, 1879-04-23
THE CITY.
GENEnAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Capt. John Bannister, u. 8. A. ts at tho
Palmer.
Col. .. Mcfarland, Of 81. Fanl, IL at tic
Gardner.
Arthur c, Bon.s11. London, is registered At
the Pacific.
The lion. H. Waters. Akron, O., is At Tho
ehcrman.
Tho Hon. u. r. King, Of St. Joe, Mich, is a.
: the Gkroncr.
The Hon. r. c. Weir, Cincinnati, Is registered
1t tho Sherman.
The Hon. .. NJ. Francis, Now York, Is guest
Of tic fremont.
Judge A. ". Ktnba1l. Green Bay, Wis, is
dofntcled at tho Palmer.
Tho Hon. John A. Mathews, W'nona, aiinn.,
is 4 gucnt of the Palmer.
j. N. Merrill, Burlington H.. Auditor Chica'
70, burlington Il Quincy Railroad, Is at the
Gardner.
Charles +. Whitehead. President Of the Des
siot,os & Fort Dodge Ra ilroad, Is q guest OF
tho Pnci1e.
The Hon. E. W. Drodheaa, President Of tho
First Nnt!onal Hank, Milwaukee, is guest Of
the Palmer.
bis mun at work On the assessment about tic
last at the pscscnt week.
II has been DECIDED by The three Chicago As:
eesaurs to Assess all property on tic basis OF
33H per cent OF tho actuHl valt1e.
The deed Of the "Plkc Block" The full par.
ftc1,1ars of tho sale of which have been given In
THE TRIBUNE, was fIcd for record yesterday.
l.. NJ Cole General Passenger Agont, aud
Thomas +. Bnrrr, Western Passenger Agent, Of
tic baltimore Il Ohio 1lai|toat, arc STOPPING at
the Palmer.
P. II. DuVcrnet. for many ycass the Chicago
agent Of The Cunard Line OF ocean steamers,
i,os been promoted to tho Charge Of the Cunard
ot1lco In Boston.
The temperature Yesterday, as observed ~
hfannsac, opttcai1. IS Afadlspn street lIHtBuaE
Bui1ding}, was, at 81. NJ. 81 degrecs; ioa, m,
e; e. y u g. ~ H., as. & r., fs ,: n p 3 IT, N''0
Justice Braytou began his new t'us!os actively
yesterday. Justice Hammer modc "grani
opening" t"!thout 1Mncll md beerl, dcsptto tho
fact that ho really does not know whom no suc'
cceds. The othcr new Justices aro passive.
John ConnelleY living at No. 3ns West
Fifteenth street, WIS thrown from ls buggy Mt
Nhclpck last evening by an accident on Theoon
- hsrcct, near Twenty .sccond. lie received sun'c
internal Injuries an1 q d!socatlon III The elbow.
AT a smal! meeting held last night at the
pointed to walt Oh the Lincoln Park Commits.
eioncrs ana urge them to move IN the matter oi
getting control Of dearborn avenue 50 rs to
make 1t part Of tho park system.
Yesterday forenoon young man named WIN
cocof. @ MsI' sa'oon as NJ M IS claFk % srcst, Witt
careleBsly handling revolver III his ruDEi, acc!
lentaly discharged It.. The bullet entsred tug
1cshy part Of the thigh, causing sovase tlcsl
wound.
John Burke, 2. ycars Of age. lahorcr livlne
nt No. S70 Dearborn strect, last evening full
from tho trout platform Of nalatcd street ca
NOT, Oh its way to tho Stock ;Yards, aud wa
severely, Il not fatally, Injured. NO blame i I
tic car.
4 team Of horscs attached to heavy delivery
WAGON which !'ad been left unfastcned in iron
q! q store on fncksou street, ncar Market. wcr
whistle. At THO corner Of Mar'et u'd MadIso
Btrects they cnlltded with n MaIison.stroct tas
damaging .hu rear platform ~ a slight extent
The runaways wero owned by AID. Arthu
Dixon.
An unfortunate young woman named Mar
Klein, who Is known MS tho "basklnC GIRL,
from peculiar tits WHICH kho Inns at interval
wherein hho barks and acts like pcsson SUITE
Inst cyrnlnE In 1T, ind was takes to the Wei
atcr Avenue Station, and thence to st. Joseph
hospital. The Its generally last from twcut.
four to forty.efgbt hours.
At an early hour yesterday morning tho bod
Of q man was found tn The basement OF I!
northeast corner of Milwaukee nyrnuo MI
Dcsplaincs street, md from papers found upu
, his clothtng II was ascertatncd tlmt ats sanl
children live at No. l03 Ada street. It Is SUI
posed that he while under The Influence
liquor 1cancl upon the ruling, and, losing h
balance, fell oves, and was killed by the eoncu
sion.
Thc Doard Of Commiss,oncra Of Lincoln IA,
held their annual meeting yesterday aitcrnoo
with ali members present except alr. Wathto
who Is out Of town. Tf1e bills Of the year nc
presented and audited, md the report Of u
Treasurer was preeontod. II made the followi!
statements: Credit balnnco on annd April
1873. slo,65s;h5 Il amount received from
cDuuts, l08.41B8i; balanco Gil hand April
1870, ST., $685..
Henry Ahors.. " a1s of age, whiic nlayi,
the Pao-handle Knii1oad aitt Tkir.y-arts strc
drawn BY Engino No. 420 on the atllwa ukee
St. Paul Railroad, ind Was 30 severely inJui
., that he died within m hour. Tho rematns W
taken to shs home Of h!s lnronts on slaplrwo
pluce. hetwaen Thirty-trst street alnl Ill: cat,
}t thu Town Of Lawndalc. The Cosoncr's ],
found verdict Of accidental death.
A Committee OF thu Worth Town hoard. t.
6fstiug Of Justtccs llobInsnn ufMk DeHolf,
a. osa ior IT, nySs NartS n' To%a ' sy ase
take Rooms 10 au,l II In Mccormick Buillt
corner Of North Cnrk nlni Kiuza atrects.
i, there Hereafter the ncadq of thr town
he found. Tho town IL nov payltlg nhnut
aycar for accommodations for tho Assessor !,
Collector. Thu renting al q general town Q!
wfil c,ltatl but email additional expense,
pEoyida fhr n wnit lonE folt.
THO First Ward ''RtsAteht" Republican c
held regular meeting III tIle cluh-rooIn OF
Grand PaeIjlc lat evening" John Hunter In
chair. Considerable r0ut!nu business was
posed Of, Including some unnportant am,
lnents to tha constitution. Tile questions
chango Of naMlo uni Of incorporation were
cusscl without coming tn an issue. II VIVA
cidcd to huyc' thn constitution anil hy.l
printed. Messrs. John LTie King, Eaaton,
Colston were appontrd d Committee 10 rel
amoFe suitable uamo for thu organization,
meeting thcn adjourned for one week.
Attorney Flower, Of tte t+fm Of Tenuey, F
er s. Abercsombu, yesterday sold at public
lion at lho west door IT Ills unltea st
Building sone ot the asacts Of THO dc'unst
man Savings bank+ Fi.ty.teyun shnru. off,
Of ths Staa's 's:Zeift.g Company won't for 81