, 1877-05-06
TIE CITY-HAII.

The ech0oI-LeacnctS GREW tnelr Aprtt saiaEle8
| amounting to SIG, 900, from tue public fund yes
| terlay.
| The receipts from licenses Yesterday were abou
S500-a falling OF which should be rcmedicd b.
k<fhe increased activity Of the police. -
The Trcasurer's receipts yesterday were s57;
froE, the City Collector Sc, :114 from the Wate
Department, and 3GJ0 from miscellaneous sources
The Committee on llnrbor and Bridges is called
to meet iu the City cle-ks Office Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock to consider Aid Gilbert's rcao'
tuition regarding the Ogden ditch.
Four new cases Of scaEet,icve werc reported
yesterday. The weeks deaths froml that disease
number l4-an increase over last week. The gen
eEat mortality Is lighter than usual
The Judiciary Committee held meeting yester-
day afternoon, read Alr. Antnony's opinion and
ordinance upon the proper course ,of procedure in
cascs Of contested Aldernanic elections, aud lis
. tened to MIR. Anthony's explanations Of the pro-
visions therein contained. The Committee will
abstract Of which vas published some days ago in
the columns Of THE tribune.
The Department Of Public Works opened bids
yesterday for sewerage leaning Edward Fitz-
iiushiug. wagon; s.. IS per day for Dirt hauling
team; 81 .25 ptr day for materiai- -haulng team; !;
and 81. 70 per day for horse and dray. The De-
pcH LOUIS ef oe der to 'F furash
s.. 20 per l. OoO delivered, aud Miller j. Proctor
put in bid for supplying l. 600, 600 ar S. Oh per
l,000*
=, The corrected monthly report for April Of the
Fire Department shows the following facts aud
figures, There were thirty y-eight fires and fifteen
false alarms; loss on buildings, SIS. 3y3 on goods,
$50; tota 9 od 5nsan1ss r"a saez 15o;
occurred April 2S, corner Madison street and Fifth
avenue, when the loss amounted to ST. 000 on the
I sSi Co., The s of t ase srs ea'e
lessness, 4; accidents, I; matches, 3; detective
furnaces, chimneys. etc., Z; lump explosion, 5;
sparks. s; ovefheatlng. 2: overturned siovc, !;
unknown, g.
The Comptroller and The members Of the new FIJI
nance Committee have had few little talks in re-
gard to the general condition and financial pros.
poets Of the city. Among the items discussed was
in 9 per cent water bonds. How to meet this in
debtedness in the best way was the question.
Comptroller Farwel proposed that; instead Of pay
bearing interest at S per cent aud payable in
twenty years, in short, Chicago City 5-20s. Mr..
Farwell thinks that 1t would b. an easy matter to
effect the change and thinks TINT the chnnge would
be beneficial to the city. The subject Is to be fur
thes considered
During the past week the Building Department
Issued seventy permits, twenty nine Of which were
for permanent buildings, estimated to cost S1u0,
600; there were eight permits for alterations, to
cost S11, 500; the rest Of the permits were for
small. anti in. some cases temporary, structures.
for 3-story lime stone-front store, 60xl2o feet,
to cost 513, 600. Nos. 420, 422 mud 1914 Milwaukee
arcnne: Jerome Becker and Henry Scnoellkopf,
each history storc to cost SlJ. 000 2Ixl2t feet,
Michigan avenue, near Lake street; Peter Funk,
2-story dwelling, ...!x56, cost S. 500 corner Eu-
genie and Mohawk streets.
The Committee on Streets and Alleys of the
South Division met in the city Clerks office yes
decided to recommend to the Council that the
pealing clause in the ordinance lately passed In
The Of the K0e pd
stricken out. It will be remembered TINT the ordi-
nance above referred to made grant Of portion
fided that the railroad would take up its tricks
in other portions of the street. The repeating
:lanse give the Council the right to repeal
nittee ' read numerousIy 5 % Signed inc petition 2
skiing that the driving Of Of swine |' On
Hanover street be prevented by ordinance on ac-
snce Of the residents, the profanity used By the
and the danger incurred by the small
children inhabiting. the street., The Committee
hought that the ordinance already in force making
unlawful to drive swine that street after a.
n. would II enforced, relieve the residents Of all
ground Of complaint, and will. there |
ore, recommend that the matter be placed on file.
The Dearborn street extension matter. and the |
making IN aley between Michigan and Indiana |
lvenaes, fr9m Twenty third to Twenty-fo
ALDERMAS1c CONTESTANTS.
David Dunn. one ut the defeated candidates for j
be office OF Alderman of the Fifth Ward, md the
me who thought his calling and election sure till
he Council counted the ballots, said ut the time
I the canvass by tue Returning Eoard that he
vas satisfied, " and 'yonld make no contest He,
oweyer, has changed his mind, Or his friends
ave changed It Cor him, and he yesterday tiled
nth City Clerk Butz q notice for presentation to
tatement which sets forth that illegal votes TO
he number zoo were cast in the several pre-
ncts for Tui'y; that IN each precinct there was a
laced in the ballot-boxcs mingled with the
gal tallots, which were not cast or voted By any
crson. The number Of ballots SO cast equals JOG.
ha Of Of pap
70 ballots; that in the Fifth Precinct, by the col
sion Of the Judges o. other persons, asutlic1ent
umber OF ballots to change the result of the elec
on ana which were cast for Dunn were taken |
1t and replaced By ballots for Tully, that after
e returns were made up and the judges hal sep
ated, some one changed the returns OF the Fifth
reeinct SO as to reduce the number cast for Dunn
i'd increase the vote Of Tally TINT in the various
ully ba11ots were substituted for Dunn ballots;
Eat sufficient ballots to change the result of the
ection were cast in the bog used for thc recep.
ese were counted by the judges as If they had
en- east in the proper boz For these and other
auduleEt acts perpetrated by Tully or those in
Illusion with him, Dunn prays that he may be- de-
1rcd elected.
John Kiordan. who did not receive the majority
IT the election, as he las heretofore announced.
yesterday fled petition, through ". S. Drack-
;, with the City Clerk. The petition says that the
ow that Hildreth received plurality OF l02 votes
er the petitioner, while tue petitioner ayers that
actually recciycda large majority over Hildrclh,
d plurality orer HildTetn and 6. W. Gartincr, | =
G petitioner charges tho facts to he and promises
prove That 1b4 votes received by Iiiltlreth were
solutely void because cast by persons who did |
live in toe ward; that 100 legal votes cast for |
orlan were omitted from the returns, and that |
J votes we're cast for Hildreth By persons who I
! previously voted.
CRIMINAL.
seubcn Smith and David E. Smith were held
$500 bail each By Commissioner Uoyne yestcr- ~
7 morning for selling liquor and cigars Mt No.
F0nlth aYeQue without barring The |