Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1876, Page 8

3 P S e o . exhibition to-day. ~4nsenaible condition to the residenco of Br. 4 Eroper treatmen 8 THE CHICAGO 'I'RIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1876. [} B : THE CITY. GENERAL NEWS. Charles M. Morton fs leader for the poOn mecting to-doy. Lordgnul!cfin. Governor General of Carada, and party wero at the Adelphi last evenings The Hannibal Zouaves snd the United. Fel- Jows went yosterday oo 8 plenle to ShiMeld, near South Chicago. The Hon, J. D. Ward has recelved . sum- «nons by telegraph to appear |mmedlagcly and tostify bofore the Committee on the ‘Whisky i t tralt of ‘* Queen {d Neal's great portral ll?r;zs First Meeting with Rizzlo ™ has arrived at the Academy of Design, and will be placed on Wenrel Malloscheck, who was run over bya strect-car on Milwaukes avenue 1ast Bunday, dicd 1ast night at his residence, No, 448 South Jefferson strect. The inquest will ba held to- day. . Mr. W. P. Johnson, General Passcoger and "*Picket Agent of thc Illinois Cc;\t‘n;l ndlllrln:;l, 1 {ly and n party of triends, have :‘o'v'}:: 2\"‘“‘“{!’.\‘.: ’mnd on nl;'-n nx’curulon trip which ‘Will consnme about a week's time, & rature yesterdny, ns observed hy mflfi.‘f’"n“fium, lel. 88 Mad {son strect (l‘nm- TUKE l.\nfidll;‘:g), was ot 8 8. m,, 75 degrees; 10 a. .y 773 13 m., 783 8 . Moy 803 1p 'fl‘nmmcler. 8 0. m,y 20,153 8 p. My 5.‘0.:. i J cd 10 years, while bathing at '7:!{3"?&?‘2::&!:% in thyu lJake at the foot of {¥ourteenth strect, was accldentally drowned. Officer P, If. Coughlin_recovercd the body suon afterward, and_lad it taken to the boy's resi- :dence, No, 107 Johnson street. i xccllency the Earl of Dufferin, Gov- 'cnlxlcg:-g;fim%no Cn;mdu: Ter Excollency tho +Countess of Duferin; Licut.-Col. G. Littleton, |Miiitary Scerctary: Capt.Ward, A. D. G ; Capt. Iamflton, A, D. C.; and W. ‘Camphell, Esq., -arrived at the Palmer House last evening. Charles Llnz\llnl‘n Bwede, 80 years of u;zcL y may B ing at No. 100 Hinman strect, had his righ ;f-;‘xl‘db';fifi eruahied and hroken at 4:80 yestordn afternoon while at work at the nhngcr»mw in the furniture factory of Swan, Clark Platt, nt tho corner of Bluc Island uvenue aud Robey street, R - ame of basc-ball yesterday after- nu‘;:,fl :gouu:g 'man nmned John 0'Connor was severely Injured by helllfiu!r\lck in the_pit of hie stomach by a ball. He was conveyed in an v whero_he recelved carcful and 2T and in the courso of an hour @ wns able to walk home. But ho will not buve an appetito for scveral days. Tiugh Nolan, an expressman, 03 years of age, swhile tending tv his horeo in redr of his rusi- dence, No. 60 Divislon street, yesterday after- noon, was kicked by the animal, and got a com- ound fracture of the left legr between the {:nce and ankle. Heins nttended by Dr. Hig- glns, who thonght amputation would prove Jeccesary, and therefore sent him to the County Tiospital, Nolan has n wife and three children 1n rather poor circumnstances. 1t secrma that tho Injury received by Edward Allcock Mouday evening was caused Dy his own Tecklessness In trying to steal o ride. e jump- «d from a forwurd car to avold paylng the con- ductor his fare, and nuuml)ml toget on n rear car, ‘The brokeman tried to detain him, but he Lroke from im and jumped from the traln, spraining his ankle, The rakemnu 18 entirely exoncrated from any blame by thoso who saw 1he accident. Mr. Brinemade,8igna! Service observer at thia oint, says that, by reason of lack of nn‘pmprlne {’lon, the weather ‘map heretofore published in conneetlon with the metearological reports will De discontinued. Adviees from Washington to 2ilm yesterday morning indicated a more hope- Ful prospect, and that the present state af low Finanelal barometer mav soon experlenco n Thange, but, until then, there will be no nore pretty weather pletures to please the anxlous 252, Atancarly lour yesterday moring an old rolored woman unmed Mary Jane Iuzhes, re- Mding at No. 86 Bchool street, was nwal kened by » dilapidated-looking old man who wished o Tew hours' lodging.” 8ho readily granted the Tavor, and at 120'clock yesterday ho was found ficad In hed. 1lo wna about 50 years of nge, grey halr, light moustache, of medim slze, and “was Arcoted In dark cont and pants, ealico shirt, silk hat, and low shoes, The body was taken to the Sforzue to await ideutitication. The County Physiclan held o post-mortem examination, and Selermincd that deatly was enuscd by hem- drrhage of tho lungs, The inquest will'be held “o-day. An informal conferenco was held yesterday afternoon in the oflice of the Academny of Design hetween Mersrs, Clarke, Freneh, Kellogg, and Bhortall, of the Exposition Art Committee, and Aessrs. Volk, (ivokins, Spread, Peterden, and Root, representing the artists, tor the purpose of discussing the proposition made by the Exposition Direetors to the Academy of Desfm and the local artista relative to the latter con- tributing to the Exposition next month. The conferenice Jasted mearly two hours, and the Artista’ Committee will report proceedings ot o nceting of linners to be held Thuraday even- Ang, when It s expected that declsive actfon will be taken. JULY PIRES, ‘The follow!ng exhibits the fires for July, 1870, the class und_oceupation of buildinge, correct- od lgsses, nud that covered, by Insurance, the {otal fnstirance Involved aud Grigin of fircs na resulting from juyestization: = Alarms, 423 “htills,'" 18; second slarms, 35 loss, !fl,b 3 nn\'nrm‘l by lusurance, 811,877; Insurance nvolv- «d, §195,050; frune bulldings totally or par- tally dostroyed, 43; brick, 113 vessels, 1; ocen- ‘m(lmx dweliing, barn, 4; grocery atore, 3; hakery, 8 restaurant, 25 thi-shop, 3; butcher- shop, 35 confectlunery, 2; junk-shop, 3 vacant, ©; saloon, 35 and 1 each plning-ntil, vinegar and mustard worke, shed, vessel, amoke-house, anachine-shop, pieture-frame und office-furni- ture factorics, cigar-box factory, chalr factory, int. store, window-shade factory, rectiflers, house-turnishing store, drug-store, and dry-goods store; ur';;lnmlnz from care- Jessuess with lamp, Y3 spark falllng on shingle roof, 05 mcendary, §;* mullcious- ‘ness, 23 carelesaness with clgar aud fire, 43 o) parent Intentlonnl carclessiess with lamp, 33 children playing with fire and natches, 5; Toul chimney, 6; fraudulent futent to realize on fin- -surance, i3 grenso falling on embers im smoke- house, 1; suoutancous combustion of finlshing 'mg'».ls; fgnition of vapor and couscquent ex- ploston of rectifying tunk, 17 stove restin syninst wood-work, 13 accldental ignition of -mum}ulln—lmulng. 1; curtain blown into gas et, £; noking out flies, 13 carclessness with reworks, 43 and false alarms, 4. TIR COUNTY MOSPITAL. George Foyle, now at 8t. Lulke's ITospitat, akes the followlng statement sbout the way things are run at the County Hospital, 1lo says Dils brotier-in-law, George Vucher, said he had iven Dr, Knnfmann 310 to obtain Iis admission ito the County Hospital, Dr, Kaufmann sald Bie could not possibly recelve hhio without it Leorge Vachier resides at 76 Aberdeen streot, George Foyle says that while ho was at the Hospltal he was very often disturbed at night Dy loud singlng, bolateraus laughter, and dane- dng, even after rellgtous sorviceson Sundays. 1le guys be never had any care whatever from a nurse, s the man Allerwus nlwni‘l drunk. The foud was bod, fusuflicient, and of the very worst quulity, as it they were feeding dogs fn- atead of mett, Ilu was there nealy a month, and never eaw the Warden onee 1o know him, Mhe bed-luen amelt budly, and was not changed until the patlents did it"themselves, 1le was sworn at for unkln? for clean shirts. The clos- cts were In a terrfblo condition, and the patients were obliged to clean the bath-tuba themselves, no matter how efek, One day Mrs. Edgar camo to visit them, and they asked for lemoriade, but could not get it from the nurse, 50, a3 she had aldemon Inher pockot, she set abont muking some, and was sworn at by the drunken nurse, Aller. Foyle in conflds Biat i ho had not been removed to Bt Lul Iluulvllul. he would not, could nat, have 1 The patients re- quested Mre, Edgar to go to Mr, Cleary per- sonally, not to the Warden, as he was well aware of the terriblo condition of things. Foyly was told afterwards thut Mrs, Edgar had been turned out and culled a llar for trying to al- Jeviate thelr sutferings. They never had water Brought to the wards whers he was. 1t they qvalutcd it thoy were obliged to go for it them- sclves, The resident phi'nldnn ot Bt, Luke's Hos- pital refused to slgn his name to Foyle's statcment for the very pluusible SI) Teason ‘that anany of the Cuunl?'-l ospitnl physicluns were his most intimats friends, aud he did not llke to Jave auything to do withit. The Mutrou of the Hospital” would bavo signed had she not “been so ill, BOARD OF EDUCATION, ' A CRUEL LANDLORD, ‘The Board of Education held an adjourned mecting lost evenlng, for the purpose of con- eiderdng tho salary question, with President Hl‘ ’Blln mr“d thn(l:'. kThv:re were present esars. Blutha “larke, Covert, Hoyne, Lhn, Oleaon, Ollbger, Teed, Bhonmiger, Bul: Lvan, Welcl, Wilce, and President Ricliberg. A communication was , Fecssed from Mr,. bulldin total, ralariea take effect from the expimtion of fourtcen tendent achools for the month of September, t)wemq charged nnd those who are retained in the pay the einployes for Podtea” {lat, White, landlord of the premises necupled by the Board, in_which he withdraws the proposition of July 11, when he offered to leass the floor ahove that occupled by the Board. He holds tliat the terma were 8o favorable that they should have heen at onco accepted. He also notified the Board that untess they paid therent De would take sfeps to have them vacate the Prnm!pm As Mr. White is considerably behind 1 his taxcs, the whole matter was referred to the Committee on Butldings and School Proper- ty, to seo if the rent can be made an offset ainst what Mr. White owes the eity. Mr. Olinger made the following report on THE BALARY QUESTION: The Councll having reqnested the Board of Edu- eation to make n reductfon In salarien of 25 per cent below those of tho echool year juat closcd, yonr Committes on Salarice, in order to make ree wponse to this request by appropriate aetion, have madea carcful revislon of the salary-schedale, and present herowith the following figures, which, 1f adopted, Wil caneo the required reduction of %5 cr cent. Tho_ anlaries of teachers, exclneive of Super- Intendents, ot rates of 1nst year, and the full corps employed at the close of the year, In June last, would amount for one month {o 850,760, The ral- nties of Superintendents and other officees, oxclns #lve of Superintendents of drmwing and music, on Tasle as nbove, wonld amonnt to $1,070 per month, Tatal for one month, $01,710, he amount of reduction required by the Councll fs 25 )-ercl%nt of the above amount, or 815,432,560 per month. . Tho #alaries of teachers for one month, 2a ro- duced by tho Board June 20, 1876, wonld nmount 10 851,6003; the ealaries of ofiicers on tho samo bosin, 81,7851 total, §53,480. The rednction per month, on the baris of ten monthia for the year, as made by action of tho Bonrd June 5, 1870, in 8,250, Dedneting reduction made by the Board— , 4950 per montn—-from the rednetion required hy tho Conncli—~815, 412, 60 Xer month-—lenves a etifl further reduction regnired amonnting to §7,182,50 pee month, or §71, 820 for the year. To provide for this farther reduction, a further reduction i nccessary in numbor of tenchers, being excess in number of tenchers over rooms in the ten teachers ut $700 per annum ench, 77,0005 by mnaking the new schedule of weeks' service, Instead of from dute of commence- ment of service, ls'i 7403 by dispensing with Ger- ncl man In schools, uding !nlng of the Superin. of German, $10,250; by closing of 0,530 e & coetion ‘oF 4150, 050 1 from last year. A long and desultory discusafon followed on the report, opposition’ being skown to the clos. ing of the rehicals for one |'|;mnl.h. of Dr. to the with the Council Committee, and statc whose salaries were to be reduced. ductfon Is equal to 14 per cent, and it requires On motion lnthardt, the report was referred back ‘omimitice_on falaries, they to confer The present re- 11 per cent more to make It conform to the reeolution of the Councll, The schedule of janitors' solarics was re- ferred to the samo Committee, on motion of Mr. Oleson, During the discussion, Mr, Reed stated that the greatest number of boy criminale were Kau;i it into court during school-vacatlon, when ey h lnu{ temptation. a1 nothing to do, fdlencss leading them Mr. Covert thought they could add to the teachera’ dutles rather than reduce thelr sularies 25 per cent, and thus comply with the Council resolntion. Dr. Bluthardt stated that this had niready been done. ‘After some further discussion, tho whole mat- ter waa allowed to stand as above recorded. The Board then adjourncd till Tuesday ¢ven- ing next. CITY EMPLOYES. TOW TO PAT TUEM. Thoso employes of the city who have been marked out for dismissal arc complaining, in unlson with thelr friends, that they are unfairly treated {n that they are not pald what fs duo them ot the timo of thelr discharge. The em- ployes generally are anxfous to get what Is owing them, but those who have been dropped and turncd loose to shift for themselves are espectally worked up on the subject, and are fn- sisting that If the city caunot give them cash it should at least pay them in time revenue-wnar- rants. For the purpose of ascertaining the facts In the case, and what stood In the way of thelr payment, a reporter called upon the Mayor and Comptroller yesterday, and got from them the following rtatemnent of the situation: TIE CITY OWES 178 EMPLOYE3 about. £1,000,000, balng tho amotint e on the' 0} pay-rolla for April, May, June, and July, cach monthly pay-roll being about $3250,000, The sum due to the umplu{g« who lave been dropped i3 believed to be about $100,000—prob- nbly o little more. Tho city s now getting money from three sources. The first of these i3 the tax-levy of 1875, but the money thus re- celved can only be used to pay expenses fu- curred during 1875, Al the debts to em- Rloycu fall_within the flacal year beginning anuary, 11871}, and, conw}ueml)‘. \mfier the Yecent ‘deciston of Judze MeAllister, none of this money coming infrowm 1876 taxes can be uscd for paying them, The second source I8 from miscellancous re- celpts,—licenscs, cte. The g&»pmprlnlhm ordi- nance passed (n January, 1878, set nslde $500,~ 000 far tho purpose of meeting deficlencles in the collection of taxes for previous years, Of this aum, ¥250,000 was n direct lovy upon the people; the remainder was ordered to be taken from the mlscellaneous receipts for 1870, This revenue from llcenses, ete., having been thus specifically set apart to meet deficlencies {n col- lections of taxes for 1875 and prior yeara, can- not bo used for the payment of employes for the ycar 1876, ‘The third sonrce I3 TILE POPULAR LOAN, or the revenue time warrants, From this about 8100,000 has been obtafned, and the money is now in the Tregsurer'a hands, From this fiind loyes—Dboth those who have heen dis- service—are to be pald. The only reason why the funds alrcady on hand have not heen used Jfor this purpose Is that jt takes $250,000 to pay ‘0 month's wages, and that amount has not yct Leen obtatned, It haa not been customary, and it would be Inconvenient, to split o month and halt of April, Itisex- y the close of tho pres- ent week, cnough moncy will have tome fu from thls popular toan to enable the city au- thorities to pay ull the employes what 15 duo them for the month of April, and that perhaps ;lm-uk later It will be possible to pay them for ny, TAYING IN CERTIPICATES. The Mayor and Comptroller aro united in the opinion that to pay oft only the dlu'lmnicd em- ployes in time warrants would he fatsl to the suceess of the loan, In tho first piace, it would be an unusual thing to plek ont from the pay- rolls for the four months the sums awlng thic men who have heen dismissed,—1t would be contrary to routine, In the mnext place, it these ‘men woere pald in certifleates the one hundred thousaud and odd dollars duc them, the certificates would havo to be made out fu smoller sums than is now the case. The lowest denomination fs at present $500. To uso thern to pay tho discharged cimployes they would huve to bo fssued {n hundreds and tlttics, Then, sny the Mayor und_Comptroller, the eme o, uld have to hawk around theso certifl- cntis r butchers, and grocers, and shocinakers, landlords, and scll them At on outrageous shave. The number of them rather than the nmount would bave a tendeiey to bear the market, and the clty officers arc advised by bankera and capital- 1st8 whom thoy huve consulted that the certifi- cates would slik to 00, 80, and even 75 per cent ) and, consequently, nobody would pay par money for certificateswhenlic coild buy themup num‘f) a discount. In short, they are ndyised, and fully belleve, that the Issuance of corlificates to em- ployes in paynient of thelr claims would utterly destroy tlie popular loau. UOPEFUL_IROSPECTS, The passage by tho Council of thio resolutions muking these warrants recelvable for taxes, and also pledging 81,000,000 Arcch\lly for thelr re- demptlon, Lios lnuqirgd he buslness men of Chicago with the fulleat conildence in the gafety of the certifientes, and §t i3 understood thut ncfiounlhmn are now on foot by which £200,000 will be subscrlbed by Baturday, and probably o large additional amount next week, The suc- cess of these negatiations, it 1a belleved, would be impaired If cortiticates were fssucd to ein- Elnyuu. ond, since thefr sucecss malkes It possi- lu'to pay off these employes within o comnpar- atlvely short perfod of time, the clty ofileers sce 1o reason why theysbould change’ their policy, UNEQUAL ASBESSMENTS, ANOTIIER COMPLAINT, Tho Commiittee of tho County Bonrd on Equalization {s o body that the public must be beginulug to look upon as rather fickle-miuded. Time and sggain it has authorized the announce- ment that a certaln day would end fts sittings to hear complaints, and as often have the reporters lisd to announce a cuntinuancs of the thoe, and latterly for no apparent good reason, Yesterdoy was the last doy fixed for a final adjournment, and !mrth-ulnr paing had been taken to announce it, yet when the Committee z;ut togethor a change came over its nind, and it was coucluded to sit day after day for an indefinlte perfod, notwithstanding tho complufuants were few and the complaints un- fmportant. mopg those around were Assessor Gray, and hils right-hand man fu the lato assessment in tho Bouth Town, Joe Gruenhut. They were partie- ularly busy exawmining thelr returus, and, so far a8 the TJatter was coucerned, mnot with- out » purpose, He, It uppears, wus showing tho Asscasor and Committeo through the hooks and fishing out the errors of omizsion and commission upon which to hage a complaint which would exceed In slze, extent, and importance all other com- platuts, and would glve the Board an opportu- bity, withonut doubt, to order a now asscssment. of ‘South Chicago broperty n pasticular, and rrulmhl] of the éntlro city. He kiad aun ey to businesz, nnd from his “long assoclation with Bouth Town tax-matters e was quite brisk, and by noon had a formldable complaint in shane, to which he aald ho could add hundreda -rn(lllmmcn it he had time. His complalnt wos a8 ollows: The nnderaigned restdent tax-pasers of Chles, find that tho followiag-mentioncd eatates, indl. viduale, firma, and corparations have been taxed mitch Velow the actual value of their property in the recently-made tax-lovy, and in mony fustances nrc not taxed at all: Tho ‘Chicago City Rallway Company, Chicago (Jas-Light and Coke Company, T, . Hutchinson & Co., lleney Greenebnum & Co., Gerhard Forman, Jolin DeKoven, K. 1. Had- dock, Rosenfelil & Rosenbury, 1f. A. Kahn, Clnrles Follansben % Son, * Matthew Latlin, Bank Montreal, Canadion Bank of Commerca: Fidelity Savtygzs Bank; Stato Bat. inga Bank. A. Slanghte: renn & Brewstor; 1.V, Ayers Daliman Paluce-Car Compnny; Tago, Sprague & Smith: Tindley Bros, ; Mateon' & Co.’s Palmer llouss; Tremont Tlouse: Sherman Honse Clifton Houre? Facific Hotel; William Dlalr & Co. S, D, Kimbark; C. M. llendorson & Co. 3 M. Wells & Co.: Solz & Co.y American Powder Company; Hlazard” owdor Companys Latiln & Rand' Powder Company; Orlental Powder Company; Dupont's Gunpowder Compony; €. 1, Wondman & Co, ; C. P. Kellogg & Co. 1l A. ohn & Co. { W, .M. Dorby; John 8. Wailncet 1. K. Pearsons; Burt; Fopos; Charies Cooloy: J. W, Preston; Wiet Dexters N, Averys R, P. Derlckeon; A. 8, 'Piper:” L. B, Ot J. E.Otins 1L, ¥, Amea; A\ M. Billings: '8, Jeromo Bicechers J, B, Lyon: Callagha: Clomont, Morton & Co. Union' Tolling Milla; A B. Moeke . Sco- sllle; Htettauer & Co.; Petor Schuitler; Frank Tarmolce; C, Holtz: ', C. Halnes; McVicker's ‘rheatre; 'C, L. Huck; 1. D. Boone: Willism . Thompaon; . 8. F. Gale; Itobert C. Wright; ;" Reiben Taylor: J, R. Jonea: B, David Mcintosh; llllmuy: =) dJ, ackingham_Bros, i Armout, st D, A. Jones; H. Wheeler; J. M, Van - Osdell; Jacol Beidler;' Tiiomas Hoynes & Michacl Mcllonnld & Co Noleon; Low Brothers: 1B, B. Stephens: J. W, Odell; L. Norton; Fuller & Fuller; Ilibbard & Spencers J. H, Pearrol wwett & Crouch; Wad- hamy, Willard & Coj rican Express Conmpany § Adoos Expross Company; the Ewing estate; e Couch estate; Kingsbury entato; James W, Ferrys Cnitgd States Norigago Company; B. E. Gollun} C. A. liichcock; F, B, Peabody: G.'W, New: conib John Buchler; John A. Mugl Rumsey: dacob A. Wolford; M. Lighta: E! Wheeler; Fairbanks, Morse & Co. 3 A, 1L Andrewn & Co, ; Sherwood School Farniture Company; J. B. Sherwood; W, M. Dee; lenry Behoclkopf; ‘Aeos A, Ingalls; Chiase Iiros, ; Jonea & Sellers; A, Loeb; Batters & Co. ; Brunswiclk Bros, ; Cameron, Am- & Co,: Dradner, Smith & Co.; Clarke, Fox & Co.; Crerar, Adlams . & B. Jacger; P, Goldman; Jobn Wont- worth] Allerion Packing Company: Andrew Brown; Kreigh & Co. ; Tobey & lhwdl; Charles Dupee; T, B, Blackstono: John Crerar; Heed's Flint, ‘Thompsun Hr Temple of Music; Lyon & Henloy: John Alston & Co. 3 . 11, Walkery Lflib,". MeNell & Libby; Un- denwood & John H. McAvey: Downer & Tiemis; F, Binz; Culbertson, Bliss & Co. i M der, Lusa_& Co.:_the Tivoll: the Collseuni Smith” & Dexter: Burley & Tyrrell; Dochm & Tartman; Golsen Rectifying Company; K. P. Preston; Anron Gibbs; P, llllyflnn & Co. 3 Qlme bel, Floeshelm & Co.; W. W, Elmnfil"nml(um Company; Johu A, Lomax; J. ‘W, Middleton; C. Maron & Co.; Redfeld, Ilowen & Walworth Company; T Hall; Goodrich Transportation Company; & H. Random & Co. ; American Dis- trict Telezraph Compunys; Schuerinon & Hand Co, ; F. 1. Winston: Avery ‘Murémyam; N, Lud- Ington & Co.: E. Belulor & Co.’s Darnum Bros, 3 Togardus Bros, ; 0. L. American; Bush & Brand; ¢85 L. Meyer; Georgo Sherwood; L. B, Sidways American 1tidgo Company; and Adams, Weatlake Co. We would respectlnlly ask yone Commitlee to review the asscusment of sald iaxable Inhabitants and equalize the same a reanscesment In pro- portion to the bulk of taxable real estate and por- Runal proporty, ralsing the asecssment of sald pertons whercrer 1t can bu shown that they have cen nnder-sscaseds Huxny Lanranten, HERMAX GERELDRECHT, It will be noticed that Gruenhut did not sign the complaint, but he found those who did. The complaint will recelve due attentton among the 800 othiera when the Committee reaches it Mr. Burdick, of the Committee, in examinlog yesterday the Tist of corporations in tho county that were taxed in 1875, the number to have heen whercupon he took the ncucunr(y steps to pecure it 1st of the corporate hodfes. Iie ex- peets to have the list completo in a day or to, und then look out for more complaiuts, Ilo hos_on impression that tho Asacssors have reached o very small proportion of theso corporations, hit can only zet ot tho facts by i comnparisou of the rcturns with the lst when {t comes Into his hande, which comparison he proposes to make. DEAD DOGS. IIOW TO DEAL WiTIt TUEM. When o gentleman of this clty lns the mis- fortune to meet a stench fu the strect 8 he goes to or from his business ho adopts a peeullar and not always plensant method of getting rid of it. Hedoes not warn a member of the regular or sunitary police foree, but hesits down fu the securlty of his oflico and writes: T the Faitor of The Tridune. I think itinushamo to the city that a dead dog should be allowed to remain an offense to tho nostrila of peuple living near tho corner of Foarth strect and Fourthavenue, If the City Gaverninent cannot protect un from these pest-breeding smells they had better close np business and let the dogs run the city. g Civis, And then the man dismisses tho subject from his mind and londs 1t off on thatof the reporter, who, mayhap, has to look up the dog, and any- way to extract from Commisstoner McVickar or some otheroflicer at fault (presumably), thefacts concerning the malter complained of, Yesterday, In consequence of certaln letters about dogs, a reporter marched Into the Health Oilice snd demanded: ““Can you tell me why thecontract for remov- lnlg dead unlmals was suffered to run out! and when {t expired? and how the departmentiex- ncm'a';hu people to rid themeclves of the car- lon 5 “But, slr,” observed a polite clerk who dodged out of & cubbyhole, * the service has not heen at all changed from what it always was. ‘I'he Union Rendering Company have had thelr contract with the city. renewed; and in con- slderation of §7,5600 to them paid they assume to remove all dead anbmals from the strects, s they have done for somo time," “Then I understand that the dead-anfmal sorvice ia (hm, as it was ' “Certalnly; the Company bind themsclves to reinove within a certuln smnll number of hours ofter motification all carcasses from tho streets. The rule Is, that every sanitary and regular policeman who sees o dead horse, dog, eat, or what-not, shall report the same to thia ofllce at onco; and the Rendering Company send a man here twlee a day to getthoso notices and to direct thelr wagons where to go after dead anhmals,” ‘And then, looking around, the clerk contin- ued: “Ah! here 1a thelr man now,” followin) which announcement there stalked fn o mfi voung man who looked na if he had_escaped rom (arrett Biblleal Institute, and bad filnsily diegulsed himscelt for fear of recapture. He' captured the mnotlees left” for him, and went away in & sub- dued manner, while the Clerk proceeded: * 1o comes nt noon to get the notiaes loft during the forenoon, and at b r m. for thoso left later, and 1a supposcd to send his wagons at once after the cane of the trouble.” ‘Ihe agonfzing moral to this tale of a Jletter and an {nvestigation {s that thie inan who finds o dead animal fu front of his louse should not vontine his epfstolary efforts to Tns TRiBUNS, but should write s note to the Commisstoner of Ilealth, succinetly stating the fact, and the troubly \\'fll probubly atonce be removed, founil tiventy-oue, TIIE VICTIMS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, 4 The reductions iu the Police Department were not mado yesterday, though tho men for dls- missal have been selected by the Captains of the different divisions, Thosc detectives who were requested to resign generolly falled to comply, sud were bounced, Two of them— Flanlgan and Hartung—ylelded and resigned. Some of thoothers clalim that they are vot really dischorged till they have been paid in full, and threuten to take somo steps to catab- 1ish their claim. City-Attorney Tuthll! yester- day opined that their clam was nonsense, and that thu city could discharge them whether it waa {ndebted to them or not It sppears that the discharge of tho detectives meet with gen- cral approbation, and no regret is expressed. Most of tho men hava been dismissed on former occasions for offenses, and all of them have been negligent, Ofto Bluhm's beer saloon used to look mare lke the detoctives’ head- quartera than did the Central Station, sud thero lias been teo much going to matinees and base- ball games to allow of strict sttention to duty, Behind these offenscs aro greater oncs whicl ore not generally known, The reductions in the atrol force will not ffl into effect till after the ollowlog nfrccment ias been circulated among the men, sl of whom will bo requested to sign it. if they demur they can reckon on taking s back scat: Cuicauo, July 81, 1878, ~We, the unders) oticers pud e.ipxa'm.fz% e Bty or' ()Nufixe& conalderation (hat wo ahall for the present he re- tained In the eervico of tha city, cach do hereby sgreo to accept an full compensation for our ter- vices to said city the amount per munth as it is fixed for each of un on the pay-roll of the —- De- partment for each month, in accordance with tho ordinance passed July 20, 1870, for the reduction SF Balarion of kaid otfcers and employes, TIRE-MARAITAL BENNER has mm[;lctcd his work of reduction, and [has notifled the men who wero agreed ton as the ones most easily dispensod with. The salary ent has been agreed upow, and thn men will b called upon to sfun the agreement, which, by tho way, wili be presented toall ity employes, The men who linve had togo aro thirty-thren watchmen, and twenty pipe aml truckmen, and one driver for the Assistant Mbrshal's wagon. +Each company has lost ano_man_or more. The dutfes of the watchinen will fall upon the re- maining hands, who will be detailed by thelr commanding officer. Maraha) Benner haa found it hard to part. with some of his men who have alwaga done well. TIB HOARD OF PUBLIC WONKS, beyond cutting off two strect forcmen In the Northand Sotith Divlslons, and three in the West, Diviston, have done nothing. The salury question has heen talkedover, but no ceonclusion reached. The Board are very loth to cut down some salaries, cencefally those of men who hold reaponsibic positions.” For instance, there is Mr. E@ Johnson, the Board's bookkeeper. 1tis salary hns been cut down 83 I'mr cent from what it nfl€|nnlly was, and_ the Aldermen are erying to ent decpior. Mr. Prindivilie recognlzes” the efficient scrvices of tho gentleman fn question, and saya that Mr. Johngon % not only a book- keeper, he_ I8 cashler, paymnster, and Superintendent In o certnin degree, The cou. pons upon the water-bowds come n_evory slx months, nad there erc nany of them, These have to be sorted, arranged, and examined to sce that no counterfeits are among them. All this work aud a great denl more of o similar special nature has to be attended to bythe hook- keeper, who has to have a great deal “of experi- ence to become prompt and correct, Still the Councll Committeeon Salaries talked of getting & mnan for 81,000 or #1,200, which fac} greatly annoyed the Board, who want neither {ncompe- tent nor cheap men about them, The Board :;m sctile the amount of reductlons in a few nys. g " THE OTRRR DRANCHES of the City Government have not vet been heard from. ‘There fs atill complaint, that if one sct of clerks I8 to suffer others shoull bo mada to suffer also, and that no discriminations should bo shown becausc one of the clerka hap- pens to be tho eon of the head of that depart- ment. Al of thosa whose offitial heads are 1ooso arc anxious to get the money duc them. For when 1t becomes known that the city em- ploys them no longer, thelr eredit is gone com- lotely, Hence the haste, and many decapl- ated ones wire around to sce the Mayor, Comp- troller, City Clerk, and otbers to get payment in full. They will not get it, ot léast not tiil one month's pay-day for all has been declared, STANDARD COIN. RESOLUTIONS BUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. A, M. Wright, & leading member of the Board of Trade, has submitted the following preamblo and resolutlons to the members of the Board of Trade. They will come up for nction to-morrow, when the chauces are they will be adopted: Wuengas, A billls now pending in the National | Honse of Representatives, providing amongother things for tho cainage of ‘the nllver dollar, and making It.a legal tender in poymontof ail dobts, publicand private; and Wirzneas, Said silver dollar was a lezni tender, and the unit of valne, from the year 1702 until tho year 1873, and thereforoa lefinl tender in {anymem, of nli public and [.m-m debts daring oll the thoe swhen tho bonds of the United Btates ywero lasued; and ‘Wnenrear, Sald bonds are not payable In gold, elthar by their own torms, or tho termsaf tie act of Congrens anthorlzing thoir fssuc, but only pay- able in'coln [l e gold or silver); and WueneAs, The holders of enfd bonds will not have tho slightest protonso for complaiut It tholr bonds are paid in such coln, whethor gold or sliver, a3 was a legal-tender in the payment of publi¢ and privata debls ac ile time sald bonds were Insucd; and Wiensas, By on act of Congroes, passcd Fob, 12, 1874, nilver was pract fcally demoitetized fn tha Unlied States, and the Federal ilver dollar, which tind been the only legal unit of values from the foundation of tho Government up to that time, wan unjustly aboliehed and a gold duilar specified as the standard; and WnnneAs, The coffect of this law was to doprive the people and the Government of the op. tion of paying dobts In saliver, ond to make nil debts payable o gold alone, the' rasult of which has been to enhance the valuo of all dohts, a8 com- arcd with the pricos of commoitics, and to aid [ causing tho prozent depreeatlon of industcy and trade; and Wirnnzas, The remonetiziug of sfiver, and the recolning of the silver dollar, would Jrobubly do ‘more than any other measurc that contd be dovlsed towards restoring the buelnoss rnuperu of the conntry, ns It would take away all foars of o com- mrclal cries following a resamption of spocte nayments, and lnn?‘lm ronewed contidence fn busl- nees enterprises; thereforo, Ttenoited, That tho Board of Trado of the Clty of Guicago rospectfully, ronesta one Senators and Tteprescntatives in Congress to da whatever I8 in thelr powoer to promote the passage of the pending bill provlding for tho recolnaga of thesiivor dollar, and making it again o legaltender for the payment of all debts, publlc and private. Resolved, That the Sccrotaty of thia Tloard be In- d to forward duly cortiiled coplea of tho above to each of our Senators nud licpresentatives in Congress, with o request that thespmo he public. Iy read in each branch of tho Natlonal Legislature, LORD DUFFERIN, VISITING I8 WESTERN PROVINOES. The Earlof Dufferin, Governor-General of Can- ada, and the Countessof Dufferinand suite, con- sisting of Col. Littlcton, Secretary, and Mllitary Beeretary; Capt.Ward, A. D, C.; Capt. Hamilton, AD.C.;aud Mr. Willlam Campbell, Private 8ecre- tary, reached this city yesterday evening via the Michigan Central Raflroad, and quletly took carrioges In walting at the depot, and were drlven to the Palmer House. Thefr coming was apparently known to but few, and thelrarrival at the hotel was not attended with sny demon- strations on the part of tho Englishmen of the city. The Earl and Countess oceupy a suite of four rooms on the sccond floor fronting State street, all of which, capeclally the parlor, are fincly furnished. Accompanyiug the party are Mr. Btetson, of the New York 1World; Mr. Molincux, of the Toronto Glode; Mr. E, E, Horton, of the To- ronto Mail; and Mr. E. Gurgros, who ropre- senta o French paper In Montreal und another in Quebee. Tho Earl and suite having previously visited Clxlcu;éo and soen oll the objcets of intercst here, thelr stay this time will o _brief, 1t belng’ his futention to leave to-duy for Omaln, After remaining over thero for ono traln, they witl continue on to Ofduu, whenco they may run down to 8alt Loke City to got n ook at the Prophet and the Temple, and, perhaps, tho harem. Thenco nm{gu to8an Franclsco, where o frigato s in walting to convey tho party to British Columbin. 'The Governor-Cleneral, 68 Is known, has jurlsdiction over thut portion of Britlsh Northh Amerlea, and liis object in golng there Is sald to be to sce tho country, make the nufiunlmnuuo of the !.m‘m' and examine thelr Industries and condition. It Is understood that tho people Mving In that portion of the Queen’s dom{nions are somewhat dissatistled ot the slow manner in which the Canadlan Pacifle Rafl {8 being constructed, clulming that work sliould be commenced at thelr endof the 1ing without delay, and the pacitication of thesa malcontents s ||mbnb1dy a part of thu pro- grammo the Earl bns lald down for himself, A month will be dovoted to_these pruylnces, and on his return East the Earl mni' taks o Bouthern route and visit_the Centennlal Expo- sition ot Philadelphia. This, howevor, has not yet been definitely determined upoi. ‘When he hos séen British Columbia, tho Earl will have traveled In all parts of the Confederas tion except Manitoba, which ho will visit at some distant day. ——— THE POPULAR LOAN, ADDRESS OF TS CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION. The Executive Committeo of the Citizens' Assoclation yesterday prepured snd fseucd the following: To the fembers of the Citlzena® Ansociation, and the Putlic; The Executive Cominilteee of your Aasociation haye watched with Keen {ntercst the ©efforta uf our recently-elceted Conncll to establish a pollcy of retrenchment and ecunomy in oar Municipal Government, Their progresa 10 this de. sirablo end has been nucnulrfl‘y wlow, and the difr- ficalties in the way can scarcely be appruciated by mere lookers-on, We rejoice that the final Aur hasnow been taken, snd trust that the action of thu City Logislature on Wednesday, July 26, 1870, will prove to have been the turiiog-point In our city's courve; from threatened repudistion and disgrace, to honorable dealing, economy, and a wise mansgement of all our cily affalrs. #T'hewo resulta cannot, howover, bo obtalned with- ont the co-operation and Iiberulity of 4ll good citt. zons. 1t is necessary that they should nuw como forward and promptfy take ug the certillcutes au- thortzed to bo lesued, recelvable for the taxcs of 1870, —bearing K per ‘cent intercat, ch are the msin, 1f ot the only, incans wherehy the reform Council can maintaln and coulirm the mncasures re- cently inaugurated, The Executive Commiltee feel that much of our present and future prosperity depends on the lib- 3 = eral actlon of our citizens, but have rofrained from | clothing-atore at No, 053 Bouth Halsted street. makiug publlc, up to this ume, Anr wzpression of thelr viows, although fruquently solicited to doso from publicaad private sources, because there were custaln condil ana pracedent 1o thelr reconuuendss | up et the tion, which conditions have now heon- fuiflled to thielr satisfaction, Theso weie: Firast—That a thoraugh and effective aystem of retrenchment should be ndopted and carried ont under the authority and sanction of the leginlative and excentive branches of thoe City Government, Second—That tha certificates offered to the pah- ic hould bie mado receivable, apecifically, for the taxea levied in the yenr 18703 and that thiose taxes shonld be pledged for thete redomption. Third—That these cortificates ahould not be pald ont for current disburscments, as money, thereby :fi.menu:m them to the probability of falling to & sconnt, ‘That there conditlons were neceasary for the sce enrlty of thoro desirous of placing the finances of the city ona good fooling, by advancing the money for. cnrrnn}b expenditures, cannot admit of a doubt, ho_Kxéeutivo Commitico haya entire confi- dence {n the deslroand ablilty of the present Cily Adminlstration to carry ont, n gamd faith, the pro- ected ecanomical and adminstrativo reforms, snd Tleve that 1t would be nnjust to forther with- hold from the nuthorities the pecuniary retlef which thoy a0 much need. The certificates offered arc convenlent In form and nmonnt, bear a il eient amonnt of Intoreat, and we helleve nra fasned in compliance with the laws and tho decislons of the larceny of sovernl hags of clothing from & schoaner Ivivg in the river at the foot of Eight- centh streef. Tevl Hausholder was beforo JJustice Meech yesterday, charged by Fred Welsenrelchter with obtalalng money uader false preicnscs, awny back Inst fall sometime, He took a change of yenue to Justico Iinines, ond was placed under bonds of $400 Lo await trial, 8ncak-thicves in the West Dislsion yesterda got away with gume _houschold goods ond o sif- ver cup from WV, 8, Ritchie, of No. 167 Madlson mcctz and with some harnees and other articles from the Rov, Willlam Do Bey's barn, In rear of No. 418 West Harrison street. John Yachto, otherwise the notorlous ¢ Black Jack " of Chicago, woa bofora Commissioner Hoyne yesterlay, charged with selling liquor without s leenae, and was hound over to the Criminal Court {n $500 bail. Jack ls tho pro- Pfletnr of n scow-snloon that plles hack and orth between the shoro aud the new Govern- ment pler. Ofiicer Koenlg was resting enslly yesterdny afternoon and cvening, and was able at thnes to move ahout with conslderable freedom, Iis aesallants, Mulllgan, Brown ' Lee, Fred Relchen- back. and’ Adam Weiss, wero ‘ekoro Seull yos- terday, and were held without ball untif such :gnu as Koenig will be able to appear sgalost em. Jacob Becker and Johin Beach, resiing at No. 181 Weat Lake street, were ot upon by roughs s they were golng home at 10 o’clock yesterday morning.and robbed of small amounts of moncy and some jewelry, Thoy succeeded in holding wo of the gang unttl an officer arrived and ar- rested them, They gave the natnes of James Hazel and John l"fimtllflmn!, and were yeater- day held by Justice Scully in:$2,000 ball cach to the Crimiual Court. SENTENCE DAY, Judge Rogers pronouneed the following sen- tenees in the Criminal Court_ yesterday: John O'Reilley, larceny, thirty days i|nll' James Malloy, lavceny, aixty daya Bridoweil; dohn Bell, forgery, two 3 Penltentlary; Michnel Bay- nez, burglary, one year Penitentiary; Lawrcoce Beatty, nssanlt, elghteon months Bridewells Patrick Cragim, found in buliding with inten to steal, four yeara Penitentiary; John Wntson and James Mechan, robbery, une year each Pen- ftentlary: James Edwards, larceny, one year he conrta, Wo therefore recommend to_the members of the Cltizens® Association, and to the nublic generally, A nubscription, i1 accordance with their means, to {ho popuiar municipal loan now eifored by 'the Comptraller of the clty, with the furthor suzges. tion that an early compliance with this recom- Tendation will. ralfova the public office from the cmbarrnasments connequent upon a want of funda to meet the carrent disbareementa of our clty, The Executive Committeo {8 composed of Messra. Mavk Skinner, C. M. Honderson, Mar- shali Field, 1onry W. Kiug, It. T. Crane, £, G, Mnson, Murry Nelson, Jacob Roscuberg, and Georgo Armour, ——— VITAL STATISTICS. LAST WBEK'S MONTALITY. Dr. MeVickar, Commissioner of Health, held o meating yesterday afternoon; and, alter voting himeclf to the chalr, proceeded to rezelve and apprave the weekly dose of statistlcs which his office furnishes n patient publie. Arranged in an intelligent form, the figures wero: Deathe last week.... . Decreace from provione wocik. Decreaso from corresponding The ages of deceased were: Under 2 years. .. 212 52 From 2 to 8§ years, 17 | Penitentiary; William Henderson, lurcony, Ehir- From 3ta 10 years 10 1 ty dags faif; W, P. Holton, larceny, two years Fron 10 to 20 yen 0 | Penitentlary W. Avery, larceny, six months From 20 to 0 years 10 | Bridewell; Charles Fox, Torcany, ono yeor Penl- Froni 0 to 40 yoenrs From 40 to b0 yenrs. From 50 to 00 years From 00 to 70 yenrs From 70 to 00 years.... Aling drawn on distinction of scx and color showed: Mala.... Female tentfary: Adolph Paulson, lnrccn{, WO _yCars Penitentlary; Thomas Campbell, larceny, one eary Joseph Darngan, three years; Lugene othurty, found in a bullding ‘with Intent to stenl, eighteen months Bridewell; Carl Jacob- 8on, [nccfl, three vears Penitontinry; Charles Jolinson, larceny, three years Peniteutiary; Gus- tave Marold, burglary, one year Penltentlary; Nicholas Brannigan, larceny, three years Penl- tentlary: Willlam SclinfTer, burglary, ono year Bridewell; John Rilcy, burglary, threo years Penitentiory. In the cases of Erncst Jamicson, Michael Connell, Dantel Fignn, George Waopds, Tho deaths by wards wor i:y First, 3; Sccond, 53 Third, 5; Fourth, Fifth, 18;° Bixth 7 1,193 | Joln Smith, and Mary Anderson, sentence “was Seventh, 18; Elghth, 18; Nioth, 13 Tenth, 07 | suspended. Eleventh, 6;' Twelitl, 3;' Thirteenth, b; Four: teenth, 473 Fiftecnth, 13: Sixteenth, 18; Beven- tecnth, 91 Eighteontl], 105 public fustitutions, 10; by violence, 4. The maln cnuses of death were: Cholera-infantumn, 61; convulsions, 254 searlet-fever, 145 comuu:lptlon, 163 typh fever, 63 meningitls, 95 dlarrhica, i, LOCAL LETTERS. THE MOSPITAL AMPHITHEATRE, Tv the Editor of The Tribune. Cnircaao, July 80.—In your fssuc of this Sun- dny) morning s a letter concerning the Hospital Amphithicatre, which farnishes so consplcuous an cxomple of that penny-wise pound-foolish # gconomy * which Impoverishes so many Indl- viduals and communities, that I fcel constrain- ed to call the attention of your corrcspondent tonfew facts which seem to have been quito forgotten by people of his class. o soggests that the amphitheatre should be constructed by the medical colleges, nssuming it ns a fact that it s designed eolely for thelr advantage. Now, I have no doubt that the far-scelng gentlemen who control our medical colleges would gladly build the amphi- theatre if they were sceured In the enjoyment of the fees wiich would be collected froin stu- dents for ita use; but there are other intorests hesides those of medlcal colleges which must bo taken Into consideration. No hospital can ba efficluntly conducted without provislon for easy accees i all kinds of woother to fts several divisions,—hcnco the absolute neeessity for cor- ridors, which are the strcts of this “clty of the sick” Nor can auy lospital properly caro for its paticnts without an n) ment properly argaoged for the perform- ance of thosd numerous surgical operations which are at any nioment lablo to be required —hence the absolute necessity for an operating- room. The public, which pays for all these conveniences, has o right to demand soma re- turn; and in no way can a direct pecunlary re- turn be more caslly secured thau by tho expan- slon of the operntitig-room to the dimensions of anamphitheatre, in which medical students will cheer! ullg pay for the opportunily to perfect thelr studies by obscrvation of pructical medl- eine and surgery. There are not less than 000 medical students in our eity every winter, and cvery man of them who cntera tho Thospital noys €5 to tho County Treasur for that privilege. As o question of dollars ani cents alone, 1t1s, therefure, clearly for the in- terest of the publlc to make tho hospital as nt- tractive na possible to all medical students, It is for this rcason that tho bullding of an am- phithcatre should not be handodover to any one medieal collego or association of medical collegey, a8 ‘*Economy an,iely counsols. Ev- ery medical student, Without fegard to sox or “ml.h?'." 18 now, and always should be, on an equal footing in our public hospital; and this could not bu'If the amphitheatre were owned by one or tiwo of the medical colleges. ‘That the bullding of an amphitheatre would bo an advantage to all tho collcgos In the city iy very true, and an_enlightencd public adminls- tration will not fgnore the fact that our medical schools—aix {n number—are not tho least of the fnstrumentalitics that are making Chicego the metropolitan city of tho Northwest. Even now, In thelr unfiedged condition, they bring at 1east (00 young men sunuelly to the ‘city, who leave among our eltizens not less thao a quar- ter of n mitlion dollars each winter, To this it will be no reply to utter the sncer that our col- Jeges turn out siich miscrahle doctors that tho fawer of them the better for the world, Tho fuct 1s, that our medical students are cager to provide themeelves with tho best education which §s within their rench, and every elvilized community tulces pains to afford to them the largest possible opportunity for clinfeal atudy in the charitable fnstitutions, In New York tho Tapltals were thrown open to students, who are Invited to walk thelr wards and throng thelr amphitheatro without any charge whatever; consequently, students flock intothat clty ’t‘ply the thousand. When our own public shafl recognize tho fact that its mnost practical reward for t‘fnc ereat outlay annually mado in behal? of our puhllc charitles 18 td be found in the thorough education thus put within thereach of the men to whom 1t must look for the relfef of its own private medisal wants, wo shall lcar very lIll{ln objectfon to thecomparatively trifing expienditure which alone Is needed to make vur new hospital oue of the most brijliant examples of what a wisely-ordered publle charity should become. Lot us bavo the amphitheatra, X, rig, f. “The weather obsorvations show that, the mean temperatura for the week was 70 degrees; the highest 84, and the lowest 57. The dayof lighest n\'nrggo waos Thutsday, and the deaths on that day 83, The greatest nuinber of deaths on n singlé day was on Sunday—S0. otk THE CITY-IIALL, Water rents yesterday were $3,640. The llcense recelpts yesterday wero 85,500, The Committce on Local Asscssments fs called to meet in the City Clerk’s office this afternoon at 8 o'clock, . J. G. McBean, tho contractor for the paving and fllling of Madlson street, between Denrborn and State, filed a bond of $2,500 yesterdny with the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works yesterday - fssued an cstimate of §12,070 to Fitzsimons & Con- nell, tho contractors for the Fullerton avenue vinduet, ‘This makes a total of 8151,000 worth of work donu on the contract; $123,410 of enti- mntes have heen fssued. The balauce fs the re- gerve to guarantoo the completion of the work. The subfcet of the position of tho city in refor- enco to the contractors {8 «.»rnnv.lug L) finml deal of discussion, and_witl Hrnbnbly 0 thoroughly alred fn tho next Council maeting. Al Rawlelgh yesterday requested an opinlon from the Corpuration Counscl as to whether the contracts now existing between the gas com- ponfes and the clty were binding. ‘Tho Alder- man lios an {dea that thoy are not bhul(n;f, and is In favor of granting franchises to nll com- [mnh.-u which ean give the eity ample security Lt there will be no loss to the public, and that the works, it begun, will bo comploted, Should he fail to et such an ordinance passed, he 1a in .\ fuvor of allowing Mr. Charles, who has made the offer, to erect and keep in order ofl-lamps. Mr, Charles wants $25 per lamp for the first year, and §20 & year per lamp thereafter, As ho coat of each'street-light at present 1s 857 o year, Mr. Charles proposcs no siuatl saving. Mr. Gcorf\! Armour_yesterdny sent around 210,000 for the popular loan, aud o wessage that e would be ready to advance some more when It was really necded. Tho Comptrolier 81 “Now {8 the accepting thne; wo never needed 1t more than at this minute.” Field &Lelter kept half of their lm:mlnu and put in 825,000 yester- day. ‘The other half of the promise will come ina fow days, “when tho spring and summer stock hasbeen disposcd of to muke room for fall goods.” Tho action of thess gentlemen in helping the city has done uch to fuspire the oflicials with a new faith, and since the Councll has Mt]uleuctl {n all the demands made l){ the capltalists 1t {s expected that thero will no longer be a delay In uldnf; stock In tho loan. The warrants aro now virtually recefvable for taxes, tho city expenses have ncen wonderfully reduced, and the time warrants havs been nade aa sccure an investment asanything can be, The Comptroller was yesterday talking with o jeen- tleman who does ot wish s unme mentioned, and was told that about $30,000 more would be Invested very soon TIIE COUNTY, BUILDING. The 8herl@ gocs to Jolict Tuesday with thirty convicts. A few days ago it waa noted that ono Thomas Kinney, of Waukegan, was lodged In jafl to await his transfer to the Insano Asylum at El- gln. - e lad been adjudged insanc fn the County Court of Lake County. Tho poor fel- low still remains fn jall, for somo unknown veason. Tt might not ho amiss for tho 8herlf of Lake County to rise and explain. ‘The expenso of the oflico of Connty Physlclan sluco the clectlon of the present ncuinbeiit s heen greater than ever Defore In the samg period.” This comea of the practice adopted of calllug in somo une to mako most of the post- mortem examinations. A bill for such an ex- amfnation was before the Committes on Joil and Jall Accounts gesterday, and disallowed, as nll such bills ought to be, except in rare cuscs. 1f the County Physiclan continues to be over-bus when post-tnortem examinations are to be heid, the iden that ho s Incompetent for the oflive hie holds will gain strength, After the adfourninent of the conferenco yos- terday on Court-ITouse matters, Ald, 8mith, one of tho city's representatives, had some words with Comintssfoner Burdick, in which he nccused Mm of unfriendliness. It came about on ac- count of Smith's falllug to_get a bIlL through the Hoard for work on the county hoardlug- liouse at Englewood. It appears that the con- tract for constructing tho boardiug-houss was originally given to Bmith, and e sublet it he partles to whom ho subtot the work have had trouble In getting thelr money, sud some tima ago thoy took the Kkeys from the locks on the bulldiug and ralsed o cieral howl In the ears of thu Colmmissioners, mit!), hecdless of the clamor, however, sup- plied new k?'l which are sald to be worthless, and sentin ks final cstimate for tho work, What troubles Smith most now 18 Lhe proapect that hiis bills will not bo allowed befors hio settles s troublca with his clamorous employes. ——— CRIMINAL, Detectlve Rickey yesterdsy recovered from o pawnshop o music-box valued at 8123 which was stolen out of o Michigen avenus residence ono day last week. The grocery storo of Louls Steigmuller, No. 1164 Wentworth aveoue, was burglarized yos- terday morning, but 813 in currency woa the only portable urticle that could be found about tho place, Ann McDermott, alins Delaney, a notorfous old thief, was locked up in the West Twellth Btreet Btatlon last ovening by Oficer Cudinore, who dctected hor_steallng two_coats from a “one fTIMES’ ASTRIDE THE NELLESPONT." v (he Editor af The Tribune, Cimcaao, Aug. 1.—A few days sinee, one of the youthful prodigles whose fertlls braln flluminates the pages of the Zimes, in speaking of tho absurd position In which the hard-monoy Democrats of rag-baby proclivities had placed Mr. Lew Bteward, made the followlng remark- able assertion: gyiny (Bteward)stauds with one foot on the hurd-money natlonal platform, sod tho other on the soft-money Btate Plndnrm, *{tke the Colossus astride the flellespont,’ " Now I, who um, to be sure, only on ignorant foreigner, bave always supposed’ that at lenst one foot of the Colossus rested on the Island of Ithides, which ts some 800 miles from the Iul- Tespont. L do not desire to say that the stride spoken of was not made, as we know what co- lossal strides have been mado by the Times ftselt within the last fow weeks, but™ I would reully like the 7¥mes geographer to auswer the follow- ing conundrum’ t the Colossus stood with one foot on tho TIsland of Rhodes (and it Aid) and the other on the Asfatic shore of the Dardanelles, how long wero the legs of sald Colossusi B, SUBURBAN 1YDH PARK, ‘The Board of Tiustees met yesterday ot 4 o'cleck, oftgr arccess of two weeks. All the members wero on hand, The proceedings were opencd by the presentation of the following bids for the construction of the proposed Forty- third strect sower: A, J. Flack & Co., $75,000; P, D. Betticher & Co., $00,534; James Stenson & "Co., 8065,000; J. Muun & Co., 870,007 T, Hart, $43,000; W. Byrne, $57,500; J, & J. McNichols, 857,500; Ernshaw hel, $57,103; Q. G. Rica & Co., §40,879; M, Me- Nichols & Co., €54,5003 8. A. Lowis 811,075; C, 8, C 831 i R o S T ke, olburn, H i ckey' 0003 Plereo, 232,500 Pk Taylor {t' Co., $57,600; P. Murphy & Co., by items. Theso blds wore refersed to tho Commitice on Draln- g0, . =¥'l‘bere was another pollco squabble nbout re- {ustating 8 man at [rondale. It was referred to the Police Committee, The biil of Police-Captain Binford for July wages to the amount of §100 was rejected, as Binford was not activg us Cap- toin during the month. A few unimportant aldewalk ordiuances wero _pagacd Two thievish eallors giving the names of Thomas Taylor and Willlam Hughes arc locked 0 Avenuc Statlon, charged with Kimball, and Thrall. on Fifty-firat street, he *Unlon Tlall Mond audicnces esting. ‘The steamer Centennial took out a plea arty from the Hyde Park Houso .\Innflfi; ::lc‘: i he eccond hop of the scason was gy the Hydo Park House yesterday e\'cnlnnu, ”H: parlora and orchestrn were {n prime conglf promenades were brill illuminated with reflectors. was ao filled with the fashionablo muliitnlg that It was found conveniant to uso the clegan; new club and reception rooms, just across thy lall, The evenlng was moderately cool, and o) present had & most en) ‘There.were hetween lmnn§ whom were: Mr, and Mrs, Tayl, fra. Boordtman, Mr. and M Young, Mr. and Mrs. 8weot, Mr, and Mra, Dugj and aml the nid The main %\Nu time, and 400 {n attend: ! T ————— A petitlon ot resldenta for a hos (lmmTCwsslng was granted. Sark 4 Bullding pormits were given to Mesirs. Oy, !hA rclululllllun of Il\“. llozlrlu-, 0 expendituro of the village munc; tlonately to the nssessments fiu\de rm‘y Tnan in tha several dlstricts, was adopted, an mitteo of two was appointed to ke n state. ment of the asscasments of the varlous d 8 lovied {n the years 1574, '35, and '3, voted to lay such water- Tooking towardy ropert) d ' com, dfstricty It wy, pipes as uro now laying After attending to the matter of hridge- era on the Calumet, cte., thomectIng ndfi.cx.(r:‘;:}: T 8py " wan pluyed ot Flood's nd yesterday eveninga to tarpey n Baturday.~ The play was intep. ition, iantly atlop an or, N oy Mr, and Mrs. Bournique, Mra. Huddon, Mr, Mra. Merrit] Mr. angd Fowlor, Blalr, 1 A WORD ABOUT OLD CLOTHES, Mr. Mra. Mrs. iy Mrs._Storey, 1 Tlowar, Mr. and Mrs, Fieher, Mr. and_Mrs, Quan, My) and Mrs. Alexander, Mr, and Mrs, Gi Misa Calhioun, Miss Boardman, Mtss Gnapll) Mies Ioward, Miss Fowler, tho Misres nnn: Miss Farnaworih, Miss Huoafroul 8herman, and Messrs. Toward, Lathrop, Raymond, .\lm.‘ Watson, Adams, Brown, and Hinckle, ————— THE ROOT & SONS MUSIC COMPANY offer epecinl inducoments to buyers at holeraly and retail of shact-muaic, music-books, violins, gultars, and all kinds of musical Instruments, Goneral agonts for the Standand organ and Stecy plano, Quailty guaranteed. No. 150 Stato streel, et — arrafran s Mirse Py, eaghy The wanton, wicked wasto of Chicsgoans alon in caating to one slde sofled, half-worn garments (of both sexen) that Coolk & McLain, 80 Dearbory and 201 West Madlson ntcects, could make new, ks slmply appalliog, prlco of inferior goode, Dalton, 102 Stata street, Beo his Bmpress rangoe. e J. J, Schmidt, Bchmldf DEATILS. PP O e P s/l e Be s ST es s B SCIMIDT—At Onk Park, 10.. Aug. 1, Elon dest aon of Joby d & Co. nf Funcral Thurada donca Dy train o Weli carringea to Graceland. TIALLER-—At Lin residence, morning of July 31, Freder ear. i Funoral will take placo a% 310 a. m. this day, SMITH—ANg. 1, daughter of Amo¥R. months and 14 d. Funeral from 1l 23 yesrr, ol of firm of Gerts,” Lumbar inst., from family res. t. dopot ot 11 A, m., and 456 Nnt.st,, onih e Hatlor, agod 13 T day ot 8:30 o'clock. MASON—John V. AMason, sccond ann of John and Frances T, Mason, 180 North Franklin.st,, of diphtheria, aged 10 yoars and b monthe, ——— NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY the best Fimher refrigerators, Tacker creant. froozors, Kedelo filters, and ltke goods, at thy Sprague, and Catrle £, ays, Eufl Morth Doarborn-st. Wednes. only mith, aged 4 Funeral ‘at 10 o'clock to-dny by carrlages from the Church of the Holy Name to Calvary. SBKEER--Aug. 1, 1870, of **Graves' disesse,” eer, eldest daughter of Dr. 1. D, agedl 22 sears and 8 months, Mies Clara C. and Milinss Skoer, th Funeral from Thuraday ot 11 a. Friends of the family LETTLE—Aug. 1, at 520 Milwankec-av,, Birdy, o Eighth Presbyterlan Churck m. 1i Carrlages to Uraceland. only son of Alexander and Lizzlo Lettie, of scarle fever, aged 5 years 2 months and 2 days. Funeral from 520 Mllwaukeo-av, to-day at 3 o'clock to Graceland. MAHONRY—AL Mercy Hospital, Bridgot Malioney. Funcral will tako plnce to-dny at ¢ho resldenes of brothor of deceased, 164 Brown sirect, by car riaga to Calvary Co July 3, " POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. BIXTH WARD, There will be o mecting of the Bixth Ward Rte. mblican Club this evenin: folffer'a place, 772 South 1 at 8 o'clock p, m., &t alntodent, o under the ml!‘pl s will bo held thl Wheeler Guards, SEVENTH WARD, A rally of the Republicans of the Bavonth Ward, con of the ward Republican Club, evening ot 381 Iilno Island-av., t orfect the organlzation of Company A, I Othor businees. refu nitendanco of tho members of the Ward Ropube 1ean Club will bn transucted. ELEVENTH WARD, Company A Hlaymakers of tho Bloventh Warl meot for dril] this evening in Martine's 1all, Ads At., near Madison. requested, and i Thoro wlil be delogntlons frun ather clubs present. A full attondnnca s cupecially SIXTEENTH WARD, A mecting of the Exccutive Committca of the Blxteenth Ward Itepublican Club wlil he held this cvenlng at No. 324 Sedgwick-st., corncr of Sigel, bRt et et Ak s e S CONFLCTIONERY, The Great Intornational Exhibition. STEPHEN F. WHITHAN & So¥ INVITE Al porsons vimting the Exposition to call on then at thelr famond establishment, §. W. cor, Twelth and Market-sts,, Philadelphit, And select from tholr Incomparably_eh o N AR O hoteo sl CHOCOLATE, CONFECTIONS, BON-BONS, For I'amilies or I'rlends, Tranch Manufactory, Mnchinery Hall, ‘Bxposition Grounds, American Departmont. Chocolato Moulded, Syrups Boiled, and Bon-Bons made in Bilverwaro. STEPHEN F. WIITMAN & 80Y. AUCTION SALES, By G, . GORE & CO,, 08 and 70 Wi attention. , towhich . GOR an av. Boots, Shoss & STigners AT AUCTION, On Wednesday, Aug. 2,at 8 1-2 6,0 Bome early shipments of very doelrablo tlnes of Fall Gooda will lfimu%a S whioh va eall buyens' ] CELEBRATED throughost n—exp! [V} 1M and_upwar. it 0, 60¢ per T, Address A Chi we call buyers' & 70 Wabash-av. 68 & 70 Wabash-av, GEO, P, GORE fi, €04, Auctioneerss BALES OF TINOT8 AND BHOES, \\'cdgv:[;flu FURNITURE AND CROCKERY, fi' Anf‘ 2.“““ b B 1Y, Baturday, Aug. b By WM, MOOREHOUSE & CO» ‘Auctloncers, 274 and 276 Esst Modlson-st. 'Will bo gold this &, m. at 10 o’oloolty An lmmenso stock of NEW FURNITURE Conalating of elegant Parlor Plain Chamber Suts, Eany Chall Rofas, Wardrobes, Dookcases, What-Not Ofico Desks of vvel Librar) deacription, Dining: Aldo a largu ot of Furniture, &ec. U ;Il_llld Carpots to bo sold without ToSCrVe Its, M. Top and Luupges, Chalrs, &, 0 nd £ now and By JAS, P, MeNAMARA & COy 117 Wal N. W, cor. Modisou-st. 500 Lots Dants, Shoea, Thursday Moruing, Aug. 3, at fresh o goode, JAB. P, McNAMARA & CO.. B ers ot Al 15 o'cloc] ony cll_‘u Auctioneers. EUPEON! Neuralgls, Burns, Brulsch Curcs Rheumatism, etc, Bce m"mmm:!";‘BVENBON 3 SGDy VAN BCHAAU! 02 and 04 Randol o -ote f well-known cllllenl“‘.