, 1877-05-01
TIE COUNTY BUILDING.

"No vacancies In this Office" is posted on Il
door leading to the County Clerks room.
Notice OF the Harms injunction was yesterda
served on him. the County Treasurer, and I'll
| County Board
Walker was made happy yesterday. The Boar
ordered him paid $40, 600 1t is hoped that wl,c
be gets this sum that he will let the public sec Iii
| effect OF it On the Court House walls.
| The Pittsburgers who are furnishing the iro
| TOT Inc new court-tionsc begin 10 clamor fo
money. Sexton is to send in polite request for
| slight advance 1T IN early day In consequence.
Architect Egan asked the Board yesterday l.
balld The W&tcr-c]oeets needed on the Court Hous
| Square. What has become Of pcriolat's otter I,
build them in connection with his fcncc-2dvortis
Ing scheme.
Commissioner Fitzgerald has been striving fo
some time to cnt down the price allowed tht
Sheriff for dieting the prisoners. but Ing SO fa
m been M unsuccessful. He says that he now prouote:
prove. that the board is yiolating tho iaw
and will see to It that the County Treasurer is en
Joined from paying him any grcatcr sum for diet
Ing than he can show he has paid out.
n very unusual thing happencda at the iall ycstcr-
Hay morning few days agn young man who
had Tor several years been in the employ OF Mande1
nrotlers was committed on the charge Of forgery,
tue allegation being that he forged the name OF the
Mandcls to an order for SIS, Which was collected
Saturday night he 'vas taken from the jail to wit
ltGss HIS IlotutE b uGatt. anu yesterday he
again taken out to attend her funeral. The case is
very sad one, and US unusual As it is sad.
The crowded condition of the County Hospital is
10 oe relieved by moving the paupcr and convales-
ccne cases to the Poor Farm. it is said. The AT
.no,tiez at the farm report that the work has al
ready commenced in qniet way, and that the re-
kult 20 far has been a remarkable incrcuse in the
number OF births at the Poor House. Those last
week averaged one day. The better plan to rid
the Hospital would be to adopt some stringent
gained BY robbing Peter to nay Paul.
THE COUNTY POOR.
Saturday last 1t had been arranged that the~
County Agents office should be closed to- day, hut
the Commissioners witcd yesterday. NJ. Fjtx-
gerald prepared report, as had hcen noticed in
the Judiciary Committee refused to sign IL hence
nothing came of It. The institution will probably
oe Q closed, however, in very short time. IL must
be. The Commissioners are inclined to do the
WORK gradually, however, by which means they
hope TO weed out the timers '' one by one, 7"
and thus reduce the dependents to small fraction
q s, what a: they now arc This scheme will enable
VIII B.. clear. Really, the institution may now be
said to be comparative1y closed the surveillance
exercised in distributing relief being marked in
comparison with what 1t has been II sfn1ilor care
had been exhibited during thu rast winter it would
have saved thousands and thousands Of dollars.
The contractors hare agreed to this movement on
nc condition that their orders be made to bear in-
crest from the date of their ssuc this to apply to
nc outstanding orders OF course II they can get
interest at the rate Of 10 per cent they will con-
taue to furnish supplies-or some OF them will
OF short time. or until snch time as the Office
an be closed without raising too great howl.
ith the Insane Asylum and Poor-lIouse, il the |
'rtcss cannot be made to legally hear interest it
understood t,t parties arc seeking to enter into
contract with the city for carrying them ou who
rll! take county orders in payment, Putting the
est possible face on the situation, It is gloomy.
ealize the extent and result Of their years OF 4
ro1fgacy. ~