, 1877-01-16
TIE CITY-IIALL.

Thc Trcas,,rera receipts yesterday were
81 ~ fru,m the Water Department, s0l3 from
miscellaneous so,,rrcs, aud $1,000 from tic
West Town Collector.
C!ey-AttorneY Tuthlll returned to this city
yesterday morning after wcdtlnE-tour alb |
scncc of about two weeks. ILL., tackled hls ots!-
rial duties with cotnmendablc alacrl.y.
The Comntrnllcr announces that tue c!ev
srcvfal assessment certificates soil tn the City
III Cbirago ut the last tax-ealo car now lie re-
dccnlcs! ut tho CGMptrotcr's ol!lcc without lcn-
alts Of Increased cost.
Corporation Counsel Anthony departed for
Springfield Inst night to attend the legal gentle
n'cn's convention, for the purpose Of Getting np
n water-tIght revenue Law. Tho Mayor Will
take Tourney to tho Capital during tho week,
and spinc ot tho Aldermen intend to attend.
Mr., Nc,!mun,l Prlntivlc, ex-Com,nIsaonrr Of
tho Heard Of Public Works, reaehen New York
from Europe yrstcr'ay, morning. lIo will be In
Chicago In about week. Mr.. j. X. Thompson,
also nl.e Of thu old Doard, has Just asscn from
ai'is bed. having been laid up with rheumatism
In the bueis.
yesterday afternoon by the Department OF Pub
| lie Works to Fi.zsnntss 4 conue1l. for work IN
| tic Fullerton uyenuc run.ln!t. There has been
6.J;s fret of lho land part of that tunnel COIL
p!ctcd, ullh 000 feet 0f the lake part. For this,
estimates amounting to 5:o1t13l.ao have becn
| issued.
alarehnl Bonner thinks that It will bo ncecs-
sary to double tcants TN the nre-cnRtnca owing
TO The depth II tc snow, Mr Lake, tug sucr.
Company, very kindly offered to lend the city
| the Horses requisite to hare each engine drawn
by a fonr-Ilnrse team, and Marshal Bcnncr Will
| avail liiHlself of tho offer II tt DO necessary.
Tho County Treasurer yesterday returned to
tbs City Comptroller nbout $50 special assess-
incnt warrants which had been certified to him
by tic late George Won llollen. Thu warrants
when given into tho hands Of Mr. iuck called
for tas.2I.I aud haye now been satisfied AS
S:S,1t5.43; appealed, 0,s3a.7; nnnulle:!.
34.1Bl.65; soA to the City Of Ch!cago. @lo,393.-
Tho Fire Department Is gradually being sup
giving tho lirs.alarm simultaneously I" oil The
cne!nc-housca supplied with the invention. SIX.
teen Ut these machines laye been 1ouEht, an!
seven hayu bstI, nnl In. It Is on !nvens!9n OF
Telegraph, and Is considered very valuable ad-
tllion til the scrylrc, llnw well supplied With tho
most approved apparatns. All of The engine.
houscs viii IN time 20 supplied with 1okcrs."
of tho etty Il will be known In aE tho houses
Tho report Of tho Commissioner Of Health for
the week ending last Saturday shows that the
total IT deaths last weck was l13, which is M
J increase of Ii avcr tho preceding week md az
increase Of u over tlsu corresponding week oi
last year. There was 10 males ind IL females;
6u married untl 1s} eingtr; IT. white anu
: culnrcd. Thu ratio VI deaths was onc IN every
::,4!s Of population. The eauses q dsath Te':' @
J i; Group, 4; diphthcra. II; scarlet fever. "
sa' Is; pasutao"!., III IL IL 1t tasss IL Saia Under
year.
: For the last eight months "gas" has beel
l one of the subjects thu. most did occupy th
Ailer1lanfc amt ollletAa Mtnti. I'LL that Mnd W.
I wesr!cd and worn. SO when LITIGATION was hatl
! and thu august Judge did not glye decision
: stgh ot relief esrapctl from the Aldermen and
. oitlciala aforesaid, who Thought that with!r
ti1at Twenty days settlement Of the disput
(, lus i,een masls the AI.lern,antc mla'
2 has just about discovered that the ga
burns nshtly Il IT, the ,,s', ol4 n5!ss,MTSs r
II |,a. officially noticl Sir. billings Ut tbs fac
10 but Mr. billings heetIs not. Corporation Coun
= sci Anthony has written to the nttoFney II
u. about It's plaas. Yesterday str. Anthony wrot
III another note. The Council ts getting anyF!
III and will probably do something ere long
~ brlng ubout some kind of an undeFstandln
10 about the relations exlstlng an1 liable 70 exi
10 brtwccn thu PARTIES to tie protracte1 light.
~ WEsT-stpx WATkH-WuRks.
10 THIS Committee Ut mechanical experts u
pointed by Mayor Heath ana Cty,!Engine
ii ChesbEough to make the test VI the Wcst-Sld
Of pumping-WVrks met In the City Engineer
ID oilics. yesterday morning. with AE. ChesbEoQg
r. and Msssrs. sankey and Wilson ot shs Qu!nts.
u. on.Works and Mr: A +. fuiey. tho attosl'
ID tos tho last-nsmcd Company; 70 eome to so! M
II understanding aIout the conditions OF tue tcs
ct Tic tdty officials, tie Committee, and Il
= Qulntarl lrun-WoEks people ssen 70 b. aEro, VT
NJ spect tle euglacs, to sec that they comply Vi
lat the requirements vi the cUntEAxt under Will