, 1875-08-24
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Tho commissioners Decline to
Nledllc with Kimberly.
And Pay No Attention to the Grand
Jry's Opinion Of Him.
Tho Abstrnct Dooks-.-Sclling More Bonds
.-.Court.lIonse Excavation.
Items from thu Oounty-Building.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
PRocEKnIsuB At YEsrERUArs MEETING.
The regular waok,y meeting OF tho County
Board Was held yesterday aftctuoon. Cotnmis-
a;oper Joues In tho cIlAir. Preacnt. comtnis-
e,onsrs l.onorgsu, Russell, Iiert.nR. Clougl,,
Jobnsot, Hollon, Dnsso, Carroll Conly. Guen-
tier, McCanrey, and Schmidt.
1tlncELLAaEuCs.
A cou,muutca,Ion waH rcad from Thomas
Tackp. askiug for a week. Iungor III which to
remove ,is property from tho Court-uouso
Sauare. Ordered placed on flo.
ruo communication Of tho Trustecs Of the
Town Of Hyde Park aaktng MI appropriation Of
eS.O0O toward Tho construction OF 4 bridge
acruss tho Calumet River was read and rofezred
10 tho Committee Oh ltoads aud 1JrldgeR.
4 communication was retl from Miltor, Will
lsu1aon Il Miller, atsornesB Tor tho hoirs of the
estate OF Ttancls 1asdrloup. claiming All ul,n!-
Tjled ono.halt tntofont III tho latter, rcss copos
ol descriptions OF ploptrty bafoln tho rs recently
rurcllaBcA by tho coanty OF Otto l'oltztr. He'
furred TO tho Committee oH Public Recurds.
K1tibERLy. .
THO Committee Tn PUBLIC Charities, In tho
matter Of ..e investigation oil charges against
urLrso =, Kimhtriy, Walden at the lllsano
At.!u,n, fopnrtcd that thov Ind tcen nnabIo to
ccnpol tue ntte,danto of wi.ncsaoa, and desired
10 turn tue wuole question over t. the BoAtd,
aud to be discharged flom further uusy.
COMMISSIONER CIuusl ofreled a. a sllbstitu.o
q quotation frum tho reEort OF a special con-
mittee, OF which Alr. llulden was Chairman,
Vii, ,cl, investigated Kimoerly's management
some si1 ElonLtlA nko.
Uumniasoner AisClfgoy objectod to tllo 70.
rort Dcllg read, for tue rca ul, that It had b0en
Disposed of. aud hc n wantcd 1t placed on lilo.
Iha CHAR declad that tho reading OF tue sub
sttrto wns in urdtr. aud tho CerK proceeded
will it's reading. ..--
8, Kimoai!s, In WOW Ut thn CHARGES prcforio od
ar.iIst hun from time to tim., to resign llis pn-
si,i n ~ Warden At Onc8. providing that tho
Asylum should bo under tue management Of tho
sesideut pLyniciRu until such tlmo 81 a new War-
dth Was cllusen.
Commissioner LonorEan moved that tho Bub-
sttute be laid On Tie table.
Commissioner McCarrey moved to amend by
;postpoulu3 tho whulo Question tuotintsly.
Tue a1nsndmont, altar somo diBeussapD, pro-
yallal by tho following vote:
y<ug-C4rrolI, Conly lIcrtlng, johnson, Joucs,
1onersau. M,CafErcy, iusstlI, And ssrh1nIat--o.
4say+-I,uase, Cough. Guerlher. and uodeu-I.
Commissioner Holden movod tue acceptance
Of tho Committees report.
Commissioner Clough called for second road
ing Ut tho rcpo,t. and followed tho reading with
vigorous spcech III favor Of some action poing
t4keu Oil tic churgeB against klmbnr.y. liz hsd
soou enough; mud thu lepursa aud oyidoncu
asainst Kimberly already III POSSESSION Of the
BarI welo sufficient to establish coi1uslon
between him aud tho contractors to the
disadvantage OF tho county. ue To-
vleaed rho evidence III tho cAae, includ-
lug tho report of tho Grand jury, agalrst
klInhplly atIu PeriolAt mud was Of the oluiou
tLat il the Doatd waited tor TN ther eyidchco be-
fu,e taking aon,e act.on It wuuld wait Ill vain,
for tiloro did not seem 10 be suy disposition on
t1s part Of tboHs who had bcoa appointed to i'll
resslsate to gather any moro fac:s. Celtal
tie evidences Of fsnu1 were painted out, IN looa-
Ing iu another direction entirely.