, 1875-02-13

ppbalb, Az thc meeting N INC 4ttetouol
considerable discussion ousned AS to tht
lottiuG of conttac.r. md finally shoy wore award
cd ne follows: For meat for tho 5enr eudtna
Doc. 81, 1875, Patrick O'Donnell, at " cents
per pound. This contract also includes hams.
fish, md ronltry. Tho bond required for thu
fpithful performance Of the contract on tho parI
Of ,tt. Ol}onnelI was 925, 600. Tho bread con-
srnct WIS awnrtled 10 Frank SchvoinFurth i Co..
for tho wiolo city. at ~ ccnts pcr pound. Tho
contract for milk WAS awarded to William
The Committee wlll receive bids for buryiug tho
doad to-day aud Monday.
in accordance with Instructions given Tho
Grand jury By Judge Williams, Of the Criminal
Court. to make A thorough Investigation OF the
County 7ail and report to tho Court thoir views
BODY appointed ns II Sub Committee Grand
Jurors Stone, Nllcs, Young and Russell.
who yesterday, in company NTH Sheriff
Agncw, made careful soatch and examination
from Top to bottom Of tho entire prieon. They
will make thor report 70 the jury to-day Of thcr
views aud tho information tllos gained in tho In
vestigation, mud that body viii roturn thcit re-
port early noxt Neok. The Jury have abont COM
plotcd tho business before them. nn1 will In all
probability make ti,eir final report Tuesday, and
b. imrAncled to acrgo during tue last two vocks
Of tho term.
Tho cold snap is playing havoc With the Ras
and Hatcr mains. All tho street-1amps burn
Eloomilv and dimly, and many Of thom not At
al. The ground is frozen to an unusual depth
ming to show that the wstcr-masua
ere affected. Tho hromea we're seriously
delayed by leo Ill tho bydrants at tho
Clybourn avenue 1ro Thursday, and again
Yesterday Mt tho blazo on Centre street. The
fumes spread rapidly before tho brisk broezo.
and .gaincd serious hcadway before streams
could bo brought to bear on tho fro. BY tho
steamiug process the hydrants can he warmod
mp sufficiently to cause All easy flow Of watct
through thcfu, tut the trouble Ia now With
frozen mans In sofno localities and fears are
entertained that sorions consequences and great
loss will result from them, both aa rcRnrda in
jury to the water system aud the lack OF water
at iires TITO attoution Of tho Board Of Public
Wor1h has beon called to tho matter, and efforts
arc to bo mado at once to remedy tho difficulty.
JAMES T. ELv.
Yesterday paper contained = nero notice Of
the death of James T. Elv, commonly known AZ
"Tom " Ely. at his fatllor's residence in Hyde
Park. man, however, who had llvcd hero 30
long, was ro generally known. and had formed
70 manr friends. deserves more than SIMPLE
announcement In tho obituary column.
Tho financial embArrassmsnts OF Mr. Ely'a
father, which left him with nothing OF an ample
fortune save Home Hyde Park lands. then WORTH
less, hut now valuable, drove tho aon to earn his
own living, and he entered the law-ofico Of
Judge Bockwltb. Whilo ttlere he began studying
short-hnnl. getting his first lessons from Robert
lAtt au4s colc!uu1nH tlnt Aa cout0 get HVlQg A.
that more emily than at tho law, ho abandoned
tue latter, md devoted himself with great
patience and perseverance, to tho acquisition OF
What wus, for tnan OF his years, most difficult
art. tto Blcceedcl however, and became 4
competent and trusted rupoi ter.
In 1865 ho formed a p1r:norahip with Messrs,
Durham md bartlett, and thoy carried on for
mauy years tue most extensive reporting busi-
inosu wcst Of Now York, they having reported
the proceedings, Of tho Illinois Legislature In
1860 those OF the Constitutional Convention OF
1870, and under law passed through their ex-
crtione in 1867, becoming the official reporters of
the Courts Of Cook County.
In 1863 Mr. Ely wous to Washington AZ hhort-
hand-writcr III tho olIlco Of tho Presidents
Private Secretary, and alternated botween thero
aud this city, hia dutiea requiring Ills attention
at tho Last only during The sessions Of Con-
gress. TIisoo years ago he resigned hia position,
and rnturned to his labore, but consumption had
begun Its work upon him, and for somo time
prior to his death ho had done nothing.