, 1872-11-13
THE CITY IN BRIEF,

! The F1ench class Of the Chicago Christian
Union will m.:et tonight, instead of Friday, this
| week.
| Professor Swings class in English Literature
| will meet for the first time on Friday evening, al
! the South Side rooms, No. 759 Michigan avenue,
The regular monthly meeting Of the Chicago
Photographic Association will be held this even
ing, at No. 244 West Washington street.
The Literary and Debating Club Of the Chi.
! cago Christian Union will meet on Thursday
evening. Subject for debate: 50 Resozred, Thai
! all public libraries should bo opened On the Sab
/ bath."
Henry Greenebaum s. Co. received despatch
yesterday, by CABLE from Hamburg, directing
| them to draw for the Boston losses Of the Ham
| burg-Bremen Insurance Company, On the Com
| panys banker in London.
| The Board of Police, at its meeting Yesterday
/ afternoon, discharged Officer Daniel MCCARTHY.
Of the Twelfth Street Station, who was arraigu--
ed before it some weeks since On the charge Of
/ drunkenness.
The residence Of Mr. William Ottway, No. IS
Rush street, Was entered by thieves Yesterday
The amount OF property stolen could not be as
certained, as the family are absent in the
country
James Means, waiter in the boarding house
NO: l45 south Lasalle street, was arrested by
Detective Tyrrel, yesterday afternoon on the
boarder named r. c. Cleveland.
A large lot Of carpenters tbols, supposed to
have been stolen, we're found last evening in an
alley west Of Clark street, between Huron and
Erie streets. The owner can have them By call
ing at the Dearborn Street Police Station
A collision occurred ct the corner of Canal and
;11nz Ainze street. last evening" between freight
they were passing each other at right-angles.
The tender Of the locomotive was thrown off the
track, and the rear car of the train slightly
damaged.
Measrs. Aiken & Lawler have perfected ar
engagements with the stage lines to run vehicles
from their theatre Mt the close Of the perform
ance each evening, to Twenty-nlnth street in tho
South, and to Union Park in the West Division
This will be q great convenience to their pa
irons.
A boy named Thomas Curran, aged 16 years,
: WAS stabbed in the shoulder-blade during quar-
rel with another boy, whose name is unknown,
at the corner OF Rucker and Fourth streets, at
5 o'clock last evening. The wound is not con-
sidered dangerous. Curran resides at No. 360
West Indiana street.
The Graphic Company, with capital Of $780,
'ooo III gold, has been established in New York,
and will have the largest steam ithographic es-
tabshment in the United States. Messrs j. H.
d e. ~: Goodse11, formerly well and faYorab1y
known IN connection with the press Of this city.
are the business managers, and have their Offices
at NOS. ~ and Al Park place, New York.
. Mr. II. .. spaulding, Of the firm of Nash,
;spaulding Co., wholesale grocers and redners,
at Boston, came to this city Immediately after
TIE ire, and encouraged the grocery men by his
Klnd oilers Of assistance, and BY assurances Of
the success of Chicago. He was here again On
the anniversary of tue fire, and was entertained
at banquet given him by the grocers. It will,
therefore, be gratifying to every one to hear that
his hrm escaped loss in Boston, and that their |
renneraes are running usual.
Ten days since, when the epizootic broke ont
afflicted with the distemper. Ho got him for
:=89, and began to dose him with ; pint OF gin
and ginger twice day The stimulant kep5 up
the spirits Of the animal so that he wofkea taa al
the time, and in less than week earned 19z-a
net profit. minus the coat Of the gin, OF BIO.