, 1874-12-24
LITTLE JOKERS,
Their Amusement Is Too Often nt
the Public Expense.
Tho Laws Therefore Provide for
Their Suppression.
Some Of the Funny Fellows Who Have
Lately Come to Grief.

AN AppRnoRrATtvl: CITY OFFICIAL.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 23.-At h1ccial nootinE
OF tho Fire Commissioners of tlia city, held Inst
evening, tho charges preferred againBt Chcs
Engineer Hill worc roal They charge Tho Chief
| with wtful neglect Of his duty in certifying to
tue correctness OF bills, when Bllcl wns not tho
caso; miHapp'ying and appro1'riating city fnndH
to hfB own 1lae, mutllating tho books Of tho De-
partmcnt for tho purpono Of concoaling tho
amounts rocoiyel for tho 1alo Of city goods;
acting rs m ngont for u private concern In
aolling hoso; tcatifying falsoly before tho ln-
vcstlgatinE Comn1ttoe permitting, woolen
| buildings to bo erected within tho iirc-lilnlta,
n1ti receiving compensation therefor. Mr.. Hill
Ind prepared no nuswcr to tho charges, but
asked that the plantif PIT in its prons, when llo
lliill would onucavor to dlsproyo tho charges.
Tho Board went Into eccret session, during
which Flrst-AEaiAtnnt Chief Bennett md Third
Assistant Kobbucls wcro honorably acquitted Of
tho charges preferred agairat them. and n rcso-
luton wna adopted requesting Chief llItl TO re-
sign, his resignation to tako effect Wednesday,.
Dec. 23, at II Ill.
Tho board OF Tire Commissioners held
npeolal mcoting this evening. a communication
from Chief Engineer Hill was received, In which
lie states that, not being nwaroiof any testimony
him, lie could not oirer Testimony to disproyo
tt,on1. and therefore declined to resign, rs re-
quostcd by tho 1,onrd Inst cyoning. X resolu-
ton was then adopted llacharelnE Chief Hill for
iacomfntenuy. and placing, the Department IN
tllo hantls Of First Assistant Engineer bennett.
II In thought that tho Chief will refuse to abido
by Tho decision Of thu loarl aud will curry the
r,attor into the courtn.
SENTENCE OF \ MuKDF.RI:HS COMMITTED.
Special DispateIs to 1hc Chicago tribune.
ST. JoSS, N. D., Dec. 23.-Angelo ponlin, tho
Acalian lnurdcress, who was to have boon execut-
ell at Bathurst, Jan. 5, for tho murder of ler
I,s,sbaul. Xavier ponlin, on Caruquotto Island,
has Ind 1Ior sentence committed to impriaon-
n,ent for life. IIor Box md tho Influence OF the
clergy snyed her, though impartial public
orluion declared her tho moro guilty of tho two
mnrderons. Olivier Gallian. her pnramour aud
partner in the murder, was hangol ut Bathurst
on tho 29,h Of October. 1Io died firmly. con-
lion, though ilc lail al bis guilt on
Mrs. roulin. Whom he last enw hor size asked
l,iul it he bore or any il-w1ll for bringing linn
TO hiH dontll. lIe answered that God would Hot-
tic nil that. So unpopular was tho !laath penal
ty Tint tho laborers who wcro charged With
Greeting tho galowa OIL which lallian was to bo
executed wcra hootod Mt unl compelled to aban-
don their work. whicli tho Sheriff and county
officials had 10 complete with their own hands,
Mrs. pouliu still maintainetl her inuoccnco.
md hor ignorance, indeed, Of tho slaver OF her
husband after tho execution. On tho 9th Of No
yc,nber tie child with which Hiio was preguant
by l1er executed paranlonr WA born, hcr hung
iug having boon dofcrrod till after ilH birth.
CI1ME IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, ky., Dec. a3.-DotcctiYcs to-dny
| arrested James Cutran. alias Jimmie ropcs, aud
Joseph Nolan. alins Jim Scott, supposed to 10
noted bank thieves who have operated OK
tensively In New York, Chicago and othor cities.
a special to tho Co'wier-Jou,7al gives IN nc
count Of fatal shooting -at11ay In Mercer Coun-
ty, Koutuciy. yesterday, III which two men woro
killed. and one ,uortally wounded. A quarrel
| aroae in the morning about n dog, in which
Isaiah Gahllc1t shot nlR1l named Daniels III tho
Icy, intctng flesh wound. III tue afternoon Joo
! Davenport, Town Constable, assembled posse
and went to arrest Gabhort. On tho approach
Of tho posse, Gabhort and q man nanled Herring
| fired ut Davenport, but without eIeet. Davell-
port then struck aabl,ert on tho hoal with an
| iron shovel, and l1erring shot Davenport
through tho body, killing him Instantly. uar-
land Davenport, brother Of tho Constable here
interferod, and WAS bllot ind killed by Herring.
Tho latter tlscn escaped, and ie supposed to llavo
como to I.ouavillo. uabllert's wound Is mortal.
Best, the man who murdered the postmastor
et Lancaster ky.! On Monday night, ia said to
this iilstance aroso out at controversy in re-
| gard to tho ownership Of land. Best is still at
1urgo.
| CONFESSION OF RAILROAD nonDEns.
! MEMPHIS, Tonn,, Dec. 23.-LaAt week William
Kngabnry, Jordan Ivey. Van Hatfield, 1Ienry
Wool, Carey Young, and Vincent Petty (all col
ored) woro arrested ut Wcst Point, Miss, for the
| systematic robbery Of tho froight.cars of tho
Mobile l. Ohio Railroad. AL Of them aro prom
inent colored men, Petty being the County Treas
urcr aud Iyoy I'll Alderman. Their modo Of op-
| orations WIS for ono or two Of tho gang to force
entrance into the cars while stopping at West
| Point, and to shut themselves in car until tho
train had aturted, then to throw or the cotton.
merchandise etc., which was gathered up by the
oliaols nu taken to 1ycy or retty's stores, where
! tho marks wero destroyed ind tho gnntls or cot
tun sud. They hayo been operating for long
timo, and it ia supposed thnt tllelr robboricB
amount TO ,uany thousand doliara. On boiug
nrrosted KingBbury nlado conleAHio,,, which
led to tho arrest Of tho others, several Of whom
nude full confessions on being arrested. potty
was arrestea as III acccaBory, two bniea Of stolen
| cotton being found i'll lis store. IIo gayo bonds
| III $500 to ansWor before tho Granu JEry.4
| 4 FARMER FE1GllTFULLY HEATEN.
| slseut Dispatch to Tie Chicago Tribune.
| MILWAUKEE WiG., Dec. 23.-Ausust Schall, d
| AIenomoneo Falls farmer, wns brought to the
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