, 1873-05-25
Paxk, for 4280lQ.

It Is qnderstood that the confederation Ia largely
:. Wo hear a{so Of the zale Of 20 acres in the n.
y. Of Sec. a. 90, u, situated q mile south Of
Hcas' Parki Consideration, $500 per acre. The
pnscheser !a sold @ this property before he had
: H. =. Picket bought Of James E. Tyler 20 acres
on the north side of Harrison street, *
mlle west Of the city limits; consideration,
81. 900 per Rcro.
:. 1; Hodges sold 80 acres, being in s. x of Sec.
p. H.: u, aituated about X OF . milo from Park
Ridge; consideration, s266 per acre.
. --..' :':e' CURIOUS 1Kc1DEEr
Of the unexpected requirement Of money by the
11ee in value OF real estate in this city trnnspIrcd
this week. At the time B. K Swift, the banker,
the bank. He could get nothing else for Ms
money than deed from Mr. Swift for ~ acres o.
land several miles southwest Of Brighton. IL
was not salable at any price, bit them Thought
it was better than nothing. So he kept 1T and
had begun to think It would sell for something,
he did not know what. a few weeks ago he
placed It for enlc in the hands Of Mr. " D. ker-
foot, who astouiEhed him, and almoat took his
breath away by informing him, last Thurs
day, that he had. sold it for $4,000,
THE NEW CounT-HCURE AND TILE MAYORS POLICY
IN REGARD TO IT.
We are in receipt Of q long letter from = cor
respondent signing himself ":ra3payer," who
claims, has been pursued BY Mayor Modill in ro-
gard to the selection Of a design for the Court
House. He says ."I regret to observe an &C.
centricity on the part Of the Mayor which sim
cerely hope he will abandon. I refer to his OPP
position to anything grand and imposing, pro
fer1ing plain, cheap structure, alleging that the
business Of the city can be performed as vel in
building Of plnin exterior as in the most ornate
structure that could be rniBed- This is doubts
less true; but is it liberal ?? Is it the way great
EoI urff
cago property pursued tie same narrow argu-
ment, what kind Of town would We have had 2
What would have been our reputation as con-
pared with the present? Does any man at
tempt to argue down our marble fronts
because as much business could be done
in palmer structure costing much less ?,
repeat, thnt policy is il1iberal; and, if the
Mayor, or any Of his associates on the Commit
tee, imagine that one-tenth Of the people are
opposed to rich and handsome building, they
greatly err. The money 1avished upon cur pala-
tal blocks by private enterprise tells how little
the wealth Of the city respects such an argu-
ment," and considerably moEe to the same effect.
We believe our correspondent is in error about
stead Of being opposed to ".grand and impos-
ing" Court House, he is only opposed to tho
possibilities of ''grand and imposing" steal
in it's construction, and q consequent grand
and imposing Of taxes to pay for it, Then hs2s
fbess'o thoss destsoyed ahs % BY the fire., there
are also many more who have only erected plain,
substantial ones, and it the majority Of the new
business buildings we're to be accepted as pat
tern for the general character Of the new Court
House, we would have a very plain one. But
there is no reason why they should be accepted
as a pattern. The public money be-
longs to all Of the .citizens, and no
CANT expenditure Of it under the name Of iber-
aity.
We understand there is difference Of nearly
81 000 600 in the estimates OF the various archl-
tects as the cost Of putting exactly the same num-
Of Court House. The aggregate Of taxes on city
property is now about So per cent, and
this extra 81, DOT, 900 viii make . very consider
able addition to it. It is worth while to inquire
as to whether the expenditure of this extra
81 600 COO is necessary-whether We could not
gel Just as good Court-House without dozen
Or so men getting rich out Of it's construction.
..., (: SATURDAYS TRANSFERS.
The following instruments we're filed for rec
ord on Saturday, May q:
My i, 1879; consideration, s1 500: .. =.
a:ea Is to e. N Bloef IL fecis Subdivision
kofse Sec H. 49, H. dated April 26' eon'fdeFa-
Clinton st, bet Fulton and Lake sts, " f. 20 It to
auey, dated FEB. y: consideration, 5000 o,x,,x a.
dsted Ssd'sn %ay = IL; o:' oens;des.6on md a 80
Lot f. In seaverns Block 1s Of Il Sec 81, 3d. H.
dated Ap1 1s; eo1sideEst1oD sas9; * md "a otwx
Sec. s., SO, H. dated Sept 80, 1877; conSlde1sdon'
West Twenty st, 800 ft o1 LINCOLN ct, ST,
2s1126n #, dated May !; consideration, 81 ECU.
Wet y st. s25 e Of 9ien g ao
6sdsn ~ n dsses 81 ey Il t. dated
May "a consideration, $500.
Twgnty-si1th-st, cor Of Wallace st, t, Lot Is.
-su-i1
II s1o1164N it. dated May %; consideration, &C. $50.
Lots s. ana IS, u Block Q, Sec 7, 49, IL dated May
Lot esti Il, IN Block q Hamilton's Nekot nxH
Sec Is, 50, Il, dated July l9, 1872: consideration,
Lot il, in walkers Reaubdigison Of Blocks u and
Is Of Smiths Sec 49, 80, IA, dnted Aug 81, 1879;
Ere St. near corner Of 1asal1e st. 22B11oa IT,
Ashiaad ~, corner Of Iaylor st, Lots and 2,
oe5sa Wes ez a bstveea Western ~ and Oakley st.
# to aay dated Hay consdeFaton' x' %a}sd
a2 sub 81 lot sud TO- n Campbell Albin'a Lot 8, in
Block 7, Rockwelts Addition, dated March 5; coll
Emerald ~, Of Thirty st. ef, "a # to alley,
dated May 20; consideration, $500. ~ =, ,,
Lot 10 in nosa q nlesk e Sec 49, 49, H. dated
s ogden av, 3 " cor Of Holman ay, 10 acres, dated
April 50; consideration, s2a,ooo.
Lots 81 and SIS. In Block 2, in Davis ct al. - Q
Of Sec %, 10, H. dated March l6; consde1snon'
81 600. -
SOUTH CrrI LIMITS.
Lot a, in Bogue's Addition, dated April 10, 1871;
consideration, S375.
r Sec 8, as, II, dated May II, consideration,
Lot 81, in Block 2, same, dated May u oonsidera
ton, $780,.
. SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK.
The following is the total amount Of city and sub
urban property transferred during tne week enang
eonaidelaHon, $500 eoo. North II city lmita No. Of
sales, consideration, s1o,o5o South Of city limits,
No. Of sales 80 consideration, wsss s Of eity
sales, 2o3 !; total consideration, S995,o42.
The ss Now magdalen' - in Court.
4 case interesting to all theatrical people has
been commenced In the United States Circuit
Court in Boston, in abill in equity By Walter
Benn, Of Baltimore, and Mrs. John T. Raymond,
the actress (better known under her stage name
Of Miss n. 3. Gordon, both Of the John is,s E; ow
and Arthur Cheney, Of the Globe Theatre al
1egilg that Mr: Benn, in February last, Obtained