, 1876-01-20

WAS vocal md instrumental music to vary tho ax
ereises unti! tho hour Of adjournment.
| ED PHILLIPS.
H17 ArrEAnAScE As A HrAxp 5CHon.
J The County Doard. at Its regular aeasion Mon
+ day lABt, chose twenty-thrco yeomop, good Ait
! true, al eeen from sou,e Commissioner stand
! poTnt, to aorvo an Grand Jurors for tho remain
dor Of tho present term Of tho Criminal Court
I Tho Board acts in accordance With the Inv ii
I choosing the Grand jury, each membor placing
! n number OF names on ballots and putting tbetr
in a box, from which tho twentY.tluoe to eervt
aro drawn. It seems passing atrango thnt the
County CommissoueFs, At leaut a largo nnmbol
all with tho respectable moi, tn their
dsstrlctH, but .onl, With Tho lowest
ciasaes among whom, may especially DO men
toned balot~box suffers and ropestors. who
generally havo tho proferenco for p!aeos in =
body which is to inquire into tho acts Of crim-
naty committod, perhaps, ly eou'o OF thetV
own number ae IL probably tho casa With tho
present 0raud JurJ. Tho clamor of the people,
made through tho daily proHs, llAs caused Tho
tent, their
NErARrorH PRACTICES
OF lao. aud The East swo or three Grand Jn,ies
hava boon tolersbsy fir in uiomhorahip.
Tho public aro nuaro that Ed rhl','ps
! wAu tho primo canso of tho raBcally A,,u
unequal personal-:ax asaossucnt on tho
South sido; that 10 was cogntzant Of frauds be-
ing committed 10 tho assessments, and thnt no
smiled at, II mt actually asa'ssed in, them; that
, bis mau-there ~eto thirtv.nlno Of thom. who
got IS day eacl, for ten wookB' work, or 5000
wero enabled to present him With grand piano,
nud Curoy, hfs flint botlle-wAsl,er, with a150
gold watch and chsin, after tho work WAS over.
Sonlo things look quear and these nets are
among them. Tho public have boon anxiolB 10
know II
Ed PHILLIPS WAS aurLrv or cnrM.SAL11r
tY1 in ONT tn1v has tf,In Irt 10
hAve him indicted Secretly but o1octively
Ctti2ona Committees hhyo worked and ingesl!-
gated tho maltor. baye gono 10 tho trouble OF
getting wltnessts roadY to prcscus tile nctual
when. 10 and behold, Ed himself Is chosen to bo
one Of the humber who uro to invcs.ieate his
caao. snroly, lila friends In tho County Board
must havo boon cognizEut Of this fact. elBo Why
would they hara placed bis 1ntna On tho list OF
Grand Jurors mud bo careful to Aavo 1t drawn
out Of tile box
TIE NOBLE RAND.
ln order that tho public NAV bo ablo to jnogo
OF tho class Of meu chosen for the next Grand
Jury the list IL given below:
Patrick Dtllnoy, ex.tounty employs.
~. stoekez, saloon-keeper.
FEnncis Conway, clerk, place Of employment NOT
Ear.rd Treston, clerk, place OF employment. not
Jams. sieaioHahiln, not in dsreetor7.
iI1WkfQ 1NuHpf4.
II. 4. Cook, sgent.
Georgo Deacon. old county cnp'oye.
John Fasae. Town Of 6chaumherE.
'.Es g. U,fts M:yss pspgt1 s9s T. h.s.soyy
jams. o'Iara- ll5 Nowtsrry ztrcet.
J. II. Ourtiss Eli 1Fova,
II. +. Fitzgerald, no occupation.
Lewis Clcvclnnd, no occupation.
Mark Do Coudtes, Rraostpn,
George i. nlahop, HysIs rark.
rIHH
TLousas Fox, carpenttr.
A aAnp1E.
Pat Do!aney waa a County Agents Visitor h
pot OF az Commissioner Crawford. and wtIo ls
now out Of d job having been discharged whom
Crawford wont out. Tho llst includes soma 10.
spectsblo mcn. but the lot, shaken together. will
represent very small proportion Of tho rcgpect-
able portion Of tho community.
It Is said that Col. Ccary put in Eds name.
How true that Ia Il 10 hard 10 tell. However, 1t
8howa exceeding bad taste on somobody'a part
TO p'nee him Oh q Grand Jury when 1t Ia noisad
abroad and On tho streets TIM. his case is to 10
brought before that body. It Ia SAID that lie
has
BEEN pur ON For A runpoaE,
and what that purpoaa Ia the public eau best
Judge for themselves. 1t u certainly not very
Assistant St.sos-At.orncy Birch atatea yostor-
day to = TRIBUNE reporter that no ona could know
what would come before the ne1t Grand Jury;
but Il mastoFs against phl1lipa should bo brought
up. hc thought that tho Judge could, and would,
excuse lm from service.
THE COUNTY uoM1f1ssIpHERa
had but little to Bay on tho matter. Mcssrs. Ia
bar and Ayats thought II Was rAthor qucor that
Ed Phillips should bo put on tho Grand Jury at
time whou 1t was probable that grnyo cbnrges
would bo presented against him. Ntr, Tabor
thought there was BoDo purpose In putting him
on, and both gentlemen expressed tho opinion
that tho placing Of his name IN tho box as Ill
was injud!cious and Ia bad taste. il was gencr-
ally stated on tho streets yesterday shat Ed
would serve. but It is probable, also, that tho
Judge will oxcuss him.