, 1874-04-11

tfon tho omployofs hhyo !ot Inoh With unuliIed
to i1nnort mon from tho East has resulted in On
adynncp Of 81 per onso thoro. Wo think our
Ohicngo manufacturers will havo to foot Tho
bill. K. o. g. q.
GEN ERAL NEWS. Il
sbortly nftor 1 pollock ycntorday morning ire
wsa discovered in tho lace atoro OF II. Esptn d
Oo.. 70 State saroot. A still alarm WAS cfyop
and tho fla1nos woro oxtinguibhod, with loss Of
about et00. THO fro was caused by tho Bpou-
tanoous combustion Of some groasy rngn.
In tho report Of tho Committos appointed by
tho Boarl Of Directors Of tho University to OF.
amino ana report on tho Treasurar'a ntatoment,
there appeared paragraph to tho oifoct tint
upon review Of tho list Of availablo haaota tho
Committee deemed 1t proper to deduct from tho
aggregate OF S109, ,720.G7 known to he entirely
aafo. tho sum Of $4,000. Tho word 'shnovnh n
was an error, "iu order" being thoso tho Com
mltteo intended to uBo
est man IN Chicago. Flo enw Linn Thursday
afternoon OH Adams street, near Jefferson Park.
He-tho meancst mau-was In q buggy. which
10 drove up against Q carriage occupied by two
s and nearly upsot Il, with it's contents. No soon.
Of did the man notice tho datnago ho had done,
aud behold tho ladies atruggling to retain their
BoatB in The swaying .ychfclo, thnn he put whip
10 NlH lOrB0 1uA 6Fhu AMY III IaHt AH I1O66iDlG.
Tho keeper OF tho park ran to tho assistance Of
The ladiea, and prevanted q Rerlous accident.
Tho 1adoa who are running the lunch estnh-
1sBhreut at No. 172 Madison htroet, the proceeds
Of whose uales are to be devoted to providing
this Roy. Florence Mccarthy with q preaching
day hot chioken-pio, on tasting whicl, tho lucky
luncher will feel that tho highest ambition las
boon sntisiied. Tho election to determine tho
proprIetorship Of tho eilyer puncl,-howl, With
tho portraits OF tho rocalctrsnt doaoonB Erayed
thereon, promIsos to place Mr.: Wilkie in tho
same relative position in journalism al Mr.. Nc
Oarthy now holds IN tho occleeiaBtical fold.
JUDGMENT AaA1N8V TlEF CITY.
petor Mari recovered 5aagmont Wedneadny,
brought to rccovor balance due for work done
on tho police station, oornor of Harrison street
and Pacific avenue. No dofcnBe, owing partly to
Judge Norton's Illness .waa interposed, but yes
terday, by agreement, the default WAS aot aside,
and pleas allowed to bo filed. Mr. o. D. SAMSON,
The attorney for Mari, stated that he did not
wish to tako any technical advantage cauaod by
an accident or slip on the part Of tho Corpora
ton Counsel. This ia tile case which WAS writ
ten up In THE TR1DUNE B0me EeokH ngO Mr.
MUIR was deprived Of his oontraot aftor tho work
WAS nearly completed, mud brought suit to ro-
ooyor for loss occasionod thoroby.
= TALK on 'cuANdE.
There Was considerable talk on 'Change
yesterday In relation to Mr. Charles Randolph,
tho Secretary Of tho Board, and tho resignation
which ho tenaered couple Of weeks ago.
Many Of the membors seemed to entertain the
opinion that this was simply move Gu his part
to havo bis salary raised, which they think was
iargo enough as 1t Btood-36, ,000.. Tho Board OF
Directors, in order TO induce him to withdraw
Lis resi- gnation, raised bis pay to $1,000 a
some man to III hia place during his absence, to
bo:paid By the Board Under this provision, q
young man from Evanston has been. put
into tue Office. and day heforo yehtordRy ME.
eight years, sfas notified that he would hayo to
vacato in this mans favor, unleBs he chose to
romain on enlnry $500 less than he had boen
receiving. This action neither Mr. Stokes nor
tho 1a.iority of the monbeTs Of the Board
thoug !: deserved, in Wow Of his long aud faith
full services. Some OF thu Directors now think
that thoy should havo accepted Mr.. nandolph's
resignation when It Was tenaorel. The same
work, thnt Board being q littlo atifror than tic
present ono. AZ things now staud, Alr. RAn-
dolph receives In tho ehape of salary, foes in
bitratton cases. aad bis sa1ary az Secretary OF
tho National Board Of Trade, about $40 600 q
year. ..----......-.
a number Of ladies belonging to tho oongre-
CATION Of the Wabash Avenue Methodist Epsco-
! the church at an oarly hour yesterday forenoon,
| their object being to gain hopo and strength In
the temperance work to which thoy have dovot-
| cd themselves. The religious exercise was kept
up; W1tH BCTt lHt8fHis66iut}H Ai3i1Nt A&8 B{Nates
portion Of tho day, much zeal for the cause be-
| ing 1nanisfestod. Tho attendance at any timo
| was not very large, tho greatest number present
| being about City. Feryent prayers were offered
gagged iu the work Of destroying the liquor traffic
throughout tho country; for the conHorsson Of
tho manufacturers Of, md dealers in, intoxicat-
ing drinks; for an lnclenso OF morality III Old
and Young. and for greater usefulness On
teachers in stcmming the tide OF drunkenness
aud crime that ia sweeping .ovor the county.
There woro no formal remarks made. but AL oc-
casiounl quiet social talk Oh tomporanco mattors
was indulged in. Though q little discouraged
by the results which followed their labors in
| this city, the ladies seemed determined to kaeF
up tho agitation,
| A meeting similar to ths above Was held at
the Union Park Congregational Church, which
through the day, and prayers woro offered fol
the success Of everything and everybody con.
uected with tho temperance cause. aud for tte
speedy change OF heart on tho part Of those who
! were opposing it.
0no Of the guests OF the Central Ho!ol was
found dead in bis room ut noon. yesterday, he
having committed suicide by shootipg himself In
the head. 11e nanao WAS f. r. Myora fia nge y
years, aud he was employed as operator in tht
main Office Of tho Western Union Telegrapt
Company, In this city. Ho was at one timo man
agor OF the Pacific & Atlantic Office In Baltimore
and subsequently held tAe Haino posltlon IN
tho Chicago office; but gavo up that situasion a
tho time tho lines were leased for tho ono ht
held at the time Of hiy doath. He sent his wifi
and children to her frleuds in Middlotown, O..
about two weeks ago, aud had otton
in talking with his friends, spoke %
suicide, but never roforred TO himself. The
other day ha asked the Sergeant In charge OF tn
Chicago algnal station about the kind OF woath
er selected BY people who took thor own lives
both aelectoa, and That it D reyolyer was plaoot
at tile back Of tho head, at the top OF the spina
cord. and tho trigger pulled, death would bo In
atantaneous. Mr. AIyors adopted this suggoa
tton IN his own case, and ho died no suddenl,
that his hand re1nainod hxod-the reyolvorpolnt
Ing directly toward the spot Indicated Ho was las
seen alive at haif~past o'clock yesterday morn
ing in tho barber r-shop ct tho hotel, aud the1
appeared to be cheerful. When found ho VA
dressed as il for walk. The cause whicl
prompted him to destroy himself is unknown
II le bad anytroublos ho never mentioned Cd them
and his associates cannot account for tho rasl
act. Ills body was takon charge Of by tho Ma
sons, and his wifo tolegraphod to. After th