, 1875-03-17
THE CITY HALL.

The Railroad Committee will meet At O'Clock
friday afternoon.
Karl Killings rcjolocs. The license for hls saloon
has boon gEaoted.
Tho Gas Committee will mcst for the consid-
Grafton OF tue now gss ordinances, now bcforc
tho Council, Thursday At o'clock.
The Fro aud WAter Oommlttee met on tho sly
yesterday AFTERNOON in Aid. stono'a Office. The
meeting wss general discussion OF The coming
requests for appropriations for tho Fire Depart-
ueut.
Tho City Comptroller yoaterday took 4 lttlo Of
Dan 0uara's interoht money by sending $780,
900 to pay city debts In New York. The money
MAS borrowed last November by aIr. Hayes uhio
on bis New York trip.
The Board OF Public Works yesterday issued
an estimate OF $4,000 to the Quintard Iron
Works Tor work on the West Diya[on water
works; also one to 1saao Davis for 500 for
work on tho Detring Street Station.
City Eugineor ChesbrouGh yesterday received
| q telegram stating that the wind Was blowing It
the rate Of SO miles an hour at tho crib. COM
late IN tho afternoon announcing that water waa
! visible from n. N. F. to s. E.. 1t distance Of
utca east Of tho cIlb
THE forthcoming annual reports will show
so1nc interesting figures, and figures, to1, Of
| that kind which the philosopher eayR vlll not
tain POLICE Court botuecn Jan !, 1871. aud Jan.
]. 1875 amount to but Abous S13.30o. Tho reoeipts
| during the same time from Jan. !, 1873. to Jan.
!. 1874, hEnouutod to s42,g00, an amount three
courao. tle police authori.ies will account for
| thls by pointing the finger Of Bcorn 1t the pro
siding Juntico, all OF which is too much gillcd
On tho edgo. The police alono arc responsible,
and they knoutt.
The Flra.,1arshal yesterday submitted his re-
port for tue month OF February. 1t coutains
the following: During the month there were so
| tirus and false alarms. Tie CAUSES wero In
csndias!sm and supposed. 10 detactivs tlue,
chimney, Or CRATE, 8; easslessuess, 8; lamp
ainoa, |; spontaneous combustion, l. Tho total
value OF buildings and contonts was 1,g67, ,175 !;
loss Gu buildings, el08. .04o, Ions on goods,
s182. 2.61s; total loas, s2o0.o53; total insurance,
tho Same report arc also CLEANED tho following
facts concerning tho Wnhl glue-fEctory fire !,
Value Of building aud contonta. &997, as: loss
On buildings. e94. 400 aosu on goods, $t60 400
total loss, 1851, $50 total insurance. $751;
Contrary to the expectations Of the Board
| OF Public Works. aa we'll ~ almost ovary-
| body clse, the te1rlhu southwest Ninds that have
prevailed during the past sixty hours have not
carried tbo leo il tho lako OYER 70 tho Michigan
shore: Tue only pesceptlbso eaoott In tho
tcrtlny aftcrnoon it was down to iow-wasnr marx,
md tho lsvel Of tho water In the river WAS alao
reduucd. At present things certainly do not in-
dicAte any danger from tlood, bat It IL hard to
hours. Tho len is still packed up At tho mouth
Of tho river, aud ovory day Of cold woatho:
IL hassentng tho approach Of = warmer
ss ssas vo p0tS S.d rainy us ''tiSo To- peaa t.a q
Public Works will ~ishout doubt load us safely
through the danger. While the w!ud was strong
from tho northeast. and WAS packing up all tho
leo IN tho lako at tho Chicago shores. tho Board
watt tho loo back to tts former locations. Now
that the southwest wind has GONE. and that, too,
IN aucl, an adcctua! manner % to make Zach III
dlyldual member shaver With the cold. and vet
has failed to perform the work orpo cted FROM
Il, tho Board nave put on ther othos wlahtng-
oapo aud Are Wautiug sLroug northea1tst,
which IL expected to break up tao ice on tha
shore.
Monday morning man named Oliver SIu.-
mons nrElyed tn this city IN aucht OF ls thro.
chiidron. Last December ho Instituted a suit
for divorce from hts wlfe In Harrisburg, Pa,
aud. pendrg the litigation: tho children wete
awarded tho niother BY 1lobott L. Munich tho
q support IN Iisrrisbu!g came, % 10 hor @ moth.
o1'a house Ia this city. bringing her three ohil.
dlon with her. shc SHORTLY afterwards died. and
loft tho children to her mother, uho has con.
tlnueu TO take care Of them III to yeater-
day, when they were wressotl from her by
pioce OF buBlnens Which iooks not 4 little
I.ll!kc legal ch!can0ry. Rlmmons, alter finding
that hu childIen we1o attendlog tho Jones
Bcl,ooi, employed tho services Of 4. s. Tn,de u
I'D him in procuring them. Trudo told lin to go
seizo hs children wherever 10 found them. and
Simmons accordingly proceeded to tho school,
house mud claimed his children. The Principal
OF tue school, aIr. Kirk, dld not w4nt any kul.
} mapping to 60 on under btu susveisoce md I'll
parties, including tho ehtdFen's grandmother
turned up At the atatlon. aud Mt. q. 8. Cameron
or the City Law Department., Was sent for to de-
! tetulIoe what should bo done. In tho meantime
, Tr7,de had arrived at The station, aud tue tive
. law, ars agreed upon the mntl4od OF adjusting
the difficulty, Tie children wore to b. cared foi
10 tho station until rlude procured writ d
, hAbeaa corpus aud tho matter waa to b. left K