, 1877-10-09
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

"Buekangham ralacc" Is Tho ostentauous
namc OF thscc-cent lodging. house on West
Madison .tycct.
The Temperature yesterday, as observed By
Maua..e, optlcian, No. 8s Madison street TntB-
uHn Buitt,ing),,wns ~ follows: 4. M, 81; 10 n.
M, 80; - n., 50; 8 .. m, 30; Sp. t,., S. IA.
romc,er At q. m.. 29.7l; p. M, $3.50.
A regular fortnieht,y meeting Of the Chicago
Hocicty ui PHYSICIANS and Surgeons WAS held fn
the rooms Of the Medical Press Association, NJ.
1ss South Clark street, last evening, President
I,yford In the chair. ecvcral persous were pro
posed for membership. and The Histories OF
some peculiar cues were Elrcn and commented
on
The rcctetcred.lettcr department Of the Post
OClre Will shortly be removed 10 the soutl, side
Of the IIonorc Building, where two large rooms,
communicating with each other, AMI sttsctt m np
with crcry convenience, have been scetiFct The
few days the transfer. which will lie great
convenience 70 the public, will be made.
The dentists throughout the Union will be
pleased with tho announcement that The suits
long pending before Judge Shop!ey. tn Maine,
Fuicanllc Company against dentists using ccllu'
loii, have been dcelued adversely to tho prose-
rution. and that tho dentists are thereby re-
licvcd from further annoyance On That claim.
Tho following T. = .sumnary Of tue pastoral
xpenue qen u 's Methodlst Episcopal Church, urius
the conference year: Joined by LETTER. l0f; IT,
trircd In full membership, 50: received on rrt.,
batlon, l35: removed by letter, 81; removed
tIoners removed by letter, S: without, 10; dis
continued, 20; present membership 800; PRO-
bationcrs, 81; total, 4s3-a gain Of ~ per cent.
Among the many offers Of assistance rendered
By the theatrical managers in aid OF the Eiks'
Ssns' on, on Ths,q,7 psnc3 ssF1Hsn s y on.
/. reads thus. "rresident D.. r. q: E.:
Sir: III view Of tho Irst annual benefit Of
Lodge No, Of yo,lt benevolent society, It A.
tho use Of .ny entire company for the occasion
and any other cuEiositscs Which tic Museum cah
atIorl."
Dr, ". L. ra1ou, Superintendent Of the Ma
tional saiiors' Home, near Boston, formerly
resident ot this slty net Wita fevste 's accident
Monday, the 1st Inst. In consequence of
turned and both the Doctor and Mrs. FAxoN
having some Of tie bones Of The farc broken,
and tho latter suffering dlsioeation Of the hone
At the hin Joint.
Next 10 getting drunk and falling into tbs
river where tho dock Is Too high to get out.
comcs getting drunk when one las one or both
legs OF, and erutehcs arc necessary for loco
motion. the THlnUNE has instanced man In
the former state, and now mentions Eoor NOR
tai who attracted a thronE OF persons OIL the
corntr Of Clark and Washington streets yester.
day Afternoon. There was no getting lin oil
until lie was carried. and two strong men found
lin tou heavy for that lie was tinalIy con-
ycred awny III wagon.
A Mrs. echermcrhorn was around the County
Building Yesterday In great trouble Her story
ncre, Ind deserted hcr some days ago, and
eight tlays thereafter had married 4 girl Of 10,
mud was now living With her At bristol tlts
Slate. She Was considerably excited uver tho
situation, and In n hair.pullInE mooi, because
sho fnilcd to find any onc who would volunteer
to 70 and arrest her recrcaHt 1uTI. Htsc said,
however, that she would bring hin, to Justice,
and II sto docs not i will uot bc because she
has lost the power al speech, OF Is devoid o1
determination In the matter.
Thu ladies' Of the nomc Club hell meeting
In tho club-room Of the Sherman House at .
o'clock yestcrday afternoon. "Fern. Lcaf,' the
President, pretilcd, anil "Olcna," Secretary.
lion on wns - read c ~ tbs Secretary. and adopted
section by section, In which II was agreed that
t1c meeting, OF the Club should bc he'll At tho
Sherman House on The second Thnrs'lay
uf each month at = ?. m.; That all special
meetings should bc announced In tho - lipmc ;"
department Of TIE TRIBUNE; thai tho dues be
u,ado 81 cents per annutn and that tho object Of
ncnt. . MIME I" was appointed Treasurer pro
setn. Tho Club. adjourned to Wednesday at
haIf-pnst o'clock.
Officer A. Jameson yesterday morning found
The remains OF an unknown man floating in the
river Mt the foot Of franklin street. lie rescued
aqaes sa ssa was hca u 10 10 ae1neen Hees' og s
rendered.. Deceased was about 10 10 years oi :. ass.
la! long brown hair, short~croppcd
ts ons shoe. 'sHa 5sekF kFs Coat ssa s1 s9a; ssal xe
shirt. fresh cut under the chin would look
., though he had been fou'ly dealt with. but
bis rough c,"thinE, and tho fact that
would scen to preclude such q theory. All
inquest WIS also held upoa Frederick Curs,ort,
Of Montreal. who committed suicide IN the Pa
ciGc Express ncar Lake station last Thursday.
Gen. A. C. Ducat received some days ago IN
anonymous communication warning hin shat
the rity and the Exposition building:
The wrtter says that no Is one Of
struci!ou without having Grst warned thu
authorities. The arms Of the First mud Hcooud
Regiments were also to he sa!xcd. THIS con-
tcscnt!ous lctter.xrttsF suggests to the tiencral
that MAyor Heath bc not apprlsed of t4c eot,.
tcmplatcd nttark lest ho should only add fuel
to tsle aatnes by presumably turning out tho
10 the work. 1t should bo mentioned that this
tnccndtartslu nnd plllage wAs 10 take place be-
tween the sixth and ninth days Of the month.
The letter Las created \ decided sensational
cachlnatuty one
QuACK DOCTOR IN rKounLE.
-" Dr. Jordau better known a. "Ds."J. II.
Clark, auack doctor of this city, WIS brought
up beforp judge nlodgctt yesicn!ay, having
been arrested On criminal Information til
ectl,i!ng Dhsecne matter through tho mail, liz
admitted having sent two letters containing In.
formation respecting an instrument Lcslgued tu
prevent eoneeption The district. .Attorney
had been arrested four years agu aud lined
Sl0o In defrnsc jordan read lung s!rade at.
tctnptin" to oxcuse himself on tue ground that
private lcttcrs were not included within tliG
Terms uf tho law, and afBo that tue article he
sulll nut originally Designed for the purpDse
10 which his patients devoted 1t. lie likewise
tried tu pluve That Ills offense wuS yrnal cu,,
pared with that Ut robbcr, An expla,latto,
was also given Of tho way he catne to to know1
10 Ela1k. When hs yat'r to this City te1! YEAR
ago, IL WIS with tho purpose OF continuing tn
practivc OF law: but, meeting tuctlleal trlenl
named Clark. he was persuaded Into goIug int
1.Ek+ Att1,u tktII