, 1874-02-27

| cumatancee, ns she alleges. ask my friend
! End the public to suspend their opinion Of ths
oase until shau hayo chance 70 be heard.
LUTHER EYE8s.
THE CITY HALL.
The amount of, city taxes paid in yesterda::
! was $4,000.
The amount Of water ta1 paid in yesterday
was 81 800.
Tho Board Of Public Works held meeting
yesterday, at which we're present th 0 contract
ory for the Fullerton avenue conduit. The OBJ
.1sot Of the meeting WAS to see whethe,
the contractor who might receive tht
Of clause in tho contract preventing
the contractor from obtaining damages from the
city in case there should be any delay by tht
Council in appropriating funds after the 3200,
600 already appropriated was exhausted. The
contractors seemed willing 10 acquiesce IN tht
insertion Of such = stipulation, and meeting
will be held to-day, with the Mayor and Comp
troller present.
- HYDnopuoB1A.
a gentleman In Danville, ILL.,. sends the Mayo,
the following rarnedy for the bite Of . mad-dog
E.ecampans is plant well known to most persons
and Is to be found In many Of our gardens. Immedt
atcr after being bitten, taxa one-and-a-hH ounces OF
the root Of tie pantthe green root ia always prefer
it into pint Of fresh milk, boil down half pint
hours nfterwa1d. Tho nozt morning repeat The dose
fasting using two ounces Of tho root On the third
morning t.ks thira dose similar to the last and this
will be sufficient It is recommended TINT nothing be
eaten for at least nix hours after each DOSE
Mr. Franklin Dyre, highly respectable and
intelligent farmer OF Galena, Kent County, Nd,
states that his son and four other children, hav-
ing been bitten by b mad dog we're saved by
this 1eIcedy, eighteen years ago.
FIRE Matters.
The Board Of Police held regular meeting al
Fire Commissioners yesterday afternoon. Pres"
ent, Commissioners Reno, lNol;ke, and Ayars.
Thomas F. Calkins, atoker Of Engine No: 4,
WIS charged with being absent from duty with
out permission. and, being found guilty, waa
fined 1re dayst pay.
John Quinn, driver Of Hose Elevator No. i,
charged with tho eanae1 o1euse, received the
same sentence.
'The resignation Of Patrick Doody driver for
one OF the Assistant Marshals, was accepted, and
Edward o 'Neil was made regular on the force,
having been formerly member OF the Fire De-
partmsnt, which ho left in good standing
Jamea Trainor, OF Engine No. l, charged with
absence without leave, was fined three days pay.
The Commissioners also took occasion to 1epri-
mand tha foreman and stant fornnau severe
II for permitting the men to use nicknalnes in
addressing their superior officers.
Frank Pagnin, atoker, charged with intoxica-
tlon and absence without Leave was found guilty,
and fined ten days' pay, with the warning that
he should be discharged if ever brought before
the Boah again. :.
The Committee On Licenses held meeting
yesterday afternoon In the City Clerks office.
Present, Brand, Reidy, Mabr, and T. F. Bailey.
Tho ordinance relative to haok-stands #aa
taken up, and, after some discussion, three Of
the Committee sigucd recommendation that
the ordinance be not passed. and that an or
dinance, OF which the following is an abstract.
DO adopted in it's stead: > -
Hacks are authorized to stand On both sides OF
&Aff1 Ia 4
On both sides OF Randolph street, between Des-
PLANES and Halstead; on the northeast corner
Of Wabash avenue and Twenty second
street; on the north side of Michigan
street, besweon Clark and Dearborn; on tho
north side Of chicago ayonue, between the
Of r. aud a. M. on both sides Of any thea
t1e or public hall; provided that q space Of at
least forty feet be left open in front Of any Gu
trance to such: building for the convenience Of
any hack shall move when requested so to do, to
permit any other carriage or vehicle to come up
In front Of any building to receive or discharge
passengers or goods. Violations OF this ordi-
nance are punishable with = fine Of not less than
IS nor more than S25. AID. Bailey will present
q minority report
; a petition from hackmen asking tAe repeal Of
certain ordinance relative to hacEs was recon-
1nended to be placed On file.
: THE CITY FUNDS.
;.
he proposes to submit to the Legislature, rela-
tive to the management OF funds OF municipal
corporations, and to relieve them from paying
subsequent taxes on real estate bid in by them
at tax sale. Following is an abstract Of the
bill: -
Whenever the money On hand IN any city, VII
lage, county, or town. ahal exceed one-tenth OF
the amount Of its annual tax levy last preceding,
the Comptroller, with the consent OF the Mayor
and Finance Committee, OF the authorities hold
{1.r y,1A ivrn nof
plus over the said one-tenth in interes-bcaring
United States bonds, and keep tho Same in the
Treasury until money shAn be required, when
such amounts as may DO necessary shall be con-
verted into cash. and the money placed in the
Treasury. It shall not be necessary. hereafter
to keep in cash in the City Treasury the amount
Of any special fund, and all prohination upon the
use Of any fund other than trust fund, for max
ing any payment required by law, is repealed.
No appropriation shall be made for any porma,
any contract be entered into, until one-hak the
sum to be appropriated is IN the Treasury in
cash or bonds as aforesaid.
The remaining sections relate to the purchase
OF ta1-titles within their own limits by corpora-
tions. It provides that the municipal eorporz-
ton thus bidding in property at ta1-eales shall
not be required to pay any subsequent taxes to
preserve The lion on the property that tho cor
oration holding such ta1-titles shall be joint hold
ers withfany other persons holding under any sale
Tor &UOEEGUeUL l1at my cA4C AA04o ~ AIy
officer OF corporation shall be held to ia for such
corporation; any. subsequent purchaser OF 3 lot
bid By the corporation can clear the title by pay
ine Che sum due at the date OF final legal rodemp-
ton With 10 per cent interest thereon up to the
time Of mixing the REDEMPTION; any such cor
porstiun which fails to take out full title at tho
expiration Of the time for legal redemption shall
not lose its night By lapse Of time, but may do go
81 any time therenfter. Finally the emergency
clause u attached
CRIMINAL.
TIE POLICE COURTS.
The boys Lsngfozd, scanlon, aud shalkeberE,
arrested some days ago on charge OF breaking
into. With the intention Of stealing from, car
OF the Chicago. Alton St. Louis Railroad Ne1e