, 1879-08-19

visitors will rcmain In the city n tay or t"o' anil
then 90 East IN quest Of tho engines
Commissioner Waller has entirely done away
with atrnw .hont1s from contrnctor*' tte requires
every rcrspn g0lnt. TIT ht'ad To swear ~ tila
ownership OF real rstac. atA l'en schedule tise
rroncr,y. This bc,ly done, flc examines tho
records to vcrlfv 'l'rir statcmenes. TIC tnakcs
no exception. whatever, a'M the advantage of
thr rule has bcaii slnwn III nwars1nE tl.e tuwer-
contracts. Gnu pcraon Uttered rs hondsmnn
sworc he owned 10 much urOnerty. but wien
asked to schedule t1o cott,,! not st,ow foot OF
land. It CAUSES considerable sweating among
contractors and bon,lemcn, hut The Commissioner
tnres nothing for this. havl!,E no higher Amht-
tlor tan to protect te city Ii, MI such matters
The Committee on Chs met Yesterday aEscr-
noon 10 further cnnstlcr what should DO .lono In
the future In lighting the streets. New pront'sI-
ttons were expected from tho gas cmotnpa,s'cs, m
but nono were received, though the Chairman
said i1e had been assured TINT further propost-
ttts11 would bc made AZ soon rs Mr. Billings re-
turned to tic city,vhic's would hc n fey days.
The oil men wcro on tlntd In full force. bnt thu
schemes very favorablv. lsoat'y, they arc In.
cl.nsd to favor gn., hut they want bids pcr
limp post Instead Of pcr 1,ooo feet .. hereto.
fore, nud. bcl,cyng Tint propositions Of TINT kind
consideration of tic subject fnr ono week.
,lary report for the week ending SATURDAY.
shows tllr deaths to hare l,ccn 1s23 agnfnst 100
the preceding week nnl 113 tho Corrcspotdl1s
week OF last year. OF those dylng, 81 were I'M
shn.rs ti,at I'm n,nrtnlitv nmpnr CHILDREN co,l-
sit,,,ca r. l,c o1ormin.r' rhs ica,lIms cnuecs of
tlcntt, wero CHOLERA tnfantum. ~; dinrrhna, -;
consumption, 10; innnitton, Is; cntcFo. colitis,
13; convu!eto'ls anu scarlet lcscf, cacn; ulpll.
liberia. incidents, mud cnterltts. = cnrl; and
dysentcrY. T. The deaths BY wards were: First
Ward, 9; Second. i; Thlr.l. 3: Fourth. Il Fifth,
q; Tenth, r; Eleventh, ,; Twelfth, u: Thlr-
trcnth, I; Fourteenth, Ut: F!itGgntfi, ~: Slx'
tcchth, VI sescntccnth, :; a'1A E1ehteehtnt "
lsou0H ON TIE HEpoRMEns.
T1,crc hos bccn considerable complaint re-
,.cnfiy ri thc rarciraat,csa cbnractcrizjnr tho
Pnice Court Clerks In making out mltttmlscs,
md sor,c uaYs uro tho CITY Attorney was 40.
tnfcn,ient. lie Yesterday rcptcd by sending n
irttrr IN tho several Clerks, OF which tic fol-
in,rintr il a ennv.
f.,o,n, Am, 1s-7o ta- po,r< fovrt Cirrt,-
oexTt r,rv' Il = hrcnnht tn nv n,frnsinn hv lin
police nuthofltIcs and Snperin,cndcnt Of sl,o
qucntly fall to show tho oGcnse for which
l.afty II Committed. IT - greatly to
bc desired that th. wnr'auts for arEsst and ,
tho nisimns should clearly state ths o'1ehse asa
no ahbreslat'ona son'a ec .ssa. IT, os '"o sons
Woro @ "al'en ou'- ~ uHt SsxorI II @ rnnuet ar
tlons 10 In mI;mus 40 Or warrant Containing them.
In nv opinion the words ''dlsordery conduct"
used in d rnititnus afo objectionable, II not CON.
stftltlnR fatal defect. There IL no snch o!fcnao
II statute Or ordinance o. "aitordsslY cona1ct. :"
These words arg mt uocu III oEaiuanee u s.a'nS' S'
az you "ii ssc 9v III - NV nntninnp tay
ot,,nIS ~ nc' +" .nn IN fhs mrttinns
soo1'1 ~ m's ,n.tamce ninye mako tho foregoing
snnocsttons thnt we may not b. at the cxpenic and
trnnbe nf testing the aurstfon by habens corltls