, 1876-03-26

our suffering fel,ownen that assistance which Ia
been eheezfu}s rendered them by your eyer gratefs
| betrpntS, The ALE1IAN BROTHERS.
Sujoined to the report is = schedule Of th
number Of patients treated, together with th
disposal made OF them. Or the CLIO patients re
ceived. 497 left the hospital cured, or at leas
improved; sixty-four died, sixteen Of whom wer
admitted in dying state and forty-HeyeD ar
| still remaining for further treatment Th
| average length OF treatment Of each patient i
] thirty days. The greatest number admittea
/ during any eingle month was in Janaury, whel
/ eegenty-nlne were taken in. aud the smallest il
June, when only thi7ty-one were admitted O
The enti,e number. 41s patients we're admitted
dations afforded them. The nationahties were
various, Germans predom;nating.
DYING HUSBANDS LAST THOUGHT.
married man on Erie street yesterday fell
| oil the front platform OF a horse-car, and was
considerably worsted in tho encounter. They
carried him home, aud as soon as be had re-
! gained consciousness he turned bis eyes I'M
nloringly on the doctor and said, feebly Z:
!" Gimme my Ulster" The garment was
brought. and he felt about it NTH neryeless
| the physician ''Lock the door" The medical
| man hastened to comply with the request.
| and flush Of pleasure and return
! ing strength passed over the snderer's counte,
nance. ''Now," he murmured, family, "fcel
in all the pockets" The doctor did 60. and
dressed to '*Nrs. Blank Asterisks. Garden
Prairie, ILL.,, which bore evidonces Of having
been carried in that receptacle 10. some time.
The wounded mau's countenance frightened as
Christmas. Will yoa post =" The doctor said
he would. Honor bright 7" faltered the dying
man, with an intensity Of expression painful to
behold. The doctor, who could not trust him
self to speak, nodded asseat Then, said The
husband. II die happy; let him in. and don't
fatt hay t1,a rY rba Load
doctor, IN the course of an interview late last
night with reporter OF TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
said that in his long medical experience he had
often witnessed similar cases where the patient,
after cleansing his toul bosom OF the per1lous
stud that had weighed SO deeply on it. had ex-
peFienced marked improvement, and that, uou
that the sufferers mud WAS easy, his memory
assured from stain, and his great sin in meas
ure atoned for, it wonid not surprise h,@ (the
doctor) to zee him (the suferer) recover Gu
tlrely. ~
noSons TO A DISTINGUISHED curcAaoAN.
4 gentleman residing on Twentieth street had
occasion not many days ago to Visit Toronto,
lie put u, at the Queens Hotel, and registered
his name ~ from Chicago, then weut out to see
the town. and returned to dinner. He il q
modest man, and 50 was not . little surprised
to ind that when he returned people regarded
1lm with an intense interest, and when be
walked along the corridor, or salked into the
dln1ng-room they would scatter suddenly, or be-
COEle 61iGuL, VIII Iue QlEt1QClIY -Auulol6
remark: ''Hush! that's him." Then he
would oserhea, mysterious scsaph OF conyersa-
ton following stolen glances in his direction.
somewhat to this effect: How mauy Thousand
gallons did you eay:' Who squeaied, On %
How much bail did he jump?" II tell YOU.
he's Just chain lightning s.-he's old business;
that's what he is." You bet he inst socked II
to them crooked" and SO On. He was for some
time puzzled to understand the reason for these
exceptional and wholly unexpected attentions,
but when lawyer came round and
said be felt sure that II the gentloman from
Chicago wonld -etain him he'd see that tue
american Government dldn't secure extradi1ion
pnreEs, it hegao to dawn uoon his ulnd that he
was mistaken for 3 fugitive revenue Official
after bad peace, but at the expense Of fame for
aa disGusted Canadian remarked: II! l
thought he amounted to something, and he's
only respectable man after all y
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
4 prominent merchant residing on Calumet
Avenue. whose wife and daughters have loug
been lamentiug the st,lugency Of the times. and |
fearing that the necessity for retFencbment
would compel them to move from their pa]atsal |
resideace IN May. went home yesterday with 3 |
tossing up his hat execaed q raptu1ous pas seetl
in the raroT. " "Cor6eiat Atamipta." cried |
their mother to his tho daughters as the ap- |
parent maniac seized her IN Ills convulsive grasp,
and, swinging her round like q dauciug drrvish, |
burst into fendIsh peal Of lsrghter. srun for |
the Doctor! Your pa is mad" '' No" cried |
the unhappy man, III he threw handspring over |
the centre table I'd began cracking bis fingers
like PAIR Of ca+tauets. II am not mad. |
neither am I drunk with new vine, seeing that !
this Is but the sixth hour but its all right it's
all right. Maria, you eLa'l have that eet of !
diamonds. and Cordelia and Aramlnta all the |
dresses they want and we'll keep this house and |
have il all painted and rehtted this summer.
and while they are fixing it up we'll all go |
abroad to razree" "Bue, pa" screamed the
girls, who thought the news vas too good to be
true, show can We? Ain't tunes hard? Isn't |
money tight? AM. the business OF the country
depressed, owing to the evils Of y protective J
tariff and ttuctuating and irredeenabie cur
7epcs?" II have! I baye!" Yelled the
onatic, as he stood on his head and geutly
:lanked the heels OF his boots together; "1ead
shat!" and se thrust into their hands copy Of
ID: "Anothsr Crash Another Prominent Firm
ioes into Insolvency Liabilities $575, 900 The
Creditors Will Receive 10 Gents on the Dollar"
i Q, you dear, good, darling pa! " cried the now
delighted and reassoted girls as they aprapg into
,eck with their snowy arms, while their fond
mother, her eyes clustering with happy tears,
oeamed upon the group and said: "Gir|s, /
,aTe Known your 1ather these twenty-seren
'snd woman never had. OF course, CordeIia,
iou will have youra in two shades and cut bias"
THE T. II. c. 4. AND BROOKE HEREFORD.
The Board Of Managers of the !. II. c. A., at
heir regular meeting held in Farwefl-Hall vester-
lay afternoon, passed the following resolution:
Resolrtd, That tho Young Mems Christian Associa-
Ion Of Chicago, while commencing tho general Zeal
nd fidelity Of D. n Sorton Hospital Missionary who
pto 5sa%n u hs the
regard to the Rev. Brooke Herford being entirely