, 1877-01-04
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

The Sheriff goes to Jolet to-day with nine
prIsoncEs-the second batch.
The County Treasurer will pay tho Deputy
shcriffs md balllfls to-day for their December
services.
Ex.conm!ssioncr johnson aud John rrludt-
vile, recently appointed Deputy slicrias, havo
been sworn in, but neither has ret given bond.
A steam coli burst at tic rev Hospital yester-
day. The work was warranted Tor i've years,
AMI future bills will explain how nurh this war
rnnty amounts to,
Oscar Charles, Collector for tho Town OF 1.nkc
County Treasurer, where he rill be glad To see
Ills frollds strictly on business.
Tic North RLdc Collector reports that money
Is cumlng In ns fast as cCuid be expected. Ho
expects to hasten COLLECTIONS next weca BY put
thug Ills Collectors on tho street.
Tic Committee on Roads md Bridges visited
Blue island yesterday g take Into ennstdcsa-
tion tho matter of making ait appropriation 10
pay for bridge recently constructed at that
point.
DcnnIs Currat,, employed by the county to
Inspect tl,e Cuurt-llousa stone at Lcnlnnt, says
lie knuws nothing uf Walker llavtn. leased the
convlrt laeur At tho pcn!tcnttary. Tlle Com
lnlth!n1lc1s a!so telgn to hare no Information On
the subject.
Ebcu T, Nunyan, cx-mc.nber Of tho City
Board OF Education, Indicted anne Tine 1gu for
larceny as hatlcc, Is ~ bu tried Tuesday, tho
18th thst. Ih!a Il the 1n'y case Ut aiIy iH-
por!anse. Mh!:f, has place on the calendar In
A subcommittee OF the County Board will
tlcyoto to-dny to making tour OF ihu s,rowcrlcs
" the city with view toasecrtantng what kind
nt covering 4 best for tho stca,n.I,ires at tho
Hospital. What has come over the Co.nlnlttes! !!
When they advertised for proposals they wanted
nothing but asbrstos.
Among the frat acts OF the new County Agent
WAS To certify that hs lad received trotn the
County Contractor 13.,5i. tons Ut coal costing
S1,00a,h0. II lie knew what he was certifying
-, or II lie Eas certified to fact the consun-
tion Of cual from the lst 10 the 1I Of JanHary
by these getting that article through his Office
nluat hare bccn lnsuscusu.
rasritk 1lyan was naa'}c happy yesterday b!
being awarded she contract !ot illling the uu"
ice.huufe ~ tho Hospital. liz is to get lor TIM
toh 81: 49, priss SO in .1tess ot o.her htls.
Ting ii. owl s % way. , TSo samo a Goa,sittse @ st
agreed to recommend that the rorrtlars aud
alnnllthcatFs at the Hospital be supplied with
! Eas.tixtures.
xEMx Asn-TuE LAWYERS.
Before the new Sheriff entered upon the duties
ui lila olilce he addressed note tu the Blr As
ISOLATION asking for My suggestions that b nly
| might have TO make that would add 10 sts lncnl
| tess' cun5enfeMo and tend 10 facilitate The
business ii tho otilcc. Al a subsequent meet
| inyof tile Association committee WIS appoint.
ed to wait upon tho Sheriff for consultation
That COMMITTEES met him In private ycslcr.la,
Mornlus. Among tho otl.et suseesitons t..c)
1t tho Suuth.Slac tourts 10 receive processes
which would havc tie attorneys this tronhle VI
coming over tn the SuEtt s!ie 40 frequently,
They also nsa.tc soo,e recommendations abou
rcturn!u; executions. Their principal tc1ues,
was that they he allowed 10 hive thclr sp:cai
deputies tor urgent cascs, or, N other words
that the old system OF special deputies, whicl
was fraught with 20 many abuses, should h'
revived. The Sheriff Is uaderstood to have VI,
proved al tho suggestions, but . further con
tcfence 10 to be held bcfure any atsiun Is taken.
! THE rArrEAs AND INSANE.
The Acting Wlrtlcn's nnnutl report Of tn
condition vi alfa!rs ut tho lnsanc Asylum ant
Puoy-lfuuse was received yesterday 1t stl,w
that the nusntUr nf Inmates Of tho poor-itul.s
Dec. !, 1915, wus G1; muInher s,nra admitted
1,9so; nnni1cr Ut deaths. 9l; discharged, 95s
remaining Dsr. |, ls7G, Ssi. Ot ths abuvG nun
bcr, 3I0 wc1c Ut American htfth-.sD whitr, i
cu0red. Tie other lcad!nR nattunalities wcr
represented y, follows: English, 4A; ticsmans
iS5; Irish, ~; s!andinayian4. Sit seo.tt., II
T:e farm had produced ::,AM bushels of ls,ta
toes, aR5 hu ,l,cls vi uat4, i30 Of plssNips, IS
peas, 81 Of beans, 10000 hcals Ut ta1bsgc.
tonk tarrots, . of bcets, 20 VI hay, 20 VI straw
y ot n,illct, u havtcas Of curiln!her., q ton
Vt osttous. 70 bushels Of tomatoes, j acres u
corn fodder, Is pigs. The number Of birth
lad been W. equally diyldca between the tw
sexes, anu Tie number o! ti1teSlnenta hL3, .uI
which cauo from tie Fuundliugs' Home III tn.
ely:
tho humber al innatts, Dce. !, 1915. Was :,5
admitted during the year, :37; discharged, liz
patients remaining, 3s4; deaths during Il,
year, 80; number of employees, r.. Both r.
jD1ts mako asknowIedsmcntst tnr various couI
tesles from sae County Boarl and many cor
atant visitors. Strange to ssy, the report f4il t
chow thu expenses Of either lnatltution for til
year.
1 LOVELY DAlLlFF.
Tue appointments at Sheriff Kern are In th
| main very good, but hn has retained 1t least on
hailit who should have been dismiAaed. Thi
one Is Thomas Wilkinson. ne uacd to keep
! ti0aR &tore ~ No. u North Clark street. Th