Foreign Language Press Service

The appointment of an ambassador to Turin was of special interest, not because of the character of those who sought this post, but because of the eventual recognition or nonrecognition of the German Republicans of the United States. We admit that we were not favorably impressed when we learne

The following article is quoted from the Chicago Tribune, September 5: "George Schneider, Esquire, editor-in-chief and owner of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung, has been appointed United States Consul at Helsingoer (Elsinore), Denmark, and we hear that he will leave for that post very s

An English language publication justly complains that in many districts congressmen and senators spend the time when Congress is adjourned attending to their private affairs, and that they fail to show the slightest interest in the cause which is dear to the heart of every patriot.

Last year, as everybody knows, the corrupt State Legislature enacted a new police law for the city of Chicago, and had the effrontery to utterly disregard the rights of the people, by depriving it of the authority to elect the members of the police board for two, four, and six years, respecti

After a bitterly fought campaign, Mr. Lorenzo Brentano, publisher and editor of this newspaper, was elected state representative from the 61st district of the state of Illinois by a large majority. The principles which Mr. Brentano and his friends advocated during this campaign, and

Alderman Woodman presented an order for four hundred dollars in favor of Charles S. Perry for special services rendered as health officer during the past eight months. The order was unanimously approved. On recommendation of Alderman Comisky the Council reviewed the report on the el

Last night, at a meeting of German citizens of Chicago's West Side, held at the hall of the Socialer Arbeiterverein of the former Tenth Ward, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, The present war against the Southern Rebels is being unnecessarily prolonged, chiefly becaus

Following is the result of the Republican primary election which was held yesterday: First Ward: Jacob Beiersdorf, George W. Fritz, Peter Regitz, Nimrod Walz, Delegates; [Translator's note: Twelve other names are omitted.] Joshua Knickerbackcer, Alderman; George Hartmann, Constable.

Captain E. F. C. Klokke, a soldier who served in the old Hecker Regiment (Twenty-fourth Illinois) has agreed to accede to the wishes of his friends and become a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court. Captain Klokke was a brave soldier, according to the unanimous op

On page eight of this newspaper there is a list of members of the County and the ward Committees which are to manage the coming campaign. It is evident that only experienced Republicans have been chosen, and they may be relied upon to put forth their best efforts in attaining favorable result

County Offices Judge of Superior Court .................Honorable Joseph Geary Clerk of Superior Court...................C. J. Thomas County Judge..............................J. C. Knickerbocker County Clerk.................................Edward S. Sa

A survey of the national composition of the City Council will be worth our while as our readers will see at the end. Let us take up, therefore, one ward after the other: In the 1st ward we have Somers, an Englishman, and Knickerbocker, an American; I

Chicago is justly proud of its fast growth....But one can also have too much of a good thing, and our municipal offices seem strongly tempted in that direction. The so-called municipal "improvements" have been instituted in the last five years with a precipitate haste, that decidely

Today the final conference between the Central Committees of both parties, for the construction of a common list of candidates, will take place. (Footnote: In the Central Committee of the Republican Party at this occasion, Raster, the editor of the Staats Zeitung, seems to have played a consi

For the mayoralty, Joseph Medill has been proposed. He, not long ago, pressed in the Tribune the candidacy of Mr. Henry Greenebaum in the warmest and most emphatic terms. It has therefore certainly not been animosity against the Germans which gave Medill the nomination, but exclusively the de

From the Chicago Times: "Today, Mr. A. C. Hesing is returning to Chicago after a sojourn in Europe that lasted more than a year. When he left Chicago it was a magnificent city of palaces, in which his own interest was not slight. He has participated prominently in politics and as the leader o

Tomorrow the citizens of Cook County will be able to show if the misfortune that has come over Chicago shall not at least have the one good result that the bums and scoundrels who have remained on the property of the city like leeches are put into discard. The ticket that has been p

In yesterday's meeting of the Police Commissioners something amazing happened, something which is without precedent in the annals of American officaldom. The only German among the three commissioners, moved to send a petition to the Legislature in Springfield to reduce the annual salary of ea

Now, Bailey and Mac Grath tried to have the posters (of the fire limit demonstrators) brought through the narrow door of the hall, but found it difficult. Several Aldermen became frightened, and the presiding Alderman Mc Avoy declared, without a word of explanation, the session adjourned, ins

Quite unexpectedly Chicago lost, yesterday, one of its best and most favored German citizens, namely, Mr. J. G. Gindele. He was born on January 30, 1814, in Ravenburg, Wurttemburg. After a good deal of schooling he went, still an adolescent, to Lindau, near Lake Constance, then to Munich wher