, 1874-10-24

on exhibition In this city mas tosted yeatorlny
forenoon at tho corncr Of Michigan asonue aud
Flro-Atarshals, .manv of tho Aldermen. and othor
ctty o!ticinB. 1t waB manufactured for tho City
Of Fond tu Lao By. tho Amoskoag Mannfaatur-
ing Company: Tho engine started ii i!yo
fro. In nix minutes and orty-flyo seconds sator
paHsod through tho noxzlo. Tho firBt test was
xa h'onRG 600 set o ho'o With 1ine noz
sraatest distance '''ttho throsu, <'0 aa4 ou' feet''
Tho second test waa through 600 foot Of hose
with 6-1o-inch nozzle. Greatost steam pros
sure, IL pou1tH gfoatcat water pressure, 2l0
Tic third test was through $50 foot 1t hoao with
! b-l6-'nch tiozzlc d,oatast steam prosauro.
118 pounds; greatest water prosprrc, 220
pounds greatest distance thrown, 2l6 foot.
Gt tto thsewlng sesia yatof ,1,.o T. Was rah from
on Michigan avenue to Twelfth etreot.
making tho entiro distanco In four minutes
II scnres but fow horaeaa! wllo running on tic
htroot.. It IL moro oaKsIy managed aid bottor
controlled thai II drawn by horsos. as It Gun
back up as readily as it moves forward, aud can
boesoppod almost inatnntaneousy. Altogether
it g:ycs great eatiHfacion. Ono noticeable fnct
WAS tho ptrotchlng OF tim hoBo used during tho
tcAt. a limo of 6t)U foot stretched 35 feet. md
nos single length bllrst Notwithstanding tho
uoAVy WAFER pressure TO winch 10 was a1bjGcted,
PERSONAL.
Prof. Nathan Sheppard il now lccturin9 In
Central Illinois. Ho haa hoou engago,i to ppend
November In Ohio, and tito winter In Novn
Scotia. Ills noxt appearance in Chicago will bo
on Sunday, Nov. l. whon ho will open tho full
course Of tho Sunday Lecture Society at tho
Grand Opora-House.
J. II. noruwE1L.
4 paragraph appeared in yesterday mornings
paper to tho effect that various persons
had cashed chooss for J. n. Bothwoll, Of
tho Times. drawn by linn OIL tho Tratlors'
Ban1, md on presenting tilom. had found
.hat thefo WIRE no money to his credit III
bank. Nir. Dothwoll now statos. in explanation,
that potson agreel to protect bis cioclss to tho
cxtcnt Of 5t0o, and loft him for tho purpose Of
going to tho bank to mako tho mr.
r;nngements. Tint evening AEr. Botbwell
arew two ciieokn for se5 eaoh.
Wnrt, did not know That they had not boon E,on-
orcd untit he aaw the paragraph iu Tile TRtn-
usE; whon 10 vent and pai1 them. Iiad ho
KNOWN OF their fate at tho bank, llo could ind
Upon inquiry, it appears thns, OF tllvoo 595
cuecks drna1l by Mr.. Dntl,woll on thu Traiers
l'ai'li two Soro paid by hin yestorday aud ono
Thuraany.
EbUERf C0I4I41ER.
Tho Cincinnati Commercial Of TLurs1ay has
tho following:
Motlsy iii preacher Of tho Gospel Is rare virtue,
Illustrations u Tue truth OF this proroxltio1l
necessary. @! coHrse the n,ot.osty that or rracys
thinkng of III not tho n,oesty Of which no nro
seaking o at|no 10 strlat Of nea Bolf iu tcitcct-
a1ost High aro not nLuttlanty accused. Whatever
the culture and intellectual at!anncn of tho anhas-
r raPfs e OF @ I9a op1 ig IT, ,s on i Sr
ereattnH to note that tho FIRST indication, In caO
hitter days, of M i ministerial .nodes.y conoa from
the Ksy RoIort coiiyer Of Gcaso, 11s v vas nyits
urged 70 ieayo Chicago aud minister 10 tho Unitarian
metropolitan enteere. In exquisite aud character
stic lotter to THE CHICAGO TnlnuNE, n1r. Collycr
names tho reason why, ho listened 10 tho New iark
al course wo don't alu,lo to my In thin city-wlo
might proaly read Ills lester Of tho toat b,wchina
for leasng, or esiring to icavc. ls Church % IL
Chicago was his lack of conldnneo In lts ability to
say nov things. With charming, aud unnecessary
that he nny be furnishing cniptsen " to Ills congro.
gaslon that ha may 10 weekly rojcaing hnlsclf !;
IN % old old stick SinHead % q new s ssa Ill u HsceI ana Is
this mingled and modest fcar iac alost thought 1t bet
tsr ho hsye chieago. Robert coyer ID one u tle
freshest brightest. oEt sparkling, larJe-hearte and
lasge.s!lulc5 Of al the ncn M the globe that
preaching Tic CloEpo. lIp In continually delight
ho foremost preacher oi America we do not say e
foremost rnpit orator. bccauso his Is THO eelnre
ayim Ills H. asesa 4 H. 50 @ eaEful tat It does not
musical tenderness and ear1lcsnees and All unfaing
freshness: mud il is he ln If all tile preacho-a of tho
country. rBt dsttss LIS Rblli.y to 10 ua1fui in IN
old Acll.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Grand Pacific Iloici--Tha Hon, =. D. s. Brown,
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; Hector Nc
Lean, lsochcster; Charles II. sherrill, Washiug-
lon; Con. Robert Williams, U. s. A.; W 4.
Grayea, Albany; Edward Mucklon, Jr., England;
Theodore 9. Otis, Bonton tile Hon. Bon ricll.
U. ): A. =. =. Palmer Honse-W. p. Ranney,
England; B. RlnGo, Mexico; G. G. Elmpsor,
MolIttoai; H: Billings, Providence; D. II. 'Dall,
Marquette: N. r. Chipmau, Washington. !.
Sherman Honsc--J. Villas. Wisconsin; 4. ".
Abbott, Lafayotto; 8. Sheldon, Cloyoland ".
uurlbut, Pittsbnsg; Il. Southwick, Albany.
SUBURBAN NEWS.
nLUE IsLAHp.
Tho Methodist Church Of tho Village Of Blue