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in Block 141, School Section; SIS, 1000 for three
years, at per cent. on lots in Astor's Addl-



The four belt lines projected for Chicago
have been reduced BY consolidation to two
The Western Indiana will build its line as
originally planned, but the other companies
have Joined their forces. At Il meeting Ut
the Railroad Companies Belt-Line Company
list week the Burlinston,. northwestern.
Micliigan Central, and Illinois Central Were lt'
represented. Tie Grand Trunk, milwaukee,
& St Paul, and Pittsburg IL Fort Wayne and
the two other Helt;Roat Companies jIss,nays haye
THE New York, st. Louis {; Chicago LOAD
is buying the tight Of way between Ham
1r,ont, where it crosses the main Calumet,
and Grand Crossing, where it makes Juno
ton with the Illinois Central, over whose
tracks it comes into the city; Thy course OF
the road passes between Lake Calumet! ana
the Calumet River
4 charter was taken out at Springfield last
ton known rs ''The Peoples Horse Railroad
Company Of Chicago,'' with n capital OF
$500, 200. The incorporators we're given as
Oryis A. Barnes, ". II. Reed, aud George
Berg.
, 1881-08-14
THE SERPENT'S TRAIL.

For The Chicaoo Tribune
Across tho meadow walked one day:
Through the tangled grass the pathway lay;
Great ox-cyes grew on either side,
With yellow buItcrcup for bride;
And Just before ran sparkling stream,
That did like thread OF silver seem.
Across tho brook lny meadows fntr,
Whose ncw-mown hay perfutued the air;
And, like monarch in reposc,
Still further on Il bill arose,
Where pines with hcmlock were combIped,'
And clmB with ivy dark were twtned.
Isought quiet, sheltered nook
Tint 1ny beside tho sparkling brook,
Where graceful willow dropped ocrhead,
Where Ernos like carpet green was spread,
On which III happy mood lay
And dreamed nn idle hour away.
dreamed that life was always grand
That laurels green On either hand
That he who would, could conquer fame,
and win himself both power and name;
dreamed the perfect sunlmer-day
Was emblem Of tho life that lay
Before my feet: then woke with cry,
For sli1ny serpent glidcd BY.
In after years my dream came true,
For joys were picnty-sorrnws few;
And now us then he can who will
In triumph rise DER every i'll:
And vet there Is no spot SO fair
but that tho scrpents trail Is there.
JACQU1TA.
, 1881-08-14
ITEMS,

1IEAlS.
Owners Of Hyde Park property will be in
terested TO know that the Village Trustees
have authorized their tax-claim agent on and
after Sept. s to collect the full legal penal
ties Of o5 per cent each six months OIL prop
erty sold for village special taxes. The vii
lagc has been faverlng delinquent taxpayers
by charging them ouly per cent per month
fro1u date Of tax-sale, but has now decided
to enforce the legal provisions, first, how
ever, allowing tile delinquents sixty days III
which to take advantage of the rate of per
cent month: # they do not pay, up it will
be their own fault should they find tax deeds
upon their property.
Plans for buildings in New, York City
made during the months Of April, May, and
June involve an estimated outlay Of S17, ,500,-
GOO, Of which sum SAFE, 600 are for eight new
places Of amusement.
Land, the New York Renl-Estate Record
says, will soon have its turn. The continued
, 1881-08-14

on HYDE Park avenue. southwest corner OF
Fifty'tfth fn street, $3.50; sixs9X on Eliza;
beth, north Of Madison, improved, 5,5oo; W g
y1g} on State street, northwest corner ot
Thirty-sevcnth, $4,000; 5oX17IM or Prairie
nn West Madison. west of lIalsted, S,3. SO !;
so4 Ciybourn avenue, 5000; :s23lxI5i o.!
Stale. south Of Eighteenth, ST.. 900: 100 feet
IL alley on South Grove Parkway, south OF
Clinton avenue, S13,0O0
, 1881-08-14
SATURDAYS TRANSFERS.
The following instruments were filed for

1IE 1O1tQNA1!4s 4I4oA4 fNAS A'SA AVA
record Saturday, Aug. IL:
CITY PROPERTY.
West Lake st, ucar Fall, +, .5xa5 IT,
dated Aug. !: John c. Policy to Arthur, o--
Eierrreeu Nv. s.; it Of North Robcy St,
II f, .5xl50 #, dated Aug. !: tOie o. l1ol- oo
so,,h aaa tS %co i & 81 paet 3 It 81 Ambrose ef
5OxlG: fl, dated Aug. u tF. and W. LODI
wouG 9i St, IT, s. s' cor of Thirty:seyenth, 10
| acres dated July 3 tl'as pin II. Cherry ~ mn
west e rH Harrison % St. n " cor Of HonorG, ST.
97xlo0 IT, dated July u. N. Balesticr mn
West 20 t. Har9ison t. 1n St, - Undivided !, Of the '
above lots, dated AVE-: Il. +. Muir on
doek to neo11rd It, St; 1 + Waller
st, +, 24xl07 It, dated Aug: IT, c. III
Pearce to John Dibow!.: :.....:..:. l,1oo
"est sfed IaEe Morc 81 nc 1o s. ta1t and Iaft 10
Fifth itn av e.; It Of Polk st,w t, ;6xloGft,
dated Aug. u Louise kractft TO Albert uxoo
Lincoln c st, cor Ambrose, i: ioo ks
f, dated Aug estate Of a. 4: ;sui Sutton
tho Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal
Maiher ats} ST. 13o it Of Despiaines, /, @0i
Kill It, dated Aug. II CMnster in Chan coo
AsIiand sSl d az. " III It of Van buren, st, cf
4qxlso #. dated June = c: p. and G. H.. o nm
l35y5 and 137ii55 It, dated JuueA Edward
Clark t9 joel D. HErvey). :oWo
dated juno Dohn Waliwork to Angela o
1ndiana ID masa' az, cor Of Eirdteenth, ''
xl00 It improved, dated Aug. IL George
c. Morton to Caroline D. Howart)..... 11,GO
Moha,vk St, sw cor Of Sophia, +, 4ox
IL; $40 tt, dated Aug. 8 tNichacl Reich
to Gerhard GastendyGk): ::;:-::::.::;.:. 1000
v +. 25xl7s!s tt, dated Aug. l Edison
nj n
Indiana ~, same lot rs above: dated
Portland av. 1SiE it $ Of Twenty ninth st.
VT, 25xl2j!35 tt, dated July IL u. A. AMI
7. Casey 10 Aunc Schmidt}. ............-. 1000
NORTH OF CITY LIMITS WITHIN 4 NAD1Es oF
SEVEN MILES OF THE COURTHOUSE.
Wrightwood nv, het Lincoln and Hnlsted
sts, n +, 50 it to alley, dated July II
morris E. Eddy to Louis Dollcnsen) IS 1850
SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS WITHIN 4 RADIUS OF
SEVEN MILES OF TIE COURTHOUSE.
Blackwell st, W cor of Ffty-second, CT,
59lxSO IT, dated Aug Il fThomas n. 1ill
shurtleT av, s 10 It Of Forticth: st, '''0'
ef. 23xl::.!i it, dated May ii Is. II. Hur-
ford ford 10 Michael WalD..-. $50
Cottage Grove nv, II z corner Of Forty
third #, w f., 7+x15o it, dated July
Cook County to Henry Endsr,. .;..;;.;;: e'9se
Sec /, Us, II, dutcd June II {eatatc or
Il. G. Cram to Union Stock-Yurl s.
Transit Company. uy)....-........... -. $500
WEST OF CITY LIMITS WITHIN A RADIUS OF
SEVEN MILES OF THE COURT HOUSE.
Rendsburg st, 1ooft of Shakespeare. WI,
sion t. It, to aa'fa n Mor3ensc1 @ ~ ''oan 'on On
Hum6oldt st. 15o It Of Cortland, t, 5x '
la #, dated July 1G tJohn Johnston, Jr.,
Pleasant place, ITO It W OF Powell av, n
+, .Sx1l01t It, dated Aug tP. P. Powell
W eA4tties sAo1it'..''".-'.'...-...'. ..... 40o
, 1881-08-14
How a NInn Attempted to Run an Irisl,
Newspaper i'll New York.

Au Irish gentleman who made a splendid
record III tho Union army during tho Civil Wur,
nilG who ls well Known us Il Republican poll
tieiun III New York, once cssayed to conduct an
Irish paper. It had the usual genealogical feat
urc, as matter OF supposed necessity, though
he WIS perfectly aware of the subjects being
portraits Of distinguished lrishsnen. After per-
sistent aud well-directed efforts to make his
paper succeed on its really excellent literary
merit, he gave up the enterpr,se. To give up
the genealogical feature would have been con-
siderel suicidal. The following are about the
style of con1n,unica lions wi1h which he was
frequently favored:
M.sher Editor: Sor Last week you had a
picthuro of m Ulsther man and before thut =.
picthure OF Connau%ht ma1. Theirs too
much Ulsthor and too little Munster. Shtop my
paper.
, 1881-08-14

James F. Kecliey has just completed tne
purchase Of tile outheast quarter OF Sec. u,
10, Il, being 1Go acres fronting OH North
avenue and adjoining the city limits Inns
property is three quarters Of mile west or
Humboldt Park, is accessible BY North
avenue, Armitage road, and Grand avenue
all Of which are fine drives. 1t is also acces-
sible by the Chicago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul
l,ailroad, with depot in the centre OF the
tract, It is only five and quarter miles
from the Madison Street Depot of the II.
Paul Road, which will land residents OF TINS
place at their new depot on Madison
street OIL the West Side at only
four cents. The ride will take only
fifteen minutes. Mr.. Keeney has just
completed a subdivision Of this property
into lots and will at once place them Oh the
market, lie has already contracted Tor
twenty cottages, the plans Of which were
drawli BY George Ii. Edbrooke. lie will
also build cottages to order for any one who
wishes to live at this place, and will sell me
same on monthly payments. lie has made
arrangements with Mr.. 1'eterlnall, tile
llurserymall, to set out trees ut proper inter
vals on the entise subdivision, SO that every.
street and lot will be we'll and uniformly
Shaded. The strpet-cars arc now running ol!
North avenue to Humboldt Park. and it WILL
only be II short time until they are extended
to this place, which has been named Garfield.
, 1881-08-14

hEe-stOrt stone anu DIlck pul1uHl1 oesAShc''
for the northeast corner OF Wabash avenue
viii cost S"' Inc 1anu "s's;pufcnasea s,E;an @ee
1or Sloo.oou. MI hseisol - i1la"tu7 soou
progress with his building OH the size OF tne
old Nevada Hotel, on the cast side of Wa
bash avenue, between Madison and Monroe
e..'. o"'.
selcets: :, .,.,,. ,,n
Mt. Norman b. lean, WHO receht's put-
chased the Woodruff House, proposes to
double its present capacity. ~ ,,
Building continues active i'll Chicago. The
permit for the building oil Monroe street,
east of the new First National Bank, that is
to be p1lt up by the Brooks estate of Boston,
has been taken out. 4 full description Of
the plan was given some time ago In TIL:
Tr,nuSt. Ground. was broken last week.
This building will be the highest i'll the city.
It will be abollt 1;;6 feet aboye the pavement.
It. will consist Of nine stories and basement,
and will cover all area Of seventy by
ninety feet. A good idea of the sta,
from the statement that the massive foullda-
ton Of concrete ana dimension stone will re-
ouirc over two-tl1irds Of the surface area.
The structure will be Of brick, with stone
styic. viii Gothic details. it will be abso-
lutely firc-proof, and will be occupied by
banks and offices. Easy access will be al
fortcd by two elevators, and every Office will
be fitted up with tire-proof vault Mcssrs.
Mortimer 4 I'unDan. the contractors, expect
to have the building ready for occupancy
about November, lSS2. The building will
cost from SI5. CO.. to 500, 900, and will be the
property Of 6. r. Brooks, of Boston, the
nwner Of the Portland Block, III this city.
Burni,ann l. Root arc the architects.
Prices of huiIding material have not re-
coded to accommodate those who delayed
vrices rick s' one @ vsar a aso sold at Sc and
&; IN In, co1nmnn and 1rcssed brick ut S2j
1,pr t1,nusand. TIiis wear common brick are
Wnrtn "a an! 81. 10. and Dresseu brick S::,j per
tnousan1 Stone has MT advanced so much,
hnt in,ni,rr rsnrcialIy choice iumber. is very
i,in}, and hniiders' hardware has doomed
viii, iron to almost a startling figure,
The Chicago Real Estfuc and BUILDING
Journal las made an examination OF the
aia,on 3ssuras ..xtendiny frnin tile roof in an
or,1 nirec1jon tn the r0of Of the Post
rfi;ca whcre Hundreds of clerks are en-
ninS.e1t 'The fiss,1re IN the north wall is
1r;tject Tho wint1o1v eases hajf-inch iron
hnnds ,re nr;o,1 ami henf nit of Shane. and
ia hricrs haiov, foreed mt one-h:ljf their
wifi W. ,I'ha otf.r cracks are not 50 nrnni
nont n,,t carl, If them is visible from Inc ton
tn nvhern the view If the wall is Iidde1 bv
tho ~ "H %Ioss ~ roof nj the distribmtinr room,
.Thove III nrnhnhlv evfani to fhe founlia-
t;n'1s ,rt';ci, ,n,,s{ have setttef cnnsideraflv
% to 1,ridnce an effect through the Whole ele-
h1,iitiers ] Of the buiIGillg must be cosnizant
- - nsaont 10 4i'e ra,Is 1nnenr most thornmrl1
aud c7;tic.f 10 exar,;uat;nn shonid he made af
once srho fc1I Esft.fc .T,mT,11z calls the
ot!es- a4 ~ ~ c"nor..;e;nr ro1,;taa+ ~
, 1881-08-14
SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK.

Tile following is the total amount of city
and suburban transfers within Il radius of
seven miles of the Courthouse filed for rec
ord during the week ending Saturday, Aug.
, 1881-08-14

Porrsy1LLE. Pa.-S1n: You're wrong about the
McNamurns. You make them Out to be from
Princes. and you've got the o Neills from Kings.
Some OF tho rapscallions Of that name begin t.
think themselves too good for tho Mollie
Mngulrcs. You can stop my" paper-
And he did, By stopping the paper altogether.
, 1881-08-14

3fisher Editor: asked you for a history OF
tho McGroartys, and you shy nothing about j!
III yonr purer: Last week you gave u lot oi
stuff about the Sheas. Tho Gronrtys are a5 good
US the Sheas any day. Stop my paper.
, 1881-08-14
Auctions,

The twelfth public call Of real estate takes
place at the Chicago Real Estate Exchange
next "Wednesday, the hour being changed to
IL o'clock a. Ill. ANY piece in the entire
number can be called up out OF the regular
order, SO that little time need be consumed
By prompt buyers who are OIL hand at this
hour. The list Of certificates FROM the sale
OF June 20 to be called has been reduced, as
one-third Of the South Park and Vernon a,-
enuc lots has been decided to purchasers, alld
the remaining certificates can only be out
standin. until Aug. 20, the termination OF the
thirty days allowed to make balance of pay
lnents.
Another auction of l1alsted street lots is
in preparation for Aug. q, and September
and October will be more active for public
and special sales Of higler-priced property.
The offerings Of property for the public calls
have increased 50 much that the Exchange,
commencing Sept. I, will hold them weekly,
and they will be hereafter known as the
regular "Wednesday call of real estate. BY
such frequency and regularity the tllstrib1..
tion Of the catalog for the succeeding call
will be made at the close of The pending one,
and it must necessarily be All entirely new
list. Large buieiin-boards have been placed
in the hall, OIL which quotations of property
sold will be kept standing fur the lniorilla-
tion OF those interested i'll real-estatc sales.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28
Human Being. vs.. Live ock.

Why didn't the legislature enact that no
more diphthera should exist in Vermont
-DJdmer Of last tCeek.
Probably the above was intended as a bit
of irony yet it is a very pertinent question,
for the legislature had the power indirectly
to do much towards stamping out this much
dreaded disease. The legislature did enact
that the governor may appoint board of
cattle commissioners, TO consist of three
members, whose duties, among others, should
be to obtain full information in relation to
any contagious disease which may prevail
among cattle or other domestic animals and
to publish and circulate such information at
their discretion. A very wise act and yet
this same legislature refused to appoint a
board of health to investigate the causes of
diphtheria and other contagious diseases.
Let us not blame the legislature, for we can
not expect legislatures to legislate very much
in advance of public opinion. The people of
the state have always seemed to care more
for their domestic animals than for their
families, eide the eclat caused by Prof Cressy
lecturing through the state on spavins and
ringbones. When the writer at this time,
through the press, asked whether it was not
quite as important that we should give as
much attention to the protection of our fam
lies from diphtheria scarlet fever and ty-
phoid fever, and suggested that the legisla-
ture take some action in the matter, it at
ira cted so little attention that not word was
ever said in reply; even the editor did not
consider it of sufficient Importance to call at
tention to it. Until the people become
aroused to the importance of the subject and
make their wants known through the press of
the state, we shall continue to hear of the
ravages of dphtheria. In Michigan, and
some other states, whenever the diseases
above referred to prevail to any extent, the
localities are visited by board of health
composed of some of the ablest physicians in
the state, who are paid by the state, and the
result of their investigations is published and
scattered broadcast throughout the state.
This subject is an important one and let
us continue to agitate it, not only through
the Grange but through the press, until we
cause the people of Vermont to think as
much of the health of their families as they
do of their cattle. O.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

At Boston, last Monday, Rev. S. W. Dixie
of Royalton, VT, delivered a lecture on the
relations of divorce to the public morals
which contained statements of almost start
ling Importance, and which resulted in i'm
mediate measures being taken for the forma-
ton of New England divorce reform league
The subject is indeed one which deeply con-
Germs the general welfare, and If Mr. bikes
statistics are correct, public attention has
been called to the subject none too early It
would appear that the West is improving in
the matter of divorces, while the New Eng
land states are retrograding. Chicago, which
has had worse reputation than any other
city in the country as regards facility and
frequency of divorces, now makes a better
showing than some of our New England cit
les Connecticut was the first of the New
England states to set bad example in lax
divorce laws, but the others have not been
far behind her. In Massachusetts, twenty
years ago, only two causes of divorce were
recognized, while now there are nine and
in this state the case is not essentially differ
ent. The total number of divorces granted
in the New England states in 1873 was 2O72-
a larger ratio in proportion to population
than existed in France in the days of the
revolution. The Catholic church does not
allow divorces. Deducting, then, the 27 per
cent. of Catholic marriages from the total
number, the ratio of divorces to marriages is
one in eleven. The natural consequences
follow this state of things. During the last
score of years, while the general increase of
crime has been 20 per cent, crimes of q Ii
eentious character have increased ia per
cent, and the proportion of children born
out of wedlook has more than doubled. The
marriage and birth rate in New England,
once higher than in any country in Europe,
has fallen lower than in almost any civilized
nation.
Facts like these may well engage the earn
est attention of all who have regard for the
welfare of the community and the progress
of that New England civilization which We
have been taught to regard as the highest
product and chief support of our free insti-
tutions
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-28

Tho New York Tribune on Sunday pub
lished map of Mexico and Central America
showing the routes of the three proposed In
ter-oceanic shipways-two canals and ship
railway-with a description Of each plan,
distances, obstacles to be overcome, etc. OF
the routes, the southernmost is by Panama,
the next northward is by Nicaragua, and the
northernmost is north of the peninsula Of
Yucatan, extending from the Gulf of Mexico
on the Atlantic side to the Gulf Of Tehuante.
pee on the Pacific side. The first route is
that adopted by De Lesseps; the second, or
Nicaraguan, is the one supported by Gen.
Grant, and the third, or Tehuantepec, is the
one projected by Capt. Eads.
The distance across by the De Lesseps
route is forty-two miles, but high mountain
will have to be tunneled with bore sufn-
GENTLY large to allow two ships to pass--a
gigantic undertaking, when it is remembered
that the ships must pass through with their
masts. The canal is to have no locks and its
estimated cost is $4,000, 900. The second
or Ricaraguan route lies through what is re-
garded as a salubrious climate-whereas that
of the De Lesseps route is very fatal. The
route lies through or across Nicaragua Lake,
a body of fresh water 10 miles long by 30
wide, and 107 feet above tide water. From
the sea coast on the east the canal by this
route would have to be dug for sixty three
miles TO the San Juan river, which is one
thousand feet wide and twenty feet deep and
which could be used the rest of the way to
the lake. From the west shore of the lake
to the Pacific water the distance is sixteen
miles, down grade and through a range of
hills 1874 feet high-the only heavy cutting
in the route. OF course a system Of locks
will have to be put in on both sides of the
lake. The cost of the canal is set down at
$50, 900, 900.
The Tehuantepec or Eads route also lies
through healthful climate. The distance
is 112 miles and the highest elevation is 40
feet above tide water Captain Eads's plan
is to build a gigantic railroad. Any ship
that is bound from ocean to ocean is TO 20
into crib resting on system of stout
wheels. Thus placed the whole mass is to
be hauled out of the sea and rallied over
land.
The De Lesseps route lies in the United
States of Columbia, the Grant route in the
republic of Nicaragua and the Eads route in
the republic of Mexico and each of these
governments is DESTROYS that the shipway
shall be built. The De Lesseps plan has the
advantage, just now, as far as promise of
ultimate success goes. The Grant route is
in the highest favor with the Government at
Washington, while the Eads scheme inspires
confidence ON account of former successful
achievements of the daring engineer at its
head. From present appearances, however
he seems unlikely to get the financial back
ing from the government which he asked-a
guarantee of 6 per cent dividends on $780,
000,O0 of stock in his company. The House
Committee, it is understood, have decided to
omit the guarantee from the bill which they
propose to report.