, 1873-01-14

caro- will receive prompt attention.
Tho monthly meeting OF ladies' for The discus-
zion Of domestic, social. and educational qucs-
tons will be held at No. 121 Calumet avenue this
afternoon, at o'clock. all ladies' wlo may ba
interested are Invited to attend.
| Presbyterian Church will meet this evening. in
the chapel OF the church. Professor Swing
Will read an essay, and there will be naasio and
refreshments. delightful evening may we'll
be anticipated.
About o'clock last evening mitldle-agel
Indy WAS run over bya buggy at the corner Of
State and Thirty first streets. She was knocked
down aud badly injured. She was carried to
nelghhorlnG drug store, where she received at
| tention.
| There arc three classes Of people in Chicago
who ought TO to osternlnated ID Patients Who
persist in saying they arc hot sick when the Doc
tor is really, anxious to increase his bill :; t2)
Customers WHO will not put implicit confidence
IN the dry-goo.1s clerk ; and (3) Client. who are
impudent enough to sec when they are being
rubbed outright.
| 4 literary aud musical soiree- under the ATS
picea OF tho Young Peoples Association Of Ply
| mouth Church, will be given this evening in tile
! sixth street. Professor l. r. Burbank, tile pop
ular aud talented olocu:ionist, will givo choice
selection Of readings, and music, both vocal and
is:s111al5atel. will be furnished BY the organist
| auu Cuu1T D1 tlle CuuIEn.
"The." Cameron, the somewhat notorious
Keeper OF q Eambling-hpuse ut No. % West
Madison street: and ten men who were arrested
in his place BY tho West Side police, on Satur-
day, were arraiGncd before Justice Scu1y, yen~
to-day Cameron was discharged, and ths other
defendants wero romanded for further exanina-
tion on Thuraday-
It will bo remembered that, after short
sharp, and bitter fight between the Merchants
Union and American Express Companies, the
former was swallowed up Ivy tho latter. Since
tho consolidation the Company has been known
boen decided that tho !" Merchants Union" shall
g dlo tie DEATH" and on tho 1st OF February
that part OF the name will be dropped, aud tho
Company will thereafter be known as tho
s. American Express Company"
The reportoria1 etntl of The TRIBUNE desires
to return their thanks to Messra. F. Eickerson
l. Son, Of No, 241 Michigan avonue, for basket
Ct mammoth apples, known as Thompson
County King. variety, grown by B. G. Bufl, Of
Litt1s Prairio Ronds, Michigan. The basket
sent to this uGics are part Of barrel exhibited
at the last Michigan State Fair, and whicl, took
the first premiEm- Persons desiring to see
sample from the premium barrel eau do SO by
calling ut No. 81 South Water street..
The services at tho Third Presbyterian Church,
corner OF Washington aud Carpenter streets,
we're unusually impressive on Sunday It vas
the communion service, and the number of COM
municants filled the entire floor OF the large
building, thst chairs we're placed in tho aisles.
The pulpit was tastcfully decorated with flowers
and yines Ftfty-sx united with the church, Of
which number twenty-threo confessed the love
of Christ for the first time, and fourteen Of these
were heads OF families, men and women in mid
dlo life. Tue entire service was one of the most
interesting and affecting that has ever been
witnessed In this city.
Yesterday. as tho worlmen on the Merchants
Building we're hoisting large piece OF belt
had elevated it to point over sixty feet from
tho sidewalk, the '*lewis" " slipped out, and
down came the stone, bringing with it u quoin-
stone,-both descending with & crssh through
the pavement beneath. Fortunately, the men
engaged escaped in time, and no ono .waa in
iured Accidents Of this character have been too
frequent this season, owing to contractors allow
ing unBkhlcd mechanics to fit the ''lowis +" in
the stone. Il is d very important post, and de-
mands considerable care and experience.
The annual meeting for the election Of Board
Of Directors, for the year 1878, OF the Chicago
Gas Light aud Coke Company, was held yester-
day afternoon in the company's Office On Hub
bard court. There wore present Alessrs. 8. 3.
Cobb, Fred.W- Peck,Y G, Turner, Samuel John
B. 8. Morris, A. r. Dicky. Sixty-four thousand
two hundred and one shares we're represented
ut S23 share. Tho following gentlemen Here
elected Directors: 4 T. Dicky, 8. D. Cobb, T.
s. Marris, J. Beecher, F. L. Goe, B. " Ray
mond, John A. Brown, Jr., Of NeH York S. 4.
Smith, E. r. Watkins. The meeting then
adjourned.
About II o'clock night before last man
named Daniel Burgess was aet upon by two
highwaymen while passing near tho corner OF
Twelfth street and Ashland avenue. One Of
them presented 3 revolver at his head, and
threatened to blow it to atoms unless he speedi-
" handed over his valuab1es to his companion, !
Who stood in readiness to receive them. Bur |
CESS considerably followed the ''pad's" advice,
t3avty,r kr1 = -
Simon o'Donnell is On tho track Of the thieves, |
and, if his former success in running down peo- !
pie Of the kind is any criterion to Judge by, |
those two higlWaymen will be soon in the Peni-
Tertiary.
Aregnlar meeting of the Police and Fire Com
PRECEDENT, afr. Reno, in the chair. The other
two Commissioners were also present. Com
missioner Sheridan WAS present at o'clock,
Commissioner klokke at 2:3o, and Com1nis-
aioner Reno at o'clock, just after the Board
met. Robert Z. Mcfarland was, on motion, nI,-
pointed to regular service. Officer John Casey
was fined ten days pay for dsobedience OF orders
and inattention to duty, Officer John Clark MAS
charged with intoxication, inattcntion to duty,
,ision Of tho Board was reserved. The other
:ases, and there was large docket Of them,
1e1e laid orer. The Board adjourned.
About1 II o'clock yesterday morning, q brickpier
n the new six-story brick and stone building, OWL
Benjamin Lombard, on Dearborn street, be-
Ween Van Buren, and Jackson, gave way, pre-
:ipitating the floors above it to fhe basement.
There we're many workmen in the building at
he time, many Of whom we're engaged in the Vi
Unity Of the pier, but fortunately they escaped
injury The edifce Was considerably damaged
inside, but the walls we're not injured. |
TIE general expression among the work
nen was that the supports wore inadequate to
ustain the immense weight Of the floors above |
hem, aud they assigned the accident to this
ause;; But it is more reasonable to suppose
hat the frost, coming out Of tho brick pins and
rails, had caused them to settls, and thus be-
ONE incapable Of sustaining the weight Of the
tructure above. The damage can be easily re-
'aired. is
4 couple OF bartenderr employed in lager .
eer saloon under tho Sherman House reported !
. the police authorities an adventure with
Ihich they met, about midnight on Saturday. |
While walking homevard on Randolph, between
ef1erson and Desplaines streets, their attention
as attracted to Z loud-talking and seemingly
ngry party Of men on the opposite side OF tho
aoroughfare. Impelied by curioaity, they cross- !
d over to ASCERTAIN the cause OF the disturb
nee, aud had barely reached the contending