, 1873-01-03
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Mayor Medill yesterday revoked the licenses oi
two scsvengers named respectively 4. G. Keller
and ). H. Clough.
Arnold Ruckenheld, an expressman, WAS ar
rested, yesterday, hya vigilant officer Of tho
Humane Society for hrutaIly beating the horse
! which earns his livelihood.
The body Of atill-horn child WAS discovered
| under the sidewalk near the corner Of Michigan
| and Market streets yesterday, and VAS removed
| to the Morgue.
| Mrs. Kate N. Doggett has kindly consented to
repeat her second art lecture Friday afternoon
in the classroom Of the Chicago Christian Union,
No. 759 Michigan arenue.
Harry Moorehouse led the MONDAY prayer
meeting yesterday for the last time. The meet
manifested Was encouraging to the association.
MT. Moorehouse will leavo The city in a few
days. To-day Rev. E. P. Goodwin will Lead tho
meeting, and will talk about Abraham and Lot.
Yesterday morning tho Janesvil]e nccommoda-
tion train on tho Northwestern Railroad, while
approaching the Canal Street Depot, was run into
by switch engine. The rem car Of the train
WAS thrown from the track By the collision, and
somewhat dnmaged. No one was seriously i'll
jure1.
Peter Gibbons, man who was sent to Jail by
Justice Kaufman, in default Of bail for his ap
peara1co boforc the Criminal Court to answer to
d charge OF assault, attempted to dash out his
his head against tho side Of his cell. IIe only
succeeded in inflicting soE1e ugly cnsa in his
forehead. His Language and behavior indicate
insanity.
The Board Of Police and Fro Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon for fire matters, prosi-
dent Rouo In the chair. Commissioners k1okke
md Sheridan we're also present. Tho Board
ordered bill Of S20.25 to be paid for repairs to
awagon Of tho Fire Department, and determined
to employ janitor for tho Twelfth Street Pro-
rfnrf Etnfin7 After 3cokinr a13 H;sruaa.
ing the payroll Of tie Department, the Board
adjourned.
Eugene Erb, who was employed Us clerk in the
dry goods store Of 1l1. Decmis No. 191 West
Randolph street, was arrested yesterday for pur-
loning goods from tho store. He selected cigars,
perfumery, cutlery, ETC., worth several hundred
dollars, aud carried them to saloon On East
Kinzie street. The articles were misHod, and
Erb being absent, he was searched for and found
By policeman. He disclosed whero tho goods
scully this morning.
torday, it was considered advisable to postpone
the lecture which was to have been delivered by
Minnie Myrtle Miller at the Michigan Avenue
Baptist Church The first lecture Of her course
the the Union Pa1k 6oag1ega1ionai @ 1 Church. s and
since the weather cannot we'll be as bad as it was
yesterday, hho will doubtless have largo au-
dienco.
A beardlesB youth named John Former, whose
sole ambition is to be = policeman, imagined
last evening that he waa ono, and undertook to
exercise his authority upon an unfortunate ino-
briate whom he chanced to meet The pleasant
illusion was dispelled by genuine officer, who
took the fraud to tho Sixth Precinct Station.
When asked what his occupation might DO, the
ive.S '''1A' T''''' pA'0' ''7p'A0'o 00''''
An old man named Andrew Milan. vino has
been employed for the past twelve years by
Robert Law, coal merchant, and in whom the
utmost confidence was reposed, was held for
trial by Justice Austin, yesterday, on the charge
ing from rs to 50 cents, which we're stolen from
Mr. Laws Office, we're found in his possession. |
Large quantities Of tickets have been abstracted |
from tho Office at different times during the past
summer, and it is supposed that Milan WAS the !
thief in every instance. 3tr. Law cstimates his |
losses in thia way ut 81 600.
man named Charles Smith, who is in jail |
awaiting trial for cattle-stealing outside Of the
city limits was discovered in the act Of saving
Oft one OF the bars Of his cell-door, yesterday.
He had IN his possession common dlnner-knife, !
saw, and with this instrument ho had half cut |
through an fnch-thick iron bar. Ills intention |
was to crawl through the opening in the door, at !
night, and watch his opportunity to steal tho |
key Of the outside door in the event Of the
Uatclln1an going to s1eep. He is nov sllack]ed
and in dungeon.
A correspondent, who has frequent occasion
to visit the Stock Yards, complains Of the e1-
eeeding brutality manifested hy the '*driving
boys" and the buyers Of crippled hogs toward
tho dumb brutes temporarily entrusted to their
care. How does the worthy official whom the
81 Society for tho Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
nala" recently stationed there, employ his
valuable time? Notwithstanding thero are
daily scores of opportunities for the exercise Of
his prerosatycs, wo hare yet to hear OF tho az
rest Of an offender.
The Iowa City Republican Gays: "A young
lacr, who had rua the funny department: Of
Texas agricultural paper, 12ada application to
tho managing Editor Of Tho Chicago Inter~ 0ctan,
tLe other day, fo7 position On the staff Of that