, 1877-01-16
COUNTY BILLS,

ASp ESPECIALLY o'poHHEtL's.
In Sundays TEInCNE was an Item calling at-
tcntton tu tho unsuccessful labors OF reporter
In searching ont certain transaction between |
the County board and rAtrick O'Donncll. the |
contractor for furnishing meat for the several |
county institutions. The particular trantaction |
alludc.l to was tile sale BY the County Board to
O'Dnnncll of I, $50 pounds Of meat In hogs from,
the County Farm An That could he found In
reference to the deal Saturday MAS that the |
ka!c had been male tho 10th Of january, 1871,
last year, By the Committee on Public Charities
md that tho Clerk. OF tho Boar,l had hcen tn-
run tic next biii presented against
the county BY o'ponnc,!, wl.irll, hc did
not do. 0ns Of the clerks ass!stcd tho
tho amount had been paid the county, nc was
unable Ia show any rctart! Of It. Yesterday tllc
work WAS resumed, and. after n seartsl through
the. Boarl proceedings from Jah. ~ TO ~: t.,
II was found that on the Inter uate s4l5.0 s,
va. tlct!nrtcA fson, onc Of O'DnnnclFs bills
not S4+0yl, tho amount ordered tn be deducted
fr"ln Ills Jannary hills. Tho discrepancy ~ tl!9
III carrying ont the n11tcrs Of this lInat1i nny be
susceptible of satisfactory explanation; hut. in
tho absence Of sucl, explanation, It + ot @ Hniar
10 Jay that, to 81 appearances. A,. , 9pnn. ~.
sta conty '' B"ar fs a' shan tho ''' public tsyc
| time Of hIs purchase OF tho county
and the time no paid llis ~ LIZ l,e vas pnd lrom tsc
| a fuyor llc certainly could not hayo f2lled to
apl,y. cIato In ouc way OF another.
| Whci.lrr Mr. O'Dunnell has. been unk1ulY
favored or nut As contractor. the mention Of
| tho hug transaction has
| CsEATEn QUITE DnEEzE
among the " King !" ai.d tllcIr ubcttors and de-
tenders, for yesterday J.hu Consskey, the al.
tu great pitch, md the sight Of thc reporter
who was supposed to havc exposed lis fnvort-
Ism for tho ,ncat contractor was c,osgh to
throw him into spnsn! OF profanity. lle
csu '9s sa.a u at @ seota9 saRSas but !" nsa ss
tbeto uSe % cane attcr this the fact t',a. tio
accounts under Ills care as bookkeeper
for tho spnnty y,s wfsG pfovs @ 10 DC Il. r"a t
complaint Of Ills superior, Gen. Lieb, and to
tlls the "hug itc1n" xl,ore refcrrcl to, he WAS
overwhelmed with Indignation aud grief, All!
ab,iSe aisi Threats et violence 70 tho reportcr to
give vent to his feelings. And i1's condition Of
in!l,l, too, wa aggravated by the fact that tho
tcribc was H. hs very prcsence and ngail link.
shown BY tho hla lac ha! been paid. Ihr r.
,urtcr had gained permission to look through
The hills. aud was quietly at work IN thu. tlIrcc.
ton, hut comi.key,i ,ionn!ng d., antt,uslty ycste.
xlonatc!y grabbing the little tcll.tales anu
denying h[n thu privilege Of further puraunE
Ills Investigation. Then II was tint he let l0ost
Ills tongue and poured out hts gall, but to nc
ayaii, fos ths reporter hail already eottcusnousl
ANOTHER CHATTER 70 r,ta laYAMY or TIL
"nlSu,"
, anil to bring Into gueatton thc fair dealing o
/ ! O'Dnnnrll. Hero Ia ~hat Was found by tta re-
| uurtcr In a few moments md hu(urt tho parcT
, wcro tAkel, frntn him: O'1onnesl during las
. year hull Contract with tho county to furn!sl
. ''Mcat, iiah, poultry, unl hams Ut the or1e
Il 0f the Huarl tOr cents ncr pound. Tbs b!!l
shOw Thai under dute Ut Nov. he was paid y
I t,Ic Board for forty-a!x pounds of nam 10 cent
:. per pound, ansl to any ,othing Of his contrac
!, 10 turlsli hams ut u cents, he was paid rent
!. per pound more than tho best hatna could b
a hunght fnE In tlu uI'cu market. undcE tn
i. snsne tate lie Tas paid u per dozen for e1gh
i tuzen chickens, md saying M"th!nG Of l'ls cor
= he wax paid *3,.5 taoTc per dozen than WI
y Yskcd in the market. Under date Of Oct. Il
l. furnished cghty.stycn Cans OF oysters, and II
Y cciyed therefor Is cents per cat, Or ~ cents pc
i cnn .noru than waa asked fur the hest uystet
ii thut gould be had elsewhere VI seta!l. Cum!ll
inrwarl 10 Dee. |, Ill the bills being picked ii
e. ns ttry came, It was found that ht iurli!sAe
a :EU pounus nt turkey. u1I1 WIZ paid IL cents r.
pt pound, OF cents more than tho MARKET prlc
and II ccslts tIlura thAn Lis CONTRACT price. Y
IT pounds Ut lard, aud was paid therefor !
of cents per pound, or 0 cents 1iorc than Il
M same Ntt!ce was quoted at and I'D cans Ut oy
~ trrk Tor which he got !5 cents per Gull, or
IN cr,tH 1lyanco over MI other (retat,l uealera Il
Ut The 1rss soo1s. On the ssne date hc retsiGfs
II. his contract, csnta per p,ual, hut on thc II
N. he gave way to his old propensity and charge
nr aud WAS pull u ccts per pound Tor 200 rou1lt
ii uf hams, while the best sugur-curcd were 4uu
n. cd ut from . III 10 cents. This Is as far as Il
nv reporter gut bcfore bclng interrupted, and
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