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The Daily Coiuhvjrrial proposes to do the western part of New York in the yearwork for SiiU.Vt. M. Darltncton, Supervisor. Geo. L. Ckatiteld, Ol F. C. Edward Byrne, Town Clerk.1827. and was therefore 55 years old.; His father was a farmer, and young 1 Chapin lived and worked on the farmfrom Philip Kelly, for same, $1.35; j he, with hundreds of others, caught the from Samuel Webber. 55 cents. The j gold fever that crept across the plains bids are for a twelve-inch vitrified sew- ! with returning forty-niners, and went er 475 feet in length, between Sixty- ! to California in 1851, embarking infifth and Sixty-sixth streets. The town i to furnish the material. Col. Festerocdmercantile business at Virginia Citv,recommended that the work be done at once. The cost at the lowest bid offered would be $2.C5 T?er.foot.Nev. He remained there doing a successful business about three years and then returned to the East, finally locating at Milwaukee. Soon after his re-Tho committee to wlmm was referred i turn he marri-d Miss Marrietta Armour,the petition to open and locate Fifty-sixth street, reported that the petition, so far as the same relates to the grading and placing oi ditches of said street, b granted and the Engineer authorized to cause the work to be done at once andia sister of P. D. Armour. His business in Milwaukee was attended with a fair degree of success. In 1878 lie removed to Chicago, embarking in the packing business with Mr. Cudahy. The greaterhis life Mr. Oliapin was apartofthe expense thereof to be paid out of j Christian believer, and at the time ofthe road and bridges fund.RECESS.A n-cess was taken to 4:30 o’clock to enable the different committees to report on matters on hand; after which the followingRESOLUTIONSwere adopted:Drs.-Jve-l, That the Town Clerk he and is hereby immieied to advertise in the Town of Luke Sun, £ anti Vindicator for proposals for the fsrnidiiiig lt;f meals for prisoners confined in the town iaii, proposals to he received at the Town Clerk's office up to 2 p in. of .Monday. May H, lsS-Af}t Stih'f (?% That the Town Clerk be and he is hereby ordered to advertise in the Town of Luke Sun, K’h\ mid Vindicator for proposals for the burnishicg to the town of ail things necessary for burial of deceased pau-pers7ht*reof,specifications for said work to be seen at the office of and furnished by the Deputy He a! tli C minis-ioner, proposals to be received up to 2 p. in. of Monday. 31 ay 21, tSS3, at TowibCierk’s office: ail proposals to be accompan'ed bv the sum of SI00.That the TowuC.erk be and lie is hereby authorized to advertFe for proposals for the furnishing to the town of 8UJ.0W leetI his death was a member of Dr. Barrows’ First Presbyterian Church. He leaves a wife and three children, a boy and two girls. Prayers were offered at the family residence. No. 1,240 Michigan avenue, at 9:30 o’ (-11! t Iv U d d ,morning. The remains were taken to Milwaukee.HYDE PARK.—Owing to amateur plumbing, a * proportion of the water pipes used in the houses of Kensington arelargeleaking badlv, and nearly everv house-{ 7 • ’ * •wife is afflicted with ruined ceilings, falling plaster and water-streaked walls. The water-mains will have to be shut off until general repairs can be made.—The South Park Board adjourned Wednesday to meet at half-past 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the new Drexei fountain on the boulevard, whenthe ceremony of turning on the water ox common plunk, and ~co,u.o foot, :.xb j AVOllp| De performed, the inscription\ d vorTisements to appear ill the . \stringers. Advertisements to app Town of Lake Sun, Tuwnol LakcLyr, Town of bake Vixdk .vroiiof May 12 and 19, markeddecided upon, and the matter of park and boulevard improvement- be disco] is of said papers to be iurnbhed all , lt;-ussed. On account of the raw andlumber lirrns in the ciiv oi Chicago and Town of Lake by the publisher* Proposal to be received up to 2 p. in. of Monday, May 21. at Town Clerk's oilice. All proposition# to be ace cm named by a depositof *200.Jtrsnlviil, That the Supervisor be and he is heieby authoiized and empowered, at theexpense of the town.to be paid out of iliecon-tingent fund, to employ such exneitsasho mav deem necessary juid proper to thoroughly examine all the bonks of the town, and all matters relating to the finances of the town, and to report on the engineering system, and the practical winkings thereof, adopted 1 bv the town.*/S lt;1, That Committee No. 2 and Town Attorney be instructed to in vest bade the matter of the granting of the right of way on Wallace street to the Western Indiana Railroad Company, and report to this beard whether all the conditions on its part to be pci forint d have been complied with by said railroad.Drsnfrcd, That permission be gra ted tothe Wabash, St. L mis and Pacific Railway Company to construct a sewer across Forty-first street- to connect with Root street sewer, the same to be done under thesm er-vision and control oi the Engineer and department of Superintendent of Public Works, and m the line designated on plat exhibited to .-aid Engineer.lit snh’tlt;/, That Committee No. 2 of the Board of Trustees and Town Engineer be, and they are hereby inscrucfed to notify the Ci ntractors of Center avenue sower to com-plete said work as sum as possible, as the time stipulated in contract, for the completion of said work is fast approaching.JSxotrol. Thai the Town Attorney be hereby ordered to cause new Commissioners to be appointed to make assessment onForty-seventh street, for sewer, from Steward avenue to Wentworth avenue, one of the flt; rmer Commissioners imv ng refused to act.It* i'll at the Van do Poolle ElectricLight ('omi any lie, and t-liey are hereby authorized to erect such poh n in the Town of Lake, not exceeding live, away from all | streets, and under the lt;ontrol of the Engineer. as they may need for the purpose of an experiment, said poles to be removed at the order of the Engineer or Superintendent of Pub ie Works.It'K-tirnh That the Town Attorney be instructed to di aw an ordinance excluding thesale Of iutuAivatiii,- tf. «-• u—vstreet-, between Wentworth avenue and State.ORDINANCES.An ordinance amending section 1 ofan ordinance passed by tin1 Board of Trustees of the Town of Lake_oil the 22d day of December. A. D.. 1882.granting right of way to the Postal Telegraph Company to erect poles and string wires for telegraph purposes ovor reviain streets, was adopted.Tee petition for a six-foot sidewalk 011 the west side of Emerald avenue, between Forty-third and Root streets, was granted, and ordinance ordered drawn.PILLS.The following bills were passed payment:John William*, burying dog J. W. Middiet n, o ish box..John Ilal'b.-ri:. nip.........Mel' rt';V. icimiime.Willi mi lt;xt:od, t ainin':..........[■\ P. Hall, (h liviu-im: n«:ivC'....L R. Cdiin- r, suppli- s...........■h-IhhI Di.. 1' r of scIhh 1.... biliu McCann, sin-vial poiicetnan b‘c.rc*‘ Muirhcad, cask advanced Win. M. I V.\ si-wor pi}*.........'ha:K-s Kotz«*ubiTC, suepli .'. H. Crlt; si v. o:i! .........chillv weather there were not lnanv present. The water was turned on and it was found that the basin of the fountain was too small for the spray, and the ground round about would be flooded. This will probably be remedied by putting on a smaller spray. Itwas agreed that the inscription uponthe fountain should be: '‘Presented tothe Board of South Park Commissioners by Francis A. Drexei and AnthonyJ. Drexei, 1881.” On account- of thedisagreeable weather all other business was postponed.—The annual meeting of the Men* delssolm Club was held Monday night* The Treasurer reported the receipts of the year to be $1,004, and the expenditures $708. The Secretary reported seventy-two active, twenty-three associ-i •ate and ten honorary members for the year. Frederick W. Root, the musical director of the club since its organization in 1870, resigned on account if professional engagements elsewhere. The Board of Directors was continued, the names of H. N. Hibbard and Dr. AY. S. Gee being substituted for those of 8. H. Wright and W. J. Fairman,resigned. W. J. Fairman resignedfrom the Presidency. Alter adjournment a meeting of the Board of Directors was held and the following officers elected: President, J. N. Barker: Vice President, H. N. Hibbard; Secretary, C. L. Bovd; Treasuer, G.v «Q. Dow: .Librarian, James Boyd; Business Manager, Charles L.- Boyd.cer-theprefer«** •• •• •• *Weir «V Urnie*. inr. cock-.......f. 1. lined-: I! .V (’ I’illkcfMlsA' ir «v Uraiv. mati rial.........[’lit s. Ikomelly, st'W I r I’ipc____Veir W (’rain. \v;gi-r pipe......r. W. Middleton, statiuiierv____1. *2.r iWUok.*) |IS.Hi I ji.so !l.mi ;1-2. on i5.l‘0 !3X5.:;fl .‘.1.25 j •2(k00 l 7o. 12 ' 9.2 V 1.1V•y 7j d i47.14 10.00wereAPPOINTMENTS.The following appointments nade:(b'orge HolVman. Health Olti rr.H. A. ('lark. Roadimtster District No. 1. Michaid O'Brien, Roadmaster District No. 3. Timothy Murphy, Rodman.Patrick' Mulcahy, Pcundmaster Districtb. 1.Eiod Tieman. Poniidinaster District No. 3. Michael Tobin, Fire. Marshal,Patrick Rice, police patrolman.Patrick Murphy, police patrolman.Thomas Funn, police patrolman,Michael Costello, police patrolman.James \{. Dutly, police patrolman.Thus. Clancy, poke, patrolman.Tims. MoToy. |)o!ioe patrolman.D. R. MrS'Cr. l’oiicc Sergeant.X. \\ NcLo.e st.ition-kecper, Englewood.HLShtNATP »NS ACCEPTED.The following resignations were ac-■cptcd:D. I- Carmichael, Prosecuting Attorney. Norman E. Holt, Fn e Marshal.Hugh Cliittick, Roadmaster District No. 3. John Herbert, Health Dei artment. penis Brown, police officer.James Harding, special police officer.J. C. WnVh. special ]alico ofiicer. tb orge Chase. 1‘oundmaster pistfict No. 3.John Marshall, Pouinlm oter District No. 1. Jehn Gluck, Rodman.A BALLOT.On motion of Mr. Wall, the board alloted for the selection of a Superin-endent of the Water Department, with lie following result: Maurice Moriar-v. 3; R. J. Colburn, 2. Those voting u* Moriarity are presumed to be Trusses Wall and O’Neil 1 and Supervisor hirlington: for Air. Colburn, Trustees Tiflttichl and Smith. TTiis vote nowidieates the majority and minority of.ie board.On motion, the resignation of R. J, olhurn, the late Superintendent, was ivepted.The beard then adjourned to 2 p. m. , u Monday next. !Tlie Saloon-Keepers’ Petition*The following is the petition oftain saloon-keepers resident onwest side of tlie Stock Yards,sented on Monday last at the meetingof the Toy n Board, and rejected at Tuesday's meeting on run-call;To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the Town of Lake:Your petitioners, tlio undersigned, ’c-spevtfully represent unto your honorable body that the ordinance lately passed and now in force in said Town of Lake prohibiting the sale o: lienors in a certain distiiet in sa d town is. as seems io your petitioneis, unjust, inequitable and unnee-jssariiy oppressive, and is v.vrking great linancllil injury to certain individuals and p*roperty-owners in said prohibited district: that within sa d distiivt there were cercain sa!o n-kee ers who had, prior to the pass; ge of said ordinance, invested their money 211 the construction of buildings and fixtures for *a!oon purposes, without any objection 011 the part of the saloon authorities of said town, which buildings and fixtures are so located as to be unavailable and valuele.-s for other purpose but salo m-keeping, and if said ordinance is allowed to lemain in force, the r . suit will be t: render the money invested and the buildings s.) erected valueless, and will, in some in ranees, accomplish the financial ruin of the owners th- iv*of.Your petitioners further represent that the object and purpose of said prohibitory ordinances as declared by the authorities of said town was to prohibit the sale of liquors in the immediate vicinity of the packing houses of sa d town, and to place the same beyond the reach of employes in such packing homes during working hours; but' your petitioner represent that in their opinion such object- can be accomplished equally alt; ofiectu.diy by an ordinance which will include lelt;s tenitory and thus avert and avoid the lt;_reat financial injury being done to a portion of the citizens of said town by the enforcement of the present ordinance.Therefore, the undersigned respectfully request that, if your honorable body will not repeal the present pn hibitorv* ordinance, they will at least modify and amend the same so that it will include a smaller territory and at the same time accomplish the alleged purpose without working such extensile injury to those interested in the saloon business and who had invested their money in the erection of buildings for that purpose before the passage of said ordinance.And your petitioners respectfully request that vour honorable body will, in’ view of]11\(1((1the foregoing facts, amend section 13 of I ]1i10vechapter r(‘ of the revised ordinances of the ‘ Town of Lake, so as to leave out of the pro-i hibited district the following territory, viz,:! Commencing at a point in the center of ' Forty-third street. It0 feet east of Ashland | avenue, and running thence ealt;t along the I center of Forty third street to the center of I Justin street; thence north along the center ' line of Justin street to the center of Forty- j : first st eet; thence eaT along the center I line of Forty-first streer. a distance of 235 I feet, to a point thence ilirtctly north the j main Stock Yards railroad; thence noith- | }} easterly along the line of said railroad to the ea t line of Wilder's subdivision 1, in the weT half of section 5, township 38 north, cast of the 3d p. 111. in said Town of Lake; thence north along the east line of said sub-diyisii n, about 1W feet, to the center of the private road known a.S Transit avenue: thence directly west to a point l‘HJ feet east of Ashland avenue, thence south to the plage of beginning.rJ13C*s1JV*•II1JI12dt:1S'1*tiThe Late E. B. Chapin.The death of Emery J). Chapin, of us city, occurred at his late residence : No. 1.240 Michigan avenue Mondaylorning. His demise was caused bv a^ • *isease of the lungs which had been for me time developing. Added to this, is stated that his well-known businesstisfortunes accelerated the ravages ufisease on what was formerly a stronginstitution. Mr. Chapin at one time*.‘cupied a conspicuous position in hicago business. He was a partner I Air. John Cudahy in the packing usiness at the Stock Yards. By niar-agu lie was related to Mr. Phil D. vmour, Aa a Juisiness man he stood igh. and was regarded a$ thoroughly( all for a Convention.National Harness, saddle and Collar / I Makers' Frotecitat: Union, U. S» A..Cleveland. O., May 7. issj. ' jTo the Assemblies of Harness Makers of K. of L. and Unions of Harness, Saddle and Collar I Mkl^rs, Greeting: 1By order of D. J. Hohan. Supreme 1 President of the National Harness, Sad- j r die and Collar Makers’ Protective Union, you are hereby requested to send one delegate to take part in the I z National Harness, Saddle and Collar ! r Makers’ Convention, which eouvene.s at I a 4‘incinnati, O'nio, 011 Julv 2d. 1883, forttlie purpose of consolidating our craft in one solid bodv. If von are not or-4 «ganized. organize immediately, elect ;* * * « * ..delegate, and send your best man. Wemust do something for ourselves. If 1prudent we will mill flip Knights oi! *** . -■* v .» ' *♦!Labor in a bedy: it will be ut the op-1 a tion of the convention, but that is the ; n, issue. Resolutions have leen passed to that effect. Sond name of delegate as soon as elected, as I wish to publish them. Address,E. F. Scott. Supreme Sec’y,127 Franklin street, Cleveland, O.wbbThe Irish-Catliolie ColonizationAssociation met in Chicago a few davschab.cllidtlci03ago and elected the following board oflright and honorable in all his deal- j officers, the same as last year’s: Presi-OjelarEmery D. Chapin was born in thedent. Bishop Spaulding; Vice President. Anthonv KeRv; Secretary. W. J. On-i at
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Oak Park Lake Vindicator
Oak Park, Illinois, US
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