Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-08

At the regular session of the council last
Monday evening the following bills were
placed on the pay roll and allowed:
Ulrich & Sons, pump and sundries. .$23 80
Beard Electric Light Co. for one
months lighting. ng................. 1876 35
VIM. Samse, coal. ....... ...... / 80
Chas. Beard, repairs. ... ............ 490
Sundries. es....,......... 555
VIM. Samse, coal. I.........,.......... II 10
@. W. jackson, salary. 20 90
Thieser Hildred & Co., sewer pipe. S37
Jas. Hanna, recording deed. ........ So
Jas. Shay, salary as engineer. ......... 35 90
ianitor. or......... 10 90
w. g. Coover, gasoline etc. ......... 10 45
Isa Leist, paper & pens. ............. 190
Sundries. s.................. 635
7. j. Burns, salary ry.................. 46 so
d. Hess, Street Commissioners pay
roll. oll................ .......'...-... ~ 10
Chief Roller made his monthly report of the
fire department, giving among other inter
esting items balance Of SLAB in the
treasury. The report was referred to the FIRE
department committee to report at next regu-
lar meeting on its recommendations.
John d. Ritter presented a petition signed
by many leading citizens praying for the ap-
pointment of MIR. Ritter as night watchman.
Referred to Fire Committee.
H. T. Toland and August Shultz made
complaint against the Pohlman Bros. for
keeping an exceedingly dirty and foul smell
ing slaughter house, asking the council that
the nuisance be abated at once as it was ex-
ceedingly detrimental to the welfare and
health of all living near the yard. Mr.. Shultz
asserted that mis- wife was sick now, which
sickness he knows to have been superinduced
by the rotten condition of this place of
slaughter. Mr.. Pohlman spoke in defense
of such accusations and was questioned by
different members of the council and accord
ing to his own statement the house and sur
roundings were in poor sanitary condition.
The matter was finally referred to the SANTA
ry Committee for investigation. Apropos to
this subject, the ordinance passed by the Board
of Health some time ago requiring by the 1st
of April all slaughter houses to be moved out
side the corporation, was resurrected and
read and desire expressed by the council to
strictly enforce such. .'
The election of the Fire Department Off
GERS were approved by the unanimous vote
of the council.
G. W. jackson in behalf of the Napoleon
City Band asked that it be permitted to oc-
cupy the room Immediately to the rear of the
council chamber. Referred to committee on
fires to report at next regular meeting.
Councilman Brown complained that despite
the resolution introduced and passed by the
council prohibiting saloon keepers from
scrubbing out on Sundays emptying their
filth on the front sidewalks and otherwise
making travel for pedestrians on their
way to church extremely disagreeable, the
practice was still persisted in. Several mem
bers of the council gave it their opinion that
an ordinance would be necessary to enforce
the resolution; therefore the Mayor appointed
Messrs. Cahill and Brown committee en-
powred to take all preliminary steps in the
matter to report at a special meeting to be
held next Monday night.