, 1876-02-09
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

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GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. philo PArsonb and daughters, of Detroit,
ate guests n st. Casollnes Court Hotel.
The defunct Commercial Loan Company yes
terday commenced paying depos,to1s second
dividend Of 25 cents on the dollar.
Tho temperature yesterday, as observed by
Napasso, .optlctan, No. s. Madison atreot (rRsn-
uxR BuiIdips), vas, 1t a. M, 90 degrees; ~ u.
Barometer, 8 y. M, 2a43 8 p. nj. 2o.2o.
Last evening Prof. e. n. Eialc, Of tho uahne-
msnn Medical College. gave reception. at hts
Kpsduasing Class Of is7o: Tho nf1air was o. very cry
select, aud heartily enioyod by those who pat-
ticipAted in 1t.
Chicago Antiquities is Tho tll'o which tho
author, Iii. Henry II. 1lurlbus, Of this city.
bcatoTs upon work he III no now .s. issuing G,l. H.
= skotch Of tho lie Of Mrs.
Capt Whistler, tho. earliest rcaIdeas Of
0hesgo now living. history 81 ths 1,. Ame5icnn 4
Heaoook, tho pioneor lawyer Of Chicago. Tho
articles ara Of considerable interest to the gen.
eral public, And particularly to those whoao reo-
tyrography Is exceedingly noat, and The gono.sl
arrangement good. The work is published by
". F. Keenar, 90 Dearborn street,
Tba nolief and Aid eoctotv ia loinp a nohIo
L doca mi III i,s Iiaht shinc. II nnncara shat
~ nts ~ ~ 80 sos"t nins,s rst,nr osr,,, H.
A." ovnn,eg ennotmos ,oo eap,v for thnan y.,fn m
mako arpi,eaton for help. An instance Of this
honorably % dsaehsrretf so,jor Of tte IJnitnd
aias.s Arm1 fTnm i;ort Mci'ho1son. arrival NJ,
ths 1a.s trai3 n,sl' bonu IN nooa ann'ie a. tn l
Iii. q. i. Office tor lodgings. H(ol' was told
sna va them 4e1o.Ta IN tic Rai,o, nnI Ai1 , ~
a.v ~oso o,oa is fonri o,osod ~ Iu ..u o
direntsd sn t1o noiico etnt;ons to v,ioh no was
naturally iotl 10 CO. It Is hoped 10 flnally found
snn1d not tea ae ocs onav, 1rr a w.
portion Of tho nsaht anl oror nroteei,on to oI ak
Wanderers.
aurtous and quite inEononH piece OF work
manshin, called the "Au!omattc Wonder, Or tho
Gormnn'S Droatn, Ia now on exhibition at 162
Btata otroot. Il Ia not straabusG Cathedral
CLOCK nor m adjunct to hnnd-osgan, but eimply
pieco of nechaniam wtioso motive poMor
consists Of ,wator aud xoghts. Tho
general tdea is that Of house built upon huge
tho pioce, representing o grist-ml, saw-mtll.
Al elevator, cohl-mne, m oil-tnill, all IN full
operation, together with tho sariona "orkmen
Gonaecsed With such industries. WIN tho I'D
diGon o. PLAYING fountain. . running ,3k; stto,m,
tisiD9 springs, miniature lakes, etc. This rhther
interesting piece Of nork vas eho roault OF
dream OF lts discovcrer. air. Joseph Bergnann,
Of Troy, N. y, who is snid to have spout aoycn-
teen yearslu pegfceting tho idea. IIe afterwards
disposed OF stl9 model TO- Mr. j. !. dilderson
Who Is pow oxhiblt'ng 1t With Tho succcsa which
LIS @smeehantsm merits. ,Ilt.,,
Another old pioneer, MoEvin Hnnnahs, Of A.
DION. hllcn., las Rona to h'8 long homo. at tho
advanced age OF W. 11o dtod On tho 9Th inst.
s. Aan1ahs Ese one o. Tue earliest settlers in
y on tho aito ot TITO Village Of Albion In 1856
Nc ~ soen nta aaopted esato EroR up from
wilderness 70 ita present ptosporous. con-
c, anTh' hs t,,,t energy ena ontetp.so d.a a. ~
Of tho country to tue develsopnent. Of It's
EesouIcos anu ,prospef1ty, Ills Mfe was
81 marked -, one, ana Moil worthy o. limitation by
~ mo Young men Of the pIoeons day. aa It shows
nnoe and honest dealing. In taH o1d age he
nould ttus1 say IL Will leavo tl!o world batter
thaa tound T. for my living IN IT, The towns
o, no oln. sna .ao aumefaus ontolpfscs no ossaG-
lshed afo monuments That Will 1.-Two long*to mark
"a honorable career and IN unseltinh ambition.
1Ae lo@sss esB citclo u it1onda ann 1c!as1'eo.
many q ahom reside IN Tits city. Ia rlpc old
ago. xith sSl,ePent ilio, lall OF good Deeds le
passoo pehoeiully auaSt eutronnuod by hts chill
afea sna thoae VINO wcre nehr and doar to him.
ACADEMY or solEscEs-
bo E1 11s " %e
in the chair. a ilst OF donations received dur
tng tho PAST mo1th Hae road, among them bolhE
asa .oaa 1aiHsno ~ n vo'o"os ot Aeasa2a "Contflhu-
: Prot. Elias Colbert delivered short and IN
tere9thR Lecture On tho 4uaoEnture of Comic
seoaone. 8ving formula OF hsa own discovery
iof caioo1A&lng tle 4foa OF any part Of either OF
tne eottoa Psoaacea oy the section 81 of tao cone.
BY plane In di6oIant positions. This forsun!n
y tho nhortcat method yos discovered for making
1heso difficult calculations. and is vast i'm
rFoyensnt o7es any othoF, belng especially val