Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1874, Page 2

2 TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION, It Is Alrendy Abolished in Cook County. Opinion of "the Hon, James P. Root, Tho Committea on'Taxition of ! tho Oitizens’ Assooiation, in seeking ‘for a mothod wheroby inxation could bo simplified in this conuty, was wtruck by tho ndvisabifity of doing sway with township orgauization in Cook as onaof tho <atops to tho end thoy woro Hedking, They accordingly wroto to (ho 1lon. James P, Root, whom they kuow to bo well neqoaintdd with tho subjoct of their investigation, asking him bow townelup orgonization could bost Do disponsed with horo. Ilis reply is'as follows : Gentlemen of the Clttaens® stoetation : e o ioste by o of Sonr committecs to givo iy opinon uato tho best moo of dispeusing with wnaliip organization u Cook County. 1 an of tho opinion that under tha how Constitution THEBL 18 No TOWNSILII ONGANIZATION IN T8 COUNTY, Unider tho Constitution of 1618, there were Lo clndaes Firat, thot class ‘governuil by a County Coitrt 3 mecond, (it governed' by a Counly Board or Board of Hupervisore, Tu the finut closs thera vere threo bfficers Who gav- ernod the nffaira of tho county, In tho socond tiero wos o Board composed of ilio Bupervisora of iho various towns in thy county, Towusbilp organization,” eocalled, olnbraced o cotploto eydlen— foru, 6f Rovernuient coumencivg witli’ the peaplo fn thelr primary capneity, who olectod thieir town officers, con- slating of » Supervisor, Collictor, aid ‘Town Olerk, Thero was & Town Auditing Board, composed of tho Buporvisor, Asscasor, ntid Justices of {ho Peace, witlh cortatn prederibed duties, Thero was & Bonrd of - - pervisors, composod of iho severul Supcrvinors, utl constituting oue muchine,—organized und operntod puraant to ono lawy uud It was' o “completa systom., o taken nwoy ono park of it would have de~ 0 Lho bystet, Or L0 Fyalont was au eutixelty, TUE CONKTITUTION OF 1870 recogtilzea tho two classes of counties and the’ two ayatemn, - dotermining what *tho Cobivention of 170" underatood by tho township systom, wo must supposo hey understood and treated it as It wa un- doratood aud treated by tho general publlc, and the Inw unller which ft Was porfected mid tho eoveral smpndmunts thereto, It may bs well hero to quote ‘tho languaye of tho Constilution of 1870 to show Liow *tho’ two systoma wero regardod, aud how n chango cauld bo uade from ono to the other, Art, 10, Bec. 6, ¢ an follows: “Tho Gencrul Assombly shall provide by general luw'for township ormauiza- tion, under which nny county may orgauizo whohover o majorlty of tho legal volers of such cottnty votlng at any geheral election shall 6o dolor- +mino, and wlionover any county shall ndopt township orgatiization. 5o much o thls Conntitution no provides for tho managemont of, tho fiscal concerns of tho gald ‘colinty by the Loard of County Conualsslonera may bo dtapensed with, and tho afluirs of “sakl couuty mny bo transneted 0 ulich manner a8 tha Getcral Assembly “may provide, And, in any county 'that ghail havo udontod & township orgaufzation, the question of con- tinuing tho samo may Lo submittcd to a volo of tho clectors of such county, at f gene exal cledtion dn tho manner’ fhnt .now i or tmuny. bo provided by law; and af o malorlty of all tho voles cast ugon tlat’ question shall bu against {owHilitp argantzation, thien such orgaulzation sliull ceuse {nwald county 3 vud il laws in fores in rolation £0 counties not baving township orgaulzation shall immodiafely take offect and Lo in forcuin such county, “No two townehips piall bavo tho samo naine, and tho - day oft Loldiug Lho anmtal townsbip -mcoting shiall -bo unIfori turo c.? Ty eloarly Tecognizzs TUE TWO SYSTENS, esch being complete in itsolf, sud each standing by Sigelf, ‘Tho Luginlatiiro” canuot chango elthier systom 0 14 t0 Linve Olio'ruls n one county and pnotlier rulo in auother, By this L moan that, whatover law it pasccatouching township orgupiintion must apply @uully to overy county in which that syatom provills, APz vy principlo. establisnied - By tho Conaiitu: tion, it i that of unform loglslation, Lut wo neud not raly'upon tbis general principlo in 'tho Constitution, for we flud enongieleatly exprossed to fully dstablish tho proposition, und so it provides = First—That * tho day of holding the annual town- ‘mtoling shold bo unlforn throughout the State,” econil—* The General Assembly shintl 1ot pass 1ocal or epecial Jaws in uny of :tha followiug cases, that I8 to -eny: For regulating county or townsbip aftairss pro- viding _for tho clection of “members of thio Board of Bupcryisors i townehipe, incorporated towns, or W “\Th pll othier canea whero o genoral liw can bo mado applicable, no special law shall Lo euscted.” - Art. 4, Bee, 22, Now what can bo clearer or mora apecific? Thia Ia B powitiyo probibition -againkt any legisintion ou tho subjoct of township organization which s not applica- blo alike to ovéry county, THE BUPRENE COURT of this Stato Iia repestedly doclded,~and,indoed, it is the weil-recognized rule throughout tho conntry,— that a'State Constitution 8 s limitation on the power tio Generat Ansembly, and hence, -when a particilhs mode Is prescribod it excludes every other mode, Bo, ‘when the Constitution establishes tiwo classes of coun- tles,'or rathier two distinet systems of cuum( govern- ment, It preciudes snother class or system., Lheracan ‘bo but” ‘two systems of county - govermment in flus Stato, Wo counot have ono claw of counties governed by County Commission. ers, another by n Soard of -Supervisora strictly under townsbip organization, and 3, buatber by i Boord of Conymissjonory, as in Coolt'County, Wwith o portion of township organization in ‘tho shapeof Bu. orvisors, Town-Buarids, &, Cools County i8 oither tnder township organization or ‘under tho othor sysa tem, It cannot b tader bath, or, If it were, it would form A THIND CLABS OF COUNTIYS, which under the Constitution caunot be, 6 0ud 7, Art. 10, aro as follows 0. 6. At'tho’ finit election of County-Tudgen uniter 1hi Conatitution thero shatl be tlecteddn euth of‘the conntica in this Stato nat under township or- ganization threo oflicors who shall Lo slyled Tho Tioard of County Commisaioncrs® who sball tiold ses- woua for tho (ransactlon of county buslnoes as ehall Dy provided by law. Ono of #uld Commigsloners shiatl Lol Lis oftico for ouo year, ot for two years, -and onc for threo years, to bo dotermined by lot, aud evory year thereafter oue such oflicer shall Lo elected fn each of gald countics for tho term of throo years, «Sec, 7, Tho county afiaira of Cook County shall bo mauaged by & Board of Commissioners of fifteen poraons, it of whom shall bo olected from tha City of feago, and five from towns outeide of sald city, in Junner ad iy ho provided by law.” "Lihe only sustantisl diiTerenco in theio twa soctlons 18 s 10 110 number of Commisrlonors, 1o Board of Suporvisur, whieh body, uader townebip ouganizations, fs o yart of tho machinery of county ‘goverment, snd whicn so fmportant s past of o i chine was removed e balancs went o pleces, and ¢ becamo Hamlct with Nanilet out. Cook County diftrs from tho othera i TUE NUMDER OF COMMIRIJONERS ONLY, When tho Coustitution abolishud o postion of thio town- shiy syhtem in County tabolished the wholo systen i that county, TUo new Inyw concerning county overnment provides & mode for [ovying town taxos i Cool: County differcut from that in any ofher county, and fo that cxtent it fb spoctal ond local, und cloarlyt ~violates tho oxpress provision of tho Gonstitution, vory statuto which altempts to recognizs oxlstones of ‘Town Boards In a county governed by Gouuty Com- mieslonors Wil nlways Lo awkward and dinfcult to recoguize, In DuPsge Caunty -the people ut_the ag- nual towh meeting Yolo' thelr fown tax, In Cools County tho County Board ascertain tho amount, and 1t s oitouded by the Clerk, “Ta that oxtent tho County Board nre_attempling to regulato town affulrs- which the Constitution docs not authorize them to do, THL ONLY TRUETHEORY s, that tho townehip system fsn complcte thing in ond of Iteolf, nud all uttempts will full- to pateh it up, or to fix jt du_that ouly u part of it shall apply to @ given county. Both tho Tyventy-oventh and Twontyselghit General Aveumblien beat 1t oround tho birsl i ut= towpting to harmoulzo tho two kystoms 1n oo county, Whichoser way they turaod oty wi o dillauly fi 0 Wy g & “That {he township ayatom wau niscloss bn ook Connty - was apparent to fthe Censtitutionul Conventiou, aud when they disposed of tho | oard of ‘Bupervisors ‘they - evidently -(houghit they Dud dwposed of ba wholg .syswni, Conplsint wan made that (he balauco of power waw outsilo of tho cltz, ntthough the latter pald tho groat bulk of the taxes.” It js nov praaticablo that tho peoplo uhould asserabls b town meoting i either of tho tawns to volo town fax, In fuel, no town 1aX was needed, for the city constructa all noseesary . improve- monta,' I thoro is any locality outside of the clly ro- auiriug moro goveruuient thu the County Loard can afford, tlfo law 18 0pen for Incorraraiion fis a viilage, Buppoko I 18 profioscd 10 effert sowo clauge it tho present system in Cook Csunty by A VOTI, OF TITE PEOPLE, nnder tho scction of -the Contition reforred Lo, What chingo I it - T tfrom towaslilp organlzation 1o the Commiseloner sysiem 2 It canmot Lo this, for *tho Constitution hua given ws Commlealoners, and ilsereforo th vote would not accomplisl anything. s it from the Commissloner . wyalem to tawnslip ors ganization 7 -t cannot Lo {hiy; becouso-the. Consti- tution 81ys wo st bave the Afteen Camminalouors, 1 fail, thon, to oo Low Sce, 5 of Art, 10 holps Cool County, ‘Yo voto from tbe Comuussioner ystem (o the ‘vilior ansumea that township orgunization i i force, uud vico -versa, DId the Couvontion futend that"we should Nove botly ‘syalems 1 part In thls county? St av, then thers chu bo 1o voling on the subject, T canniot b possiblo thal we aro 1hus ma- dled with Town' Bunrds without auy paesible chcupe, ‘Tho Constitntlon, fu providing for ouo ciaosa of countles, speaks of s Toant of Cotimty Come ‘misstoners, * who shall hold aessions for tho. trannc- tion of county business,” and i providiug for Come isslonory in_Gook Couuty it hays, *The county ailuirs, " cte, Thera b no difTeronce botwoen traysuci= jog *county business " and managlhy #county af- fuirs,” It weema to me, then, that Cook County belongs ta (B0 Commisstonee cluss pure, of it hina o past of the fownubln wystum, frrovgsably fixud by tho Gonstiin- tlon, The ouly. rational theory Is that no part of tho towniship systein fu in forco in Couk County, for tio voting process, it kpplied, could only relata {0 a port of ti16 wyuiean, whils the Gonatitution “does not couter. platu tho eubmission to the peopld of anytuing le thut the whole, Jaxes P, Roor, e COTTON TRANSACTIONS. New Yony, Bept. 20.—1The Board of Managers of tho Cottou Lxchungo to-day adopted an ed- ditional by-law, “thst the classifioution of cot- * tonestablished by the National Cotton Exchange, and supplomonted os rogords grados of middling foir and fuir Dy this -lxchango, will horoafter foru tho bakik of sottloment of ‘all traueactionn for future dellvery uuder which delivery ia duo THE ‘CHICAGO DAILY 'TRIBUNE: ‘WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1874, on and oftor Sopt.1,1675, antl of nll trans {tions oxcopt thoso nudeér regular contratt for. “future delivery whith aro tando on and nftor Oct, * 1, 1874, Verbal coutracts, whon proven to the #ntiafnction of tho arbitralos, aro to liavo tho snmo slanding as If writton.” THE COUNTY CONMMISSIONERS. ftoport of tho County Agent—Insano Anylum Aldition—~Cortl "Bills, Tho Bosrd of' Caunty Commissioncrs mot yos- -torday aftornoou, I'rcsidont Ashton -in .tho ehalr. CLEMK MRE. ‘A commaniention wasrecoivod fronithe County Clork, asking for 85,000 for clokl hiro. It was roforrod to tho Committoo.on Finauco. Commiissivner Crawford thought it wan desir- “ablo that tho Connty Cleik should furnibh.a ro- ‘portof tho mnnner ‘fu which ‘ this moucy had boon expended. HOAP AND DROOMS, ‘A communication from Jailor:Folz, complain- “ing-of ' tho quality of tho 'soapand brooms fur~ uished for tho Conuty Jall, was roforrod. A potition way regclvad from’ 780 votors of tho ‘Llovontlh Waord, asking fora chaugo of.the +voting placo in the Firat Precinct, "It wns - tom- porarily Inid on tha tablo, ULOTTIING YOI JAIL-DINDS. A roquisition for supplloa for the County Jail, includlug sovoral mttiolos of clothing, was ro- forrad. Tho Chairmnm romarked that' it was ' tho first timo 18 hiad ovor known thht the county was la- blo to furnish conts.and pants to -bo worn by prisonors iu the County Jail. THE COUNTY TOSPITAL. The quattarly roport of the Wardon -of tho County Hospital wan submitted, showing tho axpousos of that inatitution for tho quattor end- ing Aup, 81, 1874, Tho totnl oxpenses wora $12,749.89, ‘Thore was au avernge of 200 pa- tlents por month trented, tho averago oxpenss fin boing -§20:81 por ‘month, sud .G Donts bt dog. Moo wero dischargad from lio Iiospitsl 637 patients ; treated in the dispensery, 04 DLOOD MONEY WANTED, A communication was_receivd from Antonio Di Perslo, stating that ho wus instrumental -in the’ capture of I'iancisco Agonlo, the murderor of Gouoraio :Azato, .and . asking' remuneration for thht service, It was' roferred-to the Coms mitteo on Judiciary. 7 TIF COUNTY, AGENT'S OTFICE. The report of the County Agout. for the quar- tor ending Auw'31,71874, was recelvéd and re forrod. Tho report showstho followmg intor- euting facts concerning tho caro of the couniy's oor': 9 o work of tuis departmont hing boon unusn- ally hoavy durlng thequartor-just closed, owing to circ:nistancos in goneral, and_partly to the frreatifire of July 14,54 larga number of.tha burnt- ont pooplo remain to bo twlieu caro of. ‘L'l total number of faniilies-romaining on. ‘tho.books nt tho beginuing of tho quarter way 1798 ; now applications’during tho quarter, 636 ; fotal fami- lies nided, 2,301." Tholist of iusano cosos ro- ported shows almost doublo tho numberof pre- vious -quartors, whila tho' Burial Department shows but o fair porcentage. . Thosmount expend- od during tho,quater was $20,617. Total number of familios romaining on tho boolts of last quar- tor, 1,783 ; new applicationg, 636, fotal, 2,324, Totul number of familles on books, quarter be- giuning Sept. 1, 1874; 1,441, 1 Tho candes of . dis- trosa whero rellof-was givon wero . ny -followa: 0ld ago ., and sicknoss, 867; widows and Lelnless familics; 1,183; aged widows, 363 desorted by husbands, 105; " hiisbands ' looking ‘for worlk outside _clly, 80; aged- singlo people, -21. Total, 2,801, -Of .theso, - tho West .Division contributod 1,435; North Division, 451; South Division, 393, ‘I'ho nationalitien wero aa follows : Amerfean, 1165 ;' Australian, 11" Bol- , 6; Bohominn, 198 ; Cenada, 40 ; cvlored, 1 ; Tingliui, 60 ; Fronel, 16; German, 495 :11ol- dand, 213 Irish, 920; Iinlian, 12 ; Lolin, .78; Beaudinavian, 179 ; Seotel, 26 ; Swige, b0 ; Rtus- winy, 5, Pasacs for transportation to tho num- ber ‘of 136 wore issued. -Thero wore senb to tho Connty Furin 874 porsons ; -and buricd, 164, ' Familics totbo number of 160 reccived | medieal tiontment, and 80 ingano cages woro ro- ported. TIE PAY OF BCMOOL~TEACHERS, Tho monthly pay-roll of- tho County Normal Sehiol was presontod and roferrod. . Commissionot Burdick remarled that, in theso hiord times, $100 por month was a.lugl salary for fomnlo tonohers. ‘The Chairman expreened hia assont to this ob- servation. DUILDING BIILI. 'he Gommittco-on Public Buildings reported, recommending . tho .payment .of sundry -billy, amonyg them ono of R4,620.81 to Iennensy. Bros, for carponter work in and .ahout tho Jauil aud Criminal Court building. Commissionor Boyne objected to tho paymeont of .any-such bills until the flual statement of tho construction account wau rendorod. Commissionor Crawford also thought it full timo that. the slatement.was rondered. Tho roport avas concurred in, aud tho bl or~ dered.pmid. ARDITION TO THE INSANE:ASYLU, Tho Joint Cowmitteo to whom wus relorred the matter of an addittonzl wing to the Iusano Asylum, reporfed thut plavs , hnd been drawn, .and roccommond . that tho Com- mitteo bo .authorized to advertise for threo days for proposals to furnish the material aud to construet the wing, proposals to bo roceived un- til Oct, 7; also,that thoeutire building bo placed undor contract. Cowmissioner Burdick stated his Dbelief. thut -thaavhola bwilding would. not cost over 80,000, ‘Commissioner'Clough inqnired if it would not bo botter to construct only oue of tho wings at present, a3 both wings wonld not ‘bo ncoded nt once, Commiesioncr Herting eaid that insano peopla wero being pickedup in tho streols every day, and there was no room for thom in tho Asf'lmn. Commisaioner Burdick bolioved it would bo oconomy to construct tho whole addition nt onco, though the main wing would auswer the raquire- monts of tho county for & yoar at-least, Comnmissionor-Orawford sald - that if -this wag the ense it would bo well to build vuly the main wing at the prosont time. '.l'Ln report of tho Committee was concurred in, VOTING PLACES, BYO. Commiesioner Jolnson-offered a resolution providing for the sppointment of n committco of threoe to designato vouing places -and judges of oloction. 'Ll rules woresusponded and the rosolution_was adopted, and - Commissloners Johineon, Jonos, and Burdick -were appointed s the Committes, THE COAL CONTRACTS, Commigsioner Burdick moved to reconsider tho voto Dy which tio contract for supplylng “Iinrd conl was nwarded to Boewe & Boeser. T'ha uotion provailed, Commigsionor Durdick moved to award tho contract (o Baker & Dros, at the samo price nt whicl it wag aswnrded to Boeso & Bonser. Commissioner Bogue moved: that- the award bo mado to Waldron, Niblock & Co., s -thelr bid was the lowost an il accauats. Commisgioner lerting waa in favor of leaving thie nward as [t stood. - ‘ho motion of Commiesioner Durdiclk to award the contract to Bakor & Uros..was adopled. mington Btar Coal Company, declining - to accopt tho contract for Wilinington conl;-for tho vonson that thoir proposition contomplated: furnishing -the entiro smount of coal, whoreas tho ‘contract 18 only for a portion. = Tho voto by which the contract was awarded to thia Qowpany was roconsldored. Commissioner Crawford moved to sward tho contract-for aupplylvg Wilmiugton coal ta’the Insano- Asylum to tho- Chiengo, Witmington & “Yermilion “Coal Company at &4,60 por ton. Tha Board adjourncd until ouo weok from to- dsy ut £ p. m, *PACIFIC COAST. Alleged Municipnl Frands in San Erazciueo, BAn Fravctaco, Hopt, 29.—Albert Eckstoin, Nowton Morgan, Josoph Cusoy, the Daoputy As- Beesors horo, who are cliatged with forgory, are Atill in custody. Thoir Lail was fixed at.$25,000 in. onch oaso. -T'he Asscasor hns possosion of bLis oflleo again. The Committeo on- Financo of tho Board of Suporvikors rocommond that tho City and Coun- Ly Attorneys justitute o criminal prosecution for malfunsanco in ofics against Coroner Rive, : 1 I8 outimaied . that the .amount of tho publio funds *appropristed ' by tho Assossor's Doputies, who uro now under avrost, will rench £100,000. Nelthor of the prisonors hes abtajned barl. Tho Assessor doclaros his purposo to austst tho proseccution, Coronor Rice, of this city, will probably bo ar- rostod to-day. —_— .« RAILROAD COLLISION, Tisauayroy, No Y., Bopt. 20.—A colllslon hetwoen = passengor Mnlnf{rnvnl tenin_an the Uliea & Chenanto Valloy fallroadthis morning resnltad In tho Lilliug of threo persons ou tho passonger traiu, and " tho scrious wounding of govoral othera. A communicntion waa recoived from tho Wil LOCAL MISCELLANY GENERAL NEWS. Tho meotiug of tho Taxpayers’and Olllzons Indopondont Club of tho Ninth Ward, announced for In st night, at tho cornor of Peck niidd Morgan” wtreobs, was & failuro, 'ho -temporaturo yostorday, .ns cbsorved by Mananso, opticlan, undor Tor TrinoNe Dulld- Ing, was lu tho shado.at.7 n. 1., 6L deg. Falr, g 104, m,, 633 12 m,, 62; 8 p. m., 62; 6 p. m,, 60; aud 8 p. m,, 57, Tho'liotala woro -all -orowddd -Inst : ovening— ‘omo ot thom to oxcoss,—so that pooplo Iind to Do sont away to. other hougos ‘for nccommoda~ tions, The influx of neversl thousand oxeur~ slonists, bronght hither by- tho Exponition, wes tho couso of the rusl. Mr, Justico Cannon, who has nlso abYaudonod tho Pooplo's party, yesterdny called on James MeGarry, and intimatod it might bo woll for bim to drop the proscention ot ‘MoDonald, but Ma- Qarey did -uot listen to the proposition, 'Lha Uillzona” Associatlon ia'alao 61:tho trafl, and Me- Douald wiil probably have a havder row to haa than ever boforo, 'Ehe Young Mon's Tomperance Society of tho Y. M. O. A.hold o regular mooting last mght at tho'nll, No. 148 Madison stroet. A large num- oer weto attracted - by tho dubouncoment ® that Mr. N. -IL .Birollo, ‘a reformed llquor merchnnt, would ‘rolsfo his oxperiouco. 11, Colo occupled tho ohair, and naftor the umul dovotional oxorclees tho mootingwns nddrossod by A. W, Clark, who midon_btlrribg toluporanco addross, ' Mr, Si- rello followod, apd occupied nearly an hour in giving o history of his reformation and dotailing the pervicions” intlnonco -oxerted Ly sleohiolio drinks, o was alteniivoly listened 0 and warni- 1y applauded. Covtrary . to gonornl aexpectation, tho Joint Comuifftieo which' has' beon ongaged' for somo timo past m investigating the prices paid for connty supplios to Torayth & Co., O, I', Yeriolat, and others, did not submit tho result of their in- quiries’ to tho Couunty Commisrionors nt thoir mecting yosterday, though previous to tho ses- clon 4 wag_ iho ' intontiou to do go. Tho reports (for thoro will 'bo iwo) wiil cortalnly ‘ho bandod -in ab tho ‘noxt'meoting. - Thae -minority ‘roport -will un~ doubtedly bo signed. by Commignionor Burdiol, -and:probubly by Comnussioners Raolloand Jonos, and will bosevero in .ita donunciations of tho loose manner In which tho county money was dispozed of - undor the rulo of cortain Commis- nioners, “Tho majority repoit will: bo signed by tho remnining wombors ot tho Committoo, b nns leakod ont.that Je.will bo a briofand spirit- Iess whitowashing documont, THE. CITIZENS' ASS30CTATION: -, At o regulur meoting of.the Execntive Comumit- teo ofitho Citizous' Association, tho following gentlemen wore n|l§olmcu n Speeinl Committoo on Water-Supply : Jobn W,:dlcGenulss, John 11, McLvoy, Jumes . Otis. A subsoquont rosolu- tion fusiruclod.that Comunitico Lo *‘at.onco in- vosligalo a4 to tho noads of the city In rospect of o supply of wator for firo purposcs, and to maka such ress>mmenditions as, iu their judgment, aro roquired to meot thoso wouts, and to roport ns cmf ns poraibla to this Excoutivo Committeo.” At tho yonquest of citizous, this Committeo have roforred to tha Committeo on Polico Affaira tho inyestigation of tho logal procecdings taken ralativo fo tho breach of 'tho peace at MeCarry's enloon Baturday night. . - ETUODIST CHURON AFTAIRS, 1Tho Churels. Extensipn Socioty of tho Method- ist Episcopnl Church, hold a mocting Inst ovon- ing iu the Methodist Church. Block, ~ G. C. Cook presided, Dr. Pandy, reported na one of the Comuuittco on Auditing Accounts, that ‘tho Committeo has como to the conclusion thatis 7ould much expedito tho businoss of the Y'ronsurerif ho wero allowed to poy small bills for incidental oxpenses without wuitng for them to bo first_audited by the Com- mittce. Accordingly hio made a motion ombody- _iug tho couclusion of tho Comumittee, and it was agreed to. Dr. Dandy also reportod as ono ,of tho Sub- Committoo of the Committco on Ways and DMeans appoluted to consider tho intercsts of Drighton Church, upon which bo said thero i a dobt of 2100 due, and 1f not pald nt an carly day the church will bo sold. Dr, Dandy visited Oult Park and got a pledgo of $100, and_tho congro- gation thero oxpeetod that slr, MeCalfery would pay 100, Mr,-McCalory is willing to give $100, but requires o crodit.of $80 onan old intorost account, . A tio action of (ho Sub-Committco was voluntary, aud wag not beforo tho meoting in regular form, tho matter was roferrad to the Comumnitteo on Ways nod Moans, Dy, Dandy furthier roported that thorois a dobt of £1,600 upon -Mr. -Keano's ‘chureh, on: Hul- sted street, A portion of the debt was incurred in church improvoments, and unother portion in current oxpnunos, Mr, esio proposes to as- aumo £750 of tho debt, and recommends that an oyster supper bo.giveu at tho ohurch, from whicll ho oxpects to realizo #100, and raquesto the Board of the Church Extonsion Bosioty to appropriate %460 to clear off tho dobt. - Dr. Jutging disafBroved tho descent of tho church -peopla: to 8. moro gustronomid indul. gonco. Ho thought' that an _ontortaimmont of an intellectunl characlor would bo much more appreented, On_motion it wes resolved to rocommond tho Board to appropriato tho amount asked for by Mr, Keane, and.tho meeting, after traowacting soma business of but littlo momont, adjourned. TUL COMING CORNER, Somo of the kunwing ones on 'Chango antici- pate lively times this afternoon. In commercial parlanco; several ‘of tha markots are cornered, Dut no troable is expocted in any other caso than that of carn. A greav-denl of corn. lins been .80ld to ho dolivered bofore 8 o'slock on the last day of tho present month, which Las not been do- livored_yet; snd sow.of it will probably Lo handed “into the oflices of the buyers on tho strolko of 3. This will involvo loes to the latter, many of whom hava ouly beught for the purposa .of delivering it to othor partios by 8 o'clook to- day, and thoy will .bo uuable to 1l their eon- waets within the time, These tactics wors ex- tensivoly resorted to on' tho 8fst day of July lust, and some:of .tho. difforences then arising o pot yot sottled. It is rumored thatat loast ono operator, who has 0ld n geeat deal of corn on aption, will vafuse to daliver it ot all, and all back -on tho courts .for protection, under the plea thut theso transactions are gambling, which i probibited by law. Lo 1 inhed gentlomon, Lav- iug, tho Natioual Contennial at hunrt, wi i in:Chicaxo to-day, tho object of their visil 2 to cousult wilh leading citizens, and, jointly with them, to catnblish an auxliary Bonrd of. Financa for this State.- \'tho Committeo i compueod as follows: ‘Che Hon, A, L. Goshorn, of Ohio, Di- reetor General; Jabn Wolsh, President of Con- tounial Lonrd of . TFinanco; . Frederick Traloy, , Beorelary -of _ samo, .and also President of “tho National Board of Iradoy ex-Gov, . Biglor, Genesal -Financial T Agent ; Josoph Patterson,; Jumes C. Itobb, aud athers. e Committen will bo rocoived by tho Board of 'rade nnd Committoo of the Dircctors of tho Imtor-Suto Jixnosition. Of course no patus will o spated to melko_thom comfortyble quring their stay, Thoy como freals from Con- tenniul work in Ohlo, - Indlunn, -and Koulucky, whero it iu. represonted they havo .beon very suceessful, Trom Chieago thoy visib the sinniler towns ond villages of tho \\West, commencing with St Louis, A CONPLIMENTATZ DANQUET. . About fitty of the *“boys™ of tho Doard' of ‘Trado ngsombled Iavt ovoning i tho * ordinary " of the Tremont louzo to do honor to Goorgo Elison, B6q., one of tho prominent members of tho Bontd,—ono of tho,oldest, and one of tho most hig hli' rospeuted, Georgo has had the hay- fovor for clovon yoars past, tho only respect in which ho ,resouiblos . Jjeocher, aud got off -tho! ragged . odgo of dowpair by a viait to the Teland of Mackiuuw, “On bis relurn .his follow~ membors sought to do hovor and give wolegmeo to the-achnowledged King of tho ' ont erowd.” I'ho following gontlomon participuted n the “ complimentary,” - which, was_worthy of tho “Lromout in its Dost days: .. G, W, Adowms, D, I, DBrearloy, A. R, Alkins, C.IL, Field, Georgo G Cuntor,” . A, 3air, Moros Jonos, E. R, Sponr, D&n\&u . Lyon, W, B i bey, D, C. Dickinson, Georyro W, 0\, Lorue,. D. 1, tillor, W, N, Lury T, L. Gurney, George Millor, Ara Foot, G B, Williamn, John G, Wiswail, W, I, MoLaron, J.B. Poirounct, W, '\ THonuass, J,. 1L, Norton Jolm I Lestor, W.. 1[, Muray, Charles (1, Covloy, W. Northup, G.. L. Wheoler, W. 1%, Cobb, J. B, Duteh, D, B, Muzridge, 1, A, Chiap- man, Ounr{;u J. Brine, Williama U, Lyon, Jobu Dupeo, J. 1L, O. Grosg, Edward Bturgos, B, K, Bruco, L. A. Driver, Charles Btiles, 0, 11, Walkier, W. Y. laker, William . George, B, T, Bruce, W. 11 Cutler, .John B. Lyou presided.. Tho.festivities woro kept ~up to & Jate.honr, boing.onlivened ywith | musio L'y tho Jobnuy . 1lund (Land, and.short specchey from noarly sl prosont,.the orations Iping modolod on tho priucipla that brovicy s thio oul of wit. ———— PERSONAL, Connty Commisgionor Crawford loaves to-day upon « businass teip to Now, York, ta bo absent about ton daya. Joum \y. Moy, . Crosby, I 1. N Champli e ‘Iho Becrotary of tho Bosrd of Trade had o montor yostérday. An oldorly Indy In tho gallory “lookad over his shoulder ro nrobly whilo ho was rénding tho firat part of the Now Yok dlspatch an Lo out off the rending of tho remainder by sot- ting tho nudionco in n roar and him on o ‘run, Binco the worthy Soerotary's ndmirablo reading: of tho Brogn apology, theroare not .a; fow-who aro auxious to know howmuch ho lmproves upon tho toxt of hisdally announcemonts ; but fow' mako thoir-anxioty 5o prominont na-did tho Iady yestordny, Tho Roy. dr. Youker. pastor. of .tho Fostorn Avenuo 'Methodist Ohurch, -who Lias Just: boen traneforrod to anothor flold ol labor, was pra- sontod Moriday,ovoning by the Indien of his con- firugmlwn avith a'boavy gold waten, 'I'bomoms ors.of tho Wostorn ~Aventto Olweh,, through tho 'Ttov. Mr. ‘Gordon, then prosonted Alr, Youkor wlth o silvor ten-sot, and kis wifo with a ceako-baskot, ~Among tho dlatinguinhod: vialtors at, the Ex- anltluu yostorday .was Jamos L. maihuru, 3aq., Prostdont,of . tho Acadomy of. Fino Art in hl ndul‘)hln, who_lias ‘recontly visited Indiana~ . polis miid Cinolnpati, * Ho snyd our art dopart- “mont-groatly oxcola that of Cltoinnati, alshough thoy are inninly indobtad: to :him for thoir mag- | nificont display of ongravings. Amaong tho -intoresting .and.«social - events to ooaie yduring ., tho, comiug month will, be the wedding of Mr. Jewott E. Ricker, of Oxford, 0., nd Miss Mary A. Swing, oldest dnughtor of tho Rovy: Prof: 8wing. :‘'ho matringo coremony, which wil bo norformad by the Professor in hia chwrel; and to.whioh all the - congrogation will rocolva invitations, will bo. followed by n mcnll- tion, | Miss Swing s s young lady in hor 19ih year, of excoodingly proposscssing appearanco, and Inhnrltlng many of tioso -mental qualitios which havo ondearod tlo Profossor to thonsanda dn this -cily -and olsowhere. Mr. Rigkor iy n pgentlomen of ostimablo charac- tor, and, ot Oxford, O, whick wns the -birth-placo of -tho bride, whore ho Lolda-tha -position of Cashior of tha Citizens' Bauk of that- place, ho is highly rospoctod by thoso who have mot him both in and out of bus- iness, -I'ho Lnppy avent, which will bo colobrat. ed on tho 22d of Qotobor, will be looked forward fo with pleasuro by tho logion of JMr. Swing's frionds In this city. - Wo rogrot to learn that Prof, Swing is at pros- | ont lying on.n sick bad, which ho Las oceupiod for tho pnst threo ‘days. Happily all dangor is now past, but tho Professor will havo to quit work for a weol or two if Lo wishes. to parform tho honors of- tho 22d of Oclober with bocoming choerfuluess. 2 Tho coromony of marrlapo, botweon Miss Fanny Oflendorf and Mr. Millatd Kasprowicz, Lotk of this city, was performed - yosterday, ace cording Lo the rito of the:Orthodox Gormnn Jaw- lgh Churoh, af Klare's-1all, North Olark stroot. ‘I'ho.RRov. Mr, Ollendoxf, fathor of tho brido, of- fielated, Tho hall ‘wns handsomoly decorated ; the attendance of ladios and gantlomen; frionds of the fawmilies of the hizh contrnoting partion,was largo;. and a good orchestra supplled sirs appro- propriato_to tho.oconsion., Tho ceromony, was conducted in German, aud was vory impressiva, Defore renching the cssontial porifon of it, the Rtoy. Mr, Ollendorf mado an address to the bride «and bridogroom. . A recoption, diuner, and, boll followed. ~ Tho bridesmnids, and . groomwsmeon woro: isg Mary J. Dottelzweig_aud . Samuol | Kasprowicz, diss Maitha Kasprowicz and_Emil Witkowslty, aud Miss Jouny Schoping and Louia Gluugnwskl. ‘Tho Centonninl Committes, comrposed of ox- Qov. Biglor, of Pennsyivaning tbe Ilon.-N./ M. Boelwith, of Now York ; and tho Ions: Josoph Datteraon, I, Farloy, aud J, M. Tobb, of . Puila- dnl;‘hlm. atrived ot the Palwer Houso last ovening, HOTEL ARTIVALS, Grand Pacific Hotel—Charlos A. Durdett, Bos- ton ; Thomos Whallay, Bdward AVhalloy, John Wroun, Liverpool ; Il 0. Archier, London ;.if, C. Fowler, Reginald V. Fowler, Dorbyshiro, En- gland ; E. Froud Houmo, Hurz, Bolgium, . . Palmer House—~Ex-Gov. Bigtor, . Peunsylvauin ; ‘tho Ifon, N. M. Beckwith, Now York ; tho Hon. Josoph Patterson, tbo * Hon. I Karloy, tho Ifom..J. M. Robb, - Philadelphia, +House—Tho ~ Hon, Charles . Sherman A. Eldradge, Fond du Lac; tho.Hon., Jobn F. Farnaworth, 8t. Charlos 3 A. G. Caproni,. Sain, Italy; A. Konworthy, X. W. dansilold, R, W. ounieis, J. M, Downing, T. Milliug, England ; Enul Dousson, Proesin, . . . . Zremont House—A, B. Swan, J. L. Soflins, W. A, Cum- mivgs, Now Yorik; G. I. Ilogors, Dotroit: Charles Alvord, Winsted, Gonn.; J. S. Abbott, LS. N. 0. Gray, Now Youk ; Goorgs . Dun- bar, Boaton ; Aloxandor Simmouds, Liverpool. g ANNOUNCEMENTS. Tho lnst South Purk coucart will take placo to-day, at tho usual hour and placo. Edward Nealo, the man who fell forty-eight feet in tho Kingsbury Ilnll on tho 17thof August, is to havo a bonefis at Koily & Leon's Mivstrels on Wednesdny nest, and is solling tickotsthoretor, Neala has boen. quite unfor- tunate of.lato .in several othor ways, and his Iriends ought to lend bim o helping hand $o put him on his feet again, The Chicago Military OMcors' Association meta at Ragglo's, No. 74 West Madison. strcot, this ovoning at 7:30 p, m. Mesarn. M. .DB..Bailoy and Johu V. Garsoy, contractors for tho construction of the machive, cntfiho];n, andl transfor buildings of tho Dalti- mwro,” ittuburg & Chicago Railrond Company, invite their friends to visit South Chicago and tho Calumer River to-day. A spocial train will lonvo the Ilinois Contral depob ut 10 5, m,, and return during the afternoon. Thero will bo a mooting of tho Town Board of Weat Chicago, 'Uucsdey -ovoning, Oct. G, at & o'clock, The introductory oxorcises of tho. thirty-soc- ond aunual course of lectures of Jtush Modical Collogo will bo held this evoning ot 8 o'clook tu tho collego, corner of Amold and Eighteonth streets, I'rof, R. L. Xea will deliver tho address, ‘I'ho subjoct is ** Autographio Sketches of a Rush Studont.” Tho fitteonth rogular winter sossion of tho Hahowann Modical College will bo ivaugurated at tho collogo building, Cottage -Grovo avouuo and. Twouty-ninth strect, this evening at 8 o'clock. Prof, W. Woodyalt will, dolivor tho in- troductory address. Tho. profession and the pablic aro invited to atiend theso oxorclses, ‘Tho Christian women of the Exocutive Com- mitteo of tuo Illinois State Sulfrago Association bave decided to hold o masy-mueting in tho Clark Street Methiodist Church Ocl. 14, oxer- cises_commoueing st 11 o'clock, Lol through tho day nud oveuning., Distinguished speakors from abrond will, bo present. Na paine bave boon spared in the arrangomonts, and o uuccosu~ ful mesting in anticipatod, Tho Prosidont, Mrs, Fornnudo Jones, who has just roturned from Europo, will bo present. ‘Tho gontlomon reeruited for tho Firss Regl- mont Stato Guard by I O. Collins, recruiting oflicer, are requestod to meot ot hia ofico, south -cast corner of \Yashington streat sud Tifth avonuo, this ovening, at 7:30 o'clodi, .for tho purpoda of offecting a company organization, All ofticers and soldiors ‘of tho Army of tho Taunessea who dealre to atiend the unnunl re~ union at Springtlold, Ill, on tho 14th and 15th -of Uctober, are requasted to.meod at tho roomy of tho Natlway Matl Borvice, Chivago Post-Oltico, on-Thursday, Oct. 1, at 4 o’clock p. m. BQUTIIERY.CALICORNIA, O NEW ITALY." Many citizons of Chicago and tho Northwost, whoso lioalth, or that of.-thoir. families, hag bo- womo somenwhat impairod, and who, -thoroforo, bavo ‘to Beck a milder climato, will hail with vont satisfaction an opportupity to. obtaln fin ..an . avenlng . or .two, & just and ‘nc- curato concoption of tho charactoristio featurea of Southern Californws, or * Now - Italy,” as it Ls justly boon styled, -Mr, J, A, Jolnson, edi- tor and propriotor of tho Santa Barbarn Press, and of tho LHustrated Weclkly Press of Southorn Culifornia, after o residenca In that country of nearly nluflt,sonrfl, and after sponding cloven .weeks in tho Blx southorn ountios with an.om- inant artist photographing tha chiof objoots of intorest in that charming rogion, bnsarnived ju Chicago and will leoturo on that soction of tho country, illustrating Ius themo by somo 200 photographio visws magniflod by,tho steroopticon to 20 foot squaro, thus onabling an audlouce of threo or folr thounand to enjoy tho sconery much o if m?_v wero on tho grouud whon tho viows wero takon. I'hoso viewa wero oxhibited In Ban Franclsco, Dby Mr, Johnson, st tho roguest of the Mayor and loading mhznnu.,anfl warm praiso was bo- nlkum:«l upon tho ontortalumont by the prova of that alty, A, J‘r)hnsnn in o Wostorn man, a native of this Btato, and is fully qualified to give satislac. tory iuformation contorning tho mnost charming portiou of our commnon country, dr, Johngon, a4 witl bo goan by his advertisomant, will lostura at MeCormiok's Thursday ovening. LOOAL LETTERS. UOW MIKE M'DONALD MAY BE BUPPBESSED, Tv the Editor of X'he Chicage Tribune; | 1t hins hocomo evident that our Polico, Depart, mont are in leaguo with the gomblors of this city. 1applly, howovor, wo do not noed thoir - sentimont will do. alstniico £o aupproas the aforonald gontloman or.any other gontlemnn of tho samo il On pago 105, Soo. 137,8 vol, Gross’,Statutes, pasaad Inst wintor, io tho followlng atringoent law, viz.: Whouror - keops & _common any bullding propurcs ot permita apy porson o auont, or tu coma togethor to piny for monoy or other ‘valuablo things at any gomo, or keops, or suffars to bo kept, ny tables or cthor apparatna for tho purpose of* plaging at any.gamo or aport, for mouoy.pr other yalitabla things, or knawingly ront any ‘such plica for, Buch purposocs, shall yon conviction for tho frat offeneo bo fincd ot Iéss {han $100, aud for tho socoud offenac bo findd not Joss than $500'and bo conflned in U110 County Ja) not Toan 4ln aix-monthis; ond for tho third offetne eliall be fined not less than ‘8500 and La . imprisoned n tho :Tenftontiary not losa than. two “yenrn uior moro than fivo yoara. You seo tho-ponalty is sovera enongh to drivo avery gambling-housa aut of . Chicago in throo months, and to hayo thelr proprietors in tho Denitontiary. Let tho noxt Grand Jury quiotly indict Mr. Miko MoDonpld; and.let tho State's Attornoy noo that ho is convictod. 1o will thon bo fined 3100, . Lot thomoxt Grand. Jury Indipt liim.ognin, if his liouso romaing open, .wlion ho.will' be .finod.not loss than 3600 and bo confined In tho Connty Jail not Joss than six.monthn, It in vor{ prob- ablo that ab the ond -of tho six months ho will remova to a moro. congenial climo, But if ho doos not, then the next Grand Jury will fix up for a atart to Joliot, for you.will,obsorvo that tho third'timo.- ho ‘shull bo' flod nob Inss than 8600 and bo imprisoned in tho Ponitontlary not loas than twoiyoars nor more than Hlve. By tho timo lio roturnn wa will all have our broath sutll- clently to.go for,him ngain. ‘'lic pollco ara not necossacy to this business. All that {8 nacossary {a’for tho Chicago news- papors to tallc it up for & weolk ot two, and yoiu will soo the Btate's Attorney and tho next trand Jury going for thils gentloman snd all his liko. o binvo hnd somo oxporionco s to what publio Lot \us’ bavoi that. Grand Jury, and Mr, D, MeDonald will not take any part in tho noxt clection. . ONzWio Kxows, DRIDOTT, AT, TUE EXTOSITION. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune! Sin: IHor tastes' ovidently beva a loaning townrd tho.csthotio. Bho, camo. home radiant. -8ho hiad beon with a *frind " to. tho * Esbebi- tion," ns sho called {t. **Woll, Dridget, what did you think of tho Exposition?" aaid I; **did you &co tho now washing-machines and tho improved wringor?" Woll, yos, mum, I beliove I moen thom; .but, ohl jen’t {ho Exhebition tho beau- tifullest place yo, avor seen, with all tho big squirts o' wathor. o -ruoniv’,-and ‘tho musie a playin'? I noversoo tholiko! An'tho Iopa's pletar, tool Bub it wes a‘mmdld( Au' o boy round with bis cap, o gattin’ 25 cints of us all to -savo for the ope! ~“And ‘thin we.-wont .into snother place, whore- thore was, on . swiul big plctur, and wo -thought -thero wns to bo o play; and wo st down on o long binol, and waited, and looked at tho pictor: .Thore was min and wimmin all aver it,.and ellor in rod britehes, ‘to’ tho kneo, liko what wo waa in the ould couytty, an's girl wos holdin him round tho neck a chokin Lim.- 1 know sho was cliokin him for hio was red in tho faco, as ho could bo, and auother woman waa bohin't them with .her nnd on her lips, 80, o, laughin at ‘em, and ‘thero was lots o fallers.and girls, some & dansing, and gomo o lookin' on. Wo walted o good while, Lut tuero was no play-at all, mum An’thon wo scen tho beautifulost eottlo bed- sieads, with musio at the hicad of 'om, a playon’ all tho timo, and a placo to. sloop whh' matthrasses and tholike o'that, I aupposo the music has to play all the tima a poraon was sloopin'.and thero a8 ginea boxes of flowors, and Euutilul gold groon ribbing, an'n’ groen house withi bokaya o tin cints,” Let Dridget go to tho Ixposition. Buponnan, Onroaao, Sopt. 291674, — s \EN CITY-HALL. The City Colloctor yeatordey. received . $7,200 on city taxes; the water department recsived 88,150 on wator taxos. Tho Committen on Publio Buildiogs will meot Thuradoy aftornoon in thoe City Clerl's offico, to consider roferences, ospecially tho ordinanco di- recting tho Board of Public Works to confer. with the County Commissionars.in rogard to tho joint orcction of & now Court-Houso on tho old site. On iuvitation of Ald. M. B. Bailey and John . Qarvey, many of tho Aldermen and sovoral other city ofiicinls will take au oxcursiou to Bouth Chi- -engo aud tho Calumes Rivor to celobrato thecom- }neunn of the machine, car-shops, .and transfer bulldings of tho Baltimore, Pittsburg & Chicago Lnilroad Company. A merry timeisauticipated. Ald, Dizon thinks his project of protocting the city, by laving moro siator-pipos, witl ults mately succeed. o says that it provides for ad- ditionnl . water-stpply fu ten wards,aud, if ho con suceeed-in prosolyting n singlo Aldorman from ono of the wards unprovidad for, the roso- lution will Lo .carried, in spite of.tha potly op- position of sovaral of the Aldarmen. 1 Tho Mayor yestorday .recoived tho following etter s : : -The Hon, 11, D, Coleln, Yayor = Dran 8u: Iam fnstructed by tho Prealdont of the Taooutiys Commition of iho Gilizens' Assoctation to inform you thiat on tho fuvitation. of the Comunitteo, glven'st the suggestion of the Board of Firo Commis~ sloners, Gen, Snuler, of* New York, will leavo on n visit to Cliicago on_Saturday morning, Oct, 3. Youra respoctully, 3., Axptyh, Olerk, Tho Mayor yestorday. morning. revolced tho licanso of Abraham Audel, wha ruus tha auction~ shop No. 78 South Conal strect, on account of the numorous complaluts which have been mado ngainst tho placo, = Commissionors Prindville, Thompson, -and Wah), City,Engincer Chesbrough, and e, Wil- son, of the Board of Public Works, accompanied D. 0. Crogicr, .Chiof Engineor of .tho Water- by A\\k'orl&u..lqfl town yosterday morniog for Milwau- keo, : While thore thoy will oxamine the Allls puwping-engine and"tho Milwaukeo , Wator- Works. ' Thoy will roturn.this morning,.and will tako soma further action in rogard to tho propos- (‘levh llauun now engines for the Weat Sido Wator- arks, ‘Iho Board of Polico and Firo Commissionors met yestordsy aftornoon 1 tho. Fira-Marshol'a oillce, Prosidont. Shoridan in the chair. Tho case of Policeman Iorst was dismiased . with o roprimand to that ofticor. ‘T'ho reat of tho after- naon was occupied in gossiping about insuranco and fivo, mattors in goveral. Commissioner Reno was on the war-path all day; in-fact, nothing excites his wrath more thai speaking ?lbum meuranco men and tho Citizens' Assacia on, 4 Lost Hntlgrdng aftornoon tho Board of Equal- ization, which hud for tho ton daya previous been in mosgion, adjourncd, after hoaring a groat number of complaints about tho tax ng- sosamont rolls, . Bofore adjourning, tho. Board .resolved to lower tho assessmonts 10 por cont on Wabnsh and Michigan avenuos, 16 por cont on all wharting-lots” between Randolph’ and Lightoonth -sireots, & per cent on all city .roal ocstato, uxeopfing tho railronds, sud also . a . slight | reduction .on spocinl tracta in differont portions of tho city. - Theso roduotions, bo it underctaod, wore not made for Inet yoar's thxes, but from this ycar's assessmout rollg of tho Tax Assoesor, The rolls aro at pros- ont in such an uufinished condition that nothing a4 to tho total amount of,the assessmont. can bo oxtracted from thom. Commissionor McGrath, a8 informed by tho clorks of the yaxions dopart- menty, siales that the pasossments of real ostato and improvowments will £411 $20,000,000 below Inst yoar'y total of $203,000,000, . Tho nsscssment of patsonnl proporty, which. last. yony smounted to 562,000,000, witl this yaar xench ouly, 847,000,000, L'ho tax-rollu on sbipplug indigates o fulting.off of nearly 80 por cont - from Jast yoar'n .totnl of 1,600,000, TIE HOARD.OF JIEALTI Tho rogular wockly meotiug of tho Ilonrd of Health wag lold ypslordsy aftemoon in thoir rooms In -1lonore "Block. . Mr. Ilooko, the sivk member of tho Board, occupied Lis chair for tho first time ‘fu_many wooks. _%cmnumnlcnfiau from tho sanitary policoman ih tho slaughtor- houso district, osking lo Do _permittod to- woar citizen's, clothes whilo. on. duty, did pot meot .with tho approbation .of tho’ Doard, Oficor Koliaut, arralgued on charge of non-paymont of Just dues, way ordorad to pny up or, bo dis- charged, SoSoral-billa against tho_ Doard woro orderad paid. Mr. Mooro thought that the bilis aguinst .‘Inmnu TForuyth & Co, ought to bo closaly .iu- spooted, and procooded to itomizo oach bill. 'I'he roport o tho Banitary Suporintondont -shows thoro wero 170 deaths diting last weol ; a docrease of 27 from the previous woek., Of thiese, thoro woro 55 undor -one yoar of sgo. Pho mortality by disansos was, cholora infantum, 44; convislous, 10; consumption, 11 ontorites, 75 typhoid fovor, 9; :diarrhes, 8, .Malos, Bl mmaluu, 78; marrlod, 815 .single, 1405 colored, 1. ' I'wo casea of small-pox had boen roported, Tho averago temporaturo af tho woolk avas 1,3 doprooa Jower than tlio prosediug week, I'ho. mortality. was greatost. In tho Soventh Ward, 19 Bixth.Ward, 145 Bighth Ward,. 12; Fiftoonth Ward, 20, Hooallod the attention of .tho Bonrd to the santtary condition of tenoment housoy, and roquentod tho drafting of on ordi- nauce rogulsting them. *‘Iho request was re- turrod to the Commitao on Ordinances, Tho onith ONicer's roport shows that 404 Dul4auco nolicos voro morved, . aud 443 nuisances wero abated ; 0 sewor notices served, and 08 sower conneotions made, e hed condemood Ing-houee, -or -in- gaming- o 18.qurntera beof, 1 hog, 2,230 -pounds of fresh .meant, 1;740 pounda of cornoed beof,' 1 barral of, npplos, 1 bushol tomatoos, (audi70 ‘doron.exgs. 'ha roports of tha Sauitary Inspaotore siato that the eanitary condition of tho clty is good, and that no dangoerous diseaso bns yot mado itsolf proyalont. s ORIMINAL RECORD. -GRIMINAL-GOURT, Judge Rogors—~Edward Vino ontorod a plea of: guilty to-burgiary, and was romanded.—Charlos I Kring plendod guilty-to an Indictment for -chossing,and was sputonoad to fifteen dnys in :tho Oounty Jail.—John;Powors was - tried for Jarcony and mequitted.—Daglel Casoy and Alor- .xls Flynn, indlcted for lnrcony -and. recolving stolen goads, wore tried by o jury ; Onsoy was acquitted, snd- Flynn fqupd guilty of receiving stolon goods, and ~his punishment- fixed at two sonrs in the Pemtentiary,—E. 0. Rockwoll and Louts J, Clark entore lea of guilty to nn Indictment for connpiracy ; Rockwoll was aon- tonced to skx months in tho, Iouse, of Correc- tion,;and Olark to thirly dnys in the County Jail, \JUBTICE COURTS. Justice . Boyden—Jamos _Driscall .aud John Farmerpburglar ontinued till Oct. 10+ in- bail of 300 cuch.~Thomns Coprgo, arreated on dik- ordovly warrant; continnod -cillOct. 3 in bail of $200.—~John 3. Lacey, .arrested .on .disordorly warrant: continied-¢i1l-Oct. 8 in.bail .ol . £800.— «Johu Kolly, agsault. with intent to*do- bodily-in- . jury to. hfn . wife, Bridgab dally s placed under pdace bonds in*'8800.—Willinm "Lyons, nrroated on disorderly warranty cantinued till Qot. 1 in bntl of. 8100, —Jgseph Jordon, (asestod on dior- dorly warrant ; conttiniod i1l to-morrow In bail of $200.—~Lhomas Kecgan, disorderly; fined - $20,—Thoman -Joney, viglation.8ec., 5, Chap. 21, city ordinances govorning busincss of junk dop o8 ; continuod till- to-morrow in bail of -8200.— In tho.matior .of tho Myors" Opera-Houso. riot . easo, .. wherein dowurs, Grover, 'Thompson, and Edwardu wore, defandants, tlie Justico decided Anere-wan no ovidenca to sustalu tho chargs, and digmigsed the.prigoners, Justice Scully—Yrank Igo, roagnit.on Michaol - Fallon with ‘intent to rob; hold to Crimlual Conrt in bail of $700.—~John Donoghuo, witness against Brank.Jgo ;- hold undor. $700 ball— \\genuul Konnesh, nrrestod on warrant for rob- bory ;. continued tll Oct.-3,in bail of 8500.—Will- iam D.flfi!fim. - laroony . horso , and bng_r(:}y from Bimon Bllverstion ;-held to- Criminal” Court in bail of 8600.—W. Lovi, arrestod tor .obstructing sidowalk ;. continuod till Oct. 8.—John Callahan, assault with- intent to rob- Jacob-Koher; con- tinued tl to-morrow-in bail of $1,600. Justice Kanfmann—Corl Klings and @, . ZIm- pol, arcested for disordorly corduct ; continuod ull'Oct. 6 Yail of D409 cach, ks LAKE. Tho Town of ~Lake Lrustecs.mot in sossion ot tho Town-Hall ypsterday. sfternoon. Present, Buporvisor Coloman, and Trustecs Muirhoad, Brinkman, snd Montgomery. In tho absence of \tho.Drosidont, Mr, Muirhoad ocouplod tho chair, Tho reading of tho minutes was, disponsed with, and tho :Board -then procooded: to disouss tho goneral principles of THE WATER, QUEATION, Tho contract botween the town and C. E, Hoquembourg, the contractor for tha laying of the wator-plpos, was road, aud tho quostion thod followed ,pa “to, tho amount ,of pivo to. bo Inid - under tho aboyo, contrack. ‘It appears that st ctho timo that arrangomonts woro malking with Hyde Dork towardse 4ho consummation of tho consolidation of-the town in tho wator-works projoct, tho Lrusteos; nob . desliing.. to. haye, o watoraworks.without o nystem of yater-plpe, conforred, with Hequom- bourg, and signod an sgrooment-tlint not’ losy thun 15 milas of. pipe should b laid, -Tho, flaal ‘nrmufi nts wore thon mado, and the, work pro- coeded. Now that the 15 milea of plpe aro com- plotnd, tho. quostion. ariscs as to- whiothor ho .would -bo - obliged .to lay ,.avy ymoro . pipo on the gamo .terms, . and ‘tho _apin- fon “of ‘fho - tforaoys, Mosers. Wikion and Coy,{was agkod for..Tho attorneys hield that Tloquembour.was . required. to ‘lay pipa in all stroets for which-ordinances woro'piused prior to April 1, 1874, and , had beon coufirmed by tho conrts ; and furthor upon streets in which ho lind Inid pipo by.direction of the Wator-Commis- sloner. ‘Mo estimates for work on auch stroeta Anving beon approved by, tho Baard of Trustacs, this wne o dosiguation of streets upon which hio was to lay pipo. ' ‘I'ie oplalon of tho attornoys was not, however, arrived ot until.afior & long discussion’ on TIUE TERMS OFTHE CONTRACT. + Mr. Wilsyn thought tho contract of . itaell was not complate, which.was not e vory good adtpis- -slon for-Aln, Wilson, sceing ‘that it washo who drow up tho contfack. Various aitompts by 1lequembourg to bring the matier to a cloeo ra- sulied finally ia concluding. to, lob the matcers stand aa they aro, In tho mieantimo work will proceed on:Halsted stroct, aud befors it is com- ploted Mr.- B, Holly will b roquestod to come oro and oxamino tho systom of piping, with a viowto . suspond oporations.on:Iorty-seventh, Firty-first, and School.stroets. Tho Board thon tooli a regess for balf an bour. At tho nppointed timo the Board . reassemblod with all presoat oxcopt Tabor. . .[’ha means.of | (GRANTISG.WATER PERATS H was then discusspd, and relative to it -Afr,::Col- man submitted a rosolution, which was on” mo- .tion adopted. 'Lho resolution set forth. that,.ns it was necossnry. that somo.ono-shaould, attoud to tho water-perniits, rents, accounts, ote,, th fucor of tho town dinckargo il “seh gu.l!us .at.an . extra compansation ,of .$50 per month, .1Io was also instrnoted o eatablish and maiutan, bis oflico, at tho Town-Uall, and algo atrange to grant” permits at” Engléwaod, so that there will bo.no delay in distributing wator to all who may dobiro it. A communication wag recclved from Mosnra, 1. Muollor & Co., of -Deeatur, 111, siabing-that thoy had mado Improvements.on their tappiug- machino, which will allow -tha tapper to-tap the, pipea without closing tho'.walor-gates, Thoy offor tho.machino, with. tho Booassary , accoutrements, . for §160. 'fhe. Commiusionor was instructpd o confor, with the Iyde .Park authoritios a2d purchiso,.one of tho “machines for Lnko. =~ ° P! ‘Tho recent largo firo in Hydo Park scomed to havo waked tho-Truutcos of that villago -to -the necessity of having : A FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPT through tho town. Tho Lake authorities also .fgol tho sama way, and now. think . sorjoysly.of 'tho Jaatfoen, named W. . Thomppon, b I;nudn o Aottlomout, 1t was rtug\w:l‘ '-hl?t l}toé rtoruoy Coy ba tnatrictod to procaod 8t omoo oud wmake a sottlomont witl sald Juatico. o \vul; furthor insteuctod that, in oano of failuro o Inn o 'inprompt sotilomont with'tho Justico, to mmodiatoly prososd to colloct secordiug o law, Tuo eubloctof “the. GHeen -tho Ol ~Atlantio Itailroad Aun:uuI “Mk‘:n Eo:lh Dr. Mitier nintad that e *understecd from ,J_ut.lfio,my. orio .ot "tho ‘Vios-Prosidants of tho road, "that thore are now walting to' ba oxpondod on thin end of ‘the ling #0mo 335,000, andas-soon.as the ordinanco pranting the finks of wny ia paased work il be commanced “{m. ;z:‘a‘(a]‘:\:sly‘.vmnlf\t’fifll;u lnat montiug tho lioard ad- d whilo jdiscnssin 4 erauting - thom, ono -trac) oV asbily, of osly. Tho mugtor was .thorafora taken -that polnt, .and_Mr, OaXmm‘: ‘:ralgtl“ t‘o‘ :on- vinco the Dictor that o sing], suit as woll aa s double. IHo v%n?l :xrxmrklv‘;:n})‘} grauting thia ‘Company & singlo track, and, in icaaa auy,othor rond dosired to ontor, Wioy aoutd .mvl? nnmulk um vido u.]? Chicago & South Al o Road, and thuy mako 1 ~m§rulankbhbf0fidl?-l v doublo track for tha r, 8tobbings sinted that le had a'lif . eat in tho rajirond, and'ho was iulrpflngllutl::]lgd lh,n‘t tho ordinanco was not passed already, Yufi?“ g;fln}mle& Wfi“d by thé' followlag vatas —Muirhnad, Montgomory, and . _.sil.umu—(}olman—l.u il Bripkiugy ‘Tho Board thon adjonrnod, ‘GUBURBAN NEWS. NOIWOOD PARK. A srioctal mooting of tho Board of “Trustae of this villngo wwas hold in tho Town-Ilall Monday ovening. Thora wers presant, Prosidont Cam b pboll, Trustomn Dallorard, Paltook, & o y ook, Biovons, Cuilbort, The Commitieo on Finanes ro ported ' In favor of izauing bouds for 82,000, runplng ton yoars, at;10, por cent, Intorest pryablo ‘gemi-annually, tho bouds to boof tho donomination of 100, "The roport of tho Committes was accoptod and approved, and tho sltomoy of the Doardine structed to draw tho nocessary ordinance, Blr. Collins tendored his rosigustion ag 5 mom- fi:‘;, %rl Ix’fror Bfl‘:fld' ,w}n;{: e sccopted. On mo- v Orar 4 O, i wetod Vilgo Attormay, - Collus, 3r, waa ap- ‘Lo Committao on Btrest inistructod to. huva: tho attormas deme o ROX0 nance defluing the breadth and thicknoss of tho aldewalks fu tho villape, snd their mownor of .construction, o _sumo Committoo raported that” they liad seon-Mr. A. J. Bnell in refdtence to Lila conversion of ‘Norwood avonuo intos turp. Kum, and that tho said goutleman professed to avntliho right ura lofl.\:ael fiai(} road. The whola question was roforred to tho Vill uuTop_in’ljn. illage Attornoy for ‘o-Attornoy aloo was ‘instructed to ‘noticos o gorve on the Chicago & Nor‘:hmulrt’::: TRailrond Company, notifying' thom to fepalr cor lngvx‘slm‘cl‘:m'ra!a!ngl:l& sl ho plat of a subdivision of a porti wood Parkwan prosented by tho Vi’l’llrv:oufinogf[lg:r wnd roforrod t0 the Conmittco on Plata aud Sub: e adjonrond 16 Tho Doard .adjotirnad to.tho HUNES Onobor, oo k. " MORTUARY. Funoral.of ‘Bllshop Lee, of Rowa, Davenport; Yestordauys Special Dispetch & The Chicago Tribune, Dayesront, It, Sopt. 20.—Tho »funcral of Dishop: Lo eallal forthin very large attondanco today. Tho elizeas in full ‘forcasvera thoro, Poteatant anl Cibolil, Jow aud.Gontlle, all 101d in tbejr-sxprossion of ,sprraw for s good mam, an catimablo citizen, and a Dishop who lag 1ofs an ovor-sndaring opitaph:in tho hearts of the Tpiscornlians of Town, A tho honr np- polatel for tho fitnoralthigro .vas a Jargo con- cowrag of our citizens in tho vicinity of Graco Calaelral)and alltho carriagos, privato aud pub- Jie, tht could be pressed iuto sérvico wero waite ing T tualr ocedpants, *Iho’.procession moved from o Lotise, first coming twanty-nino Vostry- men, shon A3 .y clofgymon, thon thecolin contiiuing tho body of tha . decoased, borna by cloriymor, folloyed by the .nicmbers of tho famly and immodiate frionds, Mra. Leo loaning -on tio arm of -hor' goni, And looking.vary muel ‘striken ndoad. Thd' good 1y Dins tho sym- patly of sil peoplo.Tho ehildrdn of tho Sunday- fichol -followdd tho coilin .to tha chancel and dopwited ‘flowers upon it. Tho choir thon man; o -bymn, nftor whish ono of .the cler;ynon offorsd . prayor, .which was fol- lowd by o hymp, Bishop Wale, of Kumas, s thon * asconded tho ‘pulpjt, and, taking hig oxt from Revelations, .xzi., 41, * Thero is 00 ibath," procosded to pay an eloqnont tribute to f10 deceased prolato, alter which ho gave a - graaio meture of.tho good .Curiatiun's wpiritual stht, bis, onjoyments, and Lis dutied. Thg goruon was able, “fervent, aud oloquent, and daliored yrith o feeling that clearly showed haw muoy ho rogiatted the 1038 of his' brothor in tha Lpivopal Chinrcli i -SPRINGYIELD. . Stocs Snle—Tho ~3oard o) | Iscd’ Statutes—The Cqualizaiiqn, Soegial Dizpatch (6 2N Tribune, yaricup, IIL, (Sept. ~Thd Eangamon Coungy Stoak apd ;I'roduco ‘Aesociation held its -iirat solo to-day. -Quito alarge numbor of buy. era wero present, .and , copsiderablo livo stock chanped hands, Tho Assoclation was organ. -1z0d recontly, and comprised among,its mem. bara inont_of' £ho mord, proiinguit Atoek, mén 02 itho ounty. R * 2 Secretary of Stato Marlow loft for Rockford tos night.to attorid o the : shipping;of. the Rovised States, which it is. hiy duty undor fho Taw to distributo. “Mombara of the Yiegisliture are not cutillod to copios_ of tho iwork gratis, n fact that .tho Socrotary desires -know: asmuch as l}%flll— ,eatlqa :48 from tmo ' to tinio ‘made by motmbbre \for dopiea. 3 . ‘Tho Committeo on Genoral Equalization wore to-day -Qirgotod . by thoBoard ‘to deduct:10.por cont from tho a3yossed 7aluo of tqyn and city lots fn Aloxpnder Connty. Sl SR —_——— :Tho Builders of Ohicaga. It hag required something more than ondiuary dns Austry and enterprise to muko Ohlcago a great,motrop- olis, the centroof an fmmonso {rade, tho onvy of sistex laving o lno oxtond lhl‘oufl\out Lako, in tha wator district, If was resolvod thai tho Enpi- noor of the town beauthorizod . to confor with any porson authorized by the Villaco of Hydo Patk, aud couse to bo ., inmodiately put’ una tnlugmfi}‘x lino. from tho water-works. to «tho Town-lall, and_hayo, tho telograph alno buils from tho Town-Hall to tho sovoral hone-carta. The Comnutteo to whom was roforrcd the matter of IMPROVING BIXTY-EIGUTH. 6TRLET, from Stony Island avenno to tho water-works, on behalf.of Lako's intorest in the wator-works, .tho. improyoment boing. necessary . for tho. pur- | poeo of deliveriog. materialat the joint, wator- waorks, submittod thefr roport. -It ‘atated’ thut tha Committco had exnminod tho stroet, aund also tho ,manuer ,0f gotting conl'.to the water-works, and find that the coal used musk bo. transportad, by cara to Sixty-soventh strcof, and from thoneo by teams. 'hoy recom- meuded that tho streot bo mproved by planking . tho.same with homlock plank, aad {hat ko Liear ono-third of the oxpenso. An estimato of tho.vork svas wado at about £3,875, : The reo- |-.ommendation, of. the Cpmunitteo was approved and. tha roport ncgopted. ¥ -Tho subject of building o coxl-ghed.at.tho ‘Wator-Warks wos. thon. consldered. -Plans and spécificationa ware gubmitted, os also an ostis anato,of tho cost ,of tho shed, 'Tho cost of tho shad, with tho hest material and Iabor o build- ing it, was oatimnted -ab $1,207.50, 1Mr. Alont- _gaomery,noved that tho Wator Comimissioner bo nstruated to eonfor with tho [Tyde Parik authori- tios rolativa to the matter, Ai tho business of tha town is largaly incroas- ing, and as the wAlnr.hue\uuuu.wlllgflunllmlly bo donio at tho ‘Pown-Hall, tho-Wator Conunlssionor and Colleotor wars,authorized to put tho Towa- |1 all in o guitable cuudikhm for_tho traneaction of the Ifuorcasing .buainces, On.matlon, tho \Btroot callod - Gueon streot was changed.to Ala- Dla Atrgot, and entered an tha records, ‘Tao po- tition for tho opening of Forty-third-streot was roforred. PETITIONS, A potitition was recoived - from numerous res- Adeuts .of Euglawocd, requesting' the Loard. to establish o place for tho confinemont of prie- oners, ‘Choy thought that as tho town intondoed to erect & losa-houso.at Englewood, arrange- monts .might bo madoe for a jail in connection. The matter was rafarrod. to tho Wator Commis- slonor and Evginoor. Alr, Coy, in accordanc with (nstructions, aub- mittod an gpinton ou tho llabilityof the town in in cute of tho ACOIDENT TO MISS MULKY, which waa caused through the noghgonce of ¢, L. Hoquambourg, the contraotor for water-pipes. Pho Attornoy found that the contraot Lotwoon the town snd 0, 13, Iloquombourg mado it ob- ligatory on him to ussumo all damages, . JUSTICH THOMPHON, At aformor incoting of tho Bosrd,, the Bupor- visior was foatructod to ecttle with all the Jus ticed of (ho town, Lt nowapponcs that oue of citics, tho pride of ths Wost, and the symbol.of Ameri. _can growth aud progress, It is the fresh, warm, youog Amorican blaod, infuzed into all her ndustrial pur suila—commerclal, mechanical, .snd manufacturing— that Las czeated, in the heatt of thia contiacnt a greab clty, whoso marvolous growtls 1a without a pagilial in madern. times, , Her business-man havo been ‘olear- eighted _and cuergetic; thoy comprohended tho sftis- tion, and were equial to their reajonsibilities, Chicago hasnot blundered. fnto greatuvss, ' It Liaa not grown up by chance, -1t has been bullt up by patieat, por- ristont, wisoly-rocted toll, prudent, eagations, and bLold -forccast, aud “fsir ond hone orable dealing, Industry, Intogrity, and _anter- yrise, Inspired by an entliiaiasn thut ‘never coolad, and xtrenyumm\' by a hiope, and_faith, snd courago | thnt nover wavered, luvo signally ‘chiracterized thio artificers of.hier Sortuncs, Apd conspicuous smong theeo §s_the well-known flem of Phelps, Dodge & TPalmer, Nos. 49 and 60 Wabash avenue, manufacturera of aud Yhiolesals dealers ja boots and &hoes, Thorais 1ot a pluckier, more highuaninded, or more honorable luaiuose-houst i Qhicago, Thoy maind fhele owa Lueiness, aro not given {0 boasting, Tojoico at othbre’ rosperity, aud alwaysapeak well of ail Lonorablo come \potitura, yThelr glove-fiting boot is fimmousoly popue jar, and tho good will of (ho trado of ‘the Northwest 13 ghown by thofr largo sales, whicki bavo given thomn prominent placo among tho loading bLoot and shoe ‘IDII!EI of Clicago, A section of thoir factory, turaing out boots and shioes with' great rapfdity, fa fu full oporstion’at tho® Quleago Exposition, and atiracla 1ych nttention from tle viaitors who spprociate tho {mportaiee of a good underatanding, - i Obeap Velvota and Millinery, “Wo hava just opencd a vory larga stock of Lyons cloak volvots of our own kwportation, bought in Lyons under grest dopression of the market, .Wo will offer o splondid all-silk Tyons velvot at §10 nar yard, Wo have nil fho beat makes ab the lowesk prices, Wa ro now offeriug special fnducotnenty { thoso who buy beforu tha vusl of full trade beglus, Thata ih wantof o atestad mout spptored utyles fn alilery fioods, clegant falt hats, &, shonld not full to uxamlus our stock, Hoiehkdn, Pdmor & Co., 107 aud 139 Slato wtreet, ‘Dangs Droa. is the Placo Whers soit ¢an find tho celobrated Antl-Clinker Crown Cook, Richmond, * Palsco” rungey, # Golden Hun" fite-place heaters, Baratow furnaces, &e, Stute and Van Buren strepts, g —_— ,Bo Qareful Of your teoth; upon thoir health your heslih dee lmmls. Fragravt Sozodont inyigoratos the nerveo hat keops thown alivo, provents incruatatious on the onamel, aud s o3 wholesome sa water, —_— Tresh Salmon, Just recatved a hialf-dozen car-loads of cholcs canned Iru‘h n:lluloll‘l. cheaper than |{ofil’. All kinds of canned fruits, Jo ickles, eto,, b battom " prices, ¥ A, nhlucn:.' (SI:IIHI 47 River lln!ut,hohlc:xfl. P e Prince & Oo.'s Orgons, Fino organs with six sops for $135, warraniod firste olnas In tons anit finish, Money refunded if not sste l‘-é-‘n‘:t‘r:ry. Twood¥ Templo of Auslo, 03 Vaa Buren