, 1876-01-16

| The City Collector took in 81, 600 yesterday.
Water-renta yesterday we're $1.4G4, ana real
and personal property ta1 receipts from the
| Cltv-Collector we're @3l5.
Tho Aldermanic mind il just now divided not
| on gas or Courthouse matters, but upon the
question OF national politics. Daily discussions
tako place in the City Clerks Office as to who
will be the next President.
Iusrec.or Bsiiey and his force continued the in
s,,ec.on of schools yesterday. The Holden School
doors are not large enough. Wa'drou School is
in GOOD condition, bat the doors opea the wrocg
way. Father Grosau's Parish School, and the
refoFnator3 connected With 1t. were found II
good condition. Tho County Hospital WIS also
inspected. Though used for county purposes it
is CITY property. Tho building il Old, unsafe,
aui shaky, anL the occupants wall moYe oct III
the spring.
The Committee on Streets and Alleys o. the
North Division met ye5.2tu2y afternoon anu
grauted petition to have ualaied street curbed
aud graded from Division street totho North
Branch Of the river. They agreed to report
fayo.aby Oh the ma;tor OF Tie oleuiuS OF La-ra-
bee stree: from Eric to Chicago avenue, and tho
closing Of Robert street. betTecn the Sang
points. Robert atrcci, although belonging. to
tue city. has never been usad for thoiouShfare,
&nd it waS thought boli to extend Lartnbe2
street, for which purpose all ssscsament Was
recommended by tue Couanlttec-
Some weeks ago, while at work on the Lara
bee street ehuf. of the now lako tunnel, tho
work,uon encountered at tic depth OF ABOUT So
feet stratum OF ruck, which it was feared
would delay If not Cause the abandonment of
the work. 10 dig through 1t VAS deemed lm-
possible aud, as the thickness Of the stratum
was not, knuvn, it was DECIDED to ol25z and dig
to tho depth of Is fcet in tbs limestone aud then
to cpna.l1ence the tunnel runulug east. 1t was
BY this meaus hoped TO escape serious difficulty.
Such plan has been I'd opted, and. though
plo.rcss las not been made to al e1,ont great
enough to lernit ct accurate con-
cins:Un ~ to the result, it is hcped tia.
nothing will prevent eucA 4 course, and though
the tunnel will necessarily be made half IN tho
rock aud half in. clay, tue coutractorS-Fltzsi-
n,ous l. Couuell-are co;1:lI-nt of being able to
Continue the nora without much extra trouble
oy expeuae.
Police Officer Peter Harmon. who allowed
Ruu-J, the eA-DuIl.eulau WHO shot two men IN .
s.l5u,l. 1uiG Halsted street, LAST Sunday night,
to e5uape from, his lAud5 unuer somewhat 6us-
p,cous c.cum- tnllces, was examined yesterday |
afternoon uy Marshal Goodel and Supesintenl- |
cnt Hickey. TIC case was thoroughly gJue lnio, !
and mat; witnesses AMI cl.lzeas of that locality |
testified TO what tlev sa~ aud heard and also to |
what they knew tho nlan. The evidence wsR |
s.rouy enough to cattse Ess dismissal from tho |
[u1co by the Marshal. The Police Board. for |
such it mag be Gale is determined to thorough
ly purge the force Of al its unit members. aud
It's decided action III many suc4 cases OF lste
Le.ti:es to tho lact. The COURSE meets with the
appreciation Of tho public at large, and moro cs-
>ecaIiy with tue approval OF the city authors |
les. tlO warmly second such efforts for bettor |
lisclpliLe.