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THURSDAY, JANUARY .. 1852. :
TIE ClTY.
A special meeting Of the Board of
Managers Of tie Ladies' City Mission will lie
held in room No. II, Methodist Church Block.
tttls fThusday) afternoon at /, o'clock.
a D1srNCT7oS.-The Lawrence McCagty
who WIS arrested a few days since for passing
counterfeit money, should not be confoundcd
with Lawrence MeCarty OF No. as Caual
street, who Is not In that style of business,
Srfc1pE OF CH1cAeo Cosy1cr.-1ntelli-
gencc has been received in the city that man
named Preston, sent to Joliet for one year
from This city some time since, for the larceny
Of span Of horses and wagon, and who, it
will be recouected, committed an aggravated
assault upon female witness while citing
near him ut the time Of his trial, lately ended
his miserable existence By hanging himself In
his cell in The Peuitentiary.
The rapidly Increasing sale Of the cele-
hrated catoa;nc Soap strongly attests the high
estimation III which it is he'd by the commu-
nifty. It is prepared from ingredients Of the
purest and finest quality, aad its excellence
las never been attained BY any manufacturer
in this country nor excel1ed by the skill and
experience Of the ancient manufacturers Of
Europe. Put up in boxes, containing three
cakes, at IS and 50 cents per box, by Smith
s Dwyer, Druggists and Chemists, opposite
The fremont House.
McVIcKER's THEATRE.-Thosc who Visit
MeVicker's this week will witness acting Of
superior order. Mr. Proctor's Macbeth, on
Monday evening, was finished and artistic,
void Of rant or Unnecessary melo-dramatic
bursts Of passion, IN which he has often been
accused of fudu1ging. VIC have seldom seen
the character as well rendered. He appears
this evening as ''Othe11o.'' We trust our cit
izens viii not neglect the plays Of sterling
worth, when presented, as they are, with Mr.
Proctor rs the hero.
C1TY TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY
An adjourned meeting Of the Ladies' City
Tract and Missionary Society will be held in
the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The object Of the meeting is to complete the
election Of officers, and to hear the report Of
q committee appointed to devise means for
circulating the Monthly FisitoT through the
entire city; and also four Thousand copies per
month through the camps. B general attend
anee OF all-especia11y ladies-intercsted in
this kind Of Christian effort is earnestly re-
quested.
A GENEROUS DosA11oS.-The Shields Mis-
sion and the North Star Mission Sabbath
Schools have each been presented copy Of
Middleton's portrait Of Washington in oil
colors, from "Stewart's great orig a." by
one Of the proprietors, " s. Barlow, Esq, of
Cincinnati. We are glad the boys Of onr city
can have such portrait before them and if
his virtues shall be copied By them, the pro-
prietors Of this best likeness Of the 'tFather
of his Country will have rendered M essen
tia1 service, at the same time they contribute
go beautiful an ornament to our parlors. We
mentioned this picture before, but every one
should call on MI. Barlow ut No. 221 Madison
street, where be is stopping for short time,
or By addressing him a note through the Post
Office, have him call on them, and examine for
themselves.
4 new MISSION School Bu1LD1SG.-A fine
edifce has Just been constructed for the North
Star Mission School, on Division street, under
the auspices Of the First Baptist Church, at d
cost Of e, 500, and is pronounced by compc-
tent Judges to be one Of the most connmodious
and most admirably adapted in the city II not
in the entire country. It is capable Of seating
500 children and was erected through the lib
era1ity Of the teachers and friends Of the insti-
tuition The school will be dedicated for chapel
purposes on Sunday next with appropriate re-
Igious exercises. Chicago now Stands con-
fessedly ahead Of any city in the country in
the number, capacity and character ofMissfon
School buildings, and is furnishing model in
this respect which is everywhere challenging
admiration,
BRIAN BALL-HELLER, TIE MAGICIAN
Tie entertainments presented By the re.
nowDed "Prestidigitateur' at the above Hall,
are in many respects the most extraordinary
ever Witnessed in this city. He cxcels as a
magician, but the "second sight, exhibition,
TLile unconnccted with anything in the shape
of slight Of hand performance and entirely
Independent Of mere 1ugglery, is mystery
beyond the capability Of any one Of the
audience to fathom. Mesmerism, yentrlo.
auism aud divers other *<issns'' are suggested
but he denies such agency, and We are fain tc
believe with him, that Independent of all else
it is essentially ssHene1ism.'' Altogether
the exhibition is one Of q most enjoyable char
acter, and is spiced throughout with lively sal
lies and original hits by this master of the
ambidextrous art:
TIE DEATH ON WELLg STREET.-Tle Ger
man named Singer, who was reported in these
columns on Tuesday, as having died suddenly
in the Armory, and who, it will be reco1leet-
ed, was picked up in an almost helpless con
dition On Monday night in front Of No. 15d
Wells street, left property valued ut about
5000, to be divided between two children, q
boy and girl, aged respectively five aud eight
ycars- It would appear that Singer had lately
sold farm he owned at Calumet, for 81, ,S00
which alnount he had deposited In the bank o.
L. c. Oerte1, OF Dearborn street, He ther
returned to the vicinity Of the Calumet foi
some stock which he proposed bringing hert
for sale, The weather prevented him from
perfecting this business, and he stopped q
Bridgeport Leaving his children with frient
named seher, in Bridgeport, on Sunday, Sing
er was not seen again by his relatives alive
1t was not until yesterda! that they heard o
lis decease. His property has gone into th
l1Rds Of the Public Administrator, and vii
fall to lis children, the deceased having n,
other heirs.
An Hopen1ent from EIEln.
4 man by the name Of Parsons, a cooper b
trade, residing In EIgin, Kane County, was
the city yesterday, hunting up estrays, in til