, 1874-06-20

nAE - ~~'s'' '"A7"oo''os1 o' 1.187, :
Tho concrete n1oaaic pavemont surrounding
the, now Cr'mlnal~Oonrf-lIouso was finished
yesterday aftoruoon, and its presence greatly
onllancos The boauty Of tho building.
Tho county ofliccs aro uniformly dull. Tho
Building Committee bold a naooting yesterday
afternoon, but did nothing OF oonBoa,onoo be-.
You'd auditing fom btlls
Tho City Treasury oyercame the etrools Of tho
woatllor yeHtorday antlicontly to allow tho my
mont Of fcn small bills against tho city.
Commissioner Klotto vaa detained at homo
yontorday by tho advent into thiH world Of
another son. 1nasmuch as the Commissioner
has noyor rejected tho Htntemont u,ade by Mfr.
Spotght TINT ho Ia All 1Hraelita, tho Interesting
Moaalo ceremony, which haH been to cortain
oxtent displaced by tho modern chrlatening. will
be Ii vOguo when the new arrival has attetnod
tho maturity OF an e!ght-daJ K1okke.
The following building permits worc yosterday
grantod by tho Board Of Public Works to JohiH,
y. Policy, . two-Btory aud baso1uont brick on
Vornon ayanuo to McEwan Il Dlington. =
son to ". D. Oakley, a tvo-Btory aud baaomont
brick ut 448 North LaSalle street.
Ton tax-appoal caaes wero disposel OF yester-
day. Twonty-throe caaoa hayo nlrendy been
tried. There arc still LIT cases to try, bnt 1t IL
auspootca that in four days thoy viii bo wound
up at d gain to tho city Ut 84oo,000.
At tho special request Of tho Superintendent
OF foHco3 tno mayor yenlofuhy revoked tho
aaloon-iconso of otampltn, WHO keeps restaar-
mt, md 10 forth, at LIT Monroe street. Tho
Superintendent Of Police reported TINT tho es-
tub1isllmont was :" q rosort Of thieves, pimpH,
and prostitutes" This makos the third saloon-
licouso tho Mayor has revoked within tho past
fow dayh.
Cty-Attorney Jamfouon has boon quito aucooss.
fnl In defending Lbs city in suits OF trospaaH. In
tlio recent case of Mrs. Bjry yB, City Of Chicago
Tor danhgos received BY falling upon q sidewalk
Of improper oonstraotion. tile Jury awarded
niainttiR ,ia tY the & sum Of go Yesterday morning
llra. Virginia Poniponicud US. City Of Chicago
for Injuries received from fall oil Ewing street
year ago, came in with verdict Of not guilty.
AID. Lengacher has obtained tho conditional
promise Of President Watkins, OF the South hide
Gas Company to lay gas-pipos Oh tho following
from Halatcd to Larraboo; Walker, from
Halated 70 Larrabec, Hurlbut. from sul'i-
yan to North ayenuo sogcl, from Hurl-
but to 8odgwlck;- Franklin, from htegel to
SCHILLER Schiller, from eedgwick to Franklin !;
land, from Sclnilcr to North avenue. Tho con-
dtton ia that tho pipea can be obtained within
tho tima specified.
When tho specifications for tho now County
Jail and the Criminal Court wero made known.
among othcr itema 1t was mentioned that Now
ellis locks should ho put upon tho doors. At tho
NowolI vent ahead mud manufactured about
sovon dozen Of the locks, TO be charged to tho
county at $A pcr dozon. They arc Of wrought
iron and Of superior mako. Much to his Bur-
prise, upon going to tho building ho found TINT
another ana clonpor caAt-iron lock had al1oady
beeu put upon the doors. He therefore feols
aggrieyed, eapeoially 80, since the looks ho mado
are not IN ordinary domand, and ho will sustain
q considerable loss thereby. He Htatos that ho
lns appealed in vain to tho County Commissions
ers, mud to individual members Of the Board, but
haH received no satisfaction. Architect Egau
CAUSE II ho does the Ioard will Kick up an awful
row about It. Not foaring materially the awful
row, he mnkas known those facls TINT tho pub
lie may understand how the Building COMMITTEES
Of the County Commissioners ltye up to their
oontraotg.