, 1875-09-07

tess they bring to benr tho element Of con,po-
tition. II 1lr. Alexander wants 10 mako thu
Company more accommodating for all tImo to
como, let him and others uao thcir innuoy IN
starting iino Of cheap :'-cent buses. 1llla viii
bring that arbitrary corporation 70 terms 1nekes
lhan any.hng else, have 'ccu told ehst
South sle 'tqsa }sn c%npsn' %nn. sa1a,,es s,ssK
Iy % ss.sl ncn a. DanIoi Thompson. that The con,-
pans daso not annnlnce tie o,'orn'one d!Yldnnla
lett ii nlafna tho ,M,h!.c, aud houce q nominal
privately dshuraod Fsw peoplc have any i''ca
wlsat immense profits tho Sontn Ei'ie Company,
by its Roaaing passnony' wings out OF ~ nsa. s.
Accommodated people. We're Home OF sho
in lordtv n,auslons, compelled to abandon thcir
costly and luxurious surl,outs nnl Fldc IN their
own boltAil cars, aun{ect 10 nil Tho innnits AMI
annoyat}cta Of Which tho pcaplo complain. it
wnul.l not ho long era The stockhoidrs* sud thnir
oiyos would SEQ mattors In h ndl1crcntlight. j..
ArAAcrIcAL loEE.
To ths Edispr n Tht Chieapo 1rtdune:
CHICAGO, Sept. G.--Frauk \. ia young man
whose business kucpa him most Of tho tirnc on
the road. He formerly nla1o bis headquarters
In this city Al tbs Gault House, uhcre be IL vol
known, but latser!y l'o has hailed from MilWau-
kee. His wife, to whom, no hhs boon married
tendance on l,or nick mother, who died anout
txo reoks ago, and Saturday Aho arrived at tho
Gault House on her mar homo to Milwaukee,.
Thote loarniug that her husband had Gono to
Csnciuuatl The day before. and would return
hero Sunday morning, sho concluded to atAy
over aud Elso him 3 pleasant surprlse. About Q
o'clock Saturday ovonlng, Johnny -, friend
of Franks At tho Nhult. recoivoa tole-
gram from n mutual frtcnd III indianapolis
Saving, "Frank Ia dead meet hin roma!us
nt8 o'clock tomorrow morning" Having no
Immediately took tho dispatch tn his vito.
Frank ! only nster living IN the southern part OF
thus State, il hrfe this city under medical trcat-
mcnt, bcloE quito an invalid, Taking casFIago'
and after couaultAton sent dispatch to :he lat~
tct'e hon,o announcing Franks death. aud in
strictlns the relatives, Of whom ihore is large
fnm1g, to mako Arrangements for the fHpnraI
'ruosdsy forenoon. After such night an can
bo imagined. tho wife and Invalid sIstor repaired
To tue depot Sunday nornlnK, but 1nste4d Q!
the cofinetl rcu,aius, thero was the husband and
brother a. well evcr In tho world. and all un-
conecous that two hours lator In the day the an
nounccmont OF hia drnth aud funeral would bo
publicly proclaimed from tho sorcrhl pnsp1tasn hts
natiya town. Hurried explanations woro quickly
giyon. Frauk anu Ills friends have tatcly been
t,jsyng practical jokes on each ether. Of winch
thus wna Quo Of aosiee. but i'll this caso tho re-
suits of tho joke wore moro widespread aud dts
sstrous bY far than was intended. Tho o1penso
entalIel IN tiino and mouoy has Geon by no
means Inconsllorablc, whilo the aorro~ and an
puish glyen to largo circ1o of ftenas and refa-
t,ves ia incaicuablo. Owing to her deicato
health, tho shock to the Hisscr visa most eeycre,
an q ss has since been Etos,y ,di1
THIS uabit pf practical Joking is at beat Tory
,oprchensiblo oao, and tito HenBolesB, bra!nlosu
ono lust narrated should subject tho perpotraso
to tho Hovereat p'lnfslinent. Let 1t at least be
warning to others. H.. Y.
VAN DUnEN STREET CAR LINE.
| 70 tAs Editor Of The Chttaoo tribune:
CnlcAuo, Sept. G.-Tho roailcn,s OF Van Bu-
! sen st1oet, west Of Robcy. arc very anxious to
| havo tho car tracks extended to Western ave-
nue or tho Great Eastern Hallway tzaska. Tdo
| West Division Hallway Company In also anxious
| to accommodate the public, snl is only awaiting
| tho actions of tho board Of Public Works in
ordering Van Burou street opened 60 siaat tho
tracla can be laid. Az, by this time, tho cntitc
assessment for this improvement has probably
hoen collected. tho residents Of the southwest
| orn section rightful1y ask TINT tho work bo coin
menced, 30 that cars NAV DO running ere tue
stormy weather commences. Tho public ro-
| quest the Boards immediate attention.
WESTERN Avenue AND CoSauEiH PAnK.
the LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND oLoBE-
| To the Editor or TAe CAitd9o tribune:
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.--Nill you permit mo simply
to SAY, In answer to Mr. Warrens reply to m,
card in Sundays Tribune on tho Liverpool and
! London and Globe, that my hougea wesa not In
! eured $1,000 This was u mfspriut; 1t should
| hare been e7,D00.-Ep.l, tho iubursnce baEg
$1,000. Let him produce tile policies. Thai
proofs OF loss wero filed Doc. Is, 1873, suit coin
tnencoa March IL, 1871 (throe months attcr)-set
records n Circuit Conrt; that atrenuons efsor
waa mado by his attorney July h. hofors JudG'
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