Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-10
Council Proceedings.

present were Aids. Butler, Turner,
Mahan, WRIGHT, Hoffman, MOeglein
and President Harding.
Minutes Of meeting of July 3. 20
and ~ were read and approved.
Bills we're allowed amounting 20
$962.56.
Upon motion the street commits
sioners report for July amounting to
$685. was approved.
The city clerk was instructed to
correspond with the Northwestern
Telephone Exchange company witt,
regard to placing the fire alarm
wires on telephone poles.
Mayor Staples appointed j. H.
Rhodes, Mrs. M. e. Butler and Jno.
A. Berkey as members OF the library
board for three years. The appoint
ments wereg1nfrmed by the coun-
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Upon motion the city clerk was
instructed to draw an order semi.
monthly for sewer work upon esti-
mate OF the city engineer.
Samuel Trebby and Others re-
quested that the sewer be laid on
Fourth street instead of up the alley
between Third and Fourth street.
Upon motion the request was
granted. r. - .
A petition from the Franciscan
sisters with regard to extending the
sewer to the hospital was read and
upon motion the matter. was laid
over until next meeting. The city
engineer was instructed to make an
estimate ON the cost to the city of
the proposed extension.
The matter Of repairs on the room
in which the batteries of the fire
alarm system are kept was referred
to fire com nlittee.
The petition Of John McCauley, j.
M. Tuttle, H. Noble and others with
regard to improving Sixth avenue
northeast was referred to street
com mittee.
the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany to put in Il crossing ON Fifth
street west between Sixth and
Seventh streets.
The matter of the poor family on
the West side was referred to poor
committee.
Upon motion the city attorney
was instructed to commence action
against certain towns for the sup
port of the families o. Mrs. Artman.
Mrs. Seyer and others.
A resolution fixing the salary of
the city treasurer for 1895 at Une-half
Of one per cent on all disbursements
was given it's first reading. Upon
roll call the vote was as folio VS.:
Votes aye, Aids. Butler, Turner,
Mahan, Hoffman. Moeglein and
Harding; nay, Aid. Wright.
The motion for a second reading
was lost.
A resolution fixing the salary of
the fire warden at 500 per year was
read and upon unanimous consent
of the council it was given a second
and third reading and passed.
Council adjourned.
st. Cloud Journal Press: While
the engine on No. l, the coast>train
on the Northern Pacific, was OH the
East side Monday evening, the &C.
centric strap broke and the locomo-
tive was rendered useless: The en-
gineer, Bob. Carr. lacerated his hand
quite badly in attempting to repair
the injury. The wound was sewn
together by the company doctor
here. An engineer was secured from
an extra west-bound freight about
10 o'clock and the train then pro-
ceeded westward.
The St. Cloud papers of Monday
contain accounts of the marriage OF
Ira NJ. WATSON and Miss Cornelia A.
Andrews. The wedding was tn.
er romatic one and complete sur.
prise to Mr.. Wasson's friends. It is
the elimination Of a chance meeting
at the Worlds Fair last summer
Mr.. WATSON was Il resident of Little
Falls about two years ago when he
had charge Of Mr.. Cline's branch
music store.
Royalton Banner: Lyman Signor
OF Little Falls. was a caller at the
Banner Office Thursday afternoon
Mr.. Signor is a candidate for clerk 81
court. He is one OF the best know
men in the county and ought to be
able to givethe Democratic nominee
whoever he may be, a lively fight.
It is the purpose Of the Peoples
party to organize clubs in ever,
town in the county. and they expect
to commence operations this week
One of the leaders stated that TIL.
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