, 1876-02-20
some Extremely Pungent and Sensible
Remarks About Centennialitis.
fat Httk's Happenings Of General and
Social Interest in heRoSha.
piscovery that an Innocent Man Was
Legally Murdered in Wan
kegan Years Ago.
R.gular Collection Of Paragraphs from
the Immediate Suburbs Of
Chicago.
WISCONSIN.

kUlcAsUs
WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE.
THE TONGUE OF 6LANDER.
sco1d Correspondence o5 The Chicago Tribune.
,fuvAukzE, Feb. 19.-It seems as though
hers vereno end to tue slanders given birth to in
ri, citv the past week. The last aud most cruel
r,s one effectng the probity Of veil-known
mofessional man Who moves in good society and
h vail eonoected The ISLANDER vas that be Was
hdefaulter in winding up 40 estate. The fact is,
ha had made Investments that had not offered
rstr1ns, but hs was not and is not q defauter,
md it is simply malicious and cruel to have said
10. His character is un1arnished.
This affair is Of piece with All -
ECCLESIASTICAL SCANDAL
.oneht 10 be stirred up the other day. 4 lady
,ncurred some ennity, as all actiye ladies' will,
xhethe1 in church or secular society, or in the
,trictest seclusion Of bright, well-kept home,
md in due time this enuity took such d shape
th.t IN Appeal had to be made to the head Of the
Ehurch to discover who was in the wrong. In
The meantime, aad before any final action could
he had. an oyer-zealous official took it upon
bimseH to act on e1-parte grounds, and eend the
lady temporarily to Coventry The natural re-
sult OF this was, to encourage the worst con-
structions of the lady's conduct, and to tempt
tbe ecsniai-monger to invent LES Of such aston-
lshne m.guitude that nothing ever like them
was heard before or after tho Arabian Nights.
4ny ono OF the least Of the crimes charged would
snt,te the lady to lifetime in the Penitentlary.
And now il appears her greatest guilt Was a live
II conversational gift, frequently exercised at
The tea-tablet
MORE ELETATons,
Every lttie white ne hear the cry for More
elevators" although those now in use and in the
course of erection are far more than sufficient to
do Ill the work required. Thia is the kind OF
'.en,eywise" that bankrupts individuals and
communiues,- s,-t1ls countlng chickens before
As,ehi1g, and building railroads in advance Of
po2ulat'on, and trsdlDg- palaces in the midst Of
wilderness.
The Third Ward people. in meetins assem-
bled, the other night adopted resolutions de-
naoding. among other things, that the korth-
Western Railroad shall build an elevator on the
ground to Be ceded BY the city out OF the lake,
"a price OF the concession, if made, In this
instance the demand for an elevator is just, the
Argument being that II the railroad will put
money into an elevator, it will sometimes bring
i little grain here TO run it. y h1lst Chicago
complains that the railroads are discriminating
against her IN favor OF Milwaukee and
olher northern aud western points, Mil
yankee finds, Us matter OF TACT,
That the Northwestern has Withdrawn gradually
from all kinds of connection with her that does
cot already pay largely, and uses her merely a.
= way-statlon to Chicago. Is it not in singular
contrast to the late outrageous laws against
railroads by this State that roads should be
coming to the Legislature, at its present session,
for fnrors and grants 50 liberal that the rail-
ro:ders IN tue most pslny days Of monopoly
Rould scarcely have dared to dream Of?
SINGULAR AND PERILoUs LEGISLATION.
An amendment to tue city charter ia proposed
for the purpose OF refuudlng an assessment for
building sewer on Wells street, Fourth Ward.
The assessment was levied and the sewer built
u 1878. The e1cuse for refunding is that the
p1ope,ty-owpers paid the whole tax under the
;hen system. whereas tho present system dis
17hutes the burden among the community. II
me money be refunded, the principle Will be
established that all assessments made under the
Did system must be repaid: We may as well
stop building streets and sewers, making
2aveneuts and laying down footwalAs st
once. if this is to obtain, for it will
AXE all the money thar our present high taxa
hon can be made to yield for years to como, to
Of lsws that is encouraged By this constant pot
tering with our city charter. Not one person in
thousand knew Of the above outrageous, mon-
strous proposal until an anonymous writer in
local psper exposed it. By and by the people
Will be driven to abollsh the lawuake1a and in
sist On all proposed Aws being adopted by vote
OF the State At large. There seems no other way
Of stopping this overwhelming supply OF vicious,
oppressive and dangerous new laws that swoop
down upon us Like an avalanche every winter
3fon Madison. The writer referred to puts The
matter IN question very fairly, in the following
words:
this amendment passes, where will the end of it
e7 are our taxes ito be raised for tho next five or
en JeaEs> TO be used to pay for improvements here
tofo1e msde, under old and different plans OF assess
nent than those now in they to be Used to
etap complete the mnch-need.d Improvement Of our
streets aud sewess7 II the proposed tar is author
led aud should 60 through the entire List Of pay
e back fer sewers, paved streets. rivera dredged.
sc. Ehat guarantee have We that before the whole
W patd some other system Of Assessment than the
Present one Of doing the above mentioned work will
Ios p1esai in which event. by the principle shout to
70 hauSu1ated in the proposed amendment, the
lssent system OF sewer aud st1eepartng assessment
VII nave to be refunded, because it differs from the
aes nttaod TO be adopted. 1t seems to me to ba the
oo oe allowed to pass under any consideration.
Organized opposition to this proposed amend
n'ent would have appeared long ago, had a steal
eeea contemplated from any private interest or
Acm the people at large.
SMITH, OF u4LE's CORNERS.
e the meeting of the Board OF County Su-
pef'lsoIs. Tuesday, Mr- Smith, from the towns.
s:opped the reading Of the formal resolution to
autaor1.e the Chairman and the Clerk to Issue
eounty Warrants for the accounts ordered paid,
% inquire whether said resolution WAS intro !
Qfced By the Clerk: and if not BY whom. This
@as sarcastic reminder to the Chairman that
~, ae sometimes neciects the duty Of announcing
Tue name Of the mover Of resolutions. This /!
neglect, often repeated, becomes not only ve1a-
1ious, hut embarrassing. Smith is country !
sastlce Of the Peace, aud exact and punctilious
n al things, u most worthy citizen, and the
4astt Find Of person to teach our county papas !
thas rules were made to be lived up to-.
LIBERAL WITH OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.
Speaking OF the Board, reminds nc that Mr. |
Hyde introduced resolution to donate $500 each |
70 Ell charitable INSTITUTIONS three belonging to
1he Roman Catholic Church and owning very
large property, and the remainder independent !
Organizations with very email mesns. This, |
although 1t has been done before, appears !
rather iEpudcut at this time, when the Tax |
fayers' Union is in the full tide Of active oppo-
altlon to extIayagances and expensive favors OF |
lals Kind. and .er1ous, determined movement |
Is On foot to repeal the odious Ian that compeis !