, 1873-01-26

ing, and postponed By the storm, will be give
! on Thursday evening next ct tic Union Par
Congregational Church. The pluck and perss
yorance Of the.SocieiJ in their cfiorta to obtni
| hearing in opposition to bad luck entities the:
to the full sympathy Of tho public, and fu
house to boot.
| The First Congregational Society, yesterday
| obtained from tho Board Of Publ; Works pei
nit to rebuild their church on tho old site. Il
| tho determination Of the Society to pull dow:
the walls to the basement, and hold weekly Sci
| rlces there until the church shall lie rebuilt. Th
members are determined to rebuild as aoon q
practicable
The lecture on "Ireland Against Elizabeth,
postponed from, this evening on account Of tn
| st. 3arlath's Church concert, will bo delivore
BY General J. F. Finerty: for the benefit Of tn
Catholic orphans. at the Father Mathew Temper
ance Hall, on Harrison, near Halsted street
| next Sunday evening, Feb. 2, at 7:30 o'clock.
A delegation of policemen waited On Mayo
| 11edil, yesterday afternoon, in reference to th
"twelye-hour regulation. The Mayor listened
attentiyely to what they had to say, and said IL
| was giving the subject his closest attention.
| may be stated that the petition presented b,
Alderman Dixon to tho Common Council las
Monday evening, purporting to, contain tht
names Of $50 policemen, WAS signed by about
onc-fourth of that numbor.
Tho first Naukogan passenger train encoun
tered Il broken rail yesterday: morning, whot
near Winnetka, which throw tho baggaye cal
from the track and broke IN nzle. Tho othe,
coaches were taken as far as Evanston; when it
WIS discovered that two Of them wore III suol
condition that it was dangerous to proceed. Thu
passengers were transferred to another train
Tho trains wore al moro or less dclayed in con,
Requenceof tho accident.
The Trustees Of st. Lukes Hospital are in
great distress to know how to meet the expenssa
attending the running of that excellent institu-
fftx4 -
much restricted during tho present season, and
unless tho citizens come forward there is every
reason to believe that the utmost difficulty viii
be experienced. The current expenses are 500
month. Donations may be sent to John Do
Kovon, Esq.,, cashier Of the Merchants National
Bank.
Tho Common Council Committee on Schools,
the chair. Tho Committee considered the quos-
tion Of rebate on tho Dearborn School lot, at
present occupied by Nfessrs. Rand. 1;
McNa11y.. Aldermen Sherwood and shaffner
and a1-Aldermnn Wilee were present. The Com
mittco discussed the question at some length,
but no conclusion was arrived ut.
The pigeon-popperh had J. little sport at Doxter
Park yesterday afternoon, tho principal event
being u match for e25 side between Abe
kloinmann and MI. Robertson. They shot ut IS
single rises from ground traps, q yards rise eand
80 yards boundary, Robertson receiving the odds
OF ono dead bird Koinmann missed his first
bird, but missed no other, killing Il straight,
and thus making one Of the finest scores on
record. Robertson killed IT out of his %, and
of courso lost tho match. Then Eddie Thomns
shot a penny n.atch, betting 925 that he could
could hit Is ont OF so copper units tossed into
the nir., He succeeded in hitting 43 out Of 50,
which VAS considered very fine shooting.
A woman ranoa Bridget Taylor, whose hus-
band is the proprietor Of butcher shop at No.
2S9 Desplaines street, yesterday andearored to
commit suicide in the most revolving manner.
1t appears that sho has been for come time given
to drink, and has by excessive indulgence became
absence Of hor protector yesterday, she obtained
huge butcher-linife and cut her throat across,
She atricked as soon IS she had performed tho
dreadful deed, end brought in & number of her
neighbors. At tho sight Of tlom the infatuated
woman reinquished the knife, but tore her
wound open with her dnsors, She was finally
secured and the wound dressed, but there is lit
tie prospect Of her recovering.
The Common Council Committee on Streets
and Alleys Of the West Division held q meeting,
yesterday afternoon, in the Committee Room I'D
Joining tho City Clerks Office, AID. Bailey pro-
siding. The subject under consideration VAS
tho ordinance relative to the entry Of tho Mil
vaukeo h St. Paul Railroad into the city. After
q brief discussion, the ordinance, as provided By
Corporation Counsel Tuley, was agreed to. Tho
representatives Of the Road stated tilat they had
purchased the property upon which their track
was laid, and merely desired tho right to cross
certain streets in the city. The ordinance, which
provides that the Company shall build viaducts
and approaches thereto wherever tho Common
Council shall ordain, waB agreed to by the repre-
seatetives OF the Railroad, aad the Committee
agreed to recommend the passage OF ths Or
dinonce.