, 1873-04-16

mont TINT tho question WAS ono Of public inter-
ost, and not ono Boely OF oontcstod eleotion. THO
interest OF tho public fa thus The Constitution
expressly roauirob TINT como porson n1at mako
tho asHosBment who 1laa boon etooted, and thus
no ono can do It who ID not oloctod. Tho injury
now fearod ie that Mr.. Amberg ia going to make
m assessment. Unaor existing cirounstancos
II cannot bo legally collected 90 TINT tho only
thing left wab to obtain q temporary injunction,
without which the taxcB will DO lost.
Judge Williams thought tho caso ono Of con-
i sntFioicnt attention at tho timo, he continued
tho caao until next Saturday morning.
Thoro are numbers Of tax-nghtorB in tho city
who will never pay II they Gun help It, and, Il
Asaesaor Inns not tho power to collect, md s,,o-
coed, not ono dollar will DO collected from those
not Inclined to pny.
SUIT FOR TIE RECOVERY OF THE VALUE OF JEW
oF In hs t' fs os't II @ y mgsa Sae9 saa y" sS ss
Cottlo, brings notion against tho Michigan Com
trail Railroad Company for s5o, 900, for trospaea
on Tho cano; Mulford and shubail arc jewefors,
e Hdw 9ors an they haa On car Of tho
bor last, sample trunk Of iewolry, which .yaa
burned mp with quantity Of othor baggage, be-
twoon this city and Detroit. Thoy suo to
recover r.r from tho Company nheerrera 9f bag
responsible for jo.golry, as baggage, except 30
far as tho reasonable amount tint may belong
to passenger.
THE OUTFITS AND oAnnorn STREET RAILROAD WAR.
Railroad. y: City Of Chicago camo up before
Judge Williams, .yestorlay afternoon, on q mo-
ton By plaintiff TO grant further injunction to
proyont tho CITY interfering T94i their rolaying
19th Fobr.tary last, on tho sahao .;day on which
tho original blll ras filed, tho motion was ,nado
setting tho care for Inst Monday Woolt but it was
allowed to he amondcs, and a. tho cnso Tas con-
ool doniod Ill the allegations q plalntlfr except
the fact OF tearing up tho trhck, md sustained
their anRwer by twelve or flftocn nf1adaytB tint
tho track was not laid as tho ordinance required,
on Saturday, through Sunday, and into Monday,
tearing down fences, filling up Cutters, and OBJ
etr,,ctlng tho HtrootB; TINT they claim private
coal-yard Mt tho corner Of Curtis and Carroll
strcots and TINT thoy desire access thcreto for
private speculation.
Tho argument was opened by John Wood
bridge, for tho RAILROAD, who was replied to by
II. McDado, In tho interest Of private property
holders In tho city, followed by Mr: Tuley, Cor
poration Counsel.
$4,000 su1r Dy THE CITY,
In tho Superior Court, tho City Of Chicago
brings action against John Kelly, Mlchnol aud
David ,Hallanln, James Payne, John McCabc, A:
]. Latham, George y. How, Charles g. and joel
Of tho fact that, ii 1s76, Kolly L Co. woro ~ dis
appointed Of obtaining a contract to build tho
tunnel to tho crib for tho Chicago Water Works.
They auod tho city for MI injunction to restrain
Thoy 5S T obtained s m * parto INJUNCTION, and
motion to dissolve it WAS successfully made bc-
foro Judge Farwell. Kolly l. Co. appealed tho
caao, which continued the. injunction. In q
year, the city won the case before tho Supreme
Court. At tlo time Of appeal by Kelly 4 Co..
Judge Faruoll required them to give s25 900
bond to socuro tho city from loss. Tho parties
defendant to the present suit wcrc tho egncrs Of
the bond, which tho city now seeks to collect.
CRIMINAL COURT NOTES.
IN tho Criminal Conrtt tho caso OF Peopfe Y.
Timothy ". Fnl1or, Chns. T. Barnes, and Rich-
ard Rainforth, for conspiracy to dofraud Duncan
trinl. Neither Forbes nor Fuller appeared, but
nainforth aud barnes olamorod for trial. Full
lera bail was dofuultod, and tho case passed as
to tho othor defendants.
A ,nolle proncqni was entered IN two indlct-
nentB against e. ". Parent, one for concaalng
mortgngqd propcrty the othor for larcopy,