Evening journal., 1894-05-02
TALK OF REPEATING IT.
The Dog Law Likely to Be-
come Extinct,
AND THE DOG POUND A PIaaERY

Election Of City omoIais by Council.
Important transactions Of the Trustees
OF the Common-Plan TO Inaugurato
Open-air Concerts During tho summer
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, May The dog ordi
nance, over which there was such stir
last spring, will probably be repealed,
the dog catcher dethroned and ithe dog
pound turned into pig-peu or a hem
roost Az least this will happen II the
new City Council ooncurs In a memorial,
which was submitted to that august
body last night asking that the old law
alone, be enforced, providing that all
dogs be muzzled In hot weather. Coun.
Gil took no definite action on the matter
last night, but it is believed that mon.
grel ours will be allowed TO howl and
run about promiscuously this summer.
City Councils May meeting, last night,
was a busy one. Mayor Herbert sent IN
the name Of his patrolmen for reappoint.
ment The list-including all the po
lice officers who have been serving the
city for the past two years was ap.
proved. Then the election Of city Off
cials resulted as follows:
Collector Patrick MoGrory.
Solicitor-Alexander b. Cooper.
Clerk. Ernest Phillips
An Of those officials served last year
President Holschumaker submitted the
following list of committees:
Street and Highways-Eliason, Mar
tin, Taylor.
Finance Taylor, Cooper, Holschu
maker.
Lamps Martin. Cooper, Holschumaker
Pumps-Cooper, Martin, Ellason.
Health and Nulsance-Eliason, Taylor,
Martin.
Harbor-Taylor, Cooper. Eliason.
Fire Department -Holschumakor, Ella
son, Cooper
Contributing Members and Open-Air
Concerts.
Nearly every prominent citizen who Is
interested In music and musicians has
received a copy OF the following, which is
called "A Plain Statement"
AT meeting held by the City Cornet
Band, committee was appointed 10
devise ways aud means TO pay the running
expenses OF the organization. AS 10 now
stands II Is not self sustaining institu.
tion and the members found that some
thing must be done to make It a asuccessful
one
The committee, after giving the
matter much thought aud getting replies
and ideas from musical journals and
bands outside OF the state, decided 20 try
q system that the bands OF Pennsylvania
and New York states have tried and
found successful Bands Of other cities
have had 90 wrestle with the same per
picking question
THE plan Is to get a list Of contrib
uting members who pay weekly, monthly
or yearly dues; a collector Is appointed
who makes weekly collections, or
monthly, rs the case may be, and enters
the same In book provided for that
purpose. A statement Is Issued every
three months showing how each member
stands and how the money has been
spent. These members have full privi
lege OF the band room during rehearsnls
which other people will not have
''We have told you before that we
want to be a good band. doing good
work and second to none IN the state
We want to be a band that the citizens
OF our town will be proud TO call 'Oar
Band
Good brass bands have taken boom
in their several localities, and II proper
arrangements can be made We will give
open air concerts during the summer
SO we have issued this circular, hoping
you will let us enroll you on our books
as 9 contributing member. This circu-
lar will be called for sometime during the
week, when you can give your answer.
W. q. WRIGHT,
W. } HOFMANE,
e w. EAGLE,
j b. LANCASTER.
Committee.