andSHORT ITEMS. solv;—Tlie members of the lire depart., fane ment have received some elegant new 1 knocaps. _—The doctors report more sickness agai in the city than at any time within the fih ci last six months. Hau—fto special venire will bo issued in u8 the Coombs Case and the regular panel with probably a little culling, will try Jftgrit.—Abner D. Willis has through his attorneys, Wright Sellar, tiled suit. iywo for divorce from his wife, Frances Willis. W—Manager Davis is considering the repi advisability of haviug an exhibition the prize light at Music Hall by some noted Pri* sluggers. que]—Dr. A. F. Henry has received word of a from Washington that ho has been not* granted a patent on his consumption wincure apparatus. 81UI]u:—_______.__