, 1877-07-08
TIE COUNTY BUILDING.

Commissioner Holden Is the latest candidate
announced for the office of County Treasurer
The County Court will be in session to-mor
| row, and judgment is expected to be entered
| against all delinquent taxpayers. The sale fo1
! taxes will commence the 2jl.
The July Grand Jury will be impancled to-mor.
row. and Judge Farwcll has siguilied his inten-
[ ton to specially instruct them in reference to
their duties and powers III complaint cases.
| Martin Mullen, city Constable, indicted by
] the last GRIND Jury for playing the confidence
game. WAS yesterday arrested aud gave bail ill
the sum Of $1,000 for his appearance for trial.
lis attorney says he is not guilty, of course,
and that he is an exemplary citizen and officer
1t remains to be seen what twelve OF his peers
will say about it.
were found oYera year ago for forging saloon
licenses. ETC., yesterday succeeded in having
them both stricken from the docket with leave
to reinstate. One OF the indictments was set
aside for some technical cause and the other
was dismissed on account Of the absence OF the
prosecuting witness. Tic case against Bluhm
appeared to be very clear one, aud the delay
in trying him has led to the above result.
It has before been noted that Walkers bond
III the Courthouse work was comparatively
worthless. The name OF Gen. Macarthur ap-
pears among his -boudsmcp. and. al
though he has failed, nothing has been said BY
tile BoaEa looking to getting Il name in his
place. The pcrtine1ce Of these lines in view Of
the probability that Walker must ultimately
throw up his contract, is apparent. In the
event Of his throwing it up, the bondsmen
would naturally be called on to carry the work
forward, which they could not do. These mat
tcrs should be looked to. as should also the
further matter of his giving bond, as required
by his contract, to protect the county from:
damages in the event Of persons getting killed
or crippled BY accidents on the work. He has
been ordered to put swinging g-derricks where he
now has rotten and unsafe ones, which shows
that the architect appreciates the situation, II
the Board does not.
The County Board will in few weeks COM
mencc the work OF making appropriations for
county purposes for 1878. The proposition now
Is to reduce the appropriations for all county
purposes, and to cause to be extended on the
tax-booKs some $500 0O0 to 60 On with the Court
House work. This will be but repetition of
seen in an embarrassed Treasury, ETC. ThcT
reduced the appropriations last year In order to
provide for Courthouse Fund, but failed to
reduce the running expenses of the county ma
chtnery. The result is, the several funds for
the year are overdrawn, and the county's debt
has been increased nearly S500,000. Acting on
the same theory the coming year, the result will
be far worse. The Board seems to hare entire
II lost sight Of its hobby Of year ago of issu-
ing bonds with which to build the Courthouse,
issued without the people first passing on the |
question at the polls
WALKERS EXTRAS.
The Commissioners have signihed desire III |
the last feH. days to have Architect Egan enter |
into an arbitration to reach the amount of cx- |
tras to which Walker is entitled ia his tlltck-stone
project, Egan, as has already been noted, has
refused to enter iuto the scheme, Yesterday be |
was told, it Is understood, that 1t would suit
the Commissioners just as we'll Il lie would |
send communication to the Board recommend |
ng the appointment OF Committee Of Arbf-
:5ators, OF which he should not be one; hence
ne pnragraph in the afternoon papers yester-
lay to the effect that he would send Id such
document. He will take no such foolish action.
Under Ills contract, and under Walkers con-
rat, be is made sole arbitrator in all such dis
'utes, and II the Ring" persists in giving the
after more than hc is entitled to, matters have
cached such point that they can only do it by
leutralizing both coutracts Egan ia not salts
led that Walker is entitled to ANYTHING, and.
lnee the use OF thick stone was one Of the cor:
itions upon which the award was made to
Walker, his claim for extras would appear to
ave no foundation in fatt. When the Com
1ittee was considering Walkers bid for the |