, 1881-03-27

!nSe with Rand McNally T. Co., printers: John
Sur1a1 r1n, ust associ4te editor padV Nees: William
Bstof OF Hh1ss hsske EGSk Ea 1
: rev. James Kay Applebeo, No, 0 Vinoennes
a'ehue' and others.
| InE Amherst College Glce-Ciub concert at
fd9t fnd1tn1. MHas,c>Ha'l Tuesday evening, april s,
| }Tuugn9 }Tg from the cnyiabe reputation of the
tiuo, and the marked SUCCESS it has met with
noep ns1ore large popular audiences in New York,
Utica, and elsewhere, will be q notable aud most
| enjoyable affair. The prosram will consist Of
colea endless n variety Of the
sale M at the Music Hall box-oliice on and after
| Saturday, Aprii2.
Of Wells, Fr2ach { Co, corner of Blue @ islanaa na
4:3 yesterday afternoon to board train of cars
IN no1on on tho Burlington s. Quincy Railroad
reee the 1}'ea " street sP aad fell
me lever portion Of the body. crushing him so
tcI1b'y that he died shortly after: while being
vas single man and boarded ut tho corner oi
ctate ana Fourteenth streets.
TIE County Committee on Public Buildings
he!d a very prolonged meeting yesterday after
OF the bids tor finishing the plumbing Of the
new Court Honse. The award was finally made
70 o IS s. Rassstt H; St Co. WHO had offered to do tho
! supplied In polished bronze; and for So, 7G3 il
tne hfttngs OF the nter-closets and laboratory
mittee stated. was Inade sotely on tho grt,und
that the style Of the Hassett fixtures wero more
! ornamental than that Of tho Others
CHARLES ERICKSON. at No. 664 West Ohio
street.. has been missing from his home since
Thursday afternoon. and, rs he gave signs OF
mental alteration, bis friends fear that De has
;,r suicide His es Adolph
! caught sight OF him In the streets Thursday
| afternoon, but tho madman succeeded In elud-
g an py dSa,1 5SSnn'ng g north u towas The river
beard, and wns clad in brown oyercoat, dark
| which was badly brokon.
TIE South Side Street Railway Company has.
Tor the time being at least, abandoned it's cable
! scheme: Some ot tho Directors were all along
opposed to It, being little too conservative for
the great expense. The present severe winter
has converted some OF tho others, who feared
that ths sost Of putting + in operation. which is
about S3al,e00 and the expense OF maintenance,
X maintenance were possible during the vim
1ef wosia ne SO sre1t US TO more than eatnp The
ut Least tho scheme Is abandoned.
Il. B. STERN, an empfoy6 in the dry-goods
store OF SchlesinRer & Mayer, while under tho
influence OF liquor. ut O'Clock yesterday after
OF The breakwater east Of the Exposition Build
ting. Aswitchman on the Illinois Central prompt
y rescued him By throwing long pole Into
the water which the drowning man cuiight and
held fast to until be could be cxtrcated. Young
Stern was cared for in the switch house. and was
to No 43 West Fourteenth IL street. re- He says as be
was drunk, realized the fact himself. wns
ashamed OF 1t, and went to the breakwAter to
sober him.
F. W. MCRAvET, OF Milwaukee, called at the
Armory yesterday afternoon tu solicit aid from
the police in bis search after Mrs. Jennie Nc
domestic b.oil sac left her hume in Indinna last
tuesday night, and, taking. to the Michigan
Southern o kai!road, walked ill the WY to 3h!s
caEo. and she Was still trhmping towards town,
and keeping 2 sharp lookout for work. Her
husband, while prosecuting bis search for
her was run down und killed by the cars Wcdnes-
day evening. Mrs. Mct1avcy is about 10 years OF
age. OF dark complexion, medium hight, slender
shawl.
The rotundas Of the larger hotels are COM
pleteiy filled at this season Of the year with the
many merchants who have come to purchase
men who are anxious to crafty them. Missouri,
Kansas. and Nebraska have been we'll repre-
ssnted. and rhe majority Of the mcrchunts from
these States have purchased in this city instead
OF seeking the Eastern lnar.s The large stocks
carried BY the jobbers here. the close competi-
proved very advantageous to the country buyer.
These statesmen, nicknamed dr.lmtners, are
earnest hard WORKERS 4d thy ever keep the
you Of the tlmo Marshal Field. G. N. Hcnder-
SON Edsou Keith, James H. Walker; henry
as he ea as fde 5e
weeks will witness the influx OF buyers from
Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, aud Central ILL.,
nols-
There Is promise OF new charitable instit1-
aon and Que which Is 0reatly needed In this city.
It Is no les than Founding Asylum and Ly-
tng~ln HOSPITAL under the control and mannge-
ment Of the Sisters Ut Charity.
Sister WalbTerKn, who Is now and has been for
years at the head OF ST. Joseph's Hospital on
Sophia and Burling streets. in tho North Dvls-
ion. 8 fady OF great energy. experience ana ad-
1ninstratiyc ability, acting by the authority and
the cordial and earnest approval Of Archbishop
Feehan, has undertaken the establishment of u
founding and lytng~in hospital. to which will bo
added in due time chlldrcn's hospital She has
purchased +. lot of ground $50 feet square on |
EugenfAstreor.' between Hammond and Frank t
lin, on which 1t is proposed to erect the ueces-
sary and suitable buildings for the institution.
Ths IT; land has already been obtained, and tho !
can be obtained for the purpose. How much !
the buildings are expected to cost can- |
not be said, but the Sisters will gladly |
accept any subscriptions or donations which !!
Undertaking. No one eau hayp read the record |
Of the Foundling's Home, established on the |
West Side by Or. Shlpman, without being im- |
pressed With the greatness of that charity. 1t |
mantty. nn appeal which nu one can resist 1t !
Is now proposed to supplement DR.. Shipman's ]
noble Institution BY permanent refuge for tho |
reception and care Of lying-ln patients, to which
skill: and the careful and experienced nursing
1nd attention Of these Sisters IF Charity whose /
lives have been devoted without hope OF per- |
sonai compensation or reward to the care OF the
funds can be provided in time, to have the build
ing erected this spring and summer, nnd that it
may be open for foundlings and patients before
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