Daily Republican., 1890-03-14
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The Levy Court met this morning al
10 O'Clock. All the members answered
TO their pamss except Mr.. Hickman, who
came In soon after roll cali, making o ful
delegation. Mr.. AcCloskey was on hand
early and took his seat behind huge pile
OF assessment duplicates beside Mr..
Wier.
After the minutes were read Mr.. Ma
haffy appeared aud had Rev. =. = Bur-
bank placed on the assessment lists Of
the Fifth ward. This was the only A.
sessneut made during the forenoon,
though number OF others were In walt
inGi p..,,. go. . ,.,,,. ,., -, :.
Mr.. Wier's deak 10 have him put through
the ordeal of examination before assess
ment, but tho candidate WAS told 70 retire
until the court was ready.
At the instance Of Mr.. Shallcross the
property OF lady named Wilson, In st.
Georges Hundred, was reduced several
hundred dollars In the assessment.
On the motion OF Mr.. Mccall the namo
Of Frank shunder OF Red Lion Hundred
was stricken from the assessment a. he
could vote on age.
This was all the business transacted
publicly during the forenoon.
There was no move made In regard to
the Cooney property deed, and the Every
Evenings petitions for . reduction OF
prison feed still lie In the indefinitely
postponed case, TO which they werG yes
terdsy consigned, though the full body
Of the Levy Court was present.
After considerable whispered CONVEX
sation among the member, ut IL o'clock,
on motion OF Mr.. Hickman, q recess was
declared and the members all repaired to
the rear room and locked themselves IN.
There were various surmlses as to the
business upon which the eleven Levy
Courtmen had met In secret caucus.
During the retirement of the members
the outsiders spent the time IN tho way
most agreeable to themselves. Senator
Donahoe came In smiling with . handful
Of vouchers which he stuck on Mr.. HEX
man's bill file, and thou he smoked and
yarned. Draper A. Devices, Assessor of
the Third District, came 10 and Joined
with Senator Donahoe In his yarns.
McClosksy and Clerk Osborne en-
gagged In private conversation. Three
candidates for assessment with their
vouchers waited patiently outside tho
railing for the return OF the mysterious
Levy Court that could be occasionally
heard but not seen. In a half hour the
door leading to the mysterious room
swung open and Mr.. Sutton, with ma
jestic mien, came out to Clerk Oshorne's
desk, gathered up two sheets si foolscap
paper and then disappeared into the
holy of HOLES, where something GER
tainly very mysterious must have been
going on.
Every body waited and waited. At last
the first stroke OF IL o'clUoe reverberated
through bout the building. A movement
was heard In the mysterious room. The
clock kept on striking, and rs the tones
Of the last stroke died away the mysteri-
ous door opened again. McCloskey rushed
In. but the Levy Courtmen came out In
single file, led by Mr.. Roberts, followed
closely BY Mr.. Sutton. ...a..
The members fled solemnly into their
seats, when. on motion OF Mr.. Sutton,
the court took u recess until 80 p. IN.
Anxiety to know The inomentous quss-
ton Which engaged the Levy Courts
attention revealed the fl CT that the men,
bers were engaged IN writing tickets to
be used In electing constAblcs and bridge.
tenders this afternoon. Sach trlAing
things as reduction OF the prisoners
feed bill did not concern the Levy
Court. The county pays es5 for the
forenoon's work.