, 1873-06-08
TIE CITY IN BRIEF.

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Of the Home for the F1iondless will BE- held q
the Home at o'clock Wednesday. =
Frank Brown, who ahot Al Mr. Mathews, o.
North Green street, On Friday. Was yasterda,
held for trisl in the Criminal Court In 81, o0l
bail.
d meeting viii be held ut the Old Ladies'
Home, No. 1245 Indiana avenue, at half-past 2
o'clock Wednesday,, to elect Managers for tie
Old Peoples Home.
held for the Criminal Court, by Justice Banyon,
yesterday morning, for stabbng Anthony Page
with pitchfork on Friday evening.
Thore will be q meeting Of the Chicago So
ciety Of Physicians and Surgeons at the Orphan
Asylum, Michigan avenue, near Twenty-second
street, at 8 o'clock tomorrow Monday evening.
A temperance meeting will be held at o'clock
aud Ha1sted streets, conducted by the Erin's
Hope Total-Abstinence and Benevolent Society.
A special meeting Of the Directors Of tho
Orphan Asylum Will be held at the Asylum at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning. 4 full attendance
is requested, as business Of Importance is to be
| transacted.
The friends and admirers Of the late Col. Mul-
| Mulligan Zouaves at the Hail. corner Of Halsted
and Adams streets, at half past o'clock this af-
ternoon.
| An members Of Battery 4, First Illinois Light
Artillery, are requested to be present at the Of
ice Of Singer i faloott, No. SIS South Franklin
.ns ass:a. Bas'""'"-'' importance Is to be tF'n'-
At ha1f-past Z o'clock yesterday morning. a
teamstar named David Clifford was thrown from
wagon at the corner Of State aud Adams streets,
and, being rnn over, Was severely injured inter-
nally. He "aa taken to his home BY police
officer. '-
De-
yesterday morning. was occasioned by fire in a
tpu~story frame building No .176 Second street;
occupied az taiior-shop by q. B. hanson. Loss
on building, $500 Insured in the Almenis OF
c1ege1and q vel Loss On stock, 5000; Insured for
q, 800 in the Same Company.
All Taxpayers Interested in the construction |
OF bridge across the river at Harrison street !
are requested to meet ut No. 225 West HARRISON |
street at o'clock On Tuesday evening next. /
The report OF the Bridge Committee will be sub- |
,m1tted. and action will be- taken to secure the |
immediate erection OF the bridge. Prominent !
persons will address the meeting, and it is hoped
there will be 3 large attendance.
Hitching-posts are such rarity in Chicago"
writes the editor OF the Danbury .Neeos, "that
when an Eastern man comes acroas one be ats !
down and cries. People here fasten horses by 4
strap to an iron weight which is left on the walk,
and which occupies . prominent position in !
runaway When o Chicago man sees runaway
horse coming along his street, he doesn't stop to
inquire whether it was the result Of carelessness
Or accident. He merely says, 'Heaven protect
Us !; and craw1s uuder.a stoop.n~ /. +
The Union Catholic Library Association, hay-
ing secured 1ooms in the building On the south
vest corner Of State and Monroe streets, will
open them for the inspection Of the public Thurs
lay evening. . The exercises which, will consist
IT addresses By Bishop Foley md others and Of
Musical selections, will begin at 8 O'Clock Ad-
nisaion,is one dollar, which includes refresh
nents The merits OF this institution viii doubt
esq secure for 1t large attendance on this oc-
asion.~ -
The sales Ut Clarke, Layton l. &c. Is auction Of
hreo blocks in Hyde Park, between Fifty-fourth
nd Fifty-fith streets, yesterday afternoon,
7ere as foloTB: Eight loss, east front, on | l
lyde Park avenue, at an average Of se2.50 por
oot; lots, west front, On Jefferson avenue.
Verago $4S; z lots. east 'front.', Jefferson are
ae, average $50,50; lots, west 'front.'. on |
Fashlngton avenue, average 5000; g lots, east
ront, Washington avenue, average $48.5O. The
otal OF the sales was S1o5, ,150.60. The attend
nee was fair and the bidding spirited.
Ellen Larsen WIS up before Justice scully !.
asterday morning, tor attempting to kill her
[1sband- The examination was continued, q 9
ring to tbs inability Of the wounded man to =
opear. Larsen is at the County Hospital. and .
said to be inaTery 1ow condition Mortidca. q