The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-29
CHICAGO.

CHlCAuO, MAy ~.
The estimates Of the expenses of our
city government for the ensuing year, as
submitted by the Comptroller, amount To
six million two hundred and twenty
thousand dollars. The Council has re-.
duced these estimates ono million seven
hundred and eighty.seven thousand dol.
lars, deduCting the amount received from
licenses and miscellaneous sources. Four
millions one hundred and eight thousand
dollars remain TO be raised by taxation,
which will require levy Offilteen mills
on the dollar Of the assessed valuation ol
property. ..r.Ig.. ....
The party OF directors and stockholders
of the Missouri, Kansas, IL Texas Rail-
road, who left New York ten days ago on
an excursion into the Indian territory,
arrived here last night on the way home.
The party consisted Of the following
gentlemen; Hon. Geo. Opdyke, ex.MayOr
Of New York, Francis Skiddy, Hon. Geo.
II. DennlsOn, Peter Townsend, judge j. j.
Townsend, RiL ard T. Mount, David
Austin, j. b. Dickson, Jas. Brice, David
Jones, DR.. Geo. VanderhOfi, DR.. Boyd and
Chas, +. Riggs OF New York; Hon. VIM.
Foster, Of Rhode Island; VIM. Blackmore,
Of London, Chas. a, Russell, Of Greenfield,
Of Mass; Thos. Freeborn, Of Taunton,
Mass; Frederick 81 John, of Nantucket.
The party remained In ChiChagO, to-day,
inspecting the st0ck.yards and other ob.
ecls OF interest, and left for New York this
evening.
John Bruckin, u German farmer, re.
siding eight miles southwest of jackson.
vile, Illinois, shot and killed his son,
Paul, this morning. Bruckin had some
words with his son relative to planting
q field of corn, and In fit Of rage, fired i
shot gun ut Paul, blowing out Ills brains.
The murderer has been arrested
Lizzie Il. Westcott, aged 10 years, was
found dead In her bed yesterday morning.
She was a pupil Of the Masilly school On
Wednesday instead Of going to school, she
took boat ride on the basin with u young
man. To account for her absence an ex.
cuse was written by her companion and
signed with the name OF her aunt, with
whom the girl lived. Lizzie subsequent.
ly confessed the deception TO her aunt and
was mildly reproved, whereupon the girl
committed suicide by taking morphine.
A billiard match Of 1000 points,
French game, was played tonight be.
tween Henry Rhines and John W. Coon,
for $3.50 aside, and three balls for the
championship Of the northwest. Rhines,
who was the previous champion maintain.
cd his position, scoring 400 toCoon's 29j
Rhines average was four and seven tenths:
his highest run was 81, COOn's IS.
AT II o'clock last night police officers
Michael Mitchell and VIM. Patton came
upon crowd of disorderly men and boys
on the corner Of Polk street and Blue
Island Avenue, and ordered them to dis.
perse. The rufTlans replied by jeers and
taunts. The officers then sounded their
rattles for assistance, when the mob
threw mud and stones at them. The
policemen endeavOred TO make some ar.
rests, and the gang fled down street
When n short distance of, five or six Of
the roughs turned, drew revOlvers, and
fred about dozen shots. officer Mitch.
ell was shot in the stomach, and the
W Ound Is dangerous, il not fatal. Officer
Patton was also hit, but his wound, though
painful, Is not considered dangerous.
The rufTlans all made their escape, but
strenuous efforts are being made to secure
their arrest. Great excitement prevails
among the people In the vicinity, and had
the tculprits been captured at the time
they would probably have Jared badly.