, 1875-11-27
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS,

Tho Temperature yesterday, ~ ebsersod by
MAnAsse, opttcian. SO hladihon street {TR1buNs
Dullding], was ~ fo1lows 3 4. M, A dog. 10
>. r'.. ~; IL n, a; Up. M. 81; 8 p. m., III.
4 woman Of about 25 years Of agt named
Clara caslson, has been missing for se.oFat days
from her homo, No. 121 Hickory ayonue. Hho
ia OF vory fair compilation, las suburu ha'r, gray
eyos and WAS dressed ia brown calico dress.
II nss rumored yesterday that afr. HodRer,
foreman Of tho Times composlng-ro had
bsep discharged bccauHs I1e hsd neglected 10 fol-
low The style Of tho paper y and make tho date
]ine rad "Ths Chicago 7ines on Sunday on
Oct. 81 or 1875"
John Stehfein, ! satoon-kecper at No. 1G7
North arenuo, WAS badly burnel about tho chest
and arms whiis turning on tho gas At the motor
lust as dArkncts wAs aelEiug In Thluks3ivipR
evening. At tho ttno he had kerosene lamp
in his land. and 1t ID supposed that gas which
had Escaped from the meter during tho day bc-
cana ignited sud cauaed tho explosion. tbs
dxtufss Of the salnon Nere badly damaged to tho
s4taut OF about 800.
An evening pspor yesterday stsssd that Mr.
Hidney Smith had boon engaged By tho Cittzaua'
Association to assist 8thses Attorney Reed in
tho prosecution Of tho indicted election Judges
and repeatess. This u littlo pEemasu.o. The
Cltizena' Association has not yct engaged conu-
lat. ALL It has donc hsa been 10 appoint Judge
Skinner and Mr.. E. O. Lnncd committoo to
wait upon tho 6tntes Attorney, ascortan
whether he will accept Of any assiatsoco and, it
10, 10 sgsee With him a to Nho tho counsel ahall
be.
Tho South Carolina delegation to tho recent
soushefn Pacific Railroad Convention at st.
Louis-John I. Palmer (chai.manl Gan. W.
Wallace, Gov. n. X. Hcott. Col. F. ". 5fcAtaeter,
the Hon. ". l.. Earle, and tho Hon. E. ".
scib1es-arrived in this city yesterday morning.
en their way homo. They wil ataT hero until
sunday evening. when thor loaTe Tor Detroit.
They make their homeward journey by this
Eoute In order to form son1o Acquaintance With
tho Northwcst-most Of them mover having
bcen IN thta section bafore.
Tho case Of James 3. Craney, formerly On tho
Chicago police force. w., Tho Eas. 1T. Louis
Transfer Company. which has been on srial for
roma dAys before Judge Mc1owaa. IN East ST.
giving verdict for the dofense, Tho plaintiff
was a ChitaRo detective, and whlo on duty At
East 6t. Louis. in Ocsobot. 1874. Was hurt In
crossing Tho bridge on ono Of tho transfer bnses,
Col. r. q. G. Davis aud hfr. ConlaO appeared for
plaintiff, and tho Hon. John Woodson Of at,
Louis. and Gen. Martin Boom, Of this cisy, TO.
tho defense.
Tho public who hAve visited tho Ade!pi,i Tho
esFe during tho past .eek or mora hare un-
portions Of The avid Ws,ss Ind Tho classical
rako-up Of tho aupers In 'Around tho World In
Eighty Days" They conbssod OF sikty-hse
braves. AIMED .S1 @ and equipped, VIZ reprasonted
lndinns. and soldiers At Will. For those gorgeous
cbArActerizat'one thcJ wnro to recoiYo, =, =
SNAIL squad OF eK-snpefa alleged last evening.
&t.bo per ueek. John Monaghan ras chief
"eupe." II Is charged that he collected 451 of
their pay. bought IN Ulster oysrcost NTH
strap klound 1t. and then departed in search OF
other fields to conquer. tbs men refused to
wosk longer without ,psy, md last n,pht Mr..
Davis offered to psy them 20 cents per night
for tho future, bnt 10. for past services, low
seemed imnneD.4 and twenty uoblo wlld waveH
wont surGiug into tue etreet assisted bv eoYeral
policemen, aud etil' the Adephi e1ists, though
Mona1han has loft town.
Ono Of the }Aiies 1t .hn meeting in tho Firrt
Methodist Church Yesterday morning announced
tho fact that tho children IN the pablo schools
wore e1ou moro indignant a. the removal Of tho
Bible than were their paseuta themselves. Tho
lAdies thought It Was wonderful, and haed It a.
A. an e'idsnoe Of growing psoty IN Young minds.
reading Of tho Scriptures vaa ono OF the
KroatoBt boons = playful boY can hAyo,
a. it defcru for tho space OF twenty
minutes or 30 tho hateful lesaon In arithmetic
aud geography. When this boon Il ruthosnly
torn from him. what ramaius but 10 flle to reel
tattors tho d1st thing in tIe morning? No time
70 mako hurried c1oure.ons into tho mybtesee Of
the Ruie Of Thteo or to trace up The sources Of
the Nile; no chance to mako up for timo los. on
tnring Of tho first tAst. Twenty minutes gone,
perhaps foEeverl While Bome OF tho BOYS mar
prefer The reading Of tho Scriptures for isa owa
sake, it ts 70 bo feared that others mourn it's OK
Pulaion for other rcAsnns and howl for ita reStp-
%ation. Thoy arc very Indignant.
Col. Ricatd O's. Burke, Of Waahlpston, D, c,
arrived IN the city last eTening. and is stopping
It the European hotol kept BY hts namcsske.
Col. BurRe, who 10 famone In conuection with
;he cleIkeoven esp'osion. wy loeture in
Issh Jokor." Tho lecturer was confined 10
closkenwell prison, England. when tho attempt
waa mada It bis rescue, which ended Ia the
disastrous tanl, explosion M Which killed ser
1'1ged for alleged completely in The affair. but
f;ol. Burke. although tbs astempt was mado in
h!e favor, had no pcsronal connection with II.
Ho was universally recognized tn Great Reitaiu
and Ireland II the most determined aad
most sAillful Of all tLo 1r,sh-Amorlosn
ofaeess who ie;t this country in Fenian times to
aid the hationA! Earty in Ireland In thsir effort
to eundes ns's1ah connection. He p1.ansd shs
attack on ChosteF csst'c, which would have boen
WAS foremost !n other .nairs Of the aaue kind.
Apart from ali this, Col. Burke has 4 splendid
reco'd ia an engineer officer un1es Mcclellan.
Meade and GtAut, during our Civil War. He will,
doubtless. be Hrli received by his Chicago fy|.
lou'couutEymen.
TWENTIETH WARD YuApps.
The T"ont'eth Ward Citznaa' Club a.s still
persoyenng IN sheir Attempts e1nose tho trnuds
committed by tho iudgoa Of tho Fitss and Sec.
oud precloota Of that ward in ths Int eloeion,
snd their movements are not without uuc.
coas. AMdaWts Of Huck voters ara stlll
being taken. and tho number has rsachod fortv
five, boiug larger BY lh,Etoen votos than tbo
setuIus asado 1v tho Judges. About sixty yot-
ara haye siguihed thor Willingness to sWssr to
having supported Hack. but tLey src backward
about goipg to the ciub~.ooma to perforr mat
duty.
Fer the second Precinct. 1875 anldarits have
boeu taken. and l72 moro must b. OBJ.
tslned to prove error In tho tudces'
SetuTn1. Tho gentlemen most active ia
tho enterprise arc hopeful Of = great suceesss il,
stantsl proof IL furnished Of tlckerJ sAa ballot.
box stu9aog.
When tbs fso1s connected with the arrspReusp
OF the polls arc cousidrred. and \ glance II til,
poll-books taken. but ono conclusion can b,
reached. Ths books ara dirty and scratched
lines ekippod. names, numbera, aud atsoet
wrong. snd tho whole mana Of error
a1Doss unintcl,ig,bio to ~ ordinary OF
server. Il 10 thought that the lecor
k&rt n t3ntr