, 1879-01-05
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

Judge Williams comes to the Criminal Court
tomorrow.
The Collector OF Niles filed his bond yester.
day and took his books.
John e. Riehberg, attorney for Kern, will to-
morrow apply ior an order in the County Court
to commence the recount Of the ballots cast for
Sheriff at the late election.
The West Town Collectors bouks were I'm
isled yesterday, and the Collectors bond has
been fixed at ST 900, 600. The real estate valua-
ton is 81, !37, lug, the personal property s216,
sJ3. and the back taxes extended (forfeitures)
aggregate S93}, ,407; total warrant, S2,S877,435.
John F. Callahan, the boot and shoe man
from South Bend, renewed his effort to get out
of Jail Yesterday on a writ of hdbcas corpus. All
be succeeuedsin was IN getting his bail reduced,
but tnis did tim no good, for it was only u few
moments later tnn1 tue Grand jury returned two
indictments against him. Charley Ross charged
with burglary. tried the sa.ne ga1Ilc, With like
results. There was ouly one indictment re-
turned against him, however.
The Committee on Public Service will
report to the Board tomorrow III the mat
ter Of purchasing other supplies than
recommend that the heads of cach de-
partnent send in their acquisitions every
month week in advance, and that duplicate
copies Of the same be 1nalc out and sent to
ACpAtablc ouoluE56 ubuSCa l0E DiuSy E[G.. anu
that the purchases month after month be made
OF the lowest bidders.
The Committee on Juii and Jail Accounts met
yesterday afternoon to consider the SAerifI's
payroll for December, and after some discus
sion it was agreed to send it back for correction.
The payroll pays for twelve Deputies being
paid $4,000 per year, while the Board has only
made an appropriation for eight at So, 900, and
all the others at $500. as has before bccn
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whole matter is specify and amicabiy adjusted
more designations will be in order. Some
threats in this direction have already been
made.
The Republican members Of the County Board
mel IN caucus at the fremont House Friday
night, and agreed upon elccting C. II. Willetr
as County Attorney. One of the reasons this
officer has not been before elected is that James
+. Root had been agreed upon for tho place,
but, searching up his record, they could not
stand BY him, On account OF IN opinion he rem
dered some years ago. That opinion was, in
effect, that the Commissioners par was fixed by
the statutes at $3.50 for the DAYS they we're
actually at work 1or the county, and that they
any other sum, and charge for every day in the
year. It will be proposed to elect Mr.. Willett
to-morrow-
The Grand jury were engaged yesterday in
nearing the Greencbaum case. Quite number
of witnesses were examined, and the result was
no bill was found. Some OF the jurors contend
cd that threc Of the charges of fraud made were
outlawed By the statute Of limitations, and for
sumo reason or another they could not make the
other charges stick. There was some queer
was given to the reporters can he credited the
first vote stood IL for indictine and Il against
indctiug. One OF the eleven changed on the
next ballot, when the vote stood 10 to Is. On
the third and final ballot the reballoting being
urged bY some, though out Of order,-l8 were
against and for an Indictment III o,-cneo