, 1876-09-18
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

There Will &C mectlnb Oh tua 6tA'A VI uSn'
J. Macarthur ut the Grand laciflc at 7:8o
o'clock this evening.
Coroner D!ctzsct yesterday held m Inquest
upon Ernest T. Dtcfendorf, young man %
Yeas OF age, residing nt No. 484 West Adams
street. The verdict was death from cpilcpsy.
Tho MONDAY prayer meeting to-day will DO
held in Farwcll Hall and conducted BY tho Rev,
A. Youkcr. Subject: "Takng the Multitude"
George c. stcbbins will have charge Of the sing
Ing.
Tcnnyson, Jr., is Informed that We cannot givo
more than two ccnts pound for poetry. Three
ccots is tho most we can get from the rag deal.
ers, which leaves sufficiently small margin ol
profit
A nouly-born babe Of Dora O'Bricn, at No.
oo2 Washington street, WAS the subject OF
Ss as thas }Ss sna Sad aes n rom va q
proper no,lrahment-
The Wisconsin editor who announced that ho
would gtsc his parcr at tlc usual rates. payaolo
when T1ldcn and Hendricks arc elected, now
adds postscript to tho notice 70 say TINT ho
will give liberal discount to subscribers who
pay Ii cord-wood, potatoes, or applc.sauce.
They wcro drilling the awkward squad Of tho
First Regiment the other evening and tho COM
mandcr gave tho order, "Chargc!" whcreupon
one Of tho defenders q bis country, Tho ,,,1 as
suits, exclaimed, "Who'll charge 1t toi'
d farmer drove into St. Louis lust week and
got the price paid for produce and bcan-poacs,
while his wife swappcd dozen Of egga ior d
quarter OF pound of ten, a biz larnlng-nccdlc,
Ing over tho revival Of tradp IN their midst.
The doctor said It was ono Of the lines. little
girls he had ever seen, and she said, "Thnnk
fieavcui Because 1t can't be callc1 Samuel IT,
dcni" Poor woman! She does not know that
her designing husband has decided 9n the IT,
t{1 rI oT1rnHrutR nhnrf10tfnn M (s0ll]mhtk
Centennial
A Milwaukee man, who may be called mntc-
1talist, proposes to utilize the bodies OF the
dead In industrial processes. He would use tho
bones for spoons, conductors Whistles, 1aeR-
stones, and similar purposes, and tan ils skins
into leather. The cars Of tho SenftHtl man
alone, he says, would, when titus treated, yield
tho material for five palss Of top-boots.
The Chicago-Florida Association held meet
Ing at the Atlantic Hutc Saturday evening
Thls Association HOW nuNntcts some thirty or
forty members, destined for Florlda., A. conf
nittee Inns been selected to visit Florida during
this month aud select location for the fornlt.-
meu neu IL aye eken hold of tic t Enterprise, We
bids fair to be great success. Their incettngs
a1e held every Saturday evening.
Since Demosthcncs 1Illdrcth's return, Friday
evening last, hs conircrc, Cicero, alns George.
the city. The trio arc making % active can.
vass, visiting tho various friendly districts ~
watds. Saturday evening the Eighth and Tenth
Wards were visited, md yesterday the old
na.' taem # Il las sad t thas rc III has aseay By
gun to lny the ropes for n reelection to tho
Council next spring from lfs ward.
Tn. fo,own snat ~ ns nonn sas Yesterday received
from the Odd.f Fellows who afe On Their Hay to
tho grand Centennial celebration Of the oracr
in Philadclphia:
5Ia.as REsE rasx ~ sep 1s p nsS :7;TsS
iarnished song t6e entiro !ine Sy lie baltimore
se.1ea e abeat SIS the fapS Hose
ts raining hard. aud W. could not parade. Thc
battalion remains here two hon.s ,,Es.,,o
Pacific Garden, No. 106D Milwaukee avenue,
vas given over yesterday to the .picnlc Of tho
Union bc!ge. = society composing % msny q. o.
was started about ono year ugo, und l,as proved
Tho means Of banding together many Of the
French residents for benevolent purposes. Mr.
d. Doalars, the President, deserves great credit
vast amount Of benevolent work has been ae-
compllahed. The proceeds Of yesterdays
pens paGns Thish ~as eorot{eq semsSaat Maro S
French Of this city. All day long tho grounds
were ailcd with crowds Of patriotic Frc.ichmet,,
with their wives and little ones, and the hours
Ts' Tse usaai ap' picnic @ f sports % so%tlncd 70
the afternoon there, wsEe patriotic
speeches BY Mr. Dcmars, Mr. T. =. Lambert,
afternoon the Union was Joined in tho celebra-
tion by the St. Johu's baptist Society, the
French Mutua! Society, and tho Lnfarette So
dety. Altogether there wcro over 6O0 people
present, md tho exercises passed oG most
pleasantly.
AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL.
Saturday afternoon clergyman With an um.
1trn11 fnnt lad rf aS1FI f4F
Pullman Car Company, anl asked to sec tlle
Superintendent. Ills wish was gratifcl, and,
with crimson blush, he sad: 'Tllo decora'
tons Of s paat e.a are indsea e elegant
utility has been sacrificed to artistic beautyl'
The Superintendent said hs guessed not, anl
askca in what detail. VIII regard to the
involved aad ornate curly. Gothic of tho
fourteenth century, so That passenger
en- ,, wtt l.,,,,lla ,asty ts 1r91
ing to distinguish between ana an g.
Superintendent, "becausc you can always tel
ypaao ySas sssa y ne tsegt yos s s n II es yet
awcrcI tho clergyman, shut you can't nlways de
so. Last night was coming hero from Iowa
where | have euro OF souls it company witt
Jointly and scycrally occupied scetlon .. Il
the course Ut tho night, feeling thu
pangs Of M fntolcrabls thirst, qutttsd M
Sons o to Ff5ss 5su. yts e wa II ~ soesy soSI ny ay
my SECTION, md, observing that my companion
-;,s took tho s'ceuer to 6s-had moved oyc,
70 the outside Of the BERTH slnok htm ~ y.
% words Il sc sccuar a' song. fonny, mike r room on
for your unclc.' ~ MY lucl1ublo surprise III.
huEror. u WIS section s, not ., aMl TIL
sleeper had 50 rndeiy awakene!l was Of tl!e ~
been Jrcrnt{pn, but Icel SURE that II So It VII