, 1876-04-08

closes thn nfEnnlcnt for tho rro secuton this
morning. wtlon sho csso will 80 to tho Jury.
An.ic'nating tho proposed petition to tho
in tho county, the County Attorney. dsr,ting
tho authority and rowcr Ut Ito IDoari over tho
n,attor. haB advised tue. snomtora al tho Hoard
10 deny tho petition aud let tho question 60 "
tho Supreme Court for sostlcnont
Contractor 0uctton, as tho Insane Asslnu,,
handed III yesterday little bI!! for q oxtrasa * to
the County Doar,I, amounting 10 aver $4,000.
Hone OF tho itoma lookets susIlclofa' anu soFnn
nombers Of Tho Committee thought tlicy had
once been paid, ntd II "shtI:llf19 !sia:usAloh on
tho subject waa brought to c1oaa ny lay1n8 sno
bill ovor.
Tho County Commissioners woro looking
around Yesterday fur a1ltAbio quarters, M they
nro abpu. to 1to crowded from their oil place by
| tho Eointy TroaeMtcr. who wants Inoro toon
It was u;.rec1 finally 10 move into tho room now
| pccarie Ly thn Clerk to tue unartl, and to pro-
vide place for tho County Attorney il, Tho 1hck
oillcc OF lilo Clerk uf tho Criminal Court.
lilo "cxpcrta" " omroYnti to iuvcatga:s tho
Eccorslcr'a oficn yesterday took their n.ystcri-
I oua report ouf Of n Commissioners pocke. to
| nt1ch their nlldayits to It. No ono Las .yos
| been allowed 10 SOC tho report, except selecs
few, though tho public Is sup!'oacd to harp some
intoscat IN It. Tho Committee oil Public Records
waR yesterday informed OF tho rosarn of ylr.
Calvin 10 the city, md 1t is barely possible TINT
l,e will lo called Ut, to testify before report OIL
Commissioner 1}nrlick waa around yesterday,
fresh from, cansnsa of tho s'tato In tile ntesuBt
Of tic Greenback party. tio wRs fcollng It'll
usually we'll, aud predicted that very soon every.
body wou!u bo Wearing Brcon caps. typical nf
thoir love for tho dciusion llo hugs lilo alao
ltlased somewhat on tho rcceus South Town
election, nt,l maNaSel to mako bia talk profit.
able. for before llo got through l,o hal stakod
what Ercenblcks ho had ut,on lsis pcraon aH q
wsger that Miao Evans had been elected Col,
vii t,n mi t1H In Ifia
victims we:n tho County Attorney and Comtuss-
stoncr Holden
Ata mnetng OF tho Committee on pntiic
Buildings aud Public sctsico yesterday, n uoln-
nlftteo was npnninted to confer with tho city
authoritica With y!ow to getting rower to do
now Courthouse, upon tho recommendation Of
tho archtcct that It was rnportan: tha: tho c.1-
tro piling should 10 t!ono bcfoEo any Of tho com
crete was !nid. Incidental to this action tho
formal way. Tho general fooliug. was that tho
county ellonId tako c',arye OF anl construct tho
entro builuipg, aud then either ae!l or rent tho
city itB portion.
THE sroSs nc TROUBLE.
4 lively 1lRlt il Just HoN In proEEasB between
Architect EocfIralo nnu homo Of tho nlnElIcrs
Of tlir County IjoRr,s. growing olss NJ tho work
Oh tho now County Hospital. Tho disagreement
Btarted with THO arcllltocks alleged fnvorltiHn
for Sexton, which Cochrano hns, however, tiB-
ncd in tho rccent lctt,ng Ut tho hospital work,
and has tsouo 10 far ns TO aroua1 In the mndH Of
sotno grayo suspicion TINT everything IL not aa
it should 10 betwpon tho archtoct and tho
county. Exception i.aa been talton to hts cou-
duct also ahIce tho awnsd TO Sexton, wAornn 1t
ID claimcd tLat ho tried to sugyle into hts con-
| tract ns arohtte.t stipulation giving himself
power to relet tlio Hextun Gourmet III tho event
Of Sezton's falling, aud another sakirg all power
| ont Of tho lauds Ut tho l}oard DYER thu
| work. Two attempts Wcro Made to this onl,
tirHt by crowdng IN The stipulat,ons III printing,
| which WAS discovered and orierod otnsad anh,
second, by emboAyn,s tho Ba.o provisions In
| writing. which was also discovered aud ordered
eliminated. To still further nhn1so tho cputi
iltloncn Of ti.e I3oasd, tho nrchltoct is said L
hnvo takcn nj undue interest In pushing tlis
nnditing of hill oI alultog, one OF the con
tractors, for "extraa' very recently. tlo said II
tl,p 1}oard TINT tho I'LL waH correct, ctt., bl
| whcu called upon to certify to it ho backed
down under tho forco Of all lntillation that ii L
Was certified to It wou!I loal to all invcnti
| gatton. finally. Aowover he lookoi
! 5ycr Tho l,!l, aud utter erautpg al
| Of tho items except two. amounting to natuc
| thing aycr $500, 10 certified to it. 1t WAS flo
audited oyon toal. ana tho probabilities aro thai
It will not bo, for tho REASON that ar inyoHIiea
ton and examination Of tho work DISCLOSED ttts
fact TINT 1t Is unjust, mud TINT THO labor purort
| Ing to have been dono Was not do1!o. Tho ent
is not rot aud the further tho quatrol EocH tut
! warmer 1t gets. If it results iu arousiug tls
| Hoard to exercise greater cure IN passing OF
tho army Ut bills coming before It, and In teach
Ing contractors 4 wholesome lesson against til,
thloyings" cxtras," 1t will not hayo boon without
| Drutlt,