, 1873-01-23
: THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Tho next sociablo OF All SaintB' TpsoopnD
Church will be givon at tho rostdeuoo Of Nlrs.
Captain Dawson, No. 102 North Carpenter stroot,
On Thuraday afternoon.
Tho postponed reading Of Professor Burbank,
6has s y %oygns o T as for o
benefit OF tho funded debt Of tho church.
All members of tho Oratorio Society arc ro-
quosted to moot, this ovoniug, at the Union
lark Congregational Church, and bring with
them oil copios Of Elijah, Nnsman, end the Cron,
ton that they eau procure. South Side CARS will
loavo ut tho cloao Of the concort.
L ia Understood TINT rs soon ns funds Gnu be
collected Tor TINT purposo, the Newsboys' mud
Dootblaota' Homo "a to bc rebuilt. At tic pres-
ont time, whom money Is so scarce, there aoems
to DO no t y yery groat promise Of any immediate
built aomo day.
About dusk last evening, Officer Mckinney, Of
tho Sixth Precinct Station, found young larl:oy
IN at onthouso, 1T tho roar Of No. ia South
eangamon ptreot, with about 5000 worth Of silk
aresaos In his poaaoaalon;: They woro atolon
ct supper. Tho burglar gave the namo OF John
Morton. A aoven-ahootor nnl razor wore
found upon him.
Tho Literary Society OF tho Chicago Christinn
Union will moot at No. 205 Wost Madison street
The subjects for conversation aro "Dickons as
an Author" and " Christmas In Norway" Mon,-
bcxs OF the Union aud strangers aro invited to
| be present. The astronomy olaBs will also meet
| and tako n 1osaon from Professor Elias Colbert.
| It is rumorod that the Cornell Watch Factory,
| its own productions, and be wound up. This
process, howo7or, is not expected to keep tho
inatitution going. The question naturally arisoB
whether this is not plain caso Of going too
much On tick, mud manufacturing secondhand
| artio1ea,
| he1a otr+ ~ k1,rk$ $o3n T1n
class Of people who inuist upon sending TO the
| newspapers volunteer contributions about
nothing with nn alarming hoad-lino above thom,
| wishes to state that tho credit gvon By moru-
Ing paper to q policeman for arrosting an over
coat thief was unjust and that 1t belongs to
Mr.. Wells. Mr. Wellh ia wolcome to it-tho
crodit, not tho ovescoat.
Tho following is the record Of last evenings
firos; Boz 384 burning out Of chimney at
To ss of 81 d'ss sossS Hssts@
| damage slight fully inBurod; oauBe supposed
to bo iucendlarism owner, Thomaa Murphy,
offers reward OF $500 for apprehension Of " fro
bng:" Boz 1853 James Doyle d Dros, brewery,
surcd; cauae detective boiler.
Some two months ainoo man namod Elliott
f1nd q largo quantity OF clothing stolen from hif
room, at No. 161 LaSallo stroot. Ho reported
his loss to tho police authorities, but they wore
unable to do anything for him until yesterday
Of tho pilfered apparel was employed on I
building at tho corner Of Dearborn and Wash
| ington atreete A warrant WaB Bworn out, an(
l,e was arrested on tho charge Of larceny. Eli
namo Ia Michael Cannon.
a gentleman, signing himsolf "pro Bono,
gives tho following roclpe for tho cure Of coughs
which will DO found acceptable: Seneca Bnak,
root, 8 oz.; slippory ,lm, oz.; iquorlce,
largo stioka. Put In tn quarts OF wator, ant
boil down to ono quart; strain, and add 3 lba
} Of sugar; lot it simmer Tor about ton minutes
after which bottle for use, and put in I. COO
plaee. The dose ia d tablespoonful wheasyo
| tho cough is troublesome.
The annual cncanpment Of tho Department
otIllinois, Grand Army Of the Republic, aasom
bled yoBtorday at tho headquarters Of nanao1
, Post, No. 81 West Randolph street, when forty
two posts wore represented. After the transac
!. ton Of busin9ss, Department Commander H
pilges pyesented Ills annual report, after whisl
tho annual olcotion Of officers was hold result
ing as follows: Departnaent Commander, Colo
nol Guy r, Gould; ColonelJ. ]. Palmer. of Rock
ford, s, Y. e.; G. Cory, plain0ela, ]. v. G.
Captain James L. Wlto, OF Chicago, delegate t
, tho National Encanpmont 4 nloottng will b
held at noon, to-day. to which delegates from a.
,, parts Of the State will be elnittod. Tho meet
ing III to be Of the mass order, aud will ltatan /
l General MoNnlta, OF Bloomington, and otho
distinguished gentlemen, who will speak On til
. Soldiers and gailors' Bounty Land lill,