, 1876-03-11

Board for tho payment OF = county bond for
:a Eh!oh h.a eson aes;reyeai :, The so Of
| noa1 tho property OF tia county. Tho petition
VIA yesterday fovtvcd, aud Will receive os.lJ at-
tn1tfon.
F. F. Cote, tho forger, Who wse tried III viii
NalhtY aomo time ago and conyiotsd, and
h!n second srial 10 the Criminal Court Monday.
Atnong the Wttnesses for tbs prosecution will bo
judge Molsobarts, Of WIN County, Tho oirenBo
y appears was committed In this county, but
Ctao HAa llYlag In VIII at tho time.
In reply to tho resolutions OF tho Republican
Council csff!ng upon Commissioners Ayars and
Tabor to resign. thoY say that thcy wero elected
without Any pledgos to tho party or anybudv
cluo. Thoy d" not acom inclined 10 toconeidar
their action In voting tho Sheriff addtional COM
ponk'atton for dieting prlsonors but at tho aa,no
tEsne they cannot conceal their soreness at tho
sebuko adminlssorcd them in tho matter By their
I,a.sy aaaocfales. VIII thoy ask recousidera-
elon 40 as to change thcir votes?
J. n. Galsor, Of Drootlrn, cop!ss3ist and
bonds, Las addtossod tue County Treasurer ii
reforencn to tho DOW Cou5s-I1onsD, inclosin9 \
longtty description Of courthouse and city
hnll Just completed in that city at n cost OF
Si.s2s:679:7s ile a.ya tho building ls Without
wants, aud his objoot III writing Was to
Lave tho authorities inspect i bofore
lett1ng tho contracts for Tho Court-flouao. oto
i 1ll0 QoBCflPtlQnt u NOT 1Tof1s4Mnt W0ulu lG1Q
Quo to suppose that a similar structure would
neot tha wants OF this county and city, and the
fact that its cost js q little more than lnf what
IA proposed to te expended hora would SOON to
mike 1t advisable to examine plans ast leat. II
tho examination does nothing else, 1t msy lead
Us out OF our present architect War.
TIE NosriTAL 1oD+
Tho letting uf Tub contract to So1ton for tho
work on tho new Hospital by tho County
noatd, in tho faca Of tho faos that
thoro wore lowor and equally rospoual-
bio biddera. will 1t is highly probable,
10 rcoousideted. rhero IL great dissatisfaction
among eomo mornbora OF tho Board with tho
conduct Of Architect Cochrsue fn tho matter,
tho allegation being TINT his estimate was on
ttrely too high, aud that ho manifested An Undue
a reconsideration, howovoE, can amount to but
lltto, for tho reason TINT 1t would not materially
chango tho lettihg,--thxt is, it would Leave tho
job practically where it now IL, in tho handa
mostly OF men Hho hBre subsistal % county
contracts, 70 Bkilfuily llAyo the bido been
1uade. II thsro 4aa boon my monoy used to
aeouro the award to Sexton, it Is thought that 1t
las been dBbtrsed BY tho old combination OF
contractors, with the understanding that they
To.!d como Ia under him as sub-contracsars,
which, IS already Unlimited, mas been agreed up
Oh, 10 Ml,ieA compact be must hove bsca a
party. It is apparent that tho only hopo tho
public have for roiiot In tho matter ls to bs
found In tho better menbezs Of tho Eoard iu-
tho eoryootuesa OF bis cstimatos and by roadvor-
timing for bIds. A simple reconsideration OF
Soxtoh's contract II Ia ayident would laaye tho
work just wloro il H. and result In coynring up
whatever Of wrong thDre WAS In the original let
ting OF tho contract.