, 1876-12-02
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

0EN LltAl1 NEN6 IS
Justice Forrest, Of Austin, has been depntcd
to hold an Inquest unon a small child found
dead In he'd at the home Of the stntfon-kceper
Of ths village. The inquest will bo held To-
day.
Coroner Dlctzaoh yesterday held m Inquest
upon Jnmcs Gleason, = small child who died
"Wednesday at the home Of hts pHrents, No.
4o5}< West Kinzto street, from being badly
scaldcd some days previous.
John Fischer, u 12-ycar-old runaway from st.
Joseph, Af[rh., was gathered tuto tho fold last
night by tho Ar.nory police. The little fellow
could not console himself in 80 1nrgc city, aud
such cold weather, and squcalcd to the polite.
Tho temperature yesterday, rs obscrvcl by
Manassc, optictan, ss Madison street TnlnuNE
B,hlding}, *was: s 4. NJ, 10 deg.; 10 a. ,rt.,
II deg; 12 ILL.,, II leg; Q p. n., II deg;
s H. ''' Barometer Ut q ''''' ''0' Up Ill.,
Among The transfers recorded vcstcrtlny Is
that of the sale by CharlpN II. md LohN ..
Quinlnn to L. z. Letter, for $l5g, 900, Of Az BY
1Jo1 feet on the east sidc Of Clask street, l35
occupied by Thonlsons restaurant aud tho Bal
timoro d Ohio Railroad o1lfrc.
Mention was made tho othcr day Of the fact
that Mike Evans was rejoicing over fla sudden
nccesson 10 unbeundcd opulcncc, fathcr-sti-
and and peru Having died ind lctt lin by lis viii
$4,000. Later developments sickly DER tllis
story With the pale ]luc OF a lawsuit. 1t appea!s
thMt the dead Crocsus was NJ, Uncle. Of Mtko'a
wife, not her father, and that the said uncle all
fifteen heirs, all pour, and six of them under
age, have met, resolved 10 contest the will, and
employed Charles T. May, OF Detroit, 40 their
counsel. Mr.. Evans says thu wl1ole prurccllng
IL revolutionary, and tint tic rcturs,s tna,le by
the aforesaid uIcle must not bo tampcrcd will.
At the fire on Michigan avenue, Thl,reday
night, Tour young gentlemen stationed them
selves on the corner Of the alley aud South
Water. street, opposite tho burning building.
Au officer ordered them to move on, when they
announced thcmselvc. as reporters for the
German reporter, and took u few NOTES, when
them across tho alley Into tbs crowd.
Twico afterwards the official spoke to
the group of reporters wt01n he had mt mo.
Tested, Of the party he had elected, and askcd
for some Information concerning them. 4
tribune man said l!e knew two of them, but
not the others, and there the matter dropped.
It nppears TINT one OF the Courier reporters,
Mr. Maxwell, insisted upon his rights, and was
Of hfs friends to 70 baif for him, aud thu otll-
Ger captured them Too Tic trio speut TlIurs-
day night IN jail. Mr.. Maxwell now threatens
proceedings against tho Oiltccr tor false lin
pIIsoHHcnLs
Tho President Of the Laborcrs' Educational
Assoeiation, No. l73 West 1udiana street, has
Issued all eloquent appeal to tl,e public to assist
in promoting the Objects of t!le organization.
The document sets fUrth the vast amount OF t.
norance existing among the laboris,g CLASSES,
and traces most OF the yfcc and corruption Of
the present time to that source. Notw lt1lstand-
ing the large amount Ut mnncy expended yearly
on our sclluol systen, those .lasscs wo ncGtl lis
cdifylnG fntlucuce thu mast arc least benetiteH
by It. Few scein to think that the latorcr re-
quires any education, ntid thousands yearly take
tue road leading to destruction owing To " the
lack Of q friendly guide, asu,1mthy, ard cucolr-
aycnscnt." Thu Association, with a ricw VI
alneltorating This lataertnbie condition NJ nj
flrs, proposes to opc, MI educational
institution where the particular class Ut society
in question NAV receive instruction at nights, or
for those Wllu aTe not nt WDFll III tho dny time.
An appeal Is therefore nln1c to every uI,e tf Il
phllantbr0ple nature to ail in tho establishment
Of such un Institution. i fair will be held ut
Nos, lug md 1O3 Milwaukee avenue from Ucr.
to Dee. IL for the advancement af this ol!crt,
foT which ontrIbutOl1s IRE nsket!. The prrsi-
dent OF the Commercial National Dauk will re-
ccive cash donations, nl,l Mrs. Duncan, liz
West Washington; Mrs. Stlians, West Indian..
street: and Miss Olivia Olsen, Nj. Ii, West In.
diana street, will attend to The etontribut,ons Ut
articles aud rcgclre practical suggestions In rc-
gard 10 tile proposed itlstftutiu:..