, 1877-12-03
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

IDst ~ U. ~. N.t VIII FleeH oI4SCts A"' ~"o
ensuing ycar next Friday evening.
Wendell Phillips, tho orator. arrived In tlhs
city ycstcrdas, and Is the guest OF Writ Dexter.
The Ellsworth Zouavcs arc requested to be at
theft armory on Tuesday evening to transact
business Of importance.
Members OF Company B, First Battalion CIV.
nlry, |. N. g., will meet for drill at their arnory
thI. evening. and rccciyn uniforms
The 1alics OF Oliret baptist Church will give
Al entertainment nt tho church, on Fourth ave.
nuc, this evening, in cosnmeu,oration Of the
eighteenth anniversary of the death Of John
Brown.
The guests OF The Palmer House md tho en.-
ploycs ,oukcd rcry sad yesterday. md Their
sorrow was occastoncd BY the TACT tllnt Josh
Billings, ELL Perkins, and Dot. Burdcttc, OF the
Burlington Narktye, were aal at the house,
spentlinR Sunday.
The '.Our Boarding House company passed
through th!a city Yesterday en- route 10 Mtii-
nrapolfs Mr. Leonard Grover brinR With the
Housc and will, IL Is said, make arrangements
lor giving Len Groyer's play here In about stx
weeks.
A.2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon q fractious
hortc threw Peter Drcisct,nci.lcr, Of No. 1gS os-
Koven street, anil Mary Pilot. ot 20: ~ M'!-
curbstonc, near tho corner Ut fialstcd and Lat;c
strcct, Both persons wcru severely, though
no. fatally, injured about tile head.
Tho Womun's Christian Temperance Union
will hold nospel meetings daily th's &, wesk: They
Tuesday bv Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton, on Wedncs-
dag by Mrs Willis A. bafncs. on T!'urdny by
Mrs. D. u. Cheney, on Friday BY Mrs. y. !.
kermott, and on Saturday BY Mrs. Prof.
uascus.
Saturday night John Hickey. 30 years Of age,
living alone In room Ut, hrond atsect, near
Archer avcnuc, was found lying dead on the
prairie about halfn,le south of Briahton:. The
hodv was removed to tho r. Iown,tail. M an! ,;,. Was
There were no Signs Of ! violent death;
hut, from the fact thnt hls thumb aud forGtln1er
were bnllY cut, acme persuiis haSe thought ti'as
about slI months from tlls wife. and had taken
to drinking heavily, and probably this was the
cause ol th: death. The Coroner ilas BEEN noti-
fed.
Minor arrests: Jamcs nnsscy, picking the
pocket ci Lady on statc JSn lGpas
htanlrg around In crowd Mt the tabernacle;
james sntth, tnalisiously hrcakltng Wtnlos In
j. Monzel'u furniture store. No: aa9 statu
cd; Frank Duto, recognized md iienti;
Nick VII lisrls 80 saloon At No. It's Canal street Just
september, and stole about sioo worth Of 81 y,
1e0n-Nxtures, jcwc!ry, anti clothing; y. 7.
Warner. awInllinG Joseph IL. Lnnti, o. Elgiu,
out Of *1a on false prctcnscs; Martin Noiar.
young rough and yaErant, rcslslnE nt No. 275
Joh1.soB street, who Ii III the llatt OF beating
his mother lalf to death.
tho firm uf Mcdonald Dr,w., har!wayc merrha
on Lako street. died at Ills residence, No, l9U
ncldcn avenue, SATURDAY at : o'cl9ck. afler a
prosEaeted Illness Ihe decreased wa ~ well e1
Enst. at tho breaking out ot Tho War he en-
listed IN tho Ore Hundred nn,! Flfty-lrst New
York Volunteers, was elected Captain OF onc VI
The companies, and served throughout the
tangu!narY struggle. with ll$ttnctlon and
honor. Subsequently t.e flllc,l tar posi-.
t!on Of TEeasurcr Of tue Holly MnnulAetuF'n.
Company a loskRG1t, Sew snf,s fsS a VA
thrreAbonts fl n responsible .apaE!ty, which he
gaEe up to enter business here lie was q gen.
te,nan nf rasu qualities Of bran atd heart, md
his ie:tlt casts gloom OYcr large circle. Ills
funeral will tahs placc. from Its !atc residence
tomorrow ut II u'eiUrk to t}rascInn1.
4 FALSE ALAKM.
Tho watch1nan at tho Mcrrhante' Loan Il
Trust Co,npuDy'a Bank carly yesterday morn.
lug heard u noise ak Il Iroa was being alc1. ltc
went to ltls vault md listened, hut con1d s'car
nothing. Returning TO Ills post, the IlItng was
so't,n"G .eiea IN pscena. ase' rla % o,,esr e s s
all attention, yet es,.,li discern no ,,uise. Whuu
he went away tho wa.ch,nnu was convinced hY
thc rcpct!tion ol thu !iI,ps that an attrnpt wns
being made to break into tne bank. TINS wa I
Inv sn, srnt him for hark. tuatrurt.
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