, 1876-04-17
THE CITY.


1hs ssaual pew rental Of 81. Paui'a Reformed
Epiuoopal Church will take place ia the church
This evening 1t 7:oo o'clock.
A meeting for young mon, strangers IN the
rIty, to become aeqnainsed, will BE- lseli Al rho
Y. II. G. A. 1uolns. No. 10 Arcade court. this
evening.
Ths MANY friends in this city Of Miss Helen
II. Wa,lbridgo will be pain~d to Iearn Of hcr
dsaah, whlcll occurred 1t her homo n itochceser,
N. Y. Apnl H.
Nj. Fl. ". 8. Cleveland will deliver lecture
upon IN Neglected Art; tile Ar:lsttc Nttln ot
Landscape Gard ming, this evening At D O'Clock,
in tho lectaro-rooa OF air: Wasera' c'sas,ca.
school. % Sixteenth street. This tn the third Of
Atr. Fronch'e south Stlo series OF illustrated
teoture6 upon artistic toucB aud Mr. tr ench Will
furnish tho illustrations.
It Ia understood thss Con. IEob, tho pains-
taking and effciont County Clerk. Will. 10 the
course Of three or four dAys, turn over tho as
assatnent hooks 10 tho lsgalls-arpontotl South
Town Assessor, ". II. D. Gray. In so doing,
and ttereby aiding tn securing for tho South
Town IN honest and equitable assessment Gen:
Liob will earn and doHorvo tha gratitude Of stt
honess men.
employees, Of tho Adelphl Tnostrc were OIL the
tIpEoe Of expectation list evening waiting for
rampus 70 b. kicked up by tho Grovcr faction. !,
The performance WAS finished In peace. llttle
On = ROW. and nothing out OF tao usual
line happened, although It ~as expected.
Several stalwArt policemen vers IN
reAdinosa to preserve tho reAce.
William Thompson u,.do h!s advent into CHI
cago Friday from tho - Future Grekt." Ills
baggage consisting chiefly Of q large invoice Of
roantasfot railroad tckota over the various
foads contoring In this city. After dtspossng Of
number to tca!perh on Clark stEeot, and ono to
porter at tbs fremont House. his business was
checked bY an ArFeBt and commitment 10 q cell
10 tho Central stattou. confederate Of thu
pFtsonhr, doubttesn hoarng OF his partners fate,
escaped arfets By eastng The CITY.
Al uusucccsssul attempt to massacre Officer
Michael Klrch, Of ths Armory, Was mado last
About hs:f-paBt o'clock ucgro woman applied
10 thu otlfcor for protection, stating that tho
assallant wan In hor honso ~ No. 40 Third
Ayepus. making htmsolf 0bstropetous md
threatening the livce Of tho inmates: kitch
wont to tho house nnd o1eesod the intruder. Who
departed in 4 southerly direction. Soon after
be was observed to be returning toward tho
premises. aud tho olIlcor followed him up. De-
fore tho lnttor arrived in Tho Immediate Vi.
clnity, hu henra tho sctoatns at 1 "ontn, and
emerging from al alloYway, Who slated that tho
attacking party had retreatod toward State
ntreet. Kirch Rnyo chase, and "a he turned
corner In tho alloy ha was mot
kttackcd by the fugitive With razor. After al
encounter, In which the officer WAS worsted, the
wouid-bo assassin effected bis eacRre. Krch
was tnkcn To tho drugstore ooTncr Of Harmon
court and State street, whsro his WOUNDS. COLI
BssnE Of tlree acalp luc1s!ons, Uera dreaBed
and their recipient conyeYcd honie The party
who did the cutting IL = wclI-knoWn thief. re-
Gently roloaeod from joliet; and will doabt'ess
though not Of fetnl character, aEe quito
SERIOUS.