, 1877-02-02


The members OF tho County Bonrl who hayc
50 long been trying to override tho County
Treasurer aud the minority Of the Finance COM
inittec because they would not become parties to
tho schcine 10 inalr temporary lonn of $780, ,000
for tAcbcnctt Of ayarlclous contractors wcre yes
terday bowcd lownwitl, grief. They Ind boastcl
u the incxhaustlb!e credit Ut the county, md,
following Tie "opin!uns" VI tho County At
toriIcy, had seen nothing in the way OF getting
nil the money they wanted, despite thu stand
taken by Mr. luck. They had advertised for tho
nauucy wullscdt alnl they thought this was all
that was ncfcksury; but. Gnd'ng thnt In anawcr
iheIr pa!n wus cxrfuriat!nE. Had the public
lost faith In tl,eint Could It be possible that no
uIte Ind my n,ul.cy to loonl 'rGcAe and &i,niar
..lnvstlons they !arlsstd, as their last hope OF
bcinE able to s1uandcr any ,noto Of the public
Mn,iry fA4rd Iron, thc!r view.
Tte day bcfnro they lad talked about apply
lnE Tor inanda'nus 10 conlpel Mr. lluek III Join
them in the loau, elst now they fclt moro likc
svtt!nE out \ nlanIalnus to compel auitc ono to
n:tyF them the money. Such were their feel
ings as they
c,towprp INTO Tue COUNTY ATTORNEYS or
FiCB
~ quest Of consolation aud to dFlnE In more Of
his celebrated self-digcstIng "optu.uus." This
was dreadful, he told them, which they already
fully appreciated. und then they reasoned to-
ssther as 10 how to reach the coveted prize, but
~ tn vain: Never teloru had tho law-bookB
which lined tic shelves abuut failed to giy0
thcm snrrur Wien they needed It, but, alas be-
tween thcir lids they could net sec tho $lU0, 900
50 muel, desired. Il iaye IT," saI.! Kountrce,
tnally looking up from q deep study. All l,nta
were lifted. Here" he continued, II will
draw up u resolution TO be presented t1lls after
noon to the Board. / will make grand display
iu tho wilcfcascs. showing that We Aaye lots VI
hack t!1cs lue-you know this carried Our
court-llousc thfouEh-aad plenty 1t taxes 10
collect, and In tue resolutions we will seriously
pEoposu to close up the charitable tnstitutlons,
etc. Tf,is will take, you see; must have its ef-
feet, for it will never do u do anything Ut tic
kind. lluck will yield to this, aud Fitzgerald
asl Ayars Also for, rather than close UP tho lsl-
situations, they will Join LIS In negotiating
loan. VT must nuke tho thing strouE. Tabor,
you must Introduce tho resolutions, alld McCaf.
Trey, you aud Comfy must uakn pitable speccla-
ts,-frcnus Of the poor, you KNOW"
X few moments later the Committee Clerk
WAS busy drawing the resolutions, and the
ecveTal speakeEs wcEu put IN trimming. Several
hours later tic curtain was ralsed on the Hoard
tu session, and the programme Wa entered
upon. The iuRc1!ucEy n,Ovcd am0athlY, and 8ll
the tasts we're well taken, a will appear from
the proceedings. The lobby Of attaches Of tho
several county Institutions applaudcd every
striking situation III tis entire lrauln, and u
the scenes shifted disclosing now tho tcaEtul
widow and htr hun@ering children. aud then the
great sclf-dcn!al of the O'Douncils, tho BIC
Cicscys. Bakers, and Ifcgans as contractors,
the tears we're too mucl for Comfy payer collar.
The hhDw Vas Gna1ly over, and the curtain
down fur the last time, Tie play had been q
gool one, but 1t lla1
YAltED to BRING THE 100000.
Tue game bad u0t worked, for there eat Ayata
and Fitzgerald Is stoIcl a. ever. They had