A wagon heavily loaded with cases of glass fruit-jars broke down Tuesday afternoon on Fifth street.Remember the Evening Times is tlie only eight-page paper in the city at 10 cent* per week. tfThe birthday anniversary of Wm. Keilar, leader of the Dubuque Cornet Band was made the occasion for a serenade by the band boys.M. C. A. Bristol and C. II. Bristol,superintendents of construction for the Western Union Telegraph Co?, were in the city yesterday.Now is the time to subscribe for the Evening Times. Only for three month's trial subscription, and only10 cents per week after that.tfM. II. Moore touches upM. C. Woodruff on the tinplate question in theWaterloo Courier. He gives M. C.several interesting texts to elaborate.Traveling men are not so numerous as they were two or three months ago.The rains, in a variety of ways, havediscouraged trade and every body elseso that there is slack business all over the country and brisk business nc« where.W. J. C. Kenyon, J. K, Hastings, A. H. Yancey, D. Cunningham, S. L. Purdy and P. II. Hough, officials of the C., B.N., stopped over In Dubuque yesterday while on their way to St. Paul. They took dinner at the Julien.The Rockford Register says: SheriffThomas T. Phillips, of Dubuque,came to Rockford this morning to get Louis Christopher, the colored man arrested here by Officer Yenum Saturday. He is wanted at Dubuque for holding aman ud for $00.”