The sun., 1882-08-06
THE CITYG GOVERNMENT GONE
NO MAYOR, NO QUORUM or ALDERMEN.
NO POLICE BOARD.
No sheriff or County Clerk, No Judges Hold
ing Trial Terms, No End TO tho Waiting
Calendars, No stoppage of Big Salaries.

Mayor Oirace naVlnR leIJ tne olty 10 aJtcnu
the meeting OF the Democratic State Commit
tee at Saratoga. and President Sauer OF the
Board OF Aldermen being absont with his
family at Sharon Springs the city Is without a
Mayor. Anticipating this state OF affairs. a
fore he went:
What shall we do for somebody to read the
riot act In case OF noedp"
We'll. guess there won't be any riot" re-
piled the Mayor. If there Ia. let somebody
telegraph me. and will return from Saratoga"
Tho prospects are that the city will be with
out a Mayor for threo days. There will be
nobody in the Mayors Office to marry people.
to writo vetoes. or to keep a sharp lookout
after streot cleaning. The Mayors salary.
100000 q year. goes on all the samc Alder.
man Sauer's salary. So. .000 also continues. that
Is to say. In case the Injunction of the Wolf
Board OF Aldermen ia removed. In spite OF
that injunction a number OF the city's Alder
men are out Of town. and there were not
enough loft yesterday to make quorum OF the
important Legislative DO iy that grants permits
for signs fruit booths and other street obstruc.
tions. and furnishes the Mayor with material
1Gf at g 600 even Il M %os 90
succeed in getting it. The lonnging rooms OF
shs cSrE AND and
keeping. engrossng. and message going that
make 80 fine show on pay day arc not in sight.
ries sweltered in the sun yesterday. while the
lonely rooms OF the almost deserted $40 900. 900
oqs %ss fU shSSe hS hS ys
ent was Judge Donohue. who has Just returned
from ton-da VACATION. Judge Haght, neof
pensss per%2 The u New Judges % s to take
County Clerk T Butler tie who Is 18th The clerk OF the
Supreme Court, has Gono to Saratoga. He has
been cooling off during the summer at Oceanic.
5000. and his deputy $500. There are hun
awaiting trial. Some ne Of thom % have been drag
ging along for years. The trial terms have ad.
TP S9Sn % i x T4SeS eouf BE
have adjourned until the first Monday In Octo-
Dor. The Ave JadgOs rS salaries sl5, ,9@S9 40 each;
Boese. gets $4,000; He was not in his office
The Court q General ndf
session, although there are plenty Of prisoners
in the City, Prison awaiting trial. This gave a
substantial vacation to largo part Of the PIE,
Attorney salary Of si2. 900: ~ '
ourned e to the st Monday nd y1se IN ocober MI There
arG six Judges at tIooSo each and only two
vacation. There is a small army OF court at
in Al these Spu Wh2 hayns
with six Judges at sl5, 900 a year each. has ad-
journed to October. The Clerk, Nathaniel Jar
ssns s s vic sRd III SSFps are q hss
ing good time.
Gone to Saratoga" was the general answer
ms Office was unusually quiet. The multi
plicity of stout. healthy men who divide their
time between getting their boots blacked and
The adio1rnment Of the courts gave them a
recess, They are al paid by fees. OF, out OF the
faAa hat ha Nf hal
tions comes out Of the litigants., Clerk Joseph
MoDonorgh was pointed oltas the representa-
yens was gone. Order OF Arrest Chief Alex.
". Davidson was gone.
one e., CLERK & sat away up n the coolost room OF
on three sides; This was the room Of the Com
missioner of Jurors Mr.. George Caulileld. sal
and his FIVE assistants. whose aggregate sal
aries are t5.IO0. have nothing TO do
lice Pesdoa Fench fTa saaTy
$4,000, was in Sag Harbor where, he lives or
someewhere else. Commissioner Nichols. sal
country. ,Commissioner MattheS%s Vs. salary W
France to sing the Nj Marseiiisise.' nus ''1' "
All the 0nS ss sres , to hsyo
low suit. The larger the policeman's pay the
longer his vacation. o,--,
sioners Purro,y and German have gone to Sara
toSa 70 attend the Democratic State Committee
What little breeze there was in the Office Of
the Corporation Counsel yesterday .whistled
through empty Ghairs eScspta in the afteraoon
Gghts. The corporation Counsel. salary ry
showed that the ' assistants with t Salaries is Of
from 1000 to 81 900, were having good time.
Commissioner Hubert o.. Thompson of the
Department Of Public Works is at Saratoga.
salary So 900 u year
The sweltering crowds who are, Obliged to at
tend the police courts complain that they haye
to wait for the Justices salaries $4,000 each
Four OF the eleven Justices, Otterbourg, Smith.
Power, and Murray. are now taking vacations.
supervisor Of the g cS y Record ord TRo9as Cos
tigan, salary $4,000, has g9no to SARATOGA. Tho
has assistants who cost the city $4,000 year.
Joseph NJ Deuel. tho .Clork ot tho United
States Circuit Court Is & absent % on six weeks
John \. Shields, takes charge OF the office. The
INJURY yi for 8 Sias aeV W. Burt the Naval Officer
OF tho Port, was answered by his clerk that he
E%s Hr oT 1 Sns nH sGd 2 at a Office
Saturday from M iivodny de EXCURSION M''H to Tie tfe
coast OF New England. in the United States
reyenuS steamer Gra1t His SaIary is & 900
the city Tor the day. His, absences from his
tions are 50 frequent as not to bo novel. His
income in salary and fees is estimated at il2.-
WilSam p Fiero. United States Assistant
Distr@ Attorney in charge of the criminal de-
partment is absent on leave for six months.
because of his health. His salary is 81. 900
The United States CirruItagtnI District Courts
Charles l.. Benedict and Addison Brown arc
out of tho city. Judge Waliacc's circuit in
Guides this State. Connecticut and Vermont.
He opens court hero on Wednesday. Judge
Brown is I'll ut Ocean Grove from injuries re-
ccved in the recent Parkers Bridge collision.
Judge Benedict sits in Kings County as Dis
trict Judge as we'll as in this city
John Richards the General Superintendent
OF tho Post Oitico is on a vacation. His salary
is 81 900 year.
The carriers and collectors OF the Post Oflce
are not allowed VACATIONS OF TO be absent even
when i'll unless they employ substitutes whom
they pay themselves. Tho carriers and col
lector5 get $500. $500. and 5000 u year, They
work seven days week,
Absences with pay are allowed at tho Custom
House.
The Spread OF yellow Fever.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex. Aug. 5.-There were sew
era OF yellow fever here yesterday morning