, 1876-03-20
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Nfiss r, r. Willard Will addrnss the ladies' Of
The Bou.h Rl1s iu the T1inisy NJ. L. Church to-
MORROW at 3 p. m.
The March meetiug OF th West 61o Sunday
30 iiool Association will be held to-day Mt tho
Eishth Presbyterian Church, corner Of 1lobey
and Washington ssrects
Jamos Dwyer nnd John Turlong, two pick
pockets, wsro run in by Detc:ttvcs Dargon and
F)annig an last evening ALEC, Frank Allan
and Frank Na!srs, two Professions! vags.
Tho annual etootion OF officers Of tho Young
Mems Christian Association will occur so.day at
the rooms on Arcado court. Two tickets being IN
the feld, one known as tho regular ticket, tho
other o. tho membcrs' tckos.
"Wbere do you Hye p sternT inquired John
Summcrtield Saturday, Of 5ounB man who WAS
brou Qht beforo INN for putting an enomy into
his mouti, 10 steal away hia lcgn. II do NOT
lve,--1 board" 1ndly replied tho praoaer.
Whiio g1eat American orator was holding
forth It grcat Iongth upon tho Issues Of the day
In saloon On Saturday, ono Of his Interested
hearers placed a small cubic Of cheese on tooth
pick nd handed It to lin. Tho orator lmned'-
etely cheosod Il.
Ayoung man WHO had ignominiously failed To
mako = living In this city By carrying round
billboard. !" Wo block yonr hat while you Hnit," :"
because OF his lAck of energy aud literary abtli-
ty, hns engag ed In journalism in milwaukee,. snd
now gots go week.
Csr11s are out for tho wedding Of Elr. George
Dickinson, for many years cashier OF tho Down
shumvsy. Tho rite will 10 soemuizod BY ths
nov. William Alvin BARTLETT, ut Plymouth
Church, on Thursday oyontng.
John Halt, atiaa John Bloggs, who refused to
lQudato small claim hold against him for wine
by Madame oastc1lo was shumpod and launched
into tho street. He struck tho pavement and
police officer simultaneously, aud WaH ny tho
latter escorted to tho Armory.
The latest bar-room swindle conaiats In taking
three ponnics ont Of yous pocket, shaking them
In your closed hand. aud asktng the victim
whether there sro "over or under throo7'. 1tis
a good deal more romunerattyo than dealing III
wheat. because ho noyer thinks OF guessing az
,nctly three.
J About 8 o'clock yesterday morning three men
waro discovered BY John Auer. attempting to
indiana street, 11c gave Chase to tho nfeht
workers and fred thrne ahots attcr their rottcat-
Ing figures, An officer hcaring. tho shooting,
Joined 10 tho pursuit. and overlook Alehal hsan'
whom thcy arrested, lta pals escaping.
! William Hopper, for many years an anp'oyo
of tho Pittsburg q Fort Wayne Railroad, while
coupling cars ~ tho Stock-Yards Saturday even
Ing, had his right hand terribly crushed. Hn was
remoyed to hs resdence 12l stats stroot where
menber. Ho IL now In a fair way to recover.
II, A wsll-Auorn city official was stopped ono
night last week by highwayman who demanded
his money OF bis life. II haven't any mouoy,"
replied the undannted Official. but can Issue
man said ho would not accept It unless ho could
bo convinced Of It's validity, bust him In tho
Bnont, and departed.
j. Charloa Fitzgerald colored bootblack em-
ploycd By Benjamin II. Kretschmor. q barber at
No. 03 State street, was arrested at tho cotnor Of
Madison md Groom 6trcet8 yesterday evening for
stealing pockot-book containing 9G0 from bis
employer. WLen arrested be throw the wallot
cor Dronnock vas too quick for him and he
went to tho Madison Street Station. But sa5 OF
the money Was rocoverod.
"A maosing Of delegates from tho various trado
organizations Of tho city will be held Tuesday
evening as tho hall Of tao Typographical Union,
counsel together In reference to mattero Of gen.
etal interest. Tho particular subject Of this
neeting is IN reference to tho contract for stouo
labor On tho now Court -IIouae, the systom OF
convict labor, and tho subject Of political action
In the coming chartor election.
Miss Belle Louias Osborne. socoad daughter
of Mr. Alex. Osborne. formerly Of this city. and
now OF East Orange. N. j., waa married. on tho
ceremony took place At the family residence, and
was . very private ono. owing to = 1ccent be-.
reavomcnt In tho family. The proeenta wore nu-
meroua aud elegant. The happy pair left for
Southern cities. Ihoy will mako their home In
Nov York City.
About half-past o'clock yesterday morning.
an alteration occurred betweou George Kelsel
aud Wclls etroots. during which both waro ar
rested and taken to the Chicago Avonuo Station.
Whtla thoEo drubel complained that he had boen
stabbed, and ~ examination resulted in tho
~ trt1 I'm {x ,fn hno itn%r,
which was Of dangerous character. Grubol
wah sent homo, and Kciaot released On bail to
appear before Kaufmaun tomorrow.
A pious boa1ding-l,ouso hooper on West Wasll-
ington street 0hen yesterday morning ono Of hor
patients tip-tiltcd bis nosa over 60 aightly when
she welcomed him NTH opsn hands to hoHpi.a-
BILE haAh, askod lin what LIE meant by flying in
the face OF Providence. for had not Heaven put
The seal OF its sanction on hash barely week
before 10 Kentucky By raining down a1 abnn-
dance Of cold mutton hash Where did ho OK
peot to 60 70 when ho died ? Ho meokly passed
his plate and said he would take somo, ii she
IT BuouLp he surrnzssEp.
Thomas Jefferson rnua saloon at No. 1876
Fourth Ayeuuo, which Is q rozort for tho most
deprayod md degraded wRifa TO DO found In
1ouse initss some ss' into into tber e
courss Of life, OF to drug and rob him. AZ IN
carly hour yesterday morning a man xlamcd Cor
sa sn' E. Sssan bs "ss G'0ysa tsssss sss sI is9 join
obliged, became hopelesaiy drunk. IIo
sum. and consequently was made responsible tor
the bills contsactod by thoso present, which. bo-
sidea Jefferson and two pogroea named Foota
eud Davis, included Ave white women, Mary
Ann Bcott. Ann Brown, MagRto Wilson, Maggie
1lc1no1nay. and Nancy Hines, also their 1nAIt
partner, Thomas Humphreys. When tho olicor,
reaohed tho Bceno to which they were attractet
By tho siotous proceedings TINT Wero In progress
they found the women and mon /.
va1sous stages OF into1ication, but Eagal
he1plesaly drunk. As they entered they fount
Ann Brown and Mag Wilson, two old and hid
ship Of = $5 note, and. before any ona could in
terfupt her, the Inter snascLed tho bill
and thrust 1t into the stovo. whore IL
was BOON resolved into q cinder. One
by ono they were talten to the