, 1879-01-31
THE COURTS.
A Chance for the Grand Jury to
Investigate the Harms
Contracts.
Final Deoree in the Matter Of the
Joliet Iron 4 Steel Works.
New Suits, Divorces, judgments,
Criminal Cases, Etc.

aEafst Henry Harms, at,d yesterday little csi
lence rroppch out Which may furnlsh . hint to
the tirAnli Jury. harms was the contractor to
butlt pnrt Of the Court House, Hrh, - b |
claimed. ho employed Stephen Kcogh to make |
contract wisil Wnlkcr for sof11n 4tunc. The ina
terlul was furnished, hut never paid for, and |
Walker brought suit. The defense was lt,at |
t.cosh was not Hartns' agent, a,li not author
lied 10 make my contract for him or to bind
lin. The question cams up whether Rcngh
was Harms agent. Mt. Trude, attorney for Ed
Walker, proposed to prove that Kcogh WAS
tic aren't, md In that capacity serured
for Harms contract from the County Commits
s,oncrs, aud conducted md superintendea the
work, for which he got 5000, Of which $1,000
was 10 Ro 10 one Commissioner, Sl,5oo to
another. aud that keo4h was to keep the rs-
mai ndcr himself Harms, On the stand, admit
ted that he gave Keoch 5000 in notes ana set-
tied tho matter; that tho 5000 was given to
get rid OF him; that was the only reason. The
exact way In whIvh this s. CO., was used did not
appear, bi1taIt IL sllrnisea that there was some
''lntlIet,cen which had 10 be pafd for. nn 1t Is
n pity tl'at the true inwardncss Of the matter
THE loI.1hT IRON 4 STEEL CoMrANY. y
n final decree was entered yesterday by Judge
Moore in tho case OF tho Chicago y Northwcst-
ern Railway Company vs.. Tho Joliet lsnu q
set sst sS"tps"y, III ~ o,o.. ~" .is"Irs finis
tiu.t tic Bauk oi. Montreal Is entitled to sH,-
Gl1.70; That The Clerk Of the Court shall pay this
hy withdrawing from tie MerG'ants' ~ IT savin0s1
t;v tha Ns,..,, fhcaso knsltng. Xiii Gosunany.
and ~, 100 deposited by the Chicago y North
wcstcrn Railway Company, both of which sums
wcro ,pstd into court by the abovn Companies.
Also flat Alexander j. Lc!th, Receiver of the
Joliet Iron Il Steel Company, IL entitled to
sl,G00, whc!, is to be Tail to lin out of tt.c
amount dspostlcd, by tho Chicago d North
p1yoncxs.
,. u. a'',... so@ 10. Aan. uo,,t :,
ovsep" fteaa@ .aasso t ~ oo Fenn,h. is.,n -
him w!tlta thirty sys thereafter, md he ti9ls M'{s
no" !ala, ae Is cms,t.ua W 1ceA Aoo'''ts ""o'
s"e "o' oa''ne ~ leta'nc..
UNITED STATES COURTS ...
Hartman, ani John Hoffman to recover pos
s.sson OF eighteen barrrls Of '+Cedar Valley
bourbon" valued at 81, ,soi.e5
SUPERIOR COURT IN BRtEY.
Rarnon pa rker hlet1 a jitattcas warrant agalnst
" Ts to 'as ak rsns o. so s
Aa'stea street. ,. .
Charles Y; Ls!9e E,,l :saa suit for $4,000
4. ". rnIllns. for the Use of John TYLER, sued
william 4: Ke.la an4 Andrew FRANCISCO I psSan s;a
suit NY attachment aGaln6t J03eph y. 6netp5
Il Loomis l. Davis. for tic us Of chauncey Ds.
vii, bruupLt suit ior $2J,O against Satchcl G,
nnrc.
"ee' cr,x,s,, roupr
| eoo''A' -,
AdoIph Nondrnyka pltadeu entity to stealing
| horsa at,l wagon, and HAA retnAiNie1.
tn xiii his wtiS in :Decrmber last Tia crin,, i
WIS committed OH Huron street, tho atsack 0o-
|
Hs mauo "ttE uistoi' ihs e.; a, "ns aPoeaseu ~
n. nua '. s.". t,ssa T.. "o.E,no w.
| neE Aaplts laa aot oeen hpofc t!epfoact' nli
. ta. hsa LEY a mu pi .'.,, M ~. Icy maI ~ ~
| thr .nnntJnn ttn't ia, we,a iivfns onart
Hro,'Jnv ~ ts.tironv /, went ~ .i,ow ti'et
ths t3nfsn1a"t csSIc,i ,,n1n h,s VIII tha 'v.ntn1
~ tha shnoIinr .,I ipcEsd H." Tc"r nj .i,nt
,cs sns ns hr & a' ss a,s. ,s,,a In ~
-. shith. ~ ii. .,,r. e III ths .5'ieSt ~
h;s ,.It .vas r. ace III c,,il.irrm arI orr sIcto'
~, fof,,n~ -, shont hi,nssif. h,t ,nst..I hc
"m", t,nr u,it'';,,s ~ smnt1nr"iiv In.snc ~
snot nes While sa'o''ona'3 l"s@"s'
TIE CALI
JuDaE BLopafTT-No court.
TIE APPELLATE r. c91HFGan Gnameera' ~
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T. nj oyi ~. =. ; I'M ' aD ~ ao' s
% ,i,,nus. .t.Mtsos-Assjst, ! .Jna~c i,s,v. Mn 1e4
Walker ~, Harins, d, triai. 1922
JunaE NoonE-:M. ~. 3s. 10. No. "a, Fi.z.