The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-11-08

Cncn W Hldke u spread every Jay In the
year Of turtle, grouse and other 1ttxt-
ries, there would probably be fewer
candidates than there are now. The
other city officers of London also re-
ceive large salaries, as compared with
ours, and we presume it would be trea-
son to the Crown if any one of them
saved farthing or refused to invest
their earnings in victuals and drink.
The Comptroller receives $40, 900; our
Comptroller, $4,000. Thus, Mr.. Far
well may consider himself favored; for,
while the Comptroller of London gets
only twice as much as he, the Mayor of
London gets over sixteen times as
much as Mayor Heath. The Treasurer
of London gets 1880; our Treasurer,
$500; the City Attorney of London,
$4,000; ours, 5000; the City Clerk of
London $4,000; ours, $3.50; the SUI
perintendent of Police of London $3, 500,
while Superintendent Hickey comes
closely up to him with 81, 145; the City
Physician of London 1866; ours,
81 500, and 50 on.
Dinner giving in London is a serious
matter. When the Prince of Wales
visited Chicago years ago and was en-
tertaincd in royal state ut the Richmond
House with prairic-chickens and veni-
| son, and the guests had the most roy
stcring time primitive Chicago had
ever known, it cost only Il few hundred
dollars, and yet every citizen of Chica-
go at that time, from Long John down,
battered himself that Albert Edward
had never seen and would never sec
such u spread again. When the Prince
of Wales recently returned from his In
dian trip, the City of London gave him
Il little dinner which cost only $137, $50.
The pounds, shillings and pence were
flung about somewhat as follows: Up.
hOlsterers, carpenters, painters, deco.
rators, gas-iitters, plumbers, bricklay.
crs, plastercrs, GLACIERS and scrubbers
had to make the apartments ut Guild.
hall ready for their reception, and thcil
bills amounted to $50, 24O-a sum sui
ficient to put up q handsome business
block in Chicago. Flowers to the value
of $4,000 blOssOmed in the windows ant
on the staircases, and the gas that shOnt
upon them cost 1886. The eatable!
footed up $25,49O and wine WASHED
them down to the tune of 81, 655, to re
cover from the effects of which cos
1886 in mincral-water. The dance pro
grammcs cost $2,795, the banquet an,
ball tickets $1,72o, and the gcnerc
printing, SLIGO. The vocalists VIII,
warbled their dulcet strains were pal.
lis, and the bands that blew thci
noisy welcomes were satisfied whel
they received check for 81 $50. Tn
casket that was presented the Prime
cost So, 700, and took $40 to illuminat
the long-windcd address that was rea'
to him. The reckless providers spen
$725 for gloves, perfumcry and hair
brushes-probably more than the Who'll
dinner to the Prince in old-time Chi
cago cost. The messengers who calle
) the carriages went home with 800, tn
hostlers with $35, the gravel-spreader
with 1856, the special police with 81,
400, the committee men with 81 SOC
the firemen, $275; and, last, but nc
least, $500 were paid in gratuities t
walters and others in the service tina
, night. BY the side of that dinner on
civic banquets to distinguished guest
seem small affairs, but the Corporate
; of London is not extravagant, from on
; point of view. The most of our larg
cities are head and ears in debt, Ne,
York, the principal dinner-giver, bein
hopelessly swamped. The corporate
which gave this $4,000 dinner had a
income last year of S3,2l6,25O. II
total debt amounts to but 49,, 655, OO(
while New York City can show nj
debt of over $125,OOO, OOO!-Chica9
Tribune.