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tion whlle tho prosont aas run things tho!r own
way at police loalquartors.
CITY OFFIONR.

AH0 NbAfN tf 1lGhitn arc DOW loCakHA IA *@s~AA
now rooms In tho 11onoro Block. With MANY
HfgfF, but fow toars they bid long and deep
farowoll to Tho loa1sy-roofol md aimly-1ghsod
roonis Which they lave hitherto occupied.
Wodneatay morning tho Law Department viii
OCCUPY shotr Old quarters, to which two rooms
haye boon adtcd, md tho whole ncat]y grained
aud caloimlned,
Frank Adama, Nad., has aeoopteta TIM position
Of ABsatnnt Corporation Counsel. This ho docs,
oil tho Mayor Aays with tho distinct updorptand-
Ing that tho SALARY Is to bo Increased 10 e5 900.
Tho Board Of Police and Fro Commissioners
on tho corner Of ssnto and Tlairty-aoyoulh
streets, from tho owner Afr. Horny Groepe-
baum,
Tho Committee OIL strnets and Alloys Of tho
Wcst Division failod to noot yesterday, owing to
Tho al,Aarce Of . majority Of lss mambors. tho
nro to ho pitied. Thsy wander dcspondeutty
without an aim all around Tho old rookory.
Tho attention Of tho Board Of I1oalth has
boon called to tho tant that lit tho district nortl
Of tho Wstor-Worka aud cnBt Of Clark street,
tlore are an nnusral uumbcr OF doad doga lying
Ia tho stracts. Tho odor from thnse ileonying
oaroasaes is not such AZ would tantl to inspiro
North Biucrs With high opinion OF tho na-
thortttcs. Tho board Wlll at once abolish tho
nuisance.
Mr. Cleveland, tho Mayors Secretary, hns
tary Of Btato in regard to tito Police Department
| Of this city, for tho bcnoft Of tho Government
Of Japan. :fIo Yesterday forwarded copy OF
tho noyiacd Ordinances Of tho city and other
| of1cial do .umcAta TO the Secretary.
Donovan, tho bankrupt contractor, yesterday
| told tho Nonrd Of Public Works that no couid
| not nniah his CONTRACT Tho contract will iane-
| diately be rcsct to The nc1s lowest bidder, tho
loss, II any bolnH sulforod by Donova,la borltla
| mon, Mr., Ferdinand Link aud County Tro1suror
Miller,
Tho Doarl Of pollas and Fire Commissioners
hold regular rneoting, yesterday afternoon.
Tho cnse Of Officer j:uriSht, Which waa coutn-
cd from last Weok, MA nRain brought up with
some uaw evidences and witncsnea. aud resulted
| Ia tho Dismissal Of that officer from tho police
for abaenoo from duty without permission. Tho
charges agsinht o[licor Kipley were diamiaHed,
and 10 received slight rcprilnaua. The Board
then adjourned.
| Tho chtef topics Of conyersation inside the
Hall aro tho raid Of tbs police on the gambling
dona, and the payment Of damages to two par-
ties whoso property WAS demolished In tho Hal
| ated street fro OF 1873. Tho payment Of theac
damages, tho City Attorney insists. is ILLEGAL,
| aud tho Aldermen contest 1t on moral grounds,
which Is something they aro not at Nil accs,atomcd
to.
Tho Assessor has returned his roll Of personal
property assessments. A Committee of Equall-
zatiun, consisting of tho Mayor. J. ]. Mc1rRth,
and Chhrlos Dennohy, will at for ton days, bo-
ginning Nh tho 10th Instant, for tho purpose Of
hcaring and adjusting complaints.
In tho ofnco Of tho Fire 1larsha1 n,sy ho soen
to ilre-ensinca. Tho Mic, eoyorod With SSater.
proof leather, runs alcng tho hose from tho
i,ozzlo to small hammer locatod on tho engine
clono to n gong. On tho nozzle is small key,
on touching which signals can bo instantly trans
initial fn arpifpor Tina Nhn1fAhfrr EfIn
cut system Of sending ordors from man to man
along tho limo. The inyontor hos gono East to
procure some hose with tho attachment, aud,
whcn he returns. an effort will bp made to intro
duco 1t into tho department.
| PERSONAL.
Tho Lingard troupe arc stopping, temporarily,
ut the fremont 11ouso
The Hon. Oliver pitlsbury, Of Now Hampshire.
ono Of tho National insurance Commissioners,
atarts for homo to-day.
Sir Bruce NJ. Seton, Bart, and Herbert Praed,
II. r., Of England, arc stopping At tho Grand
Pacific.
mr. D. II. Boyd, General Passenger Agen. OF
tho rennsylvautA railroad Company, is in tho city,
blrs. solon McElroy and her daughter, Miss
MoIie, hayo returned to the city aftor m absence
Of some months, and arc guests ut the palmol
! House.
s. G. Hough, formerly Of Chicago, and nov
| General Passenger Agent of the pittsbnrg
Washington l. Baltimore Railroad, with bend
quarters at tho lrst-nnined city, is ut tho Tre
Mont HouBo.
Tho Hon. Waltcr D. Bcatcs met with quite
, BorlouB accident last woek 'Shilo On route iron
this city for Evnnaton, whero Ao Yoaities. Az thu
train WnB starting, he stopped back from tht
. platform to permit lady to enter tho car. and
| whilo doing 80, was caught betwcen tho moving
chr and post near tho track and narrowly as
capped be,ng fatally crushed. As it was, ho llat
q collar-bone fractured and wns aomewtlat
I bruised IIia condition Is hopeful, and hi.
spoody recovery anticipated,
Mira. Albert Jenls, tho only daughter o.
George s. Bangs, Egq,, tho Goneral Snporintond'
| ent OF tho United Status Railroad lostal Ser
yico. died q! the Gardner House, in this city
Saturday.
. Tic lion. J. j. Hayden md family, OF Indian
apolis, arc stopping With Dr. Hayes ut No. l@
Calumet avenue. :
, Robert Warren, EBa., returned yesterday from
his trip to England.
Palmer Houses. II: LoYy, New York Fran!
Hambletou, philadelphia ]. II. Merriman, U
y. r. ~; "; H. Rllgraye, U: & g.. A.; IT.: =; " "
Eddy, omnha; pr: II. u. lirn6all, hiinnoap
: oils Theodore Coleman. Decntur 4. -Dritta1,
pittsbu5g; g; s. Price, ph!!adelplsis; +: IL:
San Francisco; ]. 4. g. Pstk'ny,,, No!
p59nno os5@aod a. Louis Sraa samae. H. sfeT s!er Gous
! vlo; 0harlos II. Groone, Now York II. c
Dattcr, Iowa; David Ritehoy, Pittsbnrg T. I,
+ phiA L. g. l.nsaoll, 1udanepoiis D. lsoyo>
4 burlngtou 9. d. Sherlock, St.: Louis. ;,
!. Sherman House,. II. Danforth, Du
@ 9aqao; !. r. n,;i,;s ;oi,n;nningg{ss;m;, g{.s;;a, ,E Tor
Smith, Quincy; D. Webster, Detroit; i. "
: Binlndol'. Rockford; II: r. Wallace. Now York
II. g. Randall, Hartford. Tren.ont House
: Il. Loeds, Now York L. Arms, U. s. NJ; ". A
!; Cnn1nlnga, New York j.. Charles villqrs, No
q York; O. Ott, Mondota H. ". Jones, Joliet; I'll,
. nev. J. Il. vemmgerholz, Galveston, Tox.; j. 1
/ Comstock, Boston Henry g. Catlin, Vermont.
D ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Tho University Of Chicago, in both tho collt
giato and preparatory departments. begins til
i fall term Thursday Of this wook. tho 10tl, inB
Candidates for examination and admission
should DO present Ut tho University at l,a!f-ras
] O ~ IL A,ak r~9.A.