Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-03
/ IE.H0LDEN, Eiseman's Store, Council

being remitted in future years be referred to
the city attorney.
Judge Aylesworth appeared before the
council and stated that he had prepared pa
pers in a suit to enjoin the city from filling
Twentieth street He had been asked by
City Attorney Stewart to postpone action
until he could get instructions from the coun-
Gil Three weeks had elapsed and the case
was apparently no nearer trial than before.
He unders TODD the contracts had been signed
and the work as to be pushed and now he
wanted to know whether that was The case,
so that he could know what to do on his side
Of the case. The mayor informed HIM that be
had waited awhile, at the request of the city
attorney, before signing the contracts The
contractors had come to him and asked what
he was going to do about it, and after awhile
thinking that no further action was going to
be taken by the enjoiners, he had signed the
contract, and the work was to be pushed as
fast as possible.
The fire committee reported that they had
been anable to find any evidence of drunken
ness among the members of the fire depart
ment.
Alderman Knepher moved that a light be
placed on or near the Indian creek bridge on
Sixth street.
Alderman Casper wanted to amend by
adding light at the upper end of Knepher
street, and Knepher amended again by adding
another at the corner of Sixteenth street and
Sixth avenue Casper said there was no
need of light at the corner of Sixteenth
street and Fifth avenue. Mikesell said there
was. So did Smith. A short, but spirited
debate then ensued, after which Alderman
Casper moved that the clause relating to the
corner in question be stricken out. The
motion was lost. Knepher then wanted to
| vote on each part of the motion separately,
| for fear that if the whole were dumped
| together he would lose his beloved Sixth
| street lamp
Again war came to the front Knepher
| and Casper were both on the floor at the
| same time, saving the air vigorously and for
few minutes the audience looked on with
| fear and trembling, expecting every moment
| to see blood flow. Finally by mutual agree
ment it was decided to vote on each separ-
| ately.
| Whose motion shall be voted on first? was
then the question to be settled. Casper
| wanted to settle the Knepher street matter
| first so that if Knepher cut his throat he
could do the same when it came to voting on
| the Sixth street light For the same reason
| Knepher wanted TO settle the Sixteenth street
and Fifth avenue question first so that he
could have a whack at Casper on the Knep-
| her street proposition. Again things grew
, interesting. during the melee in some way
| motion was carried to vote on the Sixth
street light first The result of the vote was
that Knepher's plan was showed under by 6
| vote of 3 tO3. ia.
''No, don't want to make no motion now, ,
said Alderman Casper when some one told
| him that it was now in order for him to bring
up his Knepher street light and have it ex
| tingushed.
A quiet snicker pervaded the room as
| Deputy Clerk Abbott went on with the read
ing of paving contracts, and after this haC
gone on for some time the council adjourned
to meet next Monday evening.
II. A. Cox, western sales agent for A, II
| Thatcher, has moved his coal office from tn,
! Brown building to No. 16lMan street. in tht
Chapman building. Mr.. Cox has joined will
Cooper & McGee, who have moved thei'
real estate Office from the Merriam block u
the same place, and the gentlemen have fitteC
up as pleasantly and nicely arranged office
as there are in the city, and they will be glaC
to welcome their friends and the public il
their new quarters.
Pure fresh drugs at Davis, opposite Ogden