, 1877-01-01
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
= The Chrissmas-n.ght social gathering at the
residence At Mr.. Robert Law, Mo. 638 Prairie
arehtte WAS not private partY,b but small club
>&flalr.
This local sections Of The Worklngman'e
party OF the United States united In giving
very pleasant nu1 well.attendcd entertainment
and bali at the North 8sde Turner Hall 1ast
evening. Addresses In English md German
we're made by y. R. Parsons and ]. c. rfciffer.
Coroner Dtetz.c1 yesterday held inqucsts up
on the following: Willie Hooker, No. IS Thfr-
ty.seventh street,, accidental shooting: Kate
ssreator, No. W. Michigan Avenue, occidental
lamming tn elevator; Mrs. Marie W, Powell,
No. $50 Church street, suicide by hanging while
IN dt Of temporary insanity.
Bailisf Whalen, IN Judge Farwcll's Court, will
be formally discharged eoalay for neglect Ut
duty. Ilis place Is to be illed by ono of the
present Balliffs In the Criminal Court. ands the
yacancy tn the latter l'y tho appointn,cnt Of
Ifenn No more changes VIII be made for sew
ernl days, but the second batch I" fellows hare
cause to take courage.
Yesterday afternoon the ceremony Of con.
{erf1ng Deaconate was observed In 1mmanuc1
Reformed Eptscopal Church, corner Of Cs1tfc
H. D. Church, md tho impressive service was
conducted by Bishop Fallows, assisted by Bishop
Cheney and the Rev. Dr.. Couper, pastor Of the
FaIiovs made = few appropriate remarks. There
Tas 4 large attendance.
Tho i" Toledo" beer hail on Madison street,
ushereti III tho new year Inst night with tho
usual Sunday night row. 4 fellow giving tho
name Of Charles E: Daniels. who fays he Is
ed from the gallery for insulting the females
who patFonze that portian Of the eessablfshment
TO have his revenge, he, gathered crowd
Of sympathizers upon the sidewalk, and hurled
4 stone through The window. Thcreupon one
Of the whfte-aproncI wnitcrs rushed out anu
fired OIL hts pistol Into the air folr times, hit
ting nothing. Otlicer Dan Duffy caught tho
refugee as he vas turning tfe corne; Of Madi-
Armory for malicious mischici.
l'rof. ". G. Sumner, Of Yalc College, spoke
III the Sunday Lecture Course Yesterday to Il
small audience on IA Republican Form OF uoy-
ernment.n The advertisement of the entertain
nonpattssn teyiew % Of lis resc,t M obsefva EMs
tions In the South" The nun-partEsau clarac.
ter Of the speech can be inferred by the theory
advanced that nil That any government could
md that tho one thng which "wen never could
stand was that when tho result was made
known, as simple matter Of arithmetic frnm
what WIS IN tho box, this result 50 found should
speech was compilation Of various trusnls in
political economy anu tcsumo Of the process
of election In thls country.
At about o'clock yesterday morning Officer
4. Mcmillan, whlle travelling bent on lla1stcu
stseet, rear Adams, was alarmed by cries 1T
At the samc time lie saw two men emerging
from the place, aud, following them closely,
gained upon them at the corner Of Jackson aud
Green streets, whercupon ono Of them turned
Just above tho wrist At this juncturc
officer McCabe took up tho pursuit, and
an e aa sepessa sa 5 @ s s sanots t Of Xt M e s ntHs
burns was identified 90 m old offender, aud was
recognized by Mrs. Aay Smith. ot Room 0, liz
M Halsted street. % "a one Ut the men who burglar
plumber when she alarmed them.
THE 9ElkMAN DRAMA. .
The New Chicago Theatre wus crowded Inst
evening, ths audience being the larsest that las
t1u.Iastic one. Tie piaY wa f.,ur.acs i arce, &C.
y thc average order, BY ". Mannstacdt uni L.
"Ia.,svllosser !" {':ilr-Gss,lc. y possesses
ont, there beins but very few weli.arransed
inttdchtswhicli vary tho ElIonotony Of tic whole.
The language ior thr grcatcr paft Is con.'uot-
pIarc, mud must of the situations arc weak,
would lusr nothfuE uE Its merit. notwithstanding
these shortcomings, theru asu few characters
shIcl. are 1saWn and pictured tn a very cretaita-
bic nlnist'cr, a1ll which nif.'r thu actors Run,r
Btnpe for the lispluy Of their talents. Among
thc.c ls tho character of jo.t1Mtae 0ritlae}fr,
asann'cd by Mrs. Clauesci, In neat,
ptcaslng, anl aeceptallo manner. II
wns, u part that suI.9l her admirably,
70 t!lat ALE was for once Ii, her element. Hilr
succeeded In por.faylng tic different ptlascs of
character in guud style, mud deserved thu np.
p'auee that her auditors lasishctl Mpnn her. Miss
Won Stamnwitz, no matter what kind OF a part
sl!c haa, Is always skll!ful and talented artst
whose clcvefness aud versatility enable hus
TO make the naost OF everything.
The part Of Iaulu was entirely ont of her Hue,
but nevertheless her Mrtraturr of II WAS nd.
Inlrable anl relned. A1r, kuch Us I'in,1tfrg
was very good.
The performance was very smooth, the actors
served. il was surprising that thcy mud Nude 1 70
much out Of SO little good material. This
evening tho company repeass it, performance Of
Nells' charming go1acdy, Heinrich IIeiur," ut
tho North Side Turncrilall, a1.l as tho play 10
one Of the best that the company has playcd
this year, and as tho price Ut admission las
been materially lowcrc1 the house ought to be
q very largc otie.