, 1877-07-15
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

lnterpa revenue receipts yesterday, $30s 1t4.ou.
United States Senator ". 3. Allison. Dubuque,
Ia. is registered At the Grand Pacific Hotel.
s. A. Still, proprietor OF the Arlington House,
Iot Spriugs Ark., Is stopping at the T1emont
House.
John II. oberly. Cairo, and William NJ Smith.
Lexington, Railroad Commissioners, are registered
at the fremont House.
The High School c1ass OF 1876 held reunion
picnic 1t Highland Park Thursday, md the oeca-
siun Was very pleasant one.
Mai. H. r. Barton. Superintendent OF Agencies
of the Continental Lifc-lnsurance Company, OF
Hartford. Is at The Grand Pacific.
About this early in vacation the average school
boy, already weary Of his liberty, WISHES ne was
hack ut school. So docs his mother.
C. T. Thornc, Jr., and wife, Of the Union
Square company. are staying at the Grand Pacific
They appear u Mooley's Tomorrow evening IN
Frank Dor1ty, o-year-old son Of James Dority,
was accidentally drowned yesterday in the slap
corner Of Blue island avcnnc and Twenty -second
street, while playing III the vicinity.
A remarkably fnc night blooming ccrens was
<iispIayeu the Sherman House counters last
evening. The petals opened about hall-past
O'Clock, aud the Hover continued in bloom until
late hour.
The Temperature yesterday, as observed by Ma
nassc, orticfau, S8 Madison street lTK1BuNE
l;uildins>. was: At T. N. Is degrecs; IL =. ~,
II: L. nj. 81; j p- m, S5; p. m, 3D. batom-
eter ut i l. N. ~; p m.. -s.os.
About fifty men and 100 boys and girls an and
thirteen torches constituted The Comnaunlstlc ath-
s.r1ng corner OF ualsted and Twelfth streets last
evening. The usual harancues against capital we're
made and the orators ranted anu FaSea 1o1 sese1ai
hours
dcad dog has been lying in the alley OF May, just
north OF Randolph street. Tie deaa-ao nuisance
is ono the police should be compelled 70 ase cos
pixancc Of az these animals arc annoying, and breed
Sickness
The residents of West Chicago avenue held
.ueet1ng ut 4iS on that street Friday night Aid,
sa9nssssen PRESIDED me nd sue5ee1 1t Of asc
was appointed to look after the matter and report
III q week.
One man. boy. and dog was all that could be
80 Blue Island avenue last evening. The dog
huwled, the man got angry, the buy orsan1z,ea
himself. IL Cronin, adopted the usual Fcsoia-
ttons, and disguatedly adjourned.
At the weekly meeting Of the Inland Club. held
Yesterday afternoon, Mary Bayard Clark. . South,
cru ..litcrary star, - introduced aud reeited
several original poems: Her reception was cor
tlial and she returned thanks. expressing the nope
that the feeling indicated closer business aud So
cial relations between Chicago and the south.
1t is suggested by Miss Lillian II. Cummings that
an assocailon to be known III the Children FT'son
L,usary Association, for the purpose Of supplying
minors confined in the County Jail with reading
matter be formed All those willing to assist are
requested to cali at No. I'll lndiana street. and
other papers, IS they can spare
Ex-Ald Stout had the misfortune to be knocked
down yesterday afternoon on North clark Street,
and to-day bis nose will show his Treatment inc
wine saloon not far from tho bridge stour &C
cused him Of prcyaricatns in sonc::natter, and It
not stYz,i before his fist No arrests. though an
pnIcet was on hand to help the ex-Adernlan to
his feet.
Last evening Capt. George r. Lackey WAS pre-
sented with IN elegant medal BY hls command. the
by Adjt- S. B. Bucemaster IN ! short Speech anu
Capt Lackey responded in an appropriate manner
The medal e gold star, in circle, eearing ~ the
Tie whole il suspended from broad blue ribbon
attached to double pin, all Of gold and 1 siyer
4 stcvedorc named Peter Peterson, living st No.
822 West Ohio street, SO badly injured ycster-
day afternoon that his recovery ia very doubtful.
While standing on platform twenty-five feet
above tho deck OF vessel from which coal was
being unloaded into Robert Law North Side yard.
tia hoisting rope broke and bucket containing
s sushed 10 the I blows md
his neck appears to have been broken By the TALL to
The deck, his head sHiking fret nra. Charles E.
Davis and Blake attended him st his home.
4 provoking accident, which, however, was
largely attributable to his own earelessness. hap
pcned to u resident Of the Thirteenth Ward last
Friday night In the course OF the night he was
awakened by noise as if OF somc one moving
sealthily about the house, and creeping nolseless-
" to the door naw human figure. He drew his
revolver and was just about 70 fire when It unhap-
pilv occurred to him to chaense the intruder.
He did and found that it IVES his mother -n-law,
who is given to sou1nambu!lsm Another time, he
says, he will shoot lrst and speak afterwards.
The lar. building on the southwest corner Of
Clark xnd Madison Streets the ground floor Of
which has bees occupied for the past ten years
{except during rebuilding after the re) by Mcssrs
store, has lately been almost rebuilt and entirely
rcmodeled- The old plank sidewalk has been re-
placed BY stone one , the ~ windows fitted With
enlarged. other changes have been made. and the
place elegantly reattea, so that It is now one OF
the finest business buildings In that section
The Farrae.t Club was to have had rowing re-
eatta last evening. and manned five boats for the
OCCASION, two sour-oared and one -oarcd gigs,
a fouroarrd shell: and a six-oared barge, but the
wind was TOO stiff from the southwest, and the
contest was put off Considerable rivalry exists
among the crews and, az they are anxious to have
6 contest, another attempt Will be made next Sat
be two miles in distance from Twelfth street to
Madison and return 4 single shell race Will sup
pIement the trial between the larger craft.
Judge Biodsett heard motion in the civil case
xetasIde the Judgment a.aiust them and give them
leave TO make defense Amctg the defendants
n this is C. nssne NJ Ths A.
the motion and j Judgc Blodgett ordered the judg-
1pent to stand security. and gave the defendants
leave 10 plead and make defense. The judgment
is therefore still in force, and whether it will be
set aside not OF course depends the kind Of q
ehowing the defendants will make when the time
comes for t}em to plead their case.
A prudent young man on the South Side recently
net and was charmed with young lady from
minneapolis who paying brief visit to some
friends in this city. She also appeared favorably
Impressed with his appearance and conversation,
and when she was about to return home gave him
her address, and said she would be glad to have hin,
write to her. The young man 1t first blusned with
delight, but his prudent angel whispered in his ear
to keep his eye skinned, and be cautiously replied
That he would be pleased to do II she would re-
turn his letters as soon as she Ind read tbem
through and kissed the signature. She turned
upon her tiny, 2tilt-1ike heel and whispered to q
friend that Of all the taow headed CLANS she even
knew, he was the sickest-
The Illinois Humane Society have lately discov-
cred that parties were keeping glandered hurtes.
aliowin.. them to at large nights spreading th+
disease, erd8ngerinc the lives Of citizens, =.
well ~ ANIMALS. The officers discovered place a
1U71 State street, day two ago. where it wa
reported two gIandcred horses were kent Dr. 4
u. Baker WIS taken out 10 see tl,eH and pronounced
1t the worst Gaze Of CHAMBERS he ever saw. Thfoug
the vigilance Of the officers OF tue Society. this
has been discovered and the owner compelled t
have the horses killed. The g1andcrs in All incura
bic aud contagious disease, and great care ehou
bc taken 10 have stables thoroughly disenfectc
where horses have been kept which have this dis
dcase.
The great American housewife is at this perios
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