, 1881-11-12

DErUTr-SHER1FF SHrralAS has volunteered to
| take chHrKe OF rhe Banging of Keenan, Friday
| He says ne is not anxious for tho job, bur will
not stand by and SEQ any squirming on the part
! OF any one. - r.
| SHERIFF. MANN was notified by telegraph yester-
! day OF the death Of bis brother, J. G. Mann, at
| Syiynlia, o. lie Ind been sick quite a while,
and his death was not unexpected The Sheriff
| will strt this morning to attend the funeral.
! TIRE will Of Mark Kchoe was admitted to. pro-
| bare In the Probate Court Il few duys ago. it,
| which he lenycs property to tho value of about
SlUou 10 his wltc. The will IL Il rlrc document
II, a m6re G Ways Way than oho not the 9f
| the deceaseds s agr was put down at 50 yours
Two LITTLE girls, Ada Green unu Winfield
Brec1l, were yesterday fOlndIO be "tepeudcnt -
10 the County Court and ordered to be sent to
tue Industrial Home. ut Evanston, rs Charges OF
the county. The County Attorney appeared for
the county, aud argued that the law providing
Tor tho establishment Of such schools was un-
constitutional. and gave notice that the county
Wou Ia tuke the cnScs to the Supreme Court and
test tho matter. The school III question is COM
paratively young, but it is stated tint it already
contains abour forty girls whom the county has
to maintain ut considerable cost, und 1t Is feared
@ that II things .5o or as they have been It will
inmates, aud grow to be an expensive luxury.
- WEsr PARK TAxEs.
The County Attorney was yesterday asked by
tile County Clerk for IN opinion as to his duty
purposes. 1t appears that the West Park Cou,-
inlssioners have been pressing tho County Clerk
toextend the tax on the assessment us equal
lied by the State Board of Equalization. whereas
the rule has been to extend it upon the Town
Assessors valuation. This year. it will be re-
ancsnbered, the State board raised tt1e valuation
und tho County Attorney holds that u, extcud
tho taxes spon their valuation would give the
Cotnnlss1oiers Slv6V!l for pnrk purposes en-
amount III excess of tho limitation Of $10U.UGN,
which would he illegal and void. He further
holds that the extension must be made upon
the local Asscssors valuation, and that all that
can be raised is two and one-hulf mills on the
dollar, or, IN tho aggregate, $50 07S. un the ex-
tension Will be tui1tle accordingly. The decision
will not please the purk Commissioners, but
they have no pc, and will. have to nuke
their arrangements accordingly,
THE SALARY QUESTION.
The Committee on Public Service met yester~
day and az took up the matter It liking the sala-
expected, it WAS found that the CRY wis for Il
raise all around. but the committee did no more
departments. Tho Sheriff wanted the pny.0f
the watcntnen at the JUL raised. and was not
particularly ayerse to seeing the bailitrs cur
down from $l,:.o0 to $l.U1U, remark Ing that they
had been raised year ago without his asking for
It; the Recorded wanted his pay roll overhauled
and etlllaIlzed, and the. pny Of the folio writers
probnte Court wanted his 81, 100 men raised to |
81, ,0J, his vault clerk to $.1 aud his chief clerk
nclp et and sna Is 9nsa
raised tn 81 .:.OU: the Clerks of the Superior and
Circuit Courts wanted their chief clerks raised
TO Saa.:!SN, and their vault clerks from 500 to
: ,OtO; and the engineer Mt the Court House
wanted bis allowance raised from S2.50J TO !
~ t3iu- No acdou was taken on any Of the reg
concentrations, and tho chances nrc that
very Few OF the Increases asked will |
be allowed. In fact, the feeling appeared TO be
in favor Of reducing the pay of rfe watchtnen
aud janitors. uud equaiizlng the pay OF tha |
clerks, without increasing the aggregate ex- !
E,enses of any OF the offices. The committee |
could not understand, for instance, how it was
that the Dry vi recortt-WrlterS for tho various |
courts ranged from s1,1U to 5000; how tho
pay Of deputy clerks ranged from $3.50 to
Ss, 900; how in the State s-Attoruey's oIiice one
s:itk0: and how the Deputy Coroners were get
Ing s.. .:tW, while the Deputy SheriiHs were pnid
l600. There were many other things i'll con- |
nection with the question they could not under
tnnd. but these were given cspecin! protlli~
lence-. All will be considered at another meet
he subject will be finally disposed Of.