, 1873-07-27
oorroot; Ex1or wa8 found there, and arrested.
Ho WAS hold to answer for hfB offcnsos In bail

or *1,uD0.
Tho manual picnic Of tho Chicago Calodonian
Club will be given on Tliuraday, Aug. "a, at
on the Chicago, milwaukee, & st. Taul Railroad.
Tho customary Scotch games will bo an enter
tanning feature OF tho oxcursion. Over s400
Will DO given AWAY In prtzos. ING drivo to ne
park ID ono Of tho fuost around Chicago. and 1t
Is expected that II will bo we'll patronzod on tho
day Of tho picnic.
Owing to tho immonso number of carriages
which nTe driven on tho boulevard on Wcdnos-
days. tho Board Of South Park commissioners
will horcaftor require TINT On tue days when
driving faster than eight miles an hour Is allow
Cd, carriages going south will take tho west siao
OF the road, and those going north tho oaat. IL
order to obvisto any danger from collision. It
Ia very probable TINT another day In tho weok
will DO soon givon to tho lovers OF fadt driving.
Tho Now York Shipping II Lt's 4.,p Of 5uiy u ~. q
cargoes Of oolroo, Of 1898 bags, diroct for Chi
cago. Tho coffoo Is coming to J. ". Doanc
Co., and coHts On an average $40 to e45 bag.
It iB tho largest conHtBnment that oYer cRmo
tho mississippi routo, but will bc landod ut bos-
ton and shipped thonoo wost by rail. This fton
will DO ploasant reading for st. Louis, oincin.
natl, and other croakern.
Tho French Benevolent Society Of Illinois will
hold a general maeting this aftornoon at
action Of The uHunl business Of tho Bociety, tho
meeting will takc stops for tho celebration ct,
frat, the bi-contonary anniversary OF tho dis
covery OF Chicago and vicinity by men Of Euro
ponn, deacent: second, the evacuation of French
nivorea5y Of tho birth Of Lafayette. They inVfto
all frionda to attend.
A number Of our citizens propose to organize
an excursion party Of ladfes and goutlemen for
. trip to Ao1andria Bay. on the st. Lawrence
River, where ono Of tho 1nost aunamor hotola IN
ban 4,.cA 6naY1 &r1f, ,%u111
include lake rido OF throo days eaoh way,
several days fishing among tho Thousand
Islands, o sail down Tho rapids, and humorous
other attractions. Special rates have boon OBJ
being absent ton to fourtoon days: information
will be given my who would 1ko to become
mombors Of this pnrty, by D. r. Cameron, ct
Cameron, Amberg & Co., 81 Lake street, p. 4.
Talbot, Erenfng Mail or =. 8. McOlelland,
Attorney, Room 40 Bryan Block.
the American District Telegraph Company on
F..day last. The case Of Keller Y. Boyd VAS
Called and noithor plaintiff nor plaintiff q attor-
noy WAS present. Tho dofondAnt decided to
wait little longor. After very long wait in-
caao BY default, and hnd just dono SO whom tho
perspirating faoo Of plaintin's lawyer beamod
like full moon IN tho door, and its ownor stood
broathlesa before tho Judge As soon as ho was
On ono Of tho blue-shirted "a. D. T." boys to
call him in timo, ind tho fault lay with tho Com
pany, md not with him. Tho. Judge decided
that ho could not admit tho existence of mid
die mnn in tho caso, and Sustained tho dimiesal
Of the suit, which deoiHion, however, he sot
inside yesterday morning. Tho Company had
bottor advertise for batch Of 2:40 boys on tho
shortest notice. e i.
k1ossrs. Uerting Crawford, Jonos, and Lon
| organ County Commissioners, yesterday after-
noon took trip on tho West 6ido OF the city to
| discover the most suitable site for the new
| County Hospital. Some twelve parties had ten
dered ihor 1and Us eligible, but only four Of tho
applicants mot with anything like favor from tho
| Commissioners. IA o gone1al rl1o, they found
the prices ran much higher than thoy had antici-
patcd, and thoy hopo, by jud|ciously waiting, aa
they arc not In hurry, to get an offor which will
be acceptable to the county, which is In IN eco
nomical mood just now. Tho best tract Of land
examined WIS ton acrcs On tho corner OF Twelfth
street and Prairie avonue, for which the own"
or nsks $4,000. For another largo but lesB
eligible tract Of twelve mud half acros the own
or aaks 40000 while anothor ton-acro lot III
obtainab1e ut S120, 900. A very fair Aye-acro
traet oforod for $40 900, and two other pieces
! of less than two ncrc8 In extent, wore offered,
but woro considered rs too small for tho purpose
required. Tho aforementioned piece Of land Ii
worthy Of attention, inaamuch as 1t Ia graded
and drained and has tho gns laid on but, in
spite Of thoso advantages, the Commissioners
think the figure rather high, and hayo decided
to lot tho thing remain open until moro favor-
nbtn nfferH ara rt1hfn.