, 1879-07-29
TIE CITY-HALL.

The receipts for ifcenses yesterday wera about
5000.
The Hcalst-o officer abatcd 4se pu,sancca and
condemned as7o pounds Of nnvholsome moat
last week.
The City Treasurer yesterday received S1,&o
from tho Water Department. s0'o from H'e
Comptroller, md a $50 from The Collector
E&-ActlnE Superintendent Dixon and ex-pe-
toctivo Lansing loft last evening for COLORADO,
whero they arc TO look after their mining Inter"
ests.
A conference Is TO bo held to-day between the
cstv authorities md the Exposition folks, the
object bstng to settle the question OF whether
tic lstter shall pay rent In shc future Tor ne
nte Of the lake-fsonf. ano, 90, 10" II. ,nuen'
"Thrco ltttlo dogs. mono very now; ono has
rottcf. ar,d now there are tWo-along Chestnut
street, ncaf Clark. II tho two little doge arc
viii bo none" THIS 10 the gentle way in which
a complainant stated hia case to the Health De-
partment yesterday. The contractor for re-
moving dead dogs will tako police.
Tho place hunters were around In their full
strength agaln Yesterday 10 the bsltof that a
great ,nnny heads would bo severed Aug. !.
The Mayor entertained many. OF them, nrt It
surancea 70 anybody. It is bulicved, however.
lint Gen. Lfcb wilt ret LarrAbcc's place 10 few
days, and thnt several other changes WILL be
made.
Soma Of the secondhand bookdealcrs object
to the proposition to mako them pny license,
especially On the ground tlat Tie orutoaneo
pending requires them 10 keep accounts tho
as1ne as pawnbrokcrs, and 10 make reports "a
they do. They say that such IN ordinance
would expose the nan'os OF persons from whom
they buy, etc., which they do not Wnnt to do'
rrhfrft a thu n141cfEnu nrphH hY the 0ANN.
brokrrs.
Among the building permits tssucd yesterday
wcro the following: 70 E. stckney, to erect a
twt-Etory dwelling, corner ct Casa anu HuIon
streets, 10 cost $4,000: 10 Gray, Clark E Co.,
the North Branch, to cost s1a, 600; to 2: Harry
Hammer, 10 erect a tWo.stor7 dwelling, No. les,a
Wabash avenue, to cost $500; and TO y,
Goottel to erect q tWo.s.oFv dwelling. NO. l43
kossuth street, to cost $3.50.
A letter wns received at The Water Depaft-
mont yesterday from Elder JutkEns, making Ia
qu'ry as to the probable cost Of putting up
wntcr.works at Lake ptuiE, and snppynE that
place with water from tic lake In the summer
SEASON. The hlutt is eiKhty-fiye feet ADORE the
tho hun level IL desired, rtth capacity to supply
IRON s coo To 10000 Rallops per hour The
figures will be made and forwarded.
THK CONTENTS or A rop-po1rLE.
Lfeut. Callahan, OF the Tmcilth-Street station.
sent to the Polico Department yesterday y pack
acc OF checks, apparently good, which lind been
found by Michael Gr4dt tn a pop-bottlo at the
corner OF Harrison sad Throop atrceta while
Repairing Il sidewalk. Ono was for Ai.5 so On tle
Lee County National Bank, signed by s. G.
>Eels, and payable to Charles Ta!lmau 4 Go.
another wns Nh the Gilman Bank for TO, ray
ahlo 10 the same, and signed by Parker 8 Allan
another for SO 70 was drnwn on tho First Ma
uona! hank Of Rochelle, payable to the same,
and signed hT J. T. Miller; anothcr was for
4o0 nnvnkt1 the n1f1 drawn hE H.
Wells Smith against r Nclson i Co., bankers
! uayatie to Charles FoIlanRbce, md drawn bs
Tolbrook t. MasA|o against their hank Ia Iowa
| another was for SIC, drawn against Jnu!ua
RoEcrs' Bunk, Of Byron, ILL.,, md pnyable to
Talitnan & Co.; another was for sll, payabit
to +. Hotlaquin, and drawn By. G. J
| fields againss tho first National Bnnl
| OF Cedar Rapids; and another wns for fG1.10
uAyabla to Tnl1Inan & Co., and drawn nEnsns
the First National Bunk Of Mncomb. Beside
the checks thero were two post-otl'ce tnoneJ
orders tu the package, ono Issued at Marion
ILL.,, for So.40, and the other at Mantateo, Mich.
for $T.2o, both payable IN this CITY. 1l,ero Mn
also note for sGf payable To Taliman q Co.
and signed by s. J. Swingcr and G. Z. Park
bearlnl. date Of 't Hampshire, Kane County
Jan. IL, 18;7." II ,sas very evident to the au
/ ttoritIcs that some thief had g0no Nroug
TalIman i Co.'s safe or drawer upon timc
and "betng crowded." Ind thrown the checks
utc,, away. They nll bore date Of February
1871, so IL IL IN old affair, and Gun amount t.
but little else than to revive the memory OF III
theft, since no mouey TnA gotten on any q
| them.