, 1873-12-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

Tho regular monthly meotlpg Of tho Doard OF
Mana so,s of The Erring Woman's Refuge will
bo AeiI at tho institution this afternoon at half
past.2 o'clock.
Jamos Parton will arrivo at tho shormnn
House today. lie will bring with him q lecture,
eAtitel 'Our aeaudalous Politics"
Tho distinguished English pool, aozald AlaH-
SOY, will arrive III Chicago Tomorrow aud will
deliver q lecture on jesus Christ at tho dlopo
Thoatre in the evening. lie ia reported to OIL
tortatn original yiows Oh tho subject.
Tho sixth annual reunion of graduates Of Am
llerst College In tho West will be held ut tho
Grand Pacific Hotel, Friday eyoninc noxt. All
WHO have beon ut my time connccted with tho
college aro invited to atteAd. Prot. W. $. Tyler
Will Dp present.
The Philosophical Society Of Chicago, a Wig
oroiH ala growing. organization, Will DO ad"
drcssod ut its meeting ttp-day by tue Rev. II. j.
Savage of this sity HIS subject Is, ~, Chris tan-
nieots i'll tho Methodist Church Block.
Tile Highland Association will in futur3' hold
its fortniglltly meetingH In D1re'a building, Oil
the northwest corner OF 6tuto mud h!luisun
streets. The exercises of tho meetings CONSIST
Of music, reading, rccltatiouB, essays, aud dc-
bAtos, ana uro Btlong incootlves to reading aud
etuoy OIL tie purt of tho members of tue or
ganizatton.
Mr.. Brand. tho photographer, hns just COM
peted u. superb iife-aize etuyon por.rult OF tho
lamensed judge Porter. Tho lkonesa WIS taken
from photograph, and IL most faithful pc
turo, Tue work reflects gteAt ctcllt upon tho
artist. The portrait will ralna,u i'll tho gallery
short time, aud tho friends Of the deceased aro
invited to Gull aud Hce ii.
Mr. james 0. Hoywortb, Of No. 393 Michigan
avenue, while returning l1oin Lincoln pnrk, ut d
| lAte hour Thursday evening, was thrown 1rum
| his buggy at the cornor Of Ciark as!d Wo!ls
| streotB, aud very seriously injured. IIo was
| removed to tho Uhloago Ayeuuo Station, whore
ho lay iu MI unconscious Htute uutil II O'Clock,
| when lie was ideutiiiel aud talson home. Yes
tcrday morning, Mr.. ueywort4's condition WAS
| unchanged, mud Ais" phya|olauB aro doubtful
| about tao result. Ho llus many friends in tLia
city, who viii reyrot 10 learn Of his misfortune.
Thp audiencc-room Of tho Scotch Presbyterian
Church, cornor Ut Adams and Sanyamon Streets
after undergoing extensive repnlrs, will be ro-
| opened to tile public tu.,nolrow. Galleries Aayo
boeu BULL, the pews oushio.!el. and tho eutiro
building, which lad been damaged by ator.us,
has been braced npd strengthened, the whole
work having beon dono at Il oost Of u, $40. Spo-
cial roopcnng services will bo held iu tho 1nori-
iug, afternoon. anI evening, to-morrow, upon
which ocoasious COLLECTIONS will 10 mads to de-
fray tic oxponsos of lecon5tracLlon.
An important trial, involving the title to u
tract of vacant property in tue vicinity Of Alic-
! igun avenue anu Ihrly-!ifth sticet, las been 10
Two dayA. The suit IL brought by II. 0. Stono
against James pratt ard Others. Monroe, Bisbeo,
Gibbs, aud Schuyler appoa1el for tho pluintiN,
aud Judge Nurtou for tho defendants. It up
| IT lan1 III tho yicll.sty named from 9. II. Dc
| Wolf about thirty years aEo. Alr. Pratt claimH
to hayo purchased tho same properly from
jeremiah Pratt, Stone astoria tnas the lattpr
;n. bad no title aso stoaa0 y The meantime
| Of thu DrDDartY which il tilHuutDl.