, 1875-01-30

| Commissioners Jones, 1ohnron and Crawford
from tho County Eoar'1. visito} Tho Normal
Errol Mt EnseNuo:l ycstordRy 10 look Into raj
nr,rs, md ultu tho nn'c'l wants OF tho iHsist,-
ton 1ri,r 10 making their rnputtn At tho meet
| lug III tho Doarl Monday.
nY tn tranpfsru recorded ycstnrdayit appears
tlat O. y. lIGush tlas s.id toJohn q. Adams tho
property thu NHrt1naht cbrGt III Wabash ava.
il,Iu anl Harrison street Tor f2i, ,5on. ami j. y.
Thorn l,ns uuIl to T., W. Booth, for :-27 D0; ll,o
property oa tic npl sllYrst corner Ut Grove aud
Eighteenth street.
On tho first Of tl,o conlng month tho now
postal rcgnlatlnna with Cnnlsla 80 int" iorc..
All iuhil-nIattcr must hereafter l,e fully rro-
ra:d, OF caa 1t will srocdity lind It's way 10 tho
dcNl-lcttcr office. Thu sanio r1rleH Will Ec Oh
serted OIL tho tl,inlnn HiLe.Aui no tlaii-mattor,
Unless fully prolmd can crosb tho line.
Mark sil.orl.Ian read hin rootn OIL "a1istook
| tlrntitYo" tn three ar four Reporters mil Sam
Prince, yesLett'av. mud. after reeeivinE sumo
vnluublc Hu!Scstious rngarduy It's rhythmic and
.ratnsnat h cnfstrictiOn took It hume 10 rcwrite
it. All tho reporters alt. oil tho alert tn Dttain
| MI earS copy OF Ito groat c.Iorl, and oSroct it
! in Jew tlayH.
| Tho charges against tl,e Kansas Central Rc-
| lief Ettlntten published III Ihurstas'; TIT
EuSE denied by Ar. L. s. slower, tI,n CHAIR
man IF that Committee lilo states TINT mi n
| dollar or pound Ut slpplies tsa1 boen received
from W. U. Ludlow. Of this ely. htlt that Oh tEa
contrary tie COMMITTED hsA refused to atlthor-
| izo him to solicit a'd for kAnssH
Tho Atheu:rnm aolicitH donations OF hooks for
ity library from persons llo have bnolss Which
| thov do mt earn to kccr, but who would liho to
"placo tilcm wlrro they will dn tile most good"
History biography trarcls, and standard tiction
| will lo especially welcomed They 1nnv hD sent
to tho rooins M. Ill fsel1non htrcet. the Sn.
crty will Ho,ll for ltlen II notified by postal
| carl wi1ere to send.
Tho 1inrs Yesterday took tho course intimat-
! traetctl its many charges ngai,nt County COM
! missioner Lonergan, Ills wounded honor has
| Ecen oaleIl by this rett;,cson aud lie stGtss
| that. fnr as Ao Ia concerncd, lie IL aatirietl,
| ntn l1E 11o desro to prosecute tho Indictment
! against ill., Surrey If tho tAtes-Attornay ,la-
trca to ti,1ass tlla CASE, tho Commissioner has
| ITO objections.
Tho Commissioners Of tho Boa7a of Public
Works mud tho building Committee Of tue Co,i,.-
| ty EoatI wcru to hnyo held meeting ycateruNy
10 culifcr regarding the nBT Eotlrt-Ilo1Eo nMd
Ei!y-lIalI, but Binco neither tho Council nor tho
County board liayg nll.n any action relative to
tho axpc.lietry Of building, tho conference did
l'os taao place. An arrangement, horevor. was
undo 10 meet TIM Etiltling Committee of tho
I Council Tuesday uttcrsIool,, that body having
| PREFERENCE about wit1cll they want to consult
tIle Joi Committee before Lhey tlaka their ro-
puTE.
A correspondent statos that sergt. O'Gon-
| nor WIFI instructed to release John lar-
| rity and l,is associate gamblers imnlu-
| nifty from punishment teihG accorded them
| on account Of tito money thny contributeI
! to buy vuteB at fara i'll order that police
| ot}icinl, might be successful contestants for
! silver ret, 4 Gold-headol cane, and wntcl, and
| chain. lis mentions preachts OF lorse, buggy,
and 1lnrlesB to Cart. buckley. contributions to
I onate Commissioner Sheridan to wiu silver
Rut nt Burlington HALL, md tue hying of votes
| for silver ret and gold watch mud chain lur
Capt. 1uckloy. Ats,"tant Superintendent lllckoy
was ano The recipient Ut horso mud buggy from
| tho aa,o parties.
An incident occurred on South Canal street ut
Rawolgll's Hcolcs which proves coflclnsrcly that
ene large cunl-1eaera arc III tho ubit of weigh
ing coal in very cAreleas 1na1lnor. In tho early
portion Of tho day. G. TegtMcyer, a large tnanuf-
fau.urer, At 7G3 South Canal a,rcct, bought two
tuns Of coal from a prominent coh!-.Icaler
wloae gard III on kingsbury street. Out
] lawleighn scales, and fonnd that ho wHB
800 pnuuss shott. 4 few minutes aitor, fol,n II.
| QuirI, who kcopB coal yard ut tho corner Of
brown ana Sixteenth ttree.s, drove mp to the
acalcs to weigh ton Of coal which lie a,l p,lr-
chased from tho sumo dealer who Ind sold 10
| 1egtnleyor. Mr. Qnirk's load OF coal proved to
be 10 pounds overweight. thus definitely proving
/ to Mr.. TcStmener thAt 1t waH merely caroleHs-
1.edn tho part Of the dealer mud not tho result
OF any system Of false weights.
| THOMAS PAINE.
! Tho eighth annual Boree and festival OF tho
scandinavian Thinking Society, i'll honor of
| Thomas Paine, WAS hold Inst eyenill, 10 Orpheus
| Hail, corner Of Lake and Peoria Htreets. There
Was Fory largo attendance, aud tho hall was
beautifully decorated with the Scandinavian Anl
American colora, portraits Of Thomas Painc,
Jean Jacques Ko,ssseau. Thomas Jefferson. and
| othors. l. ttoddeaH Of Liberty, holding
snicil on which tllo American md Swedish
tIags were cxqHisltely blended, rointed, to tha
| Dr. paol presided md n,udo H. lengthy speech
in his uatiye tongue, which, Judging BY tho ap-
| planBn accorded him. muBt have plensod his