, 1875-06-18
THE COUNTY 6U!Lp,NG,

Henry @. Floyd, tho noted rascal on general
principles, vns lodged In jail yesterday.
Tho Oomnittoes Oh Hospital and Jail ard Jail
Accounts kuditod number Of bslla yesterday.
Tho Jail wau yesterday in receipt Of 0fty new
mattzesscs, to tako tho place Of those that have
docaycd by uac.
1t is oxpoctod that the addition to tho Insane
Aayium will bo under root by tho Let OF August.
It will be tho result, howevor, Of a fight among
tue contractors, rathor tAaa any disposition 70
complete the work.
A. G. uesiog, Con. Ltcb, and John Comisky
bad AT extended intctvieW ycstordaY marninR,
tho uatura OF which is uot positively kuoru. II
is stated, hoWoFor, upon good authority, that
tho future Of tho "Jeifa" was tho subject con-
nidered.
Tho Clerk to tho County Doard vas yesterday
busy SOLICITING from tho Immense amount Ut
county orders for election oxponBcB remaining
uuc!almed those boariug date prior to the t1ro,
with Wow 10 cancoilation and turning them into
tho Iteusury. When the work ID completed tic
county will DO Ahsad NOT loHa than sl5.o0o
Those Of tho County Doard who had preserved
''AAmplea Of county whisky wore nervous yes.
torday. The havoc it had tnado at the county
farm Was considered . md warming. II tho can
dldato for Assistant County Physician had put In
lia application during tho day it would hayo met
with moro favor than It will few days hence, II
for 10 other rohson, because cortain ,non,bsrn
fesi tho nood OF medical adyico in tho disposition
Of their "Iamples."
The Committee on noads and Bridges had
conference yesterday With the Road Inspectors,
join ". V1nney, Daniel Booth, aud John Hofr-
man, Id regard 10 tho condition OF tho 1to6ehlll
aud Evanston tol-roAla, in obedience to o rcso-
luton Of tho County Board. 1t was ngreed that
deferred for the purpose Of holding a conference
NTH tho owne1s Of tho roads. II they aro not
put In good condition, tho lizard will not lesi-
tate to exercise its rights and throw thom open
to the public.
Tho absenco Of tho Commissioners Of tho
Board Of Public worts from tho Grand Jury
room was atonel for by tho presence Of Mayor
Colyiu, Jake Hohm, tho Police Commissioners.
Sergehnts, aud Captains, and In fact = full delo-
cation OF those IN whum municipal authority
contres. Tbs object Of thoir whit waB To obey
she summons to tel! what shoy know about gam
just how much information they impaired IL not
known. II thay told ali they know, however,
without eliminating themselves, t1Ioy will bo
voted better Witnesses than they have proron
officials.
To-day tho 0rand Jury Mill tako up the COM
plant OF corta!n members Of tho Cltzena' ASao-
citation In roferonce to the frauds porpetrAted at
tho recent election upon tue question Of orgau-
iziug the city under tic act Of 871 Tho friends
Of those aKaiost whom the commission of fraud
t. charged yess1ta'y spps'ssa vol postsa
spprohonsivs thst numerous ''IiI indIctmansa a
would 10 found. Among o.llorn wero the friends
Of BheriG Agnew, who, il WAS said 1t tho time,
did supdsy ugly things in connection With tho
olootion. The Bheritf's Abssnee in st. Louis
pEeoludsd tho oliciting Of anything upon Tho
subject from him.
Jennie Compton. the prosecuting xitnoss
against Chaz!ea st. Clair, alias Billy Welcb,
charged With tho recent murder Of James Day.
lin. aayB that Welch Is anxious TO unto
with her In the holy bonds Of nats,mopy, and has
Of lAto made every effort TO that end. 8he Las
rejactod all bin olrors, howevor, on tLe grouud
that 10 had motive, hoping 10 marry hor 10
kill her evidence. Bho now confessee thai Bha
was sugagnd to 10 married to the murdered mar,
aud that she had often heard Wclch threaten
Dayu's lifo, because slo wAs en8aged to him, and
that whi!o she lived with Welch 10 often throat.
euod her lifo, and, whom lo m!atrustad her,
beat hor and locked her IN = roam. where
10 would keep her BoyoEsl daJa At \
time. NTH tho a.oWed .purposo Of starving hor
to death. HAe IL groxiug moro bitter every day
toward Welch. aud, il ale can be beloved, thero
need 10 no toar about his indictment.