The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-28
OETOAEO T,ETTER

international Press Bureaus letter.
The GTG7ad Jury Investigating Tbeo-
dore Thomas Establishes His OYc7aes-
ira IN the Garden CITY.
CHICAGO, June Is.
The Grand Jury is still pursuing its
investigation into the crookedness of
the county offices, and has returned a
batch of indictments against contrac>
tors for swindling to the extent of
100000. The researches into official
iniquity have, however, been thWarted
at almost every step by perjury. The
jurors knew that dozens Of men were
swearing falsely, and yet thus far they
have been able to catch but one, the
person who furnishes the stone for the
Court House, and lie is confident that
he will be able to wriggle out of his
dilemma; and another contractor has
also been indicted, along with his
clerk, for destroying testimony which
would have convicted him of unlaw-
full dealings with County Commission
ers, and hopes are entertained that he
will yield to the pressure of the law,
lA6VIAy SAFO NY w LOU lC W
the great sorrow Of official rascality.
The great Theodore Thomas has
decided to transfer himself. his orches-
ira and his baton from the East, and
to settle down here for the summer,
educating the popular taste, and MAX
ing some money, though the latter is
somewhat problematical. Down on
the Lake Shore, within easy reach of
the hotels, and near most Of the street
car lines, in the Exposition building, a
big barn, which, when not in use for
it's legitimate purpose, is given up to
chicken shows, baby shows, indignation
meetings and rinking. Half Of it and
some of the outlying grounds have
been secured, and grove is manufact-
ured out Of trees planted in tubs, and
set at stated intervals, but it is hard to
keep up sylvan illusion where "don't
touch the shrubbery" is hung from
every branch, and when the tubs ap-
pear more like grand spittoons than
anything else. The prices are ''popu-
lar" For twenty-five cents you go
where you hear little. For fifty cents
you get seat where you hear some
thing. The scene will be enlivened
with white-aproned walters, white
foaming beer and ice cream of various
hues. The musical Thomas demands
that there shall be beer, since it makes
one less critical, and wins over the
Germans, from whom he must expect to
derive the mass Of his custom. The
enterprise has been begun on SO large
a scale, and has so much competition
from the great number of small groves
throughout the city, all of which offer
decent beer and tolerable music. that
the speculation will probably be q
losing one after the first week or two.
There is nervous feeling that some
of the savings banks here will be in
deep water presently. There is no
provision for any inspection of them.
Any reports they make are voluntary,
and it cannot be told whether they are
true or not. 1t is rumored that some
Of them have their funds invested in
real estate, which has shrunk badly,
and that others have locked up their
capital in the stock and bonds of bank
rupt railroads and exploded canals.
It has reached that point where any
little accident may precipitate run,
and we will have here the same diff
culties that have been experienced
recently in New York. There have
been efforts made to secure State
supervision of these banks, but it has
been prevented by the lobbying of
representatives of some of the insti-
tutions concerned.