, 1875-07-20
THE COUNTY BUILDING.


Tho Bridgeport Ht.nk casaB and the Indsctod
nal Court this motning.
Judge Wallace yoHsorday, upon tho appltca-
lion of tho County Troasuros. fixed Thursday Al
tho day for aliug objections to city taxes.
Commissioner sicCafroy was u. hia post again
yesterday. 1lo was talking baseball, aud or
pressed his purpose to cricr into training At
ouco for tho cuIning match lstwotn tho city aud
| county Mines.
Couuty.1rcaenrcr Miller thinks tho Ealc Of
! county bonds nj 103ss tew dnys ago If q
! proud commentary Oh the honoat an! eeuno,ni-
| cal government Of tho county. Tho :iEurcs arc
no pleasing. IN f1ct. that :hr Aale of $l50D U00
| il being diacussc1, bldH uow beng III to coyer
| that anount.
Tho joint Committee on Public Buildings a.1tl
Public Charticn Ileltl II nlcuslIg sestelday fo-
noou. Tie boulsmen Ut lie lsle. tue contra ctos
| for tue carpenter wurk on '.hh ndItt!an IL tho
| il,Baas Asylum, came forward A,d ulrerod to
complete tho wnsE and relio;o thu COUNTY Of ai!
further trouble. THO offer was accepted, with
tho liopo that thore would DO no further dulnyH.
TIC Hest Chicago saitl 30: 10 ugly things Satur-
daT. and displayed great deal Of ill-hunor oyer
having been benton III getting thu county print
ing. Among otLer things it rai'l waH that Com
missioner Hodon nas i Dpliy~Iartion liar. !"
| Tho CnmsnIB sioner takes exception to being no
maliEhcd, und waB Yesterday inquitinE alter tho
| property OF his nlaliEncr, :" ith y view to CON-
mcnring aunt for damages. II Daniels tho
editor. ind heon around wI,en tho item, was rcnd
/ tho ComnlinAtUnur's naH boots would duubtieA,l
| havo been put to use.
| "Shnll Tho county hare 4 complete Ret OF ab-
stract buokH, and paw therefor atf the way from
:2D000 to $j5, ,0>0!" il Hs dtscnnsetl. aud 1t waa
expected woAld come hoforu tho County Board
| yesterday. The bid OF Shipnlan It. Co. to fur
| uish tho books, to which reference laX already
boeu made, aud in Which Il was in
ti,1lated TINT Commissioner Holden Ind
an interest," In being urged without
stint a fow evenings eiuco q Con,ndasiouer was
| Waitcd upon ut llts residence by two mysterious
parties i'll tho interest OF thnt bid. Who could
only DO gotten rid Of by ordering theln ont Of
tho houuo. Thoy refused to give their naules,
but exercised their persuasive poworB ttbosallY,
and wetc prepared to ofIor Htrunxor iDtlueuce
it thoY had dared to. but were directly insulting
IN thoir impoTturiica. It iB underBtood that
| other Commissioned lRY0 been waited uEDn liz
tho hano manner, anl suspicion exsts that tho
parties we're very dllTo1eutlY entertained.
manufacturing ~ t'Antiq1.o Furnit4are.1'
| tut MaH Gu.ett.
Tho Increasing demand for "antique fufui
turo" has, says CoaBul smsltwood In Ills ro:ont
commercial report Oh yonics for tho last ypar
started now leaturo of Venetian industry, noar
wood and bone being successfully substitzltes
for ebony aud ivory. A doaler III antiquities
and nor tho manufacturer OF those limitations q
lns formed school OF worlsmen. whom ho fur
n1sllcs with dcsigus nul lpodols. The pulil
llavo succeeded III producing such n!mra III,
couutcrfeits tl,at thoir mahter las thrown uH tbs
mark, prillng himself in tho ayowed limitations
OF that Which would l,nyo passed for tho cp luo
ccnto with nj but tho 1uost experienced con nois
sours. The English aro encouraging thus t.ad'
largo SCALE a,ll HoIno of tho oldest ilfu IL fo
antiquities have adopted the Limitation busi
uoas. Thoro has also bocn revival vi tht, man
| ufacturo N nnciuIlt Arocalo tapestry at Tnnice