, 1874-12-24

Tho Committee on Streots md Alleys for tho
Weat Division will meet at o'clock, Saturday
afternoon, In the City Clerks office.
Tho Doard OF Public Works yeasoyaay vis!tol
tho Halatod-streot vsaduct for the purpose Of iu-
yestigating tho work. Tho contract, it is claim
cd, tas not boon exactly fulfilled, and before nc
cop.ing tho work tho board eaought itbess to SEQ
it. Tho contractors, Ncssrs. Soulerin, Jamos d
Co., claim that tho work is strictly arst-claBs.
Tho Committee on Streets and Alleys for tho
South Division mot yesterday afternoon in tho
City Clerks Office to consider au ordinance
for tho repeal OF an net reauiting the
oponiug ot Calumet aveuuo, botween Thir-
ty-ffth and Tblrty-soventh atreota. Tho
Comnlttco liatonel to tho arguments
pro mud con urged by int crested property
ownors, prominent among whom wore George
II. nozu., Jesse Whitohead B. L. Honoro. mud
J. D. FulIiQuotto aud daughter. Tho ordinance
was lald oycr for further consideration md D
fulor attendance until next Monday afternoon.
TIE BOARD or roL1or
mot yesterday for tho purpose Of trying several
policemen who wero arraignel OIL charges pro-
fcrrod against them by supt. Rchm. Officer
Field, arraignod on charges Of conduct unbo-
coming OIL officer, proved to DO regular woman.
/ hascr,-that il. If the malsroatmont Of hand
E0ulo DuACm llktiG WikE CAu Do BD EpnBkEACu
| She brought him up botoro tho Board for not
| pforerly paying for her support. In dofenso OF
his conduct ho produced deetoo Of divorce Which
| had evcry appearance Of boipg hastily obtained
! By somo sly procoss. an attcmpt to quash tho
| indictment Oh tho ground OF tho divorce faslod,
the Board maintaining that 1t was conduct linbe
| coming police officer not to support hiH own
| Children. Tho accna was nf tho most indoscriba-
| bio nature. Tho plaintiff had rs witncss four
women besides horsolf,-all Of tho talking kind
sary,-and two babies, gifted With m uucou1-
| lnou amount Of squafl. On tho other side, OIL
cor Martin testified to sovo1al things. whicl,
gained tfom tho i ,n, women tho opithet, Of being
rights Of speech, the dofcudant cried and sob
| bed, tho babies roafcd. and Commissioner
Sheridan furtivcly lsopt pounding h'a
est ossn to !, restore eser sM ' nasa trial pro
consumed nearly all tho afternoon. Field was
| found guilty, but waa kaIt Oh tho force on con-
diton t!lat ha would contribute $50 por mouth to
her support. AZ . c''ua1 to tho comedy, Com
in very ditupidated condition, bearing tho in,-
press Ut tho heels OF those noted stosv hoots.
The next caso WIS that Of Oilicor Michael Aclor,
charged with mntreasmont Of q ctizen. Tho
trial oSincod very malie ennn: spirit On tho part
in Doytcn'a Court, then IN Justico ilainuR' o1ico,
and lastly prosecuted him before tue
Board of Polite, and aftcr thore succeed.
ing in having tho officer aned ton days
pay, ho thrcateued to bring tho caso
to tho Superior Court for damages. Iio was
considerably downcnat when 10 was informed
Tint Achnr had already suffered tho full penalty
of Ills otfense. Acier Waa certainly brutal in hiH
condncr to the plaintiff. aud had it not beon for
his general good character AZ Ill oilcor, aud the
n,ugnancy of tho prosecution, ho would have
beon discharged from the forco: Tho Board
then consuntnated ts good work Of tho day with
the reinstatement Of Patrick DEnan, tire1nAn
who WIN some timo ago sent out as an amateur
detective to hunt a man who had oucapcd from
his cuRtody. The sentence was go mapiIostiy lln
juEt, aud the eonoral character Of tho mai &c
good TINT tho Board thought 1t beat TO rolnHtats
hl1u,