, 1876-07-30
COUNTY-BUILDlNG.

The Grand Jury returned six indictments
yesterday, and were discharged.
Handley, the Superintendent Of the neN
Hospital, promises to send in his resignation
tomorrow. What blessing!
The County Treasurer yesterday sent SEQ, ,00(
to the City Treasurer. which must tend to en-
courage the city employees who are behind il
their salaries.
The Clerk of the Criminal Court was busy
yesterday IN making up the record in the cases
| Of the indicted Commissioners who have taken
change OF venue to Kane County.
The junkctcrs returned from their survey OF
| Farmer Harms quarry yesterday. Their eyes
were inaamcd and their heads aching, which
means that they had q good times It is not
known who won the most money at poker.
| The ranges for the new hospital have been
placed OIL the ground, but have not been set up.
| The question now is Who shall do the "sctting
| up'z The Chairman of the Hospital Commit
tee is generally willing to set things up, but in
this case be acmurs. He thinks the parties fur
nishing the ranges ought to set them up, and
tho parties purchasing the same say that such
was the agreement.
A meeting Of the Committee on Public Build
ings and Public Service was held yesterday
afternoon and it was agreed to invite the
Council to conference Tuesday afternoon, at
the rooms OF the County Commissioners, to
consider the matter Of new Courthouse and
City-Ha1l. The meeting Of the Committee to
discuss the matter Of stone for the Courthouse
was postponed.
The Committee on Equalization was in session
again yesterday. The complaints of assessment
were Of tile ordinary character. There is no
probability OF q new assessment for the South
Town being ordered.
Among the complaints submitted yesterday
was the following from the Talcott 8; Singer
Stone Company:
Your petitioner, the Singer d Talcott Stone
doing business in the County Of Cook. under the
laws OF the State Of Illinois, respectfully represent
to your honorable Board that the assessment Of the
personal property Of said Company for 1876 is pro-
portionatcly much higher than that Of other frms
and individual property holders in the Town Of
South Chicago, and is consequently unjust and op-
Your petitioner further represents that 1t made
BY its President, return OF it's personal proper
ty for assessment, and that the valuation therein
made was found upon information, given to the
President OF the Company by the Assessor OF the
Town of South Chicago, that all personal property
in said town would be assessed substantially upon
the same basis Of valuation upon which the return
Of your petitioner was made. But upon examina-
ton Of the Assessors books, your petitioner lnds
that such is not the case and refers your honorable
Board to the following statement taken from the
Assessors books Of 1876, showing the comparative
assessment of other firms and individuals in the
same line of business:
Singer & Talcott Stone Company, $40, $50; Ex-
snss1 oee Son. Sanas Ed1n asf
Msss Ke45sr feyf5 Faannr msn5
S Henne, S760; Henry Fanst, 81, 100.
From the above statement it will appear that
the aggregate assessment OF nine firms doing the
same Inc Of business as your petitioner, is $10,-
han nne is o
Your petitioner states from careful examination
and comparison OF the assessment Of public prop