The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-17
COUNTY CANDIDATES.


pie of this county will exercise their right
20 choose from among their fellow citizens,
four county officers County Judge, and
County Clerk, each for term Of four
years and a County Treasurer, and
County Superintendent of Schools, each
for term Of two years. Not all the
voters are personally acquainted with the
candidates for their suffrages, and it is
natural and proper that those who are not
personally acquainted with them should
desire TO know something of the men
who are before them for office
COUNTY JUDGE
The Farmers Anti Monopoly Party
presents, for this office Rufus VI. Greuell
Of Cordova Mr. Grenell was So years of
age last May, is native Of Pennsylvania,
and came 10 this county in 1855. He is a
lawyer, by profession, and by practice
farmer. lie located first ia this city, and
opened an office for the practice of law.
In 1861, when DR. Gregg was elected May
or with a union board Of Aldermen, Mr.
Grenell was chosen City Clerk, which po-
sitiou he filed with much credit, for
three year,, the last two being when
Capt. T J. Buford was Mayor During the
same time he was twice elected by the
people of this county as County School
Commissioner, las the Office was then
called giving universal satisfaction in the
discharge of his duties in that Office. His
predecessor was Judge Peasants
In 1860 Mr. Greuell purchased farm
in Cordoya, and since that time has been
an industrious, hard working, prudent
farmer He has been four times elected
Supervisor FROM Cordova, and twice elect
ed as the presiding officer of the Board
of Supervisors, which Office he now holds
In all of these positions Mr. Grenell has
discharged the duties imposed upon him
with rare intelligence, prudence, and in
tegrity.
We find in the Aledo Record an inter
esting statement Of the powers and duties
of County Judges, which we here insert,
as follows:
The first election for County Judge, I'M
der the new Constitution and the act 10 in
crease the jurisdiction of County Courts,
will take place on the first Tuesday of No
vember. That act,approved April 8, 1872,
vastly increases the powers and response
bilites of County Judges, in fact makes
those officers second only toCircuit Judges
IN knowledge of law powers of discrimina.
ton, and the dispatch of business. Be
sides the jurisdiction conferred upon Coun
~ Courts by the old law, they now have
Concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit
Court IN all that class Of eases wherein
Justices Of the Peace now or hereafter
may have jurisdiction, where the amount
claimed or the value of the property il
controversy shall not exceed 5000 and
also concurrent jurisdiction in all cases
of appeals from Justices of the Peace anC
Police Magistrate and exclusive juris
didtion in all criminal cases and misde
meanors, where the punishment is not i'm
prisonment in the Penitentiary, or death
To carry out these increased powers
the process, practice and pleading in thu
County Court in eases wherein jurisdiction
is conferred by this act, shall be the sam,
as is now or hereafter may be required il
similar cases in the Circuit Court and tn,
process, orders and judgments of sal,
Court ia such cases shall have the sam
form, force, lien and effect as in ike case
in the Circuit Court; and that the granC
jury Of the Circuit Court may indict for al
offenses as heTotofore-which indictments
IT for ofIenses cognizable in the Count
Court, shall be certified to the Count
Court for process OF trial;" and in a
cases where jury shall be demanded, th
Judge Of said County Court shall Sc
all such cases down for trial at sue
times as shall be convenient, and sha
order the Sheriff 20 summon twenty -fou
jurymen to attend at such time, unit
such jury cases are disposed Of !;
and, furthermore, that criminal offense
shall be prosecuted in said Court eithe
by affidavit of some competent witness Q
by information of the States Attorney
setting forth the offenses with REASONABLE
certainty-upon which otfenses the Count
Court shall have the same jurisdiction. an
the same proceedings shall be had a
upon indictments in the Circuit COurt,"
From this data it will be seen that tn
County Court is even more important {
the people than the Circuit Court 1t i
the poor man $ court, where minor case
can be adlpdicated, without the cost an
delay attending cases in the Circuit CourI
where minor crimes can be tried. and II
oaenaeTs punished, without entailing I