, 1874-11-07

atrate in your Forthcoming lecture, from the
American prices current, the oxact effect Of
tho fluctuations Of the goldpren1ilm upon priccs
In tho United StatesS
Docs the effect Of tho luctuatlon Of tho gold
premium oxseud to tho retail prices Of connodi-
tics III the United Stntos? Worry respectfully.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6, 1874. A. J. FINCH.
SOUTH TOWN BOARD.
l. mocting Of tho South Town Board waB held
Yesterday afternoon at their Office No. 172 Ad-
ams street. There wero present Justicos Boy
den, DoWolf, and Daggctt, Supervisor schanck,
and Towu-CIosls Gruonhut. Tho chair was taken
by Supervisor scha1k who, attor rontino hnsf-
ness hal boon disposed Of. stated that ho had
bccn charged by N1r. Gruenhut with dofraudng
waye. He acclisod tho Town Clerk Of having,
]ittle time before locked tho doorR III orfer to
llnyo eccret fnccting With some OF tho mesnbors
OF the Board. uo called upon the Town Clerk
to read
he had prepared, as follows:
The Town Clerk Mr. Joseph Grtenh nhut, hnving made
to your honorable body report as 70 town orders n
Supervisor herewith submit tho following, to correct
Reeeivcd of ]: oD:len 1ata Supervisor: 119es
p.,i Ts,si s fst si and now Town
Balance. 1,?1e.1a
ra!d John O. naines. s.................... 1900 90
ltaId Town. Clerk GrucuhIt. ........,...... 1a8 90
Al Ge aoqlF. eHa 1sx5s son 'a5en e. sss
Your honorable body IN invited to Investigate.
JoHa soltANcK.
Mr. schancl stated TINT aEr. Gruonllut could
not account for tho item Of :29S. Ho would
hho 10 know wiat right tho Town Clort had to
issuo orders al,cud of tin,o. He produced an
unauditcd town order Of $1,000. which, lo nl-
legged, Ind been issued u month ahead OF tlmo.
uo could provo tint tho Town Clerk had Issued
81 900 of orders to Mr.. Corrignn ahead of tiulo.
He wuntod q committee appointed to Investigate
rur TOWN cs;nnK
said he can1 explain tl.e8o matters. Ho
thought TINT was the best thing to do. Ho
moved that the report OF Air. SchnncG be re-
ferrcl to the Justices of the Peace, but found no
Becos,aeY.
sitv for looking into it Immediately. Tho Board
bnd no means at present Of finding out whether
tho accounts were correct or not. no moved
thnt tho report Of tho Supervisor DO spread upon
the records. Carried. .....
Tho Town Clerk moved that tho report be re-
forrod to tho five Justices. Unless thlH we're
done, the next suparyisor would find no money
to the credit OF South Chicago.
1lln motion waB seconded by tho Supervisor,
aud carried.
Tho Town Ccrk called upon tho Board to ap-
point Il permanent Chairman to couuterHfgn all
town. orders. 1t was u TACT that the board had
up authorized Chairman, unleea they elected ono.
JuAtico UaEgett moved that tho Supervisor of
South Chicago 10 appointed such Chairman.
The Town Clerk objected on The ground that
tie Superyisor puid tho ordors. He thought
that thcro wns Il vital necessity for such q Chair
plnu Ar things woro nov, bankers and cApitnl-
ists did not t'nk 1t saso to pay money on tho
town ordora in their present shape. Hc did not
want the Supervisor 10 sign ofdcis drawn upon
hlmsclf.
Justice Daggott moved that Justice DeWo1f bo
Chairman Of the Board, aua be authorized to
countcrsign tho town otdere. but found 10 acc-
outler.
Tho raatter was finally hid over until the noxt
1neotiuS. After auditing one or two small bills,
cenlber. -..-.-.-
AIR. ouuESnuT's nEIo1NpER.
Late in tile evening Mr.. Gruonhnt, littlo
brcathlcts after climbing 100 steps, cnino il and
coyrupeions which lay Lidden in Supervisor
EcIauk's detailed report Mr.. Gruenhut takeH
exception to tho fact that the item Of 512.6o0t
representing new and Old orders paid, il not
wero not produced, which ho insists must bo
done oven if It requires an ortor Of
Court, to do it. Mr.. Grnenhnt ia not pro-
pared to deny Tint orders whoao faco value III
that Tue pcrsors who held then, got TINT amount
of money FOR tl1oM from. Supervisor schanls'
Ilo still inssts that tic Supervisor bought uE
theRe floating orders Mt less than their face, md
thou paid himself tlielr iull value out q the
town iunlB. lie enya also. with groat 1nulEna'
tion, tAat Mr. schank has l'reyed upon h!f
colleagues, a thing which was never bofoFe
heard of in the annals Of South Chicago; Thai
Mr.. corsigan took to Scllank al order fol
el.55p aud got it cnshcd for 81 200, ane
oue for 5000 and got $500 on it, ami tilat Cor
rigau wan also lied =5O0, wlicl, suln he paid tt
sollank for services dono as Assistant AHsesBor
whom schanl; noyer did any nsHIatant assessug
Mr.. Graonllut also says Tint, while $2, 600 wert
paid to the ban, s5,o ooo ought to have boon paid
ind that tho failure to pay this tliiforouco hal
nttorly ruined tho CT edit of tho once proud Tow
ot South CAcago, no that it will 10 impossible
for Sc,nnk'a successor i'll oilico to got my monn.
whatever to pny tho Assessor or anybody else
llo also sayB that a!r. schank onita 10 include II
hin statement the sf.000 paid to himself an,
pnid, alltl why thu 1nar who sold thom tho sat
has nut rot hih money, the failuro to pay Ties
Inter debtA being disgsacofnl IN tho oxtrone
Mr. GrneulIut has an order Tor f:ea8 which b
believes he could got about s2o0 for from MI
Bctailk, but ho IL not prepared to settlo Oh thus
terms ana il ho does moi get lts fnll face vain
through tho agency of the tlyo Justices Of Hout
Chicago. hp Intends to shake the dust OH Of Ill
teet ali testimony agannt them mud 80 hofoE
tho Grand ,Iury,-tho last ToIlea OF tho ol
pressed and ii!-trcRtel.
OENTRALlzlMG TIE SUPREME
COURT,
Tic following letter fran Mr.. Justice NJ
AlIistor of tbs Supreme Cnnrt has boon rocolrc
BY g. Iichberg, ESQ.,, Secretary Of tho CA
cago lar Asaociatlou:
wAuREoAs, Nov. 4, 1a74.
.fyhu e. Itichhtrg, tsY:
DEAN E,n: iata tho honnr Of receiving your aott'
nj Ulair,a,l Ut lht Committee nf the Cilcapo Bar A.
roriatlun, incloang copy of tho resolution IF III
y relative to tiu Capitalization OF the turns Of IL
Supreme Court ut the Capital OF Tho sate MD ask,E
my Yiuwa Of ths matrr.
urehaneton Of the atate Of the hslngss Of tho curt,
xome OF tho objectionable features Of tho present ny
ON, aud tho necessity Of Aonas scheme for relief. II