, 1876-08-23


Tho receipts yesterday from licenses wore
about 81 600.
The Committee on Markets is called to meet
at Q y. m. to-day in the City Clerks office.
Officer J. ". Deoty, OF the West Twelfth
Street Station, was yestcrday discharged for be-
coming Intoxicated. No one need apply for tho
vacancy.
The popular losn was increased yesterday BY
the subscription Of $4,000 from the trustees Of
the Ncwbcrry estate. There arc promises that
others will fnvest soon.
As m exanlplo Of tho kind Of nnnoyanccs 10
which the Mayor Is daily subjected, It need
only be mentioned that on old man yesterday
requested tia: "ny hye' be let ont Of the
y sseMs ssxe d psp ippfsid tt ten "g ,epas es 5
lio Is there yet
The Comptroller yesterday received four bids
for fusnialiug 800 tons OF soft coal md 900
tons Of hard gs.al for eugne-llouaeB and pollcc-
stations. Q. ". Colt was the lowest bidder at
egE delivered, s7.0o ln the yard; sT.65 for
rangc delivered, S7.25 in the yard. No award
has yet been male.
Tho Boartl Of Public Works held private scs-
sfon yesterday morning. All members wcro
present, and tho financial situation III reference
70 tho contraets now partially, completed was
fully discussed. It was agreed TINT tho out
luUk WAS bad, nud that no lnure contrArts, not
even one for the paving Of Neutrality-suspicious.,
should be awarded. unless the Council absolute
ly drove the Bonrd to let II.
It seems that the report which the Comp
troller made to To the Council at Its meeting On
Monday WIS not SO pleasing Us George White,
tllg author vi tho resolution demanding tEAt
Mr.. Farwell rcport the names Of those Alder
ncn who wero III asrcarages for taxes md the
amount Of the arrcaraGc, thought 1t would he;
for Of the two Aldermen who are behind, he Is
one. mid by fur the greater deficient.
james Kincasle, contractor for the Milwaukee
nycnne yintlurt, yesterluy insured the Comp
trullcr thut unless l!s rot some pay for work
ecaao operations on the vladuct. The Comp
trollcr pr.,nlised to sec what could lu done In
tlc way Ut ueyislnE 1ncans to raise money. Tho
rcs!lGuts Ut Milwaukee avenue nrc very anxious
that The improvement should bc completed.
CorpoyatIon-C Counsel Anthony has called tho
arc null't,erlcss expresses, drays, wagons, coal
curtis, u0ub!e'tcam wagons, etc.. which should
take cut licenses. It Is required that coa1.cart
drivers, for instance, should take license, but
used for paid carsago should llaye license from
tue city. The nanttcr was referred to tho Chief
Of Police, with power to act and 1t now rests
with Supt. Hickey to stir UP tho animals.
Capt Ellis, who Ind handed In bis resignation
from the police force, will probably Withdraw,
LuNk pAECI bE4tlt kH0 ltbt u lIEAk HlQ}Lllt I'LL
which day It was to have taken cffect. His
reasons t0r rcs!gntng are understood to BIZ u
quarrel between h!tnsclf and Supt. Hickey
about the Office Of Chief-of-polee,. witch Hickey
llatl heen given to understand Ellis WIS nlter.
The whole unpleasantness is undoubtedly due
to the gossping mouth Of some friend Of Ellis,
who nude use Of the Captains name In colIncc-
tlon With the oillce Of Chicf-of-police Without
The stpry rcaehcd the ears Of supt. Hickey, and
the Mnpleusantpcss took place. It must be
gratifying to Capt. Ellis to know TINT 80 many
persons onicct to bis resignation.
The statement having been published thu.
Lahc Michigan wns In June-last higher than
day gave THE following 'igures, which arc taken
from q record Of the past twenty ycars Of tho
condition Of the lake. In Juuc, 1876, the high
water mark was 4,2o feet abovc the datum.Itnc,
1853, tile mark Was 4.25 feet, and In June and
October It wns 4.5D. In August, 1871, It was
4.A0, willie the highest mark of all was In Sep
teln,cr, 1858, when it was AUS 30 it will bo
u htgh Till. year., i ha. been still higher In
years gone By, and there Is every reason to be-
leye tllat thu city WILL not BE- Inundated at tleast
for two weeks. Tho cause OF tho riso and fall
rainfall, not alone IN tho vicinity Of Lake 3flcl-
Isall, but III tho whole lako region.
REFUSED JUDGEMENTS Fon TAXES.
Corporation. t' Counsel ' I Anthony ns obtained
luts mud land upon which Judgment WIS rcfuscd
in the County Court, July term. The llAt uiso
shows the amount OF city taxes lost by this r.
fusal, md ths rsaaons ,Mt'y suel refusal was
fnsals, and tho total amount ct taxcs lost was,
In round numbers, blJ0UU The causes OF the
refusals were as follows: Oycrassess'nent, n;
ba4 dcsc'iptien, =; bad advertisement, IL; no
uble tclty property, ctc: J, D. The rcal cAusc Of
the errors was either thu stupidity or tha crook
clness Of ule Assessor. For !astanse, there was
e. ss ona nsSs # fogM g1oPstG e Gsss ss1sa s + II
1ern property easy Of description.
THE OAB QUESTION. .,..
Tho subject GINS " oeeupiss tho attention Of
as,grsat many OF the city ul,lcals ut prescnt.
pa'lies do not meet with gencral favor, for two
reasons. Tic iirst u that they coujtt make brt.
tyr propositions ind ga!n n'oncy II they unly
tss o IT, to rbs be ~ sand a9 i sy pSes wgnsss
Will not attempt to airosl to burn gas at Sl,W
rer 1000 ct,utc feet tn ths North at,l south
D!vlsi2:;s, ana sl;I5 psr l,o0o cubic feet In tho
tst a, ps'so ny roa IL dIl!y oesooss more evident
light, to nsc oli, or To grind Biings and Wat
ksns t!own--whtch thu Gas Committee hal. BE-
tween Will lave u hc done. The nrst
measure has H.. but MY, isw alyocates, aud
would only result IN u popular manifestation to
get IL. The seeoil lneasuru will ~ cn!sIdetcd
by the Gas Cnn!.nlttte this atternuun At 3
o'clock In thu City Clerks otlire, Aid. ltaw-
lclsh's resolution calling tor tne .lsu uf uil
being tue matter for discussion. 1t cau he said
that many of the A!dcr,!cu. though u little II,
doubt about the euse with which tl,u lamps
could BE- maintained fayoF the project. Chief
aiming It's advocates uEn AID. iawlcIgh aud
sheridan. T''as anytling fnrtsrr .s'n ua done
frgly doubtful. Tho rucc,t renlurks ,nlLu uul
tho igures shown BY thu Hon. Leos,nrtl swctt
llaYe had strung effect. 'rhe A!ayor,, ~tcn
is'aiacllatu relief must come, il
not by. ., further concession ,uu
then by Gil. The present rate OF expenditure
Tor illumination eoul4 not lung continue Or tho
exhausted. llt thought that The onty lust wuy
Of lighting the streets was by !ndtsldua! sub
scrlption. II there Was strIutIan,p it. front
oi y eitizen's housc and Tint perso,i wanted il
llig,ted, y tths ei.lzcn) sho4ld pay Tor ts'e
tliu general public ply for light whtcl, maybo
9ne-thisA of tl,s geHeral plnl!c-tt,ose VINO
lived ~ TIC 0Atkk1rts-Weru not Al ntl benefited
bY. This lighting Uf tlIt streGts abnu1h he ,br,