, 1874-07-26

| ao0ACoA kLlAt I'LL oIuef uaQ Dbe0 given I0r tho
gold medal to be shot for by tho different mill
tasy companies in the city. All the Arrange-
ments have been completed for the champion
ship hurling match between the Irish Rites and
| Clan~na-GAel Guards Some correspondence
has been already received from prominent
1rlshmen throughout the States in reference to
tue event. Everything up to the present has
gone On satisfactorily, and there ia no doubt but
the picnic and reunion OF the Clan 6 aels will
| be the largest and most respectable Irish gather
| ing which has ever loft Chicago for days
! amusement.
The night toilers who ide home in the "last
| cars " are regaled With sights and sceues which
| are not accorded the day traveller. The pretty
waiter girls and their oscorts-the latter are gem
orally drunk. and the girls are sonct,1ncs-ioin
cluBion OF others. Occasionally q maudlin t,arty
nlil tinish up al all-nght orgie by seranade;
which consists OF the most dismal and disgust
ing howls- Parties returning from the banks u
vii rehearse how they ','coppered on the king"
'p!ayed the deuce, and would have won for
tune but for the Odd bad luck" Some Of the
"busted communities will take the car without
nickel in hand, aud rest On the liberaity Of the
conductor or swear that they are railroad en-
ploYes. Occasionally some drunken brute will
drowsily place his boots in ones lap or set FIRE
to his or somebody else's clothes with lighted
cigar or q match. One fellow recently amused
himself BY exploding parlor matches.
DEMoBAL1zED HOUSEHOLDS.
Judging from present lndlcatloh4, tue courts
Or court-are hkcly to have divorce case
which promises something rich in detail. even if
the parties arc not very prominent in sociu cir
c1es. The husband is little. bow-legged indi-
vidunl OF much apparent lnagnifcance. and tho
wife, mothe. Of two children-ie fair and
comcly. They dwell on Congress street. The
woman claims to be the injured party, and II
her statement, as furnished to her friends, is
correct, she has very great causa for rccourHo
to the couEta- Twelve years ago she was
% her husband I took ' within bis % house % . yon5s @
woman who had abandoned her husband, aud
who was the mother of one child year ago
he became very attentive to his tenant, and
few months afterward he became her almost
constant companion, to the neglect Of his wife
and children aud the scaudalizlng Of his good
na,ne. He has even gone 80 fur as to causs his
wife to wait on his dulcinea in many Ways. Ha
accompanies the WOMAN to the theatres and
elsewhere, and, In fact, makes bold with her in
his family's presence. His wife is broken
hearted and in i]l-health, aud is compelled By her
unjust lord to do Il he bids her.
Not half-dozen doors from tho above
place ia parallel instance, wherein
q party gave his wife the kick-out and took iuto
q once happy home woman OF no high repute.
These two instances arc given rs sad comment
aries some phases Of social existence, Such
hard-hearted Villains should be frownod upon
and discouraged In the community.
THE ooAM1ss1oSA1REs.
the thousand natural shocks TO which most old
and all new spoculat1ons arc heir, the - Commits
sionaire " enterprise, originally started by Louis
Van Hoyen at No. 124 Fifth avenue, has Sue
cumbed to the force OF impecunlosity. Mr.. Van
Hoven has disappeared leaving not trace behind.
But the knights OF the red cap mud diugy blouse
are not left entirely forlorn. Col. 4 N. Sxern-
houaen and Leon Frank have bought out Won
uoven's lease, and have released the establish
ment known as the Office, at the number alreadv
r7,ar}iHnn6 fin t1a rnnrtrnua which held
by ono P. G. Sites. With forty men the two
gentlemen mentioned have recommended
business, aud are prepared to tako ail
1ns s' ot i nothing na sn1oyssp hsa s Ss
changed Immediately - b4ue blousss and
pants with lght-blue caps. taking the p ace
OF the rather foreign-looking costume which
made tho original 81 commissionahe bird of
tropical pIu1uaXe, and tho envy Of admitlng
boattlacka.
Col. Skernhausen formerly commanded the
Si1tv-eigbth New York Volunteers, aud hiss been
employed in several OF tho public offices Of Chi
insurance agent pretty we'll known. Neither
knows anything OF the whereabouts OF Mr.
Won Hoyen, for whom there is sad
to be weeping, aud wailing. and crashing CT
teeth among parties who knew him intimately.
Whether the great grief proceeds from the loss
OF his charming society or from pecuniary con.
slderations is something on which the lump Of
knowledge throws only faint light.
WRECK OF THE MERCHANT.
The iron propeller Merchant. belonging to tho
Anchor Line Of which Charles E. Chase is
agent, ran ashore yesterday morning at about
nj miles '''Ia south T Of IL Milwaukee, and
is now lying in about u feet Of water, with
hole in her bottom. She left here Tuesday even
ing with q cargo Of $4,000 bushels OF corn, 600
barrels of Hour, and 100 bushels OF onta for Eric,
and 100 barrels OF flour for Buffalo. The tug
George ". Wood. belonging to Capt. William
Crawford, Of this city, left here last evening
with three stean-pumps to try to get her OF,
and bring her to thus city to be repaired. Her
20 is fully Insured in various companieB aud tho
iosa is estimated ut about Sc, QUO, tho deck on
which the hour ID loaded il not under water.
She is one OF tho finest iron vessels on the lakes,
and her hull is divided into three compartments.
1t is therefore probable that the grain in one Of
them only is damaged: Capt. II. Neiland is in
command, and she hiss crew Of twenty-five
men It ls believed TINT she can easily be ralsed-
FIRES.
4 slight fire occurred in the frame building
Nos. IS, GO. and G2 South Clinton street, known j
Is the National Foundry. Babcock No. l extln- |
puisbed the fire. The damage is nominal. jacob
Wertheimer OWNS the building. 4 defective
chimney caused the blaze.
The a1arm from Box 313 yesterday morning
WAS occasionod by the discovery OF fire IN the I
sidewalk in front OF 79l West Madison. pail |
of water e1tinguishod It.
Il
afternoon, at No. $50 West Twelfth street, two
story frame house occupied BY Michael Church. |
ill., No. 18's men put out the ire.
THE RELIEF AND AID SOCIETY. I
Tho Chicago Relief and Aid Society has got |
through with the work entailed upon 1t By the |
fire OF the 14th. It has promptly and literally !
met all tho demands OF those who needed MD |
and during the short time that the crisis lasted
about S300O0 have been paid out By h1r. c. g.
Trusdel. tho efficient Superintendent Of the |
Society. There are still n few applicants
WHO will have to be aided during the
month, but nearly all those buried out are now
uuder cover and able to take care OF tho1n-
selves. It is estimated that about $50, 600 more
will bo needed, aud that tine total amount dis
tributed to sufferers by this fire will reach the
sum Of $50, 600.
After this date no more applications for free
road companies refuse to houor any longer the
orders of the Society. alr. Mitchell, the Su-
Of the Illinois Central, and Mr. /
Sargent, the Superintendent Of the Michi-
gan Central Railroad, have written
letters to a1r. T1usdel1, stating
that their consent to transport sufferers
by the file free Of charge was greatly abused, IS
D large number Of those who received tickets
had not left tue CITY ut all, but sold them