, 1877-02-25
THE COUNTY BUILDING,

| OF the five Commissioners whose terms ex
pire this fall, not one is a candidate for re-elec
1ion It is scarcely necessary to inquire why.
The Committee Clerk Of the County Board
Albert Mahr, is considerably put out at the turn
things have taken, and = few days ago he ad
dressed q letter to Sammy J. Tilden. urging him
to call on the people to iuaugurate him Presi-
! dent whether or no. He Was feeling considera.
! Sly hurt yesterday that Sammy had not needed
his advice.
The Grand JurE worked faithfully few hours
| yesterday, finding fifteen true bills in petty
cases. In the afternoon, determined not to be
| denied a visit to the Insane Asyluiu, they OBJ
| 1ained permission from one Of the County Com
nissloners to engage carriages at the public cx~
business, beyond the pleasure Of the ride, Is not
known. They will report tomorrow aud be
! discharged.
Religious services will be held in the jail to-
day at O'Clock, led By the Rev. L. T. Chelnpe:-
is:n; as,,.oe Of TIE New England Congregational
ministers o. the city. :ar. Chamberlain is the
only Que who has asked permission to labor With
| the prisoners: The Sheriff is entirely undenom-
inatlonal IN the matter, and all that remains for
any Christian worker to do Il ask permission.
Some months ago an inmate OF the Insane
Asylum escaped and PLAY ed havocwith the books
and furniture OF & SCHOOL In Norwood Park. 4
bill for damages wac sent to the County Boar,i
hy the School Trustees and placed on Tile.
Yesterday Mr. Holden vas severely stirred up
by some uf the parties interested. and Threatened
tha, II The damages werc not paid the county
would be sued The damage suits are fast &C
cusnlating, it appears. and somebody is to
hlu,ue.
Commissioners Cleary and Holden are rivals
now in the work Of retrenchment. They begin
u appreciate the position in which the past cx-
tEayagance Of the Roard has placed the county,
aDd yesterday hid some words on the subject.
They scersed each other Of recklessness in the
psst. and each promised to outdo the other In
mains 10 be seen wi::cu one Of them will move !
Tomorrow to c:lt the salary of the Courty-At- |
torney in two in the middle and abolish the ap-
preparation Tor The maintenance Of his law in |
stitnte.
Architect Eean returned from the Fox Island
granite quaTTles Yesterday. He reports that T
about two-thirds Of the pilasters aud columns !
for the new court House lave been gotten onf.
aud that some Of them are boxed and ready for
shipment. The object OF his visit was to gire
contract calls for quarry estimates. the county
feser'lng W per cent, aud under this he thinks |
they are entitled to aoout $4,000 and. Will SO
csrtlty TO tue Board: The contractors will find
Lhat II Is easy enough to get county orders onf
that money Is not SO easily obtained.
THE PRINTING sw1SDLE
lae experts appointed some weeks ago to
measure 7, the official proceedings of the County
that body, With q view to arriving Of.
some coHelusion IN reference to the
large made hy the Stodte-Z -Zeituuq that fhe
'rgans had oyereharsed, submitted their report
% .he Eflhtlng Committee yesterday It is 4 +
'olt1'ninous document, aud contains an array
u hgnres II not facts, OF sufficient magnitude
@ make book equal in size and interest to the
'Fa1E3rs Patent-oalce reports. Il Is held
and reIortorial eyes are Of course, not
oanled to giveits conclusions, and faint idea
}. ho'T sucti conclusions we're reached. The | &
Spefts, It Is understood, measured tue N after
,et ,;r cy Tue - ne :,a aud found. that there were
oches 20 agate lines, and the lines !
Q squares, figuring four, i've, and !
u lines to the square, the contract under which
ne ley, wo5k had been done ha7ng blundcringiy |
quars. etc. This was for amusement. i,owryer
or thev had been given to understand nv Cen b
.eo. the publisher of one OF the sorpnns ); q
nat ~ 1is measurement he had charged i've
tAcr :" "orgcn'' that lie had allowed six lines | n
hey next set about dividing the matter on th;s b
asls: and comparing The amount the Dunrrs had Il
ecu e. paia wata the amount they should have y
zen paid according to their own figuring, They s.
aclle1 the conclusiur in brief, tha: the countv r.
wed ten. Lieb about s500 while tlu. othcr !,
aolsher owed the county about $500.
H. natl oyercharged that amount All ol
) agate, without regard to the SIZE Of +, ~
Pc In which it had been set, and allowed one =
ablisher $117 and the other S107 in this war. =,
THE Printing Committee should tail to alln,r =,
ese Items, they will swell the indebtedness nf ~
e county to the one, aud the indebtedness Of n.
9 other to the county just so much. Il the ~
port bears out these figures it is conclusive ~
AZ me experts have done their best and Il
cfcd instructions, and at the same time ex- r.
sed some very dirty work. II
SAVING THE PEOPLES MONEY ~
atler o. reducing the salaries 0f county nj
u lions received a new impetus yesterday, il Is
y can oe said to. amount to anything. The tn
StOrers did little eIaa +hor ,7i....., 80 -