, 1872-12-12

School Building, West Monroe street, near
Halsted. Candidates must be at least 16 years
is hoped that large class will enter, since at
present it is found difficult to secure full sup
ply Of competent teachers. The examination
Of candidates for positions aB teachers will occur
ut the same time and place.
Between and O'Clock on Tuesday morning,
the residence of Mr. Francis Edwards, on Yer
non avenue, near Thirty-eighth street, Was en-
tered by five burglars, three Of whom held pis-
tolls to the heads Of the frightened occupants,
while the other two ransacked the house. 4
check for 50, 500 and 80 in money were taken,
but payment on the former has been stopped.
Mr. Edwards said be recognized the faces OF
some of the crecksmen.
we11-appearing young fellow named William
Stone. who has been hanging about the Third
Police Precinct for some weeks without having
any visible means OF support, was brought be-
fore Justice Banyon by Sergeant Fitzpatrick,
yesterday, and was fined S25 for vagrancy, and
watch and chain, and two valuable Colts pistols
belonging to him, are in the possession OF the
Custodian Of Stolen Property.
By the falling Of scatfold in the new Turner
Hall building, On North Clark street, at II
o'clock yesterday forenoon, three plasterers
42 pfsspatsd f to Tee as sroana distance s
severely injured. Their names and
Gallagher, No. GO Larrabee street; james Nc
Lane, No. 108 Huron street; Daniel Murphy,
Crosby street, near LarTabee. It is feared that
Gallagher cannot survive, as he sustained seri-
GUS internal injuries.
a nurdorously-inclned scoundrel, named
Louis Rodier, was fined 800 by Justice Banyon,
yesterday, for carrying concealed weapon. 1t
was one Of the most formidable engines Of de-
struction ever produced in Court. being COM
posed of q two-pound chunk OF lead encesed in a
leather bag. Roder WIS about to use it upon q
man who was unfortunate enough to become in
volved in quarrel with him, when Mr. Fl. ".
Dewitt interfered, and wrenched it out OF his
hand The Court complimented Mr. Dewitt on
his courageous conduct.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Connolly, who
lives on Clayton street, between Ashland avenue
and Pau1ina street, went cut to buy some groce-
ries, leaving her three children in the kitchen.
When SHE returned half an hour subsequently,
she found that the eldest, q girl aged 4 years,
was horribly burned: Her clothes had taken fire
by coming in contact with the stove, and no as
sistance being ut hand, every garment was re-
duced to ashes, and the little one's flesh blis-
tered almost to the bones. The child died ut II
o'clock in the evening.
Thomas White, who WAS arrested upon sus-
picion Of having been implicated in the .jewelry
robbery of Kuhn's Hotel, WAS arraigned before
Justice scully yesterday, and held III s., 600 bail
for further hearing this morning. The Super
intendent of Police did not desire to have the
prisoner brought before the Court, but Whites
friends employed an attorney, and COM
PEELED him to do it. II White participated
in the robbery, his assistant, who
carried OFF the watches and bracelets, ia now
aware of Whites arrest, and will probably never
be caught. The man arrested at Ft. Wayne
while trying to sell soma gold watches, whose
arrest was mentioned in Tuesdays TRIBUNE,
was released from custody, yesterday, it having
been proven that he knew nothing Of the Kuhn
Hotel robbery, and that the watches he offered
for sale were not the ones stolen from that
establishment.