, 1874-12-06

Enqineor's Committee appointed y We t4*s
zens' Association, Yesterday notineo !ne -
m;ttae that they might beg in their lnTs -
t1ous Monday morning. The Board repose -.er7
confidence in the members Of the committee.
Three of the gentlemen are. respecu'ely' tne
Chief Engineers Of Detroit Milwaukee. ana 81
Louis, land the other t"o arc "eA"Ano"n 'ooA
dents OF this city.
The proprietors Of bi1liard-tables who prompt
IL paid their license fees at the proper time.
whch we're then 225 are feeling very sore oVaf
lie streak Of good luck which bofell thelr tardv
brethren, who, by IN ordinance Of the Common
Council. passed after the license 1ees pecane
due. were only obliged to pay 510 for the Same
privileges that the others had paid @25 Tor. ac,
cordinsly, meeting OF all those who have pad
S25 is called for Tuesday evening, as the corner
OF Clark and Lake streets. to frame petition 10
the Council, asking them to order the rebates to
be made Tho Assistant Corporation Counsel
has already decided the rebates to t,e illegal.
In conversation yesterday with CORPORATION
Counsel Dicaey, that gentleman stated that At
tempts 1nny be made iu three cases to recover
the money lost to the City Treasury by the Gage
defacation. There il now pending in chancery
bill drawn by Judge DicAey requesting the
Court to 1ssue peremptory order of sale OF
Cages property, now III the hands Of George
TaYior. Secondly. tie city may sack indemn11ca-
ton on the Official bond OF Mr. Gage Thirdly,
and were unable to pay at Tie time he went out
Of Office gaye securities that they would pay
vbat thew owed him, These securlties are now
u the hands Of the Trustee. Gsorge Taylor.
Nothing further will be done in the case until
tho case Of the bill now in chancery 10 tried
Chicuso bids fair to have another wise man
from tnn East to keap Geu. Shaler company. al
will be seen by the following:
CHICAGO, Dec. s, 1871
To n1.n 1su & sia 1t meeting Of the Board Of Public
Works held this dAy. 1t w:s
Kesored, TlAt tIia Board unite with the Board Of
Health In their invitation to Egbert Fiele Sanitary
Engineer to visit this city with the proper
authorities sanitary drainage pavenents and their
influence on health and other sanitary condiuons
Ago to give public lecture on the same, provided
that the Board Of Health JOINS in the invitation, and
thu. it shall ba Of cost to the city. Yours respect
fully, ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, oee1etatJ.
4 Granger with an uncommon amount OF hay
seed in hls hair yesterday called on Peter Gun
uingha1n, OF the Mayors pollce and told
woful tale OF how he had been s.indled ou. OF
Sl5 by the snide auction house kept by Parker at
2l0 Madison street. BE said that hin name was
Christian Hackelbaum, Of Lake County, aud he
the deu ho .,ked in to see what WIS going on.
The auctioueer put up small ahell-box worth
about 10 cents, then slcceseivelY added to 1t
lahy's watch and chain, breastrin, 1arge rug,
earrings, aud q pair Of Aleese- buttons; When
he had run the price up to 5l4.5o, in per-
suasive toues be led the silly Granger
into the belief that II he would buy
them at Sis he (the auctioneer) would
take them OF his hands at that pr1ce. Having
taken tho goods the Granger paid over his money,
and WIS then told to so to some other auction
house aud put them up for sale: Bv 30 doing
they induced the poor g1eenhoru to believe that
be could make great deal OF money in this
manner Hacke1baum ascertained tina. the goods
we're snide, and hence be started for head
quarters. The case WAS referred to sergt. Dixon,
OF the detective squad, for tue purpose OF recov-
erin9 the money il possible. If Mayor Colvln
does not revoke that license when he comes down
to his Office in the morning, the portrit Of th7
honest Washington will never again smile on his
benign count tenance, nor will his annual message
tead with its wouted ease aud facility.