The Red Cloud chief., 1879-06-12

Fridays records ~ The City Hall. says
the New Orleans ns<s. show ra.Asr
an amusing iscideos. illustrative Of The
total absence Of rod taps and formali;y
In the workings Of the municipal gov
esnmental sysssm.
An ofhcsr at The harbor psecincs.
taking his morning stroll and tour OF
inspection In search Of depredasors,
comes suddenly upon the body Of . cai.
lately defunci. The officer. Impressed
with the importance of The evsn;, af,sr
carefully noting the looks Of the corpse.
hurries TO the station The command
ing officers are called together. . bur
ned consultation held and the corpse
finder examined.
A reference 10 the book Of rules and
regulations for the government, Of the
force, some more consultations, and IL
IL decided that the Chief Of Police mus;
be notified
The trussy clerk and the operator Are
~ once summoned, and the fscss Of the
case confded 10 them, and . message Is
soon whirling G the wires 70 the een
trail station.
There the operators eyes begin to
open a. he reads:
HAKBoR PRECINCT, NEw OnikASs, April
IL, is1s.-Thos. A. Boylan, Chief: oeacer
Ciew reports . dead cat al the bead of era.
yier Street, where the steamboat City Of Al
ton L.. Respectfully,
b. GALvES. Captain Commanding.
Per ID. CROWLEY, Clerk.
The message is ., once borne 10 the
Chief. Some more clerks and secreia-
ries are summoned, and q few more Law
books consulted.
After turning over an innumerable
number Of pages, il Is At last decided
that the mater should properly be re-
ferred TO the City-Hall. A happy solu-
ton OF the difficulty has been arrived ~,
and the report, Endorsed a. follows, Is
transmitted TO the City-Hall.
April II, ls79.-Respecifuily referred TO
o j. ID. Houston. Administrator OF In
proyements. Tuos. A. BoYiAN,
Chief Of Police.
1t is to be hoped that the Department,
of improvements Is duly impressed with
the importance Of the matter, yet the
same routine is gone through. A care
full perusal OF the statute books shows
that the jurisdiction Of the department
ends at the waters edge. while the fool
ism feline had given up the ghost some
eight or ten yards away from that point.
The corpse must then be within the ju-
risdiction Of the Department Of Com
merce. A terrible responsibility is lifted
from the Department Of improvements,
and the original report, Reimbursed rs
follows, Is transmitted TO the Admins
traitor of Commerce:
April IL, is79.-Respectfully referred To
Hon. -. Henry Behan, Administrator Of
JAS. POLLOCK. Secretary.
And now another trouble is begun.
The report Is submitted TO the Admins
traitor for his inspection. The employ
ees of the department who patrol the
the tenor OF the report, and directed to
proceed to the spot indicated and abate
the evil complained of.
The proper officer, armed with the
necessary papers, is dispatched TO the
scene near the close of the day. Nerved
to the jealous performance Of his duty,
he reaches the landing putting and per-
spring only to learn that some hours
before the ubiquitous and interchangeable
Captain Bixby, OF the City Of Alton,
had come across the Objectionable car
cass, and, unaware of the intentions of
the city authorities. had called a rousta-
bout to get a shovel and with il precipi-
tate the rapidly dissolving wreck Of fe-
line animation across the guards Of the
steamboat into the muddy deep.