, 1864-06-07
SOLDIERS FAMILIES.
Strawberry Festival and Dsnatinn-Bn An
peal to the Patriotic and BeBeysyent.

Let it be remembered that the great 6t.awbe77,
FettiTal and Donation Party for the relief of sol
dlers hunIlles will be given this evening at Br7an
Ball The following eloquent sppeal has besn L.
sued by the ladies'. We can add nothing thasetu
except our own hope that the effort will be most
literally pstronlzed. Something mpss be done.
and that not On a nigeard eca'e:
II The city Of Chicago there are soras two
hundred toldiers' families mainly dependent on
ehaFity. From various causes they recctYe no paY
rom their husbands and fathers In tho army.
They sre of sn detached service, are Ia hospitals,
thss knows no waking On tbs battle delda Of tbs
Eouth- The wives and children OF these brave Eel-
laws srs reduced 70 fear!ul straits OF poverty.
scarcely week elsrses but sone Of them ars
tornsd Into the strect frsm non-peymcnt Of rent.
Their 1ittls oues slckea and die fos lack Of tho
comforts which the desr Cod has given to ont
tbs frenzy Of despsir, rushed to the lake shoro
with an intent to commit suicide-so intolerablo
were the sQfcripgs Of hozseH aud etarvin9 chill
drsn-uhcn 1 meFcitol Providence tnteFposea and
prnap1e, forged to ssceps the wages Of sln, e
buv food and shelter. Tho suffering atooug msnT
OF thsse families Il appalling, and would shock the
III r.. aLadie~' Association for Tho R.11cf Of
sole1sss Families " viii give Strawberry Posti-
val, to raise means for the relief Of this dissxoas,
tAis Tne<1zy evening. at Bryan Hall. Connected
Eold :. Dosation Party" wbco shsJ entTess Tie
els1tsb1e to send Gins 81 clothing foF women and
children. OF the material 10 make It; provisions OF
Ter these srtiolez. or money. A committee Will BE-
IN attendance to receive these gifts.
TIE Ladies' Association uoet earnestly hescech
everybody viii I'D thsn IN their grasuilous s and
:nans work Chicago pledged to The gallant
roldiesr, whom she eent torth f. battle, that she
rrotecaors- WIN .he fall to redoesn this pledge
now VIXEN the walls Of theee widowed wives and
orphaned children arc heard in our streetsi
POLICE CorRr.-Mobday, usu2l1y busy day at
this Establishment, was yestardsy an exception to
the general rule, for the day differed not In dull
ness ffum any Of the preceding days Of last week.
The docket did not contain thirty names, and
with few exceptions the cases were Of lttle impor-
tance. Drunken disputes and neehbory Quarrels
there were in aoundsuce, but theae such phases
Of every day life that they lose sll interest except
A l,rdiiaue Isio.-Wlllfam Palmer, the keeper
e. saloon OF W:.t hanzs hss ssfee aaa ~ Tho,s
n.m"s .s,s,s; mi. sS go of ~, e.ry en sunday
eoapty, H. sna On sssu15.y n,sht =. arrived a,e7 n
this city End called IN II ralmes'e saIoon-
drinking for some time. Bliss and Burns seized
hold Of him and took hts wallet from his pocket,
but be 1nissing the article, rsre information to
odieels Gavin md Berdell, who, aftes watching
few minutes, AEanA1iy hAW The prisoners dividing
the money. They were Immediately arrested, and
his honor held them tor trial at The Recorders
Court in honda OF Il LOO each.
IN Ezhfopiah MosQEerddH.-GeosFe Smith.
hurly individual Of tho Ethiopian persuasion, was
charged with wearing female apparel. George II
BY no means "lady looking" man, but he Is nc
the eoer rex, being thereby better ahle to In
fsAsle company and try the depth Of thelr poekcta
" Sunday night he var discovered bJ 0meef
suppoted TO be demoe1atic misceeen. and Known
70 he eauca'ssan. Smith was captured, and yes-
End coerR.
1e7cny.-MarGaRctD Drew, decent1y appsreled
woman. va arraigned Gu charge Of larecny psp-