, 1877-01-21

Il client cau1c to him and said, Now, cand1dly,
| what do you think OF my case!'' he REPLIED
| indignant client Withdrew his patronage, whicf
vas considerable. Altogether, he has had
very bard time of it, and begins to teel dis
! Outraged.
| Afr. Hcsing does not intend to stop his inves'
legations into county Affairs with the printing
bills Of the Ucalokrdt and Courier, but rlll go
step further and lcok INTO the contract under
| which Cameron. A1nberg & Co. have been sup,
| plriug the books, blanks, and STATIONERY uscd
BY the county officers It was stated yesterday
that search had been made for the origina!
contract with this firm, aud that it could
that it was only misplaced, and yes-
terday it turned up. 1t seems that the
defect In this whole system Of letting the sta
tionery and book contract is that the proposals
old, and the old-lashioned way of doing busi-
| ness has been repeated year after year. Mr..
| Hesing is having copies made OF all Of Cam
| eron, Ambcrg u Co.'S bills for the year 1Ss6,
| to 60 through them critically, compare them
with the contract, and then publish
| the result, which some claim will be
damaging to the County Commissioners, while
others assert that, although it may show iEnor-
ranc on their part, there will be nothing to indi-
| cate crin11ualjty.
An adult class in the history and develop
ment Of English literature, under the fnstrue-
ton Of Mr. James Colcgroye, will be organized
next Sunday morning in connection with the
| Sul,dayscltool of the Fourth Unitarian Church.
Cottage Grove avenue aud Thirtv-scyenIn
street Tie enttre ground, from the poems Of
| Bcowuf and Caedmon, G'0 4. d., to the pres
ent time, will be gone over in course of elgh-
teen lessons. Au effort will be made to trace
the social, intellectual, and especially the moral
80 ~f 4hn Lr1rj jSch ne
and it is believed that in no way can this be
done we'll US IN the study Of their literature.
At the same time aud place there will also be
organized anothrr adult class for eTof
study Of eighteen lessons upon the books
OF the Bible, under the instruction Of Mrs, Eliza
Sunderland. The aim OF this class will be 10
obtain all the information possible with refer
enee to the origin, authorship, date, history,
contents: great characters, aud religious value
Of the various books Of the Bible in their order.
These classes will both be free to all interested
to join them. They will begin at 10 o'clock and
continue till 1850 a. In. Church services begin
At IL o'clock.
SILVER WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hcrycy 8. Dale, the former
well-known Government contractor, celebrated
the twenty-ffth anniversary OF their wedding
last night at their residence, No. 293 Warren
avenue. It Is customary, or at least common,
welded for twenty-five long years for their
friends, II they have any, to show some s1gns Of
esteem, or at least to reward them for their
good behavior. It would appear that Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale have many friends, and the richness
last night would certainly lead one to suppose
union, eIies they ~ had SO tbehaved" that
friendship and esteem could not be
withheld. Among the gifts vas an elegant
vases, etc There were numerous beautiful
articles from friends in Cincinnati, the former
home Of the couple. Among those rho were
present to wish the host and bis wife 'tmany
By the way, that there is nothing to indicate
that there should not be those many, were
Gen. aud Mrs. !. n. Stiles, Mr. aud Mrs. S. B.
Holibird Marshal, and Mrs kirkman: Capt: and
Mrs.. Kirkman, U; $. A. NJ and Mrs. 7. y:
and Mrs. William Holibird, Mr.: and Mrs.
4. Daniels, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. French,
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. Judge
7. c. Nhiteside and Miss Whiteside,
Mrs. G. y: Holtoa, Miss Chapman Miss e. Nellie
2tr. D. P. Whitney, Mr.. Chapman, and Capt.
A. Davidson. 4 bounteous supper added to the
enjoyment Of the evening, which was most
pleasantly passed with social intercourse and
music.
PLEASANT RECEPTION.
A number of the friends Of Mr.. John Wall
Work were intending to surprise the worthy
gentlcmau 1t his residence Friday evening, but
as it WAS apparent early in the week that the
enaIataa vs. ~ r'o+o ooeian.., ~
isoaasnouasT1 Sis 1 as Th;.t,
-Na5o4lc nall: corner o1 1htIs,nIst stfec1
aua 4nu131la aFeuues WIS eueaFcu vt LUG ~
caslon. hIettone's orenest1a 1uInlsne9 VIC
music, and 70 LIS e1cclIcnI "altzes ana qua
dElllcs the party uanced I'll carry ostufuas
morning. ABOUT mldn'Snt nne supper was
served i'll the: supper-roouls: Among tnosc
present were aIT. aud alrs. John " allwogk, Mt.
and Airs. u. " CLARK, MF. ana MrE: =. steGk,
Mrs. 4. G. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. u. Reed, Dir.
and Mrs: q. Organ, Mr. and Mrs. d. 4. henry,
Mr. and Mrs. &. fArnsWoEth. alr. aud Mrs: ".
]. Malley, Mr.. and Mrs j: Tabor, Ar- aIlu Mrs
Il. +. Mallory Mr. and M:s. j. shepard, pr.
and Mrs: ). ID: Farlana, Miss Annie wall
work, MiSs Ella y atlwork, Mlss amy
Belding, Miss Jennie CLARK, Miss Mamie
Williams. Bliss oarah Williams, MISS Lizzie
Woods, Mr. ana Mrs. j. Gainpneo, MISS Carrle
Hawthorne, Miss Nellie Ives, Miss Hattle Ciari,
MISS Amy LABOR, tne Misses Lloo}, MISS loa
Gregory, Miss S1dle alallsy, Messfs. r. alars1,
J. d. Woods, v. ". Tabor, r. Hars1S, X =.
Barnes, j. ltohluson, 9. a. Mallory, = Sherman,
d. Gttz, q. ballue, j. =. ROBERTS, L. Lott, j.
0lmstead, j. Holmes, +. Hafght, and others.
ura1 ability, and graduate Of Uniou Iheolosi-
series SCI Of Bi5Ie talls at tic Fiat Congregational
streets. Fur eight wears Mr. ErdInan has given