, 1879-07-31

Friday will DO the last dnY OF sor7ieo In the
County Court for the August term.
John L. Stevens was discharged from custody
by Judge Loomis yesterday, having scheduled
out
ralatine, md sales In that town will be roSurcd
this morning.
Gcorgu Webb Is Ia the County Jat1, boing held
rs uescFtcr from the regular army, from which
lie discharged himself IN 1871.
The Committee on Equalization did very lit
tic Yesterday. hut number Of citizens dropped
IN to examine their assessments.
The trial Of John Lundqyist, the Cottage
GtOvo nreuuc fence," has been again pust-
poncd; this time to tho September term.
Tho Chicago & Alton Railroad ycster,laE paid
to the Cuuuty Treasurer e10,SQ0 on account OF
their 1875 taxes, nld $4,000 on account OF those
for lSS5-'1G.
The Judges and clerks who acted at the Inst
certificates. and t!lr Clerk OF the County Board
wants them TO hurry up.
That aean,lalous sidewalk IN front OF the
County Building IL bcng patched up at last. II
the job l1;H1 hcan honestly done originally 1t
would haYe needed no repairs for (lftY years.
Yesterday hotng the third anniversary OF
"Jack Stephens' wcdding.aay, The clerks in
Ob{EE pFEaEkltGA HtH Hi&1 u FETj RfnltllN4
floral tribute. Tie only speech etaanntetI IRON
.1nck himself, and consisted In an invitation TO
all hanas,-a call from labor to retrcshtnent.
The Grand jury yesterday heard twelve cases
hil fPiorcd tho complaints iu four OF them.
No further evidence was heard With regard to
the Joucs homicide or the bomfoat cases. Two
witnesses wero heard on thu pool-scllnE qucs-
tsol,, and whole avalanche Of slbptr1as wcro
iesltett lor members {past and preseht} OF thu
pOlico fhrcc, nc'sspnpcr-mcp, and others, who
are supposed to know all npout 1t.
Within is,e past few weeks .}nilcr Currer has
lad reasan to suspect, from the actoIls OF sono
uf the prisoners In his chnrgc, that they lad
managed In eonlc wny to got pusscssion OF
whtsky or otller Intoxicating liquors. After
careful Watching he bcrattic convinced that tic
cook OF tile ia!l. co1orcd man named wit
| 1am Jones, was doing IN Illicit whisky
business. 10 lso tlepu'rd prisoner to watch
.Iuncs when he distributed the meals to the men
IN tl,etr cells. Yesterday morning at breakfast
time .T0nca WIS seen 10 pass bottle Of whisky
10 john Lamb, tile murderer Ut OtIlcer ltacc.
The stuK WIS at onCc confsrltcd, anA Jones
was deprived Of hls keys aud locked MP him
ss!f Mr.: cnFt!st went before The 'r9nd .'urs
couyeyancd Of liquor into inll is punishable
bv tsuc and imprisonment, but the saptcnt H.
unisitors failed to lind an indictment. joues
was accordingly turned loose during the after
ttn1i. He Inns only bccH two months employed
| in tic jail.
THE onAan Jury.
| A man In Il position 10 know said yesterday
tn.t tic trno explanation of tie character AMI
| 1nalsc-up of TIC prescnt Grand Jury hui not
! yet been Rlvcn 1t was true unuucn sl.At
| They had PLAYED fast a,l4 loosc
| with tic bumboat aud puol-eclns
nutkanrcs, nysl had shown themselves evsr read
10 drop important jail casca In order to 1!ste, to
Dutty complaints. But this vas IN individual
matter, AMI Dnly arosu from the inclination of
Individuals to str up anything which would give
them 4 chauco to lDake little money. This
WIS nat tlctr rcason to be-. ....
The fact wAs, ht sa.l, that majority OF tho
| Jurors were chosen With one special OUtuct In
view, n1nl Tint o]crt WAS to prevent tho lI.ilct.
iuent OF tbs iow.cl saiooi,.kecpcrs who tiaye
been held to bail for selling liquor To minors.
It is hopctl by delaying, II they canuot entirely
avoid, indictment to tire nut tho cit.
lzcns' League, a,ld CAUSE tIat body to
| give the work up In disgust.
For this reason the Grand Jury WAS composed
III part Of men on whom t!ry could rely. a
glance ut t.G prrsonnel Of the jury would 10
good way towards showing the probability OF
| this, fur there are men On that bpAy Wlu muc1
uftencr ret troo lunch than a Square meal, ay,l
| who would do must anything 10 serve the inter
Osta Of their friends who keep t.c1n tu whisky.
The fact. too. that all tl!eae eases, With possibly
| two exceptions, hare been slurre1 uyer On III.
plea VI ,noFe pIessi1lg business, would seem te
help out tie hypothesis.