The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-11
OUR CITY F.XTEEEs.
\ Dali uut Industrious Meeting.


! The regular ,ncc,inc Of the City Fathers on
Tuesday evening was rather spiriucss compared
with the meeting l. wcek earlier, bu; good deal
Of business was done nevertheless,
All TIE Aldermen were present, witt the Mayor
| in the chair.
Petitions being first in order that Of Beai, W
Jones was presented, begging the council to or.
der Mr.. Clark, the street sprinkler, TO remove
hi, pumps from the side cut NJ the foot of def
ferson street. Mr.. Jones keeps boarding house
within n few rods of said pumps, an finds the
noise they make, rs early as four o'clock in the
morning, and the stencil OF the horses (the
pumps are worked by horse power SO ihto!era-
bic to his bcarders that they are all leaving. b.
+. Shotwell, owner of the house IL which Mr..
Jones lives, seconds the earnest plea and cry OF
Mr. Jones in the same behalf, said pumping ap-
paratus greatly injuring the value OF his proper
ty. The council, after brief discussion, by
which the fact was elected that Mr.. Clark had
obtained the permission of the council TO erect
his pumps at the place designated, referred the
whole matter to the street and alley committee,
with power to act"
L. K. WalbridSe and Others got formal perr-is-
sion to sink the ar;esian wei (already half dug
at the intersection Of Paul and Jackson streets,
and to lay the necessary pipes for conducting
the water through the streets.
4 license was granted to Smith X Lore, OF the
Clifton" 10 run billiard room with four tables
in the basement Of their hotel
Martin Kelly complained that, in his absence
from home, his hogs having broken out Of their
pen and got INTO the pound, and he having
thcrcupon paid the pound fees of s., some enc
nv had further had him indicted in fine and
costs Of ST for having let his pigs run at large.
Martin thought it 4 hard case, and being poor
man, hoped the council would refund the latter
ST. Kelly being one of Aid PCrters constitu-
ants, the latter thought the petition ought to be
granted, but all the other Aldermen were Gccid-
cdly of the opposite opinion.
The city attorney placed on Gle his solemn
opinion that the council had no authority under
the constitution of the United States and OF the
state of Illinois, and the laws o. said state and
TIE charter and ordinances of the city Of Otta
wa, to refund to John Neary certain five d0iars
which he paid several years ago 20 carry passcn-
gers to and from the fair grounds bat of which
license he failed 10 avail himself 50 JOINS Y
has finally gone up,
Bill of Ii. 4. McCaleb, county clerk, for $685.
fees In Sidewalk condemnation cases, was pro.
nounccd by the city attorney correct" and o"-
cordingly ordered paid,
Stout from the law and ordinance committee,
10 whom had been referred the petition Of II,
Walther, praying the passage OF M ordinance 10
prevent the neddling and hawking OF foreign
fruits in the streets Of Ottawa, reported the SAME
back with the opinion Of the city attorney there
unto attached, that it was not competent for the
legislature of the said city Of Ottawa 20 pass
such a law as prayed for. The petition Of Mr.
Walther was thereupon laid upon the table, with
the incidental remark, tina. the aforesaid ordi-
nance wa, 10 abolish certain peanut stands to
the erection Of which the council bad given It's
assent.
Mr. smith, however was Of the opinion tLat
our city ordinance on the subject was not str!n-
gent enough, and needed ovcrhauling lie op-
iectcG particularly TO the sale Of prize packages
and similar swindcs. Aid. Stout also desired to
add patent medicines Ike lIamlin's Wizard Oil
and other quack nostrums. Aid. Hook, TO get
rid of the subject, moved its reference 20 the
law and ordinance committee, which was agreed
To.
Some further action was taken on license
bonds not perfected at the last meeting. The
bonds of Christian Kciste, +. w. Rabenstcn and
Timothy OCo.nor were reported back without
recommendation.
On motion of Smith, the bond Of Christian
keistc was rejected.
On motion of Stout, the bond Of 7. ". Rabcu-
stein was rejected.
on motion Of King, the bond Of Timothy
VI. O'Connor was approved.
On motion Of Stout, the liquor bond Of Julius
Crosse was referred to the license committee.
4 motion by Stout 10 refer liquor bond Of " n.
Bauer to license committee was lost,
The bonds of WIN. Bauer, Nina Kapesky,
George Routclife, Peter Meyer, Thomas Kenne-
dy, \. j. Dennison, John Glcim and Charles
Duckner were then approved.
Chris Wolfe, foreman of the lndinc Hose
Company, asked permission 20 ring the bell Of
the Plymouth Church for meetings Of the said
hose company. The council said they had no OBJ
lection in the world if it would cost the city
nothing and the owners OF said church were
willing.
On motion Of Jackson, the Mayor was author
lied TO attach his name TO city bond for $500,
issued in 1870, but which Mayor Jones had at the
time inadvertently failed TO sign.
The street supervisor was, on motion of Mil
Ter directed to gravel Hit street from the Hi
nols river bridge TO the g., b. IL c. railroad cross
ing.
4 string Of bills were allowed, mostly for sala-
ries of officers, bridge tenders, street labor Nc.
The gas bill for June was so 40
Adjourned 10 LIST Tuesday in August.
We must he several hundred millions Of miles
nearer the comet than they are at La Sale, rs it
has been visible at Ottawa to the naked eye since
about the 3Oth Of June, but at Ia Sale, the cdi-
tor Of the Reporter, says il was not yet visible on
The 4th However, allowance must be made for
the 4th. and then the comet any day is Lot yisi-
BILE much before nine o'clock in the evening, and