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spond, the beaent should yie1d at least 81 900 IA a,
tnducement to have them respond, will be one Of te1
to subscribe to the object 10 per cent Of tie amour
secured st the benefit by tho people. The other MIN
can easily be found. J. H. MoVIcKER.
THE CITY IN BRIEF.
CITY certificates Of indebtedness aggregating
$685., S,051.11 fall due to-day, and we're paid yes
terday by Comptroller Burley-
Joseph Law1or was committed, by Justice
Sculiy, to Jail yesterday morning, to await trial
at the Criminal Court for stealing watch and
| chain, valued at SITS. His bail was fixed at
$500.
Over fifty marriage licenses were issued yes
] terday, which is said to DO the largest number
ever issued in any one day in Cook County. Up
to date, since the grcat fire, the grand total is
$3.50.
The Council Committee on Streets and Alleys,
West Division, held meeting yesterday and
agreed to report i'll favor OF removing the G.. B.
& Q. track on Sixteenth street, between Arthur
and Jefferson streets.
sioner Hoyne yesterday morning, On the charge
Of having stolen 200 letters from the Post -Ot1loo
at Winona, Marshall County. The accused was
held in 81, 600 bail for further examination.
A meeting Of subscribers to the Washington
Heights Female seminary is to be held to-mor
row, at Room Honore Block. Several plans
are ready to be submitted, and as soon Us selec-
t1on can be made the work OF building will be at
once commenced.
the benefit Of the Hahnemann Hospital, at Gen.
tral Hall, corner Twenty-second street and Wa
bash avenue on Tuesday evening, June9- Tickets,
including refreshments, e1.6o; for sale st. the
door.
The various classes Of the Chicago Christian
Union will meet as follows at No. 114 East Madi-
son street: Monday, the Dramatic class, and
Tuesday, the German. Wednesday afternoon.
Prot. Haven lectures on the " History OF
Philosophy" The shorthand class meets the
same evening.
Members Of the Montgomery Light Guards
and Mulligan Zouayes are requested to assemble
in full uniform at their armories at q. N. to-
day, to attend the funeral Of Sergoants Daley
and Conway, OF Ippincott's Battery, killed on
Decoration Day.
The Comptroller will send communication to
the Council on Monday evening requesting that
the City Collector be ordered to turn over his
books to the County Collector at once, in order
that delinquent property may DO sold at as early
a day as possible. Over 50, zoe, 900 of the taxes
OF 1879 remain unpaid.
Mr. P. q. Tansey will this evening deliver
lecture at the st. Bridget Hall, adjoining Father
Grogan's Church, Bridgeport, on tho subject Of
''The Priest, the Philanthropiet, and the
Patriot" in the course Of which he will explain
the veneration in which his subject ia held by
the residents Of Connemara.
The Board Of Public Works received proposals
yesterday for five miles Of fou--inch water-pipe,
twelve miles Of si1-inch. two miles Of twelve
inch, one mile OF si1teen-incb, aud 1858 feet Of
thirty-si1-inch; also, two bids for repairing the
bridge over the South Branch at Egan avenue.
No contracts we're awarded.
Twenty-four violators OF II the o'clock
law were brought before Justice scully yesterday
afternoon. AL who were not discharged (and
this number was snalD took q change Of venue
to Justice Banyon. It is to be hoped that official
will render decision in the cases which s,lau be
according to the law as he finds it.
Thousands Of men, women, and children
thronged the drives and prumeuades Of Lincoln
Park yesterday afternoon. The Great Western
from to 6p. m. Next Friday morning the
band Will play while the jubilee procession
passes through the park aud returns, from $3.50
to u N.
Tomorrow, meetings are to be held in various
places in Europe and America, to talk Of the
ting national differences" Chicago is to have a
peace gathering at the Christian Union Hall, No.
III East Madison street, this evening, at 8
o'clock. Several favorite speakers are to be
heard, and music will enliyen the occasion. All
are cordially invited
There will be grand vocal and instrumental
concert this Sunday evening At st. Patricks
Church, on Desp1aines street, by the choir,
under the direction Of the leader, Mr. Hall, as
sisted by several amateurs. The programme
contains the choicest gems Of sacred music, Civ
ing full scope to the abiIities of the several ex-
cellent voca1ists of the choir. The proceeds OF
the concert are to aid in paying TOR the new
organ.
The Board Of Public Works issued the follow
ing building permits yesterday: Byrne d
O'Brien, 2-story and basement stone front, 54x75
feet, corner Of Morgan and Polk streets; n.
corner Of Pratt and Halsted streets; G. E.
Hyde, 2-story and basement stone front, 25160
feet, West Jackson street; j. Catlin. 2-Htory and
basement brick, 64138 feet, West Monroe street;
Thomas Foley, 4-story and basement brick, 25x72
feet, No. 119 North Clark street.
man named James McNerney was run over
BY . locomotive Of the Milwaukee, l. st. Paul !
Railroad just outside. the city limits, yesterday
morning, and had both his legs and q finger Of !
his laft hand taken of. He Was carried to the !
County Hospital Hia recovery is very doubtful. |
McNerney was walking on the track, and did not
and lives at the corner of Wabash |
avenue and Thirty-ninth street. :
At an carly hour yesterday morning, John Con-
away, the remaining victim OF the lamentable &C.
:ident which occurred to two members Of Lppin.
:ott's Battery on Decoration Day, died. The
nquests On the bodies Of Daniel Daley and Con-
way were held at their residences yesterday
,ases, and showed that the men we're sitting on
be guo-carriage at the time OF the accident,
which was contrary to orders. The inquests con-
:luded with q verdict Of accidental death. Con-
Iway leaves wife and child, in destitute cir
Daley. WIS single man.. ~* -
The examination Of Dick Lathrop and Lottie
=. Palmer, Oh the charge OF bigamy. came up be-
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