, 1879-02-21
THE CITY.
GENERAL NEWS.

mont.
+. ". uurlbert, Of The Kalamazoo 0aseft, Is
Ut tho Sherman.
Col +, u. atay, ph!ladclphts, Is nmong tho
. Ruests Of the Parifc.
TIC Hon. ". s. Brooko, Joliet, Ill.,. Is regis
tcreu at The Sherman.
u Tic Hon. George s. Foster. 81. Louis, te one
Of the arrivals nt tho fremont.
The Hon. NJ. r. 1it1l. United States Senator
, from Colorado, Is 4t tl.c paeii!c.
The Hon. George Q. Cole, Portland. Me-, Is.
ono Of the gncsts OF t)Ic Palmer.
The Rt..lscv. Joseph DercnEcr, bishop Of
Minnesota, 10 guest Of the Sherman.
", c, Townsend, t3cncrai Passenger Agent Of
the Wahasl, Rattrua.!, Is Mt the talucr.
Bishop O'Conror, nf Omaha, nln' Bishop Hen
ncsy, of Dubuque, arc among ihe guests OF the
Palmer.
J,w. Carcy, General Ticket Agent Of tho
Lake Shoru Il A1trh,eau Southern lsailroad is
snjournai'g at the Sherman.
senator Farley, OF California, passed through
thc city ytstert!ay on Ills way to Washington,
registering at the Palmer
j. c. Richards writes to The Tn1nuNg that
the Indictment found against hin, the day be-
fore yesterday Ia 1.-THE same old thing rchasllcd
over, and nota new CASE"
Tho temperature Yesterday. as observed by
Mnnnssc. opttctan, 88 Madison street fInlnusR
Buildillg) was MS follows: : n. m, 1a ab0ye
zero; ID n, n,,, 10; II tn., 20; D. nj, 70; =.
asas. g.; t. 0'''''''''' III o d. '''' -''''' ''
The lease Of the Singer Building wns placed
on record yesterday morning. tho rnrttcB being
Edward Clark Of New York; , rrcsisnt asna. y ne
It Is dated Feb II, md runs to the first day OF
NAV, 1881, the rent being $4,000 per annum,
together With all taxes md assessments
The German members Of the Dsickiaycrs'
Union met at No. 81 Lake street las. evening,
and, after the transaction Of some routine busi
ness, agreed that on and a!tcr April ! they
would demand s2,5o per day for work: There is
no longer any trouble among the brfcklaycrs OF
tho city. oil being at work, AMI getting 50 per
day.
=. Mr.. Samuel r. Skinner, ono Of the most
popular hotel men In the country, and who wns
for many years connected with ',hc prominent
hotels Of Chicago, n, for the past SIX years las
tlilcd thc nositlon Of sas''icS At ts r., fam9us ,
from, tho Eeuiont Hotel, Fernandina, Fla.
about tlo 1st ot March to accept the pDs!iion Of
cashier Of the fremont House.. IN thia city,
under the administration Of Col. John a. Rice.
The managers Of the art schuol Of tho Acal.
cmy Of Design arc arranging separtment Of
instruction in decorative design, intending to
open class A1arch | for q course Of three
months. sif. Frcnch's lectures tt,'s evening
aud Friday OF next week arc intended to pro-
devoted to showing the relation between tho
Academic nrt traditional In the Academy MID
the Industrial art 4 Is proposed to Introduce:
: The lectures arc nihltc frru to subscr!hrrs and
1 studcnts, md will be Illustrated with crnyon
sketches, cnHravings, and hthcr Objects Of art.
wAs1tA0ros's utR7nuAr.
The Fost-Olfre nnd postal stations Will close
on Saturday. the e:al tWaahii,eton's Rrt'ndny)t
ind evening malls Will closc at 10 a. IN. Two
deliveries and ono collection wall b. na'le In The
business portion Of central Office district, md
one delivery AMI one collection outside. The
money order division anu Cashtcr's ui!icc Will
bo cluscd the entiru day.
The Boatd Of Trade md tho banks wilt also
be closed. ......
MILITARY MA.QuEEADtNa.
Company Of the First Regiment showed
Its enterprise AMI during last evening by giving
nt the nrnosy noyel mud amusing entertain.
.nent In the form Of IL bal tnasquc. T.lerc was
very large attendance of participants n',l
of tic best society 81 tic City, ind no end ol
military noiahles IN high standing. Tllc irsl
pprt Of the programme wns ns loliows, afford
Ing fund 0f amusement:
Annual parade ot, mumrcs. cennrinna, ren
gurus. and horncsi ynif -~A rca1ly alive and prnn
'rcA 10 '!!ppenr IN a tle patarhcrna!ia of mnhcsr
Sa sn 9e ?eS,s 'n* osas ta SSvsai ; @
ID, rtrry, With Ills fntn0ua Sum'tiGn drum -carprc
tiug and MarpR, lin inc Grand cn'niyul II Eiu
Ccnhes tlnh.l: Fuinnlctnntan pentautH on ihGl
wnv 10 lie :,,atc Fas nt katamaxoo; group nf T'y
f"ean nakoeaeFb .5, estnssE tmo river at on"na
,I hs u, i,rmynt n H., 81 H. a. ,1. an
ants o. sosrn 1erzcsoy,na: TMrxish T. tnJ say Ss'a
uojerod; Nublan native with a framed uslrIct
em!pranis ony.nt. secunt- -hnnd clothes nj Coprn
hnHci,; 4 y,lfnse beauty IF uceancH: Montenegro
hunters stampuang tho gopher; women OF STAIN
houl busk!us bsooni'cor
During this portion of the exercises I'll,
"Zeiberkah came out upon dress pns:lc
There were four COMPANIES; each having fou
men and q Capta!n, arravcsl IN all tho concolr
nblo costumes thu! imagination could Invent
Dfum-Mal95, eI,lye'!sa thc occasson by beatn'