, 1876-08-31
Aid. Ballard Gives the "Stone
' Ring" a Nut to Crack.
lilo Applies for an Injunction
Against tho County Board,
ya1lkor, ct AL,
Restraining the Letting OF the
Contract to Mcneil
& Son.
The Matter to Be Argued Bsforo Judge
Farwen This Morning.


additional Importance vcstcriay nj npite an
e,,,y nr ot, nrro,n, ~ H.. ~ ,.t.,n,- .,o,,a,
Ivy. ~. w. ~ s .aet EtIls Io,scu
aoo'1 IN s.ohs e'ts'es 1na' .l,c pclston 10 cnloin
xupt contract with Walker and Mcneil had ,ccn
,7rawn md uonld he 1alu hafo,r .1,,do. u ,.rol1
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t'ls morning. sa lac mater OF an injunction had
"Rlng,n fnasrnuch As It had not actually mndo
tho division Of spo,]s maid ycrv lIttIa attention
a. n fal1infr horl, prorcfriIv mi
tbrr lnowlego of WHAT ,hsv uu ta ,,ons "p ar,
tncli hno"ieuEo VI "Hat taty nao uohe a"o
what they had left undone. In fact, they
had up 10 yesterday regarded tic movement rs
a Joke, out Of which nothing would or could
NV, h,+ w,,n .nrro1 ,r,,,, ,..., ,,r,;,a ~ an.
Io'''e' ~. INV. eeissu WIZ leEai "ot!e1 ~
Peat I"i0 aso3MnR anu listen 10 tnc uctal.'hh y.
their sins In afl'da7its they were nonp'usacd
unl in trouble. Mr. Walker was among the
most nervous. II wus the least of his e1pecta-
.'", ns ,'aa ayL"'"e c,se oot" ~, soo nnn
us steal ott,cr than tic I1ltlne oi LUG sa-tooo
mortgage on his quarry. In the forenoon nc
had worked hard. repeating LIS labors Of week
s,,T s". a",,4s. .n5 Is ,nI -cmov.d thc a.
Helm. nc !taa MS,osnplsheo a''' a"o 'en'''eA '"' 4*o'
onsf'cE as salnst @ tae ~, r,rrv.~
toav H. nfhMpvn fart H. Al slvaekcr' inc the gentleman
swt1t!,.p az ~ Aasst ia. r raj sTrrssss3 cnmn.
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s W. ,'0 nosY Y X VA ~. nortatn m +hs.
tt.oa'Ha11ct t"tuEn ~ ~ ~ ~ neSisn st1 s ss
n,ne"r - ' rorc ~ ,nr"h nRont tt,n mnttcr ons Wv
~ ti -. ~ tn. I'M -s,iiv hte intnrrst IN ~. TX
vennta - ~ aa av srccsdo e env rarse, ~ se
sc"plIs.ts ,o W 'e unS hsr sy 'ia'S' @ G
rs 10 Gver m 1I9 IT, ID .e IT.
fart thot nIh,rttv linz. hcnn riycn tn III 1cns
n1oceI ,,nn H. rorE h. olrnop 6na ,,rier n,ro
tr"ct IL frlt lint thfs wo,sd in,urs lin h.fnrc
~ s,,hiie ond sn s,raot ~"a -. at,o.. .,e
~ y so" ~ ircn. ra,sa sat tha ~
he had ever l.aI anythinE to do With the Cot,rt.
,roeocjim. ~ iii IN n nirhtf,,t Ia iaI n.,t;
' ,,'r Ia sav, '' 49, ~ W '''s"''' ~ A"o "'s"'
Tne lllf unon which tile tnfunctIor, IL granted
Il to ue bascs, was !ljcd witf, liz = nscesssry
a!o;t n,ciock In tic aftcrnoon1 M w Ths cr. doc1,.
msnt ,s N thc nomc r" ~ ~ N TIT Ra,nrd '"e ooc"'
3''~"' - ''' IT. sEra ronTT "'0'
that be is intcrcsfet as tax.narer IN ,,av,or law
ahomt to sc nrc+ @ hnisdfna fos rss9cas rn,,stF Ase
IT, csst haif of tha phIic so,,a,e nu5 hopn ~
hcrrtofnrc advertised fnrI,,ds, hmon9 W H.. Ia
for limestone received @ W wore % those H nf MrNe e I
fna' Prtor to thts i,ma Fn,,n,u"k ,"k' n MsSst SS,;
and md lIcnnesscy '' ,aaio % S' corar,mershib' hi,'
sond M " e. tq1 twR 1
fuy. Aiti,nngj, tic nnnrII Emer ILL., g,ot t,"y
fraudulcniy' in or,fcr to ns.srnt liz * o ii;.
frTenrn IT, t}e Arm nwarrd linn ti,c s"ut.,4t
It lie 1,frbcr frurc Tin hil ~ NrNcti = s"n
was not preferred because their atonc was hct-
ter. Willie FannEnt ia rcsponsiblc and romne-
tsnt, aud willing to furnish proncr bonds. Afr-
Neil Is tnsolycnt, aud known 10 be 80 by Tia
hoard ''- ~ ~ ~ ~ sAo
1t was further alleged that last fall pyoposals
vera made fur tho building nt tho foundation OF
the Court-lIuuse, and McNolI at tjat ti1no rnudn
q iii which tlo Board rejected On the eround
that he was
W, 40 hof !nn,r HksrossanLs ,a NOR coarGTNNr
him mora important contract, McNcil Ind
recently asked tor tho position of snncrinteud-
cnt Of buildings, or in fact anything efse to do,
60 ho could earn money enough TO support liz
family, as he said l,e could not ret anythine
from tho County board without money ifc ha1
undertaken to build two clurglcs and and
failed aud tin stonc-1nasous had shown thur
want ot confidence IN hin, by holding mcciinr
and dcno,lncing him as incompetent. Ucsidcs
the h!tls Of Mcneil and Famn!nE, Edwin Walker
made bid 81 eaO6, ,OO0 for stone, and separate
bid for tho rough etonc, Wolf, Frfco Il Co.,
iusi mn,ic ennpts,a III ~ c,t,. ~ Eisao'
Ercsa.cd lcas than NIcNcil's bid. SeycttIctess.
thu 1ioarfl frnuiu1eptIx apt1 Inv tbn ,yr,,cs. ~