, 1864-05-23

Mss LAURA EBEEa ASn TEE NEW CoHpAHY.-
Tho charming actress Nies Laura Kecne, with
Ecr New York frt1sts, commences tho new season
at Ecvicku'a Thcatcr On Monday night, supported
by highly talented stock company. An attractive
aud brilliant dramatic trent may be anticipated.
qusr,H snd thc i Smiths lnl Browns" aro the pie
ces eelettcd IN both Of which the double cornHan3
-appezr. As coincdisnue Miss hcena has few
equals and The part Of Miss HaEdcastlo = pecuEas
jchn ". Dyott, J. W. LtTiIk and Mr. Peters, we
are glad to see, retc5n with Miss Kcene. and arc
announced in tho rieess for Monday night.
. Arrrnrro su7cr..r,-Mrs, Anna Maria Ash-
ION, wife of well -slnoHn South Side resident,
yc1r foolishly attempted to, drown herself yes
tcrtlay, In consequence OF ! Eight Engagement
with Ler lusb11d. It IVES not stated to our Inform
mt whether these occasions were frequent Or 9th.
crwise, but the presumption Is that they were
ssoterwisc' oE she you'd not hare attempted SAL
eide. Whcp husband and vile have 9uarreied or,
en- they become accustomed to the Lverslon, and
rather Ike the thing, SO It is said Al ali crants
they 10 NOT drown Themselves. But to our story !:
Mrs. Ashton and her lord qurEreled-so the story,
tune--ard Mf. Ashton, with The consciousness Of
having done gcoxe tktng, went to church, and the
children went TO Sabbath School. Sometime dur.
iue the forenoon, Mrs. Ashton VISITED the school
urd took the chllClen away. Leading the little
oncR. ele we2t to the Lake, and Asein them. gs7e
ore lingering look backwards 1eaped into t7e VA
tc,s Of Lake Michigan, She aank Immediately, but
young man bad watched her movements, and ~
she jumped In, ran rapidly to the place and leaped
in aicr Let. After Considerable difficulty he suc-
ceeded In bringing heE aehore. Mrs. Ashton was
taken to tho Stat!uu House. and messenger sent
Ter the huRbaEd. 1t q not known Whether tho dlf-
acrlty will be settled, but the woman vas positive
Ehe sh0uld not again attempt to lrowa herself.
Our YoUSu MEEcu ANTs.-While wa from tine
to time haye occasion 10 poto tho Increasing p.os
perty and extended Trade of our large commercial
honses who taYc for years been doira business In
onr city. We feel that VIC cannot Justly .yuas. tho
claims Of tfoee houses mor5 recently established
among ra, as jsint 21pirants aud competitors
I for tee trade OF tho yast West, To the restless
act.ritJ aEt pc,inns ENERGY Of or young mcn cs.,
pec,aily, us,ted with capital, IL duo tic nate1al
il this soaneetiss xe would L se!st to oa. t:tenaa
addition to their large t1cao IN tcas fancy groae:
les, fruits, tsh, &c, THY are propsie:ons OF the
| Great Western steam CoiIc md Sp{ca Mills finding
Eoarket for their goods 10 eTtfy direction Of rne
| West Thsir srccess sirco their commencement
here come thee years since, has been comnensat-
atc with tEt. en1erpEe and ind:stry, sad .hs pcei
| ticu they 1are obtained Es prompt and reliable
| d1a1ere, is ce1t4;uly an enylnb!c ore. Country
nle1chents thcald ret iall to ca Oh Perle5 + Par
ker when thej visit our city.
-Ar7zoEo1oo1cN.-Thef following Is tho mc:e
| dsy, sIsy a1st, ts:4, Is kept at Motsram's drug
Etcrr, NO. 139 West Randolph street, The
telae laturo Is taken In the ehsde. TIE direction
| and force OF the wlrds are given approximately
with the La.onttic 1titQ1es, the st1aE! letters be
Ing TIE initials Of the words .h1:.," breeze, >
| N9ertle.n "vccttsg." 4rnlp." "euuW," "mptS
| atmospheric aEd "dry":