The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-11-08


A German with little sense OF humor
and no command of the English Ian
guage, appeared and asked DANA ges
of the city for injuries sustained at the
hands or rather. horns o: one of the
pet deer After long explanation
that caused the entire council and the
audience to near burst with laughter,
Mr.. Chambers was asked to give an
explanation in English. 1t seemed that
the deer got out of the enclosure into
the lot back of the Star office. where
the German citizen happened to be AT
the time. The deer and .zhe clinched
and he held the animal by the horns
as well as he could, but was finally
compelled to turn loose and flee, and
lost large portion of his trousers and
some of his cuticle and also suffered
some minor bruises. Mr.. Chambers
assured the council that the man re-
fused to accept any reasonable sun
for his injuries to self and clothes, anG
that he had told him the deer was his
private property and the matter was
no affair of the city's. On motion the
matter was referred to a committee o
three, who seemed the most interested
the deer, the Dutchman and Mr.
Chambers, to adjust the differences
Every little while a sedate councilman
would think of the deer and the Dutch
man and have te giggie.
Mr.. J J. Bierman complained tina
one of the sanitary department hand
was in debt to him and would not pa,
and asked for relief The sanitar,
committee was instructed to enfore
;ri, 90
| to pay their debts,
A communication was read from s,
James P. E. church, complaining OF tn
noise made by the exhaust pipes an
the popping of of the boilers at tn
electric light plant. The light an
| water committee and the superintend
ent of the plant stated there was n
remedy for the noise and the matte
was tabled
! Mayor Robertson appeared and stat
ed that the city was digging a cana
down to his lot, commonly called Tay
lor's pond. and that he supposed the
We're going TO run the water from tn
streets into same. and that he wishe
to notify the city that they had no au
thority for it. Mr.. Carmichael. VIII
was appointed a special committee
one. TO confer with Mr.. Robertson. be
fore the contract was let, and obtai
his permission to run the water int
Mr.. Robertson's property, stated ths
the mayor had given him that pei
mission for the city
| Permit was granted Mr.. Chamber
to erect a small building on lot 8. bloc
ST
Permit was asked for building on L
3, block SO. the new garage, but as
was not inside the fire limits, no pc
NIT was necessary and no action take
All Of the renters of stalls in the ci
market with the exception of Mr.. e.
wards, asked, in a petition for a
per cent reduction in stall rents. At
er much discussion on motion the clel
was instructed to rent the stalls at &
, same price as heretofore. when Il
matter came up for another years co
tract.
As Mr.. Carroll was to attend L
meeting of the inland waterways e
gineers in Jacksonville on Wednesda
when their report was TO be made
. the survey of the canal across I
state, a resolution was offered by y
lTydingS. seconded and carried. tn
the council was heartily in favor
such a ship canal across the state. a
deemed such measure of untold be
eft TO the state and to the interior pc
tion in particular
The following communication "
read from the mayor and fled for
formation
). The Electric Light Question
= Ocala. Fla, Oct. "a. 1911