Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1877, Page 2

‘2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1877, - THE COUNTY RING. APPELLATE COURTS, | friore the United Biates mission tothe United | havs declied to contract or the erection of twa first-cians iron bridges, to take the place of th. Maoino PELL Dipatch to The Tribne. | rate | mOOdSD Rtructures myeot away In the 1o froshet, Some Choice Reading for the Members of the Legis- Callegiatn oratorlcal contest will be hold in the | Gacigd, Paziion can have untfl May 1 o got epect- lature. ers named, and alleges that they, wilh the fntent | of rare occurrence, while sour and offensive bread fhen and there to cheat and defrand a eertain body | 1a the rule, politic and pnblie corporation, to-wit. , the County | _The contractor for this flonr fs Mr. € N, of Cook, af its maney, personal goos, andprop- | Molden, Ir., who, in orer to yct the ontract, erty, did then and there unlawfully, knowlngly, | hadto agreo to pay Porlolat one-haif of the profit. dedfgnedly, fenndulently, and felonionaly com- | The profts to Holden have been excondingly small bine, conapire, and agree’ together with the frand- | hecanse Periolat bought and delivered nearly all nlent intent wmn,fim( and wickedly toobtaln | the flour, and charged Holden 85,20 per_barrel for by false pretenses of and from the eaid body politic | it. Tia cheated his partner, as well as cheated the and pnblle corporation, to wit.,, thesald county of | county, Cook, divera large qoantities of groceries, mee- POTATOEY AND NADSTEADS. * chandise, meat, and Iard, of great vreat vaine, o | Asilinatrations of the reckiess and scandalons wit,, of the value of $30,000, and divers | gabserviency of the County Commissioners to Mr. large suma of current moncy of great value, | Perfolat, we instancan lofting to him in June, lo-wit., ‘of the valie of 60,000, the moner, | 1878, of coniract for the supply of potatoes & E:rmnll oods, and property of the el D0 conta per hushel, while the connty produced on dy valitle and pablic corporation, vir.: the | ILs own farm over 5,600 bushels, Which it retarned County of Cook, with the intent to cheat and de- | atil5 cents per bushel, Tho majority of potatoes fraud the sald body politic or corporation, to-wit: | delivered nnder the contract did not cost our con- the County of Cook, thereof, & more particalar de- | tractor over 25 centa per hushel. scription of which' eaid grocories. merchandise, | The county mada a epecial contract with Perlolat meat, lard, and current money, the Grand Jury | for 00 fron bedateads at $20 each. Periolat pars aforesaid are nnaoie to giva and aet forth herein, | chased thom from the manul ctarce in this clty at contrary to the nintute, and against the pence and | $13 cach, and pocketed $%,100 withoat the ex- dignity of the s people of the State of Iitinols. penditure of & dollar; and, thongh the Roods ware IX THKIR REFORT dellvered free at the Asylam by the manafacturer, accompanying the indictments, the Grand Jory | Periolat collected &30 eartage! state that they discovered litile enconragement ‘The weight of the whole testimony upon county in the general management of affairs by the | affairs was thatsll perrons holding office under the County Commisioners, The standard of oflicisl | County Nloard held them at the consent of and by with one of the County Commissioners In the lightning-rod job, which was a bare- faced awindlo: the county pays 40 cents s foot for wire that cogta 10 [:: 18 cents; tips conting 81.4% each are pald for by the coanty at the rato of 43 each; Invulators worth $2 per 100 nre rold Lo the connty at a profit of 150 per cent, and day Iabor s charged to the county at 50 per cent moro than anybody eles paya for it, The loss to the county on wire alone—not_Inclasive of tips, insniators, day-abor, and bonrd billa—ts nearly ,000, On the whole, the lightning-rod busine<s 3 & fraud of the moet contempiible character. The work costa twice or thrice what itshould, and is being done withont any written contract, VARIOUS TIANGERS-ON ars engaged (n peddling the favors of the Counly Tloard, but tho principal dealer is C. F. Perlolat. 1ils infinence seems to be all-pervading, snd exactions are wholesale robberiee, Mr. Bgan, Canrt-tanse architect, festifies that, in order to in nccess to the Bosrd asacompetitor, he was orced to sign an agreement to pay this rapacious §o~belwe=ncns-lhlrd of his profits, From time o time, aince his sppointment, he has been forced to respont to demands for bixckmall from Periolaty to the amount, he awears, of some $5,000, a1 only lately refitsed o further reapond when t Inst demand took n more than three-fourtha of ! $7,000 which Egan had just recelved from th A 5 fications Represontative Bherman's Compromise | Ameiiy enamber noxt Wednesday evening. " The | “Eime i ©oab i rovositions, (" Bill for Their Establishment. udion have been felecied aa follawa: Judgo C. K. | election'Indiéato the election of Winter for Mayur, yer, of ltacine; the Rey. Charles Carharly of | Jilrd for Pulice Magistrate, nnd Phillipe for Clerk Othkosh; P'rof, Booth, of Chicago; and the Tev. | a)) Imlerendcnl tepublicans, defeating ali the A, Little, of Fond Du Lac. = o Domocratic party nominces except McUee, for An Important Measure for Relloviag the | , Tavesrices, Al firls Jrdeetiant et | ety Rioros who i probety iadad by 3 su Supremo Court of Minor aver the Olo at this point from New Alvany fo | ™00 o Cases. BT ot pupaicn to 7ve mribune. CURRENT GPINION. Fonp nv Lac, Wis., April 17.—A clrcolar ad® Mr. Taine seems to hase forgotien that he wag dress ]nnlunudiothu‘l‘om;}!enol Homorin Wia” | not nominated st Cincinrintl, and thal a party conain rhown that slxty- les have been In- | named Ha; - t ). What Is Thought of It by Promi~ | i faring the pat siz moathe b s e e B e Results of the Investigations of the Coun. ty Board by Two Grand Jurics Last Year. and 8,000 g R nent Lawyers, men Inltisted, The membership in' the Btale 1s | . We hope thore |a nothing tn fhis talk aboat or. 4 ? nizing n oppoaitlor to the President with sbout 13,000; number of Temples, 131, Fepabilean paty. Aby attempt (o 00 it Wil pi the actors so flagrantly in the wrong that their in. Tt will be remombered that the Dar Association | CROPS AND *HOPPERS, | fivence will drop to nil.—Phtladelphia Norlh of this city, some time during the prescnt scssion et 4';‘""’;""‘(""11"-)' o sl 9¢ e Leclilyinte, it & curafullydeawn il 10WA., 100 sty o & are, mAJoRE Of ‘Mot Enein sty go:f:‘ £ "M:t‘" IaviiNimen: ofan Bpecial Dispatch (o The Trivuna. . ;gern\'i{rhcflxm :vnl-lmu#nnp:erzdrmu " - 3 r. Hayea o preity well known, was to prevent tho appeal of Onizxt, 1a., April 17.~We bave had some good calden! yea tu-day representa the . Everywhere Were Indications of ! Rank Corruption Concealed by Perjury. for lristow The Taxpayers Systematically Swindled meathor the Iast twa weeks for putting In grain. | Bristow ldea and we have no dontt that s polle i lity enforcod by that Board, au faz an wo were | purchase from Perlolat; that being his dopcndents | $housands of small cases to the Suprome Conrt, 18 snatained by ntilt largor majority of New En- i n tho Work Dons aad the COMiTaet M, Field putinabld_on the Morpital | Sble (o Aincover, In 30t s vory Wigh one, They arem ey wero campaiiad to-vonch for all iie, and to | whero they accumnlate for years fo the equal dia- | \ncst ol fown, which le & smail breadin for Blane ecpiiicane, Eicn in, e, Diaines om Price Paid. contract, and fatled bo gt L. Tle awears {hathe | to overlook responaibility and acconntability on | convent to all frads which he might order oF dle | gust of the Judges and certaia of the Htlgunta who | 018 countey. A g y [acmers have nal.| Bats thots hioa boers s wonilteful grossth of aplatos. believes he failed becauss he did not 10 e Periolat, J. Il. Clongh. a former teputable me ber of the Board, sweara that such was Periolat's repntation In the bids for connty supplies that othier dealors refused 10 compete, #nying it was of nouse. Partles applying for a contract not only biave 1o teeat with Perfatat directly, but have to go o his office, whers it {a not unfraquently the cane that they find some of the County Commissioners resent, and ready to take part in the discnesion, n fine, the influcnce of Veriolat Is scen and felt In every part of that section of the connty field which he has reserved for his eapecial use, tound fime L, THOMAS wtlxinnlllsou vl ound_time fo opeu & small shop, In bo " has " Advertised . conbty " iiuences for sale, Ho found & customer named Dar. tholomew Smith, who swcars that-he was an applicant for a contract, and endeavored to effect o trade through Wilkinson. 1le deposited $500 with Wilkinsun, to be pald after the contract shiould be recurell, e met Commissioner M- ffrey at Wilkinson's place, and frequently con- sulted him as to the best means of getting his contract through, Ilc swears that McCaflrey knew tho m“m‘ was on deposit; that Mce Cafirey advised him how to maks ont his ropoaition; that McCaflrey agreed to keep hlin nformed of how tho busineas progresscd, through the peron with whom the money was depoelted that in the hall or room of the County Comninission- Smith’ (witneas) eaw Commissioncrs Schmidt the part of tue county officers, especinlly inall mat- | rect: that the proceeds or profita of those frauds ters’ where there fs an expenditure of publie | arising from there shortages in the qnantity and moneys, and where there [s a tamptation to dis- | Inferiority of gnality in the supplics dedivered and honesty. We rezret to say that even |uthe com- | paid for connlituteil A common fnnd, and from paratively brief hilstory of tue Board there hasbeen | which fund he pald hin ansoclates In crime, and the A countenance of loose Anancial tranasctions be« | men [n the Board of Comminsionors who vyoted at iwcens portion of the members and the county | his bidding and perpetuated his rule. exlmlm:lor{-. nnfl fi'm"’" thlum welr'o o‘r wil"fi :v;‘:: ——— always eriminal they wers icconsiatent w decamm and self-reqpect of publicolicors sdminla: CRIME. tering & publie trust. ot o COST OF COUNTY INETTTUTIONS, < IN-LAW? The expenditnres of this county fur charlty, tn | ATROTTRR-IN-LAMW'S CONTESSION, the support and mafntenance of the.vanous inati- xw. Aonx, Apell 37, anian ok, Dty tations, and the County Agent's office . in this city | Cuyler's Charch, Brooklyn, last night, ez-Mayor for a year, were partly as follows: Lambort resigned as clerk of the sesalon, and to- day made a statement regarding his management of the property of his sister-in-law,‘Mrs, Crook, in which ho rays: **1 have acted as Mrs. Crook's sgent for a series of years, At times I had bor- rowed moneys and sectrities on my hands, not 98,370 doubting for & moment my ability to return the It 4, In our Oplnlun. extravagant 10 aseume | samo, but n serios of sdverso circumatances hava that for one-third of thissnm the coanty pets 10 | provented me from doing this, nnd honce consideration. That much of the public money 18 | fiio loas which has heen sustained, Hora- was. my taken fraudulently, for goods never delivered, or | grror. Misfortuno has overtaken me-in sn unexe dolivered of & quallty disproportionate to the price | pected manner. . Strugeling hard ngainst sdverss paid. The reault is thal the inmates of the Insane | circumstances, T have been compelied to snccamb, Asylum and the Foor-ilonse are polsoned with | Jam d"f” sensible that I bave ernvd most griev- Lresd made from rotten flonr, and with roiten | ously, fluo been too sangnine,, I have done meat; and that the whole supply of food {8 seant in | what T conid to ropule wrong, 1 heve surrondered quantity, inferfor in quality, and mqum"& ‘lh‘“"- overything In my possession to Mrs. Crook in or- u heat at all on ac of th hop- | and fecling against him end 24 policy within 1) desiro to ace them sattled onse and far all, bat to | 207" 07 wheet 4 Al on acconni of the Sramy T | Tast ol monther—Daaton Terald Um0 the Infinite eatlsfaction of thoss whose only It President layes s not, permitted by oblect I# o secura the Inw's doiny on thelr aids. | 2o e, Wit oo 4 ahortcrop e year from the | | Tecu T bl i Eemata: Ring 1y This bill was the rosult of the best thought | o (RGN, SO BTG e ot | Talee the Republicah patty from the old ruw, it of the Chicago Dar, and, a8 ‘prepared and adoptod P pal year, willnotrun much farther. It 1sa movelty toecen i which there will be a large broadth planted, | President undertaking an‘Admintatrstion with g by that body, waa reganied as an effective check on | e ‘Loppers have not batched ont in this section | Touss of licprescntayives Againat him, and {he this growing evil, provided it ever passcd both | of lowa yet, but theground is full of eges, snd I | Senatorial **atalwarts " woulfi. 43 & genoral thing, Honses. Dut probably no ancdared to hope as | think they areall good, 1 havo examined a good | find cnough in thelr- own rteputations demandin mach, and sccordingly 1o ono has been disappoiat- mnn{. and have found but & very fow bad ones, | attention to consy, thelr capacity,—Cinclnnal| H R PP and {t only wants one or two weeks of warm weath- | Commercial (Ind.. Rte edat tho resall. The Stato Law Asaociation Lok | er 1 bring them out In larga numbefs, They will Thy 1 of the d s 8 hand fn the matter aud drew up a bill containing | stay hero long enough to be ablo to fly, and whoth- | , TS, Apnesls of the downtrodden Poles againat rome of the featares of tho original nswoll as | ef they will do much damage is moroly question | tio b PTSTperment of, el countiy and the op. of time, 'The egge are near hatching now, Ppreasion and wronks which they endured, wore not others of doubtful ntllity. Then two or threo am- there may be some cold, wet weather that will haye | HOT€ Psthetic than e the farowell of Chambariain bltlous legislators aucceeded in tacking on varlona | 4 tepdency to destroy them, If it ia so, 3t will be wlmu gwnlu of Soulh Carolins, wha havo sus- amandments, until the bill Snally came to posacas | godacnd for thiK part af the conitry, talned through thelf support of him the cause of Abont. aa mauch varlaty nnd me. Iivie harmony Cpontal Dispaich o The, Ilight axslnat Might, To thoss advisers of Presl. Joscph'a coat of manv colors, ‘Thon Senstor | Oviovw, Is., April 17,1 huvu tested the | dont 1isyes who have lad he woy in the _abandon. Shorman made an atiempl, o4 Cholrman of | grasshopper sid in tin vicinity, and tnd them for | Sn, G ElumStlath amadt Lo e (ho rine st re o ommittes to - whom 0 vyarions L o art in heal o 0] 'w if al g "y - wers referrel, {o draw up_snch & substiiate ne | boing Injarcd by the variatlons of tatperatard | SAL0T.—Kennebec (Ao.) Journal (Blaina organ), shonld contaln all tho valuable featares of each, | etc., to which they wers exposed daring the Renm;z‘- abeard and fdle vyaporing about what and none of those abont whone expediency or ntil- | winter, The people of this (Carroll) county have | Packard can do with an lnucnnlfi nad wholly lm. ity thete were any reasanable doutits, 1t was con- | been holding granshiopper meetings and nrglnulnf lmnlr‘_rnm!m of colorad retainars will alarm no slderable of an nndertaking, and the reeult of his | for the |urTonu of waging agalnst them a war of | on ho windy boasts of thia ridiculous babbler Inbors Ia viewed In differcnt lights by m-nl;lnl the | extermination, v 8ro a8 well underatood in Washington an they arg legal profeesion, some of whom rorrd 1 as tho Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. in Loulsiana, The Nicholla Government will take € bill that conld be drawn, taking it alto- ALAMONTY, 18., Aprit 17, —The apring wheat and | all the riske {mplied In his childivh threats and gether, whilo somo are of the opinion that it falls | oata aresll s nd we are now plowing for | guamnteo absoluta peace In the State. If ho wiil No Contracts Awarded Without “Seeing® Periolnt, and A Through Him the i Combination. Elght Commissioners Always “to Be Had ” for One Hun- dred Dollars Each. Commlssloners Holden, McCaffrey, and Carrolly of the Present Board, Under Indictment. . They Are Oharged with Dofrauding Cook : County of $50,000 in Gro- ceries, Eto, ern and McCaftrey stan: ing logetier, and the former e utterly to check the evil at which it professedly | corn. Soring has been dry and work has progress- | only come down and put himself at the hond. d 3 A e and the formers | iuive injdry 1o thuse who consume It. And thia i | der, s far as possible, to niake up tho heavy 1osa | aims, As ticro, waa morc or ess dnuptas to thy | ed onely. ROlo Arny Of - Loitegro. werichest nfinel pa Will the Law-Makers Relieve n Dis- | PO n__nfi‘\ow ne;-, e ;“m { %0 which | done in the name of charity ! stained by my unfortunale managoment of hee | prescntatatus of the bill, na well us the oxlating thale bottlcs of kecosono oll, the oflicers of the ; " trested Peoplo ? icCaroy ‘Anewerad o Yoo ¢ aud tiat a1y 5e | “1rng county Cnnraialoscrs shungly, abont tha | Antiof (i) can,eniy ask the forulvencasof od | ditrence of opintonan o frteal wordh B reportes : HANEAS, Sista Gorornment wil ako great planure In clap: lont tho coutract beeause, an McCailrey assured | 1) of June, Jet. tho contracts for the upply of all [ macrificod, nnd of my fellow-cilizens whose conl- | {ho parpose. of genine: anch Thiermerion o3 o Spectal Dispatel lo Ths Tribune, Ping Bt in Jol yithiu Dmcaty-four hongs after by the pubilc institations, Theso supplies covor a | dencos I have wounded.” v‘-wl.h ‘mm of n;:lnlcgo: l:imc;fleh-. pm;:::o: clothing, 00« ota and_ shoes, n cape, rmitares out, dragn and medicincs, etc. N‘“‘“E’z’n‘ S In 1874, tho firm of James Forayth & Co. had di- Duspaseh 1o The Trivena. rectly the contract for groceries, and indircctly | Fowxp pu Lac, Wis.,, April 17.—Tho Fond du Lae rorn{l:uun'p é b flMr. .lr:n:lne‘:::d 'u:;fifl;l:rlu‘;:fnl: Chief of Police yesterday receivod a tolegram from memnber of that frm, Berlin desceibing the person of a thlef named of the business of the county contracta x‘;mfrhnh'-pocm care, Theflrm, or P{rfinmwr- George Crean, who was wanted, espectally for tho sonally, or some reproscntalive of Perfolat orof | theft of a gold watch and chain. 1o was arrostod the firm, had beld onc or more of the connty con- | within balf an hour, Thls morning the Bherif of tracts for sevoral years. The practice bas becn | Groen Lake County appeared here and took charga for the Warden of tho Almehouse nnd Insano | of tho prieoncr. Diagrams or several businees Asylum to make ont & requisition for s month's { places and residences in Horlln wers found upon supplics; this requisition, whou approved by a Smn‘- porson, with notes ss to where and how comuitice of the Commisaloncrs, was senttothe | they were to be operated upon. Itis known that warehouso of Forsyth & Co. That firm flled tho | Le "bolonga to o regulstly organlzed gang of requisition, the goods being sent to the Poors | Lurglars. Tonso and Insano Asylum: In dna time » bill with afidavit was presented fo the ' Commlssioners, . DETAINED EN ROUTE. Wl‘:thm lo‘; by tho m:uden, appraved by the Com-+ ‘Speclal Disvateh 1o Tha Tribune. mittes, and was pa 2 The rand Jur'y’wmmuwobumdlucc,-pecmc. 8toux Ciry, I, April 17,—A telegram from documentary, and unguestionable oyidenco to tha | Randall soys a gambler from Yankton named {act that, daring a long period, the bills mado out | Knowiton shot and instantly killed David Rosstck, Forsyth & Co,, for groceries to the Insana 1 him, the matter had gotten before the the wran, Committee. “‘Hklnmflmlud Smith of his lblll!; to contral elght Commissioners at $100s head. An- othier man who has 1AD A MONOPOLY in the use of & portion of the favors of the Noard, which bo bas omployed for his own benefit and that of others, 14 Josoph lugan. Jobsaro given (o him at his own price, und without any written contract, and his cxtortionate blils are paid without dispoto, Occastonally vomie petty job fa given to some other man In bis line of busincss, bol then iogan always l‘ppun &8 his indorscr, shawing clearly enough that the work Ia thus given vut to another by his permisalon. He In 8 man whoro gencral repntation a8 1o yeracity fa such that 14 was thought naeless to put hini on the stand, it boing Lellcved that the only result would be to Increase tho enormons volnmeof perjury and evaslon with which the Grand Jary wero already inundated, Somo of tho facts not grouped sbova are here- with thrown together without reforenco to theie order or connectlon, * Perlolat_has repeatcdly demanded moncy of mo,* swears Egan, ** A few ‘week ago ho demandcd $5, 000, In addition to what e had alrcady recelved. Hls plea waa his fnflus ence in geiting me the contract.” ** [ had acon- ‘Tho Leglelature ls struggilog with two or mors bills secking to legislato tho present County Ring out of office, and thuw relieve Cook County of an In~ cubua under which it has suffered for tha past threa years, Bomo of the Cook County, dolegation, pro- sumably in the pay of tho Ring, favor any bill for the purpose, providod they can attach ridcrs which will only porpetuate, Instead of abollsh, the In iquity, On thele faco these riders do-not appear to be objectlonadle, and aro well calcalated to do- cetve the country members, who have not yet been called opon to fight organized unscrupnlons cor- roption within thelr own balllwicks. The pald obbyists and attornoya of the Riog aca codeavors ing to obtain sympathy for thelr clionts by do~ nouncing the newspaver attacke upon them as out- i . rageons libels, for which there is not & . foandation, 1ow untruo thelr pretensic A “yaslly satablished. 1 About aycarago the Grand Jury, under the loadership of Whbur F. Storoy, tha editor of tho fohd. a Enating ko tha Gansame dificalty 732 | festive 'hoppors hava beon hiatching oat very fast | 1M Fléayuna (Fire-Kating Dem.). A Washington telegram printed in this mornlog, difculty In getting hold of any definife opinjons. | for the last twoor three days in places around heto, P . changen In tho orlginal ue o pura1d tha lawyars | —tlatls, In the places whors they doposlted their | Z0Tulrer roads as ‘;‘,’,m“" \ and readers generally to keop track of them, - They depoalted mostly slong at t Fumoted hero thata letter fa in the hands of ¢ Insiort, & good deal of limoranca prevalls In ro- | °58% Thoy depoaited mostly slong streama of | gentleman in thiy city, writton by ex-Attorney:en gard to’the sublect, probably for tho resson, s wator. Iexamined them mysolf as soon a8 T heard | Fhp Ja%, (6 NOICH 1e characicetics what e te above intimated, that thero have Leen so many | thoy were hatching, so that I would be certain that | tallc aa an sct :f treachary and infamy to his Tho first gentleman who was found to have any | what1l should write would bo truo. Iwitnessed tho | friends.” 'elr" definlte underatanding as to the atatus of tha | slght of thelr caning out of the gronnd. It sooms A Btar reporter, with the above ellp In biy blil'and its provisions was by the way thoy come out that all in the nost hatch, Eocket. called at “the Masonle Temple, on West JUDGE BRADWELL, and then by, et nnited cfforts thoy make thale | Third steect, thia Ing, where he found Judgs of tho Legal Newws, According to the Jndge'a | Way out of the ground, so that when ona hops out | Taft, to whom it was shown, with the requeat thay Information the subatitute had passed tho ( thay all hopont. \When they first hop ont they are | o statemant from bim fu refarenca to the dispalck House, and was now In the pate, It { Of & whitish or flesh color, but in a fow hours'they | wonld find ABlnen In the columna of tho Star. The rovides for four Appellate Courts In the | become very dark, and are vory Jively from the in- | ex-Attorney Ueneral of the United States gave veut tate,—ona in Chicago, ono at_Ottaws, | Btant they leave ths ground,” Whero they have | toalittlo comfortable chuckie of good humor, ang one at Mt. Vernon, and ono at Springfleld, with | batched ont tho ground is parfoctlyalive with them. | matd: **This (s all puro fiction. 1 havo no desire two terms for each Contt every year. 1n all casas | Beveral pooplo bava iried: harrowing the ground | to get into the papers. but yon are at liberty to that can proporly go to such & Uourt its declsfon 1s | Whero the SgRe are deposited (hefore thoy hatch), | say that thera Is not a word of trath init. e it St Scgtnt ok b | Ly e St B B | 6 ko pbtanal n tho amonnt is over $500 they may be appeal- ' o r el 1o 'tho Bupremo Court. All cnaas 1n Which In in | Wad 800n dries thom up, The cggs soon withor ,,E,“;':’,‘;'.‘:,";,P:';,f_b,gec",*;mfi",g:;';" ingiring Yolved a franchlee, o a froehold, or tho valldity of | &nd tura black, ' They havo done no damage 80 faF | waZds'tho Bouthern Siates, They say by pussncd 8 slatate, ADLNhich undes the satuten o iothe thatIcaniearot, "~ "L tha courae he dId becaus fia wos afruld of & Dotao: 0| e Coul ind nof way ol U X Doneme o ol G iboct anduot gup‘yem ILLINOIS. cratic Houso of Reptesentatives, Thuy give bim z!;?m{xmr;:gng{demu such informativn as ho Exring, McPherson Co., Kan., April 17,—The | commlts tho first Act of incendiariem.—New Or- by a carponter from Monros, Mich. t Fridav at 10 credit whatever for sl Timer, devoled no little attentlon to investigating | tract " eays U, M. Bwiney, '*and hiad & ¢reat deal | Anylum and Poor-1ouse, which bills wero aoprov- | 2 50 Ll T0e i SO iy 1o the Dlack | Conrtoelecttho Judges of the Appellats Court Bpecial Digpalch to. The Triduzs, Bhuss hifa a6 & - Fragduient "‘x’e‘-fil’fi‘:‘n S B ! 5 3 & e tho aliegations currcot throushont the lengtl aud | 9froublo with It [naver saw’ Horiolat, and the :g,’}{:v;fiz"{siflh;‘{;::{,‘}';’:;,fl‘f Coamioreia) | 1l and, Secoming engoged in ‘s gamo ot earda | from ‘the Clrgult Jadges of tho, distrlct In | govrn Branw, 1ik., Aprl 17.~Tha farmors com- | tarning-lloaru President.” cto, 1f T peoplost breadthof the couaty, charglug the County Com- wmissionors with corruption, bribsry, aud wnifea- sance in ofice, Mr, Btorey, on Apnl 20, presonted 8 two-column report to bis Honor Judge Moots, at that timo presiding in the Criminal Conrt, recitlng Ahe dificultios nnder which the jury labored in an- deavoring to obtaln informatlon, and brindlng In & *+moral {ndictment ** by implicativn, alirming the charges then :lmnntm‘nlml the County Bosrd, In this connection tho following excorpts from the 1 WAS DIJOUSTED WITH THE WIOLE PARTY, dylscd by my foroman to usg a little uoy, and that would muke things go all right. " Hmith, tho lightnlng rod-bidder, uwweara: +*Mc. Caflrey wanted me to communicate with Wilkinson (the man who held the 8500 check). 1Jost thecon- tract, aud, after this, McCafirey got mad with me becaure lhlnt‘nf‘lrcnlmlflhnul tho matier in Tix T Wilkinson named Commlssloners Lanengan, Carroll, McCaflray, 1lolden, Heeting, Bchmidt, Johuson, and Conuelly as the men who with Knowltun, who reprasonted himsolf as a lutegrity are vithont sfecedonts i ntock-dealor, 10st hia watch and moncy, and, on The character and extent of the frauds, and the | lcArning the character of Knowlton, went to him pe iR SR S S | el of i bt i understoo ving coples of two of 111 Eelosted from s Tarce nufnbnr:r S ! | shoabovo resuit, TY s-Houv: i o Tyt e, | “STEALING FREIGIIT-CARS.” Tiought ot James Forsyth & Co., "wholesile grocers, ‘Bpectal Dispaich §a The Tribuna. d ‘menced last weok doing thelr spring plowing and | the South da not sco and comprehond the spirit of éfi?flé‘:&“s“‘; gh??-p;g? :‘v’r‘:fig lblx’n‘:&n';mcn‘grsnfl‘r: sowing their grain, The scason opened vory lata | 8UCh attacksas these, they Lava much duller com- rohenslos 3 . W oo boldn thosianrinia’Conri-roome"whion 1ot | this apring for farm work, but too weather 1o at [oat oaion than we fhink the o P residone oiced Cia Célh{‘c;“: unal, .‘_X{'l‘fl,“-"fl l“dlmfilf“"l“ present and has boen for the past week vory favor | with sorlons misgivings, but from the beginniog ol Court e e b o gment Of 110 | able for the farmers, Tho tields of ryo which waro | %6 havo given hiu credlt for honesty of purpose. Clrenl) Court, e Jndys san brlul"b fmpn N | sawn Jast fall, 80 far as I havo secn, look "r{ We bolleve that hll}mlmenl friends who look upon el prite oul the reasana fn. '\ n“ v{ :I:o romlaing, The wheat crop has not done very we l Ll with foelings of distrust, as well na bis pofitl- Rotto bo uncd as authorily In any casoexcepttho | [iic'far Goveral yenrs past, but. tho farmors will | cal enoamies, wiio make sny Protansions ot having Diy Inmerted to check the neesant eoil of arcon. | 80w a limited amount of 1€ agaln this scasou, and | tho good of tho country at hoart, oaght to b wils ly Inse check the presont evilof acon- | §ryi)ioir juck with it onco mote, denl of lns\lo glye iim & falr trial before condemnation. A s 8 184,34 | Mmwavkes, Wis,, Apnil 17.—Willlam John- report will bo found poculiariy Intarcating: o e 100 camh 1o oy Conttacs | | drianch 2 ss-ig s sttt "M | ston, John Lang, ani Jokn Horman wero captarod et g Sunbar ol 0w Fsparle, | oog | Dbl bo sown i (hiswioinity this, epring an Xnozollls —(ZTenn.) ~Chronlcls (liep,—Parion dar ulsmnlnycur. rnn:ou n"'l mfil:u:-nnll n:l'“;u“ }""’s'f-"i f"t‘l' Cummlnlnnirm';nr;llelln cheek | 1 hrlyplis pes o ot D lzfifi thie m?lml:nz ln‘l msllghl-mr. whers :“,N,:l.d en- | ong, allof the really. nhjgcuomhlu festuren lgtha ;(:;:é;!;:;:: c r?fifil;‘:‘.‘v::d".ow'l’ csa two Are tho llm;nlnw)- and_malveration in county affairs have filled the | for $25 for cloction purposes at the time [ wi abri 1 3 meetves for the purposa of rol 3 B g o DabIiG ear, Again and agatn bavo Grand Juries ate | InE - to et the contract™ Clouglh any ingg | sconced tle UF A8 PR og the | varlous bills proposcd having leen remiored. o uthern man, unlesa ha s a airty d Dispatch to Tha Tribuse. i) t ofl dnt (i) thought it would matenaily lessen the labois o Special fadiy sccept oftice under A feavdulont Prealdent, tond tu tmportant il palt i Tenucssoe, fncluding Chalrmaa e ,'3;’,",,,‘,‘;,‘;",,“‘,‘,,’;:2;&;,'|"¥’,‘,I‘°’¥A°;;m;:{‘ han we bava ejoyed for th last slx days upou | Cifiiress of the Btate Ixecutive Comuitiee, tor 23029 | car whon 1t pulled out of tho yard. Thoy araall s that *‘there appeared to be & ring of eight 3.0 almn Chicago, and were locked up to awalt exami- on, in the County tSourd™: that **McNenl urdered guod bonds, and proposcd to_furnish any others If tempted fnvestigatton; but, 00 far as_ this jury can Jearn, the majonty 'of the Grand Jutics of late oars’ have beon incre crostures of the County “ommisainners, and henco toeir labor bas been to 4300 — those uffored wero not satisfactos that ** Hogan cascd coul eac) 57,00 A FAMILY DIFFICULTY. Court, unless thay wers casca in which a franchisa tho pralries, The onta ore now aboutall sown. | porter, ex-Gor. John O, Brown, Gen. Frank conceal rather than expose (he practices of thelr | fa County Plumber, and hu chargos and fs paid | 4 tons feod, ats$: 10000 . e e LA LR, The ground 18 in fine condition, and at tho present m, and nearly every Democratic member . gremiore: Iy somin, ,l||'m‘!:|::cehu:;'::|'|g:r Jutica bave | sbout twloo as owich aa lio s can'be tadfor | 3 ESteibar aen g0 R 780 Spectat Dirpatch to Tha Trivune, S admchiold ras involved. | ALpresent cases word | writing every agricultural condition I favorable, | G0 SL 0t rer nipent oS entior o fueTiuer elsowliore.” John M. Dumphy swe; hat Coche rane, archltect for the County {lospital, **gave the box castlia'soan, 48 B, AL 14 Dbox Catarch, 40 Ba, At 10c. %13 | Dusueor, Ia., Apell 17,~Jolin Gomering, a Dux 8, U, starch, 44 Bs, ol Prospect of Europosn war, comn advanaing, pork | ceps ont B &) X denlal of justico by thair belng tled up two o thre g pt ofiica’ under & fraudnlent Presldent.™ At the 3.8 | aerman, 1ving near Waterloo, Ia., shot his wito | years in Bt 4 Diwoorthres | st Who would not bo m plowholaer? liet in the extstonco of n glguntic systom of traud- ears in the Supréme Court, Under tho Anpellato Inrgent, most onthusfastic wmeeting of busincss- ulent practices permeating almost every doparte - BICh of Cotinty IMEInaM Uk, OWINK 13, Lho en- | tiie s 30 Gotalr Operation. ie sinogaveme thg | 31l 17 s 8.1 2] | thieatternoon abouy 5 o'elosk, and thn omptiad | oast aystem the work of the Suprene Coarl conic NEBRASKA, y Anciud T, sehimonia oF o 2ot o wAlch & countering coirtantly everywhere of apparent and | quantities, Sexton's bid was $15,000 hyhor than | 1 X 400 | tho romaining four barrols of bus revolvor into | b mattowod dowa end the Judgos relioved clal Dlipateh fo The THune, - Ttinity,—the Eresidont wan thanked for ermoi. CaEhin: DitTares Hhey mosy Ay ot | ot ol e lngeetbilaete n Tohi o Sty | A himeelf, Both partics mro stil ailve, but wiil | 5f & Maat, amount of small cascs, w0 tha Bpectal . fng ex-Sonator Key Tostmastor-General, sad his Taore thatra monul Indichnent, "S0CE has beon the | - WWe gave Chcheatio moncy for the plans," Jene | B3 probably dio, Family dificultics are estd to bo | they could davote d"“l' flgw more ime | MArteviLLE, Dodge Co., Nob., Aprll 17, —Grase. | EEK Pallcy was heartily Indersed, “Woeld oxperioncu of this Grand Jury. Everywheraludic | sen, Willard's purtner, swears: +*1 paid Cochie | 25 0 cause, i o fockerIn good’ shape. It was provided that fhg | hoppers are hatching a-day, Indications are that | il thosa loading Democrats, s} thene Democaiis SOt v connorrio e Siuater e e, [Lln, g ebliaetytuy | 16 REPRIEVED B e 0% | hastionly sown I Harchs an. s ‘nor comton. | 8 Dubimoveser b hery ot ey Feprccatt 3 b ot 9. 3 ich, —and at most sown In no min, INPFi0e bava bean discovered, but coverod by alayerot | fes: "1\ iilam llnndl‘fiflnfiunflr{mugdcm of Hos. | 4 brl Covunta, 8. C., ApHl10.~Tho ten Lowndes- | thoy couldt be romoved for cause, " This ho regards | wp. - Ground In’ xcollent condition, Mot mors | dorse & *tndirty dog for & bigh oficoTWemph 571.‘1":‘:1“5&"”&3’;’&5% n:flgd fl:lv::m‘mt l;:;;j::y',n Iy":n'o eu:%:y 7o, ‘I:U{m T‘ k:l:lp"t g.:fn;m o s villa mnflrfldm;xu. oi':lumd, -ont;x;’oudtn bo llz;xnaud od as ono of n:;v"l:e-: ‘r:l-z(:r: lll(';’l‘l‘. bl than 50 per cent of the usual acreago sown. (1‘\rvnhn-) Avalam;h- Ind. Dem.). | y ‘Dotlar s Whi n noxt Friday, havo been roprieved by Gov. HNamp- e ————— atoyer aettlement waadopt It must bo onothss s yb:-;:. .‘h'i, ] :gu ?‘t’l::;m:\'m {’v; L‘n ;lu: x‘x’: e b‘;’ :}‘.‘l: :fiu',"h“fi um%'.?n‘n;':m:'&’y‘“,.l‘:,é‘:‘k‘ ,":‘,.3“;‘!3 HCHE tan for two weeks. It la thought that the sentonca mulunlolad‘l!hn the gul h:hfll T"cdfih I:a?ge. and SPORTING. .| Wil free Lonlslana from tho ‘Intolerable military S o by helf Racceveptes SR it ‘posslbie, tha. | Atdrow Sl swears that ho was + to1d by Sichicl of somo of thens will bo conmutud to Imprisons B R wiasing In the Ban, Sppression sistiian . wejghed Apon Der g o fi;‘:fi"&:“: ‘g‘e‘ bluu of cuuh.n:‘{.lnl-;e?:hflv;d ocal cors fi;i':&h;;nfif‘l‘m g;vgofifg;hrg;l;zIOQvg;l; 'l';l';lg ment for.1ito, would sccompliah the desired object of relieving BASE DALL. bring peaco, never reconelie an angry population, ury have succeeded in obtulning a view of what is beneath. The specimens thus obtained demon- strato that much of the longth snd bresdth of county anageinent are supporied upon & stratom of rascality and corruption whoze extent i bee yond measuroment, ‘The testimony sliows that It Is the common prace tica ta let contracta, not to tho lowest and most re. sponsible bidders, but to auch compatitors as havi avalled themselves of a certain class of agoncles which bar the entrance to the rvoms of the county wanted a contract ha wont to Perlolat's ofiice, nnd found three or four County Commissioners thore. Periolat wanted to kuow what ne (Fleld) could doon the contract,” *“TWO JTUNDRED DOLLARS," swears Boxton, **was all the money [ pald_Coch- rane, and I conslder it cheup, 1. lve mct County Commissloners at Periolat's ofice—Johnson, Mc+ Caffrcy, and Carroll. 1 sam bullding a house for Ferlolal," William Relnhardi, former meat con- tractor, applled fora new contract. Ho swears: CONVICTED, Mavon CHmm,"l‘a.. g\prfl x’{.—l'l‘hn Juty Intho i caso of John Maller, the Molly Maguire chargod Todorsed, “Approved. _ Gonax & KIMGERK: . | itk complicity i tho murdor of Morgen Powell, A paper attached, slgned **Clemens ¥, Perlo- | rendered a vordict of murdor tn the second degrrcs, Iat, " purporting to be an afidavit before & Notary | Maller Is the sixth man convictud of eumpucrl'y ot Public, that the goods charged were furnlahed, otc. | thls munder, }nu -lin‘"ua July 0, and pa d. ow. wo have r'.’;:' s the moat difect and positive testimon, watd Periolat, 1o making oal said bitl, dded 10 tho VICTINIZED, gn S urenl? fiut‘l:"}%l.l mim':t many e'nyculu:. As 0 unuers! 10 n ent form, ro- ) vided that theso Inu‘nn.dlnmp or appellate, cn‘:uu b‘x‘" """"‘g“h"}“l:a "’m'“:”“‘l’l'l'“l“fl tho. Falrbint, should be vested with sppefiate jurisdiction only | Pions of tho Un £8 yill play: the Falrbanka in_matters whoro tho amonnt involvod was | 98, the Tweaty-third strock grounds to-morrow and | miet”fu a0 tho oonor (ho Botter, I suthor ToaloF wailof brtoF shoulq s 1fom hol dedlsion | DAnks afe in good practico, and will ive tha Whits | 210 the General Goremment to prodoct o sty To'lie" Bupromo Court: In other words, it made | Slocking AR S ‘E;",“‘ shamplonship pen. | 358 contompisto the continucd mantensscy. of s b Tt couTL propeity Lotbe pofors. e Bt | those Gunca, Tho Tovars of tho game have heon | Adminiairation which hs no politcal conaituency D e OrS Jehei (DUt | Leying! for & good many yoars %o ot that dog for | hebindit. ~Tho frienas of ir. Packsrd allsgo st thise, ® freonold, or the valklity of a statate, of | Chicako, and now they can hav a chauce to seo e ] mever givo the State a chanco to resume b r The posters are out for tho opening games of tha | ociiion in. the Mederal Union. If Pacbnrd o nelther find supoort in the good will of his people. tain Mmr.ulf by his own' forces, then be A 2 Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridure sort of way, Is favorable to hl retensalons; but S5 ey e o S s TS | oSSt B vty 1ot 5 | Sty oo s o e fesiong o, o | oueron T Ape 47~ Dunk aod h | Gach vty ndcre 5, fgintof B Gl | o lokssonng oo Lako Mckgambioesn | 'yt ' i ilel it tiing Of contacts, but, a8 has Appes t , < lows: Howme Vank, of thia place, wero victimized ont of ¥ 3 would hare voted a cortain way i | whon contructed fur, often—perbaps generally— falla below thonpecifications: and Lienco the coane ty I8 doubly swindled,—(1) In the pricea pald, and (%) In the quality of Its work, C. ¥, PERIOLAT AND JOBEPH HOOAN bave dividod the devartments controlled by the County Cominlssfoners, and in theso depariments vach of them ectively relgns suprome, Acruss tho dumaln controlled by thuse two men pase tho soly rosds leading to'tho faver of the Couuty Board, Every man who travels along thuso rontes {s forced to pay & hewvy Wil for thy right of pas- e, Nomatier how honorable tha competitor, arhow rensonable tho terms which be profars, ho tannot pass without an agreement with ous or }gu mlhilr of theso men Lo pay them heavily for o privilege. Tl?o?alluon thus occuvled Uy thoro two croa- tures 1s not merely scandalous in ftaclf, bat It forces most damagiing conclustous with reference 10 the ofiiciale ovir whom they thus keopfiunnl. 1t is imporelble to bellevo thal a Count joard, o8 rt, Tho Constitution itself requlred that all BAx Praxotsco, April 17,—A Bacramento dfs- | ency, even whon that class conatitutes a mjonty cases involving . franchise, or a freeliold, or the | patch enys that Mollia McCsity and Lady Amsnaa | of the population.—New York Tridune (Rep)e yalidity of a statute, should go absolutely t0 tho | ran a dash of two nndu'umer miles to-day, Tha No one who knows Presldent Hnyes can doubd Buprome Court. frat was u great favorite Iu the pools, aud won by 8 | nis devotion to the urineiplen of tha Jepublicsa Mr. High thought the provislona of the blll, and | Jongth in 4:00, I3 ‘and 1t 15 & fact of history that ha has never tha creation of the Appeilate Court in nccordance Huvered in bis devaglon 1o them e s therowlth, would cortulnly reduce the work of the Yeation: Tieh Aot OF oo Sapremo Court » great dal—porhaps ono-fourth or SMALL MUNIOCIPALITIES, | iijise. Helaguot been Cvenidentinod wittiide gren one-tuird. It wasa noteworthy fact that n : ¥ Homass whe bave, oL ol g0 p p.{fi“ R s B o for e oot {rOT a0 | Etections in Dany of Themn Yostordny—Tho | giviog 1t & triai will be tho st to appisud & less, {\mnnlr lawyerwould appeal mun'yum-ll Htralt-Jacket of Total Abstinenco Discard- ':?In dmlil prvovn lncc.enl’x:lll !n%m-‘llormi lumcn& cavs that w Chlcago lawyer Would movor (hink of | edia the Majority of Yastances and Doamed | 41 €%d Kovernment to s nIoie, tonk chy Breds ! gl ina Few, . dent was going to bresk with' the Republican ,_'5".‘,‘,';’ e e o alom (o umon BEELT Blpoich to e Truna, L | party and EL",M pmeclf with the l)‘:‘mo:c";:cy. K AnRmoNDALE, M, =Tk inlcipa | even atlem ulld up & new hel Sxceshe. . soms Rlaten, - capsclally’ ln Now: York sleciinn nlllhlln'snlace' to-day passcd o very “,‘gé' isttorsof M. Wada lnd:‘og i nEan' would o4 I M o although al times the excitement ran very hl e iely. s we do not belle ko, this Me. Migh replied thot the diMculty was | ofi,"wonfy.tiseu candidatos, wilh thelr frionds; | mind of.tho Dretident. iic. s in carnest, Tea o the nublication uf & great hués of reposts. | Wera In tha fuldatan early' hour, The weather | huvestly puiting In exccation th priuciples e e ROt cunaldered. Se hinding of Gl be. | Wad very ng until 4 o'clock p, m.. when it boyan | avowed in’his lotter of sccoptance; and, just 10 e T T oealy courta of il oo, | to rain. The vote pollod was quite an incrcaso | long as bo keops within the. lotter and spirit of loweat bidder for the pilin Court-Toue. I offercd as e win, $73,000; Frank Uonzclo, $:5,000; Ed Swinoyy $1:1.000; Ttobert, Clark) $3,000; total, 110,000, “The bands required wéro only Si. 000, 1 gave my note for §7,000, ndorved by Lowls [iold- onwlck, to lenry L. Gar, architoct, who guvo it to Perfolut, 10 whom 1t was to be pald'fn case Porios 1at shonld muke Qay Court-louse arcatect, Gny gaye o ble noto and ui Indemuitying boud, In concluding thulr report on tha county'partion of the investigation, tho Grand Jury arv acarcely roparcd to mnke sny sugkestlon o rocommendas lon, Thoy ars satistied that thu rystom of man- ufi\:mnnt cinployed by tho County Board 18 rotten without an cxception, OFFICIALIAM 18 DEGRADED by ita low Intellectual character, ita depreciated mnioral tone, its constant asvaciation with jobbery, uxtravagance, favoritism, intermediates, vauur{. and fncompefency, Whila 1t s been ipasaible 0 penctrato tho per]un which controlled the jnry two men named Lennox and Palmer. ONE YEAR, OteveLAND, O., April 17, ~Alfred O. Van Tino, Postmaster at S8andusky City, convicted m the 3 United States Coart of embezzlement, was to-day jeata bi: sentenced to tho State Penitantiary for ono year. 1 barrel hominy, 300 B, ‘Total overwelght snd gooda withbeld. SWINDLING OPERATION. Ilcre wae a fraod of $800. The goods actuslly Datrixone, Md,, April 17,~J, W, Morphy, g‘g“;eur:dl;a?‘u;\:lgg _t_,u “lr.m fll;mua“‘lvhlnha fl:i allas Samuel Mackey, has been arrested, charged o Fr i . vered, ith swindling, by sending circulars throngh the the receipt of which the Warden certided to, ‘and | 1 ; fi‘.’:{""" Te "‘""‘:;flfll """.‘.“!“}.5"'““" ,“.n? r‘?_ maila to varlous soctlons, particularly West, 8 Were uiore 0 equal ier cent 0! o goads actaally dellvered. Y 1OGUS TIOKETS. AN INSANE-ASYLUM DILL. Oxama, Nob,, April 17.—John W. Frye, who AMr, Pertolat and Warden Kimberly and the ace | was arrcsted a few days sgo, having in hls pose [2 odat) Commivsionors had no specint Foatiiity o e ties or ahe Mo seaston $1,000 worth af bogus tickets, atarted for ima- | Nashvilla this afternoon in charge of an oficer. coutrolled by an honeat majority, would, for a here Hk bousg, © The! lundered ~ the imasne - with g § over the Iaat municipal electlon, and rathers heavy | that document, the rank and fle of the Repubiicsa sliklo morent, perais, thevo (wo' mion 1o sthnd | ha (okay Tudlciment. of "varlows. conniy bieiote, | Squnt loerity AC bl Cnted " Hept, "1 sort In such cases as came beforo theia, Appeals | 0CT ™ Much uneasinoss was manifostod during | party ahould and wiil stand by its—dndiasip: whte they do without knowlug thelt charactor | enou ha becn found to moraily inuict thee up- | 1874, called foF Kooda to tho valas of $1,:535.07, BENTENCE CONFIRMED, fore taken from them fo the Lourt of APpcslt!n [ tha” day by tho moveral candidstes ax | olis Journal (ep. ). ;hdlmnv.ln t}n;‘rflh}l«ln:v.nul gul ;l'll;xln und-flu on evidenco which will render thelr conylctian cor+ | Tho frauds ln it wero: Davrox, 0., April 17.—The Bupreme Court o+ | conflict of .ud“,m,. All thie diflicalty was obyi- lln \'t;u re:ll‘:l'tu. |hn"°lyuuteh.finnl:§'k‘»:eml‘n't Tho Preatdent Is aftacing tho party line here 8t closes it Lerlolat {a & pesisten lcklllnl e | tain, and for crimes thatshould render many of NYVERWRIONT ¥ day sustalned tho verdict of the Jury sgalnst ilarey | sicd, bo thought. by enator Shorman's aubsti- | 1% very ~close city olection hare Trmn "AY | effoctually as b is wiping out the color ine fu the Shows 0. the Critny Cammtaioneres amt knows | iou tufamous beyuud redsmption, ' the fary il &‘7’,:','." i o %23 | Aaome for murder In the Oret degres. Lo wili o [ fate: which provided chat the declufons of tho AD. | REXSELAONS ' &0 avor by a majority of 0, Tomin Jinasincislinglodes bowtia cantas wio) o s L, thi) B E pallate Courls should be tinal. Mr. High also say s e approval of decided Democrats, They en RO sl o okt Jovyaga = 1€ Tolalh ble | gun will be carred un by thele wnccomars unil | 34 B ELRETA J0 s | DKok e ¥t = Liaeiwas o Tmprernon of & malorivol ho'lae | var Y dngsraol O 1. Apelnissleciad Oy | 14®ailhy Decioetadls wldeicly 1o mapuiasen s NOT DELIVERED, iclation at such a wou o o o 3 er wi ut 50 long as e, avo o INFANOUS AND EXTORTIONATE dishonest oflicials can misrula and plunder tia tax- | 4 brisXey-stona sirup, 16 kel BLAe VERY SAD. e ot e paly b Jiobarty, Tho Uity Allormeyehip, falis to B+ (1 | they Wil nothuarzel over tho nine. A frest iy tu‘t‘:’llom. "xfl!."#‘&.‘." h}:l““"u‘”,hmm (h).r d;- payors with entlre Trupunity, ;I‘; BURAT, A‘:l m-.-ll»:u fi:} roally “wantcd was an incre of the W’opp" ion for Treasn 0.'P, Hightower, of Mr, 'I‘llllbn&lrdtnllnppnrun do pot acvl Eounty Board, or & contiotling portioh of thels, re oy for the acet (Ma 1 iri peatiuce 251 28 &t 201 | gulclile of n Chicago Business Man at Cla- | Dumber of Judges of the Suprome Court or e te- | (o SHesont incumbent, s tho successtul candidata | SYSFY4OFey thathe was countod out, rre 4o partners of this mun Porlolat u’ b The Grand Jury for tho next (May) term took up | { urt (415 Sickics, 31300, bt b 2.0 croass in the nuinber of casca to bo taken bofara | (08 BEAGHL AEHTVeRG, B G PEReRtlly AU Plece f erual injisien to s, man i noé n f'"‘ 0 | ut thle man For u bis | thy **moural Indictnent'* prescnted by Mr, Storey, | 3 b'r{lnn 201 s, st 13 34,23 clunati—~~Affoctiounte Family KRelations. them, The furmer doslderatnin seemed fmpossible, | 9% C0 BRI, OT O TAT RSO T BReR SRS ttes fate, A prominont Democrat Iotesa o, Torce wn aMsiatlve Sopetomiond e iy | &nds undoe tho lesdorabip of Alr, Liclus Ul Otin, | 4 cheris . G T 1oi'ne ut s Apectal Dispatch to The Tribuns, but the bill looked to the accompiishment of the | ofAveoppononta, L Ml Cerlten Is elected Aldor. | 3y flo daubtad whother filden, fad ho bee Their compllcity. Mo virtutu womms ke pcg | kevt peyying away for nearly threa weeks, endenrs | 2 teneata Vol tea, 16 B, 3t 55 22 | Ciwcrswams, April 17, —Shortly bofure noon to- | Itter boucht, and was really the only availablo ex- | {E°500 4 "and L, W, Martin. from the Third, | Lresldent, would haye been ablo to do wo iuch (of her pimps who go Into tho market 40 of Siveloni Lue doinge of ‘U Coaniy Hinge ‘Thas | | bor couis-soap, £ &L 1o 481 [ day, Jonathan U, Frics, & member of the grm of | Pdteutlett™ = Thlore Wero o Isaus ont, and the resull dose ot | 1o poutl st layes, The ouly mion bere w 'fi:{rr “;?n'.‘x'cl:h‘x'-x;:?:‘:::?n’:iu f;\." :;r’v flflfh'.fl‘.' oiforts nnullfillm\c aucceanful, én June 1 tho | 3 e LT AT L 2479 | MeDonough, l'r(‘cn & Co., furaitare dealers at 203 | o0y ap entiroly difforcnt \igw of the whols mateer, surprise m,}'pl“?::;'}?'w:n"n The Tritwna. loud'and workad pretty hurd for hia eicction, K’n&: Tusulonat thioves whiorob all who mouroach Sl ta vy retario ‘!"dlflm"mlw-m-!.clm Periolat, o 18 cods e 130 | Canal streel, Chicago, IiL, committed sulclds | 1n bis ovinion the Lill could bo of no beuedt tothe | Dyquotn, 11l Apal 17, —0ur manicipal eloc i‘xyecduuon that lhflmmlchlnv Jrhich pmace bia th futerests of clemency or of Justice, Nor 14 it Ly powor bebind the throoe, and County Comuiles {'bos Lista ;}3 in the Walnut Street IHouso,. Hu was | community, bocause it gavo htigauts an opportu- | (jon was held ,,.,l’d . and has been oneof tha | President would run him and his ‘Adin! nmrhw conceivable that, for yours, the County Commies | Sonere G oGt malolden, Jobn McCairoy, |} £k al ods 3 | unkaown’fn itla clty, having come bora | ity o o tirough boun couria bofore's aal hoar: | o ciotely costestol/am. exciting {has hes boon | Arierward Moy dou's say wach nioud fn publis Sioncre would perault thete sction (o be” cuntrolied | And sariek Gurroll, membor ot tho prescat Board, | 1 s yigorur 810 (on ihe Wb fpst. from St Louls, ond | Mg could bohad in sl insitors exceeding 8300, In | Yeld forsuine years. The following gentlomen | Jubwhen they gét iu & corner with congenial sp by Ul diureputable pormon, Wero tholr IBICENY | adte oocoro by teke: \who Ltvo boeu reiciats | 3 ox iy gra @ p ” d this wax such & law could bo taken advautage of by | wors electod; Muyor, J Wesmmare; Aldermon, | it thuy exvress thoir cantetnpt in vory biveay £ “"‘u"mlc'l That b ta atil] toloretod :nsu h’u od u.‘uhrcumy by thelr jndignaut and outraged | 1 hos K. 1, u.r) | engsged Room No, 21 of the hotel named, What | ¢hoso who mu;luud simply fur the purposs of d Joueph Pyle, Georgo McKinnoy, and 'J, W. Wine r}nlnlu l;wu- . —Neiwo Yotk Cor,” Spring) oweid with entiro impunity to thrust'bis one | Cone emitment fa devoleasexclustinly Agaliit 1 box lem +16:00 | tho misslon wae tuat Lrought him here s mot | lay, If the bill had provided thas”the Appel tors Truaairor, o Ao, b Cletk, T, M, ass,) Nepudlican (Ind.): ; clesn and rapaclous hunds into the pockets of each man who nprwuc ca the Loard, 18 not merely a moat scundalous imputation upon the woral chiare acter of tho Curamissioners, but it ls o costly proee ess for tlhe uxlvurerl. The men thus NL\WIP add the amount tu the bills which they rendor for their services, and this 18 flcled, 10 tury, from the County Treasurer, The County Board must at once drive (bte robber from thelr doorway, ur ihey wust submit tu the conclusion that he commands tue spprosches TO A DEN OF THIBVES, The contract for the piling snd foundatl 1be county purtlon of the Caurt-House w o a bigier bidder at an sdvance of nearly §2¢ 3 There can Le uo ground whatever for the pretense that this was donc In the Intereats of ha® public, 'Tho only logical viplunation s that the Commine stouere were clther wtterly blind with refercnce to the public r that tuey fraudulently snd wilifully fulictes dditlonal burden upon the taxpayers, for pecuntary or other form of persousl ends.” The cuntracts for the additlou to the Coun- ty Hosplital exhilbit o atill more dugrant disregai of economy sud a decent respect for the opiufo sud rigits " of the community, 1l work was |t s 8 whole Lo Sexiton, at a price w. thousands of dollars in advence fgures olered by other apa entirely res, fore. lmuediately after S Lue becn given the enlire cootract, bu sublct the greater portion of It to the very uwn Wwho ‘had underbidden him. In the letting of & cuntract to furulvh lightnlog.rods for (he County Hospital and lussng Asylum, ope bldder ofered to furnisl o rods mt 40 cents per fout, without extras: anotber offered to furnish tho sanig price, but to charge extra for tho work of ercction. So far ae reapionsibliity (s coucerned, Yiera wus perbags bo choice but the Cousty Board y rigge; Courts should haye jurisdiction in all cascs where fio amount Invelved did not exceed $1,000, and | Aoweirator o DY Hettely, £ had made thelr declslons in such cases canclislve, | galary an {s would bave been of mual miore benedt to thé |. Lol G bupreme Court, to hones gants, an o 3 iah o # Bibte: Anit wia, caaos involving bver $500 coalq | 04 rderly o Dlapach to The Tribuns. Danore ead Disturd Turte g nt PUte Dt ow ba taken glthier o the Appeliato Court oF 10 the | = Joursr, 1iL., Abrll 17, —Tho election 1a thisclty | York I¥orld, Ciuciuasti Anguirer, Cuioawo 70msh HSupremo Court, s he underatood It, aud the latter u..d.{ was gulet and uninteresting, very little moru | i, Louls 7¥ines, etc. They must not pus up med tribugal would find that 1t did not' recolve wuch | than Hhree-fourths of & full vols balng polied. | a4 candidates whoso biods are ot Glosn 150 ractical benelt from the Appoliato Courts estab- | Capl, James O, Eiwood, s Democrat, fs clected | agalnst whom even theslightest personal objectios labiod In nceordance with (ho provisions of such s | Nyyar by about 600 1ajority, Tuie Iarge wmalorliy | con be mede. oo rearaliicen: b hs Tiepavlics 1o, Irihe bl becamu one, | It would stuigly sad; | fu duo ta Mr. Xlweod's perscusl popalarity.” Tho | party have at ditiorent limes heiped the Domoes die knadditional sxpends on the community aud ctod aros. Dennie BleDonald, City | Fo Victory. "Tho. peopla caniod s Lhabge st ool give udditionat tne lo & Targo part of tlie igatiug | Treasurors W, I, Bearly, Clty Glorks Dy Po'Tlens | cost aud for that resbom thar oot for Lo Depo- class,—those who had caaes Iuvolylug mors than | dricks, Cily Attorney; 1, T ngh, ‘Polica | eratlo tickor, Dot dtorsmabely aa soon 4 b8 $500, and who would taku thew tu thie Appellate | Bagistrate; and il. Bochme, culv urveyor. All | Democrats wers in office iy morely lmitated, 6 Cflfllklllm’l"lflil there, carry them to tha bupremns | are Democrats, - OF fourteen Afldermen eiected | even outdid, their Kepublican predeccssors, snd Court. It simply created another couwst forlitl- | fve are Kepublicans. the consoquonce wea, that the people hisd o &0 £ante to go thcoul befora thuy ol to the wnd, and | v Dipuichfo The qrivuse. | | aguia for & Shings 8t buy cout - Witk tue bapcs provunte e me ut of Ak o ATBBEA, ey e g ur ¢l clection ce. Frsul Sronbra i Hhuals Booes pach & o, ex it wig | arnsnnartik, Aprd 4 saes, party lines have loat thelr inducn Total goods withheld and averwbights....... $000.n2 | kmown. At half-past 11 o'clock be sent a call-boy Tora Is un excess of $700 charged upons bill of | to the hotel laundry for his linen. The boy was $0:5.83, or over 100 percent, 'Wo hiad bafuro us | returning to his yoom, and wi ar the door when tho recorded as &4 other ¢videnca that In eight | ha heard the repoet of a pistol and the fall of months of 1874, ending Dec. 31 of thal year, the | s hoavy body within the roum, Frightentd amount charged by Ferlulat, certlied by Kimberly, | by the sounds, hurried ~ ta the and paid by tie Commissloners for goods notdu+ | uilice snd gave thu slarm. The proprictor and a livored, wae 88, 437,04, uest went (0 the room to fnvestigate, sad, fading GOODS SUFPLIED TIH COUNTY AOKNT. he door locked, they forced it open and eutered, Mr. Perlolat hae the contract for furnlahing gro. | Lying on the toor before tho burean they found cerivs to tho County Agent, who feeds ths outs | Price, with a bullet-lole entering Lis head on the door poor of this cily, A number of gentlemen, | right side, near the temple, UOn the floor wus mombuge of this jury, experienced In sl lines of | o Ure-chambored ~ Colt's “revolver, with one grocors’ goods, exsniined tho samples Sled in the | chamber cupty. Frow bie ‘poritlon and the olce of the Co Commissionces, and on whi condition of ~ the bureau “and mirror, it arded. A compatison of the was evident that e bad used the latter in Blnflnx s8 furnished the County Agent by | the piatul to bis head. Ho was not dead, but thy pouds received from the con- | bullet bad enterud the Lralns, which wero vozing traclor showsa deliberate and wholosale fraud, | from the sperture, and the doctoratouce pro- ‘Clio semples in the County lfen '8 0l ru of the | nounced death inevitable, Ue left no wrting to Tuwgst aud most {nforlor gra d of goodsnot | indicate the wotive which prompted bim to take worlh 50 per cent of thuae geprescuted by the sam- | his life, but upun the washetand was o lotter nd- vles on which the contract waslet. snd for which | dressed to Mru. J. U. Price, No. 34 Weat Harri umcanml‘ pays. Careful catimalea by competent | sou strect, Chicago, 1il. It read as follows: parsous state that the county is swindled by the in- ‘vu1. Louis, April 1577, =My Dean Wirs: ferlority of the goods delivervd to Ite agents Into | Since writing you yesterday, 1 have chanwed my ussive paymiouts aftee the following fashion: | mind, and bave decldud to go to Linclnuatl 1nstead Tea, 100 per cent; tice, 100 per cent; grouud | of Jefterson Clty, Wnite me (here, and lot me colle, 33 per cent: fobacco, 40 per ceut; fuur, 00 | keow how you all are. 1 am focling very umwell per cent; plckles 250 per cent; ye, 450 per cent. | to-dsy, 0 muchsu that | am alwost umable to THN FLOUL CONTHACT, Lilss tuo litle boyw for me. Your We regrel to Lave It Lo ssy that, from the concur- | distre usbaud. , U, Puck. reut tuslimony of seversl persons, including {u- Mr. Ureen telegraphod to Mre, Frice, nutifylog mates aad seversl members of this jury who per- | hee of the accuzrence, and recolved 8 vonally visited the slms-house and [nsano Asvlum, | efteracon stating that she would leas {-nduwruolnl sbuse uf the public trust in | city immedistoly, Thosuicido died ten minutes reapect to the quantity ana quality of the food. Sufore 8 o'cluck, ‘aud bis budy was sent to iha city ‘The tea la acandalously inferior;” the meat fre uudertaker's. Corouer Stich was notlicd, sud a) queatly W o ikt 'lor humen food. Tho | pointad an ingucet {of to-inorsow. Price wks ape v Perlolat, and rocites that he, with the” lntent to chicat und deatroy & certutn budy politic sud publie corpurutlon, to-wit., the County of Cuok, of its personal goods and property, did then and there unlawfully, knowingly, dewignedly, and falsoly pretend and represout’ to the Buard of Commiss sioners of wald couuty that tho Periolag had, within ighteen onths bulore day sud - yesr afuresaid, furnlehed and delivered 1o said County of Couk, ‘a8 such Lody politic and corporate, large q-lx;mluu of Ymcu‘flu. dvr-m. ‘mun; uulI'u. ‘uud other peraona] goods and proj of great valuc, 10-Witk, of 1he valus of 950, D00, foF 1hk Caroy Sub purt, malntensnce, and sustenauco of tho futnates of the Four-llouss — and Insane-Asylum of waid county: 1t belug then snd {here the duty by law of the 'said loard of Com- wlasiouers o provide for the delivenng and furnlabifug of tha said groceries, wares, aud mer- chandlse, and other porsonal goods and property for the cate, -u}»pun. sud mainteuance and sus- tenunce uf the lumates aforesaid, whoreas In teath and fo fact e, the sald Clemend . Verivlat, hiad not withlusightesn months bofore ihe eald 1st da; of May sforesaid furnished wnd dellvered to uli County of Cook, as wuch body polltic and corporate, tho grocerics, wared, merchandtav, aud other pe: sonsl goods and property afors aforesad for tbe care, suppost, ‘Maintenance, nauce of sald nmates of wald Four-lfuuss and lusune-Asylui, a8 he, the sald Periolat, then snd thore well” knew. And the Grand Jurors aforu. , upon thelr oaths sforesaid, hero preacat aud suy that they ar to kive, aud caunot vive, sinore particl cf uald grocorics, wi roods and propers g medns of which sald fa 0 beatly, Palica | _Wao know only one way by which (he Northers feld, The voto for or againat | Democracy cai uave thewselves and assist thelt roaulted ju the atMrnative in | Bouthern brethzen. oy discountensnts verything bas passed off quietly | tuele currapt sod tainted le 8 nse ticket f4 victorious b; r 10 whab "ther: ttates, would bu-tlat th docislony of | ahowt 2100 wiajarily, electing: tho Hon. Nramkila | Yarty b belongs, croviin o by 00, Siatier 2 et tuese Appellate Courts would not befinal,und there | Blados Mayor, snd Danlel W. Ayers, John U. | omce: as the Feason why Oyerstolz a b would L only additional fucliities lnrdnll‘by Waguer, . Hackett, Aldermon, The contest [ Loais and Meath in Chicago wers reccullyie pouple whoso Only walvation sy ju delays. The | has bee: romely biticr, and the voie cast unu- Mayors of those citics by such ovcrwheln® wisjurity of casce appealed, he thought, wore not | gually 0. Qreat excliment prevalls, Ra® | Ing majoriiles,— Washinglon Sentsnl (Dein.)- for 8500 or less, but for swouuts yreater than | Hrothers' band sud & large procossion are parad. by be in 8300, and hence Lis regarded §1,000, or wuch an | fog tho strests, snd will sercnade’ Mr, Bisdes at | To susteln Packerd would unqaestionsbly Jfy amotnt about tho propor Umis,~ Under thecircum- | big resfdence. sccordance with (ho feclings of the Hepudlichd stsucce, Le could uot but express the hope that ‘Hpecial Dizpalch £0 The Triduss. purty; but can It be done without hrnA nbg“' tho bill'would uot becoBu 8 1 Kewance, 1ll, Aprl 17.—4 very close and | policy itselt snd golng back o whers Hayes Weli, xcl was b - ‘his u tho questiun, Packurd ly Governerde ) ELEGRAPHIC NOTES Yo oy inage trastasa. Fhs ficonte ourh of Louslaga: bui caa ho walptaln biziwel withost TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, R P g A e A"{?“fi"‘“&:f,‘x‘;‘ the support of tLe United Blates srmy? 1f be €3 #Hpscial Dispaich to Tha Triduas. and 0. I, Bogue. The oppoaitlon etected the Prosident cau withdraw the srmy as be nnwm' LaSacex, l1l,, Aprit 17.—The Common Conncll | Miles aud Thomas Bounlson, thus securning Soath Cazolius, If by can not, what is ufimnll- of this clty at a special meetlng held yestorday at. | Jority for licouss for the ensuog year, Thulsrgeat | hls Governwentt If be eannos wapport DI ternoon passcd an ordipance declaring that the | Yoteever pallvglll tnle nh‘c‘em-ulled oak. 7 | be ¢annot prolect the citiacna of the L not enforcy tha isws. Lf this is the sltuatiou, the Mayor sbould hereaftor aceive $2,000 ver snnum | cygxo. e et muntctpal | end cannot be untertain or very faf of 159 > & werchandise, sod persoual id, By ressouand by retense sud representa- ", Pertolat, dld then and d lst day of May aforc- A, ) . ctod - : uly about 80 years old. and that osch Aldorman should | ele i Ubited States mighl prolect bim as it protec deliberately rejected thy cheapor Uid, o gave tho | said, n thy county Sforcasid, ualawlully, kuow- | Subiie paye sotsoerany SHeo sbar hosiicn, (e | parently about 80y or suendiog each requlsr ression of | Such” k. Wb Chare oo Kellogk, but atill the Taws of the Btate would be work to one Keliy, at an additionsl cost of several | lugly, de 'f“‘"i' and frauduleutly obiain of und | of il others the most shamelces sbuse. The C EAMSHIP NEWS tho Board, and b Sned 85 for non-attendance, | Treasurer, T J. Uauta; Attorney, 'R, W, 8ill; Al- | trampled upon s thoy wera under Kellogy, A30 , thousand dg}‘l::-;cfisli,x:gn Sxiion from the eald vody politic and corporate, to-wit., | county Las pald during the year just clostng $5. 40 OCEAN STEAM it unless larnll:‘llclnly caus0, dermen—First Ward. 8,8, Chapunan; Second Ward, | lnstcad of a strung Government there wud eaid County of Cook, $50,000 in current mone in Unlied States uotes apd current Lills of tho valuy of $50,000 uf divers ivsucs snd denominations to the Graud Jurors aforcsald un- kuown, tho versousl goods, munry, and property of thesald County of Couk With thu lutcut to cheat nudhulc‘u‘n‘:m it mm?lt fi?ul{‘fly }o :lr:u wtatute, “x‘ Byaiot the peaco sud dignity of the ssme peoply of o stateof Timota. & o THY OTUEZH INDICTMENT 138 Jolot ona azains} Keriolas and the Comunlsalon. per barrel for four. ~Thoss of vur uumber who Pryxoury, April 17, —Steamship Cimbris, trom miwndll‘lnr "fi:fii" u;on(.‘ounlrd‘l‘:ud\: unluuy %, | New York, has arrived. ot g ©of four un haud, consisting ol New Youx, April 17.—Arrved, astesmsbip ¢ 100 basrels, and brought liberal 1 4 oot bt and basedy, slal Selehut | ol ok Liverpoot cluslun reached by all was that the flour was made {‘r:m xm\fi» wh:gal. wllu _‘._ uz,irn;;fi‘lnaull m):r- FINANCIAL, L OV 3 r barpel. alg of e Udour has 56 brand 13 of auceilonauia Iosfection, and may | Naw Yonx, Aprll 17, ~Lousisna consolldated 7 Lo tegurded as the sweepings of the warket, As a | perceot bonds sdvanced ;fiu bero W-dsy, B side [ (0 The Triduna. , Coauly: Ward, N 3 cowparative Asarchy. 'Thi lp uot what the COUT Br. Pauty dlinu.o April Ly, —1po State Suprema | G008 T g0 ""W“‘é&lm’n- et fry wante. "1t 18 nof what the Prestdent Wit ; Court has rcudered o declslon in ths mailer of Daxvierg, 3., April 17.-Tue cliiy eloction | isnot what the Kepublican party needs. ed 75,000 acres of Btate swamp-lands which have sed without causiug particle of excitewent. | snd law, and order apy what le wanted and *;'f"m been certified tu thu trustecs of the Mospital for | Muyor Dickason and City Clerk Frosman have been | aud if hess, without the sacrifico of principlc, 6100 the Inssuc, but claled by the Chicaxa & 6t | zu-lecied without opposion, sud it pow Jooks be ritces, can be sccard, T RA, Faul liailway Company vnthe ground of priority | though all the old city oflicers and Alderen basve achiod the better. Meaniine 1 of grant, condrming the clalm of the railroad | been successful. with possibly the exceptlon of | the duty of Hepubifcany to susisin the Prestdoot, comipany. ¢ Alderman in the Pourth Ward. and to frown uven efarls that way bLe Lis “uwkr 3 Sax Fuavcico, April 17.~The Chsmber of Bpecial Duapatch 1o The Tribune. up 4 opposition 10 him within the party.—&l Commesce Lo-dsy sosolved to pettilon Congreas to Aveuy, Mich., April 17.—Lhe City Counsll | nald Gasesls (Lep.) of lettiog contracts fs tha oxtray in tue paymentof extras, Wil 8nd well:kuown citizen, wwears (hat fo exires and tho like £10,000 uiore Wwia paid on accouut of the County Mosjital tiss eboold ave been. Afice tho sewerago fu the flopial was put 1u, thero Was 8 cunsldorable awount pald oat for addjtious, whicls work was doge by laualy, whao fs otherwlso paid % forsapertntendiug tha Hospitsl Joby 8ad who bas ® wore than erdiodrily intimats relations agauce displayed i3 Goldis, an-old oatuzal rcoult, guod bread O wholusome bacad 1s | 0f U pes cont sincodizidsy last i