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Show notiii.no was honk. It is with a sense of humiliation that wo announce once moro that at tho special meeting of the city council last eight the usual quota of business was accomplished, which is nothing, positively pos-itively nothing. A report of tho stroet committee was brought up for adoption. This report practically' pledges us to brick sidewalk side-walk pavements. These pavements may be first-class and the only objector to the adoption of tho report was Pembroke Pem-broke who proposed in lieu thereof to immediately notify property holders of tho city's intention to commence laying such walks. Pemukoke's. amendment was lost, the report of the street committee com-mittee adopted, and thus we seo no real action was taken toward getting tho walks started. 1 Tho resolution presented by Spak-EDlin, Spak-EDlin, which practically sends the joint public building to tho Eighth ward square, was passed. The conditions of the resolution, however, rrtake it first necessary to obtain amicable acquiescence acquies-cence oil the part of the county. Judging Judg-ing from past events, can wo expect any definite action to be taken on this resolution? The county court having delayed its lurlher meeting to Wednesday Wednes-day which, of course, is one day after the meeting of tho council, the beginning begin-ning of tho next vexatious delay is thus apparent. It seems, tho more important a matter is before the council the greater is tho desire of members to shirk responsibility. responsibil-ity. Last night there were but nine coiHicilmeu ami tho acting mayor present, pres-ent, tho absentees being PicKAun, Nol'.l.K, KAIiUli K, Wol.STr.NH01.ME 811(1 Heath. |