, 1881-01-23
eee, low sized, stoutly built, dark hair, and
crayish mixed beard

pains Of procuring from Prof. Crookes. of Lon
don, set OF wha' are known as Crookcs aroe5
audience. The tnceting will be hetd II Clao
room No. : Ut the Grand Pacific Hotter, ;ca ana u
cordial invitation is extended to al a 'ng m ineres
in the subject Of molecular movement aou MI"
dred questions.
Mr.. .Joas L. sroppARp will give u EcT1cs OF
six evenings and one matinee lecdnte as ,ocf,.res
Music-H Hall the coming week. Ihese lectueso .s
are nf rare literary merit, anu oner " feo t,,In
tainment in which. as the important ieatafoff y
9 GrSeat
ouent portrayal Is heightened by freqnen1 anu
benutiful Illustrations. believed @ 70 niecs Iy Of
the lectures ; are LA Belle France" Northern
Italy" The Passion Play Of oherammifGfgnh
Gems Of German Travel" "conslane'nop'''
and "Spafn.
consry-C1En.z K1oKKE appeared before the
Grand Jury yesterGu; rs witness IN .nu ~ =,
iorccry cnscs- No indictments were ,t'mue' ". ~ ~
far rs could be asccrtatned ou1 aId ~ % iofnrc rho
inryl and M Investigation will probably bo
made Siaj Kloklse declined to DC ",,s.sr
on the subject s5ey Eaton ures ali tho
csts Nessrs Libby Mcneil Libby The well KNEW n
,,ockcrs mid $484, the baiuuce OF the amount ~
fT.sns ta an personal property Tor tho yeaE 4o4o.
Yesterday the deficit growing out OF me cna1Se m %
made IN thor return. IN ~ tn's eant can W. wnch r.. is
considered a queer coincidence BY @ fhe county
9iiicers Tho buck taxes Of 1878 nnd 1917 aro now
nearly MI paid and tho connaS 91a' eietA BAY
Sir. L. Booth WAS not delinquent IN nls .a1Gs, j.;
as WIS incorrectly stated. The alternuons ~
yeur only, aud as tho taxes nre not de!nqnent IN a
until along in the summer, the word, IN MS case'
was improperly used
TIE Public Librury Board held q semi month
the chnir. Present Atossrs. Walker, Loewcl1thal,
Alien. Rubons, Hotz, and Kadlec. Miss Lucinda
Wisey rendered her resignation, which a was ac
honrht. The Secretary, alr. Poole. submitted
his report, which showed gain OF :; pei GENT III
the circulation OF books the first ha!f OF ,Jea anua
~ as conrurcd with the snule time III lssu. a
motion that the proceedings OF the Board be
hereafter printed was voted down. The Ltora-
rim was directed to preparG statenen. n,"d snoms
with other extensive libraries, and was granted
permission to attend the meeting Of the a. Ameri-
1on On March md 10. The Committee on tho
future location Of the Library submitted n iettcr
addressed to a member o. tne @ senoo. oa, nHAtn -
receive or listen to proposals for the new rooms;
After adjournment the Bnard held private
session. the Chairman ct tho lastnameu IN Io,. III.
mtttce having some Information to impn1rIt, p1I,', re-,
1atinr to the proposed removal to tho building
now known as Hayerly's Theutrc-
ALTHOUGH the Decorative Art Society has
been muny times brought before the pnohc' SUI
there seems great uncertainty even on me part
OF IT'S members as to its real object ana scope.
Thcse ure two-fold: First, to assist those women
desiring but otherwise unable 70 oo.an ~ ~ ~
! disposng Of their work: and, sec3no. 1or Ky Ky
mutual improvement of the members OF tne
for that purpose, and without the limitations and
restrictions which often surround sncn cluos,
ANY lady who may feel inclined 70 oeeo.te ,,he,
member is welcome and fully entitled to wnae na,
ever privileges may bc attached to It, Ihg t, nsst
/; monthly meeting Of the year will be held I1es
day morning at 10 O'clock n the clnoronn1 q
| opportunity for new mem bcrs to commence 9nd
! old ones to renew, their subscriptions, Inc
subject for discussion VII De Hnasen4!r r,I Ias::
| and it Is hoped thur every lady will come pre-.
| pared to contribute somcthtllE in the way OF
Suggestions or IDEAS Any one, also. nmstas
to present them at that meeting Tor tno lNsPge ~.
| lion Of the ladies'. 1t is the intention OF the
Society," also open casSe5 IN a4 n'nl
her Of pupils can be obtained. ANY one, tncte-
fore, wishing to Join either class is rcqoesteo 10
! send name and address to the Society rocms-
| THE SUNDAY sALooS-rRosEcuT1oSs.
! A petition for mandamus WAS filed by H. L.
| Helm. attorney Of the WonAu 5 Temperance
Union against Justice David Walsh, to compel
him to issue warrants for the arrest OF Fink anu
Goethe. The two saloon men WIN are charged
with selling liquor on Sunday. Inc reiat9F se1s
up that he Is an attorney. and tnat tne 3uss'ce -
/ hid refused to issue warrants when asked SO TO
DO IN application was at once made to Judge 1E
| Anthony for an alternative writ out tue Jndge
declined to ErNlL OF 10 11uhE AHJ 0iuGi. utt
aaa e@d tooR ne
CENTRE AVENUE viADucT.
A mass-meeting OF the citizens OF the et Mest
and Centre avenue on last evening, the ooJect
being to have siaduct built on Centre ayenue
the daG
ing was addressed BY ". J. Onahan, =: J.. Ne
Carthy, and Capt. McNamara- Tho following
j WarRrss iCentro avenue is a principal street
| and is needed for that purpose by the pubic;
| WHEREAS, The Chicago. Burlington + Quincy
| and Northwestern Companies have rendcred tue
said avenue useless to the people OF the W cst
BY rsason ct aasng d far aopat
to stand, not to speak OF room for horses anc
WuEI;EAs, Railroad Companies are constantly
enguged in making-up tr,ins at this point, ane
it has become so dangerous that citizens ltv!na
on Centre avenue ure obliged to take other
streets in order to reach their homes; therefore
Rsso1ued, That we call upon the Aldermen o1
the various wards md earnestly urge upon tnen
to make the necessary appropriation 70 oullt
this greatly needed viuduct, to the end that oul
lives may be safe tuld the growing business In
terests Of the city be subserved.
| THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
| Judge Gardner yesterday morning decided tht
ncrcal Hotel Company. H. P. Pulling. and 9th
sonaI property m ~ Of the hotel and enforce the iet
| Of q Sl06O Judgment tn conlplninnuts favor
| The Commercial Hotel Cotupany was organized
| in 1876 under the laws Of Iowa, for the purpos'
of transucting business in Iowa and illinois, II
CAPITAL stock WAS St60, ,000. Of which H. T. Pull
| ing held $159,700, In order to pay for bis sfocl
Pulling turned over to the Company the furnt
| ture, fixtures, and other personal property O.
the old Commercial Hotel, which he hat
been running prior to That time
Sometime subsequently Pulling and Cronkhitc
| another stockhOlder, in payment OF their per
soDal obligations to G. G. Ingruham and 4.
Hale, executed tho paper Of the Comhany to tn
| amount ct over $40.UU0 The Company paid rh
| interest on this paper until October, 1878. wher
| a sale Of the property was made to lngrn han
| under his mortgage, and he WIS put III po sses
| sou in satisfaction Of his clain Dur1ug thi
| tfmo 4 number OF othor bills were contrncte
amounting in all to about $4,000. To secure thl
Judgment note wus given BY the Company, an
after the sale to 1ngraham, Judgment ny confes
sion WAS entered In favor Of the trustees Of TIL
creditors. The present bill was then filed. ask
ing 10 have the 1nxraham sale set aside SO Us t.
| give the judgment creditors II priority
The Judge held, first, that tho law was wei
settled that the obligations of the promoters o
| Il corporation, where the corporation receive
, | the benefit thereof, Tns valid IND binding oblt
} ! guton agninSt euch corporation. Second. tina
| the promoters OF such q corpora ton had author
ity to create this debt in favor Of ln9rahum IN
! | Hale, for which it received the benefit, nud
i therefore, the corporation and Its property Wcr
barred By it. Third that the law WIS we'll set
! tied that such prefcrment was not invalid, q
the assignment 10 1ngrahnm did not necessaril
| wind IN The cnrp0rntjDu The hill WIS. there