, 1874-07-01
ANNOUNCEMENTS,


Prof. Swing will proaoh ut Mccormick Hall
Sunday morning, and II sufficient encourage
mcnt IL given ho will continue Lis ministrationa
at that pfaco.
THO monthly n1ootlng Of the Boagd Of Mana
gors OF tho Homo for tho Fr1cudtcsB will bo held
at tho Homo Mt 10 o'clock a. m. to.day.
This evening tho ladies' OF St. Johns Church
will give lawn purity Oh the grounds Of 3. j.
Wa!kor, Ashland aycnue, corner Of Jackson
street. There will DO dancing, croquot, rofroah-
monts etc. AL arc invited.
4 rlotablc picture te now In tho city, md will
shortly bo paced on public exhibition ut tho
Art Gallery. It la n two-thirlH lcnKth portrait,
}urporting to be that Of Frances Ia Bo!lc) Iet.-
~, rnaid OF honor 10 the Duchess Of York,
Court, painted by Sir Potter Loly, the State
Painter Of that monarch. Tho picture In now
tho property Of John Edmuuds, Of Corning,
Adams County, H., who has documents giving
in his fa1nily oyor a century,. We shall say moro
about this picture when it is III its place III tho
gallery. whore it eau bo soen to advantage.
Prof J. Dfal.ofr, tho colobrat cd blind organiat.
assisted by all the German Methodist choirs of
tho city, viii give vocal and instrumental con-
mud Washington streets. Thursday ovo'ttnE. Tho
concert will no doubt be It hne ono, aud the pro-
ceedB 60 to worthy cause.
The MANAGERS of tho Gilmore promenade
concerts, wllie1 hayo already boe1, announced in
thoHo columns to commence at tho Exposition
building on the 2'th inst, hayo llacod tho sub
Boripion books for season ,ickotB ht tho follow.
ing we'll known stores, whore parties may avail
themselves Of tho advantages those tickets a.
ford Lyon 4 1Iealy, northwest corner 8tate
| and Monroe Htrcots; Root t. LewlB No. 1865
| State atreor; julius bauer 4 Co., nnlor Palmer
| House; W. B. Keen & Cooke, Nos. 113 and 115
| stato street; Cobb's Library. No. 81 Monroe
street; Dtnine & NfcLanc, under fremont 1Ionso
Erby Il Barnes, No. 101 Madison atraot: Parker
l. Tilton, No. 81 Clark street; Char!cy Kern, No.
TO Lassle street, and as Emefson & 4 stotta H"5
disposition on the part Of the manage
ment 10 make this series Of midsummer
nights festivals as popular as they ara novel.
tloman havo boon placed at 20, and are good
for each OF the Bix nights. llnlf.tickets, good
for my throe of tho concerts, cont but -. Cor
talnly 10 mitch 1nusc, Of 30 fine quality as
| Gilmore, Arbuci!o uild LeEBbro Gun produce,
VAS never before to be had for 10 little money.
It is we'll known that the great obstacle to the
enjoyment Of tue grand cyclorama Of PariB has
Various mothods weIo rosortod to to overcome
sults. Al list, however, tho pino qua
non has bee, .attaued by the. erection
| Of MI itnmcnHo windBail, with funnel four fect
III diameter, which conveys great quantities ol
fresh air down through tile roof of tho Expo
sitiou Building to tho gallery from which Paris
| Ia voWed. The wind-satl ia unanimously v0tcu
complete SUCCESS, aud the atmosphere Of the
gallery is now III fgosl aud cool MI cau be do
ing tie great picture By fears OF aspbyxa will
please note this. There il such demand for ita
return to tie Colosseum in Now York tint tho
days Of ita exhibition III Chicago are numbered.