, 1875-10-17

| onH1ly engaged IN multiplying MINIATURE poi
traits Of Dr. Ward. the Secretary Of the Polio
Department. They arc intended to enbellis
the inH1da Of those Is Thie-nan- WAS -tRlked-tc
death pocket-codins bitch Of which il bcin
prepared for distribution the dsy that the Doc
TOT fall9a victim to the gas1ulity OF bis mel
Chief.
Last Thursday the body OF man Was foun
at Mud Lake. in the Town Of Lyons, betweel
the Ogden ditch and the canal. He was eyf
dently about GO years OF age. feet s inches il
| height, wore side-whiskers slightly tinged witt
geav. the first JOINT Of three fingers on the lef
hand gone, and had on neither shoes, stockings
nor hat Nothing could be found about hin
! which would lead to his identification. Justic'
Mitchell held the inquest, and found shat h'
came to hia death from old eee and exposure
It is suspected that he Was INSANE
i It is rumo1ed that the Aldermen are discuss
ing the question Of changing the hour OF theiI
| weekly meeting. Many Of them think that 3 p
tain preference for the old hour, 7:3o, and IT,
sist that it the Council begins its meetings 81
that hour it will now be ab}e to adjourn at
about 9; and there arc others Who go further,
/ and say that, it CulleIton got provided Tor ~
well as Hlldretb. an adjournment could be had
| every MONDAY by $3.50. The experiments are
worthy Of trial. and, il only persisted ia. they
might result in the abolishing OF the Council
meetings altogether.
Yesterday afternoon 3 cooper named MaEtin
Elatterty. who has shop on Milwaukee avenue,
near Mill street. committed euicide by hanging
! in = bsrn belonging to James O'Nei, on Noble,
! near West Ohio street. The deceased, who was
| 4 single man aud in good circumstances, had
been on protracted spree, and during the past
| week has been several times incarcerated in tho
| West Chicago Avenue Station. Yesterday he
[ WAS noticed to act rather strangely apparently
suffering from mtuia retu- At noon the fo1e-
u.an of Slatterty's shop found letter addressed
| to h'xn iu which the deceased declared he woul5
end his existence and disposed Of his property.
Coroner Dietzsch was notified.
The Now Chicago Theatre will for the present
be ueed exclusively as German theatre. Mr.
Alexander Turster. the popular manager Of the
best German dramatic company in this city, has
made arrangements to & i've three dramalc eu-
tertAnnents ererY week, Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday. To give the best possible enter
rainmenta. Mr. Wurster has engaged, in addi-
ton TO his already very strong company, the
best German actress in this country, Miss Marie
Wolff, who has . most excellent reputation, and
is said to be aoite beauty. She will appear
this evening for the first time in Led Astray."
It ts hoped that the Germans in this city will
appreciate the commendable efforts OF Mr..
WurEter to give them good entertainments, and
give him their full support.
L young woman residing ia Ellis Park has 81
eys for color. Yesterday abe wrote ream and
han OF affection and scandal to . dear friend
in Europe, desiring that it should 60 by that
IL
thought to post the letter, but at dinner sur
prised. her by bursting into tears and sobbine:
30, mother, mother, I'm 80 sorry that Flo
,von't get that letter when I wanted
he. tS ald Hs. sfte6 e6d hsr had ,daa ats, watten
'' 'vou had it finished by 2 o'clock. aud the mail
didn't close till l. What was the matter ?" ''Ycs,
mother" answered Nellie, but + hadn't any
envelopes but blue ones, and they wouldn't
match my lavender gloves; 30 1 hurried down
&,,~ hAf
them, and came back bu: before / could got
down again 10 the PosE-Of6ce the mail had
closed" And the affactionate and artistic
girl ga7e way to paroxysm OF grief.
An economical mother on Vest Adams street,
who has three malsiageable but unmarried
daughters on her hands, has just put them in
training FOR the winter surpise party season.
They are only helped once At each meal and she
locks up the pantry and geeps the key in her
pocket between meals. They we're, especially
Ada, little high in deeh after their return
Sn thew visit a5. to comm aa en9t down IN ahs shs eep 5
in prime condition about Thanks !
giving. Last winter she says that
by being social she kept down her house bills
more than 50 per cent, a7d worked OF two Of tho |
that she hal been trained tr1te too fne, SO |
that her intending purchaser, delicate aud |
poetic young man, HAw her PASS her plate for !
third instailment Of cold turkey and lobster |
ea1ad. all this at no expense Whatever, because |
her Htock-contribunon to tho social occasion is
big tbreestory ca&e-stanl. Surprise parties, this
astimabIe matron thinks. are lnvalusbe.
TIE FEMALE F1SAHc1EE-
There are few things SO trnly admirable as !
the manner in which the average woman out
RACES and oyerrldes all the conventionalities, !
aud safeguards Of societies. She !
is profound and stupendous egotist for uhost
exclusive accommodation the world was created. /
Especially is this true Of her in her financial re-
latlons- Dancing David!" said Vest Van
Bnren atreot car conductor yesterday to TRn-
USE reporteI, ''if / had The cheek Of woman
I wouldn't drop . cent nowhere, I'd live ren5
free and have EN- hung up in every saloon from
the barn to breakfast. Nov. ye zee
that a9 ere se"Ine-mashjiog" s!;jg indicating nth
msiden With blue eyes and big panier. .'You
talk about cheek-she's got more 4 it than a
mule with tho toothache- Us conductors is
sposed to be like the fellers what sell stamps at
that young woman has rot lots Of wealth, but
she doat drop it. see her one daY go into
store on Madison street when was engineer on
! car there. It was Isl when passed her. and
saoe1 + 4 f9np ap gp s5 Wasn 2assed
oed, aud she came out OF tho store and got On
he car. She hadn't bit OF q parcel With her
md hear her tell another sewing- machine that |
'he hadn't an umbrella, 60 she just went !
Il and had the clerks turn oyer goods !
he cur is crowded we miss fares and amt sure
rho's paid and who didn't well, man II geu-
rally touch you when you paes through, or say.
Here Johnny, but 8 WOMAN, never. Why. sir,
sr and told me shed forgotten her pocket =.
'ovk, and che rode free With me and borrowed a
ickel to so home, and Tn snped il she didn't
o back On Ogden avenue bus, and she hasn't !
aid me that 10 cents yet- Tell you, If had
heck like that Id be wearing Muster over
A .dow l.