, 1872-12-18
THE ClTrlN BRIEF,

evening at the Hall No. 50 West Randolph
street.
There will be concert given by the Chicago
Musical College on Friday evening next, at the
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, for the benefit
Of the Sabbath School
parents reside on North avenue, near PauIina
street, fell into bucketful Of boiling water yes
terday morning, and Was scalded to death.
The balance Of the money derived from the
sa1o OF the Dusseldorf pictures in New York was
received by Mayor Medill yesterday. The amount
-5650-was turned over to Captain Schneider,
President Of the German Immigrant Society.
Aiken, Lambert l. Co.'s establishment, No.
1913 West Washington street, WAS broken into on
stationery to the value Of $3.50 stolen. The
burglars gained access at tho back door.
James F. Weber was before Justice Boyden
yesterday On the charge OF obtaining money
under false -pretences. The case was postponed
until Saturday, in order to afford the prosecution
an opportunity to produce important testimony.
McVicker's bo1-ofice will be open this morn
mans engagement. Mr. N. Lovick, a rising
tragodian, a gentleman who played leading busi-
ness for Mr. McVicker several years ago, will
support Miss Cushman in the leading male
roles.
The c1othier who sends tho melancholy boil
about town is committing 3 nuisance. Why
don't he mount his absurd wagon with six
FOUNDER and fire salyo at every street-crossing?
That would bring him under the statute, and
help us get rid of him. Or he might stand
outside his own store and shout. That would
call q crowd, and, We hope, policeman.
At the conclusion Of the dramatic and musical
entertainment to be given By the High School
Department Of the County Normal School, on
Thursday evening, 3 train will leave Englowood,
on the Rock Island Road, for Chicago, for the
accommodation Of persons residing IN this city
who desire to attend the exercises.
A holiday bazar will be held BY the ladies' Of
the Union Park Congregational Church. in the
and evenings. A full assortment Of Christmas
gifts will be offered for sale, and there will be
excellent music and good supper.
The police authorities have determined to re-
duce the number Of vagrants now prowling the
streets. 4 large number Of these fellows sleep
in the station houses night after night and steal
when they are awake. Hereafter any one who
applies for lodging three times in succession,
vii! be deemed a Tagrant, and sent to the House
Of Correction.
Some time between II o'clock Sunday night
and o'clock Monday morning, the clothing e5-
tablishment Of o. N. Needham, No. 113 Blue
Island avenue, was entered by burglars, and
robbed Of $500 or 8a00 worth OF clothing. The
front door, which had been left insecurity fas-
tened, was forced open.
The Board Of Public Works had conference,
yesterday, with the Mayor and Corporation
Counsel, in reference to the extension Of Mil
waukee avenue, from Knzie to Lake street. It
was decided to hear the objections Of property
owners, it they had any to make, before any
definite action Was agreed upou-
The paragraph in THz TRIBUNE Of Sunday
last, ascribing the authorship Of the sketch en-
titled 'Woman's Congress One Hundred Years
ago." to be presented at the Union Park Congre-
gational Church entertainment on the evenings
OF the 26th and 9th insts., to Mr. 6. T. Ferris.
the talented dramatic editor Of the Times, it
seems, was an error. The glory of the. produc-
ton belongs to 11r. Eddie Chamberlain, the &C.
co1nplshed news editor Of the Times.
The agent Of the Employment Bureau in Court
House Square has received orders for men from
persons in Michigan, mississippi, and Iowa.
tions by applying to him. Nearly hundred L.
borers and tradeenen sent out OF the city every
day, but thousands here are unable to get any
thing to do. Although willing to work, they
calities where they are needed
The New York Shipping and Commercial List,
of the 14th inst, publishes q long and aattering
article on Chicago enterprise, in which it men
tions that local grocery firm has recently COM
pleted a%5rangementsn % - for ~, the importation
to is that Of J. ". Doane 4; Co., who are not
only direct importers of coffee, but also of tens
spices, raiEins, etc.
l. valuable silver enuf-box, belonging to
Scottish gentleman of this city, which was Stolen
from him during the recent celebration OF St.
recovered BY Detective Simmons. The boz is
priced very highly by its owner, as it is Of an
tique pattern, and is an heirloom in his family,
It vas once the property Of the fnuous ,'ierer,
Rob Roy.
But for the meagre collection Of reliable local
lows in the Times Of yesterday, no one in Chi
cago, except the newsboys would hare known
to print more than q few hundred papers, owing
to an accident to it's press. Even the newsboys
would not hare missed the "old relablo'' re-
print, but for the fact that they went to their
than the usual quantity Of pennies in their
pockets, and less than the usual number Of
Journals under their arms.
The criminal1y reckless manner in which gomo
persons drive on our principal thoroughfare8
was exemp1ifed in the West Division last even
Ing. Mr: John Desmond, composite, in the
office OF the Inter Ocean, while crossing Adams
street, near his residence, Was run into by
horse and buggy which came dashing around the
corner OF Desplaines street, and Was thrown
several feet BY the force of the collision. Ho
WAS rend cred almost insensible by the fall and
Reveral severe injuries. The two men
who we're in the buggy drove on, without stop
ping to inquire into the nature Of the accident
which their reckless haste had caused. Mr. Deg-
mond will be confined to the house for .some
time.
One Of the latest and most attractive produc-
tions in Chicago art is an oil painting from the
easel Of Mrs. @. Adele Fassett, with whose
accomplishments the public is familiar. It is a
little picture entitled Saying Grace" in which
3 pretty baby face is beaming over plate, at
awaiting the conclusion Of tho table |
ceremony which will permit her to begin |
operations. Only that portion Of the |
liable is shown at which the child |
is sitting. The artist has wisely preferred to |
tell tho whole story in the chi1d's face, and she
mas succeeded in doing it exceedingly we'll The |
consisting Of the colored cloth, the
goblet, and the little plate, knifo, and fork, are
.7ill arrest. tho attention Of every one. When
Mrs. Faasett had finished her picture, she quiet
y sent it to London, where it was reproduced |
n .lithogcaphy. The facsimile Of the
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