, 1879-03-23
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

The Hon. John Warren, Mayor ol 1eot'~' ~A''
Is guest Of the Pacific
Tho Hon. F. ". Durant, Saltwater, Ainn''
among the guests Of the Sherman
Mrs. Gen. A. s. Williams and party ol oe~
trot, are soiourning at the fremont
The Hon. John Evans, ex-Goyernoro OIL LOW
r,do. is one Of the guests OF the faclae'
c., e-n;,h Russell and the other members o1
+,e Berrer Family" troupe are at tho l1e-
mont ,u
William Bond General Manager OF Inc A's-
E-nsas & Texas Railroad, is stopping at
the Pacific.
The Hon. Il. c. Burchard, Freeport' ILL.,, VINO
49,. rcccn,1r appointed as Director OF the
1-a;.<a santos Mint, passed through the city
e,.rrr1ay on his war ho me from Washington
-.;.,,7 NcLareu requests the presence OF the
c,1rv anu laiIy of the city anu sicln'ts ~ ~
t:1,ce Church on Tuesday evening, Ma1ch -.
at : u-clock, for memorial sef'4ee - No'0 ~
tie late DR.. De koveu.
Thu ,cmneraturc Yesterday, as observed Of
ns,assc nnt;cian, IS Madison street E1BuSE
I,nl;n:l. was at s 4. M. IS degrees; ~ q. H.
=: r m, 90: ) p. m., 81; p m: 81. oafo"'-
etcr at q m, 9.37; p m.' 39.oo'
Tt,c Hon. Il. A. II. Tabor, Lieutenant-Gov-
crnor o: Colorado and one o. s e,axie Whel
- r.nu1cd TO be paying such enormous ol'1-
dends is registered al the Palmer.
The PIasterers' Union held secret meeting
1.st night at Maskell Hall, at which it was de-
cilcd 10 strike for higher wages. Inc 1oaeai-
T:cr,, Union also met in secret, ana resol'eo ~
ro in with the plastcrers on lhe s1f1ke-
The Honore Block is rapidly filling up asain'
The military headquarters are conpsctcly oce4-
MED Isha,n & Lincoln are about all !no'eu;
n,i ,he off,ces of the Chicago d Alton Railroad
nre nearly finished. Work on the upper stofaes
sud roof will begin soon.
Mrs Amalie ]. Datheway read before large
audience at the Philosophlcl sos'css 49, an
in. an essay on 'sSchopenhauer-" ene gave an
interesting sketch OF the nisanthrop.c SAT-,
showing an evident acquaintance "1tn oesn'ao
literature and PHILOSOPHY.
Tho revival meetings on the North Side, nn,
der the direction OF Messrs' fen1ec1st ano
ss.nt;ns hare the first week, been tuN OF ~
1r-rst- and have outgrown the capacity q 'ne
hr;Id;ng in Which theT have been held Here-
after these meetings will be held at Moods,S IS
Church instead OF tee u,aeg s.' senu leased
The pastors ui LIE NoA@o 940~ es s
with tho outlook
1a,o IN the evening of the 18th colored man
nouei Senior Watson, from Streator, in TINS
State. while passing from Richard Gordons
house. Third ay:nne, ,o r between re,,e ro,H I fe1
1hrnurh a hole in the sidewalk in front OF No.
7th) Third avenue, aud was severely injured IN
1ernally He vas taken home, and is no" unoe1
medical treatment
Postmaster Palmer and his assistants were
engaged Yesterday IN looSnS osen me par1 f t,,c U
r1rnosc OF locating the various departments III
The temporary quarters. making space !or cases,
desks, etc. Nothing definite was decided upon
Yesterday The arrangement VIII III Genefai
t.onform with the plans already described IN
The TRIBUNE, although some OIL tne oetans
may be changed.
At9:3o Yesterday morning, August John. 1o
GEARS Of age, in the employ OF Frank tle1o q
Co., bakers, at No. 10s West Nashnlston stEec1' re
while ascending in the elevator from the base
1ucnt to the main floor, carelcssly allowed nus
foot to projcc, over the edge OF the platform,
and had it badly crushed. De was taken to ms
homo, No 212 West Twelfth street, where Dr.
Powell auputated the foot from the instcp to
the heel His injuries are not considered
dangerous.
Twas stated in Washington telegram the
other daY that Congressman Barber had olaWt
4 moor scat. That, however, appears 10 na.e
been a mistake, for that gentleman. IN private
letter received yesterday, saws that ne was !ol
once in lis life fortunate in a lottery, having
hccu -cry successful in drawing seat. Hl
name came out early aud he got very &c
sirable place in the central part Of tue Kepun '
lisan side OF the House,-the pest seat OIL an'
member Of the Illinois delegation.
The West Chicago Medical Society has passe.
8 a7csclution urging the State Board Of Hea1t
to have the law relating to the coliecuoh o
returns OF births and deaths shall be paid
teuts for each one 60 returned and recorded
This. it is stated. is the practice in New Hamp
shire and Connecticut 1t is also ufseo lnat
is unjust to physicians to make them use fhel
own stationery, postage, and time 1or LII
benefit Of the State without com mpensation.
The new quarters for the stOf1lce are raj
idly approaching completion. Gen. McDowe
has been yerv busy since he first received order
to lit the building up. He has worked Two game
Of men day and night since. Yesterday he di
charged eighty Of the men, having nothing te
them TO do. The concretc fooEings on all OF I'll
rooms were completed last night, Inc carpel !
ters will 90 to work Monday, and it will not /
long before everything will be in complete shap
1t is safe to say that by week after next tos
master Palmer can remove bis department
the new Custom House. The men VINO wei
discharged we're taken over to the Custom
House and paid OIL
4 vicious horse attached to buggy contai!
ing Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Rawlins, OF No. 10
Wabash avenue, ran away Yesterday aitetnoe
at 1 O'Clock near the corner of Madison III
Dearborn streets Both ladies were throw
out, and one was dragged some sixty feet alor
the middle OF the street in the slush and d1i
but fortunately enough neither receive
any injuries worth mentioning The bug:
was smashed to atoms, which is. howeVe
no great loss, as it was Of the poorest and mo
ttmsv construction. The horse was captured
the corner Of Lasalle and Madison streets, III
was sent to its owner. T. Ganney, keeper OF
livery near the corner OF Ihirty-hrst street n
Wabash avenue
Mt Frank Pullman, younger brother OF
B. aud George NJ. Pullman, Of this city, died
his residence in New York March q, at u5
ceased was we'll known in this city, bayi
hecn teller in the Third Satior
Bank here some years ago, and he had ma
friends. He WIS an cner9e.lc, capaole you
map, and his short career demonstrated
ability He filled the position ot Asslsts
Tinted States sDis1rict-At:oruey i'll New York