, 1873-02-20
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

Tho oratosio Society will meet this evening at
the swodonborgian Tcuaplo, corner OF Washing
ton stEeet nnd Southwestern ayonue.
Tie o1eventh annual masquerade Of tho Dania
Society will be given ut the Aurora Turner Hall,
milwaukee, avenue, noxt Monday evening. Tho
tickets Of admission aro 90 each.
Tho South Chicago City Railway Company
route. Tho two-horso cara now leave Thirty
fourth street every thirty ninutes, instead Of
every hour, aB formerly.
Business men should remember tho down.
town dinners given every day this week by tho
ladies Of the Christian Union, at No. l18 Frank
Is d worthy ono, and the tables should bo
crowded overy day.
Justice Banyon yesterday sent a. young boy,
named A. g. Wright, to jail under $500 bail, for
stabbing man in tile head named Miles Thew,
IN drunken row OF No. 855 Twonty-second
street, Oh Tuesday night. Thew's wound In not
serious.
Tho notorious Bill Wray yosterday morning
mado application before Judge Gary to have his
default Het asido aud hereadmittod to bull. Par
nell MunRon was present to sign the necessary
bonds, bur, the stato'a Attorney objectIng, tho
mlttor went over.
4 daring robbery was committed yesterday
afternoon, between and s O'clock At the resi-
denco Of Mr.: T. Letord. No. COG State street.
Tho wardrobe in one OF the rooms was broken
open and the contenta carriod of. Tho sus-
pocted partieB haye not yot been arrested.
Unusual Interest was manifested at tho noon
prayer meeting, yesterday: Short, stirring ad-
Rev. q. 8. Thompson, and others. Professor
Saukey lod the singing. Tho meoting today
will DO led by tho Rey. ]. ". Craclnft. Tho sub
ject of the lecture will DO "Etornity."
l. About 9 O'Clock yastorday morning man
named Patrick Gallagher, in tho o1nploy Of tho
two cars, at the corner Of Randolph aud State
streets, and being thrown down, was run oyor
Ono Of his logs was go badly crush ed that 1t Ind
to be amputatcd. Ho WIS taken to tho County
Hospital, where the operation was performed BY
DR.. EmnlonB.
port Rolling Mills, lato Oh Tuesday night. bo-
came angored Mt a helper who had taken his
place and assaulted him aa ho WAS proceeding 10
labor. Tho heater Was quickly arrested and
lodged in tho Deering Street Station About
tweuty other heatcrs soon surrounded tle stu
| tion and demanded hin reloaao. Sergeant Hood
informed tho'n that tho prisonor would not be
1o1ensod, and told thom to 1oAye tho station at
once. A Ansty departure followed this CON-
mand. A squad Of policemen arc on guard At
tho Mlls to preyont any further disturbance.
Fuller and nainforth who have operated to-
getller in oyory kind OF yillainy for the last ton
years, mud whose career was writtou up in THE
TRIBUNE aomo months 9go, wore yesterday lib
o&Ato4 AoM tA0 14!uoHcAlt Al4fAub d1fPCu OUT
torn Of 60 daya: They arc still nndar heavy bail
for Charge which 1t ia beloved will ultimately
land them in tho ponltentiary tis but roNsou-
ablo to RI lesume Tint these mon will resume their
old business Of "roping iu" innocout parties,
them.
Horny Wilson, u 6cotchman, about 80 years
old, residing In the roar Of No. 49a Woat Indiana
street. attempted to commit suicide yestordsy
afternoon about o'clock, by hanging hImaelf,
ao made tho attempt with clothes line inc
| basement Of tho house where llo roados. Ho
WIS discovered aud cut down by Thomas A.
Hearn, young man in tho house, before he be-
como ingonBiblo. Wilson has mado M attompt
to ona Ills lifo onco before. Intomperanoe is
supposed to be the cause Of his troublos
The Professors and Truatocs Of tho Uniyer-
sity Of Chicago, with their wivoa, aud 4 number
Of tho friends Of tho institution, met at tho rpa.
idonco Of tho loy. DR.. Burroughs, Oh Ellis ave-
nue., on Tnosday oyonng, for tito purpose Of
aiding In the eatabllHhn,ent OF a college or de-
partncnt for the Bpeoinl education OF lalies. In
connection with tho University. The Rev. Dr..
burroughs, tho Hon. Jamoa Il. Doolttle, Mrs.
Doggett, and othorB, spoke in faYor OF the pro-
5eot At tho sconclualon OF tho addrossos tho
gentlemen decided to withdraw and lot the ladios
talk tho matter over among themselves. Mrs.
Doggott WAS callol to tho CHAIR, aud Mrs. Pro-
feBaor stoarnn appointed Secretary. Tho follow
ing Committee waa appointed to carefully con-
slider the enbjoct aud report at future moot
!ng' Meadan1oa ". .. Doggott. II. Q. Stone,
Fernando Jones, L. WilBon, II. l.. 9ooyis. Jesse
3. Thomas, J. @. Burroughs, Professor Math'
aWQ,