, 1875-08-11
THE CITY.
GENERAL. NEWS.

ap. m, GO.
A correspondent bcgs Of The superintendents
OF tho var1ous Btrcct-rAilways to consult tho
Weather reports In the morning papers. aoa put
on box-oats when rain ia threatened, thus saving
people tia vocation Of sitting On wct eonchcs'
A petition is IN circulation praying tho Gov
crnor 10 pardon Alfred zcEonlneycr, sentenced
TO Imprisonment for llfc for tho murder OF Will
lam Guu1tleton. Tho roseon assigned is that
the detectives now know who tho real mur-
tluror Is.
IN, Uusk, United States MArabal, sttschod
eeycrn! of tho Great Western Railway cars In tho
Michigan Central Railroad yards yesterday
afternoon, to satisfy Judgment obtained
by s. r. Webster before Mastcr In Chancery
some months ago.
Tho Coemopa held their rcgnlsr weekly moot
Ing lass night. President McI1ugh in the chair.
a anRgestton to bold grand picnic vas referred
to tho COMMITTEES on Halls aud hmuse1nentH, to
report noxt Tuesday evening. The 0tho1 busi-
ness simply routine.
A meeting Vas announced for last evening 1t
tho Sherman House to organize for tho collection
Of funds for tho erection Of a monument 70 the
Frnnci who fell ut Cns+iohar, 1relnuil. Tho nt-
tendance at tho meeting was 10 small TINT 1t was
deemed bert 70 adjourn for ono week.
correspondent nakcH tho HuEgcasion TINT
property-owners on Madison street. batwcen
ktato nnd Fifth avenue, hnro 1t repayctl during
tic building Of tho now bridge, thus saving tho
Interruption to trayot at como future pofioa,
whom 1t becomes i1lpe1atlvcly necessary to I'M
ployo tho Btreet. West Of Fifth avenue the
work of paving is now progressing.
Members Of tic Michigan Legislature accom-
panied by Coy: nagley and thr Conssessmen men,. OF
Aug. II. by the Chicago Il Northwestern fsaii.
road to Marquette, thence by steamer to visit
tho IRON copper. and stlrer nilies alao tho tish-
Ing grounds and otler places o! interest m tho
Unpor Peninsula, The excursion will occupy
sbont tcu days.
1t had been expoclcd and announced that tho
Railroad mud Warehouse Conltlsson would
meet in this city Yesterday to investigate als.
Mclaughlin. but Yesterday Grain Inspector
Smith received uptice that thpy would not ar
rive until to-day. II is not settled or known
Hl,other tho visit OF tho Commission will 10
n,orcly routine. or whether tile case OF Alc-
LauEifu wlll be looked into.
In the article On State streot business insor-
esta,. published IN The Tn1nusE of July 25, M
important omission occurred In thnt portion of
Tie same devoted 10 AleaerB. bnndu1yet l. klas-
sen tobacconis.a. It should have been stated
that tllfs entcrpTsaihg firm WAS burnt out by tho
Hrcat tlro Of 1871 ut No. 1872 State street, again
BY tho July FRO Of 1874 At No. al State, and that
they ara now located in buEncss at No. 214 State.
Lawrence Rice, ono of tho preasmon OF the
Times died night before last at Mercy Hospital
Of lock- Jaw. About two wcelB ago III WIS in-
jnred in the hand while putting belt on Q
wheel connected with tho 1rcss-maohin-
cry. Tho injury WINS not considered sort
ous nntl Thursday. wien his hand
began TO swell alasming!s. and TO went to tLo
hospita LoeK5aT ,e eo5sa' s a, Ieo ies1ed M ~ IT, a
Times for fifteen years. lio WIS . young man
Of industrious npd stoatly habits, and much liked
by his associates.
Since tho commencement Of tho now bridge at
Madison street, tho amount Of strent-car travel
.fztn otn E}ofn $7 tr,t.,1 In
enormous During THO mostnng aud ovouins
Louis, when the West Side Company arc tFn1ia-
porting tho larReet number Of phSseuGots. cars
learo State ssroot oyoey hnit-mnuto: at no
quontlY sllau once in cVcry shroe-auarsers Of n
minute, or a. tho ratio OF seVenty.hse catH al.
hour. Tho Company, by meaus Of tue switch at
Clinton street ayn overcome the ,ncuVsne.ce e
carrying passengers backwards and forwards AZ
rapidly al before.
I, Tho members OF tho Chicago s.Turn-yoroino," ="
vim nrn rninr to ioin tl,o BuufIest,,r1,feBt :"
H. Nav vnrir nommcncino aun 81 1,clu n nnnat
nm tnat nIeht 1'hcSn M. ,,nt nnv.hInv n + i'm.
nor,nnra jnus. thorn boine merely \ discuuaIou
aah,,,t ~. i;ira ~ ,,piforma Gars ctc .rt,arc
ara Twenty-Five turnera toprcsent,uc she CHI
rsno Tny1porn In IL" nriye fnr,in1 vhnao
e16o,acs fe5mn nr At leost a pnrt NJ liam. viii
~ pu.is n,,t ~ I'm ~ :. Tszirka" tre.snry
.,rest many Of thu oldnr members ot tic
.s rs,..a %n in,a "
.nai,' sn4 roef;yoa is's 1o,+s-a fran, Ia"
fffiwsuLn, 49, .,.tin,, tH.t ti,cro nra in thnac
ei,,ng 1n,t ~, n.nv whh nn,,,I lila ~ inn ia
C%r,an6 ips 6frnrrnr. yyhn ~" u,i, iaaro Ame III
~'sAs' @a'Ao''' WV '"4 ''e'o N.e' ~.
The play CT tho "Iwo orl,hana," which has
haa 1ucl "a unPfccedcnsed Enu at Aooioy'h
during tla last live weokB, Ia just now being
translated Into German BY a1r- E. Ii'lon, PROM
islnE young man Of this city. nna will 10 pro-
duced Under J. q. 5lethna nn1 0rovor'S manuge.
mcnt y Tue Ade!phl Ineatse. noxt weok, pro
v'ded they succeed in filling tho cast. Thoro
arc plenty of, good German actors aud
actresses u thls city to present the Play IN good
sl.apes mt Tho diealty 's that they OIL consider
thing but leading parts. i socns that all Tho
gantlomen want to play Ph7rc, the cripple, ard
oil the ladies' LOUISE tho blind orphan Evou
oia ,n MIb' 1blele'nan, VINO snfns iho scales
st 2o pounda agoirdupoia thinks sho IL
nu!keu eAhHny loE INC pnuu ofpnRn.
II MeaSss. lhen and Methua could only
manage 70 maze on Tic characters cr1ppieh ni1l