The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-08-10
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Al meeting of the County Comms.ion.
ers of La Sale county, held pursuant 10
notice, an the 9Th day az August, 1910. for
the purpose of taking into consideration the
Poor House, and the manner In which il is
krpt 10y the present occupant, the Commits.
sioners do hereby report 10 the pubic that
the commuuo alton made ~ NJ. l.. Hollis.
ter and Others, in reference 10 the death and
burial of Joseph Buckley. (latrd on the
Goth day If July, aud published in the OF.
tawa papeis,l is substantially correct; but
the Commissioners desire 10 particularly
exlricats MIR. Kennedy from all tlame IN
the matter. And would desire 10 have'the
public understand this fact, that the Com.
mi>>ioners at the June term took into con.
sders,on the report Of the Grand Jury, lin
reference to the poor. house and jail, and
were Of opinion that they were not possess
cd oi the requisite powers 20 diSpossess the
incumbent Of the poor.houSc, without his
consent therefore, the Commissioners
entered into the following arrangement,
viz that Mr.. Kennedy was 10 provide the
necessary accommodations at or near O,ta-
wa, for pauprrs that might be ihruwn upcn
tue public charity, in consequence of the
cholera epidemic, and tbs, too, indcpensht
W lnc p'Ni -HbhNt, Hhu w hkt Iihniitf' MT.
Elliot was 10 prc:ide for the south side Of
the county; aud Mr.. Gilman, the north
west pRri.,
! The CorArrs -tu,srrs wo,-t,,s,-s'trv .'rr,c-~
that thr snch the ast,vcy al Mr.. GIllnan,a
hosriid has been established al Porn the
n,o,e Of that place furnishing house and
accommodation Tor inyslias, and the county
having the ply .iciau,' aud nurses bills.
The Commissioners would further state
that. after an examination &c the matter,
the emergency If the case has not, as yt',
required Mr.. Kcnnedy tofnrnish, un behalf
Of the county, a hospital as bcfore men.
tened.
l. Wewould also state that, in relation 10
Mr.. Bickley's case, although IT was case
/ that made Humanity shudder, YET mere
were some mitigating instances when
nj, known that IL. cholera epidemic pro
duces greater fear than probably any o'her
disease.
The Commissioners wouM lu'iher state
that. for the two years past, there has hot
been to exceed FIVE VauptrS, on nm average,
a. the poor. house: therefore. they have not
thought !, expo dirnt TO furnish nccommoda'
tions for a much larger number.
The Court would particularly reply to
TIE report Of The grand jury in reference 10
to the Jail and poor-housr. In the hrs!
place. We believe the poor house is rs go"d
As any 10 the State. We have now com
promised with the present incumbent to
give IN the occupation # the pocr house.
and hope. in fu'nre, 10 meet the approba'
ton Of the public.
10 reference to the repor, or the eranI
Jury, in regard TO III, county having bsJ
iail. we do not see the necessity 81 such q
report, inasmuch asthe commissioners have
been long aware that tits not sufficient as d
place that humanity would dictate that pris
ouprs should he kept, aud therefore have
authorized the sheriff TO provide other &C
commodalic for ia, m, from time 10 time
Now il conclusion. we would ask Of ih'
people, uf this county,, whether they arr
DESTROYS Of having jeil built in cnnsidera
ton Of the large debt tia, j. now ou's'and
ing against the county, tiz: $3l,9l7-in
tere'' al 6 per cent. 49,. :
We would also fur,her<ste that, Their
s4s his hSsq tstF " Il sl.sF'ISp- r;-
, snce TO the county physician, viz : DR.. How
land. We beheye, that he has never uei
formed hin duties as county physician. w
hone 10 be able to satisfy the public on tina
I ,cnre. irasmuch - we have DISPLACED hin
nnd.employ'd DR.. F.. A. Gu'lbeft, in whor
: we place the utmost confidence, as a ply
y sicisn and an honest. man.
In conclusion, t',e commissioners woul
y say that, they have made arrangement
: 10 have a good man IN the poor house
. aud we believe we have as good ma
'. 10 keep the jail, viz: Mr.. Dow, aid q
! competent sheriff, TO take the super
y. vision Of the matter, as can be found in ,h