, 1881-06-12
TIE COUNTY-EU1LDING.

,,anv t vii emt,loy men who will keep sober the
public will naye no reason for complaint
THE COUNTY-DU1LD1NG.
THE Grand Jury for the month will be i'm
paneed tomorrow.
THE case of the South Side Rolling Mill rob-
berry will be finally disposed Of Tuesday by
Judge Anthony.
Tr,E Jury in the case of Thomas McGilcuddy,
charged with assault. yesterday returned feE-
dict Ut not guilty.
ALEXANDER WoLcoFr, the County surveyor. sur @
has been placed III quarters on the t0urtu uoor
Of the new Courthouse, and he Is psouu OF MS
office.
THE Sheriff was relieved Of nineteen of his
boardcrs Yesterday. which leaves MIN ~ 70
feed This is the smallest number he has hud
Oh hund tur Il year past
THE jury in the case of Constable Horr, atter
being out nl night, WAS unable IL asfee. anu 50
reported Yesterday. lie WAS charged with EN-
b.zzletnen, aud the jur. stoud seven for con-
y1ction and tive Tor acQulttu
ASSISTANT STATES ATTORNEY BAKER was
mArEied VERY quietly ut Noudst'ck. Ut ine resi-
dspea OF tns .tsr Of fansa M
The happy pair started lor Ct Lunas at once
and will return to the cry TO- day. lhet nave
the good wishes Of large circeot warIn trlen ds'
JUDGE GARDNER yesterday arrnigned the prfs-
oners indicted by the late Grala Jury, fifty
Mic III number. The following pleaded guilty:
William ky!er. larceny; Thomas Fisher and
Theodore Her:nanson, tur:lAry: sherman L; ;1et,
frey. burglary; Joseph Meyer, burglary; ". c.
Ramsey. larceny: Anna DrecS inridse. !arcen's
Nicholas Baier, burglary; and Alexander Con-
ruu, larceny.
COMMISSIONERS RHEISwALD ard Eudcrs were
over yesterday to prevail upon the Snerln To re-
instate DAlstl Hans- They did nut SEE him, IT
appears. und II they bad seen n.n II IS undsr my
proposition to give the Sheriff more men, Or
murc money TO run his office with. The sheriff
claims that the appropriation IS insufficient 10
:uu his uiicc ou the present gauge. and that Mr.
Haas retirement hAs simply been IN the interest
of economy
The Committee on Equalization Of Taxes held
non was read from the North StAr Baptist
Church asking thut this taxes oIi the cnurca-
property Tor the years ~ ~. ~ ana ,, IT, Gg M
1873 an agreement had been nude by "hicn me
taxes would be rcmittca thereafter, and aSsed
the present administration TO see that the
agreement was lived up to. 1t appclrs that the
church occupies the upper part Of .
building owned Ry the @ stree3 Ut the
The lower part Of the building is occupied by
stores, the most of which goes 70, sustain the
building IS not taxable, beng church pronerty.
The members Of the Committee thought dluer-
entity, as the building WAS ilnt used exc1uslFcly
statute The urSt and second tloors of the Meth
ods. Church B!ck ore taxed asn, and IN view OF 1s
mend that no rebate be allowed.
THE Finance Committee of the BQard met
| ano considered Coroner Matson'5 seui-annuai
report for tho period from Dec 4. lssJ, 10 Muy
ii. ISL The report showed that iel o c%ses nad
| held. F.fty-ci.ht Of the cases did not come
under the statute aud burial certificates issued
suved the County $50 The accounts showed
| bulunce due the Coroner from tho County oil
| s;4. The COMMITTEES decided to recommend 10
| the Board that the balance be puid and thAt the
report be adopted, with the exception OF one
| purtton. in winch the Coroner asks that the
salaries Of big peputs; of naI1;l: maae sne; the
the sala1 15,t q Of ,b. h sh.r,; serks ii, 9c
Ut. states that the duties Of his men are more
arduous than these Ut the Sheriff men. as they
have 10 holidays In regard to this portion OF
The sepo1 the }ar m nc' neeeo h 10 reu1
| The Commlt,cc decided tt meet Tuesday uor'1-
ing IT, consider the semi annual reports of other
| county officers.
was held to investigate the alleged tTrcEulhrl-
| ties III the Iuylng Of the sidewalk around tho
new Courthouse, Architect Egan Was called
| before the Committee and requested to tell
| what knew Of the matter. He stated that the
contractors had Started last fall at the north
! wcst corner of the new building. to luy the
| foundation according II the specifications
| Wacn tho work OF laying the walk on the Clark
! street front WAS begun the weather was SO cutu
that the cncrcte fruzc before it could bc rolled,
| and the contractor began laying stone on Il
% ES,n Ind u Supcrntcnden1 Mandiey Stopped him.
| and were informed that If the sand foundation
did not prove satisfactory the t'agglnE would be
taken up III the spring and u concrete fonnda-
| don laid. The contractor proceeded with the
| work. and it turned out that the sand fuuncn-
ton was failure, and that nauy Of The ssGues
Essia SUE !snas f. he daPsxs
to recommend to the Hoard that If the work was
not done according to the specifications thar
| bids be advertised for aud the joh completed at
| the expense OF the contractor and his bondsmen.
1sAACs- ALDNlCH.
| The 1saacs-A1drich case which has occupied
| Judge Anthonys attention for the past ten
| days, came to close lust night. The forenoon
| was taken By Mr. O'Bricn uud the afternoon by
1ates-Atturney. Mills in cl.,slng the arguments.
aud the case was gwen 10 the jury ut about 80?
O'Clock. Upon retiring the jury IS understood
| to have stood TO ) for conviction uud three
| years penalty, und several ballots were had
| without nchan@e. The question of guilt was
| which came a wrangle about the penalty. re-
| sultiug in verdict of one year each, the value
| OF the goods being fixed at S6,Un.
The verdict was handed into court at o clock,
| aud was somewhat Of surprise to the defcnl-
| ants, WHO had been calculating upon acqu.ttal.
and to outsiders " %hn 1h hna been w"seEn Spon
| was Il surprise In thnt the peuuty was not
| greater.
| Mills asked that the defendants be handed over
| to the Sheriff. and Mr.. o Brcn gave notice thnt
motion for d new trial would be entered, and
held thar admitting to bail had been the custom,
but Judge Anthony said the law Was against the
xes psSe pDa Sor De" se ssns s III in as
the hand-shaktns Win their friends,
new trial will be argued in 4 tcS days. and in
the meantime the defendants will prepare the
record for the Supreme Court.
4ETED ITyc ~nrDn%C