, 1879-03-11

also to Keep froe from actual intermenss, and
niant With EcdCc-trcca atrip Of land
dfty wide. wide aiong tho west ll'ie Of Stella
street. a similar engagement IL lnhdo
n case q the purchase OF what Is known as the
"Sul1cr Tract" on the north. A petition signed
by large number of psoperty-ho1dere md 1til,
crs interested waB presented to the board Ok
matter to the voters At TIC next annual election
OF town officers, N(ceers. 8. H. Chase, j. y. Wal
ler,anl g. II. Kerfoot constitute the Committee.
aud recommend the proposed exte1lsson 70 inc
the public, although they refrain from making
any argument In regard to tho aovlsaoN'ty oa
accepting tho proposition.
MATTHEW oHArr.
Thu Merchants Exchange, an organization Of
wholesale rrocers Of this city, held q. meeting
Exchange, No. a Wabash avenue, for the pur-
pt,se Of pushing appropriate resolutions to tho
memory Of the late Matthew Graf. an old and
rcsnccted member Of the Exchange.
A. I. 2praEuo called tic meeting to order
nnl stated the purposc for which they had come
kfessrs. P. II. Willard, Henry sayrcs. anil
William NJ. lio7t wero appointed committee
IL @ ats @ %e1o osy iepGGtS ope e'
WHEREAS. Mr. Graf! whs m old resident 1T this
city. and had bean engaged In Wholesale businces
hero nearly a qnhster1 1f century, during all Of
which time he enJoYed In Nn eminent dcErce the
confidence OF all with uholn ho had business re1a.
III ,Ss s;s ss5s sss
Of ons cattu1ahle cttlxens; therefore.
Resotrtd Tint II y but a Just tribute 70 the
lts removal from our midst we mourn for ono who
was in escry way worthy OF our respect and rc'
iii Rt.oioed. That va sincerely eondole with the
fnmiY Ut the deceased on the d!tpensatlon with
which It has pleased Divinb' Providence 10 a!!lct
hsm a1 hoM 70, 70 @
Establishments are tneant In morey.
4 cuttous ACCIDENT,
by which several persons nearly lost their lives,
occurred yesterday afternoon. About half fpast
oo'eloek rotten stone !n Tho sidewalk H. IL front
avenue, just south Of Field, Letter & Co.'s,
cracked and broke, nnd tho whole thing cnvcd
III, leaving n gaplng hole about 20113 feet.
There were two ladies and two boys upon the
p!tatcd into tic basement. The employees
Of tho firm at once hastenea. to Tic
rescue, and the Victims were tnkcn out
uninjured; but the ladies wGrc 50 badly scared
building Is owned by Mrs. Rcbecca Church. q
! sister OF Mr.. s. D. Kimbark, tic hardware NOR.
cllnnt, and was occupied by StudebakeF Bros,
| OF South Botl, Ind, ns their Chicago salcs'
| rooms.
stonc,nasons and othcrs all ngreo thnt The
acctdcnt was caused by defective stonc. which
was cracked In tho first place, and the frost Gu
| tered Into md gradually weakened 1t until Il
fell Of ils own weight. 1t muy bo interest.
| Ing to know TINT tic sidewalk In ques
tion WAS laid by Ed Walker, The
| Court-Ilouse contractor. The walk will be I'm,
mcllately repatrel by TIC Singer & Talcotl
stono Company, who laid the walk adjoining OF
the north. TJlc lamaga Is placed at nbout $500
| A quantity Of wheels, shafts, and other stock
| WAS stored under tho walk. md Is dnmn1et
| about $3.50 worth.
an eyewitness atates that When the wall fel
and the ad!cs sIl down Into the basement, Soy
cral largr pieces Of stone fell utter them. and It
wns miracle that they wcro not crushed by thu
| falling masses.
The nn,ncs OF tho ladies could not be nsccr
| tnined, ~ they were taken home Immediately.