, 1874-10-11

Aanasso, opt1ciau, under TIIE TRIBUNE Build
ing, was i'll the shade, at a. H.. 50 deg. Fah.en
heit; 10 =. m. 81 u H., GO 8 p. H., G.; p
H., ST; and p. M, 81.
Two thousand and tea volumes were given OF,
at the Public Library yesterday. Saturday uea!
the number Was 1866.
The small boys Of the West Side celebrated
| the 9th Of October by Lighting the gas-lan,pa O,
the principal Western thoroughfares At about s
o'clock in the afternoon.
Tho dust-removers Of the West Side find i
much :nore pleasant to push the dust under sd
jacent sidewalks than to throw it all the Nay intt
tller Cats, consequently the main object Of thei1
| existence is unfortunately defeated.
/ The entertainment Of Mesars. Thicb,n and Reg
aney, yesterday evening, was admirable, an6
was greeted with hearty applause. Tomorrow
evening they discourse on France.
Ths alarm from Box Sl4 ut O'Clock yesterday
| afternoon was occasloDsd by the burning out cf
q Chimney At No. 270 Centre aveuue.
| A fire occurred at No. 170 Carroll avenue 1t
| 3:3o Yesterday morning. and oauscd the alarm
! from Box 53l. the building a two-story frame.
owned by Patrick kehoe aud occupied BY Daniel
| lr1nlaane, was damaged to tic extent OF SlOu.
The i1e il supposed TO have been set.
! Phlo Durfey, tho burglar who was shot 90
AaGEtspAEt D} 1!IE9Ia 4NlEUaD6 HUQ f0N4.9.
has nearly recovered from tho two wonuds in
| dicted on him. He is At ths County Hospital,
and vii! be removed to the Jail.
reckless correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Gazttte, Writing from this city, says: '.Ou the
"est sde OF the Chicago River are two small
parks OF 5o7 acres, called Jefferson and Union,
about mile or from The river, in the heart Of
tbs: sectiou. But the great parks ara outside Of
. The col porate limits"
I A s;non1a- occ1,rrerce toni r,aco nt Tho
Western Avenue Baptist Church Tuesday. j
young couple with matrimonial Intentions and
host Of friends and ro!atious on hand, stood be-
fore the pastor ready for the tying Of the nuptal
in such cases, asked the groom to
produce tho icensc. The unfortunate man
hesitated. blushed. s!uote his forehead. stood
upon different feet in rapid altc1nations, came
misplaced exDlctive, n'ld acknowledged that he
Lad forgotten to lItelvlaw the County Clerk
Nitn regard to hia intended marriage The
BRIDE did not faint. but she did look roefully
disappointed, ~ did tho rest Of the party. After
long and earnest consultation with the priuci-
pals, 3.r. Gordon decided to MARI; them, license
or no license. and married they were accordingly.
In the mea.tin4a @hat is Gen. Liep gong to do
for that do:lar aud half:
Tho proceeds OF the fsir, going on FOR tho past
week At Burlington Hall, TO 10 placed to the
fund intended to erect new Catholic church ut
Tie esteemed pastor, tts Rev. JOHN Naldron.
deserves great credit for IL. zeal and energy
which have converted the district in which his
Present church IL from being swamp. nearly
houses, and inhabited BY respectable popula-
tion. The fair has been so far grand success,
and will DO continued the whole OF next week.
The attendance has been very large, and great
decorum prevailed.
The correct names Of the choir recently en-
gagged by the First Presbyterian Church are es
follows: Mrs. Iona Dal!o Brown, soprano
Mrs. Nina Gregory slayton, contialto Prof. z.
S. Harrison, tenor 1Ir. Louis Brown, - basso
profundo," and Prof. n. Il. Cutler, organist.
Mrs. Sayton is the wife OF Henry L. Sla7ton,
Esq. of this city, aud daughter Of tie Hon. John
throughout New England a = professional
dramatic reader.
The friends OF temperance in this city are pre-
parl:S for vigorous campaign during the fall
aud winter. The Won1aD'B organization have
ergaged Miss Frances t. Willard, late OF Evans
ton, to come to Chicago and take tue direction
oftheir work, and the other temperance societies
are equally actire. The I. O. G. r. hold their
first public mass-mec!ing in the Second Baptist
Church Thursday evening. when the Rev. Or.
Storrs will deliver the great speech OF the evening"
and IN short time one Of the most important
meetings ever held iu the city will be called, in
tue Bhnne OF a convention of all the ministers Of
t4c oU5Fel, I'LL G1QDAlA-E teCclcfB, all MEM
bors of churches and congregations, all temper
ance societies OF every name, and every mau, |
woman, and child interested, to consider the |
whole question OF the drinking customs in our
city, and what can be done to destroy them.
4 meeting of the Philosophical Society was
held last evening 10 the ha!l Of Bryant i STRAIT
toms College, tue President, the Rev. Dr. Thomas,
in the Chzir- The attendance was large. 4 !
committee appointed at the last meatiug reported
resolutions respecting thc death Of tue late Ira |
Porter. Tho resolutions veto adopted, aud /
ordered spread upon the records Of the Society.
Dr.. Il. n. Foster read M interesting criticism OF |
Herbert Spencer on "Scienca sud Religion ~ |
which was listened to with close attention 1ud J
highly approved 1t it's close.
The fair and festival for the benefit Of Tho !
building fund Of tho Roman Catho]ic Total Alb
etiuence and Benevolent Society," now holding
at Temperance H.l1 Huron street., between ;
Clark aud LaSsile, vii; continue four nights
longer than was Originally intended. Instead Of j
cl1Eing Tuesday evaalng, it will not clo.e until !
Saturday evening.
a horse attached to wagon loaded with fur !;
nisuro. and driven BY George Miller, who was
accomE Eanied on tha ecat By Col. T. c. C}ars, be-
came frightened at the east end OF Twelfth
street bridge, aboa. o'clock yesterday after
noon, and ran ava: aud threw the occupants cut.
Both 1nen were injured severely, and the turpi-
tura " as smashed. Officer Peters stopped the
horse before lie lad proceeded far. Ccl. Clark
was taken to his apartments ct the North western
Hotel, and Miller 10 the hock Island House.
Tho last proof OF the supremacy of Western
Michigan consists Of basket Of specimens OF
'r!enlid Baldwin, and other apples, and fine
grapes, raised by Dr. J. L. Wynum, of Benton
darhor- II they are good samples Of the
orodcSs 1t that ion, it il unnecessary to send
% califo1nia for gigantic fruit.
John Lavlor lost leg recently. and became 40
lejes'ed over It that be resolved to end his lie.
at No. 4e5 Clark street, he drAck BALI
N ounce Of laudanu N but the acs ~as discuv