, 1876-09-21
TEE CITY-uALL.

TIE CITY-uALL.
Watcr.rcnts yesterday wcrc s2353.
License receipts yesterday were S75o.
The Committee on Gas Is called to meet IN
the City Clerks Office Frilay ut ap. m.
Assistant Clty-A.torney Lalor yesterday re-
signed, aud Is no longer nlesnbcr Of The City
Law Department.
The city employees Will most likely be paid for
the month Of July about tho iirst Of next week.
1t would be Impossible to prepare the souchrrs
ipr paY-lay tl,k weak.
oalcer Thotnns hialoncy, statlon-kecper at
tho West Madison Street Stallion, and Patrol.
man Allan; Fife, Of the Harrison stIes. ststiou
Police Department, They were absent from
drill, aud we're 6ned one days pay each.
II Is rnmorcd that somc railroad company has
volunteered to furnish free transportation to
and from tho Centennial for the Council, the
MaYor eomptroMl2sr. IL @ @GItyG!ers, CIty,AstoFns} I
man Palnco-Car Company has offered to supply
sleepcrs for tho accommodation Of the party.
Ono Of the officers Of the Health Department
yesterday condemned 1000 cans Of hcrincttcllly
scaled corn .licl, had been stored for about two
o Se Il oa Il s s1se os ws'eGi0 poNs It M s
sample can at tho City Hall yesterday after
NOON, and lnughed inwardly to see suudry peo-
pie smell Of the contents.
III tho case of scho1ton vs. The CIty Of Chi.
cago, tried before Judge McAliister Tuesday,
the lurF brought In Judgment f9r 800 for tic
fallen through the Court House Hguare sidewalk
and was killed. Suit was brought In the Circuit
Court and Judgment WIS granted for "a, $685.
TIC city appealed, and the supreme Court act
aside tho Judgment for m error In instruction.
Again Scl,olton sued last Tueslay, and the re-
suit was above, $i00-nominal damages. Tho
result Is highly crcditnble to Clty-Attoruey
Tuthill, aud he has received numctous con-
gratulattous from his professional brethren aud
Othcrs
Walter s. Williams. OF Hartford, Conn, yes
tctday obtained permit from the Superintenl-
cut Of Buildings u build two stores Zone buid-
ing) stories high, stnneiront, 47x85 feet In d.
mcnslof, on the lots Nos. 1G7 md 1G9 Wabash
Of tho Palmer House. D. A. Courier, Of this
city, obtained permit to build Il 2-story brick
foundry Or snacli@ne~shep, Stxlo0 feet, on the
corner hE upync street aud Blue Island avenue.
e build 5-story store, 50x71 feet, 1t No. liz
Fifth avenue. John Etsen took q permit to
ut No. .993 Kl'lzIc street.
The Financa Committee, the Mayor, and the
Comptroller yesterday llal a meeting Of long
Cd TO obtain money to carry tho city through
the present Qtcul year. There have, since tho
popular loan was marketed, been numerous al,~
plicatlons for revonue titno warrants, ana It waa
thought that mother homo loan could bs sue
cessluliy made. The amount Of tho new 10nn;
tho rats Of interest to bo allowed; the amount
Of the smallest warrant, and whether It would
not be more polite to apply TO tho East for all
money needed, wcrc the questions under I.acus-
s!on yestcslny. Tho meeting adjourned With
out definite conclusion, though It may be said
that, II another popular loan IL to bu raised here,
It will not amount to mora tlan 81, ,000 900, and
thy rate Of interest will not bo greut as that
d per cent-allowed OH tho last loau. Anoth-
CT meeting Of tho Committee will bo held Mon
day morning,
City-Attorney Tuth!ll says that, under the
existing circumstances, lie eflall not recommend
the appointment Of a Prosecuting Attorney for
The H. West Division. Te only reason Is that
row basis. No ono viii bc placed In the Vacancy
caused by tho removal Of Cai Wilson, and there
VIII oe No one appointed to I'LL the Office Of AS
The counell's resolution, calling for q rcduc-
ton OF 70 per cont, las materially weakened
tttn department, and those officials who ara
there how will be crowded with work Which
more properly belongs to lawyers clerks. They
increases daily. Attorney Boylen has hts son
insisting him without compensation, md Mr..
t9hevts 9i e ts busy straishtenin|g up some books
pastmcnt IL in a weak condition, md Il wlll bo
surprising II serious Inconvenience, II not loss,
does not result from the economical Councils
reduction
Thy Mayor yesterday signed tho ordinance
abo'tsl!iNy the Board Of Public Works, and the
Cotnmtssloners were completing arrangements
for departure His Honor has talrIy. diyod
into ,s thy now dntles pnt, upon HIN. 1lc l,aa
Works Department. and audited tho August
payirolls i9 amounting to sAooo lis n!so audit
tractor for tho xt,Astruc.ure Of tho Milwaukee
avenue y!adnct;. The work on public Improves
menta will DO Hight for some time, and there
will be no trouble under tic present arrange-
,aent IN managing, it, When public business
be- mude. Tho Mayor visited The West Side
putnrnyy-worlss mud says 10 ls confident Of thelr
completion by Saturday night. All that IA to be
done is to put upa few sections ot tho stnnd-
pige and lily tbs iinor Ut tho upper 4tory Of the
building. The nachincry is In working order
and will be started early next week, when q
Esprsssentat!ve p Ut tes ilr!n Of Qn:ntard Iron.
TO wttness the test.