, 1880-01-18
COUNTY-BUILDING.

Judge Gary did not hold court yesterday,
being engaged on the South Side.
Charles Puscheck, Collector Of the Town OF
Proyiso, Yesterday filed his bond In $a0,o0o' ana
obtained his books.
Among the cases set for trial before Judge
Jameson Monday Is that of young schoene' VINO
killed the boy Unger in a row over oase-pall
match. Baseball is q dangerous game.
In the County Court yesterday Messrs. G:
E, Pl1mbe, ]. B. Thompson, and J. +. hichm ono
were appointed Commissioners to assess beneftts
and damages on the Special Assessments NOS o9'
10, IL, Town OF cicero. ri
Seventy-six prisoners were arralgned N the
Criminal Court yesterday before Judge Jane
son. OF this number sixty-fve ayowed unanl-
mol1slY that they were innocent; eleven sorroW-
fully confessed their guilt
Russell l.. Goodrich, a grocer doing busl-
ness at No. 2t5 nlinois street. m9dc an assign fa
ment In the County Court yesterday to his wife,
Caroline W. Goodrich, His liabilities foot up
$15, and his principal creditors 9ro The gfore dS
said Caroline who has fam 1naaa tos anS Sl2 sssr On
Towlo s. ROPER s2,o7s on unmaturcd notes. The
agsj0hor possesses no real estate His personal
s1oee ct o.
hold furniture, $50; and book accounts aggre-
eating ST. 500.
The Committee on Charities and Jail and
Jail Accounts met yesterday and AUDITED some
Service appointed Messrs. Clark, Coburn, and
Wood committee to examine the books OF 20
Walker, Of Lcmont, in order to ascertain what
county for delays and discounts. There IS a
growing opinion that Walkers clnlms for extras
cover multitude Of sins,-or colnmssonsman on ~
plea Of SunayoIdnble delay is treated
as !. humbug and fraud. Walkers schemes
Sesaty = Board, csften ~Go haTs hss'
iarge sums under the g11ise of :. extrsss are Of
Unsuitable Of contractors. Half-a-dozon at
tempts hive been nude by his adhcrents In the
Board to push the whole claim through. but It
in sums over $500, and the exposure Of the
scheme will probably end in its discontinue.
During the past two days there has been
considerable talk among certain members OF
the County Board about the milk and meat con,
IN attempt is to be made, If the arrangements
hold good, to oycrsct the whole business: Last
Monday the contracts for supplying meat, bread,
were let In the case of the bread contract
Duffy Bros, of Blue Island avenue, got the
award This action it was moved (by Commits
soncr Senne) to reconsider, and this motion WIS
laid on the table, thus giving the job to Duffy
Bros beyond peradventure: The trouble 11 ie now
comes il over the meat contract' ri, This vas
and now the representative Of Pat Donncll, who
in the good old days Of Democratic ring rule
ran the County Board. O'Donnel hnd III bid
ut high figure this time: Bipper at a low one.
Thus The honest bids Of Ford and others were
crowded out. Bipper got the contract on the
ground that he was the lowest bidder, although
It is recognized by all that he can never fill the
contract at the price and furnish meat fit for
human food. This killed Ford, and he being
under this arrangement disposed Of, tho scheme
now is to ubrogate the previous contract Clipper
tacitly consenting) and to award the CONTRACT to
O'Donncil. Wright. who got the contract for
milk for the County Hospital, is to be traded
off for O'Donnell, II it becomes necessary.
The Job has been well worked, and, If it should
go through, there would doubtless be money in
It for the crowd who insist thut they control the
Board" But, while DIpper is probably not the
man who should have had tho meat contract In
the first place, his bid is so much below thnt OF
his boss, ODonnell, that the change will be hard
to make If the Board should make the change
and pay O'Donncll cents pound when they
can get meat from outside bidders at ~ cents,
the public will know what to think.