, 1880-04-25

resisted, and the officer was aided by Office,
Costello and La Bounty. On orb the VA way to sn To
stand By shot fred b Oficer Costello whic
did not hit him. Connors is serving out =
THE Cook County Board OF Education held
= kandolp6 ss street I T5e1e ~ere W present !:
Thompson. President, 4: g. Lane Secretary
John r Eberhart, J. n W Sherman, aaa ~ e1,;S I;
made report recommending slight mod
ifcatton Of last years couree, which Ta
accepted, The Committee on Printing Yer
instructed to obtain further bids on tho printin!
Of the catalog and to award tho same to M
the lowest bidder. Leave OF absence W.
granted to Miss Curtis for the month OF Iune
schools OF the East The standing OF candfdate
for graduation under the recent e1amlnauol
vas referred to the C9mntses on naii
the payroll OF s1o65 the Board adjourned.
4 SECRET meeting of the brewers OF Chicase
and the Northwest WAS held at the Grand tacl1lt
Friday the object being to discuss the Price 90 o.
TIE neoe1 Rs%n2
Waukegan; Conrad seipp Brewing Company
Downer & Bemis Brewing Company Fortune
+ KsaeT BtsNaR
iha MnIler, Peter t schoenhofen. % Mieksei sieiien
Ludwig Wagner, Philip Best Co.. Valentine
S1 q 5oo Gss
Brewing Company. OF Watortown,. Wis. The
| gathering indulged in an informal talk. the
local being in fnror o. 1ni's IN tSs
absence of some Of the prominent brewers &C
! t1on was deferred. Another meeting is to be
| held. when the question will be finally settled.
Il MYSTERIOUS shooting affair, tho result Of
mischievous malice rather than intent to do
afternoon near the corner Of Madison and Des-
PLANES streets Mr. E. Jones, of No. LIS Madl-
son street, and a. Mendelsohn, Of No. Nerid-
shot, projected either from an aireln
One pellet vent through Mendelsoh9s m ;
breast, and Jones received another IN the back;
A horse belonging to the former received = third
pellet in the left fore leg, and it went deep p
the shots were fired from the third story Of the
St. Denis Hotel across the street, but nothing
could be aseertained accurately. Later 1t was
boarding at the hotel, but he did not intend to
hit any one. He Was not RtTested-
TIE United Armed Work1ngmen's Associations
OF Chicago gave their first annual ball at For.
bodies represented included tho Irish Labor
Guards, Lehr und Wehr Verein, Jaeger Verein,
and Bohemian sharpshooters. The ball WIS not
very largely attended, owing to the severe rain
storm, but there were enough blue-bloueed SOL
diers and their female friends to comfortably fill
the floor and make danctn8 pleasant, The
representing scene from the life of William
Ten.Mthe leap from the boat TO the rock It tho
defense of the Darncadea, "A scene from the
Paris Commune. John McAuliffe made brief
speech. full Of the usual Conlmuntsttc doctrines,
contrary notwithstanding. ETC., ETC. The pro-
gram embraced twenty-four dances, and at
broad daylight it was not exhausted.
TIE second annual report Of the Directors Of
tho annual meeting to be held in May, is very
encouraging document The number of 1nem-
bers at present on the rolls is stated to be 900,
during tho year-those OF Thomas Sim and VI.
Brooks Could The Sl500 invested in per
cent bonds increases the total fund in bonds to
bills due at date have been paid, and
$3.50 The available &C: cash as assets s"aa amount
The success Of the Old Settlers reception given
last May has led the Directors to TX upon tho
third Thursday in each May for repetition Of
liberal c0ntribuHons, and now is on Eubstau-
tal foundation. The Treasurers report gives
the detailed M st Of receipts and
affairs, All of which tend to pronounce the or
ganizad0n a success.
A PARTY OF prominent officials from Toronto,
Canada, who have been Investigating the street,
Among the party; are Pr: James Beatty, 9. C.,
Mayor q Toronto; Az FLEMING, Frees, Denison'
dustEiai Exhibition; ". G.. McWiIlsams, City
Solicitor: Maj. Dra per. Chief Of Police; Col:
Dcntson. Police Magistrate; r. Ardaugh, Chief Of
the Fire Brigade; Assistant Treasurer Cody: City
Commissioner Contsworth; J. H: Vcnable. Chief
Engineer =, of the Water Works: John H. Beatty,
party IS Mr.. A. Pardoc, Of the Toronto G1obe
They will remain In the city until Monday even
ing, ana make a. as careful an examination Of our
come from Detroit, where they made similar
examination. and we're entertained by the De-
n6t oca5 5i5 seoePsd he1e
The party come at their own expense, but will
report on theirimpressions on their return.
nAa'{nz ATGusrrS G. Crow Xears 9f age while
thumb ampntated BY Dr. Mullen. suddenly I,1t ex-
or fhs Tas being
had no effect on the patient, and he |
escorted to the use of chlorofor1n. 4 sponge |
Hr. Groves nose by Edward Cam1nack, living at |
he corner OF Moore and Lincoln streets. He did |
. at the Doctors request and under his in !
the thumb, when he noticed that the |
oatiei1t had stopped breathing: Rcstor.tives
fere ;f Immediately applied but without effect as
Married mnn. and left a wife and one child in |
circumstances at No. 1p3 West Twcn-
yv-second street. While at work run
ling growing saw in the furniture |
actory, the thumb Of Crowe's left hand was
:a9ght in the machinery, and badly crushed,
md it was for this reason that the Doctor was
bout to amputate it. This case, according to
)r. Mullen. appears to be like dozens Of other
ases OF the kind where chloroform has been
lsed. 1t Is known to be dangerous to some con-
tttudons. and it Was only used in this Instance |
1ter ether had failed to produce tho result
CORPSE FOUND IN THE RUINS.
Between and o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Fhfe the gang of men employed in clearing
way tho debris left by the fire which DESTROYED |
be barn OF the Chicago Railway Company on
outh State street were removing the ctarred
Of car from IN everything stratum Of
f-burncd hay, they lifted up something
7hfch. when its shape became more fully re-
called, caused tho Torknen who had bccn rllR-
ing at it to drop it with cry Of horror. Tie
thor workmcn, however, continued to invcsti-
ate the mystery and after some further d.
ris had been removed the body Of man
as disclosed to view, stretched out between |
ome charred timbcrs Out Of respect to the !
enerai belief TINT when a corpse Is found no |
ne is permitted to touch 1t until the Coroner |
ppears. the work1nen left it as they found If. |
nd notified Lieut.. Buckley, of the Twcnty-scc-
nd Street Station. who sent Officer Dunno to |
'ok after the body. The officer on arriving |
lnde an examination Of the body, which proved |
, be apparently that Of young man Of 50 or q |
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