, 1879-08-10

i pAOApI1ANAC- Lag EaE4f 6LAGk III 3ITanHG
ments together With the presence Of the milita
! n encampnent on the Jake front, promise NJ
| opening week Of unprecedented success.
The Exposition managers are again entitled t.
| the thanks OF the public for their kindness to
ward OUT charitable institutions. Ther har
granted free space to the lady managers Of th'
! Woman'stH Hospital OF the State OF Illinois. 10
| the sale of useful and ornamental handiwor
| for the benefit OF that institution. The ladie
| are DOW busy designing and preparing usefu
| and beautiful articles for their sales-tables
which will be tastefully arranged in the anne,
adjoining the conservatory. The manager
earnestly appeal to every lady and little girl II
| the city to assist them By donating each oDt
articles Of her own work for the aid Of this no
! BILE charity, which is, or ought to be, sublec
OF interest to all women who haye at heart til.
welfare Of their suffering sisters. Donations
Judge Trumbull and Robert T. Lincolu mel
| the contractors for tile Improvement Of the base
of the Douglas Monument yesterday afternoon
| at ]. H.: Van Osdel's office, aud proceeded tc
| open the bids. The lowest was that OF the
Hinsdale-Doyle Granite Company, which, foi
! the first plan, was $5,5s5, and Tor the second
| s3.925 Owing to the absence Of Mr.: ~. ~
| Fuller aud several of the other Commissioners,
! no formal award was made, nor was
there any formal adoption Of either plan:
| Judge Trumbull and Mr.. Lincoln will
| communicate By letter with the absent members
| OF tie Commission, and it is probable that the
| cheaper plan Will be adopted and the contract
I awarded to the HinsdaIe-Doy1e COMPANY as the
| lowest bidder. There will be as little delay as
| possible in the matter, for the reason that the
| Commission desires to seq the work pushed,
| and the monument completed in all its details.
The Executive Committee of the IRISH So
| cietfes having in charge the National demon
| stration to be held at Ogden's Grove, Aug. Is,
| held q session at Burke's Hotel last evening.
| James Gilmore presided, full attendance being
! present It was announced that the Governor
| had issued to the Hibernian Rifles and the Clan
! na-Gael Guards permanent permits to parade
| with arms, and these organizations will accord
| ingly take part in the picnic aud parade Lieut..
| Dyrne and Messrs. Crane and Cnrran were
| appointed to make the necessary police: ar
| a,ider Sullivan were appointed to preside at the
picnic, the former in the morning and tic latter
10 the afternoon Communications were re-
! cciyed from the Rev. George " Pepper: Of
Mount Vernon, u, and John E. Fitzgerald. Of
Boston, promising to be present and address
the gatherings. Mr. II. D. Flayin was selected
to suoerintend the music and dancing. The ap-
pointment Of a Reception Committee was de-
ferred until "Wednesday evening 4 Letter
World urging the organization to take
public notice Of the antl-rent agitation
now il progress in Ireland, and the Coumittee
on Address were instructed to cmbody some
thing on that subject in the address Mr: George
to read it both morning and evening. 1t was
further decided, in order to prevent political
orations, that no one should be allowed to speak
whose name does not appear on the programme.
The meeting then adjourned to wednesday even
lng, at the same place.
ANOTHER OFFICIAL IDIOT
unearthed himself yesterday. He lives at
Cairo. and draws nav from the Quarantine de-
partment. His idiocy developed under the fol-
lowing circumstances: The Washington ice
Company on Thursday shipped from its ice
house at Kensington q carload OF Ice for
Austin. Tex. The car wus marked
mainly on both sides. and was nut on
fast time rs perishable freight Arrived
in Cairo Yesterday morning, The quarantine
authority there demanded an affidavit to show
trict. 10 vain the railroad agent showed the
hill Of )adinr pointed out that the car evidenced
10 its own frigidty its harmless contents, and
finally showed telegram alleging its character
inf1ryihle rau1lin insisted that the ice might be
infecteti that Memphis might have shinped It
North for sinister purposes, and declared that
it. cou1d not ~pass through without an affidavit
by telegraph, but bv mail. The agent at Ken
s;neton accordingly came to this city Yesterday
afternoon. and uas furnished With 3 deposition
by the officers. which, it is calculated, will
reach tic profound Cairoan at about the time
The ice has issoiyed into its orieinal state. The
Washingtou Ice Company IS 10 a. state of mind
hordertng on a lawsuit to compel paymcnt for
the 1oss accr11inr to it hv this niece of official
stnnifitv.
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Aue passsuee' Iie'au. se a. NC :.. uIau4 hac:ns
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lnrce men. a''o n IVY ~. "suUut 1,;'st
ue 1os NY oas .ne A AZ 49, ~ e ;.n"..ss
;n+sa5,'a;-,.- .Tha a1avaror nc ahove e1,tad was
+a;seJ - fba fiftf f1oo- e;rhfr. .five faet fron.
,n. 1rro,,nd IN nail werc dnzen rges and
~ .Gn,har xara somn delicate nr.olosses:t,lied
wiz votor. The rone 1ras lnnsened and the
n,a-a.er TaIi +o tha rrrnnd stonn;nT ryi,hov+
;.;,-r - ~ 1ha nrcnnants 2cora gIassea md
man The device h. which th;s is efTccte5 is
,.orfao+iv a;o,r1a and eonorent1v snrcessfnI II,
e,r;ets - -, ar bnI - rot .t tha hnttnm ~
~ shaft md heiow the f;rst cnfra nre wav one
fno+ n 1en+h ~ The hov is SLOWED for earh ten
feet IN. h{pht of The elevator shaft The roach
~ re e1cvaror. fits closely in this hor.
and wbsn ;t fails. is stonned hv fhe
"o,n-r.sssd onu; or n rhe hox hcinsS The air
he;rr conSne1 IN the hn1 comnresses Int
e,;rbt,r nj et the same time 81 rentir that the
stn1nage aithonrh stmost jnstnntanenus. is nnf
o. I'll ,,nntsasnnt es nav he eecn from tie fact
s1a4 a. +na u+, ~ ~ r-Iaeecs wss nor cniiled No.
~ srae h-ol-an Wills nrenarnu for second
tae+ To- n,an vara st.n1 no m IN of ,he ele-
rotar'coocn whan the cahIts s1inoed. Tie ele
vstor iii hnt- a. before. without accident to
nv one. Ihis was much the best test. as the
~, .ra~a to+ni,v unr-enarei for tt,e fa11 a.
tha +h;ra +e.t ieh. If r1ass in tbe ton of re
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