, 1873-02-09
THE CITY IN BRIEF,


THE CITY IN BRIEF.
:, The regular party Of Our Club 3" occurs mex
Tueaday evoning at Shows Academy, on Halste
street.
The Chicago Musical Union give grand bal
and concert tomorrow EVENING" in the North Sid
| Turner Hall.
The Irlsh Literary Association will meet ct 2:S
t1l4s afternoon in Major Moore's Office, corner o
Madison and Union streets.
The Ward Committees Of tho Tiprorary Fuut
are requested to meet at Burke's Hotel to-mor
row evening. Important business will be trans
acted.
On Friday evening Of this week the Star ant
Crescent Club will give St. Valentines party al
Shows Academy, No. e. South Halsted street.
Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 6, Knights oj
pythlas, give their second grand ball ut Mar
| tines Academy, on Ada st1eot, on Tuesday
evening, the 20th inst.
! The ladies' Of -All-Saints' Episcopal congrcga-
ton will give another Of their interesting prone
made and supper parties at Martines Hall, on
| Ada street, tomorrow evening.
The Ashland Society will give one Of their
| pleasant entertainments next Tuesday evening,
at Grows Opera House, No. 517 West Nadispn,
street. 1t will be calico party.
The monthly meeting Of the members of
the Academy Of Sciences ia postponed until
the second Tuesday iu March, when they will oc-
| cupy their new building, No. 1853 Wabash avenue
The remains OF Agnes ". smyth, the young
Servant girl, who poisoned herself last Thurs
day evening at No. 734 Wabash avenue, were
yesterday sent to Joliet for burial where her
stricken relatiGes reside.
HousekeeperB, copyists, teachers, seam-
stresses, and reliable servants, can bo furnished
at the roomB OF the Women's Aid Association.
No. 81 Randolph street, Room 10. Reliable
women to wash and scrub are furnished without
charge.
A young man named Edwin jackson. from
Monroe, Michigan, Tas swindled out OF $500
yesterday afternoon, at the Central Depot, in
the way so familiar to every one who reads the
papers: Captain Sam. Ellis il On the track OF
the swlnd1er.
The ladies' charity ball, which will occur at
Standard Hall on Monday evening, Feb. II,
promises to be grand affair in every respect.
The entire amount of tickets issusl have already
been sold, so that the complete financial success
Of tho noble enterprise is placed beyond perad-
venture.
The Chicago Society OF Physicians and
Surgeons will hold 2 meeting tomorrow even
Ing in tho par1or OF the orphan asylum, on
Dr. Hydo will read paper on 'sPathology Of
lntogament," and DR.. Dcxter will deliver tie
first OF q series OF lectures on the ssNe,youg
system," illustrating it by the German modela.
The Omaha Bee says: General shcridan's
fayorite mnlo died recently in Chicago. h1r.
Villains OF the Government corral, at this city,
started East this afternoon, accompanied by
long cared animal, which, upon his arrival in /!
Chicago, he will present to General Sheridan, to
take tfs place OF the deceased farorite. hfr. !
Williams presentation speech will bo brief, hut !
to the point-'Heres your mule!"
4 very enjoyable entertainment for the benefit |
Of The Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asy- |
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tLo Home, on North Halsted street. / number I
of tLo North de4a1les have taken the mattor
IN hand, and promise refreshments, music, |
dancing, and g good time generally. The inst,-
tuition Ii In need, and well deserves generous
patronage. Contributions Of refreshments will
be thankfully received at tho ASYLUM during
Tho day.
Some time since, Justice Daggett gave iude-
ment against superintendent Washbu1n, Cap
ain French, and Sergeant johnson, in favor Of
5ohn 5ch! Graham, keeper Of gambling-house, for
1ouse and destroyed. Yesterday the defendants
lied the necessary papera for appealing the c.se
% the Circuit Court. Tho case is test case.
md is, therefore, ono OF much interest.
The Board Of Police ex-Commissioners aud
Commissioners Sheridan arc 80 thoroughly dis
:usted at tho mendacity Of the English press
hat they are going to start new daily, on tie
J 5erman plan. Already they are in difficulty
bout name for it. Mr. K1okke naturally
fishes to cal it the Neycxsy, Ar. Reno would
thu tas ] SRy H1s The y ] sRsaeG raad s he he
2ot9nt Bugle, end The Gamblers Apology. There
re some persons who have not yet forgotten
ha Netcs, which was essentially Mr. Sheridan's
ryan. 1t was not a SUCCESS
At the meeting Of railroad men and the
'ouucl Committees on the subject OF viaducts,
Q, Alton & st. Louis Railroads were, by some (
listake, not represented. Mr. Mccullough, on =
ohaf Of the former road, yesterday hnd an :
1teryiew with the Board Of Public Works on
10 subject of yiaducts at Polk, Twelfth, and |
eighteenth streets. The two railroads are
iling to build tho yiaducts nt once, and leave !
10 city to construct tho approaches. The city
o1tely urged that tho railroad companies con- |
rnct the approaches. The railroads, as repro
,nted, will confer with tho stockholders on tho
inject. e
Yesterday morning, at 2 o'clock, a BURGLARY
as committed at No. 1861 Indiana avenue, tho
sidence of Mr. D. E. Comedus, under extraor- +
nary circumstances: The thieves entered the ! T.
,use by basement window; one Of them vent nj
the servants' room and threatened to blow n
cir brains out II they made any noise. The =
her two ransccked the premises, and carried
+ $500 worth of silver plate. Tho one who
pod guard over the aeryants remained for eomo =
ne aftez the departure Of his companions, 60
to give them good opportunity to make their -,
cape. No clue has been obtained. Tho case e.
5 been given to the city detectives, dc
Tomorrow evening George Tm Curtis, whose
me hns been SO long and 80 intimately asso- | "
led with American letters, will llinaugurate the
,ond Star Course With his lecture on Is Charles
ckens." hfr. Curtis' achievements as editor ~
d author have become a part of the literary =
story OF America, and particularly by his con-
ction with the Hnrperr, he has been enabled
furnish, Is editor Of 'sThe Easy Chair. ,
les Of articles SO remarkable End elegant % | ":
win for him the title OF the American Addison. biz
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