, 1875-03-25
COUNTY BUILDING.

COUNTY BUILDING.
Tho stairway leading from tho County Com
missonors' room TO tho room III tho cfimlua
Court building intended In tho future for Coun-
ty Attorney Rountroo iB about compl0tol, aud
Tho tloorwaJs will bo cut through this roek.
The lang-ta1hcl OF iron door for tho o1lco OF
the County Jail was yostorday placed In position.
The accommodating ladder, lowetor, which has
aided greatly to tho escape OF prisoners, is still
loft in position OH tho roof OF tho building,
thereby lending nd to tho criminal In sonrch OF
liberty as ulcanH OF easy descent from tho roof
to tho ground below.
The Committee On Town and Town Accounts
Of tho County board yesterday decided to lcc-
oInmena to tho Board that money accrulng from
Which is now absorbed in the gonornl county
fund, be apportlonod to tho town for tho bcnoat
Of tho roads and bridges, ~ il lone In tho case
OF Incorporated townB.
The Committee on Public Charities OF tho
County Doara, IN eossion yesterday. purchased
the following supplies for tho County Agents
$l.90; 10 cheats Young Tyson tea. IS censa; s
chests Oolong too. 48 couts 100 boxer ct SOAP.
;l1l cc'ss; 100 No; paper bags, s1.75i 1900
No. paper bags 52.50. For the Poor House,
hn-rni, su,n- "a for Trnnra AarIt,+rS fr,r, w
]. nutand + Co., 011 couts: and 200 barrels of
flour from Ilolden, Bishop d Co., $3.50.
Tho Jolns Committee on Public Buildings aud
Hospital Of the County Doard yoaterday con-
slderod Tue pondnE NOTION 20 Ieconaloor the
pital. which had been adopted At previous
meeting. The motion to reconsitor wns carried.
aud tho ComH'lttoe decided to tocomuiotld that
tho Boar1 proceed at once to elect an architect,
WHO shall prepare p'4ns uaaee .ne spnosslslon
aud direction Of the joint Co1nfnlttee, Tue plans
to be submitted to tho Board for approval or ro-
Ject1ou. Tho cost ot tue building 10
not to excsed sl5o, ,oo0, and tue archl.
tocta componBaslon on 10 to ho per cent
on Sl25' 'oW. The Chairman was INSTRUCTED to
pteaent tho Comm!tteo'h report ht tho meeting
Of tho Board thlB Afternoon. 1t is the Intention
70 have tho building ready for occupancy hy tho
lst OF Noycmbcr next. ..,.
Tho Le nloyuo-rarwo contested election
court rcaumed lta iabors yesterday III tho cuun-
Y bui!A1ng The hrSt witness examined was
Horny = Hamilton who testified that ho was
with e J. ,asaa sssa 9ns q T. ts Eo fs
North ayonue; stl, snd formerly a Tho MatGh 'l,
tho Second Precinct Of tho Seventeenth Ward,
aud also from tho Hatch llouse.
A1nx sehuor, deputy IN the County Clork's
office, testified that lio lIad tho Ro-booxb Of the
First Precinct Of tho Twentieth Ward, Second Pro-
clnct of tho SovonteeptA Ward, aud tho Fourth
Ifeclnct OF the Eightoenth Ward Tuesday hftor-
noon which woro used BY him in giving tcsti-
mony. After his tostimony Was concluded lie
~1H unable to find the poll-books.
Daniel hilroy, one Of tho tndYoa OF the Fourth
Precinct OF tho Eighteenth WHrd, testified that
every yotor who WAS not registered, and the
witnesa who youchcd for such voter, Wcro both
sworn br htm before tie ballot WIZ received.
This concluded tho evidence for tho day. and tho
Court adjourned till this morning.
Among tho testimony tRkon Inst Weok Waa tho
~, ffanels =. tollae, iesloons OF Tue IMe!lth
Mala tos from twea 70 nltean yoata ~ ptceso. q
III a. Hsr. no ~ c"an1ant" ,str th xntara ~
that ward and that tho crowd at the First Pre-
cnct OF thas ward waH mixed u apne.r1nce.
1oworsa Ma tnonea. . o s, cA9o s tnen s5xes
md 1 TIED I' 10 ent Lis watsh and cLain, and ho
asEed tlIe interference OF tho police. lis WAS 1t
the polls four or five diltorent 'tlmcs during tho
t!ay aud "a" sle sama faces. Ho further tcstt,
ticd that tho registry llat Waa tfa1dulept. ahd
instsngol tho bloeK botTeen nosta tlal9 streot
sta ana strests' ~" ~ acc,,nsod hy Nv Two 4' ~
throe su,aii shnnttes only. In which ouiy
thrcc innsi yotora residod and ahout fftv
waro ,eussterad M tiy,ne II, II. Fifteen 1noo
wera rsristsrnd from No. 146 North Water streat.
vi,ic,, was anJ H. = hiscIsn,ith s,,on ,,uocn,s.
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