, 1879-04-17
THE ClTY-uALL,


Four cases Of scarlet fever were reported yes
tonlay,
A permit was issued yesterday to J. Dasluskcr
to erect two-story ind basement bcer-hall ut
No. 100 Wade strcut, to cost $1,000.
Tho City Treasurer's receipts yesterday In
cash wcre 81, 3,717, md 89,145 from tile County
Treasurer In city scrtp. Tho disbursements
wero nbont 200.
A lncot!ug Of the Committee on Streets and
Alleys, South Division, Is 10 be held this after
noon to consider tic proposition to convert
Michigan avenue into d boulevard. Yesterday
quite q number OF The residentB Of the avenue
called at the City Clerks oilieo Anl signed a
petition asking that tlse conversion he made.
Michael F. s1atler aud Frank Smith, river
hands, are prisoners at the Artnory, charged
with sualctlng md maklng away with $40
note. presented III payment fur Nights lodging
at Mnrtha's. On Clark street, near Hurri-
Samuel Wilson, colorcu, ts Tucked up ut tho
same sta.ton, charged with burgiarzlng the gro.
Gerry OF Charles EIacuherR, at No. 1Gl Fourth
avcnuv. several nights ago, md stealing there
from about 500 cash an1 sutuc Cools.
+ Assistant-superlntcnu Dixon has about
Mlado up his mind ttlut tho appointment OF atae-
Donald to tile detective fnrco tueas Ills ronloy-
al, md also tint there Ia other qucar work going
on. He says TINT scavoy, IN ta'l:Ing with him
O4t aAN40Itt EA@Acbott4 INV kECutCht EUlus
dence In him. nntl this makes thu situation the
stranger. lilo has been On the forco twenty
thrcu years, Is not cOnscoua OF havlug ever
dune q dishonest act, or having neglected to du
HOW bo displaced to MAXI room for MI fuexpn-
ricl1ccd nun. llo courts thu closest inycsti,a-
tion OF his conduct, n,,d says that II he Is ~.
moved ho will uepan1 tho rcason.
III THE HILL AND DOWN AGAIN.
Yesterday morning 5OO members Of tho Stone.
fftrtc 11lSfrU 1nnF thot1f tJot
out notice. No ono know whnt they had como
ior, nor from whcnco they came, but Il soo,l
transptre1 tint at ncetinE held the nIaht be-
fore they bud agEced to eai! upon Mayor Heath
Tomllnson " Reed, tile stono contractors on the
new CltY.llall, wero not living up 10 tho stipu-
lat!on IN their con!ract requlrg te1n to cut the
stone In tho city. Mr.. Heath WIS III hntld to meet
being husprisc, hc Invited them to calf agutn
IN tl!e afternoon. At the appointed tfmo about
q dozen OF tie crowd returned aud Wcra uellered
w. WY tue s1ns 91'lse ot e C9Es;!onsr Of Public
| Gtevolan4t curportlpn- Counsel bonaeld, Mir.
Reed. md Mr. Ktnball. Tue contract Was called
Tor, altl 20 much Of It as forbid tllu cutting ol
aY q te stono outside 81 the cIty except III
| trnctoEs, MAS rcaG. Tic ktonrc1lttcrn charged
HUT thIa part Of Lie contract was being violated
hy tl'e stone belng cut ut bedford, a,.d .Mr.
] ktmbai!, for The contractors, replied that they
lad golo to work upon getting tho coutract a..l
built sled.. s.4 putin machinery, calculating ia
| do tho work here, but, by tho actIoI, OF tho
5touecutters' Uniou. had been forced to do
what bad been aopo. Tl!a contractors hal Of
accent it. refusing to work moro than eiChi
hours, and fur less thau s9bo por dar. lle uluu
| went on to saY, In Answer to 1uustions lY Nh
honao!l. tAat the stonccuttcrs Ind "eomblncd i
to lnjurs tho contraclnrs, and showed TINT tllr1
had advertised, Al,! warned everybody againSi
working for them, etc.
The stoaecuttsra made general denial O.
what was charged ataIust them, antl ins!stet
that the contract Ind not ouly been yiolnttd 1,
the particular IN question, but also BY the !st.
bringing stonu to tlle city dressed. Quito col
loqny tolloweti, consisting Of assertions on Il,
ono hal"l asld dsnals oil the other, aA tho In
tesvsc" WIS brought to an end by thu Corpora
tion Counsel asking both sItles TO present thci
cases ~ wFlt!gg, when hc would gtvo IN opinion
upon tho subject. The whule affair IL si,upl
. lsht bctwsea tho ssonecut.ers md TIL
eohtfAetors,-t!s ons demanding !hut which tl
but for thu interference Of tho stonecutters. 10
every preparation bud been madu 10 that e,lll
aud, :hls bs!us thu FACE, it ia difficult to see no,