, 1863-02-18

Change Yesterday morning, round lot oi
$500 Dressed Hogs from Iowa and Wiscon-
sin at $4a5 and s4.a5, dividing on 200 lbs.
This Is ono Of the largest sales Of Dressed
Hogs on record.
LEcrCnE.-Jcssc Clement, Esq, late editor
IF tho Dubuque Times 1ccturcd at the First
Baptist Church last evening on "Thc Edu-
Gated Man. The lecture was plain, practt-
cal and well written discours; and precisely
Of that attractive character likely to ba useful
10 young men, 10 whom II was especially ad-
dressed.
D1Ep.-Dicd on board the hospital boat
City of Memphis, February 7th, Private
Belts, Of Company 4. Chicago Light Artillery.
The remains will be brought to this city for !
;ntc1ment As his friends arc unknown here.
should they see this notice, they will please
communicate with Capt. james Smith, Of this
city
ST. ANsGARlrs CnuRcn.-The Concert and |
Festival given by this Congregation, at their !
church was complete SUCCESS, in point of |
the manner in which those who |
volunteered the vocal and instrumental music |
acquitted themselves, and the Festival under |
the charge Of Mr.. Tuttle. The proceeds from
the Concert arc to bc appropriated towards |
llquidating against the Church.
NEW Board or TRADE RooMs.-Cpwards |
Of one thousand members are now enrolled |
upon the Secretasy's Book, at the Board Of |
In 1+o3l
utmost daily. Owing to Ills unexpected and
rapid increase in numbers, their present |
rooms are already at times found too limited
for their accommodation; and the Board
have under consideration, the erection Of :,
large and substantial building commensurate
with their wants, and Of sufficient size to ac-
commodate about three thousand members.
RoBBEE1Es.-Therc has been and is now.
much house breaking and small robberic5 going
on III the vicinity Of Union Park. Three boys,
two oabout fourteen years ofage, and doneyoung-
or, are doubtless the guilty parties. They
50 about during the day to peoples back
doors, asking for d drink or something to cat,
and thus get the points. They were discoy-
cred breaking into Mr.. Randalrs house on
Sunday forenoon while the family were at
church, but got of. Those of our readers
who live in that vicinity should be on tho
lookout for the young rascals.
New BCILD1SGs-Nork has commenced
upon two ffamc dwellings, with brick base.
mcnts, to be built on Wabash avenue, just
uortl. Of Ringoll Place, tor James Otis. They
T1r
and will be built i'll Il neat and substantial
manner and will hare Ill the conycnicncrs that
comfort and economy would suggest. Mr..
Otis las just completed, and In process OF
completion, four cottagc houses, and three
two story franc houses, situated on Indiana
and Michigan aycnuvs, just south Of Ringold
Place, ill furnished with conycniences to
make desirable 1cncments.
An OIL RIVER IN Cu1CAGo.-Wc have
heard Of oil trees, oil wells, and even oi
creeks, but it remains for Chicago to astonisl
tho world and puzzle the brains Of scientific
investigators by producing an oil rlyer, WI
will give the facts, and leave the reader to &C
count for the cause. a day or two since ",
saw some Germans upon the ice Of tho Chi
cago River, engaged in what to us was ncy
entcrpriEc. The " machinery employed il
this nov process consisted Of an axe, 4 lar:,
fat tin pan, with 4 long pole attached, and 81
old -four barrel. The first operation was t
cut a hole through the Ice, through which III
pan was then inserted, and with the croolc
handle, the soap1grease, OF congea1ed unctuou
substance was scraped from the under si1,
face Of the Ice, collected in the pan, an
emptied into the barrel. The man stated tha
he had collected several barrels Of this "soa
grease" in less than two days. In one IT
spcct this substance is similar to that take
from tho oil wells in Pennsylvania
hut It's odorifcrous qualities arc intcnscl
stronger, and sayor more Of the bovine an
porcinc sources whence this newly liscoyerc
article c1nanatcs.
1sQuEs7s.-An inquest Was held at tt
Clarendon House yesterday morning upo
tie body Of Augustus G. Brodhcad, abo,
forty-fve years Of age, aud evidently formcrl
an English soldier. He came to tile hotel q
Friday night last, stating that he WAS fro,
Chcbalsc, where he had resided for nu,ubs
ofycarE, On Sunday lie complained Of befn
unwcll, but was about, and yesterday NOR
ing hc went out to brokers' and 1,awned tw
medals, Indian and Pessian,) OF the Englis
service. While at tho brokers lie Ind co,
yulsivc fit. The landlord went to his roo,
yesterday afternoon and asked him how !
felt, when he replied that he Was bette
Nothing further WAS seen Of him until he u:
found dead BY Ills room mate at about clcye