, 1874-11-24

Mr. Ncxanter Sullivan. tho gonia1 Secretary
of the Board Of Public Works, yesterday loft
toWn for q tour in tho East. During hia nbaence,
hiA place sill bo fillad by Mr.. D. 8. Mead, the
geutlomanly assistant.
In few days Gen. Shalcr will occupy bis
private office, which is now in process of con-
at1uction in one cornor OF the Firc-A1 arslsal's
Office. uo proposes to make NIL lis conferences
strictly private md confidential.
This afternoon thcro will be experiments Ia
blasting With dynamite, on tho walls Of Hayeral
churches on Wabash avenue. which wero burned
by tho July fro. Tie experiments will bo made
under tic Immediate direction OF Fire-Narsha1
Bnnncr.
Aud BOW AID. White is exceedingly wrathy,
for ho Hays that no blanc cau attach to hts
famo for staying away last Saturday from the
rest Of tho judiciary Committee. Aa Ills poetry
IL not Of very good quality. ho adds ln prose TINT
ho mover will attend Council committee which
meets In any otIor place than tho committee
rooms in the Cily-Ha1l. Will AID. Richardson
retat|ato?
A movement is on foot among Mayor Colvin'a
friends to procure tho shiny grecnbacka neces-
anry for the purchase of q suitable present Tor
Ills Honor ou tho occasion Of his first auniror-
| Bary ns city official. Jonkins suggests that 1t
ha tlao gold chrouomater 80 thut lle may acc,l-
r1toly time tho number Of vista cach CITY official
| maaca to the saoous across the way.
An ordinance providing FOR tho mo Of Tho Ex-
position building railrond depot by tho tsatti
! moro l. Ohio Railroad WIS yesterday handed to
| Judge Dlcloy for an opinion sto It's legality
The Judge raferred it to tho Donrl of l'ubllo
Works, al ho thought it caAla directly within
| their province. 1t viii moot with considerable
objection for tho reason THAT tho ownorB OF tho
hnilf1fnr will rncnjpn rNnt Mn rn1tvny nu1
tho city in the first placo granted them tho use OF
| tho Grouad Oh which tho building Sands tor
only limited space OF time.
! odlcor John 1Ioynihap, who loft his beat On
tho South 6sde, aud, wht1o drunk, waadetcl
| across Adams street bridge 10 u saloon nenr
to cighra aud drinks without tho conseut at tho
| proprietor, yesterday appeared boforo tho Board
| Ut poico to answer chargea OF Drunkenness ill.,
| attention to duty, aud conduct unpecomiug an
| olfarel to resign. He said tl1ore WAS no donbt
| Of his being drunk, but lo dehies having taken
anything from tho saloon, claiming TINT tho Job
Recommendation OF tho Board, ho resigned
under charges. Olcor Philip Carlin. who was
arrostud Homo tino ago Oh charges OF having
nsolen ring. md WIS shortly afterwards bound
over to tho Criminal Court. has forfeited hla bail
| ing before tho Board was yesterday taken up
| and ho WINS discharged from the force. Several
other oi}cers were also arraigncd befosa 4ha
board, but tho charges wero 10 light that no
| penaltleB wero lnl!iciod.
| The Doara OF Police, tho New York Tiro Un-
dorw1itors, md Il Committee OF tho Citzo,ls' As-
| Bocation yustorday morning met Informally Ia
the Flre.Marshal'a oilleo. Tho mooting was
| visitors an opportunity to learn aa much
ny nossib!e about tho Department.
| Marshal 1lanner answered I'LL tho
questions referring to tho department, aud 11r.
Chandler explained the tlro-alarm Telegraph sys-
own. and, by their notions, 7oro eyldonsly bent on
getting Vi sA,ch information ~ posable, Dnr-
ing tho meeting Commissioner ,nono took tAo
Citlxo!.s Association to tauk for Attempting to
| QUIT his frlond mud playnlato, Commissioner
AyaH., IIo bacamo quito excited, and artor re-
elting tile mnny good qualifications Of a[r. Ayars,
l.e leusurod MFR. Lotov and Mr.. AIacVoagll for
nearly llaf an hour OH tho uaoossneaa Ut trying
to fliehtotl any PERSON with Citizons' AAsocia.
tion bugahoo. Completely exhausted, ho OK
claimed: ''0h, hlara, YOU pitch into t1le,a
aw!n!o now, I'm tivcl out: Tin rolled up; i'm a
Gyls'in nlusnasy." 10 saying he collapsed, mud
tho visitors dopartod.