, 1874-12-30
THE C1TY.HALL.

Tho Committee on Wlarvcs aud Public
Grounds mcots ut > o'clock Thursday afternoon
10 consider propositions for tue purchase Of SOW
ersl tracts Of land belonging to tho city.
1t in decidedly amusing to witncss tho ofSorls
of AID, Tom Stout und Peter Ntnhr in oyading
Good Snmaritans who poster tho lfo out OF
them. Stout became 80 exaBpcrAtod yesterday
when ho heard that two Indies wcto looking for
him that ho wigglod Lis whole body into the
German members oSctsloe.
somo timo ngo tho Council passed n resolution,
after ioarning that tho stroot-ccaning npproprin-
ton lad boon Bpent, directing tho BoGrd Of
Public Works to prepare All estimate Of tho cost
of continuing the work until the ne1t appropra-
ton budget had baon completed. IAo Board
yesterday handed tho Finance Committee thoir
cntinnsos foy proceeding With the work up to
Aprii I, 1876. lilo following ira tho estimates:
West Division, $500: South Division, Sl0, 800
North Diyip1on, $1,000.
The Board Of Police having no dynamite with
which 10 Anauso themselves yesterday, nor y
Shaler to another thom with Resolutions, usotl
up their }oihuvo III talking oyer thu prospects, OF
organizing Il corps Of Happers and miners, Thoso
chief weapon will be dynamite. In connection
with this, all tho INSTRUMENTATION OF Gen.
Shaor also received th.ir attention. It is prob
will soud III a communication recommending thAt
tho suggested improvements Us complied with,
mud accompanying this will DO IN estimate Of tho
total COST with the annual expenses. i would
have been submitted long before this. had not
Gen. 6halor 1ors for tho East, leaving hlh cati-
mates in tho hands Of tho Fire Marshal with in
attractions to kcop tilem from tho l}oard. The
Boayd, after completing their own estimates Of
thu work, ware too nbRAod at the enormous cost
to mako the estimate public, and evor since TIM.
time thoy have boen busiy enBagod in reducing
tho total.
THE noAnD or HEALTH.
Tho regular weekly 1neoting Of the Board of
1IoalIh waa iold ut tlser rooms yostortlhY after
noou. Tlle resignation of Walter Mcdonald.
Mont-Irapootor was accepted and tllod. Tile
co!nmunicntlona OF d Bcoro or moro OF petition
era Tor tho Office just yaoatod woEo hastily
intondont. Tic Sanitary Comnittoo rocon,-
mundel that the 1Ioaltl Oislcor be instructed to
proaecute all ownors Of packing g-houAeR who woto
rendering without tho required condonsing ar-
,n.at"s. % lhey ,v, alko recommended thnt tho
ooutlition of Tho sewer omptylng into the Bonth
branch Of tho river at llalsted street bridge,
where 1t ID claimed tloso hweet-scentod broezes
aro uahered luto oxiatonco. teatsug tho natteuco
ctizons.. l'ho billa for Doeembcs, amounting it,
| all to 80, 31a.20, wero audited and ordoral
| paid. Tho Sanitary Superintendent report
h',ows that during tho week tdeso
tl,e corresponding week Of lust yoar. OF these,
| 6a wero childron unllor years OF ago; mhtos.
| Al; fomales, 59 coorsd, g. by diseases; con-
sumption. ii; pnsllmonla, o; searlot fever, =;
oonyusiona, 10 bronchitis, 4; GROUP Q; tspl.oid
feyor, j; scurlot favor, 8. There woyo no deAsi's
iu tue First, Eleventh, Nineteenth, und Twen-
totll Wards. No now caseH of smallpox were
reported. Tho lIoaltll DalcorH report shows
tlat during tho week m unusual quantity Of do
| oayod nloat md vegetables were condemned as
being unit for uaa. Or. Mannt,oInlor, Sanitary
Inspector, reportH his d!strlut In good sanitary
condition, allA BtHtos tint ho laB exatn!lctl lilo
pupils Ut two schaolA q, ,Qn5 In al aud out Of tho
number l23 wero rajeototi ns not heing properly
yaccinatotl. DR.. Williams reports his district III
good condltiou; out Of 3.c20 pupils ho rejected
| lG2 petition from proporty-ow1ers Of tho
North 8Ide. requesting tic Doard Of Health to
| enforce tho ordinance Respecting the dumping oi