, 1873-04-10
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

I Anna Dickinson will lecture before the Young
| LIENS Christian Association tomorrow evening
in the Centenary Church. The subject of hol
dlscourse is " Joan Of Arc" Tho lecture il
| The Woman's Presbyterian Board Of Missiont
meeting this morning, at 10 o'clock, and thif
afternoon at o'clock, IN the First Presby toTia1
| Church, Indiana avenue and Iwenty-hrst street
Lunch will be prepared for the ladies.
Tho annual meeting of tho Cook County
homeopathic Medical Society will be held thie
evening ut No. 1913 South Clark street, Room q,
in conlemmoration Of the illustrioua founder
OF tho faith. An address will be delivered by
DR.. T. G. Duncan, and other business will be
| transacted.
| Some of tho paragraphs in our article on the
geyEels got badly misplaced in making up; but
| tho worst mistake WIS made in noting the dis
| tance from the north end Of Yellowstone Lnke
printed The lake and the geyser basin on the
Fire Hole River are both included in the Yellow
stone Park.
meeting Of the Committee on tho Interstate
Industrial Exposition Of Chicago met Yesterday
afternoon IN the Statas Zeitung Building, to make
the preliminary arrangements for q meeting of
the $50 stockholders in the Council Chamber, at
8 o'clock this afternoon. The object Of the
meeting is to elect Board Of Directors. All
stockholders should be present.
The alarm from Box 217, yesterday morning
at o'clock, was caused by the discovery Of fire
in the wagon-shop OF 4. Wendell, No. Ills Mill
yankee avenue. The flames spread to two
the extent Of 81 500; insured in the Marion OF
Bangor, for $500 The wagoa-shop wns almost
totally destroyed. MIR. Wenders loss will be
about 81. 900; no insurance. The fire is believed
to hare boen started by IN inccndiary.
The Board Of Public Works issued the follow
ing building permits yesterday african Milling
Company, fonr-story and basement brick, 6ox1oa
feet. Nos. 300 and 800 South Clark street; estate
OF F. ". Peck, fouI-story and basement brick,
20x150 feet, No. 127 South Water street; estate
Of F. ". Peck, four-story aud basement brick, 20
155 feet No. 128 South Water street State 6ay
front, 45x9S feet, LaSalle street, opposite the
Courthouse. Several permits were issued for
two-story brick residences on the North Side. ::
Nlr. J. III. Bo11ew gnve his second reading last
evening at the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church.
4 larger audience was in attendance than on the
previous evening, and the applause was if pos
sible, even more genuine and apprecatiye- The
delicate shadings Of passion and sentiment, and
with ell tho fine elocutiona1y effects noticed at
the first entertainment. The programme was
made up of extracts from Macau1ay, Waller,
Scott Shakespeare, Bret Harte, Davies, and Dick
ems. Tho third reading will bo given this oyon-
ing at the Union Park Congregational Church.
Tho young man, Charles Young, who was
fined 5000 BY Justice Banyon, on Monday, was
employed by Messrs. Mandel Bros, dry goods
merchants. Tho youth caused representations
to be made to the daily papers that his employ
ers, having full confidence in his innocence, had
tairon him back into their store, and as mark
Of their appreciation of hio many virtues, had
raised his salary. This statement, it is now
found, WAS false. No sooner we're the firm in
formed of the atrocious character Of the young
:. oFTar fforf f1,av 3iceh r1aI him,
Good Friday services ut the Church OF the
Atonement, tomorrow, will be as follows: AT
7:3U o'clock d. m.. morning prayer, with lecture,
showing how business men may observe Good
Friday at Q a. m., the Litany, followed by
lecture On ''The Crucifxion o Fact and M
introducing service Of three hours' duration,
commemorative Of the three hours agony Of the
Savior, in which there will be seven moditations
on the seven last sayings of Christi. at 7;3o ?.
m. there will be evening prayer, with q lecture
on sThe Crucihxion Doctrine" The church
viii be draped. Those who cannot remain dur
ing the thrco-hour service will nave seven oppor-
tunities for leaving.
"A deranged woman named A1mena Heitz who
resides at No. 347 North Wood street, arose from
her bed yesterday morning at O'Clock, and with
only her night-dress on went out into the street.
She crossed over to the opposite side, to tho
house Of Mr.. Vanteyenors, and began kicking
the glass out OF the lower front windows with
her bare feet, cutting them badly. AIr. Vante-
veners heard her, nd under the insane (for
bug do not psne hs glass from hny,a windows ss
attempting to get in the house, ho procured q
1arge-sized carving g-knife, and, when the woman's
foot appeared, he struck it with his weapon of
Defense inflicting serious wound. The man
discovered his mistake In q few minutes and the
poor Woman Was carried to her home, where she
received medical attention.
.,4 NJ, o,dnr v;n1k, 3Fx T3oN;roo1 +ba r,rr
prietor Of candy store near the corner Of Blue
Island avenue and Polk street, was awakened by
the sound Of falling glass. He arose and crcpt
into his store, and discovered that pane Of glaas
had been removed from one Of the front windows.
He got his revolver, and secretcd himself under
the counter. In q few minutes three men .ap-
penred at the window. One OF them began to
crawl in where the glass had becn removed.
When about half way III Robinson fred. In the
darkness tho three men disappeared Blood was
ieyed that the shot took effect On one Of the
three men. Robinson did not report the matter
until yesterday morning. At noon. Detective
Flynn arrested q man named Michael Toomey,
who attempted to crawl in at the window. He
was taken to the Madison Street Station.
Yesterday the new Sherman House WIS thrown
open for public inspection, that is, for the OK
animation Of all who were decently dressed and |
lid not look aa if they would whittle of bits Of
furniture for keepEakes. Owing to the fact that
he present Sherman House is within the
present area Of low barometer, the weather
Tas vile, and the attendance WAS much affected |
hereby, the number Of ladies' being greatly di- |
Still the point is such q central one,
md there was so much curiosity to |
,ee q house which has been 30 much |
,raised that somebody WAS constantly roaming |
through the long corridors, and feeling ct the |
urniture in the rooms in order to be certain Of |
is quality. Tho admiration OF the Indies WIS |
openly expressed, especially when they reached
he bridal chambers, and they seemed to think |
hat to live in such rooms would be enough to
lriYe any woman into mahimony. The men, |
more matter-of-fact, reserved their expressions
# approval for the kitchen, dining room, and !
,ar-room, all Of which they found in accordance
nth the latest and most advanced ideas On the
ubject.
AN ELECTRIC FREAK.