, 1876-02-08
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

to-day and Tomorrow.
Miss Won Htllosp, tho German pedestrian, was |
quits I'll yesterday. and wan nnaolo to taka Any
food. It In fcarnd hcr cscftions may result In |
permanent injury or dcsth. |
The temperature yesterday, as rhsorvcd by |
Mauasse. optIcitn, No. SO Madison atrect trR1n-
urE Bui!ding), WAS. at a. rn, 32dcRreoas 10 a.
NJ, "a Il M, a5, ap. n., 81; p. m.' 10.
Ono hundred property -owners. representing |
usrly 5000 front feot, have signed petition for |
tho repairing north Of Division stroot Of North |
Wols street, which they claim In Tho !wsdret and |
stsaightest thoroughfsro on tho North a'de.
About s o'clock Saturday afternoon Jol,u ION.
feld, employed At Price 4 A!1crton'a slaughter.
house, ncsr tho Stock-Yards. foil Into a vat Of
boiling water, and received injuries that cauBed
his death yesterday morning., Deceased way 70
years OF Age, resided at No: 624 ihlftS-nfst
Street, and Wis unmarried. Tho Coronor has /
been notified. |
Willis E. r. Nelson Was onternK stable be- |
touging 10 John Weber, at No. 270 Church street,
yesterday morning. Lin advance was andaenly
Stayed BY l,o1Ee oil tho premises. which Kicked |
taEon 10 the Alo1ian Brothera' Hospital, whore
his In lnfies wetc Attended to aud pronounced OF
netious character. |
Tho Coroner hold an Inquest yesterday on tho
body Of William Ward uhch ~hs found Sunday
afternoon In An HnoccupIod house ut tho co:nor
feturnod verdict Of death from exposure. Also
on tho body Of John Dontcl, who was scaldod to
death by falling into vat of boiling ws:er At the
pAcktng-houso at Reno & Allcrton, and verdict
WIS returned Ia accordance with tho facts.
THO family of Dor.hold Ha.der, residing At
No. 100 Hulburt street. nro solicitois az to lis
present whereabouts, ho having loft homo satur-
day evening and not having been heard from
since. lie ia described ~ Kbout 35 yeata Of age,
feet inches hieh brown hair md tnuBtacle,
HFAa tf1F FArh Int has f1p ttF a in
concerning him can ha left at tie Ccntsal Stu
ton.
Anau named John McCnbe Was yesterday morn
ingEln down by an euEine on tho uhlspa Disisinn
of the Northwestern noad and Instantly klod.
Tho body was scnt to tho Morgne By employees
and verdict Of accidental death retslEnc'f.. DO
ceased was an 1rtshman about As yehrs OF ago,
bnt neither bis resdence OF occupation could DO
aecettslned-
Saturday evening an cxpfeHsman was noticed
transferring fvc chcsth OF toa anu quantity ot
othor groceries, to smnl| sesrcl at tue foot OF
Wabash avcuue. An oificoF, imagining there
Was something uuopicious in the af1slr. TOOK pos
sS9n s'r e H. sa p,ssFf 'as wo s
OF the boat, E. s. Graham, and sailor named
D. W. Richards. and took thcm to the Armory.
Subsequent ;nVcsssssiop .o, proSnd 'hat lno
s4ss psaps1' Of bad pseRa ase tue sGessx Gs1x
street, and SIoarus Il Co... On State etreet
More Subsequent Investigation in tho Police
Court revealed tito fact that tho goods
ed barron, 81 No. s6s State street, and by him
sold to Graham, and the three men wore dis
charged. The police seem to have acted rather
hastily In making the arrest, aud also In charg-
ing Mr. Barron NTH being III colllslon with HEx-
ham to run tho gooda out Of town. Nothing has
been brought forward refectlus iii the slightest
degroc on Alr. Darron.
An article in d morning paper In regard to the
release Of George b. Fairbanks, arrested last
Saturday wock charged with larceny, stated tic
ltory Of 0ir. Cameron only, aud c1oatcd tllo In
preston that the Department had been guilty ct
conuiyinG At tho roleaso Of Fairbanks. Whom
Ancstoa ho conducto1 hiu,aef 40 strangely IA
to attract the attention Of tho oilicers. who an-
he was All eacared lunatic from tho Asylum at
Jacksonville. IItn condition WAS known to Mr.
Fisher, Of Holden Il F!ther. commission ner-
chRuss at No. 11U LaSaiic street, who COMMUNE
Gated the fact TINT ho was insane to Capt.
Uupd, and also ady7ted brother Of Fairbanks.
who ID = commission merchant at Lacou, In this
Gtsse, Of hIn confinement iu the station and tho
cbAtEo against. him. 1t was brought to tho
knowledge Of Capt. Gunl and ruBticu Knut-
mann BY DlBtsict-Attoruey Daugs and others
that he was in fnct iunatlc ~ represented, and
had escaped from tie Asylum at tackaonvilic.
aud ha was delivered over 10 keeper tent for
him, to 10 BY that officer returned To tho
Asylum, Jnatice Kaufman deciding that, %
he was not sans. lie could not be held RESPONSE
bio Tor Ills ACTS.
J. 7. ECAMMoN.
Ono Of tho mo1uiug papers plblishcd yestor-
daY . dispatch from Washington to the effect
that the Acknowledgement had ordered tho DIS
trictAttorneyt to uol. pros the Indictment against
]. Y. Htammon. A InlDuNE reporter waltzed
Into Judge EaugB' offco c9terday 70 intorfoEsta
that Official 10 tho truth Of TINT dispatch. The
Judge bad read It. and plactdly pronounced 1t to
DO untrue. No Bnch letter had ever bccn Ie-
ce.ed at bis oli!ce. lie bad recolvod Latter Of
tn~S Sfrzf ttto la aoIytt fnr
information concerning Mr. Scamnion's case,
which Information lie proposed forthwith to
furnish.
porter.
II suppose you know that 3lr. Scamnon Is in
ayes. Sir"
"And ! suppose, you know him to bo man OF
great pertin&city
II have hoard So"
"Ah, hap murmurol tho Judge. re'ectiye'y.
"Then you think that this thug may Aqulnt
toMards q mol. pros. ?"
NJ be turned 10 the statutes to 800 II, liz Al III,
sopy OF the Bible oa Which the. .mau sworc.
WEST sIDE c1I1zEaB' cLun.
LaaL evening meeting Of citizens Ut tic
Vest Sda WAS held In tho uautt House, for the
purpose OF organizing o. .Citlzons' Club to pro-
ect them in tho futuzo agalnst tax-oatetB and
". ]. @ Mesof{y Occupied tho chair, uua J. G
Kline acted ~ Secretary.
Tho Chairman stated that the meeting hat
Ieen callod for the purpose Of looking mors full,
MO the manner OF tho collection OF tho unfsi
personal tnx. The citixons should organic
Tor future protection. 10 as to proven
tho Injustice Which had heretofore bee
lone thom, aud In which til
.ourta bad In a manner aided by arbitrary docls
obs. 1t seemed al though tho Courts WUr0 |
tympathy with theHo tax-osteEa, and 1t WAS til
'Oject oe this meeting to organize club to
Mr. Hendrlckson offered Tho following:
Etaotpetl That xo form onraeyes iato urKanizs
aon. cs'ing It tho Tenth Ward cl;i.spa' Cup ts'
tett further
Ixsulvea. That project tho Lallnt-box nga,uf
Jaul, ' tha coming canaiBn, 10 pyuYont the nl oA
neu Of corrupt tadaea Of election; aud, " Il fa1
hcr
K<torrd. Tlsst esery ulrfnbar Of thia urRnnixatio
aIAi1 At tho proper iIs a1l pbco inltre#t himself
Ae nomination tna election of oniy such g.ntIruIe
are inow1, to bu respectable, luncst, anl s1l1ttlcu
veractl In public Afla!rs to bs 1t service to ux.