, 1859-07-27

| items, All on account Of tue war.
J. P. Horton, formerly in the employ Of
the Chicago, Pl:tsburg and Fort Wayne r. r.,
in this city, has just reached here, returning
from Pixies Peak.
q 4 contemporary proposes grand test Of
skill among our Chicago hands for a prize to be
awarded to that adjudgcd the most skillful.
| Hear, hear.
E The Library md Rooms Of the Young
Mems Dssociation. arc being put in the most
complete order by the Librarian and his assist
+ ants.
~ A young man named John Guzenheimer
llas been arrested and will he examined to-dny
charged with opening letter addressed to one
Meyer. The two had been partners The case
comes before u. s. Commissioner uoyne.
- The List Of cases in waiting for The forth
coming term Of the Recorders Court, counts up
fifteen cases Of arceny, four Of forgery, three of
perjury, one burglary, two assaults with intent
to kill, fire for conspiracy.
# The n'arm of fire yesterday morning be-
fore dpybrcak was caused by tue spontaneous
| ignition Of some cotton waste in a small struc-
turc On the Illinois Central Depot grounds. E1-
| tiuguishcd without dauage.
~ 4 man named Isaac Flaga1 was brought
to this city from Wnlnut Grove, in Knox Co.,
yesterday and committed to jail on warrant Of
U. S. Commissioner I.auphier on the charge Of
|. stealing letter at Altoona,
u Henry knights is to build on bis four
lots, partly occupied by the brick residence
block now being torn down for that purpose, on
Dearborn street near the corner Of Madison, a
fine block Of four-story marble front stores. r.
4. Nicholson is the architect.
B The Cadets are fitting mp their Assembly
Room in Garrett Block rs drstrclass gymnasi-
un. 4 good kind Of " TRIMMING that to trim
the muscles. Tic new gymnasium is to be
made one Of the most complete west Of New
York city.
E- A variation on the opera Of Lucia Di
Lammermoor came off Mt the rehearsal at Nc
yiekcr's Theatre yesterday forenoon. Report
says 1ucia-that may not have been her name
-" lam'ned " him some, 1 rather unusual page
| Of our dramatic annals.
r. The double track -on the State Street
Horse Rail1oad meets with- determined opposi-
tion from l. number Of the rropcrty-holdcrs.
Wig not throw the return route through some
other street, Wabash aycnue for instance. It
is plan in use in other cities.
The first installnnent here Of gold direct
from the aurifcrous Peak of the celebrated Mr.
Pike, it is said, WAS received in this city yestcr-
day-fye ounces and half, sent By two Irish
miners to their wives. and sold for about 800.
1t is the genuine article.
e. There will be preaching at Tic Christian
Church on Monroe street, between Aberdeen
anl Ruckcr, this evening ut S O'Clock, By Eid
n. T. Moore. Subjcct-"Tlc Action Of Zap.
tis1n." After the discourse, an immersion wil
take place. Seats free. The public arc inyitcd
to attend.
| ~ Andrew jackson Smith, another Of tht
Galcsburg crew Of counterfeitcrs, and brothe,
Of the Francis II. Smith committed on Tlursda,
last on the same charge, was yesterday handel
over 10 the jai'or Of this county in default o
& zoo, in which sum he was held to bail by q
S. Commissioner Horne.
- Tie good agency of the hugo steam
pumps ut Bridgeport in pumping the water from
the river into the cannl, demonstrates in til,
present purity Of the wafer in the South Drancl
what would be the desirable effects were th
improvement, which is certainly practicable
carried out, o: having the canal feed dircctl,
from the South Branch.
~ The Excursion and Picnic Of tho Bcrea,
Baptist Sunday School, to Blue Island, will tax
place tomorrow. Ample preparations hay
been made to accommodate all who may wis]
to patronize the School and have good time
The Light Guard Daud will he in ATTENDANCE
Cars will start mt Q o'clock from the r. r. Dc
pot There will BE- ticket vendess ut the carr
Tickets 25 cents. Dinner free.
B The horse railroad on WeM Randolph
street extends from the bridge west to Reubc
street, and is being pushed along rapidly. Eas
Of tue Eiyer the line has nearly reached Ctar
street, and will in few days BE- finished to It
eastern terminus. Tue cats will be running
, | ten days. a full equipment Of superb cars ar
in waiting from the manufsctory Of J. F. Meme
sen & Co., Of this city.
; The E1pxApF1SG CAsx.-The examination I
! the colorcd man Turner, charged with haviu
kidnapped, in the company Of tho negro-steale1
-Noycs and Smith-was continued to yeste,
day afternoon, but was thence still further CO.
, tinucd to Thursday T. u. The attendance &c,
: terday was large, fully testing the capacity I
the courtroom, and largely composed Of tho.
: Of tho ZANE hue with the prisoner, among who,
the utmost indignation prevails, and that to =
extent which should all The more console Tu
: ner for his inability to get bail. He is fortuna
c in hasiug potent barrier between him and h
q fellow -colorcd men.
= At DO REMEMBER An AroTuzcARr-A &c
4 man druggist named Malzur, at No. 4o1 Soul
o Clark street, awoke from his sluunbers bcfo
day break yesterday morning to find stalwa
man busy 1t his, the druggists clothing, viii,
lay on chair ut the bedside, and his erident
tcntions and the circumstances Of tho visit b
ing of IN unmistakeahle character, Malzur 10
n no time in getting out Of bed, seIzing hu
:, knife, and making ntter the fellow. He dash
!. out through store room into the front sale
re room, The man Of drugs in full chase, thou,
!. in rig less full than flowing. Bottles and eal
= pots suffered some, vials crashed, and ont We
r the fugitive through show.xindow. No ,
s. turns as jet, though the chap is beliescd, fri
some evidences, to be one Of the men a7,rxt
iii for the North Clark street burglary, which ,