, 1877-09-16
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

produced, and at less than onc-sixth the Cost ol
gas. 10 be seen day and evening
The receipts and disbursements OF the Illinois
d. Michigan Canal and lock at Henry Tor the lis
cal quarter ending Aug 81 were as follows:
Receipts, S499,9949.S4, disbursements, s2,,5s1.
The array Of carriages and turnouts at South
Park Yesterday evening was unusually line.
Not less than 500 or COO were massed together
about The grand stand, all filled with aristo-
cratic people
Bi1ly Arlington will probably visit this city
On the 18th OF October next, and give one OF
his comic lectures, in which he has made de-
cided lit in San Francsco, and which is said to
furnish an amusing entertainment in itself.
The temperature yesterday, as Observed by
Manassc, optician, S. Madison street Tn1BUSE
DuildjnS}, was 1t O. NJ, II deg: IL q. m., Il
deg; T. m. - deg; p m., ~ deg.1 z p m,
= deg. Barometer at l. m, S9.53; ?. H.,
DOS
At prcsent the ga1ne OF mar blcs hath Infinite
charms To sooth the youthful breast, and when
about seven boys, ranging in age from ~ to
IL, get into discussion over . game the
scene is about rs inspiringly noisy ana protane
As Democratic primary up IN Bridgeport.
Ellen Ward, 43 years Of age, residing some
where on Fourth avenue, near Twelfth street,
while In an intoxicated condition last evening
yas rim down by Engine No. l9s, OF the Mil
waulscc & St, Paul Road, at the crossing OF Polk
aud Beach streets. She received violent internal
injuries and a fracture Of tue left arm, and was
sent for treatment to the County Hospital.
4 year aro Young man on the West Side
sent out what he considered a comic invitation
to his wedding couched in the following terms:
~ Come around and see me capture mother
In-law at O'Clock, sharp" He now says that
il his foresight then had been a. good as his
{nr-n f{nr,
around and sec motheT-in-law capture me at
IS o'clock, sharp"
Coroner Dictzsch yesterday held inquests
upon George E. Ely, Of No. 40 Wabash avenue,
who Was killed on tile Burlington Ro1d at the
Wabash-ayenue crossing; upon Anton halb, re-
siding on For place, who died Of infantile con
v,1lsions. Monday afternoon an inquest will be
held ut the County Hospital upon Henry Bell.
Hho died OF fracture of the spine received bV
falling of sidewalk III Bridgeport while IN an
Intoxicated condition.
The evening High School under the direction
of Prof. S. H. Peabody opened last Monday
svcnng at the Righ School Building on Monroe
erect, near HaIsted- Glasses are'organizcd in
Elementary aud advanced mechanical drawing,
philosophy, bookkeeping, and commercial ariti,-
nctic, and additional classes in kindred topics
sill be formed whcueyer the demand will war
:a1it. The voung men and women Of the city
}hould avail themselves OF this opportunity for
hce instruction.
The preserving season is about over, the man
N the moon is no longer made sick at his
stomach By the smell Of burned sugar ascending
from million chimneys, and the American
housewives exultation as she gazes on the 80
ars OF fruit she has put up is chastened By the
Election that
All that's bright must fade,
The csourest and the sweetest,
And preserves were made
Only for the eatist-
4 social scientist has devised what he con.
Gders to be 4 sure preventive for free love and
Jirnilar reform. He would have every male res
dent Of the Republic compelled to keep his head
cropped and sandpapered till the age OF 60, or
Whereabouts, when he would make the wearing
pf wigs compulsory, by these means eliminating
lhe long -llaired young men and bald-hcaded old
men, who go in for such doctrines. "a short
haired n,ar.' he SAYS, s'can NO more get up a
maniagc-rcfor1n convention than cat without
3 tail can get her bark np.'
The charming operetta "Littlc Red Riding
Hood'' will soon be produced IL this city under
the direction Of Mrs. HARLAN n: rage; who IS an
accomplished singer, and whose efforts have
contributed much to the success Of this choice
brochure Mrs. Page is the wifc OF Harlan n.
Page, Of the Wisconsin Sfdfc Journal. It may
not lie generally known that he met with an ae-
cident some time since which llas had the un-
happy result Of dcpriying him almost entirely
OF his memory. Mrs. Page has undertaken the
production Of this operetta for the benefit Of
Ihe Hahncman Hospital. The time and place
will be announced hereafter.
The two Swedish weekl1es, .S,cedish an,ericnn
and the ;seu World, which have been published
in Chicago for The last ten years. have now been
consolidated, and will come out Thursday under
The new name Of the S,nediSh Tribune, weekly,
large, cight-page paper. The present circula-
hon is 5000. The consolidated paper is owned
BY the Swedish Publishing Compan: of Chicago,
Frank Andersen, President, Col. "a. Mattson,
pf Minnesota, formerly Secretary OF State OF
Minnesota, has gone in as shareholder and Di-
rector in the Publishing Company. and will be
fhe General Manager Of the S,cedixh Tribune.
The offices are in Uhlich's BLOCK, North Clark
ltreet.
In our report in yesterdays issue Of the es-
rape from Justice Hammill's office OF James
Martin, it was stated that Constable Baynes was
responsible for the escape. THE TRIBUNE has
kincc ascertained that this was mistake. The
prisoner came upon . change OF venue
from the North-Side Police-Court to Justice
Hammil1's Office in charge Of two orthree police
officers and Lieut.. Bans, and they were in Ham
Mills office during the t11al, and at the time OF
The escape. The prisoner was never in the Gus
lody OF Constablc Baynes, and Baynes was not
u the JUSTICES Office when the escape occurred.
The police in charge will have to account for
the escape. Barncs demands an investigation
Michael Riley, 20 years Of age gardener py
occupatiou, and claiming to reside at No. 3i4
West Monroe street, Yesterday noon tired TO
commit suicide by throwing himself under tue
horses of Madison strectear No: 81 going west
ward rar'dly at the Fifth avenue crossing.
James Brennan Of the West Madison
Street Station, made a bold and sue
cesstul effort TO save his life He was
then locked up ut the station, hut within an
hour had hung hlmself TO the door Of his cell
with hchlpen cord He was cut down ]ust ~
the nick OF time, and was thereafter stripped
OF clothing and everything else that could be util-
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