, 1875-10-24
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

The Grand Jury will visit the County 1nsan
Asylum and Poos-House Tuesday.
| TOWN EXPENSES AGAIN.
The Committee on Equalization wll report t
the County Board tomorrow in reference t
| the allowance to the To:;ns Of North. South
| aud West Chicago for town expenses TO
the coming year. The allowance for sout1
Chicago has been txed at $4,000; Vest Chi
cago, 920, 600; and North Chicago mot dehnitel
61ed). $4,000. Commissioner Busse refuses tt
! sign the report because the towns have failed u
present an itemized account Of their needs
| South Chicago wants go. GOO Of the $50, 600 tt
t apply to it's debt, but the Town clerk has failee
! to show to whom the debt is due, and, slnce
S1l 900 was allowed for the same purpose last
year, tho Commissioner hesitates to encourage
any such condition Of affairs.
A SPECIMEN COUNTY CONTRACT.
That gentleman OF endless resources and IN.
measurable productive ability. c. F. Pef.olat.
IL now furnishing the county With Irish potatoes
for use at the County Hospital, as well as nearly
every other article used in the several county ILL
about Is cents per bushel, but the county pays
Per1olat 80 cents, as per contract made las1
June, and this in face OF the fact that tho cou1-
II has thousands Of bushels on the Poor-FaIm
with which no one knows what to do, except to
let them rot. This little fact has been sought
TO be concealed by certain officials who were
asked in reference to it weoks ago, aud yester-
day the reporter. in seeking further light upon
the subject, found It least one OF the Hospital
Committee who said he kuew nothing about the
matter. Here is another evidence Of reckless
expenditure on tho part Of the County Board,
and All example Of 1ooseness in county affairs
that cannot fail to convince the humblest tax
payer Of the necessity Of electing honorable and
conscientious men as County Commissioners.
The County Hospital and County Board are run
t3,at II - ,,ofb h
whole affair il that perolat runs the whole.
TIE GLAND JURY.
Tho Grand Jury held short session yester-
day morning. aud, IN the absence Of witnesses
lu the alleged bribery case OF certain County
Commissioners, took up complaint cases.
Among other indictments found tho noted Roe
Brothers came in for their share. the o1ense
this time being that they appeared to have been
swlndling.
During the session Of the jury jury
man volunteered some Information N the
bribery business, which led to i subpoena
beng issued for Samuel Ashton. who it Was
stated could testify that money had been used i'll
the letting Of the contract for tha foundation
for the Court-aouse. Another member dropped
hlnt to the effect that F. 3. Wilkle, OF the
Times, was not wanted before the jury, the rea-
son being that he had given certain information
privately which would secure the exposure Of
whsteVer there was in the obArgo made
by the Times just what the in
formatton WAS could not Dc leaIncQ, bnt
it is believed that it WAS reference to the
source from which he gained whatever hs knows
Of the case. After the adjournment of the Jury
it WAS predicted that in, view OF The develop
ments promised in the matter, two reports upon
the investigation would be presented to the
Court The majority report, it is claimed. viii
severely censure the members OF the Board
voting for the award Of the contract to Harms,
and the minority will simply demonstrate
against the majority report. At all events. if
nothlng farther in the matter comes before the
jury, the ring" OF the Board can rest assured
that it will be publicly censured for its conduct,
by \ minority report at least.