Council Made Quick Work

The common council rattled off considerable business in a very expeditious manner Monday evening. The board of public works was empowered to purebase l,50ü feet of oak planks for colvert and cross-walk purposes. The contractor of the Aun st. sewer district were allowed $837.75 on work done. A mistake of $2 each in the sewer assessments collected against the properties of Thos. Taylor and J. M. Schaible, was corrected. Eighteeu resideuts petitioned for a cross-walk on west skle of Spring st. across Hiscock st. ; twenty citizens petitioned for an ordinance prohibiting the exposure of pojsoneii grain witli whicb to kill birds; F. Rettich asked that $26.55 overcharged him on taxes last year be returned all of which were referred toappropriate committees. Prol. T. C. Trueblood addressed tbe council on the interest of tbe shade trees on Hill st. which were to be iujnred by the grade establisbed. His idea was to set aaide a strip of the street on which the trees were growing, and it was agreed to. Ou recommendation of the fire committee the pay of Ass't Chief Uhas. A. Edwards was iucreased $5 a month, to $55. Tlie city telephone in the 3d ward was ordered removed from W. H. McIntyre's residence to that of City Marshal Sweet. W. E. Hoffman's liquor bond - in the Arlington - was approved with Hngh Sliields and Eugene Osteilin as Bureties. The council agreed to set as a board of review on sewer district No. 7 aL 9 o'clock a. m., Sept. 1. The grading of Seventli st., between Liberty and Jefferson sts., was referred to st. oom. Sup't of tbe Poor Sipley was ompowered to purebase 100 corda of wood, and to visit the wood section to make the contract.