, 1877-09-08

md It's complaint was tho whoopfn0.cough.
The calendar for tho term In the Criminal
Court las been completed. Among other
things It shows that the indicted Commissioners
and contractors arc to be tried the 24th, and
Alexander Auhn. who shot the little girl July
(, on tue oGth. Tic 6rst-namcd asc lixeay to
ask for change Of venue Or continuance, and,
should they not, It Is nor at oil likely that their
casce will be rca<hcd on the date named. from
the fact That other cases have tho precedence on
the calendar.
In meeting Of the Committee On Public
Buildings and Public Service yesterday, Com
missioner Schmidt stgually failed to give Harms
t9D. .00O to which lie was not entitled. fIe had
introduced resolution to this effect at the laat
meeting Of tue boaFsl, and II waa referred. and
Iiartns this amount On = resolution. but Mr..
Fitzgerald urged that Harms could not Ia paid
anything except upon a final certificate Of the
architect, which lid tho business. II Schmidt
could have passed his resolution, md lntiuced
tho Treasurer to mart with 80 inuci, money,
IIar1ns might hare been able to turn ovcr a
certain amount, and still be In position to 70
sotA ts s0qt a,ns with .ua b. tss s!' sr A. = a1 s
they; must prove their cIa.m ID il tho Supreme ste
Court. Schmidt md Harms. Of course, ilage
great deal Of sympathy In their scheme, but
their misfortune Is That tho honeat lncn IN tho
Board ure against them.
RING CALCULATIONS.
As the election approaches tho "RinK" IL
growing anxious. Tho programme "a arranged
|. to have two Of the retiring members re-.
elected, md hero Is tho trouble. I,ountrec,
with IN cye to h!s own interest, Is understood
to be at the bottom OF the scheme, as two ,nore
"K'ng :" vntca would re-c'cct him. All Of tho
retiring members want to be re-electcd, but
aome being Indicted alrcady,. and there bein.
no calculating on future Grand Jurtes, the
situation 10 dubious. II Holden and NtuCatYrey
could be reelected tho County Attorney would
be llappy, but tho CHANCES arc against, both.
Dropping these he wants to see UucntheF re-
turned, who nominated him the last time, and
whom he thtnks he can rely on In tbs future.
Ihs situation Is strange, snd without tlls work;
and tic futuse "cxtsas" On the Court-1louso
sink into tna!gnfacance.
sk1ToN's '1ExTnAs.n
Tho Building Committee OF the County Doasd
yesterday considered The matter Of ordering
sexton 10 use scwer brick In tlu second story Of
tic Court.liouse. THIS class Of material was used
IN tlu llrst story on tue order of tho architect
69t subsequently sh9t individual waa d;ycstcd
ee~cr brick would entail IN "extrs" of about
~ per thousand. which tho architect approved
upon the Recommendation Of Schmidt, Holden,
1T
work. and the distinction between tho apccidca.
tions and 'tscwer brick " WA the question to he
dctcrtnlned. Mr. Esan eontcndul shas ths
apcE1HcatluHS uI0 lut c0FeF stEt InatetlQl That
they did: Thn Committee, however: agreed to
pay the "e1tras,'' not only On the 6rst story,
not jcss than s5j,000. fhe "Rtnu' u thus
ahea'l just 10 much, aud what Walker cannot
pay 10 the crawd Sexton can BY this arrange
.ueat, % the Courtllouse job, after iii,
\ aot to be abort on lts dtv'icnAs.
brick work ha7r not been able 70 discover tho
difference between the brick used aud "goQ<l,
sound, hartl-Durns BRICK" and the astonishing
feature u thas thu architect should hare allowed
himself 10 ba usc1 in the matter.
4 slKHuLAN TRANSACTION.
The Hospital cotuIuiiter yesterday passed on
the tlnal eatltnate fur Hlltng tile Hosptiai
GROUNDS, and also ujsull tue bills fur nleasurn,g
Ills 1ltng. The County Surveyor was awartteI
$5D fur lis measurement, auI Greeley, employed
hy Commissioner ifudrA u lneusutu tue work,
was awarded $GU. Never WIS 4 clearer steal
pcFpctratc,l. nof q moro audar!ous Que. for
fused to make count VI Il wien chilled On.
Tie circumstances are that W0leutt ur-
igtuslly measured tue work, aud li0Idcn,
manufacturing y dissatisfaction, had urecleY
u to It over again: utrsleY .eit in btll fur
t40 against Till Ut Woeott's for t50. mud with
colts measurement be accepted. Wolrott was
given ~ and suFeeley $tAl, " the result. In
Justice, liulden ought t0 bc mallu to pay
Urceeys blu, whCthcr 1t he nuct. Or little, hut
bchmidt has doug vtsxt be cu41u tu rclieye him,
because, aAlong other reas1'ls. Wu!eutt would
not becoina his toal 10 the lar.us light tor
"extras." Thete IL no stFungcr argument why
0fceley's bill should be rspulla,e4 by the
boaF1-outstde Of the fact that ao individual
member Ut tbs Board cTsated Titan thp fart
that the contractor for the filling was paid on
Woleott'a estimate,