, 1875-03-24
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.


Tho temperature yesterday, - observed by
l,uildng, was At 8 =. n,., 81 degrces; 10 n. m.,
30; u n,, 81; p. H., 3s; ep. NJ, % 8 p. M.
40.
are.srs. Ellison. Ponoroy L Co. devoted yos-
te1daY to selling tie furniture Of the Riverside
Hotel. Tic original coht waa $5o,0oo+ And,
though In very gool condition, 1t brought but
S25 U00.
Tho explosion Of a ltcroecuc lamp ut Park (
Kaiyer's restaurant, Nos. 3S aud 40 West Madt-
son street, caused connection lhcso last ovon-
Ing, but ITO damage reAtll'cu'
A youug man named Christian sfnvcrH foil
dcna during tho pEOGreee OF s!atce hight DC
furc last, III lilo Town If Lakc. lloart disease is
s,pruscl to hayo bcou tho cause. Ho liyod ut
liz. ln74 State sttcot.
Tie following gentlemen arc proposed, By
general Consent. 10 be elected Friday to I'LL up
Tho number OF Directors OF the board Of Trade,
u. provided by tho nun r1llca: 9. Il; !}lncknai,
p, i, Ul icsri,aw, ]. u. Noc1ne, II. s. K,ugnlaul,
a. J. Marble.
Tl1s meeting OF tho Chicago Temperance A.
lance, held III the church Of, Wilson street,
Monday evening" was attended BY n !arge aud
respectable audience. Much Interest was mani-
tested to boar tho pattor loctnFo delivarca by
lIrr. n. u. Stncy+ aid thoso Nho heard It we're
not disappointed.
Aroat Of the vcseol.owucrs In tlsls city state
TINT, as lonC as tho present low freight rntcs
prevail tLoy will not lit ur thur vessels as they
could not run them prohtahly. 4 ID tho general
opinion tlat tho lake buhncss this Rcaaon will
bo still tnllcr that Tint Of last. Fcw Of tho
Eriit, car1icrs will out At all. anil como Of
lilo Lumber yo5ses will also 1onlan illo.
meeting IT tho Northwestern Uni7orsaliat
Publishing A.rociatlon way hold ycDterday m0rn-
1nE il the roo.na of tho Aetp E0renant, 2M Wn-
baah :Nenuo. Or. Ryder, Mr. and Mrs.. Hanson
were prcscut. Tho object Of tho meeting was
tho election Of Director III tho place Of tho
Tev. William /. starl. who has loft Chicago 10
tAko charge Of pastorate IN aielroae Mass
Tl1e clsoico fell upon alr. N. I. Smith, Of tits
city. Tho mootng then adjourned.
Inst evening Dr.. I. N. Danforsh delivered Tie
last iL tao rrese ~ Horios Of Young Mems Chris
tian Association dino locturcs Ills hubjcc. wns
tho evolution OF the col! II. animal .to Lis audi
ouce fair one. Tho lecture waa very iutct-
eHting ,!s.ctiptei, Of tho building up Of tho ami
t.al structure, nnd was listened to With deep at
tenion. 1T tho coae sories Of viewB wozo
tI,pw, on tho ecfccn bY tho nid OF tho magic
lantern. which Hcro Rll the uloro interesting as
tho siidos ~cro tnado III this city.
A scconl pleasant evening waa passed yestor-
day Mt tho Fift4 Presbyterian Church. The
house was crowded, aud 11G took part in tho
apoliing liat.. Two sidos were choscn aa bo-
iorc aud tllo oxercao continued until 1880.
Two pri.ea wcra offered, tho first being
*Ci,a.nbors' Information" the second a copy ut
chak spnarn's woEhu. hisB Sargent, the FORTH
iIato Indy aat Thursday, took tho first prize. and
u 1ntHuSE 4eporthr tue second. 1t 10 also pleas
ant tu add that tllo Golfers OF tho CHURCH wc1o
materially tcne1t,1.
t1r. Frank c. Hill, kho wnH arrested In this
city 1HHt year on q roluisltion from Pennsylvania,
issued tEs affidavit Of Michael Glos, or BltckH
County. l'etusytvknia, Ian brought action against
Utller for nallclora prosecution and talsc inl-
prason1nont. Tho case ngainst Hill WAS hoa,d
before jury OIL tllo 18th lnht aud Mr. Hill wns
promptly acquitted. alr. Hill alleges that lo
can prove expreas rnal1co GU tho part OF Uhler,
aud TINT tho ro1uuiton waa concocted in order
to make Hills ttio:dH aud relatives pay ao.ne in
dcbtcdbcas no was Under to Uilor or suffer what
ever Disgrace Uhlct might bo aho to intict.
Tho Comnittec on Equalization Of Ta1cs of
the County Board MAS in session yesterday at
tho County building: During tho 1ftornoon
County Clerk In raEatl to preparing mnps Of
ull tho ta1rbf0 operty III tho county. Tho
opinion Of Gen. Lisb was that these mais you'd
require an expenditure Of abouts 10 .ooo. The Com
To make hn eAtiulase Of the cost. nai submit htH
figures to them at thoir next meeting. When iu
nil probability somo tual action will DO taken In
tho niattar., Tho Com'nitteo figure tho cost Of
tho mars At about SIS 0uU. This they think la
Loo high by at leaAt 35,cn0, md number OF
them thlnl that $4,000 would he d sufficient
price for the labor.
The Executive f'omnit.eo appointed at meot-
Ing of tho Posts tt tia tirand Army OF the lie
public last Thursday night to mako nsrnngo-
Chicago on May u, ID, and 15. mct yesterday
afternoon nt tic Pacific 1Iotoi TO TO-
port progress. Ian. Julius White occupied tho
chair In tho abaouco Of Lieut.-Gon. Sheridan.
The Committee hAye accomplished considerable
lusireBs during tho short ttno they have Geun
1T work aH regards tho minor detalls. A largo
number Of tie names Ut ChIcago's most prolnl-
ncns citizeus wore glscn to Capt. 11oaly, tho
&-. xtvt,t
tees. which will be announced at The next ,uoet-
ing, Frijay afternoon 1t o'clock, at the Pacific
Hotel.
A1r. Androw J. Thomas, OF Camden, Ind, who
shot himself At tho fremont House week ago
yesterday. died at hult-past yeslerday aftor-
took place that It was dono with suicidal in.
cut that It wsn done willie "P'tL The
unfortunate gentleman wRB suffering from nen-
woundlng himself. disclaimcd any iuteuslon Of
shooting hlmscll, and tnadc tho singular ntate-
nlcnl that beicro firing tho fatal shot 4o imagined
that ho waH haystack. and TINT somebody was
no recollection Of polutug apd firing tho revolver
at himself. lie was In guod circumstances and
happy in hin family rotations, Tho dccoasod
gentleman was " years Of age.
4 shocking accident occurred at tho Arclcr
Ayt,1us CROSSING OF tho Michigan Southern l.
A+Aho io9tlG 41alI1aQ jAhk dfGn1uEJ 2 ltH uluHleH
beiolo G o'clock. An unknown woman was
crossing tho track, when BNitcli-ongino No. 20
came along ut tho rate OF about II miles IN
hour Tie eugtneor blow warning whistle, but
tho woman became 10 frightened aud con-
fuHDu at tho uotHo mud ucat approach
OF tho locomotive thas she ian upon
tho track instead Of awny from It,
and was btrnck aud instantly killed. The body
was .nnnsled III lorribla maunor, aud fray
u.enta ~e1o found q hunlkoa feet away from tho
PLACE wloss deceased wan standing when Bho
met her terrible fate: 0lticer Jacoby gathered
tho remains up Aud hsd the1n conveyed to tho
A1orsuo. Tbs Coroner vii! hold all luques. to-
day.
Tie Chicago Athenrun and Young Mons
Christian Asaoc,atiom liayo fallen victims to tho
orthographical epidemic now raging through tho
country, and this prel1minarles hare heun br-
iangod for d grand spelling mattel, In Farwol
Hail, Tuesday evening. April =. Tho costest-
anita In tho caAe arc to bs composed Of tho uLi-
cern and directors Of tho two 6ociatlos, aud vii!
include suc, well.known names ~ ]. Y. FarWoll,