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Show OLD GOUMljInlSIES ' Women Folks Pull Off OriiHliio Hoc- SLibbI priso On MrnitxTH. 4" 4H Al u regular mectlnc of tho city Jtl council held on Tuesday night, Mayor ) sbIH llorsley and four councllmen -were ' present. Thn returns of tint special IH lenso election hed Decvmlirr ZlAl- hist. IbbLI were i-nnvumrd, the? oJfhvla! .' ctiHni ' " v'JbbiI showing seventy-ono votacftA'lti''fn- v '. -.i'H vor ot thr lease and 'twenty eight JH against, mbbLiH An ordlnancii relating to the oh- bbbLI struclton or street, aldevvulka ir TLLH crossings by trains, engines or curs. rlH was passed. .BSSj Claim amounting to about thirty- H six hundred dollam wore ullowcd, b. , H sides an equal amount covering Inter- v tH t on bonds, meter refunds nnd u ,H note at one of tho banks. The veiiernl !H taxes for 117 amount io sixteen thou- JH sund dollars, of which thirteen thou- IbI sand has Just been paid to tho city, u ;H This, with the December revenues In f courso or collection will leAvo a sub- 'LH stnntlal balance for tho Commence- JH mrnt of business by the Incoming nit- alH Council cidjournod to meet In final ' aLI session al 11:30 o'clock of the flirt- ''JjH noon on Monday, Junuury 7th for an 'ss)bbH unfinished buslnrsM there may Ih, und . H ut noon will turn over the cltyVi nffalrn , sH to Mayor Wool ton and the now coun- .H The wives of the city dads hud pro- 'ssH pured for n grand banquet anil faro H well surprise at City Hall, but run- JBibI trary to nil expectatlona council had "'JbbbI ndjourncd when thu bvdlts, wkh their SSSSS eatables, arrived at tho chamber, tMi gVBSJ city recorder being the sob; person . H present. The chagrin pictured on tho faces of the ladles was beyond, dr. jBH scrlptlon, but they were determliHN- ''sJoVH to pull off their stunt. 7ttcorer jH taubcr Immediately got luy ut tho .BbI phone, and putting up a, fine rock' H and-bull talk about some VwiwUnt 'SBBBfl business matter being1 overlooked, mii- ! (ceded In bringing back Mayor Horn- H ley, and so, ono by one, they'aH re- iVH turned to thq council room In' the .laTaVaH course of un hour, and by lOtsa'clock BBh the whole company sat dwiit a BBa most tempting banquet nnd Joyrelgn- 'sVsH rd supreme. 'BH |