, 1863-09-30

The Rev. 1ucins q. Bugbce, late pastor Of the
Indiana Street Church, takes charge OF a church
at Waukegan.
Among the topics discussed at the Conference
was that Of reduction Of the number of districts
f1om seven, as It now stands, to 1--WE. The sttour
asgument urged IN favor Of such reduction IL the
consequent dimtnution Of expense. The matter
is as yet undecided.
The Conference unanimously recommended the
Fteedman's Aid Society tho patronage Of the dc.
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REs1sT1So OrF1CEns.-As Officer Faulkner
was at1esting come distu1ber Of the peace at sn.
doph street bridge night before last, man by the
name Of L. J. Shaedrr 11terfe1cd in aid Of the ar
rested party, with vieor and splrit that resulted
In very considerable TOW. Notwithstanding the
latenees Of the hour, the protractca fight drew
largc crowd, who. manifested less disposition tn
aid In the enforcement Of the law than to watch
In the spirit Of amateurs, the progress Of the com.
lat. In vain the officer commanded the by. stand.
ers to Assist him In making the arrest. The only
rcsponEce be got were. "Go in, little one, Hit
him again, blue.jacketr At length, in spite q.
Shaefer's Resistance, the officer forced him along
Randolph street, through the crowd from tbe
bridge to the etatton.h .house, and put him safely
under lock and key He thea turned his attention
to shafcr's nbettors IN the crowd, and by his own
unaided eIorts, arrested and secured no less than
three Of them. Thcse-Ftank Williams. John
Ganagherand William Burrows, By name-vere
MI, together with Sbader, before Justice McDon-
aid Yesterday morning, and rcpented thelr conduct
in heavy fnee. Shaedsr, Williams and Gallagher
we1e nnedtwc1ty dollars each, and Burrows thirty
"MY KINGDOM FOR A HoRsE."-Roya,
Richard would have considered bit, and held his
kirgdom back awhile had he attended the auction
Of condemned animals on Washington street yes.
terday. They had as many points d. the compass
iteclf, and some yon could hang your hat on. It
is etated, but not credited, that some Of them on
the way up got etuck BY having those points
driven into the sides ofthe cars, and had 10 be ex
tracted with claw hammers. They were all OF the
"duted sides" order. with &" hand rail all alonc
the back" Still they drew alsrge crowd and many
jokcs. and went of at fair prices. One man
jocoeely remarked. as he led away charger whose
ostcology could be studied in detail through his
hide, that he intended to have him caulked be-
tween the ribs With prairie hay 20 that he could
hold hie oats. Abystander advised him to tie him
in front ofhia house and make his neishbo1e think
he had aucw picket fence.
CHICAGO great Spectral ulu-
sion Of the Ghost WAS produced before dense,v
crowded audience at the Museum on MONDAY
night, and excited general remark for the perfect
ness Of the vision. The managers have produced
1t with care. and Nj. g. B. Ross, the proprietor
Of the Stercopticon, who originally superiuteuded
tE production IN London, has the care Of It here
It is introduced in mono1ogue delivered by Mr. |
j. II. Weston, who gives MS quite an idea Of the
fallacy of trying to handle any such fmnatcr1al
beings. He went through 1t, and cut Il Up, with.
out apparent Injury to the Spectre and showed 1t
up III all its lorms. It created decided eensa-
tion. Tonight, and this afternoon, the Ghost
will again appcar, ard all lovers Of the wonderful
andnystcsious viii do wen to improve the chance
to sec 1t.
In THE PoIicE CoCRT.-Jo6eph Brown Is
noted as . man OF the most desperate character,
thief end burglar by profession and practice. 1t
ts even ead that he has been guilty OF one or two
a:rocicus murders, but the victims being men Of
his OWL stamp, the law was not 80 jealous to
avenge them as under other circumstances It
might have been. Brown was found on the streets
Of Chicago, one day last week, with full set of
burglars tools in his pocket, and was taken be-
fore the police judge, who hned him fifty dollars.
but suspended execution on Browns promiee 10
leave town In slx houra. Brown, however. 'sweat
back" on his promise and yesterday be YVES AZ
rested again and cent to Bridewe1 to work out his
old Gre with an added appendix OF fire dollars,
F1nE.-About :, o'clo: * yesterday morning !
! fire broke out in small junk shop at the corner
Of Taylor and Canal etreets in the West Division.
Adjoining tho shop was large tL1ce-story frame !
building, occupied b.1ow as grocery, and above !
Al fAneucrfE THE ~ an.ns1 rAr3dJv no5 s,o,, |
enveloped the tenement house in flames. Reused |
from their elumbe,s, the families cndearorcd to
save their furniture, but the fire was 60 fierce that
only through the prompt exe.tions of the police
large force Of whom were present-and the fire
men, was the most Of the personal property res
cued, together with 1nrse part OF the goods In |
the store. The loss is cstimated at $4,000, with
no insurance. The buildings were owned by Mrs,
Anthony Moore.
WISCONSIN AIs7nLERT.-Ba'tery B, 1st +
WiscoDsn artillery, numbering $50 men, prlnci-
pally from Milwaukee, passed through the city for
Lie south on Monday evening. They left Wis the
Chicago md Cincinnati Air Line Railroad. The
following is the 1ier Of officers:
ColAain-Nalter s. Babeock.
ofhat7' ser LteHt-R. ". Hubbell.
sx,tor sa.a l. 1t 1is.f.77Ccu1tlaod P. Lsskin.
'HhkoT "a LteAt.-E. W. Hyde.
STOLEN Goops-OwNKEs WAS7Ep.-The
following goods Will be found at the Central Po.
lice ttation, for which legitimate owners are
wanted:
embroidered shirts, womens, chen,.e IN
mensf shi1te, embroidered boso1ps: 3 fahla ciofbs
mafke9 Saloon, No. q and - table cloth maTts.
no msrk peo sn Rs5ki lnep
marked Ed. Dain; towel, marked Harrison No''
II; sheets gents morning gown, hlue figured.
clothes. ''11'''047
: WoRsTEDs, DRESS TRIMMINGS, Ero.-The
attention Of county merchants and dealers is In
vited to the advertisement Of Groves g. Irvine in
another column. They hare largely increased
their stock, and now have an immense stock Of
wo.steds, yarns, dress trimmings, &C., embracing
almost everything In that line, which they claim
to eel as low a. can be purchased elsewhere. See
ths!r advertisement, or what Is better still,
examine their etock.
PEEsoSAL.-CoL 7. ". Humphrey, Of the
9sth Illinois volunteers, WAS at the fremont
House, last evening, on his way home to pay his
family at Rockford the nret visit since his enlist
ncnt In September 1869. The 95th has made
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nets in Grants Department, to which reference is
ma6e in our Memphis dispatch. Col. Humphrey
left his command at Natchex, on the Goth inst.
Western Freedmenss Aid Commits
sion.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
Being regular reader Of your valuable paper,
nno showing 5ouI interest in the work Of eleya.
tahg inc oppressed race. I have concluded to drop
ffnu lev ltnes relative to my agency In the |
Northwest for the Western Fresdmen's Aid Com
:, was commissioned, and commenc ed nv labors
ne ne arss t o. last May Ono month epent among
condition, and reporting 10 ths socictv' stnre
thsn: haye, noS S ior doaE months b.en travelling
have travelled. in n since My 1st about. S0o5
miles, g.yen over eighty lectures, collected oves
eeery place, where have been, In the work 81 oE
Ing and forwarding boxes for the needy feed
men. !
/ would here express my heartfelt gratitude for
the welcome have everywhere 1eceiyed, and