Daily Republican., 1881-01-27
AROUFrnE cOURr ROUSE.
Hundreds Of visttOrs--Aiaerashs"'
Reing Made-The watch, she
wasehers. the w lehman,

watchers, the Wstchmsn'
Hardly a day passes in which there
are not from 800 to 400 persons VINO
visit the new Court House, many OF
them going up into the stsepls where
they have beautiful view OF the sur
rounding country. Watchman knos,
Bailif Smith and Chairman Silver OF
the Building Committee were kept
busy showing the visitors through the
building, and as large part OF the Wis,
itors ara ladies' the polite and good
looking bachelor chairman, put on ms
most amiable grscss and INDUCED In
his blandest smiles. By the way the
chairman takes great pride in the Ne"
Court House and we'll he may for there
il not a handsomer buildirg nor one
bail. with 80 little money within hun
dred miles Of Wilmington. Carpenters
and painters ara busy at work, the tIst
making alterations in Some OF the
book shelves, and the latter In var
nishing and touching up some OF the
old desks and furniture brought over
from the old Court House. 1t will take
all this week to make all the necessary
changes aad put thingsin t!p-top order.
Chairman Silver for some time past
has been looking at the large blank
space in the wall to the rear OF the
Judges desk, and the more be looked
at ii the more he was convinced thai
there should be something done to
break the dead monotony OF 80 much
, blank space. He thought OF the h4nr.
, of blindfolded justice with poised
scales, pictures OF Washington, o
jefferson, Of Jackson and Of all othel
patriots and statesmen except LIncoly
and Grant, but the painting he con
, cluded would cost TOO mach, and ht
settled down to having very pretty
maroon Colored drspery put up which
was surmountsd by q handsome ano
q heavy VALIANT cOrnice. This makes
r great Improvement, and we don't like
} to surges. but there are other blank
Z panels in the room that could be In
proved.
From the judges desk there are three
a electric wires, one leading TO the Sher'
q IFS Office. Que to the office o the Clerk
9 Of the Peace, tbs third 70 tue Janitor' 3
g office. A touch OF the thumb upon q
button will signal any Of the three OIL
GERS wanted.
Some alteration will have to te made
in the witness box. Ether very
> high chair will have TO 6s used by The
witness or if al ordinary chair Is used,
the front Of the box will have to ps
l. lowered.
\ A dozau of cots on The spIiugisst
+ kind Of bed, have been provided fol
It the use of jurors who may bs kept ou
I. over night.
The register that tells on the watch
man II he does not do his duty is placed
in the clock in the S3erift3 Office and
:. is curiosity TO visitors. Wstchmsn
!; Euo5 didu't like II at first, bu! he has
now go. used to it and though it is
J. tell-ta!e he ia never afraid Of 1t telling
, anything untrue on him.
!. There are thirteen points in tbs
e building tha! Mr.. Blos has to vi5it
every hour and at each Of these points
he has to to1sh button attached tc
an electric wire which communicates
! with the register in the Sheriff 8 clock
n and the watchmAn gets credit every
4 time he touches the button. Ii he tsi!:
It to touch i, very hour the register be
i comes a tell tale on hin.