, 1877-01-21

The school teachers. jaultors, etc., Wero paid
about $4,000, the amount of their December
salaries.
The Treasurer yesterday received 2,212 from
the Water Department and $4,000 from the
West Town Collector.
Last Friday was completed the work Of rails
ing sixteen feet, or to the yaduct grade-line, Of
the four-story brick building belonging to Mr..
Q. E. Oswald, on Milwaukee, avenue, fronting
the yaduct. It is the largest building raised III
this city since the big fire.
That rnau "a supstitutc) OF Engine Company
No. q, who was mentioned In yesterdays paper
rs being charged By woman with being the un-
lawful father OF two children has been dis
charged from the Fire Department. Marshal
Benner values the reputation Of the force.
The Comptroller yesterday took in S6oo0 on
revenue time warrants, a1ias city certificates.
One gentleman who only last Friday haii s., ,000
worth OF old certificates rcc:clncd, invested that
amount in new certificates at ! per cent as tho
best disposition he could make Of bis funds.
The Commissioner Of Health says TINT scarlet
week just past Is in the preceding week, and
TINT Lip:theria seems to be On the increase.
Beyond those two diseases the death rate Is
about MS in other years ut this season. Mr..
Wright says that his Department. with the
small numuer OF men, can do but little to check
tho progress Of scar]ct-fcycr, which, unlike
smallpox, seems to contine itself to no particu-
lar quarter Of the city.
Mr. Redmond Prindivi1le, President OF the
old Board OF Public Works, returned yesterday
from, England, where lie las heen On private
business. Mr.. P.'s tirst visit WAS to the City
Hail. Lie reports among other things that the
season in Great Britain Wis such as h2d not been
seen before In the memory Of man. In Scotland
it was Intensely coid and the snuw was SO deep
that trains were buried up and lost for days ut a
time. In England the ncwsboys aud boosolacks
were running around barcfootcd+
Corporation Counsel Anthony returned
yesterday from Springfield. The Mayor also re-
turned. His Honor expresses himself as very
mud, pleased with the Convention, even though
it was but slimly attcuuc3, and says tnat great
interest, almost amounting to enthusiasm, was
shown ng the gentlemen in attendance. Tie
harmony of their iueas and their willingness to
work conEinccs him that the desired end will be
accomplished. The bills presented by Mr..
Anthony and Mr.. Adams meet with great deal
of favor, and one oT them will undoubtedly be
passed provided its provisions are found to be
constitutional.
. The Committee on Streets and Alleys Of the
North Division yesterday decided to recommend
to the Council that the petition for paving Ciy-
bourn avenue be referred to the Department Of
Public Works TO bcincluded in the estimates for
appropriations; that the order for the paving OF
Lincoln avenue be placed :pn file; that an order
for paving Division street from Stone street to
the Lakc-Shurc drive be passed; that action on
the matter OF assessments for paving Townsend
street from Oak street to Elm bt deferred, as the
citizens living the Streets will Themselves see
to thu tu1 prOyeulent.
The Judiciary Committee decided yesterday
afternoon to recommend to the Council the
passage OF an ordinance providing that the hay
wcigliers be required to buy from the Comp
trollcr certain Kinds Of receipt books, in which
they shall enter all weights, aud be relieved