Show JUAB COUNTY I Mercur Justice of the PeaceSeveral Applicants Apparent Mercur Feb 28 There has been a great deal of talk about the Mercur justice of the peace It has been known for several months that things were not as they should be but the repeated promises of the justice caused the council to pause in their action A few weeks ago however when Jt became be-came known that Mr Walker had left the camP lor keeps the council met and took steps to declare the office vacant A complaint charging him with malting false returns with ap i 5 propriating public funds etc was worn out and a warrant placed in the hands of the sheriff for Mr Walkers Walk-ers arrest Quite a number of applicants appli-cants are striving to get the position among whom are J F Connor the precinct pre-cinct justice Judge Dunlevy Attorney Burris and Attorney Harris Several meetings of the council have been held to appoint a successor to the absent one but so far no conclusion has been arrived ar-rived at In the meantime Justice Connor is handling all the business to the satisfaction of all except offenders A merrv war Is In progress in relation re-lation to the postofficeT The office was recently made thirdclass and Cleveland Cleve-land appointed the present incumbent John Hughes A number of McKinley supporters who think they are entitled to the position for services rendered have been fighting Hughes and the services of Arthur Brown have been secured Brown has made a strong fight but Senator Cannon has worsted him so far and the committee stand ready to report favorably on the nomination nomi-nation The prospects for confirmation look good and there is sorrow in the I goldbug camp in consequence |