, 1877-12-11

There were oEO prisoners In jail yesterday. 4
marked decrease from lew weeks ago.
County officers and employees will he elected
Monday. The Republicans arc confident that
they will be able to carry the day, In which
event clean sweep will bo made.
Sheriff Kern's dieting blll for the last quarter
MAS over $4,000. The BridcFell. rhcre the bills
arc nearly ns large, IL yet 10 be heard fron,.
The appropriation for dieting prtsoncrs at both
places tho coming year Is only $4,000.
The County Ra,ard wifi visit the Insane
Asylum In a body to tntpeet + 'e;s:sing thc
building 10 carriages At 70 oeloek: The,e r. my
cessors Of the employees while there. II held at
all 1t should not bo III The storcrootn.
Patrick Lyons WAS arrested some time ngo as
vagrant and sent TO tl,c Brtdewcl1. lie was
ordcrc.! released Yesterday h5 Judge McAlItstcr
on a writ " habcas corpus. In passing OIL tho
opInlon Of tbs Vagrant Ia" as given lew da5s
ngu.
Francis Lerau1t, who has been IN jail fome
time, spent tho day ID the County Court ycsfcr.
day IN scheduling his property: lf!s abiltfes
Of his resources, which It appears dsnleult 10
determine. The dispute, 1t Is expected, wibl be
settled to-day, whether bis debts arc or not.
There was nothing new from, tho County
Clerks Office yestersty. Ltcb's tax:Ecacmptten
account WAS being gone ovcr ngafn to actt1c the
! dispute ~ 10 whfeh bet u clerks, Itub's OF
Kiokkc's, lad made deficit Of 5000. and this
| was all outside OF the routine business. LIth
hiss not ret sent iu his nnai report TO the Board.
The ecalcs in tho Jail yard hare araln ceased
to be Of any. use. The coal delivered at The
building Is dumped Ms Of old, md the engineer.
without knowing whether ono Or dozen loads
or tons Is delivered day, fcceipte for whatever
tho contractor says liz t,as sent. The engineers
| receipt IL tho only check tho Board llas on the
contractor, and tho new Board should see TINT
tho coal Is weighed.
Tie standing committees Of the Board wcro
announced yesterday ty Mt. sennc. His ap-
pointments are regarded, with perhaps ono cx-
ception. as good. AfaDy of the old tnombcra
are dlssasIs1cd with tue ptaces given thcm, hut
0tlicrs arc delighted TINT they got OF as we'll ~
they did. On thu whote tho new arrangement
auRurs good for tho public.
The Grand Jury for December was e~orn In
yesterday. with Charles W. Clapp as forctan'
Judge McAIlEster read tho jury lecture and /
matters relating 10 jury work must be heard II
tte Jury roo,H, and not out ut 1t, and that nj
complaints Of any kltl should be noticed unlcet
tleY thmc through the 8tate's-Attorner. He
also cautioned them Acu'nst tho practice Ol
bunting down reportcrs to tell them what tht
Jury was doing. About the only business 1on'
during tho day was tho hearing of the ease q
| Frank Sheppard, chargcd with tho murder Of I
1 npItctHAD BUM'G tpu6 Mfu. n klu8 N'll Mn
| }ouud. and 20 swift arc the wheels Of iustscs
that Sheppard Will bo placed on trial Ii th'
, Criminal Court to.uAv.
A srTEFuL OFFICIAL.
CountY.Atsornoy lsountrcc Is yery anxious Il
bring suit against tx-Treasurer IIuek to rccoYe
thu 4lo0, ,o00 licked W N the Third Nattona
Hank, hut says nothing about Ltob, who has no
yet btsn heard from with 10 much Is a report
except through Klukke, that hts accounts wer
short stX0. When tho "lslnR" Commissioner
were On trial for dcfraudlng the county II Il 10
remembered that t,o raisrl Ills voice III bclal
II lie pcopls. lie Is spiteful toward Huck 70
the reason that that gentleman prcftrred l.
hire "optnlans' from outside lawyers to .akn
hls ''opluons" for nothing. in ona instance
ly pursuing stich cour4c, h6 sayed the peul,t
ssol.tD0. TnIa was when fsountree wanteA E,f
to sign COUNTY bonds to that amount. ffutk'
attorney tatd tho Board had no authority to Ii
sue the bonds. tie sunrenle Court eoncutEct
. anil still later tho people Voted that they IL
nut whit to issue them. Rountree has room I
bo angry, and, under the clEeunstanees, tnul
. not well he otherwise. Mr. IInck Will pay ove
!, every crnt due tho county. and Rountfee vi
bo spared any trouble about 1t.