, 1863-10-20

-tDaunted Man" possesses merit In ftselG, but AZ
Teh3ele for the ghost effects which ~ now given
At AcVickera, are truly wonderful, and old Pepper
h'mfeH might ezelaine-hoW Is 1t done. lfChaa.
frau and the Ghost does not prove card, we are
much mietAken- The "Mistletoe Boush" II
shortly TO be produced.
ANOTHER OtD RESIDENT PASSED AwAr.-
We announced on the 18th inst, the death or Capt.
Stevenson, at Lake Forest.
Capt Stevenson, atter many months suffering,
died at the residence Of s. Lind, Esq. and was
] Eevotedly ATTENDED by his only surviving dangh.
ter. Mrs, Duck, aided by many kind fticnds
Capt SteycnBon, r. n. was native OF Eng
land, In Her Aajtstys S<rr5er. and one Of the
early settlers Q; Fox River. afterwards residing
With his daughter, Mrs- Duck
cspt Stevenson was greatly beloved and re-
spected by Au who knew hfm-suArity Of manner,
high mental culture, and true Christian spirit al
ways drew around him very large circle OF warm
friends.
CoMMEHDAroRY.-Adi dittinguished clergy.
man, who has lately removed to Chicago from q
Large eastern city, WAS expressing In our hearing
day or two since his preference for Chicago as
plaee Of residence. He eaid hardly any coasid
erat!ou would induce him to leave Chicago anS
return to his own home. The reason he gave 70,
the preference, WAS the life and energy will
which Chicago Ia replete, and in which he says Il
Is really superior to the place he left behind him
"Why, - said he, II can live as much In Chicago
In two years as could there in one'' As th.
place to which he referred is not inferior in thost
respects to spy city In the east unless 1t ba New
York and Philadelphia, his rcnaa1ks mutt be re
Catded Is highly complimentary to the Glrde1
City.
| NORTHWESTERN FAIR-FIEE ART DErART
nsT.-plotoeraphic artists viii please take no
ttce that spacious and duely lighted rooms will b,
espfeihy = devoted to photographs, daguerreotypes
&C.. and every attention given to theirp:oper ar
tapgement; and It ie hoped By tbs ladies, and al
concerned, that this apartment Of art will be
| cTciitably represented. Rooms are also reserved
for the exhibition OF choice epgravinss, colorcd
prints. water co1ors. drawings. dc which are all
earnettly solicited from those who possess them.
They should be sent In at once, Us the entire e1.
poeition will open On the eth inst. This depart
mcnt Will be In charge OF L. II. yolk, ESQ.,, the
bare announcement Of which il sufficient guar.
anty that the Art Department viii be one Of the
most attractive features Of the grcat Fair.
LOYAL LITTLE WATsE.-The village Known
as Wayne Station, on the Galena railroad, with a
population Of about 400, has sent one full company
to the war, in the 1o5th regiment, somc parents
sending two and even three cons; and there Ia
hardly family In the town but fs represented in
the army, and thirty from this village have died
since they enlisted.
Last week Mrs. Degenhardt visited that local
ity, soliciting donations for the So1diers' Home
and recetyed f19.T5 from sixteen citizens, and a
very hbersl contribution Of fruit vegetables, but.
ter, cheese and eggs from J. Smith, WIN. Guild,
c. Guild, sIr. Gilbert, T. Thompson, Nj. Mule.
lint, Mr.. Nash. Ademr, Peter Pratt, A. Admins,
Greek, Monatt, Babeoek, Thompson, and Mrs
Reed, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Lower, Mrs. Leeyis and
Mrs. sayere.
MIS-. Degenhatdt deserves great credit for hel
earnest and eelr denying labor, In soliciting con
t1ibutione, and the people for the HberalIty ani
promptness NTH which they respond.
RoBBERf.-Peter Conrad ought not tt
spend his time visiting improper places, pz1ticu
1aSy on Saturday evenings, which, he is old enough
to know, ought to be devoted to preparation fcl
tie ensuiI Sabbath. Neglect Of this rrle on Sat
urday night last, pnt him in jnxtsposition with
man who improved the opportunity to pick BIZ
pocket Of about forty dollars. The affair happen
ed In faloon On Wells street, and when Conrai
discovered his loss, and gave the alarm, the THE
started to ,un; but the female keeper Of tht
house, modem Boadicca, pursued him orcs liz
fences, through eight alleys, round sixteen cor
ners, and through the Intricate passage ways o.
four or five lumber ya,ds, and got him at last In
cal desoc formed by pigssy, stable, and wool
hcuse, By the slack Of his paatsloons. where sht
held and screamed lusti1y for aid till the watcl
cameup The thiefe name was McDouough, whe
with James Robinson, IN apparent accomplice
On whom portion Of the money was found, VA,
held in $500 bal, to the next term Of the Recot
der'e Court.
| Ass1sTASCE FOE CHARLES HAHN, The
man mentioned yestesdsy as having sustained an
injury by falling beneath Madison street car on
| Sunday evening. Il Charles Eahn, member OF the
Great Western Band. He was 3 member Of the
18th Illinois Cavalry, aa6, at the Harper's Ferry
tight. ltft Lis regiment, rode back alone four les
1ctook the faE, under the fire OF the enemy, and
thin rode twenty -four miles before he overlook
his regiment again He is 1oyal, patriotic, honest,
intustr.oue, yet poor. He was coming east, On
the Madlson street line, Sunday evening, and at
tempted to get of the front platform while the car
Was in motion, and in eo17e way fell-his left leg
lying ac1oss the track Was 20 badly crushed BY the
wheels Of the heavily loaded car passing over it,
that amputation was found necessary. He has q
wife and four Children, and needs assistance His
friends will meet Ut the corner OF jefferson and
West Randolph streets, at Z o'clock this evening,
to take come steps for raising appropriate con-
trihutiou for his pecunlary benefit
STEALING FROM EM1GRAETs.-A COMPANY
| Of seventy three German emfgrants crossed thu
State Of Michigan, On the Michigan Southern
Rsflroad, the latter part Of last week. Their e1-
| penee money amounting to two hundred and tgen-
II doIlaEs, was put into.a eommon.fund and depos-
tted with treasurer, who carried It in bag in
his side pocket. James Fitzgerald, also an crni-
| grant Of Celtic origin, travelling on the same
train, Allowed the sight Of the gold, as 1t WAS dis
played On several occasions, to overcome the ten
dczness which strangers in new county ought
70 ieel los each other. he made t1ansfer OF the
1ond6 1som the pocket Of the treasurer to his OWL
"a proceeding which will give him q settlement
,,-o,,sh1, ~ ~ eno,ee .nu1n soones tnan ne
the Po1ice Ju5ce ~e.te-s,, =. .s .ss eano s'S. ~
hundred dollar ana .re1t - -. ~
any inti.nation Of annea1nc ~ +he n.1.1sk Ha
for sedrees. -1'A'A' oNA'u ~
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OSEMoREuAf OF rExn1D1T1oE.-The splen
did Collection Of Oh Paintings now On exhibition
at Gilbert sampson's, 45 Dearborn Street, IL re-
cctving Increased atte ntiop as the attraction be
1 comes more generally kuoFu to onr citizen.
There is no place In the city whefe an lonr ortwo
can be more probably spent. than Mt th,s fine
gallery. There will be found eub1ect, Emitted IN
the multiartous tastes of neon,c ,rh,c1, nv h.
relshed. without spending TIM IN ronn,nr o,ar ~.
t,ash, OF which there is none in the who7e co7tac
| &tor srh.ra Il =, ,.,.+,..,.... -.