Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 6, 1875, Page 1

VOLUME 28, 121 & 123 State-st, fHavo just roceived from Now ‘York Auction Balos tho following Carpets, . being tho Choapost evor Exhibitod in Chicago ¢ 160 Rolls Vienna Car- pets at 35 ots. 100 Rolls Good Ingrain Carpets at 60 ots. 200 Rolls Excellent ~ BrasselsCarpetsat$l. 76 Rolls Best Quality Body Brusselsat $1.75 TO RENT. OFFICES - T0 RENT IV THR TRIBDYE. BUTLDNG INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, ROOM 10. GENERAL NOTICES, Notce o Tax-Payers. Crrx Gotreron's Orrick, o HAl Tt This OMce will be olosed for_the eollcation of Real K. “tate Tazos from Wednecday, July 70 tho 19th, inclustve, dorthe purpose of qomporing itosl Estate Dolinguont {243t with tho Booka of this Office. previous o spplication Ifor judgment as provided by Boe. 17, of an ‘‘Act in ro- gard 10 tho aasassment of proporty and tha lovy and col- tion of taxes in fagorporated olties " Ln this State. Offica open for the collootion of Porsonal Property, and tho lssue of Liconses, 2 usual. HOLLEN, Ctty Collector. GRORGE VON ‘CAUTION LLCOX & GIBBS SRWING DA- CIUTNEE COMBANY Sosocttuity coutvn \ns rouns apaiast niiidciplid dualoctiaho It seound-nand aud altan WOIEN-OUT MACILINES of tholr make and alm thom off &a *¥ neacly new,* oz + avnaw " alo galnat doalors o S1L }‘()(;s NEEDLES purpart. ing to ! thelr uska. “Jach genuine Willcox & Gibus Noedia is stampod ** Pat. Mar. {9, 16610 Al others are worialces dnltations and will oo trouble taaee; 5 sb-av,, Chlesgo, PEW RENTAL, - The Pows in the now PLYMOUTH CHURCH, @ev. Wm, Alvin Bartlott, Pastor, will by PROPOSALS TUEL FOR THE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Roaled Propossls will be recelved st the office of the [Rpark of e Board of Kaucuilon, Ko, & Tfincar, il Moader, duly 13, 1816, 81 13 m.u for 3,600 toua of ‘Htard (Goal (1,500 1006 of Large Kge, 1,0 thus of Nmall ¥ d 00 tans of Reuge): lor 4,000 woe of Boft Coals for irda of Slabat for 26 cords of livosh or Magle Wood, Haid ol ta o dalivercd at tha sevoral Sohool bulidings (of ool st snch imevand ' suct dusaition boiyreca v 58, 'aa ball be’ arderad by 4 1B Tat day of unfidn’:f %3 bty 00 nving the yirds 450 40 54 wsished 1y calos befora dolivery, enimsiated 5 Any farther Iuformation can ba obtained thon R S T e e il Do raceired for Lo "G, *for tho Baft Goal, and e e Weoltaadulat ivpuente et gt sl ropoaie: ka3 parsof vy SoomiAbt ralfelAL one of the ; " SEhed" sl By T o the oes Totorebie of the 1 Addross p 18 ta the * Gommittes on Jantlara sad Bpolize) ':-4'-'"3( s Proposal for Iiard Gal," or otler INGWVIL nLESON, &M on Jasitors '\ J. BL . A{:«:VTLHQIM' aad Bopplies. f FINANCIAL. HONEY 70 LOAN. Quah in hand to loan on Ohloago or yde Park Real Ka. tais, 1 rams of H300, G400, ¥1,000, B1,200, 81,500, 82,000, sad larger suma to suit. JURNRIL £8OND, Na. 102 Washt REAL ESTATE. Residence for Sale, ve for sale s fl envar' ot aslon fiue youldence ou the Lake Shors, In moel boautil thons of haclty, " Fur Lanuas luquis of el . 47 J. AVERI itor 131 Donsior-at, Aot Lottt N on-at, o, _FOR SALE. SALT Offon of T MoDRIDE & GO, 31 Do Sl RS UL Balt.1n now batrels, at $1:40 nor Parrol 1y a)ga;g?. All'orders wilt receive prompt at- MULES! MULES! FOR SALE CEHBAP. 1nauire at 11 Ousmber of Cammerce, SEWER PIP AND BEWERAGE MATERIALS, Fronkiin_snd Adsma-ats., Obloago. "CHICAGO MORTGAGE LOANS, Susreat rates of lntersat. JOSIAXL ¥I. REBD, W Nesssuat., Now Yurk, rvpresented by SOXIN . AVERY & 00O a B0 Lasulle-at., Chlvugo, F o dar RS Bl lags (e giites THE 99th FOURTH. Patriotic Fei"vor Increases as We Near the Centennial, Laying the Corncr-Stone of tio Brown Iron-Worlis, A Trip Down the Calumet.- Specches and Festivities. Pleasure- Seekers on the Lake--- Life on a Crowded Steamer. Spending the Day in the Woods of Evanston, Tho Norwegians Celebrate a *Semi- Centenary at Turner Park. Tho Citizens of Englewood Revive the Sack Race and Greased Pole. Crowds on the Street---An Enterprising Pyro- technist. .The Boys Who Suffered in Their Country’s Cause. Nove! Celebration Exercises at the Joliet Penitentiary. An Abdvoriginal Blow-Out in the Indian Territory. Forrost and Pillow and the Colored People at Memphis. Dan Voorhees Addresses o Vast Conool;mn at Terro Haute, Bloody Row Betwaen Militla and Railroad Mon'at Lo Orosse, A Grand and Imposing Domanstration at Quincy. Colebrations Ad Iafinitum. CHICAGO. THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. wsa very genoral throughout the city, aud doubtiess thoroll of casualtios ia as largo as it would havo beon even had not the ardor of patriotism beon postponed for a day, It i nanal to proface the account of tho day's colobration with somo historical summary of the yearly na- tional jubilos, but yosterday was tho uinely- uinth celobration, and contonnis! literature has boen so widely diffused tbat it would insult tha intelligenca of the reador to reiterats! infor- mation on the aubjoct. Thosmoke of & hundrod Fourth of Julyahas not dimmed the -popular ‘porcaption of thio past, and tho day we colobrate bas nos loat ita bistorical eignificance in bocam- ing a publio boliday. Yontorday was colobrated prinaipally by picnica snd cxouraions, but the day's ploasura was marred by heavy showors towards evenlog. The principal foaturea of the holiday will bo faurnd below, —_— IRON AND STEEL. LAYING THX COBNEN-STONX OF THE JOBEPR M. BROWN WORKS, Ono of tho pleasanjest and moat important celobrations of tho day waa the formal insugura- tion of tha opening of tho Calumet Rivor to navigation snd commerco and tho layiog of the corner-stono of ths Josoph II. Brown Iron- Worka atSouth Chicago. Tho significanco of this event was fully roalized by the authorities of Hyda Park, and some days ago & large num- ber of prominent individuals were invited to participato thoroin, Of course not one-balt of thosa Invited wore able to take part, but a largs number of respousibla citizena of Chicago and yicinity turped ous to usher In what may prove 1o be ona of tha moat impartant undestakings of tho century, It had been arranged for » special traln to leava the Illinois Central Dopot at U s, m. Short- 1y before that hour a large number of the invit- od npootators musterad at the Palmer House. A band of muslc was in sttoodauce, and, after a fow moments of proparation, they formed iato lne and marched down to the depot. i AMONG THX KXCURSIONJSTS were B, F, Guiton, Georgs 8. Essex, Judge Boy- den, A, O, Calkios, Jadge Dluko’. lh’. CGleorge W. Woods, O. 8. Hough, Paul Cornell, Col. J. Hammond, Goorge W. Gsge, Charles fourotin, Commissionors ~ Jones, Crawford, sud Burdiok, A. O. mos, Maj, Lord, K. 0. Brooks, 1I. R.Buaffor, . M. Hough, F. H. Blskeley, Jeromo Baecher, Goorgn W, Waite, A. N. Lancaster, . M. Uaines, 0. T, 8bhedd, Ira P. Bowen, E. W, Butberland, \}!. fi. I‘Mnnkle:, sudJ. W, Gregg. The oars ar- rived af RIVERDALE, Miora pleassnt rup, a fow minutes bofore 10. The excursionists disembsrked and marched to 8 hickory vae, whore the hospitabla inbabitaote of that willage had proparsd an slogant repast. Capt. C. H. Dalton tendered » wolcoms to the visiwors, and in a few worls vet forth tho lf!llt things which were to fotlow this luaugurstion, Col, Bowen, wha had chisrge of the lfl.{. and who wsa extromely solicitous for ibe wolfare of eacu individual composing it, thep calied upon Judge Diokey 10 peak 0 the siguificance of the event of tho day. JUROR DIOKKY, in rosponse, explatued that bip iad beon mistaken for Hugh T, Dickey, but proceaded bristly to tostify to the importance of tho Calumet River in connoation with the commeroa of tuo Nortl- went. 1t malters had beon properly understood 20me years ago, Chicago would bave besu found- #d on tha Uslumet instead of the Chicsgo Ruiver, 1t was simply sn sccldent. awing to tbe topographical ignorance of the people of soma forty yoars lgu. that tho city had na Pbresont locatlon, Routh Chicago waa a prefer- ittt At g e ar was 0o Lal o what excellonce tio foymer might attaln, © MR, LINDEW was then called to the atand, and, after some general romarke on the lmportance of the occa slou from s msnufsoturing snd commercial andpoiot, lr;‘u Utterance ta & few patriotta ntimenta. or t ot Col. Bowen's natur ':sug:d e‘.‘;x.odnt:‘p.o; pllnr: #pectators to drop » ellent tear 4o the memary ot The observance of yestordsy sa the Fourth.| CHICAGO, TUESDAY, JULY G, 1875. Abrabam Lincoln, whose! fellow-laboror (Mr. Linder) was before them, Thie tribule baviog beon pald to the martyred Fremdent. an onslaoght on the provinions. Col. fn] that any time stiould bo fost, howovor, and ke gave spe- cial notico that bus three mipatea could bo al- lowed for this part of the programme. Every- one made tho best ha could of the time, but Lo- foroe its expiration the Colonol tuterposed, with warnings of ita Iapso and oxbortations to be Lrief with tho teoth. FHad [t not boen for thix, many who had missed thelr breakfasts to catch thotrain could have made a aquaro moal the dismsl warnings of the Colonol apoied the appotits, to say nothing of the digestion, of all. Aws laat rosort, he oxpressad himeolf thus: Tle {ima hins coma, we must go 3 T in peremptory, 1 sy xo; an appesl which had tho dorired effect, and the woell-apnointed tablox wero left, with some reluc- !rncJu, almost a8 complato a3 whon the parsy ar rlved. ON TME RIVER. Ti:s band then struck up & lively air, and the excurrionista, who muat have numberad 500, theo marchod dosn to the whart, The viliagers turned out nud starad with astouisbment. Never before i tho history of Riverdalo bad such s wnelit beon seon 3 and the Grangers, io poerfact ecsiacies of wonder, gave vont to cheors which nada the wolkin ring sud gladdened tho hesrts of all who hstoned thereto, Iiverdsls wharf was reacliod in good time. llers wers two #choouers and Col. Bowen's steam vacht waiting to convey pamcugers to Bouth Chie engo. The great bulk of the party embarked on board tha May Elien Cook, & trim-built schooner, Capt. Ed Williama, wnich was profurely rigaed out with boughs of troes, and, whon the ladies were aboard, resomblod & floating gardon. Tha vessols loft tho whacl omid tho chicors of the villagers, and, with tho aid of tugs, procceded, at tho rata of 4 knots an hour, toward the new sfip at Irondale. Iiach boat hiad a band ou board, which fact waa duly oppreciated Ly the ladies. Thoe musicians hod a hard timo of it. Quadrilies, walizow, and polkaa wora called for in quick succession, until tho gon- tlomon wero camplotely tired out, aud parsners of tuo feminino geudor had to be rolectod. At firut starting, s govd many amateur soamen chimbed the reging, to nutontsh and Crighton their Indy friends ag much as to view tho surronnding aeenory. A very fow minutes, however, sufliced to brirg them to doc’ agaw, looking palo aud in- teresting, Goorga B, Armstrong, of tho Infer- Ocean, who i renonned as a baroback rider and trapoze performor, bado farawsil ta Lis frionds and gt forth ou a veutare of this kind. Dut bo wan not paiticularly fortuuate 1n the nttempt. Aftor asconding a few steow, bis head wrow dizzy and compolled him to scak tho safety of thu deck, Itisbut fair to stato, however, that lio bad exhausted bimsel! romo minutes bafore in n diacusmcn on tho merits of Auna Dickioson. A confrere uf hils, who prides himwotf on hia sea- maosbip, waa alfo usfortunato; in rushing to seo how tho vewsol waas stoor o) bo_cotlided with the jibboom, kuocke: it iato emitthoreens, ~ and slightly damaged tho rim of his bat. Other journalists bed oqually noloworthv adveotures, but they somebow or othor managed to turn tho joko agninet othor peaple, ‘Tho tnp Iasted sbont two hours and a balf, and was very enjoyable, A LANDING wan effoctod eloso to tho site of tho now rolling nulls. Clianin & Lore had chartored s car for refrostuments, aud 84 soou as $he debarkation wan comploted thers was quits & rush in ity direction, Four of that firm's moat efficient om- wloyes wore kopt busy for a considerable timea, and their wholo atock was about cleared out bufora thie ceremonios wera endod. TILIE BPECIAL TRAIN from tho Rock Inland Dopot was somowhnt do- Inyed, and it wns long after 2 bofore tho propara- tious for tho coremony wero commonced. By that timo everyone had refreahiod tho innor man, and was propsred for any smount and any quality of oratory. A platform tiad boon croctad near tho soaffulding for thospeakors aud tho principal guosts, Abont half-past 2 upwarda of 1,600 porsons had assembled, but, the special train not hav~ ing arrived, it was determined to have A FEW BYEECIES TO FAVE 'TIME. Presidens Burlick, of the County Board, was choson I’resmdont pro tow.,and delivesed a shart addross, oulogistic of tho' outerprisa diaplayed in tho prosccution of the South Chicago Iron- Works, and prognostio of tho groat things which aro to rosult therofrom. 3tn. U. T, LIXDER waa then introduced, and delivered an sddrom woll fitted to tho oceasion. IIn referrod ta tho intluonces which had built up London, the laru- est city of the world, and stuted that smanlar in- fluances waro at work in Chicago. Ju loas than 100 yoars, he prodicced, Chicago womld bo & largar city than Loudon, and would load tbo world in tho arts of mavufacture. Tho Unitod Btatos was tho groatest country om omth, and would evor prosper ao loni; 4 thoso groat priu= ciplea inaugurated ninoty-nine yosrs ago_‘wero kept alive, The speaker, who had beon admon- ishied by Col. Bowon tobo briet, then feliciton 1y remarked on tho boantv of tlat gentloman's ran- idence, #ayiog to man neod wish 1o go to Heavon who possossed n home like it. To this some ono in tuo crowd ropliod it was & Lieaven on ovarth. Mr. Linder—Yes, but you noed not bo afraid about & futura a3 you aro au irresponsivlo individual. [Laughtor]. Cal, Bowen tlhoen propesod throo choers and long lifo for the mpeaker, to which Mr. Liuder rapliod o had had enough of tho lattor alreadv, Whil thewo smenitics wero procosding tho special train had arrived. Soustor Ogloeby and on. J. D, Webster, the latter tho declarad Proaldent of tho day, ascondad tho platform and took their plsces. A% thus juncture tho crowd nas dirocted 50 ke still to allow a photographor to take s nioture of tho scouo. There wad quito & scramble to get within the focuw, but happily tho negative was procused without auy uaruly demounltation. ‘Thua over, OEY, WEDRTER remarked that he was on of tnoro who balieved eun the Lord built » Loueo, they labored in valp who built it, aud 1equested tho Jlav, Mr, Felton to formally open tho coremouy With prayor. AR, 1108 COY followed with an addross on the importance of tho dsy. It was, he esid, always a plessant thing to celebrato tho annivarsary of onr fude~ udenco, bub such coromapios an this atways r:nt an additiounl charm to the evpol, It waa o Proof that in this iand svory ono worked to- gother jo harmony, and that outerpriso was un- shackled, and exprossed itwelf in various achomes _for the advancoment of tho worll. It thera wote auy cles of poople wno ougbt to celobrato this anniversary it was thoso who camo from forolgu countrics aud establirhod thoir home boro, Thay roalized most the blewsings of fresdom, eucaplog as thev dld from thio desnotiam of Eant- aru rulers, sud thoy m:{lhl to bo doubly thankful for tho intrepliity and bravery of $he men who wrought out the liborty of this grost nation. Tuere was shieltor for all iu this grei country. Labor was rospocted bero and industry roward- o0, and all wore troatod alike in tho oyes of the This was a proud day for Hyde Pars, sund ho boped tho brightont dreams of tho project- ore of (ho ontorpriso would be realizod. An_ institution was mboat to Lo ou- tablished which would furnish work for thou- sands of meu, aod add materially to tho woalta of tia district. ‘Twonty yoars houce s IManUs faoturing tatercat would have growa up oqual in importance to auy in tho country, sud all’ pros- ent ought to wish for this result. TIIK LAYING OF TUK STONE The Mantor Mason, waa thon procoaded with, Joba I Joues, superintoadod tho oporation, and spread tho mortar with Lis own band. The stono was lowerad Into postion. and ufior a foww taps with the maliet, Mr. Jonos declared the corner-stone well sud truly lawd. Cheors from the orowd aud muso from the band followod thls snnouncement, tio enthuslssm Isating soveral minutes, 'Tne stous hans carved on it & bee-hivain tha contro of two cornucopias, aa wall aa the following insoriptions Amertoan Industey Jonsph 1L, eown tron anid Stoal Campuny, erectad 1o employ capital sud Labor aud Uiiisa the watlve products of the. Nortbwest, Jusoph 16, lrowa, samagel itals, . J. Oiarvaco, O, B, Haly G, W. Hale, W, Bouustl, proprietore. Establishad sid tozatad thebugh bhe liberallty aud energy of James if. Bowen, the foundur of Bouth Obicago, July 5, 3413, BENATOR OGLESLY ‘waa then {atroduced, amid loud choors. He waid *bundrod yosrs sjo wero nob A great poriod when we cousidsred tho age of the world. Ap- plied to the 1ifo of wau, bowsver, that poriod waas romarkablo, aud was sowethiug applied to & ustion. In the life of this vation, it was of in- teuss sigaifizaaca, (or duriug thst perlod we bud oujoyed the blossiugs of s ument whioh was unequaled ku the history of the world. Wo ‘were AP.‘L’ exaggerate somewhat our part in the affalie of tho land. What bad ‘we done, in comperuon the sols 0 S our forefathers, to mustain the glorious Ropublic astablished ninety-nine years ago? Comparatively nothisg, but we elioild sll sirive to maintain our glorions loatitutions and kaep tbe tiag of hiberty aleft. [t wan easy to give ex- resnion to patriotic sontimenty, for thay misht ho committed to menory, but how much of gen- uine foalty to the (inrurnmont wea thers in tho heart 7 They should striva mora and more to 1ove the cowitry and itw institutions, and Lo piace 1t groatuewn o rure footing. Whila enjoying tho fruits of ther forefsthors’ bravery, they whould isbor. each nf them to tranamit the fair fabric of Government unsullied to poaterits, Tha eornerestone lad that day waa for & groat fudustry. ‘Lhe men wha bad courage to bring caital aud place 1t 1 this poot- 1ca), melanchioly spot, vers entitlod to all on- cauragement, and ought to recoivo & reward comniensurate with their courago. It waw a groat undertaking, snd men of the real stulf ottginated it. He bad na doubt of their ultimate wiceens, and he truated in a fow yoars to revinit tho place aud fiud it prospering beyond prosont especiations. REORETA, T:m following lottor frum Senator Logan was roarl : Gnagn Pactric Hotrs, Ciicaan, Iuly 6,—To the THon, J, I, Hotre, Prendinty ind Liie1 of Triateen nf the Vittass of Hyle Park~GrxrLr: Your kind in- itation of date June 24 to e prenit at the lunugura- Hinm of the agen)ng of the Cilnmat iver ) navigition al conimerce, wid e Iasiug of ti cormer-sione of the Joseph H. Brown Iron and Stecl Congany's Works st Bonth Chicago, s just recoival, Nrttang would give ma more pleasuire than Lo be pressat on un ocearion of thla kiul, Tho openlug uf tho iavigsiion of a river uch natural acc inmodation for commercial and manufacluring nperabions fn an eveut of no ine cotsiderable importance, bestde withost which an entoryrino vo great and limportant an the etal lishimant and conatruction of of such minitude will 190 awnken & doserved Interest among the peopls of U great Northoront, WER ich faciiins and with muchi gootlemen engaged in the wora, 1 fecl confident it (4 wiil demonntrate 40 n that we et by in time 38 independent of Greab Dritaln ond_other Earopesn Htaten an we aro politically, 1 fecl thatit 1 e duty 10 oncourage and guard great indnstrion ke thin, that tho developiment of the matertal Intereats of oir conn- try at 1arg0 aud that of our owa Northwestun prtion may rapMdly go fordard, Theao gentlemen whi hava smderiaken thin work nve shown good Judgment in e solection e tion to carry on tho manufacture of the articl mrn- tioned 3n your note, On tha banke uf the Cilmmt Riiver, tn aduition ta fko donations miale to ihem, they will fiid commuretal and munufacturing property fn liberal quantitios, and a grand aud s3fo BATbur convim nieat o trinayortation by lamd aud water. and with the grrort (\ty of Chica: Kinlred eatate Vrliments will find & smarket £ 3 thom, Consfdering all thege things togothier, tion could have been relestel more suitable fo ceanful aperations. Huvlug decline § numecous fusit = tions 10 Le present on to-dsy ab othicr places, 1 munt. alno reapectfully decling yonra, With great reapet, 1 amy your obedicnt servant, Joux A, Lany, Lottera exoressive of regret at fnability to at- tend wora also read fram Gov. Laverido, Mayor Colvin, Bhorlff Axnew; €. Paiu, of Clovolau: W. C. Quincy, of the Daltimore & Onio; J. C. Gault, of tho Milwaukeo & St. Paul; Gon, Chet~ Inin, Gon. Ducat, Leouard Bwett, aud W. D. ougbteling. The Ltev, Mr., Matthows then prononuesd the ‘beooediction, and, aftor Mr. Joseph 1. Browu bad beon introducod, in resvouse to load cails, tho proceodings torminatad. A lsrge pumbar of the viritors remaived on the pround and availed themeolves of the facilities for dancing, but the bulk took the firat traiu for Chicagn.” Tho day was pleasantly and prodtably spout, sud the ex- cursion will bo remninbered loug atter $ka iron~ works ate an established succony. e AROUND TOWN, TUE SINELTA - wera vory mach orowded. Old Cbleago, yonng Chicage, a short, '] kiuds of Clicago, from tho dimiuuitive, colobrater, agod 3, to tho superan- nuatod old folks who foudly hopo that encl wuc- coceding Fonrth is to bo their Iast,—that ix, un- less littlo Loys loara to do without fire-crackers, —all turnod ont to tho hest advautago and help- od taadd to tha general Loliday. Diminulve Chicago stood on tho streot-cornors, on tho houne-tops, In_buck-alloss, or any otbor placo whero ho could mischiovously peg firo-crackers at inoffonaivo passots, or at frighonod stroot- car horses. Lovo-sick youths of ihe uppor ften had previously ecopsgod their glossy baya and open barouclos, had previously spout thelr fortunos, or at Joast 8 emall pare of them, in flash tios sud creamy kids,.and had notbung loft undono except tho ride on tho boulevard, Even this mauy of them conde-~ socnded to bostow upon their swoet Dulcinons, leaving thorsclvea nothing but the bitternosa of baing obliged to foot the bills. Thoir broturon in the poorer classcs contented themsolves with & ride ou tha lakeor ntrip to Evaveton or eoma of the suburbs, andon thoir may to these resorts thoy did nct hesitate to take tho longest way round through tho streets of the city, presum- ably for tho purpose of showiig otP {heir Jomi« maa' ribbon to the best advaniazo, THE MARRIZD CHICAHOAN turned oot as ho slways does, astonishing overy- budy as to whore he wot sa wany chiliren, or how he managed to keop thom all 1o gool health on ro groat a Lioliday as the Fourth of July, Of courea evorybody knows he has not drank drop of boor_or liguor, or smoked a single cigar shroughidut tho outirs yoar, just for the =ake of buving Johnuy, Franky, Jimmy, aud 50 on ad in- fuitum, = now suit ot clothes all sround. Ik wife, an 14 quite usual with her, turas out Hrged in her very bost, aud Just as_1nOrvous ss a hon with ono duicken, although shio knows full well that moro than a dozeu uro at that very mamnnt hanging fast to ber skirte, The wholo tamily tokes & de oo tho streat-cars, for it takes too much_mouey to pay for a visit to some suburb. Mra, Chicago trics to maks tho junocent car- conduotor beliave that hier throo youngost are undor the specified azo, but as it iy Locoming quite babitual, Mr. Inuocout Conductor looks upon sho family with a ghastly snulo as o bands back & dimo out of s dollar. TFather Chicago alinost wishos that some other equaliy woll- blessed parent wonld come alouz and form a pool with biu childron, and thon got ot of sight, o that bo might Lave tho plossuro of takiug care of all of then. ELDERLY CIICAQO leta but little of Limeelf Lo veon on tho strocts on such & day a8 yesteday. He ratber profers to koep iusido "nls bomo reading Dutiou's “ Anatomv of Melaocboly,” Youup's * Night Thouglts,” aud other simllar effusiony for quioting the nervos of o'd folds. Nevertholons, estorday was guch an {nmenss holiday tuat ail fi(ndn ot Chicago forgot whut lbn¥ wore wont to do in yeara goue by, and for oncolald thomaelvas ont for a glorious “Fourik, and, of coutso, all of thom showed themenlvas on tho traets aomoa timy durlug tuo day. The avenues loading to the varlous patks wore dousely crowdol, fur the avoragoe Chicagoan lovos his favorilo parks oveu botter thui the Cincinuatian loves Lis beor., All kinds of Chicago managod to mako a vory reapeotablo sh owing yestorday, and especially 1 BINRLT INCIDENTH, TIalf-wittod Chicago. fn tho sbape of West Bida dealor ju firowarks, jmbied rather froaly yosterdsy, in hls reloicing at baving reapod & bonauza on wtock of firoworks, In tho courso of bLis antios and eccentricities be bethought himeelf of a novel plan of getting his uawo i piint and excitlug public commuut on bimealf and family. Ile douned his ollest sud worst suit of clothes, made belleve they were siripes, aud improvisod bara by sewing on tho aticks of rockets trans- vorselv across bis body. Tuen be scooped out all the firo-works remaining in bis shop, sttached thom all to theso bars, and wout shouting down tho ntrect. Covercd with piu-wheo!s, 1ockots. loman candles, bluo lights, snd all tho othor multitudes of heathsoiab Fourth of July juven- tions, ba provod an immense hit, eapecially to Diounutive Chicugo, who fotlowed him for blocks in troops. Hiw carvor wis ono coutinuous tuccoss, and Donnott's nawmo was circulating far and wide, unbil Duninutive but enviogs Chicago toichod his pack with & piece of punk, Whiz wont a rooket, thon another, and anutuor, elusa- Iy followed by sovoral packs of erackorw, then more rockets, caudlos, nizgor-chavors, grass- hoppers,—but, slas! Banoeit 18 no longer tum- wolf; Lo {s making 2:14 time down the strost. 11is hair §s siniged to tho acatp, bis pockets ara fiilod with squibs, and evary inch of Hlouh ou his body -qulvun.yfi:um tho tremendous ruckot it 13 undorfoing. Loenneit is aobered out but it 18 not Ly faul, but that of Diminutive Cuicazo who was tho happy posseasor of a pioce of puik. And oven alter thia overwhelmiug Incldent the average Cuicsgo goos on plauping otber atrost iucideuts, Ons plays Mutiua Scasvols. burns bis right band nearly off with a caudle, or more -mxm!)rmoly shoots the pAlm out of uls laft hand wita his ‘piatol, all this undoublodly for tho purposo of sbowiog how willivg Lo 1k to dio for it country. But wuddenly ke rumom- boze that be 18 obiy sa aversge Uhlosgoan, aud, unliks that aocient snd brave old Roman. he weeps And runs for the pesrest apothecary shop, Other incidents might be added to there. hut for what good? It wauld also serva to ndicule but ono or two of tho poor unfortunates who are cordially wishing that the Fourth of July will navor return, And than besides the incesaant eracking of guns, piatols, crackers, aud thoea othor engines of torturo, 1n' avery streo. and by~ way in this swho'n city, entirelv precinden this nfl:;ibllity of telling just whore tha tLing will oud. THE SAOWER. ‘bicagnans wera diviled into two parties baving dinmetrically opporite opintons about the thundvr-shiower of Jast evoning. Sums there wore who met tho swiftiv-falling rain wnila on Fle-nic excurmonw, or awayout In parks, or while enjoying couutry sir afar from abslter, To this clasn tha storm scomed a deceit and a enare, an invention of the enems tno tuin light clothen, and kpoil honnets, and wash the color out of dresses, and make fine hats lopmded, and take off tho artistic complexion, and, in rhort, to ro- veal thn worst mdo of evorything and everybody. ‘To another, and infinitely ‘more imuortant class, the shower sovmed s godsond. and freed their m ds of the nervous fear of s conflsgration. The meurauce scent gave B long-winded sich of relinf at tho thonght that crackers and torpa. does could not rat fire to wet boards, nor blaz- Ing rockets iguite nosked sbingles. The firemen and polico wero duly gratoful ; but most pleaned of sll was he who owns s emall wouden Louse with no insurance. Thsn bo toak s rest from watebing his property, and even pormitted him- nelf to enjov tho rest whieh the day should have brought to all, but which it omitted to Jeave at mauy doors. e GN THE LAKE. THE GROVES OF EVANSTON, When the Goodrick Transportation Company made ready for thoir Fourth of Jaly excursion buwniness they wisely fook the chaws, wofss, and all the customary accommodations out of their stearmers and pat in seats of rough unplained board, eupported by uprights of tho same ma- terinl, A row of such scats was run atound the aides of tho cabins, on the decks, and even the boatas were supplied with additional seats of this kind. A vprofusion of greeu festooning and wrenths from stern to stem, and a multitude of printed cotton flads, gavo tho fine boata o gale appoarance, Yesterday tho Chicazo. Sheboygan, aod Muskogon, phed betweon tho city and Evanston, maaing trips overy half hour, or uoarly so. DINENAE THRONGE availed thomselvea of the opportunity to tako s ride upon the lake, and vimit w0 beautifula suburb aa Evaoston, The morning boats earried up thousands, and after 10 o'clock tho boats woro weighed down deoply by tho masses of hu- manity upon them. Eacti of tho boata were sup- plicd with & baud of music, etationed uj.on tho uppor torward deck, and the sounding brass and tiuxling cymbal made things pleasant for thowo in carsbot. Owing to tho necersary paucity of sccammadatious (or guch fmmeusa crowds, the greater purtion of thore who derired to viow the lako anl tha shore along which tho eteamer wns paseiug Lod to staud up. Thore wero no chairs, and tho row of plank seating wes jusulliciont to accommodato the people, The simall boats wero crowded, 8nd wen aud boys spread ail over tho roofs of the cabinm, bat 1adien, not able to climb to that altitude, bad to stand up or olvo find a seat ineidu 1hs dark cabind, Tho stato-rooms wero filled with chaira, but thoy were Iocked up. Bomo genilomen en- deavored to pull cliairs throngh the window of a Atate-roum opoxiug vut upon tho deck, but tho window was too small, An sttempt ta opon tho door from tho inside nlso farled. and, with tuo tantalizing view of cuairé at aru's-reach, the poople had 1o stanil. Indoor amunements being theretoro enforced upou tho largor portion uf thowo 1u traust, TIIE ALOONS prescnted tho ususl scenca of promenading ana flirtation. A piano was kept going, and the per-" formor was always the contre of & crowd of starers, although tho spoctaclo of nctivity was about the only sttraction, the music bong of the claw-ivory and bang charactor. ANUTIEN FOINT OF ATTRACTION was the large ealoon-mirror, although the ap- pronches o 1t wero more cosert, * Let's go tlus side,” says tho lady to ber boau, croemug in frot of the mireor, sod, whilo ke thivks ebn 1s hwoung to his witty romarks, she tskes tho beaminga of her thyin g and top Lampor, the ready giggle (akiug auawor to Lim in tho moantime. Tuo froths strenm of her canvarsatiou ruus on agaia, while ia au undercurrent of Cousciousness such thoughts % ** Oty, desr, sll the powder's off my faco; Iam looking anful sailow: my collars Hp and dirty already,” ote., swoup thiougy Ler mind concurrently with the mattor of couversas twon. THE LANDING AT EVANSTON was effactod nunior untoward circumatancos, Tue whar! was covoted with Jumber, except 1o a spaco about 15 foat in extout, and the boat did not oven Iay alongaide B a8 10 LYivg its prasage way directly opposito this. A great numver made thoir egress by gethiug out upon the Jumber piles, Vlauks wero thrown neross, and ladies herformed fosts i ejquiibrium that they coutd hardly havo doomed possivie. Tuo boat was woighed down ko douply that tho gang-plauks fiom tho lower deck to tho whatf wero pitcnad st an auglo of about 45 dogrees, 80 that at thore waa not wmore than 3 fest between the sug-planks apd tho topof tho pasnge wav. f’»oula wtanding on the dock waiting untit the boat shonid bo Jighteed and rise higher 80 aa to rosent n MOTe practical ascent, were mmazsd T Rota thoprotrusion of striped bosiary thraugh the narrow space, followod 1mmodiataly by per- furtnances such sa thoso ronowned io ballaaa in conuection with 011 Unmo's collar-door, Tho braozo was coul, tho motion was lively, and the fiction probahly gouerated an agrcoable wermth. About_haif-a-dozen womon mado their egicus aftor this fashion beforo tho boat flosted high onougb to mako the customary mode of progres- aton practicablo. EVANSTON OROVES, Evanston bad put on & gala apposranco {o houor of the day, aud s groves and uwbragoous _ wslks .were thionged with smusemont-seeketn, giving the placo tho Appoarsnco Of sn jmwouso picnic-ground, Thu Baptists sesmed to have a monopuly of tho re- froshmont-utaud business, aud the rapidity with whiou pork and beaus, cake and ive-crenm, satd- wiches sud coffos, wout ovor thio couniters aug- ured woll for the fuancial results of thoir uu- dortakivg. Thuy lad s large ataud i the grove nesrect to tho pier at whicl thie uicamors laudod, and avother stand in_ ihe college-grounds. Thoro wero thoussnds of pooplo aboat the grounds, and everybody secmnsd to be good-humored and bappy. The morowg and tho oarly purt of tho afternoon wore dolizut- ful. The suv shouo bright sud warm, but tuo umbrageous sundos and tho lake breeze tomper- od tha ardoncy of tho sunbesms, and It was cool and plearant. ‘Thero wero swings waking thelr exhilarating ruel through the air, and sunpated Rroups sbout thom ; hero and ihers wero crojuet parties, runhing their hoops, or knocking balls sbout ln the keon rivalry of the contost ; picnic partios wore scattorod about the graws eujoying b luzury of cating ono's food on the gruund with the zeat that an alert lookout fur iusoct participants tne wnires; youths aud maidona wore prowecnading, aud, at tlo foot of sume sholtering trov a littlo apart from tbo crowd, John would talking tu Ano Maris in & war that would tmakte her sunpor *Oby go 'lony with your nougense ! This sort of genotal picuic waa the Fourth of July colebration at Evanstos, Tao irruption of thousauds of visitors from the eity made it suf- ticiontly hvely without the nezd of such adventi- tious Lielps as baugs sud oxplosions, An ocea- #ional tirs-crackor poppod itsell into dissalution, and an occasioual plutai-orack was heard: bus the geuwrsl sspect of things wea hike that of a hnge Picuo or camp-mecting on & fwr Sundsy. Tl troes bad ou the Lright groen livery of summer, the yardeny wace fu Bower, aud overytiuy wea troab, coul, and plossant, ORTTING BACK TIOME was the rub, Towards 6 the wky becamo over- cust, sud tho sigosof an approschivg shower wero jusoifost. ‘The crowd packed densoly ou the mer b0 wait for the buat, ko Chicagy srrived tearhy nd there wi thme got- sbiortly after 5, g on board, from tho wood-uik from the wood-piles to thie uppor-decks, snd such waa the rosh aud eramble that for a thue it soemed imposaible that the crowd oould ew- bark wilhou! sowme terrible sccident hsppening. ‘Tloto waa an impudunt. frecklo-facod Loiden 1 abe crowd who hiad tbe faceo! anapo and wepnnd tw have ss Litle wense of ull;nnulbm\y. sho was contisually bawliog 10 tho boodlum who ea- T 9gg corted hor, ** Why don't yoo ab :,:\'un: zq’l hal‘l:\mh oynongb oved and puhied ik, I~ ta cast themeeiven Unone B 1 P—you the ixo 1 Anxivts upana puaca ofS,S . Soramb. ling up on & wood-pila ln‘:l hue>S evory ons aroand them, their fmpeta > the Dilo it toppied ersr i ot torror from tnoso upon . It waa wouderful that no bsnes wora broken, but hayand bruises and ncratchen there wero no casnaliies, Tho rain began ta pour down, and as every ons kept tumide. the saloons woto fammed mo that whea one tried to move through tho mary it was like n awimmer getting through a bedof mea-wesy, ag tenacioualy did “mkirta aud dro-s drapery alliera 10 one endeavoring to work a way s'ong, Thera wero not - seats ford onc-tonth of ths crowd, and the clairs wero il ed " mocurely in tho statn.rcoms. Ladics who becama too tired to etand had Lo kit upon the floor, and the Aldes of Lho eabin were voon accupied fn this mannor. Tha crowil wa< goorl- hnmored, bonever, 88 Amorican cruwids are apt to be, sand glcew and choruses were ktruck up Lo while away the time of the homeward voyaga. But when the boat resched its whinet and the bive swarmed out, from every side camo the feminine ejaculution : ** Weli, dear me, jist look st my st and drese. Dear known, 1 never want to go on another Fourth of July excurs sion I — SCANDINAVIA, PICNIC AT TUKNEK PATR. Testordsy was no lIess & historic day to ths Nor-emen han to the Americans, aud. aa a eon- sequence, every proparation was mado for ity obsersanco by that peoplo in this city. In 1#21, Kleug oterson, a aufTeror from tho nppressious of his native country, and a secker after o broad and enlightenod liberty, made an esperitmontal trp to thero whores. Ilo was groeted on all eidex by & truo American hospitality, and tha fmpression of bis visit he took homo with him wan a very favorabio ono. Iu tho early part of 1825 bio wuccended in directing the attention of a small body of his countrymen to what he had scen and enjoyed, depicting to them tho aidvant- agos of & “government of tho people and for tho veople” Alter soversl montl of hard labor, whicn lie held up to the ansions gaze of his peaplo the Liesaiugs of s free countrs, s induced forty= 50 mon and women to embark §n & slaop, in the face of all their dnngers, for the<w rliores, B3l was wot on the Fourth of Julv of the eama year in tho * Restoration” from tue city of Stavanger, Norway. The trials of tho trip ara mare earilv ftnagined thon deecribod ; but suflico 1t to vay that tbo voyage was costly to the hopes of tho brave party, and that their lives were Ko froquently at the morcy of the waves aod wind 4 to maip tho hberty they kought, when ate tainod, almost pricoless. Theiwr sutTorings, dsngers and rioks, bowever proved n biessng to tho people smong whom thoy camo, aud rmersed not only to make Awericans respect Lbom, but o in- tonsify their admiration for free 1nztitutious, aud waho of them the most loyal and among the mont progressivo, industrious nnd intellizent of the pooplo of the country. Tho trip occupied abou twelve weeka, tho iucideuts of which have already boon given to the world, aud breamo an- ecdotow arouud tho thousands of firorides which Liave kpning from the bravery sud daring of that luntorie eray, Tn view of tho cirenmatances, and oupecially mnco yesterdny markiod the first fifiy Noreomen's residence in this county, it was very uatural that the day should bo CHLEBUATED IN A LEFITTING MANKED, To that eud soseral waoks sgo tho Nors Lodgo R, IL P, comnmenced the agitation of the cc tion, nolecting Turner L'ark, on the Cincag Pacific Kailroad, as the place, HHut tittle azita- tion was neccesary 40 arouse tho 80,000 Noino- mon puw living” in Chicaga, all uf whom look back to the esiling of tho historic sloop with tho esmo fondness of rocolloc- tion sud natlonsl pride os do Amen- caus to the sguwmg of two Declaration of inaependance vomo fifty yoars oarlier. Btari- ing wu{\ tho Lodge, the apirit soon bocame general among that poople, spreadiog through- vut the Northwest, A4 & consuquence, the largost assomblsge of Norsemen over bLeld in thin country conveaod ai Turper I'ark, Yle adjoinini Btatenwers roprexcnted vory croditably, nud from sevorai of thom large spucial oxcureion pacties wore prescot. At noon there wore nos less than 5,100 pooplo on the grounds, and the pumbers were materially sugmentod during tho afteruoon. A Ataud Liad beew erocted, which was handsomely d rated, a paivting of tho uosod sloop forming tho contre of the adoroments. On eithior nido of tho pointing were tastofullv-arranged groups of ilags and flowors, »bhilo tho contral doslc wax on- shraned with evergroeus snd tho ombloms of tho two countries,.—Norway, ved, but forsaken," and the Umited Ststes, *Loved for ity hib- orty.,* To tha right of the staud a band Wa3 etationod during the day, discours- ing tho nolional airs of tho ndopted and deserted countries, In either direction through tho dongo follage, tabies ladon wills cholcs odibles and susrounded by o couvivial band groeted the oye, whilo on all sides innocout gamen wera provided for the amusemuut of the crowd, 1t is seldum that such a large and homo- g«nfluulf,mhnfluq 18 seou, aud raro that such GQuiet and genotal ood orer provail upou such an oceanan, Nothing oceurred during the entue asy to mas the character of tha celebration or to cait reproach npon th spirit of th assemblazo, TIE EXEBUISES roper commonced about 1 o'clock, Prof. R, I, nderson, of tho Usiwersity of Wisconsin, do- livering tho oration of the “day. reviowod tha toils and troubles of tho Norse of Amer- ica during tho Inst tlity yonra sud brictly noticed tho mstory of Noiway. “He closod by urging Lis tollow-countryman, in elaqueat strainn, to soek 1o continm 1o dewerse the rishits they cujoved, and sought to insptro them to ronawed devation tathecouuteyot thoir adoptiou. He waslistened to throughoct with the clorost attention. Jacoh Johusou and Dr. J. Julson, of thiy city, fol- Later in the aftors 100D cAmO tho towsts, “*America *Norway, (e Ladion,” ¢ Bweden sad Doumark," aud The Fourth of July," all of which were nop- pilv respondod to in - accordanco withs the pro- gramame. ©ONZ OF THE LEADING FEATORYS of the celobration was tho presence of four of on'the voyage, Just ui timo to proservo the tu- morical sirenpth of tho erew, for ouly a fow days provious one o the pacty bad died. Ttay woro tho contre of attraction, looking as thuy did, compatatively wpeukiug, learty aud baie, and expresaing themeolyos willivg to again on- dura doublo the hardslufe of tho voyaga for Lalf the compenustion, Whila thay contributed 80 largely to tho enjovment of the crowd, the crowd coutributed onually to their ploasure, THE ONLY UNFORTUNATE OCCURKENCE of the celobration up to a lata Lour in tha atter- noot was the accidental dischargo of a pistol In tha hands of Blivs Petrie Johueon, hiviug at No. 3 Rucker wtreot, Dy which sbe lont her jeft thumb, Modical stiondance was Lad st once, and tle uufortuuste lsdy was taken to bor ome. o arat roturnfug train left the park at 4 o'clock, and at G o'olock, notwithrtanding the railread furnivhiod every accomsnodution porsi~ ble uuder tha cirounistance, quite a crowd were awaiting convoyauce to thoir homes, e domstshintan SUBURBAN REJOICINGS. THUE YOURTI AT ENQLEWOO The celabration of tlia praay-Vourth at Engle- wood was sttondod with unusnal eclat, It way the tivat colubration hold in this Laudeome sub- urb, aud was mado tho ocession of a turn-out such us the country witheswed provious $0 the great domestio War that, for a time, washod away the stirring memories of the Rovolutlon. 'llso exerclves O (ho moruing wero fusugura. od by the g of a ssluto of thirtson guus, ndes tha direction of Col. Fouter, Bubuequont- Iy the Holly water-works systom was tried, and, denpito tho high wind. resuitod wost favorably, sowa of e joiw risiwg 80 the Leight of 160 feot - or more. Al 11 o'clock the train brought a great num- bor of visitors from Cuicugo, Thoy were head- o by the drens Western Light Guard Nand, which gave sowme spleudia selectiond. was tlug tha ' ear-piorciug (ife aud the s stieriug drum,” martial mugio furaished by the locsl band. . shortly before noon, A rroozssioy was foraed In the village squi . and the col- e e e o1 . ~NIMBER 318, — umn moved v (ho grove on Fifty-sizth strest, whote s Landsomo platform, tastofully draped in tha national hunting, was eroctel andor the supersivion of tha foliosing Commitieo of Ar- raogements : Mensrw. L. C. Strait, C. H. Knighs, Q. N. Chasn. Floicher Naruev, Joweph Blain, . W. Mitehell. W. N. 8mith, O, P. Northenp, fiulé’Fg}m!«r, ()rlr')ru\a &Iu!r{wwl. 1. 0. Goodall, i uraer, 1. A. Wondberry, John Byrae, T, B, Warner, and fazac Draxo. ek Prof. Wentworth openad tho procosdinga with prayer, after which ho introduced TUE REY. W7, . RYDER, of Chicago, who daliverod s maguiflcent addrass upzopos of tho occneion. Iits spoech Ingted about ~u hour and wan froquantly intortupted by loug- continued spplauso. It wonld b doing iujustica ::“X:: Ryder to attompt an opitomo of Lis ra- Flin Giles Clnb, composed of Mesra, Goodswil- He, Smith, Mnrray, and Chiapinan, gave some ex- cedlent voesl ruloctions, which were omthusiss- tically recaived, DINNFR w88 then served npon the ground. it heing furnislied by the ditfarant ciurchon and socie. ties. The yeal was pimplo_and elosant, and FAVO umiverdal sativfsction. To aid tho apuotito ot tha eclebruit tha band discomrea swoeas :;I:lmluc’ ®lilo the process of mastication cone 1l Thie rapaat was rnccended by i A BACK Bace, which wns vorv winpid and stumbling, and, therefore, vers laughable. Thera were half s dozeaconteatants, "but Jamen Loaty won tho pmal prze compated for. wlthowgh he tsated mothar earth aeveral times during his jouruey., Tho wheetharrow race, which wad rachor tama, o wan by Booty, who o horo off the prizo in catching ‘& fat hoz, with & tail shaved and oruaced. Tha potker waw sbort-winded, sud did not mako a very long run. i THY, ISEVITARLE OUEVSED POLY. waS &l40 set un, but nobody aneceednd in gat tiag aua-thitd of the way to the mmmt. ale thungh many ambitions youths made an offorg dar thac direction, Fivallv, Englawood wss come pelied to acknowledzn that shn ownod no citi- zen capab'o of conqiieringt the greased pulo, 4 After benediction by the lev. Mr. Farsthe, the celnbrants disporned. Tho disg 1 of firoworks Iu tho ovening was highly creditable. s CASUALTIES, CUILDREN Wit) DRLAD TAE FIRE, Chatles dloote, & young man hviog on Wesson atreet, blew ono of his thumbs of yesterday with a pistol, A wkvrocket fonnd ita way into Ludwig's po- lico oflica, corner of Clark and Michigan straots, might beforo last, and burned up a bed. Daora Beaten, a little girl, reviding at No, 61 Cornell stroet, was elot in tho lefe arm yosterday forcuoon Ly soma earelons colebitant, Peter Fraucise. tho won of an 1talian rostan- rant-koeper cn South Clark stroot, was shot throngh the kido by the prematuro dischargo of a pintal. Hin rocovery ia dontital, Jolin Moyers, o boy, who roadey on Twenty- gecoud A feet, mear tho cotner of Wabash avo nuo, blew off hin thumb with o pistol. Alad pamod Fantman, hviog at No. 930 Ful- ton ntroct, wan shot in tho arm and kovorolv lu- Jurad bs oma other Loy who was caroleusly fir- Tng & londod pustol. A vor, whoro namo fs not known, was bnrned noverely abont thi faco and banda ot tho coroer of Watiash avenuo and Twenty-sixth streot by’ tho oxplorion of powder coutained in n boitla, Aeorious accidont happened at 9:30 o'clock last might 1n front of No. 120 Easst Eighteouth tre Henry Luober and James iutchins, ; youi men, nere sotting off fireworks, and s wmall nuanity of powdor In & pop-bottle e~ pladed, and buroed them both badly about the faco and handws, A littlo son of Wililam C. Ritehio was passing aloug ho sidewalk st tho cornor of Cottags (rove avenuo and Thirty-vinth ntroet yostarday it 8 pound packaze of pawdar in his band, when soma ftvenilo throw s fire-cracker at Lim and exploded the powdor, which burst over him and burnod Lis faco and bands badly, He waa takon into Dell's drug-stors, close by, and at- tondad to. A TOY XILLED, The most serious oceurrenco of tha colobrs-- tlon of yestorday was_tho death of a little boy of b years, namod Edward Iogon. Ha was plaring with some othor Iads at tho cornor of Superior aud Paulin streets, abaut 9:13 o'clock 5. m. whon soma peron in_tho immediste | vicloity fired a shot and the ball ontored the bacik onrt of the boy's boad, o was carried iuto bis father's house, No. 653 Superior wtroct, and siteoded by s phyalcian. Efforts to wWave b lifo wero unavailing, sud ho died fu two hours after the shooting hap- pened. Diotrich Moeker, 8 man who lives on. the corner wlicra tho boy was shot, was finng » loaded revolvor at tho ‘time, and au officer ar- rentod i and 1odwed him in the Went Cuicago Avoutio Polico-Station to aweit the result of an investigation. Tue Coronor ook cognizancoof the caia at once, but. after summoning a [urv, decided not to hold the oxamination of wit- nesses at onco. Maoker denica Laving shos the Doy, cither by nocudent or dowi go. e ELSEWHERE IN ILLINOIS, \ g THE CCNVICTS. AT JOLIET AND IN THE PENITENTIARY, Svecial Carresparudence of The Chicaro Tribune, Jowser, M., July 4.—Tho obsorvance of the Fourth in this city and caunty was very general on Saturdsy. Tho day was not of the delightful order, it having rainod very heavily throughout the county on Friday night, with heavy clouda covoriug the horizon on Baturday morning, causing vary ecrious approhcusions of still more rain during the day, whicl was recoived in copi- ous showers in the afterncon. Business of the houvy ordor was eutirely ausponded in the ity the manufactories having all closed on Friday evoning—includivg the extensive works of the Joliot Iron and Steel Company—uuil Mundsy morning, Tho throatening aspect of tho westhes oausod somo dolays that wero tolious to the startiug of the various picole perties that had declded upon that cla¢s of eciebratlons. thio crews of the etoap * Restotatim,” au fol- | The Firat Presbyterian Courch Eociely had fownt Ulo Overdnl, Nils Nilson, Mex, | moorod thelr bont t tho bank bulow the lock, Lason, _and her' deughtor, of tois | aud loaded their refeorhmedts on board; the cuy, ~ Tbe Jast = oamed = owas DOM) | gpigney of Dyihlas bad aeccmbled ab their ron- dozvous with tho embers of Powhan Lodge of Odd-Fellos, waiting 8 clear spot In the sky. 1t camo about noon. ard with it the vari- oun parties touk up their march o their dosti- uation without dolay, Tho Presbyterians, with a largo aud sociablo yarty on board a canal-boat, oleguatly and sunptuously fitted for tho occa- wiot, weut to the wide wator near Chaunabion. Their oxarcises cousisted of inuafe, readiogs, declumations, and general nociability. o ewploves of tho Joliet Iron snd Bteol Company, with thelr invited gueats, wended tlarc way 10 Jarge numbers to the Fali-Grounds adjacent to the city, and judylged la sports aud gumes for prizes. e Huly Grall Lodgo of Kaolghts of Pythise, with 8 deputation fram Powuau Lodge of Odd- Fellows, headed by the Gormania Laud, from 40, made thoir first public parade sinco the With tho glittering Cli formation of the Boclety, uutforms, and tho mauly aod soldierly boaring ot the wowbers, tha dwplay was very cieditable to tho new Scuicty, Their march ouded at Uak Park, a Yle\ll whore Intozicatiug drinky aro oxcluded, at Lindon Heights, ozat of the city, and fu closs proximity to thie virect railany. The sfternoon waa sponit in uanciug otoreiaus. In the open wir, upon & lerge pistform, which affaried thoua who wera preseut atple oportuniies to grasify thair urytwuuruu prockvition to tueir boasts’ contout, At New Lenox, Plamfleld, and Wilmington Qrove, picnies, mih vrativos by home vrstoms, were tho ordor; sud thoy wecs all largely si- teuded. lu wanv localitios, Grangs plcnica were vory ploasaut fuatures of tha duy, Probably tho volobration that waa tho mos Soyed, aud lu which tho participants wero the inost enttiusiustic, and who will rewember the day the lougust, suld withgrateful vwotivus, was uld b AT THS PPNITENTIABT. The ususl custow bas heow, st thls institation, au formor Fourth of July ocvasiouy, to wusied il vonvickd 1o the chapel, outertaiu” them wish buucombe spescles, aud some dry musio, undey the ususl resiraint that is thrown srousd wa comvic, march shom back $0 their calls G