, 1876-12-28
THE CITY.


lvidcnd Of 10 per cent.
The new zouaro company Of tho South Side
met Inst evening for drill in tho Zouave'Hal',
No. 1s2 Twcnty-sccond street.
The Knights Of st. Patrick rare grand bafl
Mt Maskcll HILL, corner jackson and Desplatnts
streets, last night, and pleasantly entertained
200 or HOo people.
Mike Evans has not yct fled that drc.rroof
hontl for t,e performance OF his duties us pros
pcetive Collector VI Tnxes for tho South Town,
and the situation Is Unchanged.
The temperature yesterday, as observed by
Mauusscc, opt1ciau, IS Madison street TR1B-
usE Dul1dng), was Mt 8 q. fn., IL edcgrcca; 10 "a.
barometer at s =. n, 6l.ll; 8 >. NJ, so.t7.
Tho many friends Of MI John T. Lester, Of
Lyon, Lester & Co., WILL be plcasca to learn
to health. 1ic haa an cxcesdlngly pleasant
tlnc while journcyfng over the Continent.
An cxprcss,nan named Palmer, while In
1,oosy condition at o'cfock yesterday after.
noon, took tnma,io oil railing on the south,
received .nc severe injuries that it Is fcurcd he
will not recover.
Torpe took walk frutn No. IL Madlson street
at 70 o,soek yesterday morntng and; ,sak;ng
buggics belonging to Christian fcndt and Con-
stable Underwood.
Deputy Sheriff Korn yesterday held an inquest
upon Charles Wiener, resident Of South Chlca%
20, who died Tuesday Of heurt diseasc; aleo,
upon small child Mt tic corner Ul May md
Nineteenth streets, who was accidentally
emothored to death In bed.
Several persons had narrow escape from In
Jury by runaway horso yesterday morning.
The animal was attached to IN eSxr!5.esswaEon,,
from Fifth arcnno to CLARK, where lie came to n
Btands.!ll In d store-front. 1hc vehicle waa
totally wrecked.
John NJ. Pearson, President, and James Steele.
Of Paris, md D. 4: Brown, Of Bates, member,
stopping At the Grand Pacific Hotel, where ttcy
hold their annual meeting to-day. Yesterday
was spcnt In looking around town.
Matilda Fletcher Is the guest Of friends at the
Mring upon the following subjects: "0id
Doys,"'' 1.-THE 1Ieart OF q aIan," '.The Law of
Love" "Why Don't You J,auglli,,'. Lctsere
will reach her more directly addressed in caro- Of
President Aberncthy, Chicago University.
The programme Of sothcrn's engagement ut
Huvcrly's Theatre next week has been arranged.
"Dundrcaryn wtl1 be givcn Stonday afternoon
ana evening, nlso Tuesday, Wednesday, and
S9ar'y qySns ,seens ,ss a ,d f.2[ onst
and "Dundrcary Married aud scttledh Friday.
evening md Saturday Afternoon. Tho sale Of
seats will begin thls morning.
Rabbi Kohlcr addressed large audience last
evening In the lccture-roon OF Slnat Synagogue.
His lecture was an appeal to tho young men 10
form n society similar to the Young Mems
Christian Association, The. snectal object being
TO perfect themselves In Jewish literature. The
ing, and 1t was finally decided to call a meeting
morning al o:s5' o'clock. A~ 7'' " ~
Now, small boys, takc warning. At about 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon little tl-ycaE-ulh,
while hiteehing le hts sle to passing wagon ut t!1o
dentally missed Ills footing and wns run down
~ sleigh that was following fast behind.
Luckily, however, he was good little boy and
qucntly escaped, BY special dkpensation Of
Providence, With badly cut up face and no
broken bonce.
A TRIBUNE reporter called Upon sfr. Billings.
President of tho West Side Gus Company, to
offer. mnde by the Council Of 81 per 1000 feet
for the gas used By tho city from Oct. to May
l.. Mr. Billings stutel that ho could hardly tell
whst he intended to DO before he bad read the
full report Of the Cumlnittcc. II the col,di-
tlons were favorable to tho Company, and the
contractwas not 10 le made for too long q time,
he might AccGpt tho o1Icr.
Capt. l.. II: .Langc, Shea Smith, Second Lieu
tenant, and ". l.. Cobb, Sergeant, hava been
authorized to recruit for Company l. First
tnE, anu which 1t is proposed to make one Of
the best, II not tic best, III the regiment. Only
recruits over ~ years Of agc, and wno wifi
enlist for two years, arc wanted. The company
meets every Saturday evening at the arinory,
Nos. liz und III Lako street. Applications for
membership may be scnt to Capt, L. Ii. Lsngc,
No. 2B North Clark street.
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~ Ill., aat, ts y9ums Mon.an leIt tnG no.,se
liz ~ ade usn. " mei sslSi mno VIZ me'eMa
made to her for her services as servant, Divers
and Bunilry respect able peoplc also desire 10 ro
,pou record as saying that they bplicyc tnat
Wclshs action was right rs well a. legal, uuJ
that he ts, I'LL In MI, % Eoo{l.,aturcd man as
the average, and not at ali Sbylock
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w., ma -. ,'n,, osts.ss}o ~ eicn t.1 "ero plts
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