, 1879-07-23

burr, Manchester. Enelnnl, arc among the
guests Of thc Pacific.
r. ". 1nrclav. of Cairo, and J. T. Nash, Of
Ottawn. Past Grand Commanders Knights
Tetnplnr Of Illinois, are at thr Gardner.
Clerk Brennan, In tho office Of the 6uperln.
tcndcnt Of Puatca, has awalttnG an owner gold
wntcl! and chan which, ho found In OF about
cftg-Hall yesterday afternoon
Ono Of the Amazontan beauties emr1oFcd to
adorN bumbUst living near tile new Govern
ment pier foil into the 6ast1t Yesterday, md
difficulty.
Gun. Garfield. OF Ol,ln. a,sd Senator Zach
ChartIlcr. Of Michigan. nasscl through the city
yesterday On lhrIr way to the atnltson Cony eli
lion, stopping onlS 'opg enough to breakfast at
tic Tacihc.
Ex-Deputy Superintendent Dixon leavcs next
neck for Colo ado, where to will visit bis eldest
Fon, who ID In business there. and also look
after so11ao mining transactions In which he IL
Interested.
Businessmen 10 the vicinity Of Jackson and
Dearborn streets complain that the American
EXPRESS Connany is dumping ashes and refuse
complaint With the Health Commissioner.
Mathew Herman, laborer living at No. 294
Church street, mud employed in Bastholomar i;
Lcieht's brewery, whtie nsccndsng q ladder MDu-
lay afternoon. accidentally fell, and had hts left
leg broken above the knrc. He was taken to the
ftIE4Iau 01fplkul tGt1LtQEQLs
Justice John w., W'ilron, Of the North Side, Is
lying very sick ut Ills home. State n,Gl Chestnut
streets. Justice Wilson Is nensly Is yeurs Ut
nHe. and his condition was such as to Justify bis
friends In feeling vcry anxious arar his hcalth,
Tie was feeling better yesterday eyenlng.
Mrs. Elizabeth X. Wrt. q lady who has been
prominently identified With tho temperance
movement iu this city. is DIVING ut her residence,
B57 West Washington street. She ilas been con-
lined TO bed Tor so,ne six months by painful
disease, aud the doctors say she cannot live over
forty-eight hours
A party Of Iowa officials. including Judge
Harcs, Of Clinton; Deputy tf-united-States-AEar-
shal GcorEe. Heberl1ng md Assistaut.1llstrtct-
Attorney .lohn 1allou, Of Dubuque; anL q. G.
johnson, Of Maquoketa, arc In tho city for
weeks s!eht-seeinc under the pilotaeo Of the
Government officials here.
At 7 o'clock last eycnIng Annie PhoIan, n
mouths Of age, while In her siatcr's arns
playing on a lray In front Of their fa,hrr's resi-
Ience, Mo. 20 Waller street, accidentally fell
against tile projecting edge Of one ot tile whee1s
and received severe cut on the Eaca. 4 doctor
put tea stitches In the wound, and pronounced
1t not fatal.
Potter Schurb, 70 years Of age. living at No. IS
Canalport avenue. while attempting to board
an outgoing jretght.traln on the burlington &
Quincy Railroad. nrar 1ntslana avenuc. fell be-
meath thc whecle and had hls ankle badly crush-
cd. He wps taken to st, Luke's Hospital, and
the PHYSICIANS In attendance upon him there
thought amuutatton would be necessary.
ATS o'clock yesterday morning Lieut.. Max
Kiplev aud eight patrolmen proceeded to tile
houee NO. VI Fourteenth street. which was re-
sent'S condemned Is standing In the wav of city
improvements The btfusture Wns two.story
frame, the first floor Of which was partially fur.
1'isued. and tue secotl floor was occupied by q
won1Rn with three children. Tile furniture was
removed to a vacant house opposite.
The Philharmonic Society held meeting at
tn 'e THAR. A long liscasson regarding tic
election Of A Conductor resulted In chuo.lnK Mr.
y. c. Pratt TO fill tint position. Various NJ
ran2en'cnts we're albo tnkcu over, by which it
Is pFoposcd 70 nssoc[atu men Of prumtacprc,
uni, nbovo oil, OF money, with the practical
management OF the Snclety. The meetin. nd
}ourned fur ono week ut the same place a,ul
time.
a meeting Of the Directors OF the Washing
tontan llorne WIS held last evening at tiin
ton Warren, q prominent Director, no business
was transacted except tue appointment OF
con'mitiee, eonsls!ins Of D. wilkins, G. j. Hull,
G.: 9; d. Aayma.' u. g. ,Morey, a'nd ". Il. Bate
dspartcd assoclate. The Directors md I.adies'
Committee afl'f officers Of thr Homo are IT,
qaestE. t. meet at ''4e residence Ut the dcccas-
%, 7iq West Vau Buren, street, at 19 o'clock to-
uay. llle fnneral services will bc held In the
chapel OF the ilone ut ! o'c!ock u. III.
4 good story 10 told oi wcI.known ward
politician who las been ncting In shc cnpactty OF
tinckcaper St tile new Government building,
q prcseutauon was gotten up tn The usuM wav:
$N-and considerable Of blow o.tii, Il ths eva; way
Of speeches cnsued, tho wart politician pt,ckri-
Ing tue "tisne o daY." at,l making Tic neces.
sary acknowledgements. The par.lay Of lie
cama around alter ,i,o ip prcscniatiol!; ua1'u'"s
and some oil'c,ons persuu. levied On tir Wages
Ut each q them for small sutu to square ihe
cost OF the match. 1l!c laborers did not like il,
End ~ some one sent word to the Department al
Washh'ston, and an emphatic order was rpturu-
ed requlrlng the noney thus taken to be rc-
1unded. The sum was mao up In some other
cut of.
.ss, The sais M Of M The Perkins llorury, which va.
advertised 70 thke plaza ttttlas III tlu basement
Of Jansen. sIcCurg 4 Cu.'s store, By the Re-
ceiyer Of thu Third National N4tk, WHO hol,is
~, nmortssEo On ths bcoks, d!a ne. lake PLACE
~ ~ one s' wy found who would offer $1,000 for
the valuable collection, aud the books arc then
odered slugly, on condition that The sales should
not " binding ullcss the sum rntai Of the bids
exceeded s!2oo, but still no bidders were heard
hes ess,y.s .s'' III Vii sn p0stuSnsd aad 'e
fur an order to sell at private sale. 1t IS Soma.
what strange the books did not ind even bid.
usE, u there we're some quite drsirabls vol
volumes on burns, 2oo or 3so wosks ' o. var. ar
Mont. snftnkI1nE Of tle old draMatsts, noarjy
a:!ozen edlt1ona of sfolbcln's Dune of Deati,
With tic od illustrations, aud, at course, ths
usual proportion Of works (which no Ccntjs-
mau's library should be wltAout,n-excspt
Charles Lambs.
:, Aprtya!e letter from Dr.. George 81, Chamber
lln; une Of the four chcago physicians nov
risttnK Europe, ssatet that tl,ty have yislted iii
the cities OF note Ia Ireland Scotland.
atd Engtand. and Ill historic pon.s
1hei hare also visited alt the principal colleges
aIat hospltus In ulese countries. Gu the Fourth
OF July they all =tteuued meeting OF Anlcri-
cans At tho American Exchange, at nhtth tbrr
met about 500 ef u,eir coantrsmeu. Arrange
1'cnts were made for \ Fourth VI july demon
:traion. but the doctors left tlla yau,a HyculMg
tof rotterdam, In which city they took bseal.
iast tl4e nS1t morning. They vlsiisu Amster-
aaia and btus.els..-ffom tue latter c,ty thu let
tef u dated. Or. De Laski Miller, under whose
direction the tour Il nude, has beeu over tiIe
ground before, and IL therefore fully cuu,p ,petent
~ arrange programme which will take tn tile
most tAportant poaut4 In the stost SPACE Of
t!4ne wb'ch llIx doctors have allowed uetpeelye1.
lie has been sblo to make every day count. Jul