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present thaws Is exceedingly great. aud = loose
vcHsM might do All immense ntn0unt Of injury
to pefnpnpl and ptlbtie rrpncrtr,

present thaws Is exceedingly great. aul loose
vcBsel might do All Immense ntnount OF injury
to personal and pNbl'o property.
Tbs Committee, consisting Of Elre.cetnmis-
aiouer l1ooro. Con. S,atcr, and Marshal Ees,-
nor, appointed by tho I.oatd OF rnbc Wolkn 70
Investigate several shortcomtnRn at tito timo Of
tho Wahi fire, eortncnuos1 operations scstcrdnJ
afternoon In tho Firo afa!chals Office. Tho
witnerscH examined wero Louis Vail, htB H4l-
potintendent4 foreman, wascan.at, and QUO OF
tho cIsrts. Nothing Of any Importance Was
ELECTED, the examination OF thu watehnan and
other Witnesses hav1nE boen postponed uotil 70.
takcn In SHORTHAND, and Tho investigation
ia snrs to be tnoat complete ono. The
imporsart information ~ to whether tho watch
mai, had fs clock that night OF uliother It WAS
repairing Inns not yet boon obtained. Tho TIN,
ory THAT Tho vros might havo beon tampcr3d
with IN Improbable. for the teason sbat the calla
froul tho posriug Stiuot Station woso dlstinctly
heard In tho Twenty -scconu Street and lle Ubt-
cago Avonao Stations. These signals, them
cnu!d not possibly i.nyo failed to be sounded At
tho Central Station.
The Mayor's Secretary, st. Clair Cleveland,
yesterday rcceivod tho necessary papcEb from
EpRIaud, giving l.. Frhnkenatein authority to
net ~ administrator Of Nicholas 3orneteip, OF
lFilor, who uas l,illeA OH the lib Of Mar. 1872.
by an accident OFT tho Illinois Central HatIronI.
1t tho in1uoHt thosp was fund On the body
9925, about SIS OF Which Was Msnd up In tho
Iu,isl. Subsequently, Mrs. Hitler, living Mt
Newcastle. .upon.Tync, England, wrote. to tho
Mayor, cjaiming u be tho wife OF lilo deceased.
Tho proof Of tlEs fact forwarded at tho
tsno was of poor and t!smsy character.
aud tilo Mayor lid not fool Iu.tinctl
In BcnlinE hor tho property. aud III tho course OF
time 1t legally passl into the Jurisdiction Of tho
County Court. About lie closo of Inst Heptenl-
bcr, Mayor Colvln received satisfactory rroot
ttint shn waa tho widow Of tho deceased. and tho
demand waa mado on hor behalf to Judge Wal.
lace. who, after careful consideration. refused
to Turn over the funds without tho appointment
Of nn administrator str. Cleveland found
count:y,uan anl acquaintance of tic deceased
who was wiling to art a. administrator, and ile
was accordingly commented to, Mira. Hitler.
Yesterday murnpg tho papers arrivcd and In
faw tlays 1t tb probable that Msr. filsr will TO-
ceiye mhat is Loft Of her husbands money.
sTREET-CLEAHtNU.
The Donrd Of Public Worha met yesterday
morning, for tho purpose Of opening bids for tho
q al nasr
expected that by awarding tho contract for tlseo
years, tho work could be dono at d great ro-
ducsion, but they rclinauiHhol tho Idea afser
opening the bids, as tho Difference was not
that Length. Of time. The contract wao
awarded to McDcan Dro.hors, tho lowest
bidders. on condiston that they furnish
good bonds. .Fmcnty-thrce bids wero received,
ssa.o5 tl.ree yesrs, s2s.25 {. q: Whitney,
Ii,tcloll, one yaar. sa0.4o; shree years. s20.ao.
y. y. Cunningham, ono yoar. G2S; thtee years.
*e5. J. $. Dion. ono yoaE. 52o.25 three years,
years, s3t. II. L. Wielif1c. ono year, ea7 !;
thres years, fa7. H. ". Robinson, ono yoar.
$50 throe years, $50. L. i. Chase. ono ycar,
e32.50; tllroo years, SIa. L. T. Wright,
ono yoar, 335.9I; three years. S3.aL
Mclean Brou.. ola year. s2a.00; throo
years, s24.00. Stephen Gray L Co., ono year,
s37; sLrco years, 5.5.75. T. F. Fnrlong. enc
yoar, $2o.a5; tI,roo ya.rs .s2s.75. c. Tnllman
J. Ilotchksn Que year, s30 t!roo years, s2o. .95
d. t. Root, ono your, a27.6o; three years. Ss7.2o
hfathcson Il Coolidge, ono yeag. e23.90; three
yeslB, s27.75. sc. ratorlroush, ono year, s2s
TIRES years, fo7.7j. J. L. Smith: ono year,
year, si5; three years, $49. J. u. Patterson,
ons year, a2s.75; throe ycarn. s25. a Water
man, ono year, 52s.i5: thrco Joars. sss: J. Il
Cross ono year, S28; 10; threo years, s27.4o.