, 1877-09-05
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.


The receipts in the Internal Revenue Departr
mcnt yesterday we're Flu. lGV.ah oil WHICH FiI,-
0o0 nns paid by whisky.
A train Of thirteen cnrs loaded with cxcur-
sfunlsts :rotn CoIdwater, Mich. arrived mn the
Lake sbnrc & Michigan Southern Railroad as
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The temperature yesterday. as obscrycd BY
Nauassc, orttcan, q Madison ttrcct tTarnrsE
Bulldtne1, VAS. At a. n,., Gt leg; 10 a. M, 10:
II NJ, IS; , .. m, IL: r. NJ. II. Barometer
Al 8 a. III, 22.fo; ip. tn., @'s7.
There WAS a match ,rot,Eng raec at DEXTER
Park yesterday hctHecn firargc hendts = !ny
mnrc Lady II. ar,l Esl rowelI's black gci.sl"E
s:'% ssrasht % Heats. s Tine, s:5S'i a:43 a:4;!4.
Florence N. t;o~au, of No. t4o lfalstrd street,
wtllc IN ur intoxicated condition last evening
At q o'clock, tcll into a lnscmcnt at No. ~
West Randolph street. llcF injuries nrc Thought
to he severe, but she wns 80 acnselcss that
nothing rtuld be learned as to their severity.
John r, Case, m old resident Of this city, In
which lrc settled about 1s4:s died yesterday at
the age II y. lie has suffered for sumo time
from ,1ropsy. An operation Tns feso1tcd to,
but was u,tsuct csslu1. lie lenrcs wife and
II. ". King. Eetl.
A large delegation Of the members Of tho
focicty uf the Army Of the Tennessee lett ycs-
tcsday on The Northwestern Knau to attrnd tue
reunion at st. Paul, which tosnmcnecs today;
Among them were: ticu. 4. l.. Chcsfatn. ot
this city; Nene. Gresham and l3cn spouns.. 81
lntlEnra; Col. l,akcr nnl Cnpt. Spear, of Olllo;
aud Capt. johnson, Of Springfield. 81
The Coroner yesterday held inauests, upon
Mary 1ost nhnn, 81 years ot age, who t!rt! sud.
ticufy Of .icuorrhagc Ut the lungs 1T No. Az
Clark street: upsu jacob b]nsltr, years of
mgr, who was accidentally rim over by kothler's
milk wagon On Archer avenue. and upon Ed
wnrl llarrisy. WIN was drowned while bathing
ntt tl,o fH1,.r mil ma khrr FrhfRf-
day tond by the steamer Riverside.
Tic body Of Edward l1arrity, who was
drowned last FRIDAY evening while bafhtnC At
thu foot Of Illinois street. was discovered float
ing IN the lake six miles r,urtll Ut the light
house yesterday by thosc on board the stca'ncr
1:iycskiac. The lug Mcclellan Was signalel ard
steamc,l out and brought the cuspsc to shorc.
whcsc it wns taken chnrEc os by police o!l'cers
Tie St. Nicholas Hotel, No. u kinzc street, nt
and chlluren The Coroner wifi bold IN iu-
quest.
IItl.!rcth was in Commissioner Hovnc's room
Yesterday. nnd wns asked by !cIarter II he
knew what MAS tn The report OF tile Cunm!ttee
prnointct by the Council 10 Investigate the
+. @la,sns Of Rcaslon to tIldtcth*s scat In that
body, Ht replied tlut lie lad %ccn the report
and'knc* what 1t cuntained. It charged liyan.
Judge Of election in tue Seventh Ward, wIth
hciGg a siishoncst tnnn; hut he (lfljrrth) knew
him tu t'o unc Of The ''honcttcst men lint t;sSl
Almighty ever got ur" llildrcth tln!fns TINT
he has been treated unfairly 'y tho Council anil
the Committee appointed to examine Into tho
contest question.
PERSONAL.
The Hon. r. II. day, Of Rochester, Is at tic
TTcnont.
,Enoch Emery, Ftorta Transcript, is fremont
House guest.
Mr. Johm Knspp, of the St. Louis Repunteaa,
Ia at the racitfc.
The Rt.-Rey. Bishop Peck, ot Syracuse, NY,
Is ut the fremont House.
c. M. French and John Scott, Jr., Ptttsburg,
arc stopping Ut The fremont.
Mr. lphn Guthrie Smith. Sheriff of Aher,ecn-
shrc Scotland, Is stopping At thr Hrant pacl.ir.
Gen. Jan,cs II. Comfy, the ncwly-apputntrtl
Minister tu TIM Santlwtll fxlnitls, nnt family
tuck tic chirago, burlington II tlu!l'cy lalroai
iur the Iacis Cunht u day u two ago. Ecn.
Comfy sails from Sun Francisco Sept. Il.
SIS. Merrill, General Manager; W. q. Swan,
General FteEsht-Aecnt: II. suHc. Jr,. Gcseru
Superintendent; nn.l John {. tiault, Asts ta,lt
General Manager, Ut tho Ct!eaco, Milwaukee u
1t. Paul Railroad. arc at thc Grand t'arll1r.
". {. Van Horne, General Manager Mtnncsu-
IA Southern Railroad, LaCrttesu: Alfred White,
t;ene.al Frciunt- Agent of thu DgtIolt t slil-
waukce E;airnad, DrtrG!t; a1nj, .E.,hn E. Sisllp-
son. Manager ta1nlata Lines ard /. II. Clarke,
nencral Frcigtt-Aycnt West Wisconsin Rail-
',ad, 81. ianl, are among lilo railroad men ut
.hc Grand Pacific.
Gen. Jpln. McComb Of tic Alta California.
s:n Fsauci>eo. with the California I.lae Tea,l.
ei. route 70 Cfccltnoor 10 participate III the In
trrnAtlollal rilr-stot, ARRIVED In tbs ttty srs-
1ailroad, and left III the tsrnlng fur the East lty
tie Michigan Central I!allrua,i. II Tho per-
Bonal appc1ran. ut tlc team II nny criterion, uf
their capabilities, the Eugis., ~ well "a The
Eastern rilemcH may well lie In Doubt us to who
Will carry OIL The 1t0l!s,rs It trtcdmnur.
EAsTEnS INSANE ASYLUM.
The beard vi Commissioners f'r tile erection
Of tic Eastern 1nsauc Asylum met yesterday
afternoon III Paflor l, Grant l'nr1tic. There
WIRE present J. IL. CiuuE!,, ot Chi ago; William
Acdiitk, OF OTTAWA; and ". F. Murphy. Of
Newman. 1nsmhcrs of the lizard; Il. G. Ciarl;,
Secretary Of the Suite Board VI llbc Clrtil ltir-.
large portion Of the time o( the ses.lun VA,
taken up IN rea1lny the nroims'tions and recon.
@usndat'o,as @ ot Msfsrs. Hoy!ngton, WIlIctt, an'!
Wiieu1. all Ut wt,A. wero willing s IL ~ urct,-
ttcrt' for tho new bu l,iinG. 1t was, however.
deemed best not scttle pon theauc4tlon about
t.c asel''sc.t un!a ills land Ut haI.kahec Ind
been fully and saLfasa@ tDrtly ucedc1 to .tl.r
State. II appeared tiat everything was rcaly,
except the removal uf n1la extremely small
technical tlo'n! on art VI thu la,Ml, which waa
cEpectcd to d!rappear III a few days. Alter Il
vast anount ot discussion It was settled thai
the Commission would ',cet tuntess utnerwt4y
usdcred| at kankakce Thursday, the 18th tt.st.,
thcEe to eonlplcte 1!'e transfer of tic land t.
the State nnd 10 ua any uttcr tllsllcss whll
there IS no doubt ttl4. the ele.tton nf au a1rh!
tcct will hc found.
THE CIVIL HN8IsEERs' Club
OF tho Northwest held Their regular monthly
meeting at the sherman liuuse yctteflay after
nbon at o'tloek. The President, ten. "
sony Smith. on takiHE tbs chair .nadc few
rtlnaEkst thanking t.ip Club Tor the hunur q
election, e!c. Nj. l.. r. Moorln,usc WAS scrrc
tayy. Three new neniheFk-Mr. Z. i. Gcylon
latr trustee of the e., Z. y S. Kai!rt,al u. j,
Als1cy, City 5urvrynr Ut Muntrral, aH,l f. {
Carter, Evil engineer. Springfield lfon Gun
pany-wcrc ass,Hiltct! to Eictbrrsh!, l,y letter,
Tue Secretary 5rpurted tue 1oilatiun Ut Aes
tral volumes vi rerufts.
Mr. Jasncs Il. "t!ictl read = very tnrefulL
PREPARED ami elaborate paper on the "Eauiiit
ruin Fnlygon." which liz has nlac sotnuthliI
u study. Ths paper had rticrcnee to III
graphic lncti'"t of estimating funrs and ".
well Illustrated by diagrams. by thu graph
Acsho! liic etrain UPON r.r,ts bridges, rtc.. III
be accurately estimated in stnnrt time wlthsa
reference tn abstEI.c mathematical formula
Aud can oe USED alter hut lttIu ,rarticc.
Alter the Secretary had bec,l instructed |