Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-05
CourCIL.PnoCEEnlnGs.
MoNpAY EvEN1Na, March 4, 1s67.

Council met pursuant to adjournment.
J Present-Armstrong, Barcus, Beekey,
,Shadwick, Fell, Gaver, Gibbons. Hammer
er, NagIten, Reinhard, Ross and Toll.
Absent-President Donaldson, Booth,
iGomstock, Jaeger and Patterson.
Reading of minutes dispensed with. /
Mr. Reinhard was elected President pro
tenn.
Market Master o. r. Brake reported to-
'tal collections of $26s.65 for the month of
February. ~
The Street Commissioners reported work
of chain- gang from Dec. 1st, 1856, to Feb.
18th, amounting to 653 days work.
A petition from Philip Schmidt and
others, property owners in the neighbor-
hood of Franklin County Poor House, ask
ing for vacation of SO much of Poor House
lane as lies between the north line of the
Infirmary lands and Sycamore street, was
reported by the committee of the Sixth
Ward
Mr. Gibbons reported an ordinance to
vacate the lane as asked for in such petit
tion, which was put upon it's first reading.
The City Civil Engineer reported esti-
mates for grading and paving sidewalks,
cutters and crossings on North street; for
making brick sewer in Noble street from
Fourth to Seventh; for grading and paw
ing the cutters and crossings,o on Ann street
from Jackson to Division; for grading and
paving the cutters and sidewalks on Bond
street from High to. Park street. - -
Mayor Bull reported $26zas amount col
lected by him for fines, licenses, &c. II .-.s
An ordinance for grading and paving the
sidewalks, cutters and crossings on both
sides of Mound street from Seventh to
Washington avenue, was read a second
time 3 - - Es~2 -
Mr.. Barcus. offered resolution direct
ing drop sewer to be put in the gutter on
the south side of Friend street opposite
Out-lot No. 26. Adopted. tsl&sEi IL
Mr.. Gaver offered a resolution giving
Samuel Doyle the use of the city gravel
Westerville road as is in the corporation.
Adopted.
A communication was received from Mr..
Dennison, inviting the Council to his resi-
idence on Thursday evening next, which,
on motion of Mr.. Armstrong, was accepted.
Mr.. Beekey offered a resolution directing
the Street Commissioner to repair the
bridge across the culvert on Friend street,
ieast.of the Blind Asylum. Adopted q
Mr.. Beekey offered a resolution directing
the chairman of the committee on Police to
pay the orders of Charles Strader, james
Hannah and Patrick Durcan for police duty
for the month of February, 1867. Adopted.
Mr.. Beekey offered a resolution directing
Edward rShutfiin to keep an account of all
meals furnished by Lyman Green to. the
city prisoners, and to report the same to
the chairman of the committee on Street
Commissioner and Chain gang at the end
of each month. Adopted. 80 ia s-aa.sr
Mr.. Barcus offered resolution setting
apart 33115 per cent. of the. levy for 1866 for
sewerage purposes for the Improvement of
Fourth street sewer, and directing the
standing committee on Sewers and Drain
age be directed to report plan for enlarg-
ing said sewer. Laid over for one week.
Mr.. Gibbons offered resolution author
izing the, committee on Fire Department,
with Chief Engineer, to contract for the
building Of 16 cisterns and wells. Laid
over for one week.
Mr.. Chadwick offered his resignation as
a member of the committee on Hare Char
ity Fund. Laid over for one week,
Mr.. Reinhard offered resolution direct
ing the City Civil Engineer to prepare the
necessary plat and estimates for grading
and paving the roadway of High street
with block stone from the Delaware coun-
ty quarries, and also for paving the same
with block stone from the Waverly quar-
ries, from North Public lane to Mound
street. 49, & "A
On melton, the Council adjourned 80.
BAL MAsQUE OF THE MENNERCHoR.-To
say that the Concert and Mask-Ball of the
Columbus M8nnerchor at the Opera House
last night was a complete shccess, were to
use too tame an expression in regard to so
glorious an affair. At an early hour the
seats reserved for spectators in the dress
circle on the south side were, filled, and
the lobby so crowded that it was al
most impossible to pass through. The
gallery, too, was crowded, every seat
being occupied. Before the concert
was over, at 8 o'clock, so dense had
the crowd become, it was found absolutely
necessary to remove the barriers and admit
spectators to that portion of, the house re-
served for the maskers. So much for the
audience. ........-... .....,.-,,-,.,
The concert was a splendid one, some of
the, selections being more than usually well
rendered. The Frog Chorus was one of the
funniest things imaginable, and so pleased
the audience that they demanded its repe-
tition, testifying their delight in shouts OF
laughter and approval At 9 o'clock q
grand tableau of all the maskers was form
ed, and was very pleasing spectacle.
At half-past nine o'clock the maskers
commenced promenade around the par
quette, from which all the chairs had been
removed. There was the oldest tumble of
knights, squires, nuns, orange girls, Chin
'ney sweeps, newsboys, Ehod-carriers, naval
andarmy officers, Chinese, Turks, Dianas,
indps, German doctors, Tyrolese and Indians
we ever saw. Some Of the costumes de-
serve more than passing mention, but we
lack space to particularize, and can only
mention two or three as most noticeable.
One lady dressed as an Indian squaw was
particularly well made up. She dressed
the character to the life. Another as
might" attracted attention. Her dress
and veil were of black gauze covered with
silver stars. Another had the hours marked
in golden figures on her skirt, representing
Day. "Mons. de Bonnaparte's ReiuYen-
ator," for making old folks young. was
quite laughable, and created much merri-
ment. But we must quit this, or the space
Eallotted for "local" would not hold half