THE TRIBUNE. rags
per loo pounds Tar them. The hot1sckeepers OF
Chicago were told BY THE TRIBUNE how the
worth their while 70 save their rags, and to sell
what they bad, and also to insist that the ped
dlers should pay them a fair price The result
Of rslgs las been thrown On the market, and the
price has dropped from $335 for good rags
down to s. and s..s5. OF this fact,
however. the housewives are not aware, anu
they don't understand. consequently why the
peddler should refuse. to pay them three cents
per pound. The fact is however, tf,at the ped
S poads does no be es The pr
pense Of running Il team. hire OF labor, etc. So
pr.,l'ah1y. the women will have to submit to a
said to be numbered UP with rags for which
there is no demand at the mills. The monop-
olists will huye TO invent some other reason for
their uncalled-for increase in the price Of print
paper.
Mr. THOMAS COATES,
nf the famous thread-manufncturfng firm Of
Paisley, Scotland, and. PIwtucket Il. l., with his
up quarters at the Grand Pacific. Thisis the gen.
to to sail a for home from New York on 1he 18th of
ticman u visit last evening. and Mr. Coates said
country that their factory in Rhode Island was
employing LOO and the Scottish factory :, ,0OU
hands. He said that it takes lifetime to build
up the business Of making spool thread, but
lASAG "<15 ~ NDuFCAk4JAA ~ ~. AEf SIAAE-
less. Go to Chicago" everybody said at
home, and he had come to see this great
city. "You are yet in your infancy." said he,
great city: magnificent hotels. We, at home, I
am sorry to say, are suffering from depression Of
trade Just Us you have been suffering for the
With us, and the failure Of our crops came ut m
opportune time for your country,-just when
you had your granaries full, and we could use
Ent1r a11t7ara3 and fhf first n
yiye- It is not alone Great Britain that suffered
from poor crops, but. in taetr the entire CONT
and haa enoHgh @ to supply shen ~ e
gland now, because they think It ia held by
Spectators in America aud forced to false high
daSs w h1K vaaos
points Of interest III and about the city.
THE ARITHMOAETEn.
There IL at present in Room is, No. ISL Clark
street, curious little contr}vance for register
ing carelcsncss or knocking down on the
part of employees. The contrivaqce is named
the Arfthmometer and Detective. The principal
be attached to the cashiers desk, and large
dial connected with it and marked around its
with figures all the wap up from
more than Its predecessor. a smaller dial con
designed as doilar-diai. the larger one being
q cord attached to the scale before
aim. ead slipping the peg to which the card is
j bell 1T the top Of the dial and moves u dial !
hand to the same figure on it's 1ace; The scale
IS provided With two Of these caris,-one sa1 for !
paratus, and, after having indicated the |
;1ns Of the 5ransaco9 run back hy
from which they were moved. An interior
shee! arrangement, the key to which is to be |
zept BY the employer, adds up the figures rep
against the ways OF the cashier who may happen !
@ be peculiar or careless. The apparatus is
1t once an accountant us well as Il detective, the !
xeep correct record Of bis business b!: tho dny,
,aif doIIar: for instance, the '' 6eli must pase
ace ace must point 5 to % o. or ~ somethtns ae eais is
vrong. The record cannot be altered and the
ashier is responsible for what it shows his re-
ny time, the conclusion is phfn that he has
ther pocketed something OF given out too
nnch change, md 1n either case he is held liable
ions Is IS. and, us already explained, no account
S made Ut anything under FIVE cents, though in
10Th these respects tho inventor proposes to in
rease the utility Of his invention BY construct
ng registers for any amount
THE ARTEsLAx WELL PROPERTY.
An evening paper having published story
esterlay to the effect that u Spiritunlist named
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property on West Chicago avenue, west Of West
rn avenue, which for some years past has been
9 the Possession Of Mr. 7. ,, Read and the
eporter called yesterday evening upon Mr.. Read
nd questioned him as to the nature Of Mr. |
eilliAmsou's claim. 1t will be remembered that
he property consists Of forty acres Of inpd, in
'hfch is located splendid artesian we'll which
oods the greater part Of the tract, the pond
bus formed yielding, in favorable winters, /
plendid crop of ice.
Mr.. Read. first of all, confounded the name
Filliamson with that OF Williams, and went on
explain that IN 1870 the Artesian Well Com
any, represented by Messrs George A. Shu- |
eldt and Mr.. Croskey, mnde contract with |
IT. Williams to sell the property for S14Q, ,ON(-
q, GOO cash and the rest on time. Mr. Williams
[amed that he WAS acting for 4 Nr. Ricketts,, Il
silroad man of Indianapolis who had bought upa !
lumber of judgments against the Company
cgUtntiOns were at this time begun between !
[r. Carmichael, who held about $4,000 worth !
mortgages on the property, and Mr. Ricketts, !
hich resulted, shortly after the fire, i'll Mr.
ar1nichaels paving the latter $GO,GtU for his
aims. Nr. Williams, however, hud nothing to |
D With the transaction, and never paid cent
anybody On his contract with the Artesia,,-
ell Company, whose property came in due
'rm into Dir. Car1nichnel's hands. When the
.portcr, however, reminded Mr. Read that the
ailnaEts Nu1ne was not Williams, he suddenly ,
.membcred the latter name as that Of s.cr1azy
3ir1tualist who had some years ago lent Shu-
.ldt and Croskey some few thousands Of dollars
h1ch however, could not in any way be cnusfd- |
cd us lien upon the property. He had |
ever heard of Williamson as a c1o ,uunt |