, 1876-03-29
IN GENERAL,

TIE TRIAL.
All interest In connection NTH whisky matters
ut present centres in the pahlman aud Rush
trial. Tor season tho dlstillors havo returned
10 the Custom House as Of yoro, and tho cor
ridorB loading to tho District Court, ~ we'll as
tho courtroom itBolf, present spectacle at once
ra1o and benutifuI. Tho lion ,oB down with tho
pArentlg friendly chat. After tho trial ends thoy
will dtsperBo and tAero will again bo uar aud
rumora Of war.
THE NEXT uA8E
to como up Ia that Of tho famous Milan diBtiety
at Hock Island. This Ia act for hearing uc1t
Monday, and ttleEo will very probably be no post
ponernent. both sides profoaslng to be ready for
work. Judge Miller, Col. MatthoWa' nblc A.
alBtant. Tlo hsd tho wording 70 Of Fteisinge;'a
actual investigations tnto this mast OF crooked
moss. ia now IN Rock Island, but will return bo-
fore the end Of tho week, and everything will bo
IN shsPS s, 70 ,,.5 proceed by 0nasy acn o o1a
would excite more interest than any
thus far brought to light, and will no donbt At
tract largo audiences, notwithstanding ita be-
Ing whas ii called m ''ontBide caso. Tho
crooked transactions ut the Milan Datilery, pro-
yiously rcforred to In these columns. contain
moro Of tho real romance Of the crooked whis-
ky business than Is generally supposed and tho
revelations OF tho coming trial will 20 grea.
Ways towards o1plaiolng tho ninusn Of tho busl-
ness In their full light.
PgnHoAAL.
Col. Matthews left last night for Milwaukee.
to DO presenk NJ tho examination into tho
Nindskopf brothers, latest orookedness, the do
tails Of Which wrro aot forth III yesterday TRtD-
uNE.
Assistant Informal Eoyenus Commissioner
Rogers will be III tie city In foW days to mako
m examination into tho accounts of tho Col.
lector's office, preparatory to the Gptrano6 of
Collector Harvey upon the dutlos OF his Office.
IN examination into these accounts waH madO
by Col. Ktnnov, nndor Col. MattlewB' inat1ue-
tions, shortly after Con. Webstor's doatl,. aud
everything was found to bo In perfectly
straight condition. Tho examination to bo
nthtlb by Mr. Nogera is customary
whonovcr o now Collector takes his
oGico, md Is affaira have becn managed by hIr,
1}atterRhall since tho Collectors duatll. 1t 10
quite safe to nssest that tho investigation will
prove that everything has bscn managed prop
etlY since that tsmo.
TUE GRAND JURr.
The sance Of Tho Grand jury room uas m
brokon yesterday, anl tho accumulation Of dust
Of, tho tahoB aud chnIEs WAS unAiHturbod. The
Jury, th0uEh they had appointed ycatartlay RB
tho time for th1r 1oasBemblinR, failed to ret
together In HoAHGn to accomplish any work.
This Delinquency waa duo to tho fact that tho
railroads ieA1ing inso tho city wero blockadsd
by the storm; 40 that tho Jurors who lett tlleir
rural homos In tha morning for tho city were do
taIned. At 10 o'clock, tho customary hour for
the yeBaions OF Tho Jury 10 begin not ono Of the
and tho bai!ilI lnving them In charge wandered
up and down tho corridor posploxed. In tue Rf-
tornoon several made tAelr appearance, but 1t
no ttme was D quorum present. Consequently
no business WA transacted, and an Ha1ly a4-
tournament was taken t1ut.l tlsia morning.