, 1860-07-06
THE CITY.

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IT See advertisement Of Shaw's Gas Store
amongst local matters.
cB See advertisement in another column
uo1iing"orth's Excelsior HYDRAULIC Circulu
Self Draft Furnace.
BoERowED PLrxEs.-A noted female raue
Eddings was found en- parade on the Fourth c
July in masculine apparel She was fined 50
for her freak.
We learn that in the storm On Tuesda
evening, house on Wabash avenue was als
struck, but no dsmase was done, except knock
Ing the clustering from calling,
SPORTING a1SrErELLldEScE.--0n the Sd inst.
match ut trap shooting came OF ut Staee's
Fifty single birds On side we're shot, with th
following result: J. Farnsworth, ~ out Of 80
~. 7. Abbey, Al out Of 50. The former winu,n!
the match by three birds.
TnE GREAT EAs7EnS.-A splendid 1ithoerart
Of this monster .hip, printed on superiiue plate
paper 3.14. inches in size may now be PR.
cured at McSalis's, 81 Dearborn street. This
is without doubt the b-st picture Of the Grea
Eastern yet issued either in America or Europe
4 DANGEROUS pLAcc.-Tho rumor was IRE
valent in the city yesterday that Camanche
Iowa, WAS visited By another tornado on Tues.
day nj ght. If Old Eolus has established a per.
maoent Wes'ern Agency ut that place, common
mortals had better leave the borough to him
entirely.
HANDSOMELY DoxE. D1cK.-Peter Page, Chair.
man Of the Wigsam Committee, acknowledges
donation 0! seJ from Richard Somors, ESQ
proprietor of the City Hotel, towards liquidat.
ing the indebtedness contracted By the Com.
mittee, connected with the lute Republican Con-
vention-
ExcCEs1oS-The Westminster Congregation
aad Sunday School will spend Saturday after.
noon at Evanston. The cars will leaye the
kinz:e street Depot at 9 so ard return ut Gas.
Tickets to be had Of slr. Il. ". King, 81 Luke
street; Mr. F. Crumbaugb, oo9 Lake street; aud
III. l.. II. Whitcomb, 1856 Lake street.
Plc1UREs or the SCIENTIFIC E1crRs1ox.-
IIesle- has finished up several Of his inimitab!e
stcreoscopic pictures Of the excursion Of The
Chicago Academy Of Sciences to Golden, a
few days aince. We certainly never saw them
ex:eled. Several members Of the party have
already ordered sets, and all will want them.
Call and see the pictures ut uesler'a.
a GENEROUS BEQUEsr.-The journal rays
Dr. Ferdinand S. Wilsey, Of South Bergen, n.
J., who recently died, left a properly in Chica-
90, valued at twenty -6ve thousand do!lars, to
the American Swedcnborg Publishing and
Printing Society Of New York, Us q perpetual
fund; the interest to be devoted to the printing
and gratuitous distribution Ct the theological
writings Of Emmanul S1edenborg.
New CONFESSION Decentralization is called
to the advertisement Of Turpin, Lake l. Co., in
another column. Dr.. Turpin is Il gentleman Of
the highest standing and has been 10 the busi-
ness for several years past. D. J. Luke, Esq.
is on= Of cur best known and most responsible
citizens. ConsiSnments will be entirely safe in
their hauds both as to returns and the highest
price the market affords.
S7RrcK BY L1GurSlxo.-Wc learn that IN
Tuesday evening the house of widow Crowley,
No. s. South Jefferson street, WAS struck by
lightning. Tie fluid struck d martin houss on
tic enl, passed along Oh III, roof to 1he Chin
ney, and then wcEt down through the ceiling.
It did not do much damage, and no pcraon was
injured. The martin house was stove nil to
pieces, and the casing aad weather boards split
to pieces and sent across tie street.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC SrLlr.-Some.hing is
wrong in the grain, with the Democracy this
season. They agree in nothing, coherency is
gons and cohesion with it. The 1atest split
heard from is at Wheaton where dne, straight
pole planted by the Douglas wing has been
split By lightning from top 10 bottom, one. half
it is believed canning cut for Breckenridge.
Doubtless +Rail splitting" is as the bottom of
this fearful splitting mania Of the "IIappy
Family"
PCDL1c EXHIBITION OF FINE CoLonrp Pua1o.
enAPus.-The citizens Of Chicago are invited to
call at the splen did Photographic Rooms of
Fatsett l. Cook, Clark street, on Saturday July
7th. They hare just finished the finest co!lec-
ton Of Photographs ever exhibited in this part
of the country. Macy Of these pictures are Of
Georgi=, and two very 6ne large por-
;r.i,s to 60 10 Boston, Masz. We advise all iu-
teres.ed in the Photographic art to call on Sat-
urday as they will be seat to 1hsir destination
the fore par: Of next
The K1ScspuRr EJEc1MrSr Sr1r.-The case of
Ct al rs. Chicago, ST. Paul and FoEd
ia Lac Railroad Company, involving the title
to property Of immense value on the North
Branch, was yesterday brought up again for
trial in the q. S. Circuit Court; but after much |
discussion was postponed, with the agreement
that the plaintiffs counsel might call it up On |
Monday. The trial will probably occupy ser-
eral days, as the evidence is complicated md |
and tue many hundred fee! OF
water front which is to belong to the winner is
worth strong effort. Numerous aud very able
counsel are on both sides.
SoczAnIE Exclusion TO GzsEyA.-The First |
Church Of this city wisely pro-
pose to take an excursion to Geneva with their |
friends instead Of giving their usual monthly !
Ths cars will leare the Galeaa Depot. |
North Side, on Saturday next q. o'clock, 4. II.
Tho excursion Is to a beautiful rural town on |
the banks Of Fox River, in the midst Of scene-
n resembling that Of New England. The tick
cts for the trip are but fifty cents; only one
quarter Of the usual fare. Friends will provide |
picnic fashion, their own Refreshments, except
that tie ladies will hare ice cream, for sale on
the grounds
Tue LADY EIG1S.-This fuc steamer arrived |
at her dock on the morning of the 4ih, making
her round trip Of 1900 miles, including stop
pages, in It days. She leaves on her first
pleasure excursion Friday evening ut eight
o'clock.
Her fine, large and well ventilated state rooms,
clean and excellent beds, tsble embracing ere-
r5thing to be found at our best hotels, together
with good boat, offers rare inducements to |
lhe pleasure and health seeking to e-joy the
iae, braciug air and bold, romantic scenery Of
Lake Superior.
We commend the route, boat and officers to
'he public.
An EXPLANATIONS Asms. Editors I'm The
report Of persons relieved in Cauanche. / hare |
done seeming injustice to Mr. Day, in stating
ho had "no friends" I meant simply In the
sense Of persons in thst town who could at that
lime let him hare money. help or sympathy
he had plenty, but al 1had to compress the re-.
port Of cases relieved into The smallest space.