, 1876-12-05
OVER THE RHINE.
Ringing Out the Old and Ringing
In the New.
Otherwise tho Change of Occu-
pants In tho County Offices.
Exit Reed, Agnew, stewart-..Ente,
Mills, Kern, and Brookway.

EXlt HeeQ. AHueW. StaWnrt.ss Enter
Mill Yarn ona proo1,mov
A' "A'A "
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Tho DutldInF~ l}cslegcd hY a Horde OF
11,r,v-v f,n,ao. eooto,u
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lno County ha'laloB presented !tFe!g af-
pearahcc yesterday mos'iinRs the oeeaaton be!ag
tho outgoing Of Sheriff Agnew aud tho tnco,,-
}nr of shcrif1 Kern. 1.onv 1,.foru Tim ,ul1,,nrr
h.i hcar o,,n,,1 ~, M. ~ t,,,o1 ,rtth s,tr
et'tg at'.i sfnpaticnt lockers altcr place. inc
most OF t!le crowd Ind ct'tro on proHscs already
made them, but there we're those who hut bcct,
llttte slow With their not,tinn.. nnd wt,o ha,l
received no promises Of any Kind bu. expected
70 oc "o'e 10 annoy hefa INTO making .nens
pledges tint they should hare some morsc1, nil
the way froin otIicc-boy to custodian.
When TIC doors weru puehetl aside. tho crng,f1
surro,, N t1or,ns ,,,a a,,,ro h,,i ~, Il, to,,,
oMs'u "' o1oehn's .,'o er'h" a,a''' as'a !" 'ew
minutca passage 10 tho 6hcr1lf'6 otce WnH 1i-
most impossible. The crowd amused Itself
wondering where atr. Korn could be, and when
49," 49,. g a -, Se",a" ~ saa. "' "s.. ~
WOO A'oot oI'oth' Ao "oHue'cuf 40 Nv
squeezed through tho masa with dozens Of
thumbs protrudlng from Ills button-hplcs, w1,cfo
what N he va. % cSrerIcncng now ,za. % ,to " n.ernra ~
1s -" ss .",,N,..s "ao wv w.
'no ueaus'es auu ue!tHhts clustering anout tne
onlco lic was about to enter upon. Reaching
tho oifIcc-loor, aftcr much hard work,
followers, md n,o,rort lotor liz .yo. ,os, n
I.a a,os"t', ny. "o ""o ioos ~
t.ao elo"a uclhnu tne ueak III n's private oiacc'
s eas s sw OF oso mas tS ss Ind s0o
nounced rs having appointed had preceded him.
Thu retiring Sheriff VIVA not ut hand, neither
was any ot,u authorized to act for Him III turn
inr over the effects ot the ot,lcc, but jMst now
cept that he came In when Agucw was out, and
tl.at l,c took charge in tile nltacnce OF any ono
else being fou,.d to perform tho duties. At ali
events, ST. Kern must l,avc felt sl,abbly treat
for tho least they col,l.l have dune
would hayo bcen to be present a,,d make
tho transfcr In a courteous mud tuslllessliko
way. Ho could not expect very hearty wcl-
expecting common courtesy, le was tsisappotut-
cd, for thcro was nothing of tho kind. ilc lad
been In possession, llnweycr, but short time
before a fcw Of Agucw's employees began 10
dunno. Thcs presence aided very iittlc to tic
cllecrfulpess OF the scene, for
TIE FORMER WAS suLKr
over tho reflection that he was on tho eve OF
three years, and until ho lad grown 10 believe
that llu was Indispensable. and l,o utterly re-
fused to 3iyc any infornlatIon or do ANYTHING
that would facilitate tir transfer. Mr.. Dunuo
said, although ho Is about 70 return
to pcorla l,o was just as ob1tglng as ho could bu
and ready to rlye any Information Iu Ills puwer
and tho ilrst step in tho transfcr was ,nat.o by
him producing tho papers Of tho Office and coui-
menciuc Tic preparation oi q schctl,lie thereof.
While this work was going on Bradley was ell
gagged Ia clearing le desk Tor bis successor Of
the accun,ulations Of years. In ono Of tho
drawers he found tho sliroad and bEack cap tn
which Driver was executed few years ago,
which he took tho time to exhibit as rure spec.
linen. and to crack some tOkos over for tic
amusement Of tic Shertif-eEcct.
While tic preparation for tile formnl trausfcr
WAS bcInr ulatio In tle SbrrIif'e ot|icc proper.
tho sato work wns in progress at tho iati, whore
tho reccntlon Of tho new n,annaemcpt WIS full
Of rloasaptucss. Jatler DoyIc Wus a. alIable rs
Is tita custom, and bis sltlWrtlsnntcs rushed to
and fro IN tiielr easerncsa to show tho incoming
in,luct them into tho mysteries of rtinuing q
iall. Kern, however, knew little Of what Wa8
going on outside Of bis private occ, for, losing
g aga .sa of tG nEg sagg tfibr stGM n ths has he
to l,ts apnointccs, and directing them how
10 be swort, in, now md than calling for surh
Us lo desired from tho expcctant mass. THIS
sas the work Of about uil Hour. but he Ind
more hallilIs batl been appointed tian be lad
placcs to fill, having nude the mistake OF as
signing two loo many to the Criminal Court,
Tho mistake was os soon known to his ap-
thoy appreciated Tic fact tat two of thcir num-
her ,yo',ld ilayo to bo dropped. This I,nIn was
Of Juomcutary duration, however, cxcent 10
Jatnea Dooley anu Horace Cunkcy, Tho unfor-
tunatcs u1on whun tue hutchct fell. Dy noon
alI Iati been nworn in, and Sheriff Agnew ap-
pcarcd unon the occpe with his hand bcarfnr
heavily uuou Ills st and hts tongue warb]nE
apologlcs for his not having gotten around
tH+
diaily, welcomed him 10 tic oilicu warmly, and
buaici bflnsclf ln hastrplDc thu work OF trans
ferring tho o!lco TO such III extent AZ to naks
his apologies sufficient and 10 elicit many thanks
fr0na l,is succcssur,
TIE wonx or TRANSFERRING,
or nreparfne for IL, continued dllrinr the cutire
afternoon liz tho prrsenco of numerous law
flem,tIra mil hniltifs. both In tia iaji anil ti
otjico. md Inc crowd on ttu outside. gruw,nr
weary nntt henrtgick, Itcd away one Mt a time IL
ncw flr]s nj hon,,. 'rhe ,1lpst nj them siI.nrrtj