, 1879-02-19

Thompson, Conn. There were nfnety.gyc 1ntlics
: present. The parlors wero beautifully dccorat-
cd, a,Mt the best Of music was engaged.
The silver Gildcte' Union iicltl special meet
ing at No. Clark strcet last evening, nu.l ono
Item Of business WAS tho paying off of the
hands Of George Keller, whu are a.!l on n
strikc. The propsictors of the other two shops
whcre there Was reduction OF il per cent huvo
restored the old rates, and the n,eu hnvc re-
sunlcd work.
John Moore, carpenter In tic employ Of the
} Board Of Public Works, while under the ill.,
tlucnce OF 1Equor atd talking to some of ills CO.
lnborcrs, who wcrc at work upon thu Clark
street bridge protection, fell ovrr the bridge
railng, aud. dropping distance of fifteen feet,
was severely injured internally. lie Is 4s years
Of nEe and lives at the corner Of Thirteenth
place asli Asl!lAn1 nvenuc.
It is not generally known that the municipal
anfhnrtties, ntter combating the notorious
Andre Andrews, pawnbrokrr, whose licc,nsu was
feVoks. some iiVe years ago, lIavo recuntly re-
torious l."sscr Fr!cdberg is loig an opcn pawn
s:op business without n lIccnsc. This Il, cousc.
qucEce, rlglly. OF Inv tint te police have mot
Geen ab!c To ret 4 conviction utldcr.
The South TowtI Collector, MIR. Euos Ayrcs,
has commenced to cnfurcc COLLECTIONS by ,ueans
Of tue levy. Yesterday the tsrm of II. Hart IL
Co., manufacturers aitl rcpatrcrs OF printing
presses. Arcade court, refused to pay lietr tax OF
3l3l: and oectctl one OF tlIr Denuty- Collectors,
Mir. Frnnk Webster. Thc warrant was read to the
tropsIetnss nlid custodian placed in chnrgo OF
The establishment. Operattol.e were ceasrd for
about ho,'r. at tic end y! Which time onc nj
the n1ctnbcrs Of tie firm thought It hest to pay
the tax. Bnsiness was then resumed. People
will snvo time, trouble, nu,l money by paying
promptly a''d avoiding the levy.
Monday the Coroner sold he was roIng In
Grlshton to hold an inquest upon Frank
Road. Yesterday he held the inquest, but ,itc
mans name WIS Christian Gunsheinl,elmcr,
n,M not Compton. 1nasmuch us he was
an and IN IN sa5s Soatoe Tor s " oysr. ow amuss 1c
jury, %crc Obliged to relurn verdict Of
accidental death. ln1 to exoncratc the railway
1fpm al blame. An inquest WINS also held upoi,
accidentally: crushed TO- aenth between Tic
bumpers Of cur whfc1 l,e wns helping TO
move BY l,ana on the Fort Waync tricks,
nt E,u,i thc intersection n Of Stewart avenue and
backed down the. track by mn engine On
tne Alton lsoad. A verdict 1T Incidental dcaill
wns rctutned. An Inquest was n1sn held llron
: John a. bartholomew, 30 years pf ago, wilo
phtnc ut hs room, No.S ls7 West Madison strict.
domestic difficulties were tho cntlse.
cr.osE.CoMMuNloN Hl1op.
The Directors Of The Board Of Trat1e held Tint
aalaur4cd mecttng yesterday Afternoon, md, by
close vote, refused to admit Lorin G. Pratt us
member o. iht: body they rcpreRcnt, for the
reason that has been already stated In rIK rHJn-
uNE-tllat 1lu ts ile attorney fur "Jack" Sturrps
in tlle ense Oh tec Board Of Trade now pending IN
H. Supreme Court ogaInst t'at gentleman, c
lteytnE tat his admission might prcI1lce their
side iit the issue. 1hc above Information wins
not vouchsafed By any Of tile Directors, nor By
thc Secretary, VINO mat'o d secret Of tic bust-
II fNtt t}&tP arr,ti all 81.
sniNc, and the numbers vi the Boarti OF Trade
will all be posted rs 10 the doings Of their IL.
ecttiyc board y ttie SANG as il1cy wcso last week,
that was dono By those Directors that prefer tl,n
stnr.chambrr tno.!c Of transactine the business
OF the Board Of Trade, nn letting the tlunlbrrs
na ansrc,n!l out ~. whnt thy h4se donc y
the alleged reasons wl.y Mr. Prntt was mt nj.
mltted were a''opted: Several Of the Directors
who were IN favos Of Mr. pratt's a,lmtsslun 10
thu board were not present, otherwise tllc re-
suit might hare been different. It was Incl
s1cntnltY ascertained TINT Mr. Prntt Ind no
Otter ttaan legitimate rnrposg In his desire to
bec1mc 81 member % Of tl'r board, md that ho
inward donss Of that great speculative body bY
becoming member tim llo could By re,ratn-
ins outside. lsus be tsas been tabuocd by u bare
Ma1orlty Of tloHo DIRECTORS who wero present
at the meeting Yesterday. md has thus been d.
llscu privilege tlat any good citizen is entitled
to.
TIE yEssEL-owNHKs,
Fourteen awalrss If Vessels In the grasn-caryy-
1nT trade held Mcctlns yeetenlaY Afternoon liz
tic c0ntn!ttee-rtJnHl 0l tue BUurtl Of TrdJe for
the purpose Of endcaynrillg to unite upou sotnu
p)an whereby they can make floating property
pay-a consunl1'iatton thas they destru very
mi!e! and which several vcarly meetings hive
don't Of tls Chicago Fcescl.{)w,lcrs' Assorlatton.
I'LL obsolete organization with simply llut,1u