, 1874-10-24

.E CHICAGO DAILY TRIE
frontier families Of Nobraa1n by tho agent Of
tho State Aid aooioty, II adarosaed to j. u:
Chandler, Agent Btato Aid Roeloty, Omaha, md
aent to II. ": Cooke. Agent Chicago, burlington
Il Quincy nairoad, corner Of Catinl and Six
tco'ith stroets. Chicago. The railroads carry
FREQ.
Tho alarm Of fro At lo:Ae last night from Box
2f wan turned In by party vito booatno scarod
by tho flre-8ceno iii Myora' Opora-HouDo, no Law
Ing econ II ht thu rear opening while passing
nlong tls alley. The woar aud toar OF enFines
nud wasto Of fuel was tic only loaa incurred.
To MD tho 1soy. Fathor, Edwards. OF tho An
fair for this worthy purpose is going, on nightly
at Aurora Turn -Ilnll, corner milwaukee ayonuo
md Second Btroot. III addition to tito othor at
fractions OF this vol-attelldol: pleasant festival,
present going OH lot'yonn tho friends aud good
3yiB,1ors Of 2lr, Stephen O. Holland md Mr. John
aIcOaffroy, who aro both candidates for County
Commissioner IN tho coming election. The fatr
closing Tonight, lively ti1ne Is expected. rs tho
friends Of tllnso candidates will oulna In full
forco to tho rescue.
St. Dridgot's Fair md Festival fnr tho benefit
Of tho paroc1inl schools began Thursday evening
III tho Burlington Hall, State street. 1heso largo
achoola aro under tho management Of the Chrls-
LI4u l1IUklETb Akll NuttH M1Ut HuIlHs Pht4uH
stricscst attontlon to religious training. havo
bcon most Hodlllous In tnparting aound aeoufHr
education 10 rs to prepare tho pupila to 70 out
OIL tho world. tit to most tho atruggloa with
which thoy will hnvo to contoHd. When Bridge
port was intrnsted to tho charge OF tho excnl-
plary pastor, tho 1fcv. ]. II. Grogan, It was ai,
most Wilderness. Now there arc tho beautiful
church, aud tho uaat praabytory, With q magnla"
cont school-houso mud school apparatus OF tAG
tlrstclass. and it is hoped TINT its SUCCESS will
continue.
Tho vocal and instrumental concert held last
ovoning under direction of Prof, Charles Droyta~
prank, lu the Noble Street uol1and rrosbyteIaan
Church, was . great slsceess: hlr. Craigh 1iras
tenor OF tho Jofor5on PARK tiosbyter,an
Shipmar1, Of this city; and Miss olara Miller OF
Mount Carroll, IN ng Bplondidly, aud contributed
much to tho entertainments Of tho oventug. AitH.
brown, lato1y returned from Europe. a great
nrtst on tho 1nte. gave very swoot and lnolo~
dIous picco Tho SOLO for violin, from J. Dancla,
hy Mr.. X. BroYta,rank, WIS performed In mas.
tery manner, while some pieces ou tho pano, by
A1isA Loi,der, young lady Of only IL years, and
scholar Of Prof. Charles Dreytnpraak, gavo tho
this ln,'alcal entertainment was a chorus
Of Holland singers. nnaer the direction
Of Mr.. X. Kaur, who ]laH lately established
stmss sn9 T 5 sss" son y of Sata s
few worry pleRsAnt renlatks, which were hsghly
appiaudod, while he nlso observed that cnter-
talumeutB like Tho present contributed much to
tho elevation of q class Of people who by thoir
daily labor are deprived of MANY onjoymonts of
higher 1ifo. Tho pastor Of tile church, tho Roy.
Jacob Post, Expressed lis thsnita to all A1uerf-
eau and Holl.nd friends who hnd contributed to
this worry plea aant afar, wltfo ut the conclusion
tho Holland national song was heartily saug by
the congregation, accompanied by piano, organ,
and violin.
aEN eHALER.
Tho Executive Committee Of tho Ctizens'
Association met yesterday afternoon for tho
purpose OF receiving tho report Of tho Commit
teo OH Conference With the Polico Board.
Tho Committee statod that late In tho daY
thoy Ind been induced to expect TINT majority
OF tho Doara Of Commissioners would agreo with
tue Citizens Association, and. that tho City-At-
torney would decide that Commissioner Sheridan
was wrong IN tho position takon by him. 4nd
TINT lnw and policy woro With tho Assooiation.
For thcao ransunn tho presentation Of tho do
tailed report Of tho Committee mas deferred I'LL
Ill to-day.
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The Alumni Association Of tho Chicago Theo-
Logical Seminary closed It's session yesterday
ut uoon.
During tho morning spirited, fruitful, and
suggestive discussion waa hold on 81 Tho prayor-
meeting in itn prescnt form-a burden to be re-
formed or abolished" Tho Association then
on Tho Argument from Design" This was fol-
lowed by tho review Of hliIls Autobiography,
BY Q. A. Towlc, Of South Chicago.
Aftor tho dushing Of tho literary work, tho
business OF the Association was thon talton up,
and it waa vote'l that the meeting next yoar-in
view OF tho gathering Of tho American Board In
Chicago IL Octobcr-bo held OH the second AIol-
day of November.
Il yoto Of tl,a',Isa wns extended to tho familios
who hayo kindly entertained tho mombers Ut tho
alumni. and also to the Professors of tue Sem.
iuary who havs favored the Institute with lee
tureH. and n vote Of thanks to THE Cu1oAao
TRIBUNE for publishing 80 full reports Of the
Association.
A discussion followed on the methods to ba
used IN order to got more members Of tho niun,-
nj to attend these ANIMAL gatherings; and tloao
miserable wrotches who had stayed away 10 years
past, it was Bnggested. had lost something. It
was proposed that in future tho hithorto absent
ones come up to this feast, mud find out what
thoy llnd lost.
q. ". Merrill. Of St. Charles, waa appointed
Con'mltseo on Programme, and 0. Q. McCnl-
will report at tho spring anniversary, next
Thursday oyoniug Mr.. NJ. ". Roci Of MIL
wnukeo, read d brilliant and intcroating paper
OIL MatthoW Arnolds Literature and Dogma"
THE rInBT ILLINOIS.
A memorial was presented from tho Wars and
Means Committee of tito First Regiment ILL
nois State Guard to the Ctizons' Association, at
n meeting held on Tuesday evening Of this
week, asking that q committee bo appointed to
ASCERTAIN what claims it had upon the citizens
for support. In accordance with tho petition,
President MacVeagh appointed Gen. a. L, Chet-
lain, Con. A. @. McClurg, md J. 9. Amber
committee to prepare ssoport. Tho Committee,
yesterday, examined tho records OF tho res-
ment, It's plum Of organization, membership, oto.,
and requested that they might bo privileged to
inspect the regimout on parade Mondny evening
at the arn,ory. Accordingly, tho following rogi-
montal order Inns beon issued:
IJE4no1fttrEHa Ffrsr RroY>.r.r,
ILLINOIS STATE GuAHp,
CHICAGO, Oct %, 1874.
There vii! ba meeting Of sll tho organized conf
panics Of the First Regiment Illinois stato Guard at
the arn1ory. Nos r. ~ and III 6tato street, Monday
evening" Oct. 20 1871. for drill and Inspection. Dy
or.ler Of +. I. SHERMAN, Meutcuaut-C Colonel.
CHARLES 8. D1EuL,
stconl-Lieutenant, !. 3. g., Acting d1utant.
4 n',mbor Of honorary 1nembers hayo boen in
vitesl to attend, and it is expected that full
representation OF a|l tho mcmbers will bo
prosout.
THE PRICE OF r1a1Es' Ep1ron1AL.
1l,oro appeared in Wadncsdnv's Times an
editorial OH the downtown lunches which are
given Mt this noason Of tho yoar by