, 1880-02-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

Commencement exercises of Rush Medical
College will be held at the Third Presbyte-
rian Church Tuesday. The invitations fur
nished by Dunwell l. Ford, 50 Madison, excel
any similar cards ever executed i'll Chicago.
An Englishman, who is boarding, says he
can stand Ash Wednesday once IN While,
but lash Monday, every week, is too lard.
There il nothing like it. The kimball
piano acknowledges no competition, and over
5000 families now using the kimball piano
unite in praising its many superior qualities.
4 foreign gentleman said to an employe Of
one of our railroads, ''What is the next train
to so-and-so?''. "No. 4; but she is late, be-
cause No. Is, which is just behind II, IS not
going out before II backs behind &; then 20
will go out before your train gets in, to let II
come up on the track where 1s.' Ihe Tor
eigner got left.
A Bostonian smash-up. The immense es-
tablishment Of Spaldng,. Wales T. Co; has
ton: Of this stock is being sold by Sea, of
State street, at i fearful slaughter.
They are having a warm time just now in
Kansas Sunday-schools, and the question ur-
der discussion is whether the boy who has
fairly won the prize Bible BY Learning S'S67
track for putting furniture tacks and Q wad
of shoemaker's wax in the Superintendent's
chair.
The excellentqualities Of the favorite Bauer
pianos have gained for them such wide
reputation that shipments are constantly go
ner Of the United States, but to every part OF
the world.
A tramp found woman alone in a Yer
mont farmhouse, and threatened to Kill her
it she did not give him five cents Well,
here s she sad Showing gnd the go Seln
it into the barrel of shotgun. The fellow
did not wait to take It, :
The largest variety of Homeopathic med
ical books can be found at B0erlcke d Iafeps
pharmacy, IS Clark street
4 young lady went from Chicago to Rome
to marry an Italian Count with whom she
four children raised so many objections that
the marriage didn't take place.
The rush at Smiths, 1s3 Dearborn, never
lets up. Yesterday the number Of purchas-
ers for the March monthlies-Harper's
Scrtbner's, and Atiuntic-Was so great that
thieves we're enabled to steal $50 worth Of
books without detection
When young fellow has his Office con-
nected with his girls home By telephone, it
is mean rival who will steal into the young
mans office and put onion juice on the i'll
Strument. II
Why suffer from colds or catarrh when the
Compound Cubeb Cigarets prepared BY Gale
g. Bloch are such all efficient remedy?
4 wood-stove is not made Of wood. Nor a
coal-stoye made OF coal. And snow-pIoW
is not made Of snow. Neither is sponge
cake made Of sponges.
Dir. J. S. Bast, the art-furniture man, was
delighted on returning from his Southern
trip last week to find business booming.
i beautiful girl uptown received fra
grant bouquet from one of her admirers.
"How loyelyw exclaimed the ecstatic fair
one; sit fumigates the entire domicile."
There will be opened on Tuesday, Feb. q,
Grain Exchange exclusively for ladies at
Room 20 Metropolitan Block, corner La Sale
and Randolph streets.
The colored man will travel on his shape
after this. 4 Frenchman has discovered that
the famous Apollo Belyidere statue was pat
termed after 4 nhHro model