, 1864-12-05

AmUSEMBNTs.
Vcssvali has drawn wondrously during the pas
week at McVicker's Thea.er. She has appeared g
the heroine Of "Bel Dcmonio,~ pycce which i
great only a. 1t presents few Opportunities fo
thc exhibition Of actorinl poEers. Groyvdei house
have greeted her nishtfy-the 'sgreat expects
nons" of the managers have been nore tasn JUST
tinstic. <'''' 0e-A1 A-0'%
1hs presentis her last week. She appears thi:
ed The s1iebrew Fortune Teiier'Ea piece full q
Wicrd ctlects. dialogues and incidents.
MMait1ng ~ Tor The Verdict" has been on the stage
ltte too long, The house feeling siish weakness
IN the popular pnlaallon never experienced since
NE present company entered the deld. We may wait
nothing like it"-we do not now mean the piay
ont The acquired experience.
With ths present week wili commence The lon.
piece which will present the buff side Of nature In
several of Its rcrnlsiyc aspeeta.
| we understand that Col. Wood has been SUCCESS
Is said that he has secured the beautiful Clrcassian
@ !aay, brought to this country BY III; Greenwood,
narnrm's museum: VIC hare not learned when
these distinguished beings will enter an appear
At The Academy of Music tho performances have
hecn varied and attractive. The programme has
been perhaps, the best ever presented By this ta-
enied company. The new cnd-m9n, " MIR. Alien. II
gslna3nE golden opinions from tho patrons Of The
:, The Varieties has been crowded each evening.
MI. and Mrs. .. ". Blake VIII make their frst a6.
pcasanee on Monday evening. I. @. Riggs also &c.
r. eemi.annual ball d TIC St. Geo1gss Society
viii be given in Bryan Hall next Thursday eve.
n1dgg n11ng 5hsz arc making arrangements for arst
The Sixth Annual ball Of the societc Franchise
dc Seconrs Autuelst will be given in VhiIch' s Hail
On On. Monday evening; The Society is in q prosper
most pleasant one.
j. Charles Anderson, Esq, will lecture on s.Ncw
York md its Celebrities at the 1uyincibls Hall,
this evening.
Ncxt Moaday eyeninS at z 2. n. occurs at the
rehearsal Of Rossin's .'Stabat Mater The music
has c!realy arrived, and from the number Of sing
crs Who arc applying for membership In the mn-
tfcl Union: Is evident that the resolution OF the
society to dcsoic itself hereafter exclusively to
ora1orio and gems OF sacred music, Is popular
move, End must be very successful. The old men,
Defh OF the society who were excused from sing
Ing in opera, will join this movement WITH rs-
the society. to extend acordial Invitation to all
good singers IN the city, to become members Of
the Musieal Union, and swell its aircady powerful
Smith = N11on's New Music Hall will be opened
on Monday, Dec 12th, with grand ope1atic per
ioznnnss & b. NJ Gym and ialeuted corps Of ar
lists. Mics Lucy S3rnons Will on that occasion
make her boM.to a Chicago audience
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL CoLLEGE.-
An adjourned meeting Of the manufacturers and
mechanics Of the city Of chicago, was held on
Saturday evening, T. ". Gates in the chair.
The following preamble and resolutions we.c
presented by the committee appointed On The pre-
tnins evening and unanimously adopted;
m - ~ ,a9n az act t,9 e. approved
were granted to the several States for educational
purposes and more particularly to advance the
science OF agriculture and the mechanic arts; !;
and,
WHEREAS, The present nccia as we'll as tue
prospective wants oi the State OF Illinois, require
ln each OF The above named branches ali the lil9
that science End culture can furnish and,
WHEREAS, 1t is both necessary and proper that
aase such EnoWiedse sheuid be established ass IL
localities surrounded l'y the pursuits to which
each respectively peftained to their greatest limit
and thus rendering II tmpracticsbte that one seat
Of learning should embrace, the Development OF
both agriculture and mechanic arts; therefore,
Ktsolrtd, Ihst the Legislature OF the State Of
Illinois be respectfully pctitioned to divide the
above named grant from the United States, 80 that
each respectively for the purpose Of advancing mr.
ricultrrc and the mechanic arts. and that the last
named portion be assigned towards the support
1nent Of mechanics arts, and to be located in the
Xtsolutd, fhet rs convention is to be held at
Springfield on the sixth inst, whose object Ia to
recommend to the Legislature Of Illinois proper
distribution Of the grant SO made from the United
States as Aforesaid, that committee Of ten he ap-
don, andprcsent this preamble and accompanying
resolutions, the scnse Of this meeting. and that
they perform generally what may be deemed ne
ceseaIT and proper 10 lay before such convention
The elaims which The city Of Chicago has for the
establishment OF such an Institute as ia contcm-
plated, beyond any other locality In the State Of
All ofwhich is respectfully submitted.
: WV. W. BoIMoroE,
THoxAs ". BAXTER,
A. 3. Cook
Comnittue.
On motion the report OF the committee and the
And the shair appointed the following gentlemen
asa committee to attend the Convention at Spring
field, viz: A; p: Tittswosth, T: ": Gates, Thomas
Num- Charles Il 4 wsfex Gss IT noReg ca
ter and Wm. E. Doggett-
cal %sSe y e. o ss e. % s
the committee on their return from Springfield.
INQUEST or THE Bonr OF Nina e-.>.4..--on
| e4+a.aay cu1.nar $Essner hold m inquest on the
body Of Mrs. Ann Spindlcr, recently poisoned By
her husband. Under circumstances previously
narrated in theee columns The evidence taken
TINT has heretofore been publIshcd In regard 70
the case- Prof. Mohla, who made the chemical
analysis Of the contents Of the stomach, reported
miserable criminal was present during portion
OF the proceedings and at the close requested per-
mission to once more look upon the face of. hcr
wcpt bitterly, and kissed the corpse ngain and
4 he close Of the testimony the 3asy, without
"1'hat the said Ann Spindef csme 10 her death
by poisoning from the effects Of whit: arsenic nd
Rsnd e ae5 p III hand % hsr as
herliie. at the residence Of the said Franz md
Ann Spindlcr, On Bunker street, between Halsted
and, and pssPsinesse's' 2s on the th day of S0ve.
ihe grand jury wi1eprobabl5, take up. the case
on Monday
that Dr. Terry, formerly Resident Physici.n Of the
Marine Hospital, and more recently examining and
Post Surgeon Of Chicago, died ut an early hoIr On
Saturday morning. 4 month or more ago, the
doctor fell npon the sidewalk and severely sprain
ed his ankle, which, from somo cause, gsngrencd
deemed necessary to amputate hisleg. The shock
occasioued to hi6Eystem By the operation WIS so
great that be neyc1fully rallied, and on Saturday
be died.
The deccaeed hos LETT family, resident in De-
t7oit. and Consisting of q wife and two aruiable
e e oshsr IT,
mains will probably be taken to Detroit for inter
ment
Kn1En.-A man named Turns McAtnhon wus
Killed an Saturday by the breaking OF ay wheel
belonging to wood saving machinc, working at
the Northwestern Depot. McMahon had no con-
ne cton with the wood saving, and at the time of
tie accilent was standing on Kinzie street, In
front Of Michael Lanbtn'a saloon. The fragment
Of the wheel which struck him, aew several hun
drcd feet through the air passing over the North
western Depot and striking him upon the back OF |
the head produced instant death. The deceased |
resided on The corner Of Indiana md market |
street, and leaves wife md two-childrcn.
Piano Letter.
.... ...-. JAEEsy11LE, Wis, Dec 9, 1864.
Editors Chicago T.ibune: |
CrH NrA{c S~At.t.
q last THURSDAY: claiming that pianos made.by |
sAbe took the dtst premium at tbs State Fatra or
Illinois, Wisconsin and lndiana, aud feeling very
eure that you would not willingly giye currency TO
a false statement desire to inform yon that
took the first premium at the Wisconsin State Fair
With one Of Grlggs' New Patent Pianos, the sec
other nuke from Boston.
Referring you, Il further proof Is desired, to the
f1l!y. ]. l. DAnl1EG.
Agent for briggs Patent Pianos for Wisconsin.
LOCAL MATTERS.