, 1876-04-03
THE CITY.
GENERAL. NEWS,

IE1E CIlYs
GENERAL NEWS,
Hssher 10 improvement on tho common style
OF plsc&rd ID Tho Centennial announcement for
shis Centennial Yesss tNo poddors Of Con-
tenntal Articles Admitted Hore."
Theodore Triton will lecture this evening ns
Mccormick Hall on "T1lo Human Mind" This
lecture 10 considered BY many competent critics
70 bs ovcn superior to The "pfoh!om Of Life"
The orthodox way to hint to ! man that IL Ia
hIa turn 10 trent or that 1t Ia about titno he set
'em up, is not 10 nay, "Ain't you going 10 buy
somoth,ng7" but alta about tina sou
squoalod,"
Thieves attempted 10 atroct On entranco into
The shoe storo Of Dora.nan Drothors, at No. Ill
NORTH us1atod street, Saturday night. but wero
Frightened Oh before tloJ had accomplished
thelr object.
Or, esn,uel Willard viii lecture at the Athe-
,pmun, No. C5 Washington ssrcot. this evening,
H., eopi,oua,fo.o his cotao In Ancient History.
Theao. lectures wilt 10 continued during tho
surnR months as y Dime CoHrso, II tho nttcnd-
snca e such ~ to warrant 1t. All Interested nro
Invited.
An unfortunate named Martin Burke slipped
on tho pavement at tho corner OF Lalte and Dcs-
piatnes etteetB YESTERDAY morning. asd a, fang
elbow. I1o was assisted to tho Madison Street
BtatIon, whore tho ftacture was dsoasod. mud
Burke sent to tho County Hospital.
GENERAL. ORnEn, No. Co. Telegraph corro-
snoudonts OF The CnIcAao Tn1nuNE will hero
nftor send b7 viro no roposta of meat and fish
showers Of d commonplace character. Anything
1caB than raiu Of saddlc-Rock oyBters Of brook
front tiu season Of courrc), or hail 81 aaall ou
toast or vcntson steak (sgith cirEant 1elly) muBt
be aons by mali, md worry briefly.
". Nj. h. Trench will dol;vor the frat OF hts
South Side course Of illustrated lectures upon
assiBtio topics-eubject. Charcoal md Chalk.
. Ploa for Art Rccrcatons'-thiH ovcntng at 8
O'clock, in tho loctute-roum Of hfr. WAtors'
clasalcal school, No. 40 si1toonth streot. Noto
that tho lecture Is public. hnd not confined to 4
sldan, In tho evening" and not the afternoon.
Tho St. Louis Directory man is fugitive and
wnnderer upon tho faco OF tho caIth. puEnuod
bv the wrath Of tho injured cittzcnB. who declare
that whom his conscience allowed biln to make
tho population 4J8, 183 he needn't haVe stuck at
4 foM thousand moro, aud have unado 1t ovor tho
tho inoxniao1e error oi bringing out tho book TOO
early, whereas he might hayo waltod tlll tho
Chicago pcol1o got out tnoir directory. 10 might
1ust ~ easily have raised 90. 900 on tho popu-
laiiou OF Chicago, and credited 1T. Louis with
Glo,0o0.
A prominent seloon-kaepor on Clatk street has
recently boon taking course OF Biblical lsesa-
ture and says that ho tAkos no stock IN religion,
ANYHOW. As be Gays "Frinstauco, Whoro that
foller aayB, Cussed DO him what puttoth his bot
tle TO lis nelghhor,s tips.' Tho man TINT wrote
that wna = Log, He'd nevcr have walked up to
tic counter llko little Major. md sung
oGt sot en- np tor tho 6oys ~
boeauso ho didn't like to throw stones nt tho
Louso or drink alone. 'Cusaed bo him what
puttosh bis bottle to his net8hbor'a llpH.' Drink
glTe auy to nDothor man. toll you ho was tho
hoggshest hog OF R tho hogs"
WHY tho 81. Lonis Diroesory man briggs out
his curious work in March when tho people
don't nove till May, Ia not gonorally knewn.
impocunlous, aud tho nembors OF the debtor
class haye Subsidized tho Directory man
TO issue volume which WILL contain
9SpH %Sap bs na IN 'r OF .y 'a5s comes fou
they move by night, muf'ng tho wheels Of tho
hand-carss, that prove sufficient to convoy tho
household goode of tho average Ct. Louis fam.
:;coiioctlon t Of Bad Debts Undertaken" cotnos
round TO 1864 Pine Btrcot to look for John smith,
low ia tho driver to know that smith has moved,
Sndnow lives st eo87 Ohouteaa avonrca
A gentleman On tho West Side IL in the hands
subject to tho aotionof any National Conyen-
Lion, lilo Ina unusual qualifications for tho
post, having begun life With no capital but an
Old and tsq tht
nticr reatvcs; hc Is not married, and
hcnco Ia exompt from cons and Hifos
rotations no haS never been connected
nor gono travelling In Europe with widow, nor
made a npooch, nor written q loster, nor becn
interviewed. 1io bclongs to no religious body
nor 70 any political party; parts bis lair IN tho
hide boosst ia for tho Lcgal-Tendcr sac* bu.
ngaiust Its enforcement and boieyaa that the
Force bill would bo effective II It were conRtitu-
tIonal. The Springfield Republican thinks TINT
n vel a u
Charles FrAucia Ad-nB.
Tie performance at tho AdelrL last ovoning
included An accident III which Con Lo Roy, ono
Of the acfobnts, narrowly escaped serious In
"Flying soed,' tho supposed hgh mottied
i,eat, tho L. 10y brothers appear Ia
their magic bar act: Thoy lad concluded all
sion NJ the drop for life" aud the Injured man
placed himself In position to accomplish that
opd AZ be throw hlnlAelf head first from tho
bar. cltnging with his feet. tho ropes which
los,ng bis hold, llo full to tho stago, @ dls-
tanco OF 20. feet. For = moment a!l WAS
commotion. tho aaaence become excited. and
"Lord Vooette," charactor enncted by one Of
the Indies Of tho company, uttered q very un-
masculine sbrsk, which waa echoed by Ills ~
oo1trsroa on tho stage, Tho injured man wns
sprained wrist. otherwfae ho was uqniniurod,
and will appear a. 'ls ual thia evening.
rlfnEK ltUsnANbs or THE HAME WIPE,
Three gontlemen happened to meet At break
fast ut the Gfund Pacific Hotel ono morning last
week. Thoy wero 6tsangcrs to each other. All
~ero reAdinR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE (which
they hld purcl,aHod at conts per copy,-thcy
might hAyo had 1t delivered by cas1ior fos
e.s khen sdey brole tSs
'eileuce with tho semark "by Joyel Shes
divorced ngatn." Noticing that ha words had
Attsacted the attention OF his companions, ho
iyaA nd
}somoS What surprised to SEQ the divorce Of hiu
|1uand1m vito ch1ouIcled In tue Lcgal 1ntel'l.
;Gonoo. "she and I parted" le said, Ia dreamy,
retrospective manner, "in August, lS72,-thla
LAIes and Penatos-and two months after wnrda
she married up III peoEia : fellow na.nel Tomp: