, 1875-11-28
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

! Several MINOR committees met yesterday, br
transacted nothing OF importance.
The trial Of Jacob Kraemer, On the charge {
insanity, was continued IN the County Cou1
yesterday. The jury failed to agree and Ii
case Was dismissed.
The County Treasurer has his books abou
complete to turn over TO his SUCCESSOR. Th
| amount OF cash to be turned over is IN th
neighborhood OF 100000. The ta1-salea ar
also about finished.
4 few days ago notice wss made Of the indict
| ment Of city Justice Of the Peace for chsrRin,
Illegal fees. The indictment wss yesterday re-
turned into Court. and 1t is now safe to nam,
the unfortunate, who is no less parsonage thar
Joseph Pol]ak-
The Grand jury yesterday found an indict
ment against Dr.. E. D. Collins, doing business
at No. $50 Milwaukee avenue, the charge being
that he bad Ferpetrated m abortion, The ey,.
dence, from what could be learned. was very
strong. The compfainants were suburban resi-
dents, who al peared inclined to push the case.
little difficulty between Patrick Mortel a
guard in the Jail, and the keeper Of saloon,
Friday evening" came very near resulting seri-
ousls. Mortel, it is said, was under the influence
OF Liquor. and only escaped tho shooting Of his
anaagoolat By being dlsaEmed By the bar-keeper
II tha reports OF the case true, and the Sher-
i'll continues Mortel in his employ, he will
merit public censure.
The prospect is that the LIST Of December
will br1ug several important changes in the
offices OF the building, Among the positive
changes arc two in the She1iff's Office, which are
The County Clerk, it is understood will dismiss
several for inoonpetency-hem might ahip half of
his men for the same cause. In the County
Treasorer's 8 office quite number Of men will be
suspended for want Of work during the winter
season.
Attention was called few days ago to the re-
Iations OF certain saloon-keepet and certain
employees Of the County Clerks Office. Yester-
day the saloon-keeper 10 question went before
Justice Robinson and brought suit a.ainst q
score Of the gentlemen in arrears. and the yiait
Of the Constable later In the day created qults
purpose. the number Of changes in his employees
tomorrow will correspond With the number Of
subpsnas issued yesterday by Justice Robinson
THE COUNTY TREASURES BOND.
The Finance Committee OF the County Board
met yesterday forenoon to consider the fixing
Of the rev T1easnrer's bond. The difference of
opinion was slight, but the amount OF the bond
WRa finally fixed ii %. SOC, 600. As previously
noted, Mr. Huck had prepared his bond for So
000. 900, with the purpose OF presenting It to-mor-
no objection to the amount Of the bond, he will
doubtless change it to correspond with the SC
tion OF the Committee, and present it to-mos-
row. II it is not accepted then he will follow
the course, most likely, agreed upon week ago,
Of APPLYING for 3 nandamus, TO compel the
County Treasurer to turn the Office over to him.
He has no idea Of being swindied out of his
deserts by the partisan action OF prejudiced
County Board.
TIE AdNEW-tADDET TROUBLE.
There wero no new Developments in the Ag-
new-Maddeu difficulty yesterday, the case icing
carried over until tomorrow by the Grapd Jury.
At latest accounts question was as to Sheriff
ARnew's personal knowledge Of Madden's es-
cape, in order 10 determine whether ha Was
liable in the matter. The Sheriff
says he knew nothing Of Madden's being out Of
jail. aud at the time did not even know that |
such man Was in his custody. He had learned |
since that Maddsu had been employed in the |
kitchen. as noted in these columns several days t
sgo, aud Madden had confessed to him that he |
vas out on election-dav. but he knew nothing OF |
It. As soon as he found out that he had been |
outeide OF the jail wallis he ordered him placed |
IN the inside, and took occasion to reprimaod |
lis subordinatea for allowing him such |
privileges. On the whole, from what |
could BE- learned in the case, the Sheriff
FRS not cognizant Of Maddeo' 8 absence from tho
ai! at any time. aud would not have counte-
,anced his absence under any circumstances. In
erly to the allegation that other prisoners were
tut On election-day the Sherif makes general
enial. SO far as his personal kno1lodge goes,
nd he regards the fight made upon him 10 the
natter as . political one, founded on prejudice,
ather than justice.