, 1879-01-26

Gregorian calendar, and subsequently said that
it was pitiablc TO see an old man with one TOOL
in the grave making buffcon OF himself.
A regular meeting OF the County Board Of
sioncr Lewis in the chair. There we're also
present Messrs. Thompson, Ebcrhart, Sennc,
anu Lane On motion of Commissioner lnomp-
son, the appointment OF ". c. Dodge as ASSIST
ant in the natural science aud training deparl-
ment, at S75 per mouth, was confirsned: inc
pay-roll for January, amounting to 81 ,o3u, Was
read and approved, aud the Board ADJOURNED 'o'
one month.
Yesterday afternoon, at the close Of court,
Judge Blodgett announced that he #ouio la'G
no call Of his calendar until further notice, aha
that the jury would be discharged until notlneo
to meet agaiu. This acton was tahen p,n,tnr ~
count of the expected arrival OF Tue tloe.oa
Knott Committee on their inVest1gat1on, anu
the Judge thought it proper not to hoio Gou.t
while the Committee was sitting mere. ~ - -
understood that he will not even be IN court ~
hear motions, though he will probably Gonsent
tn make sny necessary orders. Mr. Bishop. as
,1s,,ai. viii attend to The routine work and mo-
tions Of COURSE
The application for an injunction TO rest,an ,,a1r
Tannan alclzil1op e. Co. from issuing tneit
January Book Of Ratings was withdrawn 91
Saturday by complainant before ncai1ns souio ~
he obtained in court As tic allegations IN tne
conniaint we're not very 1attering to tue puo-
fishers of the Book Of Ratings, the oach1nS
out of complainant has queer look TO II. u
is generally understood bv business men III LUIS
CITY that complainant, who halls from New Jet-
sey. is the attorney Tor = rival agency. anu tnat
the whole thing is a "put-up Job " to 1nlure 1he
business and reputation OF Tappan, Mchlllop
e. Co. Such conduct is not honorable coupe l
tltiou, and must rebound TO the Damage u tae
perpetrators OF the outrage
The first annual exhibit Of the Western ioul-
try Club, which has been held & a. % Tha hsnlFg ~
cc11tiyes Committee Of the Association viii con
yene this week, and determine upon when Inc
1.yt fair will be held. The prizes will be paid as
suou IS the returns aof the Judges arc all IN.
During the past three days the attendance mas
been very large, and the success OF the venture
in pecuniary. point Of vie" assured. As an :,
exhiiition OF the superior quality Of "stock ="
bred in the West, the fair has been an unprece-
dented success, tie judges in many instances :i;S
be returned TO exhibitors tomorrow, and the
affairs be finally wound up.
s.Old Pap'' Seaman, familiar face about
town for several years past, died at the County
Hospital on Friday. He was in his better Gays
an actor and Stage MANAGER, and vas man
much respected in the profession. Misfortune
overlook him, and the old man has been living
in penury for some time. Not long ago, it Will
be remembered, he acquired temporary no
toricty in connection with q matter in which the
actor James O'Neill figured, whose baby tic
old man had taken to his heart for the slre's
sake, the sire having been long d persona!
friend OF the rising Young actor. Old rap :"
was recently seen around some OF his iam'liar
baunts, but the fell sergeant finally came with
the death warrant, and the old man vas prooa-
bly pleased to 60. A subscription wss taken up
Yesterday among the professional people 10 de-
frar the expenses OF his funeral.
The Executive Committee Of the charitable
institutions proposing to give Carnival OF
Authors ~ held an adjourned meeting yesterday
morning in the club-room OF the Sherman
hoose. After some general discussion OF the
nerds Of the work, Mrs. E. G: Clark read let
ter from Mr. Frank Pease, OF Buffalo, the or1g'-
nator Of this style OF entertainment, making
several proposals for conducting the Carnival:
He is to be in this city about the middle OF
February, and the ladies will meet bin at that
time for consultation. The Secretary was ,e. ~
would meet him at that time, and the meeting
was accordingly adjourned until then. after
appointing Mcsdan,es Clark, Tooker, Goudy,
and Cotton as committee to correspond With
Mr: Pease on the subject. me tine ara piaca
of holding the next meeting will be announced
hereafter.
A beautiful Chicago girl went out to visit her
grandparents at Garden Prairie last week, and
the old people gave a little party to celebrate
the occasion. The young lady dressed herself
small l,,:e Of black under each eye to give her
self the appearance much coveted among FASH
-
iocaole people o1 haslnS M ruu as.aGs1 !a.ap-
post or been WALKING .. tuo CONSECUTIVE quat
miles in 2 1u0 consecutive quartef-nouss. WEN
she went down STAIRS 70 inc pa1aor, luz oiu !au5
scrntlnlzcd ner closely tn1ouTn nci
and then sad, plty!n!y, tooI tnlus, 1I, .e1, poo,
thing, and no wonder either, with all the trash
she eats but IL" boxes o. tneni tte st sss, ~ =
fuge !ozenges I'll cure ner, II sue nas s1I : lue
symptoms bad as any one 1 ever SEC III al nlS
old life."
Tie regular monthly meeting OF the Hotel,
Keepers Association OF Chicago was announced
to take place at 8 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon,
in the editorial rooms of the National Hote4 Re-
! porter, on Washington street,, but, as there
lacked two OF being q quorum, those assembled
adjourned at about O'clock without transact
ing any business Of formal nature. The prln-
cipal matters to receive attention at tn1s
meetine YVES the apgonas o. +i,r1ug,
Visl. spIl"sneao, a,.u 70 hotnj ,aT
tue - :. 90 ~. ~ ho,o1 naan ~
wnlcG nas oeen , uia"n up ~ tH n4t tamsev.s
tnis Guy WILL s'e" ~ -. 49,. s+atn fro,n
auo ~ A1tcI x.YS.aaea1- - III. H1a+t.snn
qeao-oe;l.s; =. ~ J. ~ - ~ th;s Tomn,;tfoo
nouse' 1ae s1;na oTm ~ ~ ~, Flor;Ia: conse
out ~ "aa oolIEeu e9 ~ .i.o+ r..ro+. M;1coT ~
auen.Iy IT. - al a..a T. e. eao+t ~ ,ba Hotef r..
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poTse. suali 80 w. ~ ~ t';1I '1'
tAer li1e interests u ~" pn''
A rather amusing repcOutre took place last