, 1875-12-28
Y'IIE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

Tho soai.en.ate asscas,nont books havo btau
otnppted by tho County Clcrk, and aro now IN
ho t,nnds Of tho Town Collectors.
Tho temperature yesterday. as observed by
,fanasse. optician. o. ain,,Isun ssreet tTn1nUNE
3nilt1lrg} wAa: Al =. TO-, 20 degrees; 10 q.
H.. 2h: IL M. 50: q y, M IL; y y. tn.. 81.
in TIM Hernon Of tie noy. u. D. Cheney, pub
Ahe in yestotday's Th1nuNE. tho word YER
,ont WAS erraneously pr!ntcd instead Of viz
in,a. Tao Dapttsts had no special hardshins to
nsiergo In tho nrHt-naned State In carly days,
thlo in tho latter they wore treated with Hpecinl
hardship evon iii to tho tlme OF tho Revolution.
Yesterday tho Rev. Father Dotney, OF vt.
Johns Catholic Church, Was presented With A
1lno Eod-loadcd cauo and umbrella by tho
medical fraternity Mt tho County Hospital, tn
recognition Of the n,auy favora In has dono
them. lilo presentation was inado By Warden
Mclaughlin,
A AcoIrcBpondrnt signing himself IL Ex.yolnn-
lcer" writes to inquire what arc tho quAllflca-
lions for membership In tho Grand Army Of tho
Republic. md 10 whom ho should apply. Tho
oniv prerequisite for admission Ia that tic MP
pllcAut ellouM hAyn heon llonorahly .liechat ged
litter resyiec in tno War OF tho Kcicl'lol,. Tho
correspondent had perhaps bcttor inquire of +.
e. E,rr1lne, l1G Dearborn Httcrt, Room Is. ns n
prominent momber Of Whittier iost, and the
otc roatcst to tho correspondents place Of rest!
1nnre.
Henry r. Ggning, foreman at Tie poster de-
rartmcut nf tho .7ournal job Office. wns presented
Christmas Eve by lila nsRociates With a t,ncly-
worked gold batlgo with tlle Inscription: "From
ilia assocntcs in tho Chicago journal Job Come
pany, Christmas, 1876" lii addition 10 Tho in
rrral tim the BADGE bears tho monogram Of tho
r"cirlcnt and a griffin. n pleasing nj" 'lpon .ia
Eamc. alr. a.. who WAS really taken by surrrlsc.
returned his thanks, ahd hn aud Lin friends
Hl,cnt tho 1atnhiudof Of tho evening in the eus-
fnmary nannur.
James sTcSauehton nn1 Oliver Peterson, two
rocn officers. haye made affidavit ,at there
mas no .ruublu nj Col. Wool's Museum Christ
nRA afternoon; that tho Raa wasn't turned OFT
that whnt THE Itl1nusE stated YRS not 80; that
tl,cro wns no confusion among tho audience:
that no women fslnted, bnt nj! went nuay RnllI-
ing IL grateful remembrance Of tho fat won.an
thai tho galleries have M curtains. md suntlry
oihnt things, AL Of which gnos to show tint
Col. Woo;l's Museum is good place OF nmuso-
mont to attend.
Tho graduates of the Holden, ono Of tlle Dis
trlct schools. held thuir first annual reunion
Friday. Tic obtpct of this reunion was to give
all opportunity 10 say fareweli to their formor
teacl'cr. Mrs Anna 1lantalI, neo Patch. Adj
1"asses wcre maao by vi. c. r. l,abcock, Mrs.
Anna =. Randall. and Mary II. 7. Walsh. At
the cloae uf tho exercises. Mary II. T. Walsh.
aftor 70" aruropriato remarks, 1sr0Aontcd AIra.
Randall with H,IYor cakc-baskek mud cup, tile
Git Of tho Graduates. which a1rB Randall was
requested to accept as n token Of the regard
W'licl, her pupils had for her. Mira. Randall ro-
tic1, and then t0uk al afIectionatc farewell nj
her nchoa1s. About fifty persouB woro present.
J. u. Konntrco, Chairman Of tlto last 0ppo-
fition Convention, l,na appointed tho following
County GoHinnttee: First Ward. William 2.
Smith; SECOND Wurd, ]onerh Il. G. Forrest;
yhi1d Ward. fsai.k sehweIptu!th;. tuurt1
MArd Col. {. n. CIuary Fifth Ward. Frank
l!!cd!o: ssst, Ward, Fred souers; Seventh
Ward, r. T.. Joyce. Eighth Wa.d. J. II: Iii
tltoth; Ninth Ward, j. j. kcarnaY Tonth
Ward, @. C. 7. Iloldon Eleventh Ward, John
Gittcson; Twelfth Ward. Joseph Hogan;
l'ns!censh Ward, 4. 8. Gardner !. Fonrteensh
scho1man Sixteenth Ward. William Iiat,ol-
1nas,n; Seventeenth Warl uonry Meyer;
Eighteenth Ward, David Murphy; Nlneteontu
Mard. EEbert Ianlleson.; TWensietl Ward. Potter
c. klchnl; Third John e. Niodcrt; Fourth j.
i. Thompson Fifth, Rudolph Hrandt SIXTH
Ill q. Walker.
]. II. Eddv, Ffcc.Trotihrnt Of tllo Chicago,
Nil]lnEton 4 Western I.uil"ay C4;nrhny. l4as
prepared communication 10 DO HlL1n.t:ed Ia
the EH,nE1on Council, aHaiug tho passage OF nb
'eltvatcd way" on the chatpEly excursion Of tho
nloyo lsne, nnd to furm n rn,t thcrcof
aInng Lexington md Folk streets to Canal
md nlence on Canal TO Lake gtroct. The
privilege asked III to sccura tcSniiul1s of tho
Chicago All!Iinglon 4 Western I.aiIr,nd In the
city. which ias t1.na far been iurosHib,e. and
a'ao for lilo m 70 rapid and sato tranht Of ms
renEeta and freight Within tho city lin!ils. An
ordnance covering tho wauts Of tho Company js
to tc aIro tnbnlttea. and itu parHase, or TINT of
ono With similar provisions, vii! DO 1rossc<l.
THE MAyon's TEsu1E or uIrlrE.
Ms. L. y. Istam who has bnon intrustcd by
Tho Ct,zcpH Association With tho tank of testing
III tho Courts tho legality OF Mayor Coisin's
conJnct In Attempting TO hold oyer Until 1877, ia
tHki.lb proceedings tu bring the matter before
tho Supreme Court ut tho January Io.n.. It
will come up IN tho form OF nh application for
MI alternative writ Of manslanus Oh thu Council
To call d special election for Mayor. slr. 1sllam
will support tho posltionB taken In Ais recent
opinloil oil thu question, and will
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