, 1877-08-05
TIE COUNTY BUILDING.

we're married in the County Court yesterday
They had no money to pay the fees, aud, as 8
consequence, the marriage certificate was with
held. They went of happy, nevertheless, and
are going to try to get along without it.
| 4 correspondent writes to the County Col
lector aud propounds the following: Where
| pieec o1 lanu is advertised for sale for taxes
and the property IS owned undivided, when
each person pays Ills proportion aud takes a
! separate receipt,%s it your custom and is it
legal to Charge each person full COST" The
question, while propounded to Mr. Huck, is adj
however, " No.' The costs in such cases are
] proportioncd Us near US eau be.
Assistant nt-State's-Attorney Weber has very
| fine pair Of ponies. Hi knows 1t, and likes 10
| show them. Yesterday afternoon tie took re-
porter Of the Western Catholic to ri1e with him.
The ponies moved of briskis, as they. usually
do, and away they went along the iaac-
shore drive, aud were soon lost to sight. Alter
an absence OF about an hour he and Ills conl-
psnion returned. The earrla:.e was left at q
carr;age-slop, and the ponies were taken up at
4 later hour BY the polite about Lincoln Park.
The harness was scattered through Lake View.
Tomorrow will be busy day in tbs Criminal
Court. In the morning the motion to quash
the indictments against Hinsdale ond his clerk,
Meliyk. and Walker, will be argued. After this
the trial OF Pike will be commenced. In the
evening the trial Of Milford, the railroal-ticket
III stolen and counterfeit tickets, will he taken
up. Tue railroads have combined iu the pros
ecution Of the latter case not SO tuuch to punish
MultoFd. however, us to test the constitution
ality Of the law against - scalpers." Evening
sessions will be held during the week in order
to clear the jail, if possible, during the term.
The Brooks abortion case was argued yester-
day morning in the Criminal Court, and about
noon vas given to the jury. After an absence
OF about three hours verdict was returned
tndiug both Brooks and koss, alias Russell,
guilty i'll manner and torn as charged ia the in
dictment~ Brooks was given sir and Ross Two
years in the Penitentiary. The Inter has been
there before. The usual motion was male for
u new trial, which the State's-Attornev pro-
poses to hare passed on, So that the defendants
can 20 to Joliet without delay. Ar. Mills is
covering himself with laurels by the success lie
is meeting IN prosecuting cases. His motto
seems to be, ''Let no guilty man escape, '--at
least, he is working on tl!at theory with great
credit to himself aud pride to his many friends
and the public.
Some OF those suggested by the Committee
on Public Buildings aud Public Service as the
ones to appoint an arbitratin@ committee to
pass on Walkers claim for so. 900 "extras' on
the Courthouse work, 1t IS understood, will re-
fuse to act. The scheme Is very transparent,
and almost any one can see through it. The
s'Rins'' wants an arb;trating committee for
what. Not to give Walker less tann Egan al
lows, but to give him more; not to protect the
treasury A1lIlSt HAlhEE. Uuh IL pEULECL
Walker, and sec that hc gets every cent he
claims, whether entitled to 1t or not The pro
posed committee will have to he paid, Of course,
and each member Will charge nut less than So |
day. 1t will take say ten days to do the work, |
and cost not less than 81 ,UGO. The public has
nothing to gam by the project, but the Ring"
evidently believes il has. The proceeding is |
outrageous aud without precedent. |
4 FEW H.,KD ONES DISPOSED OF.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Earwen passed |
the following sentences in tic Criminal Court: |
itentiary; Frank Nc rusky. burglary, five years t
Penitent;ary; Marrs HalIuEan, nlAnsanshter, |
five years Penitentiarv; Thomas Curry, robbery, t
ont year pen,tent1ury; JAmes Lee, burglary, |
two years Penitentiaey; II. c. Saun crs, embez- |
element. o1te year Pentcntiary: Juhn Ryan, for |
driving off i Nurse, two months House OF Cor |
rcction; William Bennett and Matt Garktley. /
larceny, two years Reform School; Paul b. |
lant'cr, larceny, three months House OF Correc-
ton; Frederick Acton. larceny, one month |
House Of Correction; John Beattie, larceny,
thirty y-fire days House Of Correction; Morris Bar.
ry. larceny, thirty days County Jail and Harry
Kelly, larceny, six months House of Correction.
The only incident worthy vi notice during the |
was the conduct Of q man named
Gectins.. lie had the fortune to have scrycra1
clients with their faces turned toward Joliet
The way most Of them look,-nud in asking
mercy for them malc himself SO ridiculous us
10 not only make the Court laugh outright in I
his lace, but also his clients. There ought to
Dc some way to silence such lawyer-c1owns, and |
7 is to be hoped that one will be discovered.
money. and do more toward filling our penal
Institutions with innocent people than ali other
auses combined, and ought mot to Dc toler-
ted.