, 1875-12-23

| Court Yesterday. but not raesnd on. The COL
lcetiona Appeared 10 10 4:}577O.7a, and tho o1-
pcnscs $32,3.5.1a. 0sor i,nlf ut the expense
account appeared to bo for nttorna.'s fees,
whicl. looksd largo to tho Court and caused
him 10 ask for time to mora thoroughly ozam.
inc IL.
movement IA on foot looking to tho rocon-
aitleration Of tho former action Of tho Comfy
l'oat'l ttl reducing eainrics. Several who weIo
foreMt ut In making tho reduction arc now loud
cat in favor OF returning to tho oil t1Hnros., No
ono otfnts any e1oueo for the change nf front,
except that 1t was unjust to discriminate in tho
reductions. nn5 impossible II TO othefHieo for
tho roason that l1nuntreo could not be "cut )"
The salaries will probably be fatsc't.
4 rumor WAS prevalent yesterday. bnt conll
not DO traced to my authoritative source. and
deserves no credit, Tint alurry Nclspn had with
drawn from slo contest Of tho neats OF Commits
credit tho report and l1oped that 1t might nut
prnyn true. 1Io appeared eager for tho fray. and
exhibited mn anxiety to TIM ballots counted.
Ito will most probably employ J. L. 1ioot
to represent him In tho contest.
Tho Grand Jury waa in session again ycstcr-
day, and disposed Of considerable business.
Among tho other items Of interest before tho
jury Is the complaint Of prominent gnntloman
IN refoToNco to tito running OF ccrtnin county
institution noado several days ngo. Hoinc Wit
nesaes wero examined yesterday. whose tssti-
1nony tnsi II roinoto boariDg mpon tho qNession,
aud othcrs will hn examined to-day. Tho 10.
stitut!o,l will most ikoly DO visited by tLe Jury
during tho week.
A. @. Qreonobhum was brought into tho
Criminal Court yesterday for sontonco On the
Nnsatihed execution for $500 against him.
Ills attorney presented an Affidavit that he WAS
poor, etc.. aud aono Witnesses M to Ills char
nctcr. Tho Court. after llstoning to oil that
was said, sentenced him to s,x months In tho
County Jail on zach Of tho three counts, hntl
subsequently changed tho Rentonco to thrto
montt1B on each. md afterward to two tn each.
Finally sentence Was suspended until this mura-
ing, aud the priaoacr was retnaudci.
GonE OF rHR Laws DEtAYB.
Tho indicted judges Of election OF the Twen-
aloth Ward weFe srEaigned for trial yestorday
morning. change of yonuo had been taken
Tuesday to Judge Booth, but be was opgaged in
m important suit tn the Circuit Court. aud
could not try tho case. .rhiu state Of Affairs
gnve riso to o discussion ns to tho legal right Of
Judge Jameson 10 name another Judge on q mo-
tio1l by tho defendants for continuance.
The Court decitied that It Ind tho right to
name another Judge, and named Judge McAlfls-
ter. 1t was subsequently a4certaiued TINT ho
WAS Rtck, and Judge Moore maB aeut for and
came. An affidavit for continuance was then
offered in behnlf Of Henry Sexton. one Of tho
judges Of the Second Precinct, in which it waB
sot forth that ono Of the defendanta mas absent
who would prove material witness, and also
ono q. Sculy. without whoeo presence = hearing
could not be had Tho application WAS grantod
and The cause MAS set for tri1 for tho rBt day Of
sha January term. Tho samo order was mado 10
tho case Of The judges Of tho First Precinct.