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wuE STORM.

THE extraordinary weather Of the current
season eliminated yesterday in one OF tuo
most furious snow-storms ever known
throughout the Western States, and IN hea'y
rains. consequent floods, and extensive
damage III the Eastern States. The rams Ill
the East following the partial thaw, nave
swollen the rivers, and all the pr'nctpal
cities along the Potomac, the Pennsyl-
vania rivers, and other streams have hao
their streets turned into temporary cahais'
The extraordinary sight was witnessed Ill
Washington City yesterday OF toW-ooa's
employed In transferring passengers a1oi's
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. At Toledo, o., Tue
wafer in the streets was five feet h'sn lase
nip,t. and was then rising. Boats. oarees'
anil sc,loolcrs were caught IN tile ice gorges,
and many of them were sunk. Trains coalo
mt leave, rs the tracks were flooded or
strewed with debris, the bridges dangerous
or swept away. Several freight cars lying
m the tracks were Submerged ana
their contents damaged. The loss to the CIT
izeus frunl tho flood could not be estlMa1eo
last night, but it will doubtless oe very
heavy. The people are greatly alarmed
| Frou, Trenton, y. j., it is reported that tno
| ice on its way down tho Delaware h1sef
crushed everything in its track. Bridges Oh
| country roads and railroad bridges have
hepn svent away by thousands throughout
OHIO, Pennsylvania, New York, anu Ne"
| jersey. At this writing further reports o'
| extensive floods continue to come lh'
, 1881-02-13

A ST. LOUIS Republican correspondent
has discovered another great Possibility of
North America aud it is great one in
reality,-so great that the building 'ot the
Pyramids seems child's play IN comparison.
The Republican, man proposes to construct
a lake 1000 miles long by 200 In width, to BIZ
called Lake Mackenzie, BY damning UP tho
Mackenzie River near its mouth, at latitude
Is north. Specializing upon the results, he
cloQuently says:
1t would cover with one continuous surface
the labyrinth of streams and lnkc3 wnten now
occupy the Mackenzie Valley. II Wopid NC
connect With Hudson Bay Aud with the "gro1t
lHkes' and also with tho interior OF Alaska o.
connecting with the Yukon and It's at1iueuts:
By concurrent results aud other ':'Pos3totltaes
tl would become. during sO1nc months oT c1ch
year u nnvigable ruser adding not less than
1Ha I've thousand miles Of communication 10 the
Mississippi. 1t would complete tho interior lines
of river courses by connecting them. cutting
the .'divido' which now exists between the Mis-
sissippi and Mackenzie woul do this This Work
is small when measured by its results. und 1t be-
cu,rles eusy OF accomplishment under the
methods proposed. The connecting or the
Upper Mississippi with the pruposed Lake Mne-
ke,izic would lie easily made it that lake haft Il
surfucc at tho proposed altitude Ut stE hundred
and nfiu fcst above the sen. The outflow from
such a lake, having te19th OF more than two
thousand miles from south to north, and dratn-
ing u very wide, range OF attitudes und latl-
tllcs, would be a timely and enduring one.
This done, this dam G50 feet high and 200
, 1881-02-13

The onera season Of "Her 1lajesty's
Troupe', has closed and the company Is on
its way to St. Louis, with designs upon the
nurses of that considerable place. Finan-
cial!y. the fortnight season has been great
success; mus.cally. it has fallen below the
standard Of tile other two seasons given here
Inv this troupe: from the business point OF
view, touching the relations between man
agc,nent and public, it has not been alto
gether satisfactory.
i. Viewed from the situation of the ma1l-
ayers casll-box, Col. Mapleson. OIL his way
to St. I.ouis to-day, has no reason to COLL
plain Of Chicago. 1t has had all opera craze
aud. rs usual when people go mai, they pay
for their luxlrlcs much more than their mar
ket value In other words, they have pald
this season double prices to hear operas
which have been done over and over ag'sl11'
and done better by other troupes, which were
not in the service of Royalty. but PLAN
Signoras and Signors, Heirs and Fraus' anu
"nisters." and .Aieslames. WHAT the re
ceipts have been, we, are unable 70
say, for reports from box-o1iices are rarely r.
liable, but there have been only one or TWO
evenings when the house was not 1ul1, anu
upon several occasions 1t has been crowned
to overtlowins, so that the average must nave
hpen very large, and sufficiently ample te
overcome whatever losses may occur III lne
non-1nusical city Of st. Louis. 1t IS Dut lal'
| to the management to say TINT It has I'D
, 1881-02-13

amounting to perhaps $8,0o0Oo0, to nrov7a.
means Tor tho storage Of new supplies at tifFn1aa
ent points where feeders could be nude aya.a-
Bic, Some photographic engineers average fha
daily TOW OF the Croton River Mt 4J0 u0sb1l h,st
during tic dry season 1t Is not equal 10 af thts
amount, whilc some weeks its uti1hst cnDoci.s
,ynl1lh not exceed Il, ,003.UD day. The tutai s,n
NV which coutd he obtained from the Dronr i
rarfously estimated at from 9,0UDCO to l5nIlnfa
raiiona every rwcnty-fcur hours. The cslimasaSS
rynendfture fuc this work Is set dnwn at 81 III
mn It was Intended to How the Droux into ~
onued,tct ut a polut somewhere above Jernms
pnrk but it Is believed that on operation of th;s
kind would endanEer this waterway, which no~
rsunl[y runs as much AS it ought to.
All that this amounts to is an enormous
outlay Of money that affords only temporary
relief. and this is very poor economy. New
York Is. now large enough, strong enough
and rich enough to provide for iler water.
supply so that it shall be ample for all futurs
time. Instead Of spending S10,ooo,oo0 upon
another aqt1educt it would be wiser to spend
$50, COO 600, or even Sso,0oo.00o, and build an
aoueduct to Lake George or even Lake Erie.
whence IN unfai!ing supply Of pure water
instead of a precarious supply Of unhealthy
water could always be had.
, 1881-02-13
| WATER FAMINE THREATENED IN
NEW YORK.

The people Of New York City are rapidly
coming to that contingency where they must
seriously consider the problem of their wa
ter-supply. For eight or ten years past there
has been great complaint Ut lack Of water,
and upon two OF three occasions the city has
barely escaped great contiagrations owing to
this deficiency at the hydrants. Household
crs are already complaining that they have
not enough for purposes Of drink and cican-
l;ness. More than this, the quality of tic
water is not good. 1t Is surface water at
best, and with it is mixed the surface dralll-
age of Westchester County whence 1t is
drawn. In winter it gets frozen up and IS
difficult to procure, and i'll summer it is so
mixed with impurities Us to be unhealthy
Added to these troubles there Is that immense
waste which Is always common in large cities.
and which there cali be no way Of preventing
except BY placing meters in every house and
charging extra for all used over certain
amount charge to which the people Of that
city, already burlencd with heavy taxation
for the water-suppIy, would not be likely to
submit. According to the Water. Commits
sioner, before IS7;; when water was scarce all
they had to do WAS to order fresh supplies,
but now the limit Of supply has been reached,
nr,i.tlle only ilelr in Ills opinion, is stringent
legislation to prevent waste, and the building
| Of another aqucluct,-but even the latter
| relief can only be temporary in character So
/, long as the population increases at the pres
! ent ratio. Souie Of the figures presented BY
| the Water Commissioner hrc Of interest IL
this connection. lie SAYS:
At-3 14fk+
AMI Crotnu dam were able uccs,rsi:n1 to oIicla
statements. to furnish IL, 1910 nu less than liz.
| tyttuN gallons da,y. It seems that now onl!
] nbuut u3 UOU,Ut0 gulons eau be furced through,
| Lnte reports cinin thus an additional slNU, W
| gatons nrc needed every day to meet the III
| creased demand frutu year to year. should
| new nnucduct become Indispensable its con
structiou would cnst TT least $l0t0J,CtN.. such
| work wo.ld involve IN outlay OF another Gun
, 1881-02-13

Tie we'll known that the University Of CnE
caco was founded by Stephen 4. Dougaas' ana
TINT he and his friends gave large auouute.
property and money to the establishment u ~,
institution; that it was pet pro1ecfoi as' aus
that he intended to be- tho founder OF atae9s
public charity for educational purpose -.
whispered about that q lnrge depe Oh 1no ~
yersity has matured due within fe" aass' aas
in the same connection it Is now reeaneu ..a .a.,
the rift Of Senator Douglas was on q eonu.ss
that the College should be estanilsueu W.
ground where It now stands, anu tnal 1oe ~
trty should be forever used for the purp9s@s,s
the University. and should not be a'eoa.sa:
hut It seems that an attempted alicnauou y. ~
'nropertr hos been made, and that the p1'iaas ~
aud ground nre in danger OF oelns so'9
under a mortgage, and thus OF beco'a,as - sha
vertetl to USES fureign to those 1ntenueo ~. u
donors. We do not know tho ptec'7e ,.tr ri
the question. but we believe It 10 oe tuo aa +nI,
the guardians OF the institution 10 p.o' ~ tha
property for the public. 1t WAS g'e" tha
public; Regents were chosen u pIs ~ he-
trusts rcposcd in the corporation atu ..nf. W.
love tha nublIc will hold these hesen's
to accountability In regard ~ x.so,
discharge Of their Duties "1at .rt s'sr
ought to be taken it is not for us TO sa5 .;aht.
that the citizens ol Illinois appear 10 n"'o =, ,hs
in this property and in the maintenance ~ pro
public charity, which somebody ous.s T.. ,owers
tcct. Has tho corporation ezceedca ~ sten to
in conveying this property? WV e,to. H." ri this
the front and prevent Il pef'e.7,s -" ,e most
! greet interest,-one which ousnt :. ~ of tia
i zealously cared for. both on aee 1a..on thas
| memory OF Douglas. and 1or so1 a~s;,v which
! here IL the nucleus of great unlSeies'' = d
| ought to become the pride o. 'us s..,ne<s.
| second to none In its means OF
, 1881-02-13

TIE statement that Mr.. Parnel1 had leIe
Eugland to avoid arrest turns out llSe
most Of the English stories about hlui:
to be utterly without foundation III
the first place, Mr.. Parnell was III Ell
gland several days after the allegeu
reasonable documents were found on tae
nerson of Dayitt; III the next place 1t Is qulto
likely that If such documents we're fouho II
would be made known at the time; and 'low'
IN fnrtber confirm the untruth of tile stare
nent. the. Dublin Freemdn's Journal, gt'oa
authority on the subject, says that Nj. fal-
neij will return to England tomorrow. Ills
visit to France was for the purpose VI
having the Land League funtlS in-
vested III such way u1at tno
British Government could not get control ol
them or any portion of thenl, as they a1u OF
the FenIan funds. There is no doubt that
Government officials open letters sent from
this country to members of tile Land League
! or persons suspected Of Land League SYM
patbits, and that mauy of the. letters ad-
dressed by persons on this side to Mr. Par-
ncltnnd others are not calculated to soothe
tbe berturbed spirits ot the Irish au-
thorities. who would make treason out OF
remarks which III this country woulu DC
| merely laughed at. But A[r. Parnell has SO
| far managed to keep himself Witlil', ue
| bounds of the law. All his acts, he claims
have been open, a,ld his statement IS con
| fr,ned by the hostility which the Fenlan:
eyince to the Land League. There is goot
reason to believe, too, that the story that Mr
| Parnell is soon to visit America is devoid O.
| fr11fh
, 1881-02-13

Mr. GEORGE WASHINGTON kR0LL, Re-
publican Representative in the Legislature
from the Third BridgeporD District, has In
troduced bill to change aud regulate the
election OF the Cook County Board OF Com
m1ssioners. It proposes to have the whole
Board of fifteen members elected annually,
instead OF having one-third go out each year,
AZ at present, and to divide tbs county Into
three districts, each clecting five members.
The wards Of the North and South Divisions
would constitute one district, according 10
Krolls plan, the West Side wards second,
and all the outside towns a third; the five
members in each to be elected by cumulative
votes. The proposition Is as dangerous and
bad as it we'll could be, and seems to have
been drafted in the Interests Of the bunlmers
of the Democratic party by some willy parti-
san who has chosen Mr.. Kroll as all innocent
instrument to foist it upon Republican
LEGISLATURE. It would discount expert
ence, responsibility, and fidelity in
the Board, rendering it liable to
be wholly changed every year, and filled with
green, inexperienced men, and increasing
vastly the chances for dishonest and Ignorant
men to yet elected. II the vigilance of the
people should be relaxed for single year it
is certain that hummer majority of tax-eat-
ers would be returned, and the taxpayers be
again put at the mercy Of gang OF thlevlsh
adventures, as they have been until within
few years. The plan of electing ten Com
missioners on o general ticket IN the city
, 1881-02-13

Mr.. WALTER ALLEN, the reportorial mem
her of the Ponca Commission. has plainly
mistaken the purpose for which 1t was ap-
pointed. It was not designed to be court
OF inquiry into the conduct OF Secretary
Schurz, or commission to dig up the facts
concerning the removal Of the Poncas, but 1t
was directed to ascertain the actual present
condition Of the Indians, and to suggest
proper measures Of relief for them. Mr.
Allen and Senator Dawes have succeededbe-
tween them in making the whole subject
public nuisance, and in bringing Tibbles,
Brlght-Eyes, and the Boston Pecksnl1ts and
Jellabys into common contempt. Ii sepa-
rate reservation and more hay would be an
inducement to Mr. Allen to stop braylng, ne
ought to be furnished them forthwith.
, 1881-02-13

THE RAILROADS AND THE V1ADUCTs.
The most important local question now be-
fore the public is the relation Of the railroads
to the yiaducts; which shall build them; Tile
roads or the citizens; and shall the former
be compelled to give the latter sate Cross
Ing.
The officers of the various railways using
the streets of the City Of Chicago formally
declared at the meetings held last week tfas'
while they admitted the obligation upon
them to construct vaducts when thereunto
required by the City Council, they repudlatea
any and every obligation upon theiil 10 re-
pa1y, renew, or maintain such sialucts.
This extraordinary declaration the several
companjes have made after full consultation,
and evidently with purpose to resist aIs
demand or requirement made OF thefn py tle
city with that view.
How far is this declaration by these rail
road corporations justitiable either as legal
or as all equitable proposition? we dis
| cussed a few days ago the advantages to the
railroads resulting from the PERMISSION u
build these yissiucts over the street-crosslhes
within the city limits. We showed that chl-
| cago had been more liberal to the ra'1""s
companies in the way OF admission ~ s'e
vcry'lcart Of tho city, the use OF the streets
and Of the crossings by the trains anu
machinery Of the roads, and the connect'on
und transfer Of cars between the several COM
pa.1ies, than any other city in this country
Entire strcets running from the northern TO
the southern limits. and others from inc
eastern to the western limits nave 'oee.l
abandoned to the exclusive use o1 the lalf
| ways. No train has ever been pfo'1o1tet
from crossing any street needed 10 oe closseo
in order tn connect or exchange cars with
the roads OF any Or all Of the other roads %
ing business here.
Thc population and general business o.
this city and the traffic Of the railways
through the streets Of Chicago have 81
grown that 1t has become necessity thas I'M
city should exclude the railways altogether
outside OF certain limits, or restrict tner us'
, 1881-02-13

TIE Western Rescrue (0.) Chronicle puts
the truth concerning the proliibitory liquor
LEGISLATION In that State III very strong way
when it says: ''Ohio is the only State in TIE
Uuiou that allows free trade in liquor" That
is precisely the effect Of The legislation IN
question, which has been in force upwards
Of thirty years. The State has not enjoyed
the benefits OF prohibition, while it has lost
the control and regulation Of the liquor
traffic BY license, and given up the revenue
that might have been derived "Tax the
liQuor-lealers," says the Chronicle. "flle
il on them 1leayjly.''
, 1881-02-13

AFTER much hesitation, frequent a:1-
nounce,nents, and vast amount Of gossip,
Lady Burdett- Coutts, urged even by Royalty
itself meier to consent, consented anu mas
become bride-we were going TO say
blushing bride, but poetic license even
would not permit-at the ripe, If not sweet
age Of G7. Young Mr.. Bartlett, who VIII
hereafter be known as Mr.. Bartlett~Bufuets-
Coutts, for the lady not only conferred her
hand anu fortune, but her name Us WE'LL on
her lover, has not wooed Ill vain. He
has won the lady and her ducats. The years
Of devoted service which, practical mnn
that lie was, he spent III the service
mt of a LabaD. but of his Rachel
herself. haycbcen rewarded. Though when
first he "breathel the tender tale.'' not be
! meath the hawt!,orn's shade, rs Burns had
| his lovers, but under the safer il less poetic
| shelter Of his lady-loye's mansion, he must
| have had some misglying, the ardent and l11l-
| netuous nature of his passion has sur
| mounted all difficulties; it has triumphed-
We were recently informed BY the gentle
man himself that lie had learned to discipline
the ardor OF his affections, but they were yet
deem. if sill and silent Who will say that bis
natience and perseverance were not worthy
of success? Those sonnets that he made to Ills
mistress eyebrows-under difficulties, it Il
true, for those eyebrows can scarcely be O
the soft and poetic hues or Of the heavanl,
black. but Of the cold and not imagination
inspiring gray-llave had their effect; hi
| furnace-1ike siglls melted that tlne-dried
heart, and, abandoning many friends all,
much fortune, the ancient dame SURRENDERED
at discretion. After this let 1t not be sal
that gt,llantry belongs entirely to the French
man orpersuasiyeness to the ''rovlng blades
of the Emerald Isle. An American La
proved that he possesses both qualities in a
admirable aud eminent degree.
There will be- those malicious enough
, assert that the lady Is in her second chilt
hood, and others that she has only adoDte
, Mr.. Bartlett as a grandson, and that II
Bartlett is fortune-hunter, but such pc
sons do not believe in hearts that age cannt
chill or brows that time does not furrov
They do not believe that May can repos
q comfortably in the lap Of January, or b.
l. | l1eye in what Wordsworth called the SUI
a cououerable strength Of love-"
, 1881-02-13

Another areut figure has G1e..tersburg
Eur1ue It is nnnrttaccd from ss. re, psfst II yast
that Prince Gortschakalf, nov ,rc.i:rrship Of
,Ir,.. has finally resigned the Tine. e1-
tic Russian Empire. NJ nan OF tnn,,ed uua iarrer.
crpt Prince Bismarck. hus eyer it, M' eyes. Iba
IN Europe, nul especially In En2"sn .a-v tncarGa-
pruce hns Been regarded rs tl't, 'eFy of yre, ai
tif,, of Russia muster Ut once ~ and
.trarrrv and 1urcc, utterly 1hHcsn,, ,,t. uyuuotrs
syithaf i barbarian ut heart fus!v fs!.a. m noue
nuy snuw t1a. he WIS Ill teVse .a.s,.s 1nS With u5
or them, fur thccxtoat of nts .ar,,.n, but
t1re, masters Is still hs,atnsuan-
o:,e no;nr u,uls HIN IS certain. E's :,.iv mh.oak
shin I'D not succeed. Tic euas:alt. ~. strength
n5iI,n Il, Europe, he cxaGgcr:'ie' u 1ruda
~ i:,ssfa. md mis- su.ca5:ic gM fYrpnted
eu,iI.ss uI,,l needless cnc''c!. n 1tc Crmean
Snnnicnn liz, lc rskc.i aad ost ,,pe iac ~ arise.
war. he allowed tie Gerlnan ap .ntp frrn, oser-
n.i r.. shrn1k ut the !.ss Eonlen. nerhap5.
frrnwinc the Sul,unet. &c ms hs.pGs: 81. worth
~ S,n smc immense deserts III ',..,,5 his coua~
,'o1tiny: but In Europ" he bus or'us ,i.rs tow.r5
~ M nerrrr 10 the southern ""svs hss na,icntly
witct1 sue i,,ccssan'iy strains 1 .eI by u wallol
sect, her frontier on the west clsseh clss.hnioY Il the
ss'.eI Wc shoui say Prince nns,,,red bs
,..oI n,,thUr If Nussi:1n pulley. aau s.f In 1875
cn,,n;rys we!;ht in the world ons,n ~ .zur Alex
Ear NichoIas mud 1wca tue 'sc,9ut ,t y, lis o@tl
n:ier in 1855, aud could Walk "oo@' = !
f'aDitu4, too. - ~
, 1881-02-13

every alternate year, and five Commissioners
in the county on a general ticket In the years
the city does not elect, is the true one; ana Is
the only amendment that would improve tae
present. law. The County Board Is dong
we'll Us it is. 1t should be lot alone; ana he,
publican members Of the Legislature shonlu
look with special disfayor on such ms,
chieyous schemes as Krolps, which coulo
only result in handing the control OF tae
county over to the worst elemcn.s IL ''@0
Democratic party. -.
, 1881-02-13
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1ss1.

: H1n., SrRucKMAS, Of the Seventh District
is a country Justice Of the Peace. Lie ls'
therefore, in favor Of the present law under
which citizens Of Chicago are liable to De
dragged fifteen or twenty miles Into the
country to answer .groundless or frivolous
complaints. An honorable Judge will not
ait in case in witch lie has direct pc
cun1 ary interest; and a fair-mindcd legis-
lator ought not to vote, much less to speak,
on a bill which regulates the performance OF
his public duties.
, 1881-02-13

The companies are said to be entirely sasls-
fed with the new law, as it relieves them
fro,n burdensome local exactions. AT. Tie
came time the Controller estimates that three
fourttls Of the money the Stare gers llo'n col~
poratIons is i'll excess Of what was ever oe-
fore obtained from them by taxation laws'
The neglect of local Assessors to tax tnehl
vas notorious,
, 1881-02-13

AVERY curious story is te!esraphea nc the se e. sf:
r an,,nn STANDARD from Vienna IL . ,,ze4, ~ as
rect that spain is seeking to DC upya,illsted
one of the Great Powers. Sue 'ee!s ,,,,, of fho.
nt not being u'tnitted to "emoe.n..t an.a that ths
European Concert, ana sec '''u" '.,,un1 without
dss:ntes of the East afe being ~ arca, lit
her leave being go uluca as hsxsa i1oly. and 10
not in population sue IS .p hnz tne advautsse
p'pa ?, ,na satan. WHY then should she nol = ].
, 1881-02-13

cn1cAco TRIBUNE h. ssta1l1saaaa a,a sa7elsa-
orrces for The receipt OF subscriptions a''o "1'
nen.S ensW - yIeRKnoou 2 Tribune Building f.1' nv
FAppEx, Mnnagcr. .n.r4can News
GLASGOW, Scotlsnd-Anens AH"''
Agency. 81 Kenoeld-st -...s 20 Strand.
i0SDoS. Enr-Amesscan Exchange 81:
HENRY I. Gl1L1u, Agent
WASHINGTON. D. C.-l5ls + street
, 1881-02-13

THE new law in New York State pfoVla.
inc for the taxation Of the gross 1ece'p1s
and dividends of corporations not eneasea
in manufacturing is said to be "orkus ~, ~.
mirably. The State Controller says tnat luu ,''
revenue derived from this soaree @ wi.t
amount annually to s2ooo,ooo. The new
york Central Railroad Company alone ~
,ha five months beginning with July H. le,o'
haa m naid the State at rate which Will make
;ts total annual taxes s3oo,op. belo" VII
he found statement OF the taxes pau Wy
same railway companies:
Nav York. New Haven T. Hartford on eoo ca
s gsosYs YxE' 5gee'S Kew Haven & Hartford, on cto
,,anho1,an' IN xross recetpts....-.-..- @''oS2
New York Central oleept''s o' e 1,2ls
se% qee9p Yors Central sleepinE-car, on dIvi- s,o
Fonda JohnsIo"n u u , I'll
receipts - .,ro:s earnings 1881
nciawor. s. Hudson. on capitni stoch'''.. o''"A
1}elawarc, Lackawanua s. WESTERN Oh ses
gross eaTn.uEs, '.o1+.1 stuck . II $40
New rork % Geatrai 1ir;dands 4370
New York, Lake Eric Western on olS1- es;p
New Yos' Lake Erie q "es.esu' ~ .Ap =. 1904
LAKE, i shore Michigan Southern, on eapl- 49,
Lake shore & Michigan Southern, On alVa- s,a
-ry%H