, 1879-02-26
THE CITY.


Tin r,oekior1. Tork island L. st. Louis HAIL
road, Is Mt il,c Ecsn'an.
.Tv-,1ny bc!u, Ash Wednesday, thero Will bo
Tho us,,nl Lcntcn services at the various Epfsco-
pal and Reformed Epistui,ai churches.
. Mr. W, 7, Kcatl, of Now York. 1nnunoor OF
agencies Of the TrntlcNneus Fitc.lnsnrnnce
Co,n,nny, Is lying quito I'll Mt thc Palmer Housc.
About thirty doctors from 'all parts Of the
Northwest, who cano to attend tfe cat1tnsEcc-
nicnt exercises ot tho Hush Aletllcal Goi!cEc'
are registered at tic fremont.
It was stated on the strccts yesterday that
Field n Letter hnd 1,ought The Singer Inlld,nE
for tG500O1 and had paid Catsan, Erie, scott
tE>Co. n bonus for their lease Ok It,
N1r. Eugene sNtiQ says be has not Withdraw
III fnvorof sfichnc1 pctric Or my one clSc. III, !.s
MS rA,u]tt1utu for tic Office of CITY CLERK. lilo
Is In the f,alIlls of Ills trlcilus.
+. d, noysi sold for Mcssrs: swayn, Fsanchc &
.Tohns,on, OF 1}roaklyh. y. X, fof Sl@o9O sasa;
thu southwest corner u Monroo ~ = cgnat ~
a lot S0xs0, with oil tic buildings.
Tho temperature Yesterday. rs observed bY
Mpnassr, optlc!an, 8S Madison street tIntnuSE
Duildiny), was as follows: = q: H., VI above
zero; 10 D. nj, 90; 10 H.. 90; D. H. ";
.. M. Su. Barometer, ut o. fl, 2'I9; p.
M, oo0.oao2.
The Lincoln Park Commissioners hold IN if-
formal mcetlnG yesterl2nv nltrrnoon, CotuFns-
stoners Witlrow ami Winston bcing nbscnt,,
The tlme was spent In discussing thc co9iract
39s feet , o. , H s aa aaf Rou.
Un7c. lne WIZ Ir,Sand Nv P'GI Mi", ~ -
Tho exhibition OF paintings illustrating mcni-
oral)c events of tsll late War continues ut tile
arttlosy q tM ffst heGen,, ns",'cs e''ISa,
oelWeGn aasg w. y. ,xt,r ~ nj ia ,vc,l ,vorIh
coee.'on nsariosian ny Msh tic Istury Of the
nation n,nI;cs It doubly interesting and certainly
Instructive.
The Chicago Society OF Decorative Art held n
rcEllar meeting ycstcrdny at the Palmer House
Aoout forty ladies' were present. Mrs. J: I.
Beamsnou, the President, occupied the chair.
After tue usual opening exercises. several new
mcn.bers wero received, aml the coming Of Mr..
Charles Willis Elliott. ot Boston, who Is Eotng
to deliver series o1 lectures pc1ofo 1nc soe'etS'
WIS nhnouhcea.
"A Committee Of fhe Catholic Colonization
Roclcty mot ut Maslsell rlall lust night, and per-
fcctcd arrangements for thu trip 10 be takeil by
delegation asss , Sd Aa s soesX sers sn' 70 Kansa
of ". j. Muskcli, of tIr 1'esscrn Laud
Ktpier, N. e. Drady, james DcSinc, md Thomas
llhcrn, waa instructed to loca:c 10000 acres Tor
the socfety The gentlemen leave this morn
ing ut 10 o'clock by tic 1.ock Island Railroad.
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hsi Ao I,cctie NJ u ,ha ~ sScrnan
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mamn"nI l,rrcofscr' 7lm mrrtfn, just ntt,ht wns
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1nn,znttnn wss tlcfcrTca uutil tic ucxt tnectinr.
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An item III yesterdays paper slated ihlt AT.
lohn Z. Nuttli,E t!ad pSen nfleateu ttr oFsnracs-
!y ennduct ut tlie nnashlnG-nnuse o. Mrs. lan1e.
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