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built the houae be lived in when he snuTed him
| self ont upon it. When drink got too strong fo1
/ him, be went down hill fast The two uncles Of
| the four orphans refused to have anything to do
with the four children OF ths property; and the
| waits will drift into whatever luck God or the
| dev1l may send them.
:" BLUFF OLD Hal " on HIS PEDESTAL AGAIN,
For the past two weeks l hare had OCCASION to
tickle his Honor the Mayor undar the soles Of
his feet. On account Of that annual meazago. ]
an relolced TO say that " bluff old Hal =" has re-
| established himself in my good opinion,-an1
will ln the opinion Of other former good friends
and admirers, when they learn the facts-by bis
evident intention to do what he ought to hare
done long ago intorpose his Scto where he is
eat:afed an outlay is contemplated that ought
stated, is the late vote for the Seventh Ward
Park, which be is credited with an intention to
veto. This improvement has beena costly one.
but it il 10 process Of being carried out, and it
seens pity to allow the stones, turf, aewer-
pipe, earth, and NIL the rest Of it, to incumber
the ground, in the state it is now in and tho
work to be stopped when two-thirds through.
Still, by vetoing the proposed expenditure, his
Honor will show disposition to carry his recent
structures into practical effect. None OF Us OBJ
5ect to tha structures, for VIC know too WE'LL alas,
how fnghtful our expenditures have become !;
but structures without action, when the power
lay in the Mayors pen-6ngers, MAS simply
adding insult to injury. In this case: some
think the Mayor might compromise by allowing
the works already undertaken to be completed.
and yetoing anything beyond. Put Blud- old
Hal up on the pedestal again; once moro We
count ourselves among the faithful.
THE ALLEGED LEAK II TIE RESERVOIR
The. Water Commissioners are eaid to hsve
satisfied themselves by personal inquiry that tho
statement printed in THE tribune as to water
leaking from tho reservoir is not correct ! am
informed by the gentleman who complains Of
tho leak that lie is having an investigation OF his
+srt..- +s,Af
cate as soon as ascertained-: Tho Mayor seems
to DO satisfied there is no truth in the report,
and - he is q man in whose Judgment re arc &c
customsd to confdn Nc shall 60 to sleep happy
few nights longer. II the Water Commissioners
are correctly reported they haze coma to the
conclf1son TINT If there was leak in the raser-
voir tina pressure would be SO immense that .
break must have been caused long before this!
Therefore there ia ro leak. Besides they dis
covered no "ateI below the corner OF tho seser-
vol, pointed out ~-.-
Hare is
BATCH OF LATE TTEsH.
Tbs. South Side is to have $4,000 for new hose.
They already have all cngina-house and some old
carts The carts will have to be tittiyated up,
and utilized Tor the hose Our water pressure is
such that hose attached to hydrant in any
part Of the city will producea strealn higher than
the Newhall House.
:, The suit OF s627.ooo, brought BY Tie United
STAG. District Attorney against the Milwaukee
telegram yesse:Sag, is to recover taxes, fines,
ETC., imposed by anthcr:tg cf acts Of Congress on
the passenger revenue ard othsr SOURCES Of
iucome Of the defendant CoG:sany from 1nne.
1863, to January, 1872. In . case Of eueh iil-
portance IS this. Judge Hubbell will do DOUBT
be allowed assistance. The railroad company
paid what it maintains to be all that it ever
owed to the Government; and that the amount
claimed il demanded under strained interp1eta-
tiona Of the Law by the Departments that will
<Ar r$1I4 9&~% %(4a
Tho Office Of Alexander Il Hatch, respecting
whose extraordinary treatment Of depositors an |
expose was exclusively made by TuE TRIBUNE, !
ha7e been forced to close their place Of business
and seek from their own creditors that alemency |
they denied to others. The attorneys IN the !
criminal case compromised the prosecution; but
Just what the terms Of such compromise were
haye yet to be discovered.
The expenses Of tue Health Department for !
tho past year amounted only to So, 49, .l6-a very
small sum in view OF che quantity Of work dooe
ard good effected. Dr. Johnson, the inspecting
officer, was reappoipted by the Board, and he
will doubtless carry cut many OF the reforms his
report Of the past year shows to bo Necessary.
for the coming elevation Of their
beloved Bishop Henni to the Archbishoptic OF
Milwaukee, aud are not li:t1e elated at the
triumph OF our ecclesiastic over tho other digni-
a1ies OF the Church in larger cities not to name
names, The ceremony will probably come Oft
,bout the 18th, and be as magnificent as the
Imagination eau picture, or money, skill, and e1-
perience in displays, make it.
Anybody in the way Of making fortunes out Of
or1ck, may find substantial foundation to begin
1pon in this city. Owing to til, severe winter, |
md this depth to which the clay ~as frozen, We
.re al behind this spring, in the man ufacture Of
hat rnuch-prized article, Milwaukee brick, and
'hau be obliged to draw largely from Chicago,
lltlough re are quite well aware what injector
rash We vii have to put up with.
4 good deal Of human happiness is derived
rom the weather.. AS re have had good deal !
nore weather OF late than Uas really necessary T..
or oxstence,-thres seasons q day mostly
hero have been considerable fluctuations ia our
appiness which may account for the extremely
ow spirits which possess this weary pencil to- .
2T.t : -' Al.