, 1872-11-21

it IS proposed to devote to 9 large ll The
bi1iardists are naturally after it, but waao but
hope that Mr. Co1ahour will carry out other
idea OF beautiful and comaolious MIC Hall
in this best Of all possible central 1ocatns for
the purpose. Our public woald make thsnder-
taking paying one. No institution ha been
more needed in Chicago for tho past feyears.
A terribly fatal accident occurred e. tlss.oro
Of j. ". Middleton, No. IS State street, ahalf-
past s o'clock yesterday morning, wherein boy
stantly killed While engaged il movinsone
boxes, on tho fourth floor, he accidental fell
through an exposed hatchway into theoase-
ment, distance OF nearly fifty feet. Hibody
YVES frightfully crushed, and the flesh 1,atorn
from his limbs in many places. The raains
we're conveyed to tho home Of his benvsi s
parents, No. Il Goethe street, where an inuest
was held.
It is not rare thing in Chicago to find 1nu-
sual enterprise. The wonderful sagacity Of her
citizens, and their intrepid ventures in ianY
ways, have rendered them abyword to the nrld-
To chronicle even their mightiest aehievennts
would bo an awful undertaking. Let us row
the world in few words what q city wo are. )nly
week after the South and North Division aa;i-
road Companies have resumed business On heir
lines, the West Division Company, supposd by
the world to be dead, and buried deeper thalpo-
Gtical honesty, OF the tomahawk between Alesrs.
Storey and Scammon, promise to run tn or
three cars to-day.
Mr. Goodman, 9 member Of the Tol1eton :
Club, shot a remarkable bird in in the marhes
near the club house few days since. Nhile
waiting for some ducks to rise he obse1vvt
the strange creature standing On mus.rat
house short distance off. St..-+lcd :, his
presence, it took wing and few S5aE: Elm. - He 6
fired and brought it down. It p4YzSseEY, to be an
immense snoW-white pelican, n16Z.s;rinsr e:eht
feet ten inches from tip to tip cf wing. seen
feet from base Of bill to end Of tail, and seren
ieet IN height; The bll is twenty two inches
IN LENGTH and Is ornanented with bag Of stiff
Gent capacity to hold peck. The bird ia
being prepared by o taxider1nist, and will soon
be on exhibition.
Because Of broken switch there we're no
trains running north on the Illinois Central
Railroad yesterday morning from 7:S0 to 1880.
THOSE passengers who Waited ut the various
statlon-houses Tor two hours were not in q yerv
pleasant mood, eVen when the train came by.
Certain frisky merchants declared they would
patronlze the road no longer learned doctors Of
diTorce-law talked Of en- action on the case for
damages; and many school children feared that
the result Of the broken switch would be q whole
switch over their backs. It is to be
hoped the Central Company will allow
no such delays, for, beside the
results above noted, it is rurnored that when q
young married gentleman and young lady are
compelled to engage in q two hours talk eyerv
morning, the result is infe6city in the home
circle.
An insane man rushed into Police Headquar-
ters yesterday morning, and; meeting Superin-
tendent Washburn, informed him that he (the
insane mani was the victim of q foul conspiracy:
who vas certain to murder him. In order to
possible, be had purchased % - rev TeTolrer G
with which to assai1 the enemy, and,
! if possible, despatch him. He Was afraid, how
ever, that the weapon would go off at both ends
tha a1frhtaaf 11rorc1aficn and fhra hrir,
about the very catastrophe he hoped to avert
The Superintendent assured him that there Was
no danger Of such an accident, as the revo1ve
was, to all appearances, au extremely wel-reg, L.
before the demented person left that hia name
WAS s. B. Kehoe, and that his friends resided at
the corner OF Latlin and Harbine streets. They
were sent for, and their unfortunate relative
! Was removed to the County Jail, preparatory to
examination before Judge Wallace to-dsy.
The miserable street~car conductors might
well exclaim, ''After the epizootic, what ?" The
reply was brought into TIE Tn1BuSE Office BY a
fend in human FORM He did not resemble
fend, and but for his invention might have been
mistaken for clever sort OF 8 mortal. But the
invention liked his character at once. It is q
machine like protracted boiler Of small size,
with q dial inclosed, and handle. When cash
fare is paid, the conductor is supposed to push
the handle, and sound the inclosed gong. The
dial meanwhile marks one. Every time fare ia
paid this process is continued, until "one thou
sand" is marked. Then the automatic machine
starts afresh at "one-" To cheat the,
company, the conductor can do as follows: Sup.
pose 100 fnres to be marked. Let the conductor
retire to the nearest alley, pull out the check,
and strike up to a thousand. He can do this in
street, and then add 50 more to show his indus
try. The other 50 fares he can judiciouely
pocket. We would not recommend him to do
this, however, unless his hands are dItyand he