Oak Park Lake Vindicator (Newspaper) - February 2, 1884, Oak Park, Illinois 5. OF FEBRUARY 2, 1884. 5 AVENUE offer our entire stock I Children's Overcoats Manufacturers' Cost liberal discount on ALL HEAVY WEIGHT FOR FOR FOR Single Pants on which we will offer at half and Tailoring 2898 ARCHER 635 637 Larabee Cor Centre will be to receive a eall from EPRY 81.50 per lo OF THE 4617 Dearborn Stock Yards 819 Koot Chicago 271 Franklin second F. H. rates of advertising in TBS as One .TO 1.35 2.00 w. 11 i n. I ia 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.75 8.10 5.00111.20 6.00!1.95 7.50117.55 8.7521.00 10.00'15.75j36.00 13.001S.OQ27.5063.00 105.00162.50 24.7t 20.25) 34.45 35.201 42.40 31.55 53.00 35.50 62 00 62.00I102.50 Special terms will be given to All communications for the Editor of The Vindicator will have to be addressed as 4617 Dearborn Union StocS 111." IS THE TIME TO AND SOFT and Main Archer Yards and Halsted Forty-seventh and Laflin Town of No. 8404. INSURANCE Germania and Y. 3teamship tickets from and to all parts of OTARY 1333 Dearborn Town of L. JUSTINE am now ready to make Dresses in all and newest Notions and will pay a reward of for recovery of a large black NEWFOUNDLAND which disappeared from my ] remises at 4S' 1 State street on the 16th day of January He answers to the name of is Ik months has a white spot on the and weighs 1: JO ow is the time to subscribe for In addition to its many admirable we have commenced the publication of an interesting continued Subscription per Address the 4617 Dearborn IS THE TIME TO 48; 0 State The for with our serial which we now and town and national politics this our circulation will be greatly a fact much to the advantage of our advertising will Clubs have no show this nor never JUNE 29th. be to those who wax fat and wealthy on the ignorance and misery of the votes for the man that is going to punish What a glorious condition of What an enchanting contest to be invited We will January is a bail advertising The Vindicator has entered upon the new year with the best advertising and subscription month it has ever We have taken no less than ten yearly advertisements since the middle of and nearly all And our subscription list has kept equal So we are well encouraged. But it is the collections that bother If we had a circulation of 5,000 prompt paying which we hope to have before another year our paper would be a great power for Make it independent and it will be independent news comes from California regarding the progress of the People's Railway company of Mr. the President of the is there now directing During the month of January 25,000 shares of stock were placed Terminal facilities have been secured on the Bay of San Francisco at 300 miles of read are to be surveyed and right of way secured by the 1st of preliminary to the work of A Philadelphia capitalist has been out to California to survey the and has taken worth of stock in the and says it is one of the grandest undertakings of the Track laying is to begin by the 1st of March on tlie Pacific Mammoth Goal the most capacious and sicure in the southern section of Chicago or Town of Coal is the dry est and best for the money in this and my can rely on a good article any time of The patrons of TUE VINDICATOR will do well to patronize AT Reaper N. E. Clark and Washington I LUX Ol W. of the business promptly attended State - received by Telephone at State M. T. AND j 4313 Halsted O'Brien's Paint ' MON STOCK in Imported and 4017 Union Stock Fresh always on Parlors Bath Forty-third STOCK and HAULS ai accommodations for pood boarders in my boarding Fresh lager on W. M. D. AND 8904 South State near 39th, to 9 a. 11 a. m. to 1 p. 4 to 6 p. and after 8 p. m. attention to Chronic P. Forty-seventh Forty-third CELEBRATED THE TOWN OF be glad to receive any new orders personally or by Will at residence for materials and ai Stata St. sed 4313 No. STOCK KALES ana West 43d StOCk for family nse and medicinal HofTs imported Extract of wholesale or Orders by mail attended to Try and be Corner Forty-ninth St. and Ashland OF PATRICK Suits a South Halsted STOCK Liners nil Hall and Pool No. 543 Forty-third OF Sixty-third and Cabinet Varnishes and Window 4,912 Wentworth Rock Island R. R. - Town of S. Halsted 4.">th St. and Stewart Town of and phone No. MEN'S FURNISHING Silver-Plated S. Halsted B. Dealer in Horse 1243V, HALSTED of FOUR MILLION of Stock taken up to Feb. 1,1884. are much disappointed that our Brighton Park items have miscarried Shares were Sold During the Month of SAFETY and ECONOMY lead us on to a GRAND is for the people to decide at the next election whether clubs shall be trumps or Gahan we is already on the O'Toole than half of first sen. s of stock j not in thirteen Installments of i FACE VALUE remains to be whistle of the Iron Horse will heard ia the name of the investigation pays better than thoughtless For full information call on or address to club workingmen and rob unfortunate police court litigants may now be learned in short and lessons at the Town was no meeting of the PEOPLE'S RAILWAY COMPANY j 011 was to have been a meeting J but it is impossible 90 LaSalle 35 36. to tell wag iu thig people justify Assessor by saying that the Board of Equalization are to blame for the increased taxation of this It is said they raised the Assessor's figures 10 per or something like They may have made the raise spoken but the tax bills show such extraordinary inequalities that no pretext of that kind will When the bills show instances of an increase of two or three times as much as last no such excuse will Why should a man be charged two or three times as much as his doing the same kind of a business and a similar as we have been convinced has been We honestly believe no such incongruous or unequal assessment was ever made as the assessments of the Town of Lake this There don't appear to have been or calculation of any kind It is simply and shows how unjust and arbitrary is our and unscientific system of valuing property for revenue The Vindicator called upon the people last summer to look after their but no heed was paid to our as a consequence of there is a regular gnashing of has on the Beard of If this is why don't he tell ns all about We don't want to hold him or any other man if he be All that we street with a sheaf of subscription and lie came back at night with just enough to pay his We could do vastly more for the people and the town if we had more what is methodical and of our is now too much the placing of the people's burdens THE MAN A. T. 26 N. Clark 19. S. IT AT Stock Yards Sun of Sale Very No. 8 MERIDAN six holes and made in 1^1 dt the and a time In Will be sold at a Api p y to T. W. 4121) Town of Tea Knives and For sale on weekly and monthly payments the Town Board has not a pecuniary interest in | Pushes the following why is it that President goes i over to street and I land avenue to make a compromise between Willmott and Hickox are quite gratified at the progress is making in the great j Fifth ward of We have rolled nearly 200 new subscribers there ' within a well showing that our paper is appreciated outside of the Town of 843 Forty-second Emerald TOWN OF promptly I attended The best bonanza in the State of linois is the Town of Lake police court | Ten thousand dollars a i vear for four vears in fees is more than the Governor But it is like It is drawn from the misfortune and vice of the N. W. Union J. and Retail Dealer and and M. S. and Clark Or Parlors Bath Forty-third STOCK TOBACCO and lor and Steam SELF-ADJUSTING m em mi cai will not break dewa thi The Centre Piece extra forci ci Tbe Gores above tee Centre fires comfort to the Bad to best aad if Silt Elastic ia ite BEST and not affected by heat or Sale * 3043 And SIMON State N. WELLS AND Wentworth Ave. and 43d OF and Blacksmithing in all their Repairing of all kinds done at AND SALT and Game in Town of of and Dealer BRIGGS Justine and Forty-first STOCK learn from an Illinois correspondent of the Washington Vidette that the cork leg of Gen. Santa captured by a soldier of Gen. on April 18, 1847, during the Mexican is now in the possession of a Mexican war John M. of Tazewell 111. honse is located in the immediate vicinity of Swift's great Cattle Slaughtering and is a place for owner desires to retire from business on account of ill to F. W. on the STOCK OF has called upon us to say that he is opposed to building a on the Hyde Park school lot at but having been chased the law makes building there | A small he thinks will answer the i We aue well satisfied that Mr. J means to do what is Tia UMU 47th fine assortment of lery and Goods always on All kinds of REPAIRING neatly done at lowest AND experience Terms Call 614 FORTY-THIRD OF LIQUORS AND near Forty-seventh by the Day or Hall to rent for Meetings and other on Reasonable Theatrical Performance every Sunday Redmond demonstration at the Armory lake cn Tuesday evening was one of the most imposing ever witnessed in this Five thousand people were present and many more were unable to Gov. Hamilton and Hon. Carter H. Mayor of was one of the principal Night St. and Sewers and Vaults made on short Work done Satisfaction References as to of B. j C. R ishi E. L. G. W. 3 B. done in Lake aad Hrde taken at Horn Houses and MAIL YORK and LIVERPOOL via so Lira Stock ci to from H O EP. M and attention of wishing to seed to OM ii lo bv this been in operation since 33!. in iti 8p>-: of the a- as tiie 6!easier Great Britain ami for C GenT Western Sooth Clark One of the most useful and mental modern arts is that of ing glass by the sand blast process. | This is done in at the of Clinton and Jackson bv the ' Western Sand Blast of which that | distinguished Edwin Lee is Vestibule j bank and office | are mostly all ornamented and lettered now by this process. It the invention of an name of the editor of The has been mentioned in a paper for the police magistracy of the | Town of We do not aspire to it. j What chance would we if we were | as learned as as wise as or as just as against a j man who propose to spend to get it Just think of ye poor j money thai your rices tribute is going to be used to Expert McDonald and his do a- many take nji in of the i Messrs. ami instruct at the and work to its The work th of the und accounts of the Town and Water by Messrs. Z. and of the Police Town and all other or who handled any of the Town's funds since the sprint of 1S7S. What progress the new expert has made is known only to and it is quite likely his findings will not he made he is ready to his report before the Town Hoard He is with apparent tint the requires so much careful research and covers the transactions of so Ions a period that it is expected that the end will be reached before the early An Ihe Hummer and til mart criminal the outcome which the majority of the Trustees pledged themselves to is looked for with some suspense by the few directly and with more or less anxiety and curiosity by the we is the tirst time the Sun has admitted that there was anything criminal or careless in the management of the old board but it is well to have their apologist's admission even editor of The Vindicator lias spent a considerable portion of the present week in learning the pleasure of the people of the Town of more especially the men who led the grand assault on the infamous old ring last with regard to their choice of a candidate for a Supervisor at the approaching town election iu and he has found the unanimous choice to be the present popular Wilson M. There is no division of opinion on the matter among the Mr. they has been wronged and he has shown an unmistakable disposition to be and he has borne the dastardly assaults made upon him with calmness and well believing that he had the power of the people behind and that he has borne throughout the trying ordeal to which he has been as a never losing his aud being always even to his is not a man on the popular side who shows the slightest disposition to set himself up against or who begrudges him a The great bulk of his last year's supporters are with him this while hundreds of new friends are ready to rush to his Some few of his supporters of last to be have gone off to worship strange but they for the greater only that were looking for Smith has satisfied the cravings of their and they are happy to be on the side that temporarily supplies them with There always were such and it in the providence of there al ways will But that Mr. Darlington is now move popular than we have no reason whatever to There is not only a desire to have him but the people are clamorous about it. They desire to have him nominated at in order that they may show their enthusiasm on his The desire exists among all the call comes from all sides and from all creeds aud If any one has any doubt now about Mr. Darlington's he will be soon The tidal wave in his furor is gathering its and when loosed from the bosom of the deep will sweep onward with such irresistible as to bury deep in the sand the puny and pitiful is now being against A nominating i convention ought to be called at the | earliest in order minds may be Telie doubts set at The prevailing aud the i correct is that Mr. Darlington not refuse a that it ii due | to and bis that it due | to the redemption of the that it | is to truth and And we feel well notwithstanding the unpleasantness of life in the j of of the insults and in money to meet out current There are a hundred things that need to be looked written and th t the want of time now When an editor has to do his own he cannot do justice to his paper or his We are well satisfied that The ator could greatly aid in advancing the moral and material welfare of the if its hands were sufficiently strengthened with the sinews of We ask of our public a more generous support and a prompt payment of that Vi e may be the better able to labor in their In the Town of there is a great backwardness in many material as well as that a live journal can aid in We think that we have evidence that our paper means to be abreast of the times and in the vanguard of Give The Vindicator a generous you will have a paper that you can be proud of. We have not yet had an opportunity to show one-half of what we can Give us the for we mean no because the capacity will be greatly rejoiced that this matter has been brought to a favorable because the great reliance of the Bridgeport portion of the Fifth ward has been on the Since stopped last trade has improvements aud employment become There never were so many people out of ment in the Bridgeport and Yards districts as at the present ti the commencement of work in the mills will be a boon and a President of the new iv is 1L H. whose s at room 3S, Portland Dearborn iu the to ROLLING is now a year since the Bridgeport rolling for the manufacture of iron and were closed the company having gone into About men were thus thrown out of many of whom possessed their own homes in the During the interim steps have been taken to organize a new company to carry on the But before proceeding with operations it was deemed necessary to effect certain alterations in the machinery and Among other alterations a tunnel under Archer SIMON'S AND THE SCHOOL School Board District 2 have asked of their Mi Franklin P. his opinion as to the legality of on sites owned by the Accompanying the request was query the sanction the of the if they build a suitable on tlie the old Hoard of oi at the corner of street was a great injustice torney Simons to haw the question asked in this It was an to deceive the public as to the real facts in the The question was put in this shape to extort from Attorney Simons such an opinion as would apply to a school site purchased in an honest way and for the use of the people of the It is a notorious fact that this school site was purchased by bribery of some of the members of the old school ring in the interest of real-estate The members who were elected last spring were put into the Board of Education as a direct protest to this and also to investigate the The new after it was appointed a committee to investigate this certain railroad track privileges on it aud other of the avenue were deemed It was necessary to secure the consent of the adjacent property owners to those and this was secured at a public meeting held in It was also necessary to get an ordinance passed by the City Council of Chicago legalizing such Certain Aldermen opposed the ordinance because there was no in and offered amendments which were The refused to accept the ordinance in its mutilated franchise thereby being cut down to ten years instead of on a message of the recommending the increased the ordinance was so as to be acceptable to the Then it was found that the Chicago and Alton Railroad company were sied in the tracks on Ashland to comply with the thus threatening to render n the whole the did not to their tracks on Ashland as d in th the Mayor would have vetoed The result of lie the removal of the ar to South where acres uf land was offered to the company as a who wanted to We have never seen or heard of my inves or question that should have been asked of in justice to him as an should read something like the the law sanction the School if they should against the protests of of the in locating a school where it would be and dangerous for children to reach on the site on Wabash avenue aud purchased through the bribery of certain members of the old Board of Education and to benefit certain real-estate tho new town around the As we fenses of the the care of an im- j the it would be to private and the j advantage of the company to tice of the peace and quiet of happy j because they would thus domestic that Mr. Darlington facilities in will at once throw aside all other con- j an fraud upon the public the ery of its be if they -o the to al u the cr. dit ui wer tlie purpose and abuses oi who dulge in the We cheer dit elected ' of the old they would -s to i i and yield to the call of his friends and again take the field against anv and all OTHER cost of and they could sell the ground they now occupy iu legal It is a concise and lucid We it as published in Here it you lia ve nut ity to is a great outcry in the Town of Lake against the tax bills of the present And no Many of the complainants say they received no tax schedules as required by It is the duty of the Assessor to give the people any information they may desire with regard to their and it is usual when people do not fill in their own schedules for the Assessor to let them know what valuation has been placed upon their so that if excessive they may have an opportunity to get it We understand the previous Assessor sent each taxpayer a postal card showing each party how much they were assessed and informing them if there was any excess or error they could have it corrected by calling upon They tell us they received no such notification from Assessor and have been taken completely by According to the reports of the State Board of 15 per is considered fair cash in But we believe instances cau be found where parties are called upon to pay taxes upon double the real value of their personal property in the Town of is it that the people of Lake should be called upon by the Board oi Equalization to pay more than their The disparity was great last it is greater this Are we singled out especially to be an oppressed people It looks very much like One of the reasons is incompetency in the people that we elect to No one seems able to make an Why don't As sessor if he be come out and give the people a full and fair explanation of this assessment business The blame is thrown by his indications point to Thomas the Captain of the Town of Lake police the standard-bearer the Stock Yards party as candidate for j Supervisor at the approaching j pal We 3ir. i Gahan is the best man they can find to { lead them to The I has no quarrel with Mr. j But it has with Mr. Gahan's If he with all his to set himself up for a target to be shot at by the merciless arrows of public the blame will be his We understand he is for the and has been feeling his way for a nomination for some If he have the bee in his bonnet he must not complain of the sting when The to build a house on a by a majority the voters of vour district wave port for about But they pre- in to remain where the mills were i the that same 0'ition your b ard authority originally could they secure j voters in -j -i said for a the desired Several days were taken up in negotiations over the | this not -o what would no ml ii ht + C 1 i they tire bought bv to bund I I am opinion this f as plan to as have no which were brought to a close at the end of last Alton railroad on Saturday notified the Iron and Steel company that they would accept the terms of the ordinance recently passed by the Council regarding the removal of their tracks from South Ashland Tlie Iron and Steel company was very much pleased at and mediately notified the Mayor of the i railroad company's The action ' of the Alton people is said to have been hastened upon ascertaining that the Mayor intended to begin legal ings to have the tracks removed early this in vicinity of under the support for any office a man like hy a provision can build iM you would have to do -o after you li id undone what Imd already been and t a 11 a 01 the voters of district for of the of said Hoard of is the law in a We are a little sorry that Attorney Simons has not quoted in his But his legal opinion is as much to the point and as clear to our mind as the questions asked him by the Mr. Simons says something about petitions that is not quite clear I to our If a petition was required at all in favor of purchasing the the Union Iron and site in it was gotten up if he were to load it with dii Men of his his methods and make-up are abhorrent to it. We would not say a bad word of him could we avoid it. But when he comes before us seeking the highest position at the popular disposal he will have to stand the test of We have no desire whatever to be unfair to or sav aught that is not He his friends the readers of The Vindicator that he is the kind of man that wa instinctively revolt It will be a sad day for tlie Town of Lake when the club is favored with the tirst prize in our town mere brute force shall be set up as the most deserving of a mere who is distinguished only as a merciless shall be placed in power over God company's ordinance was entered into by the city and the Chicago and Alton company made this day of A. 1-s., between the city of party of the aud the Chicago and Alton party of the second That in consideration to it paid the when i- hereby and also of the s and granted to tlie i ruoti and Stee by the city of C b. an ordinance passe i b the i Council Jan sa d party of s i part ui wai es ah may have to use and occupy Ashland a. with a certain track wh cii commenced at a joint re t and Aiton rai road land and runs thence soma on west side of Ashland to a point at or near Thirty-Second und mere connecting with the property of iron and Steel In witness whereof the have - nan e- and their seals hereto the Erst above Chicago and Alton Ua H. ' M. Pr. s H. Seme of good enough to pay your subscriptions for Vindicator The cost and trouble of collecting oar is no inconsiderable portion of oar The business of The is new ample to ing done in make Union Iron and Steel c afterward filed their acceptance work of remodeling the will commence a prei expenditure of quart r of of The be altere 1 sa as to make a great saving iu the same as is now Joliet ia its if the collection of certain depa the help will bo sums were not such a reduced But it is sent out a collector one day on a as many bauds will be employed and same as the Spri rger school claimed got a majority the voters of that section to sign a petition allowing them to There cannot be found west of the railroads a dozen property owners who would for a moment sanction the purchase of the site and building of the school Taking it and Mr. opinion is as 0:1 the subject the Board desire to have ir. No doubt Mr. opinion is a clear definition of the law in the Mr. member of Congress from has introduced two bills in the one to prohibit the importation of or under contract or t labor in the United all such contracts void and of 110 and imposing a penalty of for each of the fine to go the person bringing suit to recover the and other half to go into the United States The same gentleman has introduced a to establish and maintain a Department of as a branch of the Labor is the greatest interest we and heretofore the last to be thought of by
