The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-12-14
NO COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
A FEW REMARKS ON DELINQUENCY AND
OTHER SUBJECTS.

| A FEW REMARKS ON DELINQUENCY AND
OTHER SUBJECTS.
About 8 o'clock, yesterday evening, we
repaired to the council chamber, and found
aldermen Halliday, Wood, Lancaster and
Rittcnhousc, clerk Phillis and marshal
AFTER awaiting the arrival of two more
councimcn, six being necessary to form .
quorum. In the exchange of rctorts, cour
teous and chaste stories with pointed morals
the persons named passed half hour, when
alderman Thistlewood put in an appearance.
At this juncture marshal AFTER suggested
that he could pull in delinquent or two,
and complete n quorum. Upon this mis-
sion he left the room. AS, after the lapse
Of ten minutes more no delinquent up
pcared the members present effected an ad.
journment until Tuesday evening next, at
half past o'clock
The attempt last night, was the second
that has been made within the past two
weeks, to get the council together. 1t is
true that there was no business Of pressing
nature in hand but as none of the absentees
could know this fact, they cannot intcrpose
it as IN excuse for their non-attendance. 1t
was the duty Of every man OF them to be on
hand and the public should keep careful
record of every delinquency of this nature.
The city is too large, its interests too varied
and important to permit OF such indiiier
ence as has been shown during the past two
months, by nearly or quite one half Of the
entire board of aldermen. Members who
cannot, or members who will not attend the
meetings, owe it to the city to resign their
places, that they may be filled by men who
can and will give to the position the time
and attention it requires.
Looking over the papers that would have
been presented to the council had quorum
been present, we found among other bust
ness matured for the occasion:
Sundry claims against the city, laid over
under the rules at the meeting in Noyem-
Der, that the Finance committee might ex-
anime them. This duty the committee had
performed, recommending the payment Of
most of the claims in full; but "razeeing"
few of them, most teartully.
Also report from the comptroller and
street supervisor, the leading features of
which have already been published in THE
BULLETIN.
Also petition signed by seven principa!
fishermen of the neighborhood, praying the
council to enact an ordinance requiring all
pedders of fish to obtain license; or in
the event of their neglect or refusal to do SO,
to adequately punish them.
The ordinance committee reported an or
dinancc in compliance with this petition
providing that all peddlers of books, maps.
charts, bread, fruits, fish, chickens, etc, may
be licensed on the payment of five dollars a
year This ordinance would not apply,
however, farmers selling produce, gardeners
selling their vegetables, berries, etc, nor to
the sale Of newspapers.
At the November meeting of the council
o resolution was adopted on motion of Col.
Wood, directing the ordinance committee
to report an ordinance providing for the
substitution of physician of the city as
health officer, inspector of meats, vegetables,
etc, in place OF police constable Also TO
report an ordinance to compel the removal
Of cxcrescence from pIvy vaults to points
so distant from the city AS not to imperil
the public health The object Of the last
named ordinance being to prevent the prac-
tice of covering the contents of full vaults
beneath the surface Of the ground-a prac-
tice which, if continued for number OF
years, would undoubtedly cause much sick
ness, if it did not breed epidemics
The passage Of these ordinances final
action on the claims, and reports presented
etc, would have tor.hcd the business of the
evening, had there been quorum present
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MIILINERY.-Mrs. S. Williamson does
not intend to be undersold. She invites at.
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