, 1879-02-04

ia also cs,mli,late for ,ls office Of Cty Atsnrney,
n'n.tc fcss remarks touching national nf1airs
a.,l the past record OF tl'r Republican rnrts
Adjourned 10 the first Monday in stareh unless
oth.rw ordered hy the Executive Committee.
The Library Committee of thr tiatlwaE Read..
inE-Ronm nt the I. H., e. H.. at thr rr'rncr ot
Cnnai a,,d Kinzie strccss,-Mc<srt. +. i. l.tt:ie.
+: G, Strickland, anl 81: H. Snrthwas, of TIC
Kotert Fortyth nnl u. K. Patterson, of the CHI
cago Il Eastern Illinois Railr.md.-has made m
appeal to oil railroatt men nm tls' fitenhs ol the
railroad snen fot contributions to ti' library.
Most Of the daily ntH1 weekly parcra nttl quite q
number of magazines are kept OH file. but vel-
umcs to till the empty bookcakcs are needed.
Any person desiring 10 contribute VIII please 10
notfs any Of the aforementioned ccntlcmens
and the notice will he attended 10 will, pleasure.
gentleman WHO announced that he was
drug clerk called At k'ts otll1c yesterday, nnsl
entered snlen,n md earnest protest aCninst q
ecllrtne which he said was being put in operation
In Ills City. y was this: The Wholesale Drug
agreement wltcl, bound each md every firm In
tic Association tu hire no clerk who had been
employed by any firm IN thr organization Al a
salary "A large as TINT he last received. OF, in
other words. the scheme was one TO reduce the
salaries oi clerks. 4 copy Of tho agreement, the
informant statc1, had been sent from st. Louis
to a wholesale house In this city. and hy that
house had been signed Alid put into circulation
with rather Indifferent succcss.. The ness.lrc
drug-clerk could but enter i decided protest.
The Chicago Club held its annual meeting
yesterday afternoon, anil the following officers
xcrc elected Tor tic ensuing year: pscsIdent.,
\. x. Eattbeak; I'ce;preaklent' =, Sa1shali
Keith; Executive Committee, Marshs'l Field.
W. Scott Keith, J. X. Fisher, II. j. alncfar-
Jones. o. II. Wheeler, Il. II. Wllmarth. Tie
annual reports submitted showed that tl'c
ntimter of active mer,hhrb Ia nnN 20. thlt
eaan On h'lm IN anountea i,''1 70 .ha. I"e
assGth "Gte 10, that nc Eluu nneu ~ ~" =
9ollar ts,at ing snnua prohts ife ~ ~ !. ncsern'
aepassnents t o. tne Gsae m we6e e. rs,,,, So .ai III
Income o. tssio 'acpenaent :" ~ son 9onun' n,'
cues ing initiation zee was111ea az s.oo' a"a
1ac Aaaua4 uue" A. soo. .....
The sales OF stamps mud postal.csrtls for tho
AMOUNTED 10 9f5,5T1, together With 1853 Of
ncwennner and neriodjrat stan,ps att1 stamped
envelopes and wrappers to lie amount Of
Sl0,KW. Tie total sales amounted 10 80. 488.
The carriers delivered 1.1b:.4 4E} mall letters,
Ati.oG) ,nsil nnstnj.cnrIie, 21,5l4 registered
ietters. a1y.uH local letters, 2ll,Y73 local
postal l-car,ls. and newspapers 10 the punl-
bcr Of 5s3H7. They collected 1,7y7,l70
1ettcrs. Ml.0ts rostal cuftta md G5l.83t news
papers. Tic total postage On matter put In tho
oillrc for local delivery was $l0;03 The total
recn!nts al lie mone y.orIcr business were A74t,-
MT, aud Tic dfsburscn,ents s7N,al7. Tho do
npttIc orders issued amount to EGn,p35 and
x5IB,Mg pa!d. The foreign orjcss issrcd foot
IN IS, SEQ. and tie payments show $3.50, 'rfe
fees on ali the orders Issued amounted to s1t5.
A .1n1,,o, .,sct,c,. u., tn he w,,rc..ca m
singaiar spectaele We " oc "ienes7Ga is,t.i On
tno nVel yes.esua5 cspec'a1sJ oe.Tsen F.tn ~
avenue anu etato stiect. ~ sutiAcs .! tI.s
WAFER when onopeentca oy zig ee vas coFercu
crcn a1'' 10 h.wc* ," .n,s III
ctoHn eatneleu on .he pslu6es nllL sno.s h,a
Walchea tne hpeellheus ~ lne AnnJ ttioo 70 tnTt
cane up aIoa t.,e uepns' p1t' e"a.n Anoas !anEnuJ