, 1877-07-04

To-day Miss JFnni" Hight will nrrsonatr F1n-
eho" nt The New Chicago Thcatrc, having the as
sdt3ncc nf SIR. Smith as f<inIru, ard Mr..
Charles Wool. young gentleman III Chicago
a,pI Lakc Forest, ~ Ndi<r.
,,.At Ilaverls's Theatre Metfrs. wcbher and
hIastlc!l will prcsens n new play entitled "Ntp
rarls e,"l London. At the As!ciff,i, '' Uncle
otn,s taisn will he gwen t,y tho slavn troupe.
The Ellsworth Zouaycs represent Anderson
slc' q the Muteun Fcr!ortn ant "a y III be given
~ oil these PLACES, except thc Aforementioned,
afternoon aud evening. McVickcss Theatre
Will not bc opened.
Ho,rt,,andas assfsieRens ai the essctt Information
That has been pubishe'! in reference to the
flnngr1 Of fireworks to-!sy, there seems to
sx!st IN ahe minds Of agreat many Intelligent
s.zsns The idsa tlst thy ssm h.ve a.t for
toMscaucnccs Of violations ot tile law. At least
lW gentlemen male tn9uirics yesterday nf tile
Mayors Secretary - 70 whether ur mt they
their .urhins by arng cracsers, cte, IN their
nwn backyards. so.1ic Of them Hantttti permits
~ use GFevorks, but no permits wesc issued.
Dne caller had little cannon that weighed
rights Of ar American citizen t,pl been tram.
tlcd upon bccausc he was forbidden to annoy
tl.e nctghIoriooa With that little tor. Another
tnsn .as :" lsv.al,ttl!ng citizen ever, Day *.
sguIbs, crackers, and Erass-hoppers" If he felt
Ike It. Another gentleman tnsne in and, antl-
ingly fnclinfnC himself. whispered tn Secretary
Cleveland, "You don't SUPPOSE that my Lads
premises, do yoal" ST. Cleveland told him:
"SU, unless tho policn happened around.'
Gne egcnsleman3conclulel to "sce " his police
spSssE os, a sas to ais LII tt an isc
pcnsc OF q sufficient number OF kegs Of hecr to
accomplish that end would be too great IN ex-
traraganee for even the Fourth. 1lie aathurs-
ties annuunce q determination to enfOrre the
law. RFI t1le nrfra cfntf In IN mat
slow to arrest. 1t ia expected that the city will
lie obliged to engage tho Tabernacle to
contain tho people who will celebrate and
eeasofs ets nS tem.sses s p1sa e{h M sho Ps esoast
that ; great many officers have been detailed
for duty out Of town. Various gentlemen have
expressed the opilion that there would bo more
Fireworks firing to-day than thers hos oeea upon
weFe IS numerous yesterday, aud thyjr tFatlc ss
unmolested as in former years, and the know1-
edge thu. arrest ana perhaps s5-Gne 10 bo
tae hh boy .o tho house, and thus
than I. potstbtlIty.-a pEobabllIty,-will but
!, add to the engssuess Of Young An.eriea to Do
viswel rs tho tiFeEDen vtew tue day, aud Ia the
light OF past exporicucc, t4ese are TO be expect
- . great tnany Grcs, for oren firing OF conf
ha*tibles being norc slqsato than hidden n'tng
tas far ~ arrests asc conceFncsi). tbe youth ril
resort tu the celars mud tho stablcs to let OF
tilcr crackers, squibs, torpeducs, etc. Hence
the hrts. Que Fourth Wien the use Of 1lrc-
three alarms Of fire, and setae Of tie ilremen
aFo expecting that many to-day.
TIE CouHr-iousa coHhxR STONE.
The public Is cordially iuyIte1. Although tho
laid ycaterlay afternoon In q bed of cement
from which It would test the sarcugth OF
derrick to somaye It, the funuallty OF laying It
Is to be gong through with this n,ornlng. Com
other Commissioners, but 10 assure N aul!envu
tho above Invitation IS gtver,. Hollen Is not
only " be there, but hu il going to mako q
spesctts1;a speech Of Ercat leugth7and b. xauts
work oa I: for rccks, md ia free TO
pared, To publish It IN advance, Or even 10 re-
icr TO lts substaace, woud bs TO rob 1t Of it. In
of rcias IN sentiment anL fact, and the lctlycry
well, it must be heard to bu appreciated. And
when hn is through. II t1ls poor bird Is not too
badly wounded and the subject cntrely devour::
ed, other Coutl!ssluIters aru to talk. TlIcn Will
coma spefchcs troEn tha less distlnGulshcd hut
mona the less eloquent. AID. Lawlsr has bccn
invitu, and 70 has AID. White. In
tS. fss there and no ous end toal IL t1s u invts a
who never has had surfeis Of, speech making,
cat't'ot better spend fsw hours thai, In attend
a4igo upon the corner-stune Laying.
li,s exercises @ WI M commence promptly At
tails, which have hecn arraugea to bu furnished
at hltcaf without money ar pHce for three
hours TO I'll WHO may call. THIS expenditure
esseutni degrees q euthu sas1n for the other
proceedings. At 10 o'clock prompt the cruwl
will proceed to the northeast corner Of tho
building .and tho Pre-! rxetctsca proper w!ll
structure srs to DO decorated With
fa&s, and the ha1tTearel walls arc 10 be trimmed
with cedar and evergreen. The exercises aru 10
10 opene1 With PRAYER, but BY whom is nut
hail been found ot t4o ministry Of thu dty who
would consent 10 olilciah, fiji that capacity. No
one need stay aHsy, however, on account Ut tho
probability that minister rannot be found, OF
that the prayer will be ntaaIng, for what may be
Lost In this direction will pa rnose than made W
l.! somo othcr.-ln speeches, II nothing elsa.
Next will cu.l,s tha speech Of aIr. Holden,
tho length VI 1hkh wlll depend mora
audience than upou thu o<.asion Or
the inportNee of the subject. Thsn will come
other speethes, of which It u uusafcso u,akv
my predictions under tho circuinstauccs, aud
lIas not been determined. THIS wilt bo followed
by inserting q lead hox In the curucr-stuue, the
contents Of which It q Impossible to forrtell.
It. wi ,s Sontaln ort,iny thY ttts paEe ot lvlt.
of the Commissioners and county contractors,
atM the photograph Of Pcr1o'at Walker has
promised 70 e. contribute ut, oue of biz universal
ltotcss Uub lA1o HA! 9G2Fctly &AA 10 tn6 lMtEsEeL
Of thu contents. a copy of the morning papers
witt also bs given : place. Tho next move
far d the public exercises ares concerned, will
close the demonstration. Tho other exercises
ot tho day remain ~ bo told.
Tho corncr-stone is an unprctcntious affair,
being plain and Ut moderate dimensions, 1t Is
1--WE BY THREE feet IN slzo, aud tho ouly way 1t
ean ba !stngulshct ffut, other stones Is t..at II
Dears tl.s inscription, "a. D. 1871" which tacca
on Randolph street. In ita centro holo this-
teen inr1lcs squaro and cleEen inches deep
has been chlscled. which js to
contaln tho lead box It had
been hoped that tho contents of tho
bo1 wpuld be yaluable, but thero arc no lndjca-
tlous that such will bu tho case. The contents
Ut tbs box from the old Court House were at
one time expected 10 form part Of tAe cuutents
Ut ths new, hut tho chances arc against 1t, com.
ing OF the fact that tile old box aud contents
were stolen, and arc now la tho possession OF
beuthcr-tu.taw Of ons Of tho Commissioners,
which hns deferred thoso in charge Of the exer-
c!ses from seeking 10 recover thunl Late
r(lort was tnads to arrest the hrutherin-
law Ia question on tho charge OF larceny,
Int ton 1nt mn f,n1 hu...