, 1876-08-13

once rcn,edied. such a man-trsp il disgrace te
the city. The men in charge Of the place VII
surely ship In and be drowned some day. unless tne
The Watcr-Worlss Board will do well to make a
report on tie subject of muddy water. Every time
dirty and unit tor drink Perhaps the extension
Of the pier further into the lake, where the water
clearer, viii remedy this; ii 50, the extension
should be made.
when the city can afford It, there ought to be q
second reservoir. and hoth reservoirs should have
filter beds, II the water-worEs men don't know
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SMALLPOX.
Some time ago it was mentioned in this CORE
tpondsnea thai deaths from small lpo1 were more
frequeat in sor.e of the foreign wards than the
pie generally supposed and it was aao stated thai
The prevailing reluctance to afford information nj
to the nature and extent 81 the iniction WIS cnl.
culated to do more harm than good. Dr.. johnson,
the chief health officer, has met with conetant OBJ
stacles In his investigations Of the ravases OF this
disease but the death this week Of five children oi
one family in crowded part Of the Polish settle.
nent the South Side Is likely to attract public
attention. and result in vigorous action being takeE
to stay the progress OF the malady befoEc assumes
graper dimensions. There is no occasion for alarm.
but much need for determined raid on infected
houses in the densely- populated quarters Of the
ignorant classes.
AMUsKMEETs.
The Turner's will celebrate the twenty third an
niversary OF their Ccdarsbnrg brethren tomorrow
Sunday. ..
North Side Turner's 60 to Watertown for jovial
perPosSss Ssss On ths n 10 ote 1.nd na and Mr.
n. Dcakin. Of the Academy Of Music, announce
full programmes for the coming season.
There Va: maple sugar camp in the woods near
On the 2sth inst Goethe celebration is to take
place ut Quentin. Park, when K PnchnoE, Of New
Holstein, will act as poet Of this day, and H.
Commemorative Of the life Of the great German
poet.
A croquet club, consisting Of ladies exclusively,
is contemplated. As the matter has been taken up
in the proper quarters and the fair arc return
ing from thclr summer trips It ii quite likely an
organization will be effected.
1ei, on Thursday for Grand Rapids. where they in
tended to play match with the club Of that place.
The members are fair players, who, with increased
practice, ought in time 10 be able to meet any
The Musical Society will give its last promenade
concert Oh the 18th iusr-
UREyITIES.
Most OF the swells are returning home from the
Centennial.
Mr. T. r. Collingboarne, ,Jr., the decorative
artist. has returned from tour in the East
Scmlcr, the Democratic Treasurer Of Washing
ton County, has been arrested at Omaha and taken
home.
The Burns Society had picnic on Thursday,
ST. Calls fais, during the past week, was the
best gotten up spectacle OF the kind ever arranged
under the sanction Of the Roman Catholic Church
in this city 1t did not seem to draw quite as we'll
0S 0aEA ANNCfGlt luCAE 1dAE uSEA eO AAAAt
Of them.
Fewer prisoners now 60 to the House Of Cor
rection than ever before ut this time OF year. there
being S5confncd against 152 this time last year.
This is no proof of a diminution of lawlessness,
however, as arrests keep up to the old average.
The fact is more fines arc paid. How it is TINT the
harder the times the more lines paid by Of
Tenders, nobody can explain except BY reference
to the recent frequent burgiaricr,
A piece Of land, 40o46Oo feet, leased By the
Cream City Railroad Company from A. L. Kane, is
TO be fenced in for the OF basebatl players on
the East Side.
The Chicago d Northwestern engine that slid,
cars track. and all, into the lake Last winter is
once more runMinS.
New land viii be acquired by the Northwestern
Railroad Company by the construction OF crib
brcakwaser in front OF their passenSer-depot-
The Cream CITY Railroad has just declared its
regular half-yearly dividend OF pee cent The
Directors propose to issue bonds for the extension
to Bay View.
Robert collyer will occupy the pulpit at the Uni
trim Church for the next few weeks, exchanging
with tho Rev. G. f. Gordon.