, 1874-04-29

fraudulent correspondence through tho United
Bsasos mails, woro before OommRsionor lIoyno
yoatorday. Holland was discharged, artl YounB |
waH hold undor %. 0G0 bonds for hls appo1fance
before tho United Stntoa District Court. llo |
gave bail, with Milte Mcdonald as surety.
GENERAL NEWS.
At mooting of tho Executive Board OF tho !
Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum, ns tho house
Of Mrs. Dlauhn,an, No. al Eric Btroot, arrango-
rnonts woro ,nnlo by whioh that institution will
be tho recipient of d bonnft during tho coming
ntcllngs-Dornard conoorta.
Tho Young Mons Christian Association nro
printing ten thousand edition Of their soven-
toenth Annual Report, giving full particulars Of
their work for tho rhst yoar. PorBots cali pro,
oure copies froo by oalling at tho rooms, NO. las
MndtBon stroot.
Tho annual election OF offloors for tho Mont
gomory Light Guards took place hfoudey. oven
ing. Tho following oil}cors woro clootnd for tic
ensuing year: Captain, Tlomas Joyce First
Ientena1t John qnrion second hteM.ennns! tt.saas
Vico-prosiaont, Joroniall Clifford; Secretary,
Thomas Ryan; Treasurer and QnartertnaBter, II.
G. O'Itnlloral. A general mooting Of tho COM
pany Will bo hold Saturday evening at olan'na"
Gaol Hall.
Tie Congregational minister's Of Chicago and ,d
room placed 1t thoir disposal BY tho propriotors
OF tho Grand pautlo Hotol. Tho Question for
discussion before tho meeting waa: =, "fho Lest
Method Of Gotting Missionary Intelligence bo-
Bradshnw, Bartlett, Dill, bushnell, Chamber
lain, Dickinson, Dole. Goodwin, i ,lll'9!meri
Holyoko. Knbnlf, Lloyd, s,,nlt,cr, anl Williams.
Tho question for discussion noxt. Monday
S5g liz IT, uoy snp we GS IL Our
Tho accond business lnoottng Of tho Executive
n ,nn1ea urgtnnrta f0r
tho groat fair to bo held lii November for tho
bonent Of tho Homeopathic Hospital. 'sag held
yesterday morning ut tic house of Mrs. L: z.
Letter, No. 60 Calumet nvenno. Tho Il following
CLairman; Mrs. Willing, Mrs. rren.isu, Mrs.
Ttnnkfin MauVoagh, Mrs. George NJ. Pullman,
Mrs. 9rny, Mrs Harding, Mrs. donoral Logut',
Mrs. Letter. Mrs porry H. sntl Mfs 81, General
Strong, Mrs. Ewing, hlrn. Waite, Mrs. "heelooR,
and Mrs. Harding, scorotary.
Pledges aaninBt the uao OF sa1o of Intoxicating
liquors mny bo found at tho rooms Of tho Young
Mons Christian AS ocint1on by persons who
wisl, to sign tllon. Many wivos tnko their h,ls-
banls, nnsl nothors thoir sons, to sake tho
already boen obtntued. In addition to tho com.
| Portable reading room and library Which arc Woll
patronizod, 1ycoum has been organized, and
once d week litorary exercises will DO hrid.
Tho Y. NJ. Q. A. Lyccun, organized laat cson-
| ing with twonty-Hovon nicmbora and elected tho
| G+ ~.
G. r. Smith, Tirat Vice -proaidont; Il. r. l1or-
| ton, Bocond Vioo-PreBldout; George G. Arpher.
Secretary; Henry T. Still, Treasurer. The noSt
! meeting will bp hold Tuosdny evening, May II:
| Tho dobato Oh tho liquor law was postponed till
rhat time.
A maaB-meoting under the auspices Of tho Cen
tral Committee Of tho ladios' temperance or
ganixation was hold last evening In plymouth
Congregational Church. The nttoneanco waa
ouitp largo a,,tl tho exercises wo1e OF oyeood-
| irfo
a worry lato hour. Tno first spnakor was tho
Roy. William Alvin Bartlett, pastor of Plymouth
Church, who dwolt upon tho inacfenRib!oness OF
tho liquor truilo. maintaining It to 10 d crime
agaiuat tho individual and tue COM
n,ul,ity. Perseverance, in tho womnn'a ten1,
| peranco movement would surely rosnlt
in educating and forming public opinion in the
direction Of prohibition. Dr.. n. $. Davis fol.
he treated tho question Of tho tso Of aleoho
from medical standpoint, and pointed out tlle
prevalent folly Of supposlng that any possible
good, undor any conceivable circumstances
could result from taking alcoholic drinks into tlt
system. Ho advocated ono Of two thingta.-
oithor tho abolition Of MI restraint upon tut
liquor traffic, 80 that society would soon become
disguGtcu with It, or else absolute prohibition
The nov. Mr. Franklin an1 tho Toy. Mr.. Deau'
also spoke, nnl 1t was lato boforo tho meeting
tliBporsoQ.
| THE EI4IT-uoUR LAW.
Last evening meetiug Of about ton or !
dozen members Of tho stonocutters', Tai!ors,
Slip Carpenters and Caulkors', Dlackstniths'
and ono or two other labor organizations, WI
held in the Office Of tho 1Forkingmnn's Aduoca'e
to tnko notion on the call rccently iha,.ed by til
Industrial Congress, which mot in Rochostet
n X advising tue hong 1a OF ianor m md1s ~
pose posed repeal Of tho National EIEh1
Hour law, and for tho removal Of suporviein1
Architect NLullott, who il tho principal adyoon.t
"nf3.J .Jf,&frt toS1 u1d un1 q
chair, and Mr.. Gibson acted as Secretary.
1t was Btatod tint tho smalnoss Of tho meol
ing was due to tho fact that it's object lad nc
been properly explained to tho trados' unions Q
system rs applied to public, works and priyn'
employment was tlion discussed, all preRolt
ngrooing tint 1t would bo n blessing
I tho worlngn,an If it .woro moro g.,
orally reooEnzod' as it ..o,13na Tonld eohh 7,
I education Of himself and bis family. N
Mullot1 was mildly denounced for tho acti'
7 part he is taking in trying to bring about II
,, ropoal Of tho Labor law passed by 0ongre
! pressed tic bciof TINT tho President n,ld mn.
influential Bonntors and Representatives. oou
be induced to resist ita repeal II tho 1nastor vi
0 properly brought to their notice by competo
:; delegations from oyory soction OF the country:
!. It was finally rosolyod that 1nocttDE Of del
+; gatoB from every trato-uuion IL tia city ghou
! he liad Friday evening, ut tho office OF tho 'fo'
!. in9,nan's Aduocate to mako arla1igemonss toi
+ mnss-mooting, mud Meahra. Lawrence nnd hlu
ply, together with two members Of tho Stoi
!, outtors Union horcattor to 10 solicited. wore
!, pointed to notify oil tho unions, aud rogue
n tlaem to send representatives. The meeting til
~ adjourned.
- THE CITY HALL.
IL Tho city collections yesterday amounted
T. e15,oB4, mud the wnter rent paid to el,71e.
An Important meeting of tho Council Comm
re- too on WharyoH and Public Grounds is called
+ friday afternoon, ut Q o'clock, at tho Office
N Tie City Clork.
f. Tho Board of Public Works yesterday
70 ilorcd tho drawing Of plans for o railroad =
~ duct at tho Intersection OF Halatcd street
-. Milwaukee aven,to md will ADVERTISE Tor pro
OF sails for tho construction OF thu aauo aB soon
10, they are completed.
VI lilo Western Union Telegraph Company. J
yo torday made yorbal oltor to tho Boatd CT
M lico to construct lino OF wire from tho aiayt
no oftice to tho House OF Correction Tor sG0