, 1874-03-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

Tho ancak-thievoB, who raIlod tho stages and
cars last fall huve begun again. Last evening
box Of money, containing nearly ESQ, was takon
from State street chr.
About half-past9 0 Inst evening. Richard Fran
zero In going past tho dry goods storo Of III. B.
Falk: II l6tate street, saw d roll Of shooting 1y-
Ing ot.t on table as sample, and, thinsing.it
would DO good thing to llhye In tho family, lle
picked Il up aid starlod off. lie was Bocu, now
oYor, nnl aftcr long chnso waB captured aitd
takon to tho Aruory by Officer Mead.
Yesterday afternoon, about ln!f-past 8, aa
Hirnm Nijjlnms was driving along Ua!sted
strcot, lis horses bochme frightened by u loco
motive on tho Fort Wayno n0ad, and rau away.
When tloy reached the corner Of ualstcd a,id
Mitchell streets. they ran into lan,p:rost,
Ing Dir. Williams out. Ills knce struck tho curb
Btono and sisstatnod n compound frncturo, Uo
WAS tnlton to his holne, 743 Clybol,rn avenue,
mud cnrcd for.
Yesterday about o'clock Billy Rcercs, n
statea e., prjson 4s llrd md George Ase, an enpoye
fight OIL tho corner uf Polk md Clark streets,
which onded III the breaking or Rrcyes' lcg nui
Aach's arrest and incarceration III Tie busilc Of
tho Ar1nory. Reeves was taken to tho County
Hospital.
Three colored mon stold a coop containing
twenty,eight chiclons, from the stoie Of L.
Dannett, correr Of Fourth avenue and Taylor
street. Officer Stewart was informed OF tho
theft. gave chase to tho thieves, and captuiod
ono Of thom, Elija johnson, who waB takon to
tho Ar1noly aud locked up.
Tho alarm OF fire from Box 45 at quarter OF
last evening WAS cat3Htd by tle discovery OF
fro in ITO Stale street, owned mud occupied ns n
residence md pntnt-Bhop by Nathan Davis. The
loas was tring.
Last evening officers Hsckey and Reed found
John Hines in front Of the Academy of Nli,Ho
with five ducks, which Lad evidently been stolen.
marked " Il. Mathews" Tho owner Of tho stoc4..
ing call rot that article aud tho poultry by cali
ing at the Madison Street Station.
Detective Flynn yesterday arrested T. II.
Frost, woll known to tue police. Tor Keeping
"fenco" on SontliLnSallc street. Some defaced
Rilyerware and other articles Of value wero found
at hia plaoo.
a queer case cau,e to light lust night. Officer
Tolan found Tho door OF Hoon 10, III tho block
corner OF LaSallo and Adams streets, removed.
This room is occupied BY Rudolph Schoessor,
VT, who roaiacs at lis aberdeen street, and
ane ns N paors ~ o eeor %ssdo 'iry gdroa Sas
and fcarued that the former 3anitorr
Of the building, Frederick Critteuaon llad been
dismissed, but would not lenys tho building.
Instead Ct compelling him to 60. tho door was
taken off his room to force him ont. To get q
door, ho broke into Mr. Sohoossers room and
took tue door. Crittenden ysaR arrestod and
locked up In tho Armoly.
Lnst evening. about half-past TO- ntaga he~
longing to Kolb'H dreat Westurn L.c, WIS taud-
ing on the corner Of State aid Randolph streets,
when tho horses becamo frightened and ran away.
They. ran down Randolph to Franklin, along
Franklin to Madison, mp Madison to Dearborn
whefe they were stopped. On tho corner OF
Clark and Randolph six backs wore smashed up
more or less. and ono hack ho1ao injured 80 bad
~ that 1t will die. Tho agent OF Kolb
came up coon aftor and settled. Part Of
tho stage waB left at tho corner
Of Madison and Franklin streets, and tho rest
on Dearborn. Fortunately no person was ill.,
jured. Tho none, ,-box wAH found by a colo1ed
boy, and taken to the tArmory.