, 1877-09-17
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

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The ree7,lar ecmf-tnontt1y meeting Of tho
Nursery and IIalf-Drphan Asylum will be held
Al 1890 o'clock this morning nt thu Asylum.
The Executive Committee Of tho Northwest
crn Assocfntcl Press will meet Mt the Sherman
House On Tuesday and Wednesday next.
CAPT. Lon Jacobs has Welded to tho many re-
oucsts Of his fricndt, and announces himself
cartli,latc far The C1crkah[p OF tic Criminal
Court, subject 10 tho action Of tho Republican
Convention.
The lev. F.. r. Goodwin wilt contluc. the noon
meeting to-day at the r. ". c. 4. rooms, No.
iii Ma'lf.on street, Subject: Peace Through
thc HIupi." Strangers meeting as the same
place this evening.
The Scandinavian Music Society held picnsc
ii the ihc Garden yeftsrlav Tor tue benefit
Of brass band recently organized. Tic at-
tendance was large, anil the festivities CON
tinnc,l until lata hour. The band contains
rtr"l mAtcra1, aud already shows signs Of great
efficiency.
rctcr anu Charles Davidson, father and son,
whn were all last week lodged in the County
JAIL charged with the murtlcr Of John Robert
tnn. as Lake Zurich, weck AGO last Saturday.
had an examination at HARRINGTON tue day hc,
fure Yesterday. The fathcr Was rccommittc.l
without bali. and the sou WAS discharged from
custody.
The Subscription Committees are still at work
for the Sctund Regiment, and thus far have met
With encouraging sucress. The nrm q 4; rC Z.
tho Crane Manufacturing Company, By r. T.
Crane, Esq,, 500. anil Farst II Bradley n like
amount. fl,c subscription lists will be pub
llshcd In short time.
Towards 10 o'clock last night A.. ]. Coffin, =
stock dealer from Iowa stopplng at tho Transit
Ifotlsc, and bent On having good time fn tho
city, WAS garrotcd and robbed on Third avenue,
between Van Buren md Harrison streets.
When taken to the Armury he was stsll too
d7trt IN n1vh my satisfactory Account. bf1t
nearly a. The police can figure Il he loses gold
watcf worth tl5o and about 800 IN cash. No
arTcste.
Defective Dan Hogan hopes to bring to Erict
nrynn Waterman, one Of th0se scoundre! scT-
ting machine Agcnts that tu!rat tic s.ttY. Water
man soil nlachinc to Mrs. Mtlls, residing
within Hridgcport's fragrant precincts. and
when the machine was nearly nahl tof nc tooK
He fnIicd 70 return 1t. and has made stretllior:
efforts 10 avoid capture ever snve. lie will
come before Justlec Morrison to-'lay.
.-~aiary Murphy is locked IN At the Chicago
Avenue Station, and this Is the story told OF
her: She wns housekoeper fur Chrl*tophcr
btrnbach, residing ncnr the corner OF Wells
and Granger streets. In q domestic. quarrel one
day ahc deeampea q Win nsr @ emn'p.es tW' I',
eA,xrgcs preferred, aud II the case goes to trial
Mary says that skeleton n stelnbachs
tnutuna aycnuc ID tbe :15th year Of bis age. Tie
Gccelsct, who came here from Englnnd on the
7th OF june last, WIS . Cartain In tue Hstttsh
army. He was brother Of Col. GTccnall, Of
longholm, Keswick, Eng, anil nephew Of Sir
HGibcrt trcenall, II. P: for Warrington, Lanca-
,shirr aI1. q. was Knight Companion of tho
Order OF Masonic Knights Tcmpar In the Calpc:
Royal Conclare of Masonic Knights Tenplar In
England and Wales. Tho rttnalns Will he takcn
to Eugland Tor burial.
At about o'clock yesterday morning Officer
James Bowler, of the West Aladison Street Sta
ton, heard tnut q burglar was Iutn1naEinE about
in tho photo-Eallcry OF A. Stephens, No. 70
arriving at The paco indicated witnessed tue
% i.nie. When H. | urMrestcd M htf, be iouuI IN lila
ro>srssfou varied assortment u skeleton Ecf8t
by means Of which thu thief hal ga1tie1 en-
trance: Al the station ho was secognizeG 10
john Price, alias Martin, notorious burglar.
who Is only short time out OF the Pcnitent!hry.
At IN early hour. yesterday morning, during
the progress Of dnnce at tho corner 0f Polk
A,ul Morgan Streets row took place ~ tho
h.!l. In which JOHN Eayy stabbed william
ft4tbed in tho left wrist ~ Murphy. Envy
l.vcs at No. 20 Gur'cy street, and MnrphJ Ut
NJ. lsi. West Harrison street, and both bare Ind
nYtoricty In shooting and cutting ecrnpcs be-
inre. Up u the t!me OF the row breaking out,
10th men were tast frtcnds and no sooner had
thur Wounds been dressed than that friendship
was renewed, and, therefore, thcFo VIII bo no
Arrests.
The Israclltes ure celebrating to-day the holi-
est and most important Of their holidays, The
DAY OF Atonement (Yom K!puf}: This holiday
commenced with thcusettinR OF the sun last
evening ar continues until the stars appear in
tllr hrinancnt thls evening. No orthodox
jsratlite will partake Ut either food Or water
from the beginning VI Ihe holiday until ltn con
cusion this evening. tic entire day IL spent II,
devotion aud prayer In the various synagogues,
and aon,e Of the more orthodox will remain 10
their pew from early in tho morning until night
No busiucss Of any Kind IL allowed to bc tcr-
ness i kept ty our Hebrew nlow.citizeus viii be
closed
The upholstcre1s OF Chicago held worry wolt.
attended meeting yesterday forenoon, IN tht
6astluent kaloOn on The corner Vt state aAd
Unlnt. Tt.e audience consisted ofwell-lresscd,
wcll-beharcd, and decidedly Fcspeetable-looktr9
individuals, Ill OF nearly all OF them hrlnG
ensa r t AL ts hS Sq1ns, aen
Henry stahl betnR chosen PRESIDENT. ~
Mouseheilner was elected Vtcc-Prcsldcntt Mr
N. Jansen secretnrJ, and Mr hurtnelstcr Trea+
ang the place Of meeting, many members betni
opposed to saloon gatherings. and finally co!n
Tn,tiec on hail was appointed to report At tht
pext meeting, a. tie ss1no placc, On sAturda!
nnIt.
ST. ,ons's CATHOLIC CHURCH.
A convention. coasposed of dclegates from
the dilerent Catholic Temperance and Bcncv
oirat Societies. wss held lp tho basement oI
the schaol-touac on Clark street, nras Eight
oenth street, yesterday afternoon, for tho puT
posc of tn1kIng arrangements for tho laying o
WaIdson's} Churrh, on the t1st suntiay In DC
tuter There were thtrtydye organizations
scpresentci. Jalnea Nell nEastled, anu +. v
Fitzpatrick acted Is Secretary. John Uyrpe
c1-i'ojice Sergeant, was elected Chief Marshal
but tho appointment Of Atis va. relegastl /.
tie Socictiea 1t was also decided ~ lvlts ih
County Commissioners aud ~ hsAds "l tb
jnrlmiins lie Council, 10 lake part. uyrr titt
Ek1ttirs rili participate in Tic uHrs''tes, an
tito demonstration VIII 10 The largest OF th
kind ever Aeeu u the city.
PERSONAL
There were four brites II tue Sherman Hous
yesterday.
W. lesy, India, Is stopplng At the she