, 1874-06-07
GENERAL NEWS.

The Cooperative Carpenters and Buldars
have completed their organization By electing
the following Directors Mesars. Lyman, Mason,
6teadman, Tregay. and Todd.
queer instance Of superstition is reported
ca lay street, 4 woman who possessed COW
and supplied sundry OF the neighbors with milk
tiad this week The husband OF suparBtihous
customer, ignorant Of the possible relations be-
tws,n the COW and the corpse, purchased
oua:t Of milk. On his return he was met at
tue door By his wife, just as q TRIBUNE reporter
passed. Where did you get that milk ?" "At
Mrs.-'a" "At Mrs. -'s7 Don't you
know there's dead woman in the house, That
milk isn't lucky. Take it right back and get
yoar 6 cents" The husband demurred with
masculine reluctance to aver his 6-cent supe1sti-
.sion, whc1eupon the conscientious dame poured
cut the milk upon tho sidewalk as drink
Offering.
1t about o'clock yesterday afternoon b
girl named Lizzie Mcdonald, while washing
windows ut the home OF her parents, No. 81
NE"ht gtreat, met with 3 Revero accident by
which her right ann was terribly 1acerated With
piace Of broken glass, soyeripg the main
artery. DR.. Gall, who dressed the wound, pro-
hounecs it to be OF q serious character.
tt, still alarm given to Hook and Ladder No.
coTe,7 Of fire n the two-story frame building
Ut No 1874 Deaplaines street, owned by c. II.
HARRISON. and occupied as boarding-houss by
Mrs. Harland- The aa1nes we're extinguished
without turning in an alarm by the Hook and
Ladder boys, and without more than nominal
dama3e- The fire wss caused By cigars ig
nlt.nE some in0anin4b1e composition in 4 bod
room Of the houso
ihe price Of the Chicago Daily Unton Ger
mani has been reduced from Is cents week to
laceuss. BESIDES thus, the paper republishes
rom lKE TRIBUNE ali the advertisements for
Lap wanted, SO that Germans in need OF en-
po5r1ent may know where to 60. Those Ger
n1o sborers or servant-gir1s who nsed WORK
ean Lave their advertisements inserted in tho
taloa FREQ Of charge.
4no coroner held m inquest On young usn
raaea Robert ". Murphy at his late residence,
20. ~ Archer avenue. He met his death Fri
Tas M evening under the following circumstance.
AZ Has employed in the house OF William ~
HOT d Co., at the corner of the river and Mich
tssc VENUE, to attend the working Of the ele-
'nor. Friday evening he was closing the gates
a tuas guard the entrance thereto on the fourth
1Ml' ssM and Ehle 10 engaged lost his balance and
~ - the ground floor, distance Of nearly fifty
iett, sllng him instantly. verdict Of accidental
oe&tA Wes rendered accordingly.
L3ss Peoples Party Of Chicago will not send
9aelegases to the Springfield Convention, Wednes-
"as. 1ae Central Committee has not met this
5;pfns, and, ss no policy has been marked out,
rot definitely known whether they, as 4
lnts' intend 10 take an active part in the State
eiscloo OF not.
Iaifornia aquarium tar loaded with live fish
t4 s.un 'ne "aters Of New hampshire arrived here
ene Achigan Central Railroad last evening.
.us al ~as IN ordinary refrigerator car labeled
i4aSnun: The fish we're in tin cans packed IN
Is ao III. Livingstone Stone, Of California,
na9 n9 Charge Of them. They will be taken to
trnfar 1f Pacific
ae - ife car leAres here by the Northwestern
haI'oad at 10 o'clock this morning.
.,.1 1n Ingenious scheme to obtain possession Of :
sSs; sl,eox was put il practice Friday night, and
.s1lsea ~ u successfully. While q Cottage GroEe
~. M *ss going south, q small boy with large
- - en- his back hailed the driver, Tho stopped.
tha ue d Approached the front end Of the car, but
NV oas was SO heavy that he could not lit 1t
s,.s ,1o daah- board, aud the driver kindly as
On a -. mm- While thus engaged, man came up
~ Hse otner eide Of the car, reached over and
isa she eash-bo1, containing Ssh aud quiet,
nf sppeared IN the fog. The bog, too, instead
ensa saaso4s e on the car, ran away as fast as he
ssats: ae: The bag, when examined, was found to
t,-sa tt.n oid iron. 1t is doubtful If any more
Sssst ~ ~ be carried on the front platform OF
sa asa blde CARS hereafter. This is the Chicago
'Ssslon Of Fun in Fog
/ Csrt Meeting Of the property-holders on North
~. street, held one week ago last night, to
~ Eaon IN legard to walling, filling. paTaDg,
gsadins the street between the north line Of
1 srssl ae street and the south line OF Chicago
e,bnsaue., ebbnae, committee consisting Of Martin
4 i }iMMu17 M11 Edmund Knaucr, John steinnetz. G.
tojntsS tSossnick j: and Houry Lamparter, vas ap-
issea ise,r to siat the properly and Obtain
,e1 u signatures to the paper pledging them to
! r., r.. ne1r assessments for that purpose.
asb. Committee made their report Last
4 III, recommending tha: Thomas Mack1n
Ines fesed TO pave the street 6etTesn ane
q tsMa u per front foot filling, 25 cents per
4 e.ts 1ara: These rates are q reduction OF 81
4 ne- s pef front foot on the paving, and 70 cents
8 m3,sl1 San yard on the filling, from Mr. Msokins
8 ~ eoocu1red in
d IL. MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
q H. - meeting held at the Palmer House on tue
j aa INST, the following Committee, which
& ssao6 ia several busiuesa iuta1est1. T7s
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