, 1873-08-23

lohfora shall bo arrested on sight, and dcalt with
In accordance with law.
Tho annnal picnic Of tho st. Vincent Do Paul
Society camo OIL yesterday. Of sharpHhootcrs'
l,b0o pooplo woro present, and an excollont pro-
granlmo having boon prepared, and carried out
to tho lotter, all wore vol satisfied. Sports
dancing, running, football, and baso bull woro
for silver ball md two rosewood bats, tho Lib
orty Club succeeded in defeating tho Dano,
Wostlako d Co. nino by ecoro Of 23 to- :.
Thore is now young man visiting picnics,
theatres, circuBes, etc., not by his llhrd-earnoi
monoy, but by his inordinate check. Ho pretondH
Ont of tho New York Mercury. Ho Las an inti-,
mnte acquaintance with everything pertaining to
tho different newspaper mon in the city, and O
good Address, which easily dcceives tho innocent
every one on whom tllia doad-beat calls mako II
matter Of duty to kick him out Of doors.
Some timo Binco attention WAS cnllod to Ger
man conlldonce-man who was going aronEd
among his poorer countrynlen representing him
aelf az an agont Of tho American N1erchauta'
nlo9 nnon ETress, Gompapy H. is stilL on hia
for them In tho exprosB ofllco, on which 10 much
is due. Sometimes tlloy pay him. aud, going to
the Office, Gud thero il package for thom, and
TINT they have boon swndled. Ho is SMOOTH
faced, wola-butlt follow, and tho oxprHBs COM
pnny would Like to got hold OF him.
Tho Board Of Public Works hayo determined
to oxtond tho Twelfth stroot sewer aomewat
further into tho lake. aud, as soon as tho bids
arc examined, tho extonBion will be made. Tho
Twenty-secona Htroet 6ower will not bo altered
for the present uutil the extension can be pro-
toctod by. pior or breakwator. Tho rairoad
company 1t is Ha1d, propose to fill up out to tho
Observation-Disclosures. md, until that is dono, tho
pier cannot bo put in properly. The residents
in that vicinity must, therefore, POSSESS their
nv PArn n&NN$ 11tl
during tho prevalence OF cast winds.
Dr. Bon O. hlillcr ia in receipt Of lottor from
tho Directors Of tho Illinois Institution for tho
Education Of the Deaf and Dumb, ut Jackson
vile, announcing that in pursuance OF an net Of
tho Legislature tho Board has commenced work,
OF additional buildings. Tho location Of tho
building now being constructed and tho condi-
tton OF tho work lro Buch TINT it Woull bo neil
thor prudent nor aafe to have the pupils in at
polls the Board to dofor tho opening Of echool
for fow weeks. As BOON AZ tho swinging OF
derricks and tho raising Of heavy tmbers huro
ceased the term will bo commonccd.
Lot oil good people who think wo arc fast ap-
proaching that state Of prison discipline that
can bo converted by TOW yoars involuntary
confinement to saint, tako q walk down Olark
street, aud tAko Aa close 4 view rs they cnn OF
tho building used for tho First Precinct Station,
and moro particularly Of the coils in which 1t
would DO criminal to put dogs, but not bunko-
players; and yet human bolngs, and quito often
innocent oneH at that, havo been locked in tLoso
dotestabo holes for days. Tho excuse that tho
building was inadequate to tho wants of 80 int
portant station IL no excuse at all for keeping
the place 30 filthy. But this IL eyerybody's bust
moss, aild no ono attends to it, There Ia 4 loud
call for another Howard to look after the prisons
Of Chicago.
A woman namod Mary Mccarthy, vino WAS
brought drunk to tho Union Street Police Sta
ton at 7 o'olock on Thursday evening, died sud
donly in tho cell during tho night. At times sl,o
complained to the officers OF pain in the hend,
but they thought nothing Of 1t, as Horo head Ii
9 very common consequence of inloxication.
She drank water sovoral times during tho nlght,
Two houra later an officer discovered that ale
WIS dead. Deceased was an Irishwoman Of
about 10 yoara Of age, aud IL unknown to tho
police. An inquest was hold on tho body, whom
clot in tho right bido Of the heart, aud TINT it
was hastoned by tho excessive use Of intoxicat-
ing liquors.
A vordant Cannuck, JosBe Malcolm by name,
hailing from Trenton, arrived in Chicago yostor-
day evoniug aud made tho acquaintance Of q
benevolent individual WHO, by . strange coin
cidonco was travelling in tho Same direction as
himBolf. The now acquaintance took him to his
heart and offered him 8 Job to take caro- of q
horse llc was taking with him. After aomo
pleasant conversation tho Cannuolt was induced
to Let the now acquaintance have his money, $50
In ull, "just to have IT changed" The monoy-
changer wont up Q flight Of stairB, telling tho
yerdant one to wait. He did so, until tho opera
ton Of Whiting grew 20 painfully monotonous
that no thought he had better confido the iuci-
dent to the police. Az he could not doscribe the
swindler, tho detectives could do nothing for
him. and as hll he now owned in tho world VAS a
ticket to Trenton, ho got the cars aud loft tue
city.
The South Bend Tribune Of the 21st tolls of q
daring attoulpt at murder aud highway robbery
which was mado between TINT plsce aud lIishu-
Wholesale notion peddler from Chicago loft
MiBhawaka about dusk, and, while driving along
tho rivor, noticed two puspcioua-looking men
following him. Near place called lilo "Dreak
hoy I VICE. WSen % lid ine na shel s stsnas Sss
further on, ho WAS startled by several pistol |
shota that wero fired at him from clu1np OF CO.
dars on tho river silo closo to tho road As
fortune would have 4, ho happened to be loan-
killed. he whipped up llis horses, and succood-
cd In reachlng South Bend In safety. An e1nm-
inatlon OF tho cover Of his wagon-soat showed |
si1 bullos-holes through tho aidos, directly in
This ia the second attempt on tho lifo and prop
orty Of Dir. Farr that has been made In the Vi
cinity Of South Bend during tho year.
lsuperintende Riddle, Of tho Chicago,
Rock Island l. Pacific Railroad, statea In regard
to tho movement OF property-holdors GU Clark
fare, that the right to run on CLARK atroot was
granted them Home twonty years ago, but thoy
would bo willing to yacato tho street II thoy could
Ply tie property thoy would Mood at anything |
like = n:9 reasonable figure Tho Michigan sonth-
stroot, but mover had aty right to do 80, bought
tLn property In tho roar Of tlat psroot and ibid
tio!s truck tlerc. At that timo soyera! roal CO.