, 1877-02-04
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Miss E1ic Ellslcr is 1T the Sherman House.
]. S. PAGE. ESD, has returned from Deny
Col. His family arc not expected back bete
May.
Mrs. Hannah B. Reed, wife Of Alanson Ret
OF Reeds Temple of Music, died at Hinsda]
ILL.,, Yesterday The attention Of friends is ca
ed to Tho funeral notice in another column.
Frederick Douglass is at the Sherman Hous
en- route Tor Milwaukee, where he has 4 lcctu
engagement He will return to Chicago Frida
uud speak in the evening at GcCornick Hall.
Dcputy-Coroncr Korn yesterday held an il
Quest upon Catherine Ka1b. an aged woma
RESTING on Grand avenue, near the boult
ward, who died suddenly Friday Afternoon
Verdict. death from heart-disease.
The temperature yesterday, as observed b.
Manasscc, optician, S. Madison street CrR1puS:
Building), was at 5 a. m., II degrees; 10 a. III.
T.; Il m, u; p. m, r.; p. m, 80. Bar
omctcr at i. NJ, 303l; p. m, 800.
Mr.. ]. g. 4. Bean, General Freight Agent O
the Michigan Central Rairoad, returned from
the East yesterday. He states that the Easter
roads arc entirely free Of snow, and rapidly re
covering from the effects OF the recent block
ades-
The Chicago City Rifles assembled at thcil
ar1nory, 3o6 South Clark street, last night, for
inspection and drill. The boys presented very
up Of the best young colored men Of the city,
and numbers forty-thrcc members.
The exhibition at Standard Hall Tuesday
evening, for the benefit OF the Pastoral Aid So
ciety Of Trinity EpiscopaD Church, was attend
ed by one OF tho finest audiences ever assembled
f,,fT s.{fy m rfarff1 Nil rita I'm
prestidigitateur," who acquitted himself very
cTcditablv, was w. A. HnyeMcyer, prominent
representative OF the wholesale grocery trade.
The attention Of the Health Comn,issioner,,is
called to the fact that at the corner of Van
Buren, and Aberdeen streets there is q truck
patch TINT stuclls rauk to heaven and is sick
ening offensc to tho locality. The ground is
covered with dccaycd cabbagcleaycs and
stumps, and their rottfng stel,ch annoys the
whole community around it. It is nuisance
that should be abated.
4 little 3-ycar-old son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Blakcsley, who live in the kentucky Block,
while 'staking ride - in q rocking chair yester-
day morning, WIS thrown forward with great
violence against a dressing case, cutting long
deep cash over thc right eye and otherwise in
him, and says he will recover, although he made
uarTow escape from Instant death.
The proposition made to Gen. Dix by the
Joint Committee from Lake and Hyde Park to
release the Water-W Works site upon payment of
1hree-sixtieths Of the decree has been refused
He evidently thinks the offer too small. The
Committee is at q loss to know what to do now. /
No further action will be taken until the decree
is entered and the sale ordered. It is hoped !
that some satisfactory arrangement can be made |
then.
The ]. C. Henderson Building, a thrcc~story
brick, owned by the Merchants Loan and Trust
Company, was raised to the new grade at the
Milwaukee avenue vaduct Last Friday by the
contractor, alr. E. F. Bosley, Of No. SIT West
Adams street. The Oswald Block and the drug
same street, were lately raised BY the same ge,,-
tletnau, tho buildings being raised respectively
s, 8, and Il feet, and some Of the easements 20
feet high.
At the regular meeting Of Franklin Lodge,
]. Q. G. T., last evening, tho following officers
Y. T., Mrs. D. Il. McKillip; VS., 4. D. New
bold; y: 4. S, Miss A. L, Pierce; n. F. s.,
James O'uara; ". T., Mrs. E. irwin; ". NJ
F; F.; e. tie; @ " D. n; Miss Lizzie Betz; ". G.,
GregoF; 7; Il; $: Miss &. 6. Davis: 1: il. s,
Mrs. g. ". Marsh; W. Chaplain, William
Vaughn.
Crane, the attendant at the Northern Insane
Asylum at Eigi;l. in whose hands the late Col.
Hull met liS injuries, and the man Tcnnant,
who tcsti:isa before the State Board Of Ciari-
have been discharged l.; Supt. Dr.
L. 4 Kilbourne- Crane was retained
u nnm taaox a11er fer 3. -, full Investigation,
lad nvthing which they wished to hide from
tic public gaze The report Of the State Board
Will be laid bcforc the Governor this week
A large nuu.be. OF empty cars have been re- 9
turned from the East durln:, the last few days.
and me roads lea.lins East from this city WILDE
mcnts from their Westcrn:conncctions, In r. q
gard to the freight rate difficulties between the 6
various lines leading East from this city but it,
TIC can bc learned but it is believed that it the
Lake Ia shore q alicihgan southern Railroad does f
not agree to ADVANCE the rates ina day OF two i
t.ic other roads Will rcccdc from the position Il
hey have taken and charge the same rnfes rs
the Lake Shore.
man about IS years OF age was picked nm in l.
scnseitss condition by Oiiccr Donahre Iast =
;Henlng; IN Tue rear Of the Arcade Court, and =
vhen taken to tho Armory appeared to be sur IT
cE7nS from IN apoplectic stroke. From letters ~
ouno ID his possession his maine aoucars tn hc o. o.
'rannois ). b. Coudet, and his business that Of Z
1ayels a1sl s: agens for Frank r. Greene, Of No. s. =
arta1ic acid. During his short stay in town. he p
ppears to have had dealings NTH Steele &
'r1cc aud other baking powder manufacturers D.
t this city 'A'e1' r r
Henrietta Eoight, woman Of midd1e-spa G
esinnS Ill ablect poverty at No. 2l2 Carroll =
'rcet, WAS found dead upon tic floor OF her q
oscl Yesterday morning. She had bcc,, SUI II
eIer from asthma, and it is supposed that til, ~
1111ctlon together with the lac; of proper care II
81 be- xoS Sela Jea 1ax eanses @ Of her death
oman hFcd alone, having been deserted four 7,
cars ago by her husband Henry, at that time 3.
wealthy saloolrkccpcr at No. loo Milwaukee, g g
venue. nc L now III Hamburg, Germany, but "a
as never paid any attention to Tue condition Of T.
is wife. ~ ~
The Orpheus Society held it's annual ,nasoucr u
lc oal. last evening at its hal corner Of paoria ~