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Show Supervisor Paul with an outlay last week of 1 S477.1K). The new street crossings will do awavw ith the necessity for ferries and suspension bridces this w inter. There were but forty cases handled in police court durinc the week, twenty of which were for drunkenness. The police committee have ordered a meet-inc meet-inc for tomorrow afternoon. The special order for the conclave has not yet leaked out. State street presents an animated appear, ance with its train of wscons and troops of laborers these days. Work on the restraining restrain-ing Avail has becun and Hoc Sprague w ill begin the construction of the "tramway"' between his front door and the sidew alk iu a few days. MUXCIPAIj MELANGE. Repairing Wires and Mending Fences The Council Without an Issue. The movement to abolish the merchant's license having been defeated. Joe Walden having been robbed of his hobby, the ordinance ordi-nance abolishing the office of captain of police having gone into effect and its late lamented incumbent having been far removed re-moved from the tumultuous assaults of those who opposed him, municipal circles are left without a real live issue. The North Benchers Bench-ers having paid the tiddler his own price will insist on getting the music and complications compli-cations over the (plication of water for that elevated province may rouse some excitement. excite-ment. In the meantime however the potentialities poten-tialities will want more or less time iu which to do a little repairing on their ow n fences and to put the wires iu perfect working order for the February campaign. If busy rumor is authentic there are several combinations combi-nations by w hich the occupant expects to prolong the political span if not to go a step higher. The average citizen has been taught to expect but little legislation during holiday week and following closely upon it is the campaign so that a dull peried in municipal affairs may be looked for. Hoard of Health. The register a.t headquarters of the board discloses a very gratifying state of affairs. Diphtheria by a rigid and inllcxable enforcement en-forcement of the ordinance has about spent its force, aud while three deaths were recorded re-corded last week the board reports that it has been reduced to a much milder form. Considerable attention has been given to residence property and the method of handling refuse promises to be revolutionized revolution-ized in a very short time. During the week past 56S loads of garbage were disposed of, fifteen nuisances were abated a le.'s number than has been dealt with for months eleven cases of contagious diseases reported, twenty-two burial permits per-mits issued and twenty-hve births reported. Inspector Showcll reports excellent facilities facili-ties for handling the garbage and says the furnaces through which it passes beyond range of the olfactories have achieved the niost satisfactory results. Since July I the department has handled llfcUMoads of garbage gar-bage and :l dead animals, the latter going to tne ieruuiui; The Pipes of Peace. During the weeks just past 1000 feet of 6-inch pipe, was laid on Tenth West and Second Sec-ond South streets, the same number on Sixth South and State and XU) between Sixth and Seventh on South Main. Fire hydrants were put in, a large number of connections made and 80O feet of trenching done. The pay roll indicates the employment employ-ment of 104 men, among whom were distrib- i uted e-.W6.--5. Municipal Minutiae. The twelve-inch water mains in Emigration Emigra-tion canon are being lowered. Nothing, but "routine" work reported by |