, 1875-02-21

The coat to be OF pe1-graau Gieza (ths color an
material selected with vie" to. COZ
ciliate the Irish Alderme1) cqt Y th
the pants to be OF the material aud cut Of thos
worn by the Ctr Commissionai1es: the rest t
buttou Close up to tho neck, End be- made,-tb
lower half Of the striped fur Of the nustel
puteus, tho upper half OF tho corner portion q
| ns those worn BY Commissioner Reno. e1cep
| tho BIG, which need not necessarily be Nc
| thirteens; the hat that Of \ Sergeant Of Police
the rod to be OF. the device suggested by Mayo
Colvin. Tho onlv part OF The uniform. ahpV
which there is still Soma debate going on, il til
tHord several Of the uromote1so of the new otic
| insisting that not only would such weapon b,
| out Of PLACE as compared With = revolver, bn
| that tbero was not man connected with th'
! Peoples party who knew how to caIry sword
| This instnuation Was WARMLY ropeled by Col
| Forrest, who alluded to his War-record at For
| Sumter Gettysburg. ETC., and insisted upon thl
| sword ~ the proper arm for the Usher TO carry
but hose in favor Of The revolver we're decidedly
in the majority and it is almost certain that theJ
will c4rrY thei1 point. Tho question Of the uni
form beng to al lnteuta aud purposes settled
TIE meeting, after moment ot suspense, wal
Blo, just for information. wanted 70 know Wha1
TIE DUuEa CT TIE CsnER
wc1e to be. This took almost everybody aback
as the subject was oua they had not giyon any
thought to; but the City Clerk came to tho res
cue gallantly. After abiding to his experiences
in foreign Courts, tho Colonial stated that it
would Le the duty Of the Uaher. to
be on. hand On all state OCCASIONS that
vas, On ali occasions when lhe Mayor o.
President OF the Council might figure publicly
in their Official capacity. For. instance, On tho
evening Of the meeting OF the Council the
Ushar would wait the Presidents coming at the
door. 1t tho approach Of the President the
Usher would d9ftly lift HIS hat from his head and
place it under his night arm, then jerk bis sword
underneath his left arm. then saluts tae Pros
ident with three bows, then walk backwards ba-
fore him up to his chair in the Council Chamber.
bawing three times every six steps. Having
bowed himself backwards out ct tie room, the
Ushor would proceed to the ante:r room oil: ths
Council Chamber, in which the Aldermen would
COLLECT previous 10 The meeting, As sQpu
as i quorum had gathered, the Usher. would
knock three times at the Chamber-door: III
answer 70 The City Clsrk's stento1ian
would reply: "The Common Council Of the
City OF Chicago waut to charter soma
new railroads." The door being thch flung open,
the Usher. bowing backwards As befora, would
copduct the body Of Aldermen into tho room.
whenever he attended the Council Chamber Of
Welcomed foreign dignitaries to the city: This
explanation was
ANYTHING But SATISFACTORY
to the meeting, which Was almost unanimously
Of opinion that ii thst was all the Usher had. to
90 the office would be = silnecure, and It wa
finally decided that the Csher should accord
equal honors to each OF the Aldermen on his ap-
prnach to the City-Hall n were paid to the
Mayor and President of the Council that
he should make himself generally useful
at the Council mestings BY handing
topna tae Fsi ensa saa b. 1ao5Ps aaE ts ss
to do duty - one of the Nazofa special police.
This idea MAS strenuousiY opposed BY the City
Clerk, Who with one OF his knowing coughs, in!
that it WAS not Impossible that an
elderly gentleman Of culture aud parts connect
ed With the City Government might have been
wiling to accept the Ushersh1p- and the Usher
ship salary in addition to his own dutes aud sal
ary but for this police idea. which he considered
I most unfortunate and ill-tlmed oun. The
meeriog, however vas unanimous in their -er-,
and when it adjourned the City Clark
walked lls!!esslY hit1el and thither ~ . man 13
from under bis 6nger-tips: <>'''>'' 'A '-~
SEVERAL MEETyGs
have been held a:nee then, and, though the uni
form of the Usher has not been, chAnged hia
duties have been 80 considerably modified that
the face Of the City Clerk has resumed It'll won't
cd serenity. '.~ .~."" - +; '~'
So much for. the meetings which, Of COURSE,
wero al held in secret, and now for an
explanation Of how The TRIBUNE reporter
to discover al about them. About ten
days ago. while On = visit to Llncoln Park one
Of . couple Of the Park policemen, who mere eyi:
IDENTIFY arter. somebody, While watching them
he Saw them suddenly rush upon and seize 4
burlv gentleman, who protested some.
what vigorously against being arrested. OF
course the reporter went forward e see xhat !4
the arrested party was the jolly-faced Hinglish-
msn " who acta as sort Of breakwater between
the Mayor and 3 pardon-seeklng public. It va5
in vain that the prisoner urged that he was
ONLY -"PRAcI1C1So,"
that his sword (here he braudlehed huge walk
Ing sticky had got between his legs and 'caused
his falling; that the reason biz, ailk lat Eaa
bulged in was because Ae had, been
carrying it between his right arm and ribs. The
cops were ine1orahle, however, and we're on the
foundlend dog, the property Of Tho prisoner
pouuced upon them and would hays analIowad
them both but fot the owners seizing him by the
bIagg collar and torcibly poslponing bis unsavo.
~ meal. At this thu police vanished and
the Mayors bleakWa!teE night under the nose OF
and genn1ection5 thtt could hardly be expected
OF 80 patty d gentleman. At last the REPORTER
discovered himself, and, after the dog had been
safely pulled from his coatcollar greetad the Of
fetal with an inquiry as to
WHAT IT ILL MEANT.
Tha hreakwater was iuaxorahle. It. naa 4 civic
secret,-wou1d be made public in q few days.
IN the meantime II the reporter did not sHea5 to
Keep what he had seen secret in one moment
at his word that dog would :.
The reporter frat looked round the desolated
park, then at the giiatening teeth Of tho dog,
who wa8 on the jump. and then
TooE THE OATH or SECRECY.
What took place then there il no need OF tell
ing, but the reporter resolved TO keep hia eysa
open elsewhere in the future. He did SO, but,
beyond catching the City Clerk practicing d
sweeping bow in the Conmittea-room one day
last week, hIe s1ertions went unTewarded, apu it
was only By the merest chance that he finally
succeeded in uneaIthiug the mystery of tha
Nayor's Clerl'A genufections. About I. week
slnce, he NAG sent to report masquerade ut the
Skating rink Approaching his destination, BIZ
NiGs astonlshed to- behold commotion It the
door and to hcs1 shouts Of vengeance hu1led at
the proprietor By stout gentleman who threat
ened every m.nuto to bring his foot down upon
the former and crueh him to the ea1th. Nearing
the noisy quauelers. be WAS astonished to
recognize tho stout gentlensu as = clerk
IN thu" Office OF the City. Clerk who has
long been noted for the lpeness and remarkable
Developments Of his understanding. This gen
tema1 explained to the reporter thaE he had
Eono to the axpenee Of ar1ay:ng his ftama on
4 s1SaULARLy HANDSOME ASD UNIQUE COSTUME
for the masquerade, aud OF getting made {by
oontract) Fair OF skates to it his boots Ino,;e
Of those for sale in the store being the requisite
eiZe} had come TO the r,nk, MAS on the print OF
mixing with the gay throng OF skaters, when the
appeared, glanced 1t bis fest, and in