, 1875-12-26
GENERAL NEWS.


Mrs q. s. Wilson ia slowly recovering from =
FERROUS fit OF iliness
Nrs. ]. +. C1auk left this city for Colorado
Tuesday morning. Nhere she intends spendlng
he winter months
Gather ye cocktails while 80 may,
TIE old year still Is wearing Of
Tie teu-samc youth that drinks to-d1y
Next Sunday will be swearing OF.
During the ensuing week young men Of good
Intentions will have to make up their minds how
long they are going to swear on for-till Wash
ington's birthday, or the Fourth OF July, OF next
New Years. or forever.
The real-estate assessment books have been
sompleted. and were left with the Town Colleo-
sors yesterday, and will be opened this morning.
those OF the South Town may be found in Mike
Evans Office. Room No. City-Hau.
Tho Chicago Society Directory. which has
lust been gotten out by Mess1s. Ensien Nc
Clure, is publication which is useful to society
people at any time, but is specially convenient
lor gentlemen pho intend making New Years
:sls Saturday.
4 young wcnsan on Prairie avenue has indig-
oantly broken on her engagement with = Young
man in st. Louis, who won her maiden affections
by representing tLst his father had been indict-
ID for 100000 gallons. whereas the old mans
istiliery was only Of 5000 gallons capacity.
At about 30 o'clock yesterday morning, IN
lyeaz-old boy residing at No. 431 South Clark
HFeet. named Isaac Daskowsky, had the toes Of
mis- left foot squeezed off by being run over by
North Clark street car at the corner OF Lake
street He Was attempting to board the car by
he front Platform, so that no oae but himself is
70 blame
How pleasant it Wilt be this quiet Sabbath
morning to watch the children going to church
fheif hhArfs fntf ff1A i'm md
siadness Of the holy Christmas season, telling
sach other monstrous lies as to the presents
they got, and growing green With envy because
Of the more nopstrous lies told to them in To-
turn!
Fashionable intelligence from Milwaukee
"The lovely and accomplished Mrs. Crokad
Bourbon the admiration of all the indicted
guests ut the fancy ball last night. She woro
$4,000 gallons of the finest po!nt-lace sent her
by her husband when he fed to Europe and for
feiied his bail-bonds, and set Of diamonds
valued ut the wbole local PRESS and twenty-five
Gausers and Inspectors"
The other day an Episcopal minister on q
small salary lald IN his winters supply Of an
thraclte from member OF his flock. 1t is be-
Ieyed that the bill waa heavy and the coal light,
for, Oh the succeeding Sabbath morning, just as
the coal-dealer entered the church and walked
up the aisle, the clergyman began Divine service
By repeating in q loud tone OF voice - When
the wicked coal-dealer turneth aslda from his
Eickedneas-"
11e u1es numner o1 tne ne" reformed Epis-
copai journal 1he ARpedi has made It's appear
ance. ~ "a paper OF twenty pages, Atsie
larger than the CHRISTIAN at Hork, and e1hiolts
neat typostapaleal appearance. II, OF course,
will be the organ Of the new denomination. 1t
will be issued monthly. The present number
tnr;ti ha Hiahnn i:hsnax X E.11nm. apa na 1d ~
other editn,s ''''>@ ~AA0
An elderly young woman On Calumet avenue,
who, for her part. caunot See what men can see
iu these mere chits OF c;r.s to 20 taeeine 1oond
alter them In such disgusting fashion. refuses
to be comfo1ted bg tile statement d tho ;ugenu-
ous paragrapher that when woman turns so.
unmarried. she haa still 15k chances in Inn ri
getting hushand'a As she Terv % nroner1v M o says.
.Tnai'a one way Of Ioolinp AZ i. mi b the1a's
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