, 1859-07-04

McNally Co, 81 Dearborn street.
| 70 The Musical Union hare leased Z lars
and splendid room in Methodist Church block
and they will meet for the first time in thei
new aud spacious quarters tomorrow (Tuesday
evening.
- We are pleased to know that the Con
cert by the High School, 10 mise funds to bu,
Il piano forte, wrs so profitable that j: enah1cs
them to purchase one Of Steinway Son!
splendid seren octavc instruments, from Aessrs
Root L Cady.
Thomas Clark, whose arrest We noted +.
few days since, for larceny Of jewclEJ from
Olive S. Reid. was on Saturday brought up Il
I t:ual examination in the Police Court, and vi.
held in $500 bonds to take his trial lie gart
bail.
| ECONOMICAL RrSS1xG.-We learn TINT George
Warner, engineer on the Rock Island Railsoad
ran the engine No ee, one hundred and eight,
| miles, burning only three-qnarters Of n cord o
wood; Of that distance lie ran 154 without tax
ing on single stick Of wood. The engine wa.
fitted with onc Of Evert's Patent Heaters.
tB Long John says, that il IN election was
to eome now, that he thinks he has done the Re.
publican party enough harm, and weakened i
50 much that the Democrats could beat it
and TINT he is going to keep up the muss until
he has made sure Thing of it, when he in-
tends to 60 over openly to the doughface
Democracy.
- There is to be great Sunday School
celebration md picnic at E1gin on the 18th inst.
An excursion train will Iea7e Wells street at
Il o'clock A. "; tickets 50 cents, to be had Of
D. l.. Jacobus, 1ss Lake street. The E!giu 3lil-
itary company "The Contincntals," )" will receive
aud escort their friends from this city to the
Grove.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FouSp.-Tbe
American Express Company lose none Of their
specie by the recent railroad disaster. One bag
containing $4,000 was missing, but On Thurs
day evening last it was discovered, buried in
three feet Of mud, but 50 soft was the spot where
it sunk, that while handling it out it dropped
some feet deeper into the mire, but was
"cotchcd' at last. The Company had $50, 600
in cash in their box when it went down.
sE Coopcr's English Opera Company are to
appear ut the metropolitan Hall for a short en-
;ascmcnt, commencing on the 11th lust. Dur
ing their last visit, they were at North's Amphi~
theatre, to which place our musical people will
rot 60 under any temptation We are glad that
they have mended their mistake this time.
Miss Miner Mrs. Il. c. "copper" is a vocalist
who may lie heard with great pleasure, either
in opera or concert, and Mr. Cooper is solo
rio1inist Of considerable ability.
Ra,lEoAp Tn1EvEs.-On Thursday night last
the employees of the Michigan Southern Rail-
road 1t Ainsworth station, obscrred three men
come to the shore in boat, out Of which they
eot as.d proceeded 10 the depot where they COM
,ncnccd loading their ski1 with Is lbs cas-: iron,
10 lbs wrought, railroad chairs, and 20 Tbs
Of spikes, The employees then attacked the
There's, but two escaped and John Wilson, who
is said to be well known river thief, was the
up bcfarc the Police Magistrate who decided to
send lin for trial. He was locked up in default
Of $500 bnil.
SrSpAr ScHoot CEIEnRA71oS.- Sunday
Schools Of the city Of GAINESVILLE aud county Of
Rock, Wis. ,hcld celebration at SHOPPER and tho
sising Of II ears left Jancsvil1a at 81 H. NJ, over
the Chicago aud Northwestern Railway, under
the superintendent Of Nr. Patterson, the tick
ct agent Of the road at fanesyil'c. The party
consisted Of 2,774 scholars and teachers inclu-
lcd. They wcro accompanied By the Janesrille
IIrnss Hand: aud tharc Sns general enioyrneut