, 1879-02-09
TIE COUNTY BUILDING.

1Afie Is W pe uolt O1 Lne Calla@nan case ia
morrow.
W. 4. Devine: the milk-contractor, leaves fo
Ireland this evening, and will be absent abou
three months. He goes in quest OF health.
Judge Williams arraigned fifty prisoners yes
terday afternoon, all OF whom were charged
with minor offenses. They were the usual,
innocent crowd If their word is to be taken To-
| It, and we're oil remandcd.
James ". Morse, Of Kane County, made :
| voluntary assignment in the County Court yes
| terday, and D. G. Adams was appointed As
| signce. His assets are put at 81, 729, the mos
OF which he claims as exempt.
| In the Criminal Court yesterday the jury II
the case of Peter Campbell, who was tried Fri
day for larceny, was found to be unable to agree
+; after being out all night, and was discharged al
2 o'clock. Tim Moore and Edward Mulliear
we're found guilty Of larceny and given three
and half years each in the penitentiary.
A gentleman came all the way from the Vii
| whether license had been issued to Farmer
Harms to keep dram shop. When he found
| that none had been issued, he narrated how the
! Farmer was running groggery and keeping
everybody drunk, and as he left he said he
would make it hot for the old gentleman as
soon as he got home
The Committee on Jail and Jail Accounts had
q lengthy session yesterday afternoon consider
Ing the claim Of ex-Shcriif Kern and two Of his
assistants for work done after Dec. in closing
up the sheriif's accounts, etc: Mr. Kern was
represented by 40 attorney. and the discussion
part0ok OF legal character, while the assistants
were represented By Frank Cunningham, who
based bis claim upon the ground of equity and
right between the county and himself The re-
suit OF the wrangle was the claims OF Cunning
ham and Garrick were allowed, and MIR. Kern
requested to turn whatever funds he had be-
1NrUiDu tn tflH t.D1lEty at The fsDmnft+aa
did not decide that Kern had no claim in Justice
but from the ambiguity of the statutes on the
subject it could do nothing else than it did.
They expect Kern to refuse to turn over the
money Isl ,023), and the question will then 20 to
the courts to test whether or not a Sheriff eau
be paid for the necessary services performed in
settling up his business after the expiration of
his term OF Office.
Tie decision of Judge Williams in the Clark
st. Peter case, to the effect that person
answering summons to appear as 4 juror Was
entitled to pay for one davis service, whether he
served or not. and which the Clerk OF the
Criminal Court Is acting upon, promises to add
materially to the expense of the Criminal Court.
II they are entitled to pay in this case they are
entitled to it in all cnses, and il in this court in
expense will stop. 4 majority of the Judges are
understood to differ from Judge Williams in
his ruling, and under the circumstances it
would seem the part Of discretion on the part
OF the Clerk Of 1nE CF11nIn1l court to go slow.
There is not less than S30,0 a year to the
county involved in the question, and, since the
Judges disagree, it would not be bad policy on
the part OF those whose duty it is to issue Jurors
certificates in the several courts to err if at ALL
on the side Of public economy. and to refuse to
issue certificates uutil compelled to BY man
damus or other process.
The Republican members of the County
Board held 3 caucus yesterday morning to Sc
lect names Tor the engineers to be elected to-
morrow. They selected the committee-room for
the purpose, and had i quiet time, excluding
reporters and crJbody else. All were present
except Mcssrs. Senne and Spofford, and har-
mony is said to have prevailed, although some
Of the caucuzers we're aftcrwurd canrusinE with
the other side Of the house. The result of the
very private meeting was that it WAS resolved to
dismiss all of the engineers now employed BY
the county, and to appoint Edward Mcdonald
for the Hospital, Mr.. Schmidt for the Insane
Asylum, AMI Mr.. Rgiand, from the country,
for the Jail and Criminal Court Bulldog. The |
is understood to have been !
by Mr.. Coburn, the second by !
MIR. Boese, and the third by A1r. Wood. |
It remains to be seen whether they will /
be elected or not. Better laid plans have been !
defeated before, and since some Of tile engi- |
1cers whom it is proposed to remove have some
warm friends in the Board, and some OF the
members Of the caucus are decidedly unreliable,
t would be unsafe to wager pinch OF snuG on |
ha reQfIt