, 1876-08-23

Hftc 10 me- NOW .Iutl4c hickey, WHOM ! Fuc-
mine, min an know that irs.c Z .. Nortu,i never
.afA that the contract. wontd held"
. Aid. CulIcston bent awllttnE cat to TIM
Tnlnusa mnn. aud sail that lo was. Incl'ned 10
hack. &shnull It be decided to ahrugntc tho
Eastontraets and light tho streets With
"l or ton'ctl.'ng else, there Tould
s ssesi o sd sse IN. asFi o1 ma @
there would lie ratcnt cat.tllcs tn burn Just so
long; there wo,ill be mon with w1alc-ail cpal-
oil, bcnz!1c, may he olivo,ol, nns "ther things,
70 tnt the awar'ling of tl'e contract would ba
l,aps n month or fnore. Tho Gas Committee
wouth be botlercd like tho emoke- Consumer
Committee. had bccn,-thry woul! for several
,aonths look oyer all the kinds uf lights known
to tho civilized world n'id then wait for somo
ono To inrerlt a new kind ot oil.
The only idca that Aid. Smith could elucidato
wNs that the whole subject should be postponed
I'LL after tic Presidential election, slsen there
would be enough Tiilicn torches given away to
light the city for century.
ARE TliET DISQUALIFIED
The communication sent to the Col1nci1by tho
Coinptrollcr, Monday NIGHT, tltscloscsn singular
wcre disqualified al tho limo they took their
seats. Tho Law ,stAtes that no uue slIall he elt-
glb.c for Alderman II he bu "in arrears III
the payment Of any tax o.. ~otl,cr liability duo
the city,. vt A[dricl, Daumgartcn, Doscr,
Kswieigi,, Sheridan, sniE, seamef, Stewart,
Thompson, Van Osdcll, and White did not pay
their taxes for 1875 until some time after they
I'D M been ase!ng % Aldermen snd white. LODI
Of previous years. Thu Council, as 4 body, Will
evidently dn nothinE regarding. the mattcr,
sncc tho communication Wns PLACED OH file.
In order to ascertain, II possible, the exact
status Of the Aldermen named, q. reporter
ru1tei n nj ArthSOw
day for an opinion. When bis attention WIS
called to tho statute, he said, whct',er the laI,-
Et,agc Wns 80 positive as to render man In
competent to hold the position simply because
had never to his Knowledge been settled by any
court In tho State.
QqeTiel 20 reporter: III he paia hi. taxes,
(which has not been determined. ! could not
Etvr an opinion on the point until I have looked
,city-Attorncy Tuthill was next called on for
"Thc langnugo is go plaln,' said he, 'stlat Il
doesn't scesn to mo tint there is auy room for
constructions"
"1f the opponents Of tho Aldermen ut the
election were TO take advantage Of tho disnbllt-
isr Il Tso'a their chances Of 'D'''aR these me" 's
at scetns to me they would; but, really,
hayc not given The question, any thought"
"W0ul tho payment OF ta1cs nftGr admission
toa sent remove tic disability"
"Well, the charter provides that the Council
shall b. the iudge OF tho election and quali0ca-
tons Of Its own members. Having passed upou
that and declared the men elected, II is a qucs-
ttoh whether they could GO buck Of TINT and
declare the sents vacant by rcnson Of inelgibili-
ty Mt thu time they took action"
The questions Involved htcm to be new ones.
L is to 10 hoped, therefore, that the present
Council, in passing upon the qualifications OF
their successors, will nbt follow In tho footsteps
Of their predecessors, but "be sure they arc
right Rud thon 60 ahcad.n
THE WEEKLY DEATn-RoLL.
The mortality report for the week ending
Aug. 10 s,owe that out Of q total OF 2l0 dcaths,
19S were males and 121 were females, and TINT
nll we're white persons; TINT CO died OF cholera
infantum, ID Of convulsons, Is Of diarrhra, II
Of lphtcria, - Of scarlet fever, Of hamilton,
Of meningitis, II Of consumption, aud the rest
from variety Of Ills which flesh is heir to;
05 died under year Of age 81 from 10 9
years, II from 2 to 8, II from to 10, II from 20
to 20, 18 from 80 to 10, II from 30 to co, 7 from
GO to 10, from 10 TO 90, aud 9 from no 10 100.
The mortality was greatest In the Fourteenth
Ward, where 81 persons died, and was greatest
at any ono date on tho 18th inst, when a
DEATHS occurred. There were, howavcr, three
deaths less than during the preceding week.