, 1873-05-28
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

! 70 RhoW nov fino ho could Wr1te the policy
wrlaer OF tho Ropublio p Life Insurance Company
recently put ], 800 words on a poRsal-oard.
- Tho hcadquartors Of the judicial Uampaian
Committee aTe In the basement Of the Mer-
| 'ohanta' building, No. o. Ln8alle street..
Inc members OF nnwnon Post, &, A, R., aro
ruquosteo TO meet at headquarters this evening
ness. "''''
Templar Lodge, No. 40, I. o. o.T., will n,oet
| At their hall, corner Of Washington and Dos
PLANES streets, this evening. All mombors OF
the order arc invtod to nttond.
An inquest Oh tho body Of the unknown man
who Was found In tho lako at tho foot Of Adams
street, at the Morgue, yesterday failod to 70
veal hta name. verdict Of "drowning" was
Tomorrow is tho last DIV for yotors To reois.
tor for the judicial election, which takes paca an
Monday, AL persons who intond to voto, and
haVo m not registered, should hood this adtaoni-
tion.
Tho alarm Of fire, from Boz 884, at half-paet 8
O'Clock yesterday morning, WAS caused by tlle up
setting q koroaeno lamp at No. 145 Luke
John Frcdo. No damage was done.
:. 4 fellow who desires to oat1 a living without
doing manual labor has boon collecting money
from tho charitable by representing tfat it il
for tho Homo Of the F1iendless. hev. Z. Ii.
Boring, Secretary Of the institution, is the only
hence all applications, unloss made BY him,
should bo refused: .
Work WAS made for the Police Commissioners
about half-.past o'clock yesterday morning
ny collision which occurred at the
ssasn sstnss Of tba Fisk and srees
Giant engino; and tho hose cart Of No. IS: The
Little Giants horse was instantly killed, and tho
horao OF No. 10 WIS badly injured.
In some OF onr public schools plan has beon
adoptea for safely diminishing tho scholars in
case of fro. Hs working was tested on Monday
most satisfactory resnlts. The aignai was given
st haH-Past II O'Clock, and In 5ust two minutes
and half all tho four buildings were omptiel.
.h anu without tho occurrence OF lam at eitbor Of
vas entirely experimental, there being no
fro IN the neighborhood.
The completed foundations of the new County
Jul and Criminal Court, In process Of erection
on the site Of tho old NORTH Market Hall, wero
examined by several members Of the Board Of
uonnty commissioners Yesterday and wero
Even those Commtastonerb who wero opposed
to II. D. Bailey 4 90. receiving tho contract.
Msre M compelled to concur In thla opinion after
In enetghboring restaurant by the contractors
and architects.
Tho Decoration Committee met at tho Gard.
ner House lust evening, md all tho sub-com-
mittees reported progreas. Ex-Goy. Yates was
invited to be present at Graceland Comoterv On
Decoration Day, and all frlonds Of the deal eol-
diera aro requested to call at the rooms Of tho |
Committed on Flowers, corner Of Fifth avenue
aud Monroe street, and assist the ladies' in mak-
Ing up the evorgroona and aowora.
A1: Richard B. Kent, the missing Now York
merchant, has not yet turned up. Tho clerks at
the Atlantic 4 Pacific Telegraph Office remember
That despatch similar to that received by Lis |
family, Was sent from their oillce. Tho original
copy, which they have retained, Is transcribed in
3 feminine hand, and waa not wrftten in tho Of |
noe. It was brought there by largo man whose |
description Is similar to that Of Mr. Kont. At |
tue Michigan Central depot ono Of tie Pull |
man car attendants thought l1e remembered that.
yesteluaY @ week ago, man got OF Lis oar who |
appeared to be very feoble and siok. Further |
saah these shadowy oluea nothing was learned,
a prominent railroad official arrived in this
on osy yesterday afternoon, and. in company with
several OF tho officers of tho chicago b |
'st' fe'il and Northwestern Railroads, went |
70 evanston ct 7 o'clock In the oven-
Ping. Ihoy seleotod TINT suburb for meeting
R1sco be .1 10 order to "8ot away from roportors.
q ne @ milwaukee, L St. Paul and tho Northwestern
.sali5oad y Companies he pooled In other worda,
ana!l ply they do away with competition, and keep
up freight and Passenger tarifrs2 Tho seBson
h,ss lug 2 loa& one, lasting several houro. None
se, ~. the einotAis wore present, and the result
could 7 not hs learned. # they roAohod oonolu-
'1on' 1t cannot long bo kept from tho public.
The mar rho committed suicide by throwing
into the river from the Madison street
bridge on Saturday night last, uas identified
1ee 1assosaaay morning az John s. Kelley, who haa
trunk. 1t would npppAr that the deeeasad has |