, 1875-12-10
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

Sheriff Agnew yesterday took fifteen prison.
ors to Joliet TWO TO tho 1leform School, and
Two TO Tho lnsauo Asylum.
The case nf Andrew Johanscn. indicted for the
murder Of Mary Ann Ryder, will bo tried tho
FIRST thing this morning in the Criminal Court.
The work In tho shcri1's Office ss rapidly in
creaeug AZ winter approacheo. Tho prospect is
that tho number Of Processes of various kinds
viii be doubled this month over tho previous
enc.
Tho Grand JURY yesterday found cighteen tsue
bills In jail cases. Bevera, complaints wore
board, tho princlpsl, ono bong against Justice
complaints will be examined to-day.
About noon yesterday the inmates Of The
jail were Inclined TO rniso howl. The
butcher who lad furnished tho porter
bouso stosks and rib-Foasts failed
to acnd over the daily allowance, owing to tho
deprossod condition Of bis tinancos eonaequent
npon having passed through the bankruptcy
mill tho daY previous. The dinner came, how
over. but 1t WA little late.
MukRf NELSON coHTEsTs.
Late "Wednesday afternoon, after tho reporters
hkd quit tho County Court, MurEy Nelson tsled
his petition contrasting tho seats OF Michael alul-
10y and Patrick n, CIenry In tho Board OF County
Commissioners. 4 ssraraso petition WAS iled
against ouch party. They woto tlentical. each
tain sixteen counts. aud eet up all manner
Of fraud. The following IL tho SUBJ
etanco Of thu counts III each petition !:
First that Ia tho drorent precincts $500 illegal
votes wo1c cast for his opponeptB; second, that
.here were votos counted that woro not Cast nt
ALI third. that in thH First Precinct Of the
Iwsnsse.h Ward Republican, chai!engars wero TO
fused admission TO tho polls, thesa were LOWS
l.. Wadsworth aud George ". BlttinGcr; fourth.
the same was refusod to William ]. Howland aud
John Atwater other Republican ehallongera. In
tho Second Precinct ol thRt ward; fiEth, that
Simon Wallace, ChArlos r. 1ioifuburK, aud Jamea
Donahue were thus refused In tito hIxth Ward |;
sixth, that by such exclusion illegal votes werc
admitted for Mal!oy and Cloasy seventh, thas
iu the First Precinct OF tho Twentieth Ward tho
bailot.bo1 Waa not publicly opened and exhibited
before ~otes Weyo put In: eighth. thAs In tho
saue precinct ballots Of legal voters were
refused; niuth, that In several praci0cta
the votes wole depositod without being
numbered tenth. that In the lass-namcd pre-
tlnct tbere WAS more votos Gust than number OF
legal voters in tho ward etevonth, thai IN tho
xore uot counted twelfth, that ID tho Twentieth
Ward First Precinct challenged votos wero NO
copied; thirteenth. that iu the FirHt Precinct OF
tho Fisst Ward no poll were Kept; fourtoesth,
p1aces we're changed without proper notice; Hf-
teenth, that thoto Hero ys5ioua other irregulhri-
ties, all to tho disadvantage Of tho petitioner ;
Eixteenth. that BY proper count the petitioner
would bo entitled to the election.
The petitions closc by asking that tho electton
Of ,luIloy aud CIear7 bo sot aside by tho Court.
aud that they bo required 10 appear the first day
Of tin next ternl. bumnonaea wcrh issued 1t
once In sccortauco with the prayer OF tho potl-
tions.
AN IMronTAsr QuzaTIoS.
Comfy Clark Lieb received letter OF inquiry
from tho Secretary Of State yesterday. ankinR
why The certificates Of election. Of CotnmlBalon-
en- Mnlloy. clesry snd e.; Couly hsd not been