davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1881-12-15

gravel ur tnacnaa,r, 1t is believed, makcs tho
~ ~ 10 s,srn G'eo t,,t ~o5 arr@5
fron, sitln sfrcefa st,,t, nf ti,eni n,,t,ve IL In
curporntci With the 1llnter!al; this is ti,o cnsu
whether uravol or limestone Is used. llttt for
tho possible discomfort r Atxty-ttvo Inys 1T tho
roSy kcpt ttl IL sxsclent rors s MH It Is sG tSo
purp0sn Of tic Commissioners thut Michigan
yec sh"i1 be kopt-w furnish a .'in,!r%elo IT.
Iloxt season. * yuxatinus ind abo.it1dnK source
&c 6cen e nSsSrs upon tue avenue Will the" 0'S0
The optniou Is held In somo guarters that
broken rsant, Or trap roclt, ,lsed as d mneatlatn
W. ~, ", III e1y ,,ntax M
ers havo becn ,,npbc to ind nn oxatlli,i, ct suca,
iiaf in tho ctatm f0r Ia uxcclIcmcc, It his ns
sutaoee TIM! ,nnldea Sy forogn s9!estGnce sh
surlir il Will Innku thn experiment ~ usiifv
bird lnaterial Of ts kind llpt ono ct tue most
gonoraliy used blocks IN Michigan avenue, roll.
ocptanie. rcpa!rs Of ths etrcnt may ID t.lnjs Of
tho sumo stono until Hrlldunlfy, lis whole sur
face viii bo Of th's character.
Amount Of warrant:: t::::.:...::;:;:::::....$'li5a9
.o,,.... :,ss =.
70 20 col!cctod.; ;,;.....;.'..'..'.... *@S'1!9
eoa'. f1r e, eata .Tbt1 troes Ind taEs9
Interest a".''''''..'''..''''''." l'4A
Total. al...,..,.........,..,........ .$lo0lU
rtr1,rry,p,rr,t srunr1. rt,n,r ,,,r,,,n.v ~.
,,v,,r ~ III IN ,n,.91 ,...au nv
sun - "!.'nr ~ .eo!'s., .,>''. n'i H.,
as LUIS htToet y upon uait t'eoctlon llao, aad
already gives ovldonc1 OF ith futura as b11sf-
Itas street, tho otlR!na! pan WIS 70 mako ita
improvements With thts Wow. by paving It With
krHi,It blnckB hut tue property-owt'cr felt thnt
tho cnst Toald oe xfeateF thAh thgf could bcur,
nnu inc commissioners wore indueea 10 With
draw Tho .asaessnlent. anu chaEge tue chIrActsr
oI the lmpfosSa!ont 10 @ rnnIofm nearly 70 TUT
ct grant ior tho Xuttcra, and usphhlt tnHtenl IT
tAy<K TOR tho S!dcwMtks. Work upon thlG
strcut i nearly completed: Amount OF nsscss.
intnt, &s8,tl9; collected, **,6a1.
,.,ruo,,vrrvru nrrvuA,,x
,n ,s..!. 4MtWsE"n T.: -, "ss..,sal."f. ...'
~, ING conlp!euon or t!io Ieo4tnet9 soctjpn OF
washington (!ue Mcs.l iaFK accoFo!nif II! tho
~ .htHi . III III norinn % ~ tx a' sst osrH T. ~
shining tho Gel,lltfui diversified sffncc which
t1nst II W viii fho inprovuntont cf iho oFt porton
Ut Ills suI1lo park. Aa rupiily a. ihe uxcuyMti0n
Tor ttc;lnKo--wh!uh, whfil cUnlpUtot viii hNyo
an ;lrts III cuhuetj nereS-s n,llo lilo lnarGft,s
uru nithct] uJ siilce tho potllilr Of thu sp,lsun
lie pIuntatipn il GuinR undo, III unothur scn.
drive nuy BIZ nllct,cd.
Oh Flfiy-tltth street poulovard-now, upon tho
roiitiot1 ot jHr9u nlltt,bor Ut abutttpx uwtefs,
::'ailcd iiurilcid 6ouicvnrd-tho p!a.itiux sracs,
sS %T xi,S bus Ice"
On Westert! aVe!sl!o the construction of
driveWlly IN no INIT !'no aAa ueca commenced
anQ pFosethte'l.
un1 @ 0I tae ost ''nIo1,tans ~ "ofXs q ne year
, 1881-12-15

.'rl'e complaint WIS rheumatism, wherewlti,
Tered for fifteen yeara; utter trying Il KreAt
many remedies without being rvltevetl. lo
was finally CURED by it. Jacobs Oh. Lie says
Au fuels lit1e u new nun.
, 1881-12-15

In tho cstuto Of the lnto G. G. Damn tho will
WIS admitted 10 probate, and Mrs. Anna Dana
was appointed cxcouttix. nnder bonds Of $lO0,-
q ho csfuto IL valued 1T $tO ,000 and ts lott to
ht4 vito.
III tho estate OF John Trutl,or, deceased. tho
will WIS proven, and iottcra wcro xrnrtrtl tu
John W. TrAtnur, under Uollus TOR $uutj, All OF
tho property Is bequsuthod to deceasc4's rela-
tiYc8,
, 1881-12-15

SUPERIOR CouA1-Jup0E QAny-Thomas J,
sammons ". Newark FiFo Insurance Company
verdict $1,000, and motion tor new trial.:
Louder Ra11i Iordlot $sa
, 1881-12-15
RvEY: STATE-ST., 81 & sc

hit yesterday against Storm II. 11arbcaon to rc-
strain him frUn1 Infringing ccrthn bAtents for
iMproyc'l Mtt0chhent* to lnnlt,- chmneys, is
Busd June II, l3Ua, to ". l.. Fish.
, 1881-12-15

OTTAWA APPELLATE COURTS.
8P<etat ptspafsh to 1As Qaleaao Trtsaes.
OTTAWA, ILL.,. Nov. l4.-Tho following AEo tho
proceedings In to1ay's Appellate Court:
, 1881-12-15

Denstey. Wagner s. ucnscy bcgan suit Ia
attachment ycatcri1ny nKainst WiIt!nm Vaughan,
DID. Tlpcr, md Thomas Arthur, dotng business
untlor tho narne Of the bunk Of Newton, to re-
cUvcr $;.O0U.
Jnhn N. CrIstcnsen sred Johu uussar for
$l,1U0.
Church l. Patterson sued the National Dis.
rntch Fnst Freight Limo for 81 ,O09.
John Andrews brought suit for 5000 dam
ages aHainst John Peterson,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16

The desk recently occupied by Mr. Fernando
w,t of New York was drrtod In black and decorate
win . n nd>ome basket Of flowers.
Mr. KELLEY uIep.. PENN reported back the bill re-
lcn,n ia. Ph alrlpn AID Reading Railroad Company
tr,.l ,rri,iL taxe4. Committee OF the whole
Mr.. CAAkINs tRep, lud) FROM the Committee on
NM e .pon tnc rnntested recIion case OF McCtbe agt
Ohh. nom the KIN Congressional DStr.c' OF lnahni,
confirming the rgnt Of MI Orth {" the seat WHICH ne
now occupies. The report WI agreed %. ,,-, 49,.
NJ IYLGk p w called uP tG rrSo , "ro ond U oe
ur Of Vermont for the statue OF Jacob COIdh r as an
,I ss,nIng il a place IN the Naona staluary Hall
The :, solutions adopted, aud chem az 100 the
Hons went intO Committee ir. Carlisle, Oi KY, III the
chur) ON rae yer ard Hir0ur Appropriation D!.I
Mir. UPDE iKAFF az p, IoSa) offered aa amend,Aent
pruylllu tna. no money shall De expended III tho lm
roveneni any IN VIII Gu IN the part u be lm
proved any corporation Individual has any proprietary
Mr. UPDEGkAFF then Gered as an amendment TO the
clause making an apron at%n OF soooV nor the h
expended The improvements TO De made are VI u
lie understood that the Rritan was tUa
length OF only Twelve m"o aud tue estimate no o. onn
engineer complete the poectln view was S-'ooOoVo
Nj. COX Dem. n. " offered an amendment proyid-
ing that money sinai b5 expended IN tue Improve,
ment of any stream where any corporate company Is
author by auy STATE law TO collect tolls or DoomaKe
NJ VAN yooRuIs GrP NYipfFrasing ths aP T%S
Mr GCiiITTESDEN lRep. " " criticised the manner
in winch the adyoe ss OK IN D Wn pot nde
fair confederate legislation, and II he had the power no
wound defeat the hill Il II neccssated an extra session
Amendmrn,s offered by Mr.. CAMP (Rep. N I) M
crcasing the appropriations for improving Grea. SOuuS
and Little sUdus Bays, Ne~-IOrk. were seVerahy re-
jccted. A., -, a.,.ra ,,o,,,
appropraiing $40 100000 for Tie Improvement OF me
Ksk1uitas and he COuenaugh Rivers. remarking that
tne sum- though not large was the exact SUN RECON-
mruded by the chief engineer -.
Mr. WHITE (Rpp, Peun) criticised the action OF his
colleague IN gctinx up aud trying 10 bring rldoue on
any part of his State.
Nr Ci.YMER withdrew the amendment.
large number OF appointments were onered, nut tney
wrrr all with the exception Of one or Two formal amend
meuts rejected by u m JOrity OF about lOO
Al last an amendment WAS voted upon, when no quo
rum voted that point being raised the committed
A call Of the Rouse was ordered.
The rUl-cau showed the presruce or 1Gl members
more than quOrun-Dut still the dOOrs were closed anC
the s-rgcauL.at.Arms was dispatched alter the ab
Btnters.
TWO three hours passed III vain endeavors tC
arrive at sOmV an,c mode Of settlement toy which
tr could DC brought to close. but II was th'
ayOwed detention OF tine supporters OF the bill To sit
willie Oppopeuts raised the Pc mt oil " no quorum
watGcYer any vote nect sstatng quorum wa reached
The and moi IN tie Chamber Was very Etea
finally the House, a o'clock, took recess uutn II
O'Clock TOMORROW morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
CIVIL NOTES.

The trial, which has been going on in the
Superior Court February In the suit Of Ruben
Compton against his wife, sophia j. Compton, for %
absolute divorce concluded yesterday, but jug
fiiIed ~ agree
Joseph A. Adams. for many years the prin'
cipa eugraver IN wood in the employ OF HperBrogners
died In September leaving will disposng OF his en-
tire estate, which amounted 70 about 100000 MI.
Adams gave every thing his wife, passing By MS soo
), seph b. Adams without even mentioning US h"he'
Mr. Adams tiled objections TO the probate OF the WI
aud the first hearing in the contest was had yesterday
Ex-Judge William Fullerton begain in 1878
an action In the Supreme Court against Washington y
Common aud George W. Hooper to recover S5,ooo mou'
loaned 1t Is alleged in the complaint tnal III Jus
1872 Mr. CoDnOr gave his note for SSOOOwhlen WIS.,
dorsed by Mr. Hooper, to Lucy d. FISK. the Wiuo.s =.
james Fisk and 1t assigned by her TO the pan'n 80
Connor 10 hts answer admits the payment ~ MIS- f
OF So 900 for the note claims that he did no1 ee
the money as u loan but as gift. which MIS- fhs -
To him In execution promise made by Der nea
short time before his death. The note Wss ~ .s.iSned
oraudum of the gift and was not lnehue S,aIned tho
or enforced tx Judge Flu leton It u ssiu III me fscts
note after maturity and wltha knowsdge sfre lsice
| The case came on tor trial YESTERDAY VWllIsm A.
| Larremore aud VIII be continued Iv1"''
| Beach appeared Tor ex-Judge Fuier'"N'
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,,rv vopx n.uv TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY TO- 1851

servants messroOme There are sgnI, 1n Noutsde.
with the club mary OF whom Ne 90 On
platform supposed to Offer attractions TOT
en Tb ho water pipes throughout The house are or
Communication is amply provided Tor o inc Ge n the
seTyans' stairway and stairway Tor wheI9 m or
unnpr stories by two passenger ana Que sev,c 10 bcIIs
S5 jumb-wnitera aud by an abundance OF ors is
and speaking tubes. The space between We ae and
a Isd in with concrete, to prevent the spread U
r. lender the build ng nearly as possible IRE proo
THE COMMITTEE
The committee appointed IN February 1879, 70 ue'iu9
upon a plan for the new building, consisted OF 0Aic'u
vale. 10 seph H. Choate, Charles 4. Chandler Johh ~
Hail. Daniel F. Appleton and Fletcher Harper en"ii
man of the Executive Committee OF the cuD' pay"
was drawn I'D tor the benefit OF tho nine architectS COM
nenR containing several suggestions when IL was uo
aired 70 have embodied in the house. plan suDE
ted b. Peabody Slearns, OF Boston, met win INC no9'
general approval aud after several important hounoa
s suggested by men per4 OF the club IL was RdOpteu
Norcross Brothers, OF Worcester, oDthn3u tHe cpao
fnr mi dtly, with the option VI the heatIhH auu
uumbng. All the c1ntrIc IL connection WIN tae "
Ponse hive been awarded upon competition. the Iot
uron Ini,h tho new house stands als L0htrRo , VI
eqhtyfour feet IN Fiitn-aVe. and lo2 rect III AuHv
Lin nr5t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
WORK OF THE COMMITTEES.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--Ihe Committee on
Ways aud Means OF The House to-day adopted resou-
tons of respect 10 the memory of the late Fernando
ud and elected Representative Tucker OF Virginia To
succeed him as CAaiIman Tue Committee agreed 10 "a
yor4uc report upon the bill TO admit free OF duty any
cops the revised tran'ntion or The oY SCRIPTURES
winch may be transmitted rom the Unworthy presses Oh
England the Anne lean Cunmttce OF Bble HcNSon l1r
their use. Tao Cimmiteo ordered fNOabe report 10
he made the House up IN Representative MChiuleys
substitute bill Ia relation 10 the dulles On nanu
tactuIcs iron which adUptdat their last ettn
lie senate COMMITTEE MlItarY Anairs Autholiz ed
favorable reports be made the senate upon n the
pending EOdiuAtiOnS for Army appuhtmehts nud pro
motions These include the nOmna ions OI MAJOR " ~
SWAIN be Judge Advocate General Colonel charles H.
Tompkns to be Deputy Qnartcrmaster General lAeuen'
ant C0Ond FcOger 10 be Assistant Plyna'tei HeherH
The Tvs appointments from CivH he 10 the position OF
Major ana Puymaster, and forty or MY Army homina
lions OF les npIe. .,.,,.
Al ne meetnr Of the House Committee on Elections,
Representative Field (dass) made report III FAVOR Oh
pcsrnaye Kitchen, In the case OF o lnra w. htcheh
IT IN NorIn Carolina. The report was adopted Dy the
Committee VINO instructed Ropres ntatlve FIELD 10 pre-.
rent u to the House. Representative Cakius submitted
report III tue case McCabe agst Orth from ndlana
tnat contestant DO allowed 70 Wild
draw MS paper aud instructed 10 present the re-
port to the House. Adverse reports were agreed 10
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JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS
MAJOR ALExANDERs MENTAL AGILITY.

MAJOR ALEXANDER'S MENTAL AGILITY
CONTINUATION OF THE WHITAKER cOURT-MARrI.,
"A WITNESS WHO Is OBLIGED TO ADMIT HIS nv.
FAIRNESS.
The General Court Martial Room In N.
Army Building crowded yesterday with spectator,
among whom were many women. The cross examins.
ton VI Major Alexander was resumed In answer "a
questions by Mr. Chamberlain Major Alexander said 4.
thought that the alleged exclamation made By one n
Whittakers associates" Put hau dkerchei under M.
head so that he won't bleed too MUCH" would probably
teui to alarm the cadet When lie dressed Whitaker.
wounds the next day, he showed signs OF fanting
"What did that indicate Z" asked Mr.. Chamberlain
Probably Whitaker was OF a susceptible n.surs
Ihave seen abls-bodied men, however
faintness uDder similar conditional Whitaker showed
no signs OF shammDg when was dressing his wounds
did you not say at the time that this mutiasiop o
Whitaker was id outrage and that any cade, whe
would not swear that he innocent OF any oonnec,sn
with it ought to be- expelledP ~
Eyes; unfortunately made that remark At mr.
quarters"
How was 10. then. that Immediately after examinips
Whitaker you told Colonel Lazee that he fgnins
! uncOnsciousnessf" IS
Thought Whitaker was trying 10 exaggers,s M
| injuries"
'werc you under the impression that he had been a
| saulted at first y
Yea; until had carefully considered the matar.
Aud yet while you were under this impression, yoa
were willing, after examining Whitaker for few min
ues to 20 and start ths whole theory that be va
| shammng."
"wel that is your Interpretation Of 1t aud viii o.
| ceptit."
Here is young of hitherto good CHARACTER
and OF timid disposition; Il IL not Smarxabe thai 10
should mutilate himselfr
81 have always considered Whlttakers Gaze rorssk.
able"
Ought You not t. have awaited until you had very s
tive testimony to base your theory onp
AZ think had right 10 express an honest opinoa'
Even II IL condemned him TO infan. !" ~
''It 10 ere honest"
Major Gardner-Have you ever known Of soldiers 10
turng themselves III order " get their discharges
No."
Could Whitaker have seen the blood after ne wa
wounded ~
He could have seen that which bis under,
clothing He could also have felt 1t trekung hon the
| wounds On tine head"
Pr0rrssor Greener-Would the sight of blood be ss
likely to make him faint the feeling OF the blood On
his f.ce and neck
NO"
Major Gardner then produced the knife found In Whit
takers room and witness stated that thought
Of the blades sharp enough TO have caused the
wound. Mr. Chamberlain took the knife and after havs
ing tried cut his finger with IL and failed said, with
sm that he should like TO have the Court examine thai
Mtior Merril-Ir whitaker mutIated himself would
| the blood nave fallen on Ills hands
| 4" Not necessarily, but probably.
Was there evidence that Whitaker washed an,
| blood rom his handSF
Lieutenant Colonel Henry NJ. Lazelle the Command
Of The cadets neEt called lie told the story q
ending WHITAKER. but nothing was elected
Mr.. Chamberlain will eross-examine him today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
THE NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

BIENNIAL sESsIoNs-LAws AFFECTING JERSEY CITY
-IuE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA
TON.
lFRoM THE REGULAR CoRREsPOSDgNr OF rHE TRIBUNE !
TRENTON, n. j., Feb. 15.-l'he concurrent
resolution for biennial mas been made the
special order OF tho senate Tor The senu-
ment Ia probably favor rather than against 1t
tie whole.
iolu Republican raucus was held at nooa today and
nominated Charles A. Butts. OF Burlington, the present
incumbent Health inspector OF the United Railroad
and Canal Companies. The caucus considered the
question Of final adjournment. resolution, offered by
speaker Van Duync was finally adopted. that tho Leg
islaturc Will a'Journ rot later than TIE 25th INST
The jersey Chy Bridge bill ordered 10 third read
ing In tn" House THIS afternoon An amendm nj offered
by Mr. Mum PROVIDED practically that tho act shall not
opply II Il intcrf res with vested raIts fmnch
The friends OF the raIcd in opposition to this
proyi4o and IL defeated by vote OF 81 10 Is The
bill has been gaining strength or iato ana my get
tr.h the II, use It's in the Senate is doubtful
the opposition claiming nearly twO-thrds OF tho Sena-
tors.
The Assembly passed the bin fixing the tcuurc of Office
OF the police aud IRE dep OF jersey cry. Tue
same body passed the Dll for Constitutional Cpnveu-
lion BY vot Vt 81 81 %. The bin Ia evidently ntcad,u
to mod tno rystcm OF Senatorial representation and
The resolutions Tor AL nNe-ligaton into the claims OF
the East Jersey rroprrtois to riparian land nero
adopted by the after being modified ~ IN 81 mo
cumn.cc -n report ths session " the Legislature.
Attorney .rh Ocktpu has Ynilcht"d hH cOu9't-
rnCy az The expense OF ais purty. liz con
tested as ub.y tci clrc ~ C,rcr (ep) ngnln I
Murphy (Drnl -u1mtcd "a the Attorney trnciul,
nu today hr drcucl tnut Republican contestant Il
early Cntltlcd 20 rvut, tnd consequently Colonel
Murphy VIII probI.H' huyr 10 trtlrc.
resolution WIS l-r.td bI th' maze today directing
a committee 20 uq utr INTO the b,n ts u BIO derived
from the uh uarbUr III rofnge on the New Jer
scy coast 1h bill permitting ullrU0d companies "
construct lines Ot telegraph ms passed both HOUSES
The first annual report ~ the ate Agricultural TX
huA luAi ngri submitted, ana shows
good amount Ot Work TOR sulall sum OF MONEY. TIC
bill increasing tho annual appropriation from 10000 4
| ~ 900 passed the senate Monday evening and WI
| probably D. fdYOTnbly cons lorod by thu House thu
Week The repor. sufficient argument for It's passage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
WORKMANSHIP. Is.

S.u.o.,. T-o,,.,- Chambers-Bv Judge DonouuHg
nN s So Hann me defendant having usen al ~ en-
The inr OF the receiver the motion VIII AZ ne Anna
able pla ntiG punish Al t No urOper eierase
-Morn denied do not think " Wou, Al netiton. HysW
a., IN add claim. not the Original Cornis
AIT jacobs -Granted Van Naegouepp Motion denied
so1er stay sixty Enz agt no denied with cosS
without COSTS Price Prce-M atan for issues ie'
IN ahSe the event Hyatt dgt JacooSSSn at conna-
Order tO stand Thompson AT COna siipulating 10 NV
ia ntynQ OF motion anu Todd Agt
AIN a. tci cd otherwise granted WIN voorn Penn agt
Weber; yatt Jacobs Mchahon VA Larrabee All
trJton Mundy agt. Gillespie Motions see meuOran'
nnn Grot agt Washburn Wilkes AIT ent at
orandum Edwards agt DOOey the fIv ~ poughertV
Moouaney Koppel az Marks IN the rsnS a0f WIdt
In thc matter OF Won EIankeDburg Mitchell ast
Ihe, ngt Hoe king Steemann ag Laeh snranca Cons
Center; IN the matter OF the Pacino Au'uai -
prc,aI TST By judge Van yoist Fowler az aten
mi ne In,uranc6 COmpanv.Judgnent LOT snaasa
I'm mer neL Geszler and otlei
~ settled murphy the Board OF SpeIr
Syneror Coart-Specidl 1eTm-By Jun.Etv ,. ssttleA
t,a,,,ss 80 Deyiu etc, eI Case and ekOops"
,I vnp ,gI DIckel ct n-See menofand, company aGk
Hy Indee FreedInan,-Ihe Rider Lie N4'
stets@a Of agt nsi WoS
dsyng motion Yaeate order u tsnnntinnsnce Wouoe
nei9 n"t eskman OrdeI OF iscon ussor "a Phy 2
ae1 Wise et al-rier OF substitution LOWS an
al al same ag oroers Oh osa order
,n5 tc CnanOeIs agL Appleton eanster Greene az
ami nppea dismissed. Brewster s n'nS-Ordefs granted
| 1hs Hayor etct Robbins aKt hooy y.sss
uowar lot Hayes UNDERTAKING -, 49,, var Brur6
Common PIeds--Specai 1sra-,by, Jv1 hsS,as syss
,ssa,scS etc. All. semoa-The piaihsA AAs"s -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
THE COURTS.
SEEKING ITS OWN DISSOLUTION.

A majority of the trustees of the Pacific
Mutual Insurance Company applied yesterday by pea
ton to the supreme Court FOR dissolution OF the CON
pany. The principal petitioners II. b. Cafin Joht
H. Clark, f ancis Payson Levi NJ. Bates and LOWS L
CouIert 1t is shown in the petition that the company
which WAS organized in 1854 has no stockholders but
was purely mutual organization. Dividends or return
premiums scrip had been issued aud the holders OF
the scrip elected annually the trustees OF the company
l. Is claimed that the property Of the company insult
aient 10 afford proper security for the money invested
and that dissolution would be IN the interest OF the
scrip hulers anu all other lpersons connected with tn
company
Justice Dlnohue granted order to show cause, re
turuRDe May 90 why the company should not be dls'
solved and appointed jacob K Tclfair temporary 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
LYNCHING FEARED IN TENNESSEE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. ia dispatch to
The American nom oprn2neld IN reference 10 an Mt
tempt mob five negro murderers Of Lapraedc, who
were sent from Nashville yesterday morning for trial,
says:
Last night mob OF twenty-five men horseback ar
rived here aud joined by parties who had been
lOuugiIg about the all day. They cOngrPgited ~
tnr jan and FORGET, when Judge Stark
AM Orney General Bell approached, the former adj
dressing The mob wnch agreed To dsperse condition
That those gehtlecn would PROMISE tLe immediate trIa
Of he negroes without "a change Of venue. The DrOms3
WAS given aud he mob d. persed. tran bearing the
X OK City Guards anJ the POrteT Rifles arrived ut mid
uO
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Speq ,hs nste.s Of " Esrsnes e; q .

upon che pstons Of Mr.. Florence, Of Ponnsyissnis
the expenses OF contests, 80 -
The sundry Ciyil Appropriation bin was eos,u,.. =
by the Subcommittee OF the House Committees on ~
preparations this Afternoon and sent to the printer
10 expected that the full committee win agree upon 4
tomorrow. The General Deficiency s the only Xnn-n
prtation bill now In the hands OF the COMMITTEES and \,
will probably be reported 30 the House this week
The Committee OF Conference on the Naval Apuror-
alton bill reached agreement today The eouns =
dispute between the I've houses on this bill {seqrs~s
ing some 0000l were compromised about eyenlv
The Conference Committee on tho Indian Appfenrs.Z
tOn bill this afternoon reeonced tho pointx ri ~
ference exeepS one he only any general te.ss
wiz the disagreement IN regard TO the House cs,ss
abOisbng Board OF Indian Commissioner FOR SssS
the Senate has substituted amendment proyidlus ~
this continuance. The cOnferees have decided 10 re
their Disagreement this matter 70 their rezpectss
Houses and ask for instruction "',
The Committee of Conference on the Consular :. !.
Diplomatic Appropriations bill reached faal arsss
ment to-day, which will probably. be reported 10 NJ
Senate and ne House tomorrow. The only eOniroya,
was In regard 10 the designation OF tho proposed in
matte and consular officer nc bucharest, Ronmaaa IN
oil rs agreed upon will provide Tor him "Chares
d'Afares and Consul General"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
MAJOR HARRoLDs VERDICT AFFIRMED.

The General Term OF the Supreme Court
yesterday handed down, in Brooklyn decision sfirm
ing the Judgment of the lower court. awarding S3Oooc
damages Major John Harold for injuries received
by an accident on the New-York Elevated Railroad, Id
norIIns Tor a SCI tug aside Of the Judgment on the
ground of cxces4 1--WE damages and on the ground OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Feb. 15.-ln the Senate this
MOI III he ieport o. the committee tbat the Woman
sun age C1n-t utUnal Amendment ought not tO pas,
was unanimously adopted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-16
BASE BALL.

Nearly all the stock In the Eclipse Baseball Club OF
New Orleans has subscribed lOr and II il probable
that NJ end VI the weak tue balance viii be taken