, 1876-08-27

The prevalent stringency Of the times make
itself felt everywhere, and nowhere Is more con
! spicuous than at the church festivals OF LII
| season. During the summer, ct the etra"perr.
and icc-crcam festivals, box OF berries "ent u
| nearly 6S square yards Of shortcake, aud al
| extra shoyelfM Of plaster OF Paris was put II
each pail of cream. Il benevolent young lady
| who takes prominent part il these festival
! informed a reporter for THE TRIBUNE yesterda.
| that oyster stews would be cut bias this white
and served much lower in the neck than usual
and that unless the country experienced som
relief during the next sixty days, it would b
impossible to advance the cause OF Chrlstian1t.
| and give more than tHo oysters to every thre'
bowls OF the soup that scalds but not invigorates
An accomplished penmau has just opened al
office on Clark street, and places his services Al
| the disposal of young ladies who have just re
tend boarding schools. He has observed thai
these young ladies delight for their own reason!
to convey the impression that they have beer
made recipients Of scorcs Of offers from ad:
mirers OF wealth, beauty and high position, and
is constrained to think that if they were enabled
to substautiate in some measure their claims,
their happiness and the misery Of their rivals
and companions would be greatly enhanced
He, consequently, announces (see advertisement
in another co}umn) his readiness to furnish
young ladies with forged letters Of all de-
scriptions. Beronial crests and arrnorial bear
ings stamped on the paper without any extra
charge, and the most scrupulous attention paid
to counterfeiting postmarks and otherwise
rendering discovery Of the forgery impossible.
Notes written In any style, formal, familiar, a.
phraseology, either French German, or italian,
fntcrjccted. Terms reasonable, and satisfaction
guaranteed.
MILWAUKEE AVENUE v1ADUcT.
The work on the Milwaukee avenue viaduct
Is progressing rapidly, Notwithstanding the Tact
that the contractor, Mr.: James kincaide, has
not received any money from the city in some
time. If other people had as much confidence
in the ability of the city to pay its debts as Mr..
Kincaide, the popular loan would, it Is sale to
say, be much more popular: Mir. hincaide cs-
Inmates that three weeks will finish the work on
a viaduct intersecting no less than seven
streets and one avenue; to-wit.: Milwaukee
avenue, Jefferson, Desplaines, Kinzic, Hubbard,
Fulton, Clinton, and Waylnan streets. Mr..
Kincaide has. during the work, employed sew
enty-tiyc laborers, twenty-five masons: and
four dreEsers. The material is the Walker
stone The work has been we'll done
COAL.
At the meeting OF thu Coal Exchange ycster-
day afternoon, the President, Mr.. Wa1dron, oc-
cupiel the chair.
The Secretary presented his report Of the
coal receipts by lake as follows: To last report,
anthracite, 1Sl,631 tons; bitnminous, III, ,3223
tons; for the week ending Aug. 5, anthracite,
6,S43 tons; bituminous, 4,706 tons; for the week
ending Aug. l., anthracite, 5,5f2 tons; btu
minous, S,53S tons; for the week ending Aug.
10, anthracite, 1908 tons: bituminous 7,4}5
:. 1no to1s. ~ h;tr1n;no,,s :; osSFTo ~ '~7
An informal discussion Of the coal troubles
in the East resulted in general expression
among the members that coal would prob
ably experience rise in price. Certainly there
"ou1o oe n9 'eoueelon'
RECEPTION.
a inn r. Ntce nvjc T
r. Va Leuos.eu " -ls9 AIstlou L.
rom hoarne.sehgo, " r. t'ta hen, ~ ef ntah1a
svet.s esGn. Ans ak!hosE ga'e tHll account
u tne anAl- 1uesaay evening MISS aarion
gave Slana reccPtlon Ut her miners residence,
NO. .ay7s 1noiaha street, LOT the purpose OF
neet1nE Asr Many u1chus previous
to her departure Tor school, where
ene VIII S1aoua1c at Inc close OF 1he term. Al,
though Tue evening was warm, the party could
not resist the temptation Of continually waltz.
ing Whe1 me orcncs1ra M SO creditabiy executed
familiar waltzes, but succeeded in cooling
themselves Win re1reshMcnts consisting OF
creams, ices, cakes, etc, which were eaten with
degree OF Satisfaction which ofd justice to
themselves and the caterer: The ladies' dresses
we're handsome MISS Marion wore beautiful
Ehlte SWISS trimmed Win ealcncieunes lace,
diamond 1e"elry: Miss Ella A. Richard
son, cousin to Miss Marion, and belle
OF the North Enu, was dressed IN the
same style Mrs. Nat Fa1on wore handsome
imported eern grenatiine, and diamond le"clry-
wishes for Miss Marlon,s welfare, the party de,
parted at the time !" when churchyards yawn-''
among those present we're Air. and Mrs: Nat
Ea1on, Ea3. IN MISS E,la =. hicharason, Miss Sadie
Golt, MISS 6ertna Golsen, MISS Marion Fa1on,
n Messrs. j: Golsen. @ Harry and Slarenee Faxon,
nsoTsc S3!,1 ana 9onn flersheTln, Dewitt .. Hglis
~ Z. Davls,zChaFles IL. Warren, and Will
eseSler. ....-