, 1873-08-24

On Friday night, Room 3d. in Ewing's Block.
waB entered and $3.50 worth Of wearing apparel
taken.
The old Star and Crescent Club will giyo
calico and banquet party at Shows Academy on
Friday evening.
d gzent united picnic Of tho Cambrian Denovo-
lent and Welsh Literary Societies is to bo held
at Tracy Grove OIL T hurrtay noxt.
Judge scully so storday bound over J. 8. Rob-
bins for keeping gaming house in $500 bail,
which he was unable to hnd, aud 30 Was locked
up.
Tho 1atoat edition Of tic " City Directory
and copy Of the city ordinances, were yeBter-
lay given out to the difloront police procncts III
tho city.
Gilbert h1antono, who assaulted IN Eecntng
Mail reporter with intent to rob him, on Thurs
day night, Was held for bail to tho amount Of
s., 800 by Judge scully yesterday.
Tho monthly meeting of tue Cambrian Benoy-
olent Society will ba held no3t Tuesday oEon-
ing, In tho Welsh Presbyterian Church, corner
OF saugamon md III onroo streets.
BY reference TO our advertising columns, tho
realer will find call from tho management Of
tho Industrial Art Department OF tho EXPOSE
tion, for Irish girls acquainted with tic art of
laco-maklng.
Tho Union Catholic Library Association givo
stonmboat excursion and basket picnic at High
land Park tomorrow. Tho boat lonyes Good
rich'H dock ut lalf-paBt 8. There will be music
aud dancing on board and at tho park.
John Mclean, who il in tho employ Of Gen.
Manu. hauling brick, took tho team of tho latter
a.itl traded it off for MI old discasod horse and
fow dollars i'll money, which he waB spending
! when tho police found lin aud arrested him.
The Donrd OF Public Works yesterday after
noon awarded tho contract for tho iron-work Of
tho approach to tho Lake street bridge to
Messrn. Fox s. Howard, for $7,298. ThB only
embraces the iron truss from tho abutnent to
tho pior whore the bridge commences.
| Wo have received the first number Of q maga-
zine intonaoa for young people, end called phe
Prairie ayo,uo. This number contains ali OK
collont selection Of short storloH. puxzoB, etc.,
| and will doabtleHs be very satisfactory to those
roalors for whom it il intended.
! Thero will DO mooting Of tho Chicago Society
| Of IhyscianB ind Surgeons in tho l,arl0r OF the
Orphan Asylum. Michigan ayonuo, llear Twenty
| second street. Tho reports Of the Surgical Soc
tion will bo road, and thoro will bo dolno,sstr,.-
tion Of the ,nicroscopical character Of choleraio
| discharges by DR.. j. N. Danforth.
Tho ''through" or "oroBs-town" carr COM
mencod running yestorday, on tho temporary
State 10 OIark Oil Yum Dnren, and from Van
Duron to NIadiao.,, OIL Clark. Tho OCCASION for
| tho change il Lho repairing of State street,
botwoon Madison nna Van Buren, atroota.
THO work Of filling and ropaying State street
as far south M Jackson htroot will commence
Tomorrow, and tho atroot-car traokH will be
takon up for tint distance. Tho state street
cars will turn up Van huron to CLARK Htreot. and
probably atop at tho proBont terminus OF tue
clark stroot line ut Randolph stroot.
1Iollandors Of Chicago doHiro to llayo IIol.
land4 branch Of tho Chicago Free Library. A
committee has boon appointed to oo! nftor tho
matter. confer with proper partics,. and report.
Tho Committee IL composed Of tho following
sontlomon: Tho Roy. Jacob ltoAt, tho ltpy. D to
by, 81. Van dor Pool, and john Van't Wol,l.
| Tho appearance upon tho stroota yesterday
afternoon Of q" fat boy" aged 12 years, anu
| woghing 270 pounds, oai,setl somo lttlo aotsa-
| ton. Tho hoy wont to the oIroua, wl,ero oyory-
body regarded him aa one Of tic curIositoa Ilo
IL fr0m Nochcllo, ILL.,, md at prosont tho gasst
OF Mr. George Nichols. No. B93 Wost Luke stroot
j.. 4 somewhat ambiguous announcement headed
"Layer, Lnw, and Osdor," calling for a tompor-
ate n!ootiag III tho grove aouth OF Lincoln Park,
PROMISES to mako tall good oitizcnB hottor. u
| Tho method of regeneration III not giyon, uor ID