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Show City Council. Meeting ot the city council, Tues-i Tues-i day eveuiug, Mayor Little, presiding: Petition of Joseph Warburton and twenty-one other residents ol the First bittbon's wurJ, asking that they ic allowed to work Out a portion ot their city tixes iu repairing the streets and crossings of said ward was received and the sum of $200 of the taxes of the FirnL ward were appropriated appro-priated for the purpose specified in the petition. A similar petition to tbe above was received from the Tenth ward, and the sum of $400 of tho city taxes of said ward was appropriated a asked. Petition of Thomas Heath and fifteen fif-teen others, representing that the drain diuh on Seventh West street was partly filled, cau-ing the water to overflow an 1 injure the lamh ol petitioners, aud asking tho council lo take such s'eps ai were necessary to remedy the evil c ):npl lined of. Referred Re-ferred to the committee on Btreels and alleys. Tlit special committee, to whom was referred tho petition of McDull Brothers in regard to the removal of the powder magazines, reported that they had examined the circumstances and situation, and found that the council could not consistently comply with the request ol tho petitioners, and therefore recommended that no further action bo taku in tbe matter. mat-ter. Report adopted. Alderman Pyper presented his re-pjit re-pjit of pnlieo court business' for the month of October. Number of cases tried, 6S; cash fines, $302.30; labor fines, $255. Dr. Young b bill for care of insane patients, $70.S5, was allowed. Dr. Young's bill, $.0, for quarantine quaran-tine services, was referred to the com- i mittee on claims. Sundry bills for waterworks material, mate-rial, amounting to $920.45, weir-referred weir-referred to tlie co:n mittee on water Gas company's fill fjr Olob'ir, $1,135.40 was allowed. The sum of $1,209 was appropriateJ to pay for 120 acres of 1 uid lying east of tbe cemetery aud purchased by the corporation. 1 Tne sura of $500 waj appropriated to be drawn on tbe order of the superintendent of water works. Tne committee on improvement! was instructed to examine a certain new building on First South street, which had been complained of as being in danger of falling. Council adjourned till aext Tuesday Tues-day evening at 7 o'clock. |