, 1873-08-15

A hon will livon M tho residents Of tho South
Cllcago 11olol this ovcning.
Tho A]pipo 1Ii,utors hold their second annun1
picnic at Ogtlon'A Hrovo. this afternoon
Tie Fcast Of tho Assumption will bocolebrntcd
by religious services ut all tho Catholic UllrchoH
to-day.
Tho JoyviBh Union will hold ita annunl meeting
this ovoning, wtoN spoc1al bnalnosn wlll como
boforo tho AHsociatton.
Tho Eleventh Annnni Picnic Of tho Unstoi
Sone OF Erin Donevolcnt Society Will hc lold at
Sharpslootora' Park to-day.
Tho opening on top Of the roadway into tic
I,nSnllo street tunnel ia being completed md
tho railing will bo put mp in day or two
Tho Directrosses Of tho Orphan Asylum arc
requested 10 meot ut tho Asylum, this morning
ut 10 o'clock, to complete arrangements for tho
cldron's picnic.
shaw's bathing house, tho opposition on tho
part OF property -holdors, a solitary objector OK
copied, 1iaying passod away, will bio oroctod worry
shortly ct tho foot Of twentF-second street.
There will be mooting, at tho City Collectors
Office, at o'clock this afternoon, Of lilo cou,mit-
toes charged with making nrrnngomonta for the
picnic to DO giyon In aid Of tho blulllgan Monu-
mont Fund.
Thoro WIS pleaHant promenade ut tho West
Side Rink last night. TIo m,,s!cnl programme
,Yas choice and its execution orotftablo Tlloro
will bo specnl grand concert this oyoning.
Tic attendance lust night was fashionable.
A train will 1oavo the Chicago, Rock Island X
Pacific depot at 2 this afternoon, stopping ut
Twelfth n1d TwontyHccond streets, to convoy
passengers to oreon Wiley, whSro n, plG;po ; IN IN
held.
Tho annual Calcdoniau Picnic took rlaco yoa-
tor<lay nt Caledonia Park, I'LL immense crowd of
persons going out to enjoy tho fnn: There wore
sports peculiar to "Auld Scotia" THO Wild music
Of the bagpipos, dancing, eating, drinking, and
q pleasant ti1no generally.
Tho Journal announces, In its city columns,
that It is proposed to rnise fund for aomo mans
family, and send him in the Graphic balloon to
represent Chicago. BY oil moan6 let tho journal
man 30. There il no nowspaper man in town
bottor prepared to depart this lffo md mono who
can DO bottor spared.
Tho voice Of tho tloublo-barrolod shot-gun will
bo heard on tho prairie to-day. pot-huntors aud
sportsmon will bo abroad after pralrio chickons,
partridge, door, wild turkeys, pheasants, mud
Waterfowl tho close soason for sucl, gunao hnv-
Ing e,pea ] yS0,y a 0n e 9aa ~ 81 osobS m'as
A West Madison street horso-doctor, with q
a sheet Of tin, describing hi,uso1f as "hippo-
pathologiat." When a hackman calls upon
him complaining that his horse has tho botts, he
faints away, anI can only bo brought to by rub
bing down with Webstoss unabridged.
Tho non-soctarian comotory, rooently laid out
ut Haas Park, will bo dodicated tomorrow, tho
address being delivered BY T. Lachnor, Of this
city. Tho relatives aud friends Of tho deceased
whom thoy may wish to bury thore will be at
perfect liberty to uHo any religious ceremonies
they doom proper, or mono ut oil.
Tho body Of tho lato G.. L. Piorce, Master
Mechanic of tho pennsufar Division of tho
Chicago i Northwestern Rai1road, mud q pro1ni-
mont membor Of tho Excelsior Lodge, Freoport
h1asons, antl OF tho Eucanaba Lodge, who diod
at Escannba on Monday last, waH brought to
Chicngo yesterday morning, for iutermeut ut
Gsacoland Cenot0ry.
rios Of articles casting aorious i'nputationB On
the honesty md efficiency of tho detective forco
Of this city. Whilo tho accusations aro based to
great extont on tho stntonaonts Of convicts,
Which should be tlken with grain Of allowance,
perhaps M investigation would do no harm, es-
pecially as thoro Inns not beon nil Investigation
| in town for Weok. >
| Tho Desplainos camp-mecting begins on
"Wednesday noxt. Superintendent Hobart has
! ordered the Darlington aecomtnodatio tion-train to
! stop at tho grounds, as thero aro already eight
| or ten families living thero Dettor preparations
| hnvo baeu made this yenr for the convenience OF
those who wish to board than before. It is sng--
goBted that tho sinking Of nm artcaian woll would
| secure better quality Of wator than ia now
| available.
~ tn" NV iolE sio o1y ~ lt''' "a oo
| OF tho Ch1cago, Aton q 81; 1.oa1s Ia1fono
claims to hay9 2 neen fopnca q hla poeAoIh9oi'
containing Sfo N m9noy. anu nla ral1loaa 70 tghos'
lingt9n crossing tlve men Jumped on poard anu
crowded against Alm, nns hG 90 i,1 not II, become
aware o. us HAVING oeen soopTu untai tne coI' 13
dnctor domanuca ns tlchos. Ihe ra1lsoaa ool'
clal6 talhk Ao to4o tn1s story W 6et lfce 1'oo'
| Tho postal cards aro being extensively uaod in
| this city. One million five hundred thousand
haye been received, and Of thoao million ind n
half llayo boon disposed Of. On tho morning Of
tho 9Th OF this month million wcro received by
the Post Ofco authorities, nnd on that tay near.