, 1873-06-28
TIE CITY IN BRIEF.

The regular monthly meoting OF the Directors
Of tho Orphan Asylum will bo hold Mt 10 o'clock
this forenoon ut tho Asylum.
Tho grand fair and festival for tho benoft Of
ST. Columbk1ll'a Church opened on Thursday
evening and will continue for two wooks
A correspondent with tho cheerful signature,
IA Suffering Wife," writeB to TuE TRIBUNE to
say that there aro fifty lottery Offices running
in alloys noar tho Chamber of Commerce..
The Firemon's and the Clipper Dase Ball
Clubs will play match game at / o'clock this
afternoon on tho Chicago Dase Ball grounds,
corner Of Stuto and Twenty-third streets.
Officer dnr1att, Of Hamblen's Merchants Po-
lice, reports that tho establishment Of Lowon-
thai Bros, Nos. g. and G3 Jefre1son street. was
broken iuto on Thursday evening, and old cop
Per and tho like, to the valuc Of $50, abBtraoted.
Tho new freight tariffs hnylng all beon pub
lished, and tho Times having successfully copied
them out Of The TRIBUNE. that sheet III now ut
liberty to copy al it's othor local nows out Of our
columns for tho rest OF tho soason.
Tho contract for tho northern wing Of tho
Northwestern Insane Asylum, At Elgin, was
Swanson & Co., Of Madison, Wis, for s200, 900,
complete, except the plumbing and hcating. It
is to DO completed by Dec. 81, 1874. There woro
eighteon bidders.
Tho 1nying OF tie corner stone Of the Mount
Vernon Academy, Morgan Park. Washington
vited guests starts from the Rock Island depot at
1920 3. IN. The stone will DO laid with Masonic
ceremonies, and addresses will be delivered by
several prominent elergy1non md laymon.
Tho festival Of tho North side Temperance
Bocloty, which has boon In progress at Klaro'B
tinued this evening. An ologaat painting viii
bo presented to the most popular young
lady On the North Side, and thoro arc three con-
teAtapte for tho prixo. Their names arc MiBB L..
Ryan, Miss Smith, ind Miss Jeunio Maguiro.
Yesterday the Board OF Public Works opened
the following bids tor grading and cn3HeFn|g
ayonuo: N. N. Gornhart and Charles Will
baum, s1.35 por cubic yard, W. II. Donovan,
| e1.10; Michael Ryan, 50 conts, Edward Dom
ogh1e, % conts; 4: n. Klein, $1.25, from Mil
| Division street. to North ayenlo.
| At 4 meeting of tho Chicago Base Ball Club,
held on Thursday evening, the Directors soloctod
playing nine, az follows: Lawler, catohor :;
Drapnock, pitchar Laphnm, first baao Bred
burg, second base; Willie Foley, third base ;
wards, contra field and Tom foley, right lold
and change catcher. This team will play tho
Booals this aftornoon at tho corner Of Van Du-
| ren and Laflln atreots.
The Police Commissioners yesterday satisfied
tho City Engineer that two aerylcoablo streams
| Of wate1 could ho secured by two ArHt-olasa tlro-
engines from ono plug, it III 9-lnch supply-pipo
and 24.inch maln were uHoa. Tho tost was made
at RuAl,-ntreot bridge, and WAS ontroly succasa'
ful. Its object was to induce Mr. CheabrouEh
to recommend that all tho plug aupply-pipoB III
tlo buslneus portion of tho city be changed to 8.
Inch pipes aud attaohed to tue 2i-inch main on
WablHl-ay. rs.
a communication printed by us, yoatorday, al
legng brutal treatment by two policemen OF .
drunken mau, on tho oornor Of CLARK and Michi