, 1876-09-20
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Mt. Charles Il. Deere, Of Moline, is at the Mat
4, Scson House.
Mr.. William N. Collins left this city last night
10 nil the position Of Assistant ConmissnrY Ut
the solllcrs' and Sailors Reunion nt 1ndarap-
oils.
A son of Capt. Wiley n. Egao passed very
ereditable examination nt Yale last week; his
only preparation therefor was gained In tho
public schools Of this city.
Officer c. C. Tillcn, for n long time connected
With the Board Of Health, sent In his rcsignn'
tton ycstcr1ay to accent position with tho
Palmer 1Iouao liver ) stable.
Mr.. sankey will be hero with Mr. Moody to
begin the nicct!nga Oct. I. Mr.. Stcl'btns ts hero
to organize and direct the chorus choir 10 st,t
ptemcnt Ms. Sankey's work, and not TO tako Ills
plnce.
The temperature yesterday, as observed BY
Dulldlne), was ut q. m., Ii deg; 70 =. III. ~;
81 .. M; m' :: asn; { sT' p, M, r"' sa..st. "'
The Retail Coal-Dealcrs' Aasoctation, at ia
last regular meeting, rnstc'l series nt fcsoil-
tions III chnAolcnrc with aud sympathy Tor the
family nf tic 1ate John f'nrry, who wns re-
Epcctcd member III The Association.
In tho Cosoncr's inquest upot, tho little child
OF John Jnergsn, Mt No. 1ft}i1 Wood street, thu
Jury .rture vcrst Of Igint1T'e e'rt C,a a'ti
tnalprncttec naan against Dr. Wiickc.
Otl'rcr William. Schmidt, Of tho I.ake.efrcot
sollntl. Yesterday AFTERNOON found the body OF a
f,ill-grown tnnlc infant IN tho river at State
street bridge. The holy wns taken to tho
A1orguc, where tic Coroner will hold MI Inquest
to4lhy.
Adj 1.awlcr wishes II to lc understood thht
his resolution offered on A[Dniay, relating nthc
prosecuting attorncy III tho West Side. d'Ms not
Judge Ioyl!c,.. IIis object Is 10 secure nh aldi-
ttonal lawyer to help prosecute tic rlty cases
continually arising III tic police courts.
Peter sel.lunl and Alexander 4. lick unite
in neartl to the editor TO state that they were
with circumstaul!aity III The Post mud iHtff-
flnrun. 1t would he 1air to believe these gen
tcnlcnuntti The JMpcra named nl'l1tee sumo tes-
tlmony In rcfutHtioN ot tllctr word.
At ebout Il o'elock yesterday morning .
trim committed suicide. by cutting Ms tllroat
from car to car, willie between tho stations Of
Summit n,nl Mnnnt Forest. DEPUTY -coroner
certain tho i,lcnttty Of tho deceased. lie WAS q
Swclc, apparently Us years Of age, and OF d fMr
complexion.
The Christian workers to whom .llave been
delegated the details OF organizing the coming
revival held an interesting meetlng IN lower
Farwvll Hall last night. The Rev. e. L. TOWN.
send presided. and, after hymns aud prayer,
read MI eloquent lcssUil OIL tho eeonvtction 81
eiil. Tho Rev. Mr.. Chamberlain nt!tlct some MI
ditlonnl remarks On tho same subject nnd, nftcr
brief addresses By gentlemen present, thu mcct-
tng adjourned.
The Northwestern Checker Congress conttn-
ucl Its aILtngH yesterday Mt M. 81 Catk street,
but for some unexplained reason very few con-
tcst7nts cninc in, nil very few games wcrc
r]ayelf,-s0 few, IN met, rs tn render the publ.
catlun Ut the revised record unnecessary until
to-morrow. afr. Orvts l,clds tho llst, however.
!. Mr.. Martins was nlso present yesterday ut tho
rooms where the Congress was In session, md
played several games With an,asruss.
The attendance at tho ESm1sttioa yesterday
was all Improvement TN the preceding day, and
lust not Ee s3 f Ss e,o
dutcd ratcs over the Illinois Ccttrnl have now
gone into cfic:s ]ia,t considerable tn'lenre on
thc people along tl1at linz, md every trait,
brought IN large parties; ys;stcraay wins the
FIRST uf tho season on which Ilanus orchestra
performed during tic morning. T|loy will
hereafter blow ad scrApc at IL a. TT. each tny.
It wns noted III these columns day Or two
Agu that I: II. Ta,lsc5 had been arrested on &
Charge Ut dsostlcrlys growing ont Of alleged
Insult to little 'Icws girl. On examination,
pcforo q court, 1t ta'1ac ont that there WIS q
general Misunderstanding all around; BY t'ls
was no srt Of cyIGe1cc to sustain auy charge
aealuss Mr.. Tauscy, am! 10 WAS accordingly
discharged, tho .Iustlcc tinling TINT there wa:
reason why he should ever llas1 been ar
rested.
/, Ia tho Intention Of the various churches te
organize ellolr of alnut 800 Of tho hest singers
n1ho city to assist at the MoodT aMl sankc5
meetings when they commence. Last ntEhi
nhout 100 Of the vocalists met IN upper Farwc
etcbbins otllc1ntCa Rs director, and there was
manifest enthusiasm that angurs well for tl,t
future sn tho establishment oi choir Tint VT!
materially aId the rvangclfss in tic work before
him. The next rel1cstsai Will hc Ecld Thursday
night aud nfter tllat tho ehnr will meet eycrj
Tuesday aud Thurt'iay evenings.
Coroner Dietzscl. yesterday held m inquest
From tho various witnesses txaini''csi,-Mr
Kunt!nger, tho uncle of tho dceeassl. and keep
crot the 1sa!lroud Ilnusc OIL Sherman street
was nsrcrtalncd that sllu I,a1 Undoubtedly cor.
mittcd suicide, because Ut snrrow u. l'cnrlnt
that A1M'x was alrealy, married; Il, l., 1he tnYucs
was, however. continued until Thursday y,Hurn
Ing, at &fauz'R request, by which ttmo lie ).occ
to lave suiivieiey nf Testimony tn cxorernt
him trom nil l''atnc and froln my suspicion q
having caliked her death.
Monday evening, rs Jnkc Gcntl]cr anil Pete
shycr were moving ho,ncwnrl ty way Of III
Fort Wayne Iitiroail brl'sgo u, Stewart arn1,.lr
defective Sidewalk over the structure guv
wny and dropped Mr. Gender Int" ll!c sweln
aa l,c eonl'l tn cffut n reksae, and at last. b
tlInt OF getting down IN tlN pler, succeeded IL
rcachiIl. tho 1lonttng gcntlpllan's ha1ul wAie
he held until serIes OF vigorous shouts l,ruugl,
help. p,d Mr.. tcrt!ler wua rescued. 1t WIS
nnrrow escape, una should lcal IL the inltle
liatc repnF Of thr brT,lge--!lewa!h, which |
largely ,iscd ns tllurougtiarc. II is q ruro,,
ttltNg, Mr.. Sbycr thinkst TINT, while lu VT,
shouting his best for help, tho watclmen on tn
lsItlgc should hive stcpt through It nll, an4 II
lnwcu the nl.l to l1o rendered BY wntcll,a
who ran over from Eighteenth street on hearl
tic noise. Watcnnen wl.o slten ms souml
these du arc useless, Except on tic police fore
TIE LAW or CARRIERS.
A clever yul,'= I'y living OH Prairie nycnl
haa lltl Ills lIfe mntle II burden to him hy Il
ampos!tions Ut ss'unE wltoW Win tM,artIs vii