Our Man About Town

The praotioe thtit luuuy persons indulge in of throwing ashes in the stroet, is one that should be stopped at onco. There is an ordinnnce bearing on the subject, and I understand that tho chief of polioe is bound to seo it enforced this winter. A littlo beforo 12 o'olook, Moudny nigut three big over-grown fellows could havo beou scen quietly removing the covering of a sluice way on tho corner of State and Ann stroeta. When discovered by a citizen residing noar, these brave ones Btarted on a run for tho campus, whioh was the last seon of them. I only speak of this to show the oowardly diaposition of some people. In this instance they were three. A lady, who resides just weet of the city limita, on the road to Foster's Station, told me Saturday that nights were made hideous by in toxica' ed meu going past her house on their way home nearly every week day eveniug, that herself and nuighbors were aivakened by these night owls, whose screeching could be heard blocks away. Of course tho city authorities are powerless in the matter, as the disturbances occur outside of the corporation. I didn't suppoee there were so many unruly boys on First street, but from the number who took that "item" to heart, I am led to believe that there are many other boys who are not what they oughttobe. How any person can take to himself an article which ppears in print, unless he feels guilty of what is spoken of in that article is bcyond me, I will say iiowever, thnt it did not occur at the beginning, the end, or the middle of the street, but that it occurred on the street. The entertainments that are being given from time to time at Hobart hall we hear highly spoken of. There seems to be only one trouble, and that is the room is too small to accommodate the large nnmber of persons that would like to attend. It is on this ■ account invitations are limited. I was not able to be oresent at the entertainment last Friday ovening, but I hear very flattering comraents on the piano solo by Prof Frieze. The piano, a Haines' Bros conoert upnght, was kindly furuisbed by Mr. L. H. Clement. Monday uight wns llallowcou. títudents aud towniesby dozenscoDgrcRated in different parta of the city at an early hour, evidontly prc-urranging tnatters and laying plans to be carried out later ou. When the people aroso tho f olio wing taorning they wero not a little surprised to ñnd gatea gono hero and there, fenoes overturned and broken, orosswalks removed, and sidewalks torn tip, ele. About tho most contemptible pieoo of businees was when a party visited the oíd cemetery and removed tombstone after tombstone, which bad withstood tho storms of half a century or more, ouly to bc torn down and thrown in a heap in different portions of this abode of the dead. And when I eaw the work - of these vanda?s, I said to myself, what a pity that some members of the council could not find less time to watch the back doors of saloons for fear a person would get a glass of fresh tap, whil deviltry is permitted to carry sail with a full hand, propert; destroyed in the incan time, and witt out an attempt being made to bring th guilty parties to justice.