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Show OUR CITY LEGISLATORS. Rather a Tame Session An Invita. tion to the City to Adopt the Harden Hand Grenade. The regular session of the City Council was held last evening, Mayor Sharp presiding. pre-siding. F. J. Hewlett and twenty-seven others, residents of Second East street, between Seventh and Eighth South streets, asked that their street bo graded, at least tho width of a wagon. The gravel train was now within a block of them, and they thought the opportunity should be cm-braced. cm-braced. Referred to the committee on streets and alleys. H. E. Giles asked the Council to grant him permission to place a weigh scale on j Third West street, adjoining his building known as the Music - Hall. Referred to the committee on streets and alleys. Dinwopdey & McTierney petitioned for the transfer of their liquor licenses to Jacob Moritz, assignee, and Brown & Whiting petitioned that tho unexpired t term oi xneir nquor and cigar hconso be transferred to Matthew Cullen, assignee. Both petitions were granted. P. E. Linroot stated that five years ago he purchased lots 3. and 4 in block 152, and that ex-Mayor Little had then told purchasers that they would be guaranteed easy access to and from their lots. The condition of the slough was such that petitioner had not been able .for some time to enter his lot with a wagon and he asked that the difficulty be obviated by the building of a flume. Referred to the Committee on Streets and Allej-s. A. J. Peacock and B. Soringer were granted licenses as retail liquor dealers and the Margetts' estate a license as hrntcora The Committee on police reported that they had examined the police court statement for July, and found it to be correct. The same committee reported similarly on the Marshal's monthly report. re-port. Tho following appropriation was made : To the contingent fund of the water works, $600. J. N. Reed, agent of the Harden Hand Grenade Company, asked permission to address the Council on the merits of his grenade, with a view to its adoption by the Fire Department. Permission being accorded, Mr. Reed expatiated upon the qualities of the hand grenade, which he j reprenented as being the most thorough invention for extinguishing fires in their incipiency yet known. He had sold three-fourths of the business men of the town these grenades, he said, and would quote a special price of $11 per dozen, if the City Council would favor him with an order. Referred to tho committee on Fire Department De-partment with authority to act. Adjourned for one week. . |
