, 1879-07-31
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

Friday will DO the last dnT OF service In Tho
County Court for the August term.
John l.. Stevens was discharged from custody
BY Judge Loomls yesterday, having scheduled
out.
palatine, and sales In that town will bo resumed
this morning.
George Webb Is 10 tho County Jail, being held
as descrtor from tho regular Amy, from nhirh
he discharged himself In 1872.
The Committee on Equalization did vc.y lit
tie Yesterday. Int number OF citizens dropped
III to examine their assessments.
The trial Of John Lundqvssf, the Cottage
Gsnvo avenue "iollce.' has bcon again pust.
poncd. this time to tho September term.
The Chicago 4 Alton Railroad yesterday pa,d
tn tho County Treasurer elO,S0O on account of
their 1878 taxes and 81, 000 on account OF those
for 1S75-'7G.
The Judges and clcrss Who acted ut the |ast
judicial election arc very sow In calling for their
certificates. and the Clerk Of the County Board
wants them to hurry up.
That scanlaIous sidewalk fn front Of tho
county building IL bclng patched up at last. II
tic Ioti sEtl heeo honestly done originally It
would have needed 40 repafrs for fifty ycars.
Yesterday holng The third anniversary Of
"Jnck ~ Stephcns' wcdding-dny, the clerks to
hts office presented him with a very beautiful
floral trbutc. Tie only spccch cmanntcd from
Jack himself, anu consisted In an Invitation to
oil hands.-a call from labor to rcfrcslinent.
The Granll jury yesterday hcarl tnelyc cases
nnl tVnored tho complaints In four OF them.
No further evidence wns heard With regard to
tic Jones homicide or the bumfont cascs. Two
witnesses Sero heard on thu poot.scIltug qucs-
lion, aal!l 'FboFa avalanche Of subprnas vera
lssMed for mcn'besa tuast and presently OF tho
police thrcc. ncwspaper-mcn, aNd others, whu
are supposed TO kno" lIl anous It,
Within The past few weeks Jaller Currfcr fns
Ind reasnn to suspect, from the actions OF some
Of I'll" prisoners in his chnrgc, tina. they had
whisky or othur Intoxicating ]t1aurs. After
careful watching hn became convinced that the
cook OF Tho JUL. q cototcd man named VIII
'n,n Zones Tas va doing az illicit whisky
:1u,,es when he distributed lie meals to The mon
IN their cells. Yesterday morning q. breakfast
time 1onca wns seen to pass bottle of whisky
to to John Lamb, the murderer Of OtIleer llarc
'rlIc ssail was at onse eon'!scatcs!, an'l Jones
was deprived Of hEH keys and locked up him
felf. Mr.. Currisr went before the Grand Jury
with view of getting the man Indicted, as the
conyoyancd OF liquor into jall Is punishable
bF ilnc aud Imprisonment, but the sauIcnt lu-
Hulsltors failed to lind an indictment. Joncs
WIS accordingly turned loose during the a!,ur-
'!onn: y: has only been Two months employed
In tile Jail.
THE GRAND Jury.
4 man in position to know said ycstor,1ay
lint the true explanation ur tile character aid
makeup 0t tbs prr6cut Grand Jnry had ,,Vt
yet been given. 1t was true enough that
they lad rlared last nnd loose
With tic bunboat ara puol-ec,Ijn.
lluisanccs, aud had stuwB themselves ever ready
to dTou 1mportnnt jai cascs In order to listen 10
n0tty complaints. Hut thfs was an Individual
matter, anu only aroso from the inclination Of
Individuals 70 stGr up anything tshtcl, wsuld give
them ctnnce to make little money. I'hts
WIS not their reason to be.
Iha 1aet was. hc said. that majority OF tic
JusorB were chosen With one special uDIout in
gitw, an! tint objert was to prevent thr luItct.
mint OF ihs low.class salo1ll.kcepcrs who have
hccn held to bull for so!lIi,g liquor to minors.
il Is hopcti By delaying, II they cannot entirely
nyoil. indictment to ttro cut tho cit
izcns' League, aud causo tllat body to
Rlya tho work up III disgust,
Fur this reason tho Grand Jury Was composea
in patt Of tncn on whom they could rely. A
glance ut thr llcEsonnel VI the Jury would 10
good way towards showing Tie probability Of
this, fur there arc men 0n tlut body wil, much
oftencr get q troa lunch tthn square meal, aud
#u would 10 most Any ylAing 10 srrYe the inter
ests u their frtcAds WHO keep turn tn whisky,
Tie fact. TOO, that all these cases, with possibly
two exceptions, hare been slurred over On l!!r
plea u more pIesslng business, would eestn 10
help out tile hypothesis.