, 1874-04-07

Qomnias!onor OF uighwaya-A: Burroughs
Justice ct tho Peaca-Jamoa a. Mhlon. -.
At tho solicitation Of many prominent cittzens.
! Mr. Ell a. Gage haa consented to run as on In
dopondont candidate for A6aaaaor, aud will prob.
ably be eloctod Mr. Gago Ia an old resident OF
evory way lnuch moro capable OF making faith
fuf md Just aaBoBssnent tlan any other man who
haa been put forward.
There aro two independent" tickets In tho
fot Assessor, aud John @. Murphy for Commits
etonor OF Highways. Tho other :boars TINT OF
Murphy, aud Of uonry OakcB for Assessor. Tho
other candidates aro tho same on oil tho tickets.
Mosars. G.: D. Purngton and =. g. White have
boom elected mombofH Of tho Board OF Eauca-
Tho Anti-progreas purity are naing eyery
etlort to cut oil tho Htudente yoto, we'll knowing
TINT 1t is always on the side Of progross aud on
lightment. Tho fact that those sauo aluslcn4s
annnally oxpeud at loaBt 9100. 600 IN tho Town Of
Evanston Is quietly ignored by theHo aopiists,
who uHc the argument that tho studonts poaaosB
no property IN tlo village (Which Is not true Of
true Of but fowl. These Hano poraons would In
dignantly teclaim agninst any ntts1nnt to deprive
tue poor 1aborer Of Ills vote; but nay Tho atadent
ehall not vote bocause ho Ana no prouerty-.1t-
terost tn tho village. The, truth Is that tho
stnlonta, being bottar 6dnentcd, voto more iu-
tolligontly than do tho most ct tito lnborng- non
md tho grandccs who oppose public improve
montH.
Thoeo among tho young gentlemen students
who nre unwilling to Sign my Of tho plougcs
adopted by tho Temperance Alliance obesot OIL
oycry sldo by handsome young Indy o1aasmntos,
who urge thom to mix thoi1 mark to tho
i]nding themselves unnblo to ronist tic iasoip.
attons OF tho fair crusaders.
Tho remains Of Mrs. Ida Morton, wife of Mr.
X MSFto9 w9 as1 Inferred
eMsS G s essSs sgs 1Sf Ct hs M1Ga
ION. ~, as delegate to tho 1ntor-C Colloglnto
NJ. s. Kaufman, Of tho sa1ne class, who Is also
delegate. started Inst week.
"a. LAEE VIEW.
II has always been pcculinritY Of .Lallo View
tho political iasuos Of tho day. Even during tho
yeArs Of the war, when, Allegiance to pnrty TaB
almost Synonymous with allegiance to country,
toWu-ofhcials "orc elccted without reference to
view solely to theircapabiity. aud. moro recently,
Luke View people hayo shelved Tho unimportnnt
questions Of reeonHtruction, protoction and anti
monopoly. md devoted their attention to tic
NOR. more absorbing topics Of cemetory md Haloon
regulation. patk-oxtcnston, illago-organization,
and annexation. The cenletery-Question is for
the present, at lnnYt, in'abnyancet owing to the
roccnt. decision Of the, Supreme Court in tho
Hosonili is m case. The village achemo
rcst II its. grave for some time.
In l672 lhe Town Board passed m ordinance
prohibiting the establishment Of saloons in tho
district east Of Halstcd street, and also prohib-
iting the licensing 9. those nlrcady in operation
in TINT section Of thu town, after thoir existing
liconees should expiro. Tho ordinance WAS to
take effect after July !, 1873. Strenuous efforts
were mado to havc this ordinance repealed by
tho now Board Of 1873, but without offoct, and
THO result was the closing Of tho three principal
saloons in tho town, all located ut ono point,
That neighborhood has in consequence attained
. responsibility exceeding tho most Ranguiuo
hopes Of it's residents, and it's future status de-
penda IN d large meaauro upon tho composition
ot the Board to DO partly elootod today, as tho
agitatcd.
Much has bcon eaid lately about annexation
to the city, and the lines aro being sharply
drawn on thia question. In tho district west Of
Halstod streot and south Of Divorsy avenue tho
ccccssion-foyer has become ,au epidemic, md
RACES tiercc1y. The Ravenswood people have
tlon If sewors arc not provided In their town.
HoWayer, this question may also DO considered
aB laid over temporarily.
The park-improvoment assessment is the
matter Of the most immediate interest in Lake
View, and is tho most important business TINT
will como before the incoming Bonr1. Owing to
the continued absence Of tho Supervisor, no
action has Us got boen talon on tho resolution
submitted to tho Trustees byi tho park- Commits
being generally dtsousaed and tho arguments
pro and con will doubtless DO fully presented
when tho Board doea meet. The two mon who
will make tho asseHBmont arc to be elected to-day
The following statement In regard to LnEe
View taxes for 1878, hns been furnished by Mr.
Greer, the Collector: -
Asaeased valuation OF real estate and personal
property in Lake View, s1,073.708. Valuation
as equa1ized by tho County Board, s2, Ill, 400.
Valuation aa oqaalized by tho State Board OF
Equalization, S. 1872 1888. -
hIr. Groor considers tho last amount about
ono-lfth Tho roai value Of Lake View property
OF the valuation made By tho State Doald, about
9180, 900 is on personal property.
The taxes on this valuation arc as follows: .