, 1874-08-18
GENERAL NEWS.

EGN EhAL .NGW5.
Copo1in, tho WoBt-Sido photographer, hns
some iipo storeoacopc views Of tho funeral pro-
ccsaion Of tho late bishop Whitohouse.
The temperature yostorday, as observed by
Mnnnsso, optician, under Tile TRIBUNE Building,
WIS, in tho ahado, at7 0. H., 65 deg. Fab. 10 a.
| m, s.; l2m H., Sc; 8 p. M 80; 6p. m., 81; and
8p. M, rs.
Walt l. Toats IL tho naulo Of firm Of coal-
doalors on Randolph street, saboyo Curtis. Tho
! sonior partner probably attou.ls to Bales; tho
! junior to deliveries.
1t is somewhat singular to notice with what
| accuracy and unannlity auy coaI.vendors scaloY
will mako 1700 pounds Of c0al and tue driver Of
tllecart ton. In fact, it doesn't make any DIFF
| fcronco oyen If thore ara two mon OIL tho sent
A man whoso namo is supposed obe either
| Nelson or Fitzpatrick, whito in MI Intoxicated
state foil over The rear rail Of Madison street
car, ut G:90 o'clock last evening" fracturiug Ills
skull. Ito wits removed to the County lIoBf,ital
| by OI1cur Bartloliu. His Injury may prove
| fntnl.
| Tho alarm from Box SIT, Mt 1916 yesterday af-
ternoon, was oooasoEod by fire III a barn u renr
( Bome boys who wero playing with matches
| caused tue blaze.
+Aly twin-brother is a.pilo-driver," Is in aris-
tocratic circles driving out "llatts the sort Of
hair-pin am," us tho correct pllrase for p,ir-
poses Of seH-laudation.,
Thore was no meeting OF. the Common Council
lost evening, owing to tho iai)ure'of q quorum
anxious that thore should bo meeting, aud 10,
promptly ut the stroke OF l.alf-past O'clock, he
directed tho roll to bo oallcd, And, as but four
| teen Aldermen answorel to their namoH, ho do
| o1arad the Council adjourned fol-, laok Of a
| quorum. Several OF tho Aldermen Looked In at
Lord Dufforin's reception ut the ra1mnr House.
! g 4 requom mass was celebrated yesterday
| morning ut tho Cathedral Of tho Holy Namo, Dr..
| McMullon ofllciating, in :coMmaMurntion Of
Roger J. Brags, who wnB killed. q Jcar ago at tho
| Hag-bridgo disaster. Tho mass WAS said ut tho
instance Of tho Union Catholic Library AssooiR-
ton, Of which Mr. BRASS was tho first President,
Tho scandinavian Treo-Irado League faiIcl to
| meet yesterday AFTERNOON. Tho meeting in post
| yoned for QUO week. Meetings Of tho League
| are hold temporarily ut No. 80 South Clark
| Ytroot.
| THO first number Of wocky papor called the
Chicago itlot, devoted to tho lnteresls OF Irish
Catholics, haa just bnen Issued, 1t in published
| street. It is we'll gotten mp, aud will doubtless
receive tho support it deserves.
A meoting of number Of the residents Of tho
| Fifteenth Ward WIS hold Saturday eyu.ling for
tho purpoao Of organizing volunteer tlre.patrol
to assibt III maintaining ororr ut fires and
men was orgauixea, with tue following as OIL
Gers !: Col Il. Ostormau. Foromail; q. Doutch,
| First ABastant Alexander 0stornlau, SECOND
Anafstant; Tholnas Meyers, Third, AhuiBtant !;
Ed F1ngerhood, Fourth Assistant; Hlatav
Kuntz, Itoasnror aud JOHN liimbol, Secretary.
| A. sorioua Incident occurred at Kngsbury Hall
yesterday afternoon ut 1:30 o'clock. Four car
| pentera were ut work on 4 weaky-co.sstructed
aoatfold, when it sl1ddealy Raso why aud prec1'-
| itatel two Of them to the stago belpW a
dlBsanco Of about to feet, Ono Of
thom. Edward Nei1l, Of 145 West Polk
/ Htrnot had three ribs broken, aud received SO.
yoro informal injuries, which will proyo fatal,
| IIo Ia 4 married man. Jnu,os Wi.iBton IL, tic
nGnle at tue 0tllor lnnu, and he was also badly
injured internally, but not fatally lie llyou at
| 2l1 West 1nda.,l street. THO two otlprp c|uuty
to portions Of tho HcaiIold whcl. did not fall,
and oacapod injury.
Capt. Ragglo aud Ills company Of Amino lluut-
ora gayo reception Mt their Arinory. ou wash
ington Hlroet, lust evoning, to tho Clpn-na. duol
aud Montgomery, Guards mud Irish laos. II
in for good tilno, mud they Ind it. a string
baud was III atteudanco, aud Htle lirbt fnn
tastio" was nude ul!ef fcnturo OF liz ou,n.
aion. Songs wore Huug by several ,noulbora uf
| all tho companies, the ttsllnH chiefly doi,.r
tho oporatio style OF melody, which was hoart,iT
| applnilded, borst. MulYol OF tbs QiAu.ua, uaeI
dnarda, Ha1,g Honlo STIRRING ballads In yory Of
fuctivo lnanilor, Brief speeches wore mado by
| Cap.H, Raggio. Gleaaon, Ol,auIfre, and Joyco.
nofreshmonta wero liboraily provided, aud, after