, 1864-04-08

MORE LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. The oil
MerclAnta' Hotel Il destined soon to be thin: q
the past 4. It Ii intended to erect new block o,
its site. THIS building IL to be fye stories in height
and is designed for banking, commission and IN
e1rance Gficts. The ba.cnlcnt OF the block will b.
OF stone the first atosy-front Of iron, and the r.
n:infng stories Of brick. The frontage Of tn
block will be sereuty-ei<ht feet. and It is to b
ready by the 1st Of August. costing. together will
four story sto.age-warehouse In the rear. abou
s3sG Or. 1t viii be built by James E. Tyler, Of th
firm Of Ty1es, Gllman d Co., from designs by job,
| II. Van Okde1.
Another 1oc.. improvement is going on oa Reu
ten street, IN the West Division, ncsr Jackson
louE EIc dwellings ate In cuursc Of erection b,
different cutcrpr;sers. O1c OF these is .eyenty-sil
feet In length fo1ty-tiK feet 'front.' md sixty fec
total height. II is of the French style of architect
Erc-two tall stories, a windowed attic and celia
| underneath. The buildings are being constructed
from designs by o. L. Wheclock. and will cost froa
| s, e,0o0 10 S15,No. They will be OF pressed brick
| with ornamental etone dressings, and having bal
comics, canopses and an observatory, constltutIn,
erections worthy Of the city snd OF the nelghbof
| hood.
| Sharp'e Corner-Rando1ph and Lasa1le, IL beiu.
| demolished. The wooden buildings are beIn.
| rolled away and new business block, 50 1eet b,
10 10 cost 1000, will bc erected thereon for Mr
| Il. II. Magec. It will be four stories high will
| basement and attic.
The building trade is opening up brisk1y. tn,
| stimulus Of high rents will probably set on fool
I many new buildings this Sprinc-the number lin
tied only By the supply Of hands 10 work on them.
Inlsu NATIONAL FAIn.-Thc Fair Is not BY
any means concluded, ard judging from the
crowds which vsiicd Feniaa Hail yesterday the In.
terest Is scarcely abate1- In Bryan Hall the aac-
tion Of goods commenced in the morning and con-
tinued to one O'Clock, at which hon. the hall was
surrendered to the proprietor for the purpose Of
getting 1t In readiness for the aplucge Of Docsticks
In Tic evening. The daily exhibition In Fcnian
Hall closed with yesterday, but the hall will be
open each eycnluE at o'cloc. for the auction sale
COMMITTEES express their re-rctc that the necessary
movements and arrangement Of goods ob1Iees
them to revoke their previous anRouncepcnt that
eaian ~ III. would be kept open longer period
o4 4hs ID sSe eaS lSttees not drawn 1t Bryan Hall dur
inE nc g, fAlr, Viii be drawn at Fcnian Hall, Of
The Executive Committee met in session yes
terday, and passed the following:
:, WHEREAS, II 12s come to the knowledge of this
Tier pocnt opposo1 to the se Fena9 ease
ef Al honorable mep, hive within tho iast fsv dsys
requirements Of The = 1zternai Revenue Law the
would not tale place, therefore,
place on the day appointed, viz: April, 30th inst
anu that the requirements Of the law be complied
The following prizes were drawn On Wednesday
evening in the side lotteries; not previously re-
ported:
Silver set-Katc Burgess.
Cake Baeket-Thomas Markg,
Shawl-E. McGsath.
The Treasurer will attend the whole OF today, in
A1,Sn Tail ntAfM Xiii,
utive CommIttee-af1er to-day from II to D. N
each day, until all claims arc nqnldatcd.
The TAnoRs STRIKE.-Thc journeymcn
tailors On strike with the exception Of sick mem-
berE, mustered IN full force on tho calling Of tho
roll in Rice's block. yesterday. At the morning
meeting IN announcement was made, that several
Of the trades in tho city Ind rendered snch pccuni
ary assistance might ultimately be required in
carrying the etrlke to successful issue. The offer
was stated to be mads adv'scdly, 1nasmuch az the
advance requiredbv the men was only such as was
md Jrst
1twaR rumored at the afternoon meeting that the |
matters were willing to acccde to the new tariff,
bnt no definite proposition to that effect made.
: DrsERTEE.-Bryan Carbcrry, a notorious
5ese1tef, was arrested last night by officers Fo1,
keeie and Lanean, Of the Third Precinct Police. |
&c enlisted some months ago in tho 9th Illinois |
nfantry, but has deserted from his regiment four
iile1eut times, each occasion to be speedily re-
aptured; but fur from being discouraged by pre- /
'ious failures. Carbesg expresses his detcrmlna-
ion to run again on the first opportunity. Ho was
sugbt Yesterday on board vessel about leaving
he city, and 1t ia tho opinion of lbs captors that
aid opportunity is decidedly thing OF the future
THE RECENT FnE-DosAT1oN.-M John
1ston, whose store next door 10 the rrIgg's
Iouse, was recently destroyed By fire, handed fifty
ollars yesterday to the Chief Engineer, q. p.
1a.ri., for distribution among tho hremen in re-
oenitlon Of thels valuable aid on tho occasion Of
he Ere. The money WAS received and thankfully
elrcnlcdsed by Frank Agnew, President Of Paid
IRE Department Association, On behalf Of the
Members,
Ine ESTATE OF THE LATE JUDGE sPlNG.
In INC County Court yesterday Walter Airport
Sns appointed guardian OF The properly and estate
EDWARD Spring, aged fourteen years, son Of the
ate sndge Spring. The amount OF bond to be en-
cred INTO BY the guardian was axed At sloo, 900.
AEuhah Spring, maiden sister o. the deceased
ndge, was appointed guardian Of the person OF
be boy. and gave bonds In The sum Of saoQo.