, 1877-02-11
CHICAGO 1877sxTEEN PAGES
that the State take carc Of it, etc. Nfr. Holden
| is father Of the ntonosit;on.

that the State take carc of it, etc. Mr.. Holder
is father OF the proposition.
The trial OF Samuel Strauss, indicted for lar
ceny as bailec, was concluded in the Crin1fna
! Court yesterday, but the result depends upol
| the contents OF scaled envelope, as the lur'
vas allowed to bring in a verdict ir1 that shape
| The jurors alone know Strauss fate.
Yesterday was arraignment-day in the Grim
! lnal Court. Seyenty-sevCn :harl-loo1nE cases
| pleaded, seventeen OF whom confessed thcli
| guilt. Among the latter were Norris halioran,
indicted for the murder Of Dennis haynes o. o.
Lake street few weeks ago, anu william II
| Howard, indicted for arson.
The Committee on Education OF the County
| Board will visit the Normal School at Engle
I wood Tuesday, to meet tho County Board OF
| Education and consult with reference to making
| the clearinghouse there tcnantable. The Com
mittec Will not be apt to agree to any tufthcf
expenditures, or at least it said Us much yes-
| tcrday.
Commissioner Holden. has affixed his sigma
| ture to the pay-rolls Of the county employees,
! and they were all paid yesterday, except those
! in the County Clerks Office Among the latter
| Gen. Ltcb distributed the balance OF the fees IN
his hands belonging to the. county, which Vas
barely enough to give them little pocket
chauEc all around.
Statc's-Attorncy Mills returned from Geneva
J.scs of 1hc ;n,,;rtcd commissioners. which are
n hc called to-morrow. The special object
Of his visit was to secure con-
fin1,ation. fearing that If they were
trird tlis week the trial OF Sullivan here next
weak would be interrupted He was unable to
eret a rortinuaucc. owing TO the crowded con-
S;tion of the docIet there unless he took It until
thc newt term. which he does not want The
rasrs viii consequently be called tomorrow
morning.
WHAT THEY THINK OF MATTERS.
An effort was made again Yesterday to ascer-
+oin ~ What the comnssonrr5 thourht Of the f.
nanc,o, situation since The bond schcfnc had failed
ont how ther felt about roing on with the con-
strnction If rho ncw Coi,rt-Housc. They were
stlI 1,nnrcnared to saw n rreat deal for the rca-
son thai there was ycry little that they could
say. The general cxnression. however, was in
favnr of going on with the Court
1ionsc and leaving the running expenses
of the county for the wear to Be provided
;n thc hest way nossible. Mr., Holden had
o7reat faitb in the back-taxes. which he expected
fo sre f,omc railing intn thc Treasury right
ajonr. and MS to the shortage in current ex-
ncnses he appca1ed to console himself with the
reflection that it could not be twice rs much as
it Ind been the year previous. He wanted the
$4,000 appropriated for the Court House to be
nnnlied there. aud lad m idea that the back
taxes would iii in ali yoids. for the year. lie
said. however, that he was in favor Of the strict
est economy in every department of the County
Government, and OF looping of at oncc every
official and every expense that could possibly be
dispensed with. Messrs. Fitzgercld and Scnnc
agreed with him, and tie public will see how
earnest they all all are In their future action.
THE PER DIEM OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
The Judiciary Committee met yesterday to
take some action on the resolutions Of Commits
sioner Sennc, referred to 1t, looking to having
the salaries Of the Commissioners conform to