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S 929. UO ‘2,28-3.32 QtA# 2,J92.8! 6S0.W435.00$T,34.20i,muo600.00S93S4.201’Ity Expenditures.We have obtained from the city treasurer a statement of the amount of moner paid out by him on city orders since the beginning of the fiscal year in April last, as follows:Fire department......................(i extern: fimtf......................Poor fund...............................Koiid fund...................*..........Southern Minnesota It. H. interest..M. St. I*. U. \l. interest............Total -......................Outstanding nrd ers-est iinatert......Poll tax— estimated..................Total.............................In addition to the above there will be issued orders to the amount of not less than §400 more between now and the close of the fiscal year, making the total expenditure* $10,284.00 for the year.ANow. let u- ask what excuse there is for the outlav of this vast sum of money V Have there been any extraordinary expenditures which justify it? [f so. let them he pointed out. We assert, and we claim the above figures prove, that the finances of the city have been criminally mismanaged during the palt;t year.The next question is. what are we going to do about it'? The money is gone—that is true, and cannot be re-covered, but we can, by electing a different set of men to the council, prevent a like occurrence in the future, and that, we have reason to believe, is the sense of the people of this city by a large majority. There are indications that they have resolved to put sin end not only to the indiscriminate squandering of the public funds, but also to the wilful 1 and flagrant violation of the city charter which have occurred during the past year.ervision. and that a knowledge of the chemistry of sugar-making which can be acquired by any person ot common sense in a short time will be of no disadvantage in the proceess.CITY COCNBGE»■Bad Faith.At the meeting of the council and citizens to consult on amendments to the charter the sinking fund bill was unanimously approved. Then, at the suggestion of Mr. Morin, it was tacitly agreed that there should be no changes made in the charter. It has since transpired that the very next morning Mr. Morin went to St. Paul with a number of amendment? in his pocket which nobody else knew anything about. Senator Wedge refused to entertain them unless endorsed by the citizens, hence the scheme of calling a meeting of the Board of Track was concocted with the hope that that body would furnish the needed paternity for the bastard amendments. • When the Board met a motion wa~ adopted authorizing citizens to take part in the discussion, ancl inputting the motion the clmir said that “as all present were interested in the matter there would be 110 strict scrutiny as to who voted.'’ Under this statement a number of outsiders voted and the amendments were carried. When the adjourned meeting of the Board was held there was a much larger attendance of citizens. and it was thought that to admit them to vote would defeat the report of the committee on putting the amendment? ii) form, and hence a motion to admit them was opposed and voted down by the same men who favored the contrary action at the first meeting, and that was the cause of all the trouble and discord.The Board never ought to have taken any action in the matter in theA*first place, because it was not fully organized, and because all had not had an opportunity to join. It was an ill-advised movenent and has seriously affected the capacity of the organization for good.liaising Cane.We publish elsewhere the proceed-ng? of the meeting held in this city ast Saturday for the purpose of orgasizing a cane-grower?' society. The neeling were very interesting and he fcocietwstands out under favorable uispiec?. Some facts ol importance vere established, and those we wish t o ummarize. for we believe that eane-gowiug is destined to become one of he leading industries of this slate at 10 distant date. No doubt many fa huts will plant cane this year who never )hinted it before, and if is important hat the first steps be correct, or there vill be failures and disappointments vhich will do great damage to the :auw. Those, then, srem to us lobe act? :1st. The ten Ira i refinery system is a u-ce-.-iiy when it come.- to supplying uorc than the local demand, for (here mist bo a uniformity of good? Iomake hem a quotable staple in the market.2d. There mud be good seed.fid. There must be well-prepared (round.!th. There must be cureS'ui niitiva-iun.rtli. If in hills there must not be norc than o stalks in a hill, or if in Iriib there mud be bat one stalk in a dace and not nearer than ten inches ,o each other—the row.- in either case o be at least three Icet one way. and bat should he east and west.Oili. Cane, inn?I be headed and stripped and worked up a? last a? thb i? lone.7th. It mu.-! be worked before it i*fro-d-bitten.8th. The manufacturing into syrup mud have careful and intelligent dtp*The Charter Amendment*.The Board of Trade met on Thursday last pursuant to adjournment to consider the report of the committee on amendments to the charter appointed at the previous meeting. A motidn wa- made to admit citizens to participate in the meeting as they had done at the previous meeting; upon which an extended discussion took place; but it was finally voted down by a small majority, whereupon most of the citizens present and a number of the members of the Board left and went to the court house where another meeting was organized with John A. Lovely as chairman and August Peterson as secretary. This meeting adjourned until evening at the same place.In the meantime the Board adopted the amendments substantially as we published them Inst week, with an ad-itional one offered by Mr. Morin which provided that farming lands within the citv limits should not be assessed ata.more than Id per cent, higher than the average of farming land- in the town-c oship of Albert Lea.In the evening the coun house was filled with citizens who were addressed by Messrs. Ballard. Lovely, Sheehan, Skaug, Fen holt and Van Vechten_«wT 9 Iafter which resolutions were passed5' condemning the action of the Board of Trade in excluding citizens from its meeting, endorsing the amendments made to the charter in 1S79. censuring the extravagant mismanagement of the city finances during the past year, endorsing the sinking fund bill, recommending that no amendments be made to the charter, and condemning the frequent and fiagant violations of the charter by the council the year past. A vote of thanks was extended to Dr. Ballard for his explanations of the situation. A committee, consisting ofMessrs. Ballard. Lovelv. VT. V. John-* % *son. G. S. Ruble. T. J. Sheehan. A. Peterson and VC. VC. Williams were appointed to go to St. Paul and lay the action of the meeting before our senators and representatives, and a committee of nine was appointed to call future meeting? of citizens to take action in regard to city affairs, consisting of G. Gul bra nelson, R. C. Van-Ycchten, Theo. Nacre, A. Peterson, G„ A. Patrick, W. Fcnhoif. J: A. Anderson, VC. VC. Johnson and B. H, Skaug.The meeting was unanimous and harmonious in its action.Both branches of the Minnesota legislature unanimously adopted the following resolutions on the situation in Ireland, thereby evincing a true American spirit:Whereas. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are among tlic God given and iuat-ienabir right? of all men, and any government, ox system of laws which denies or abridges the one or tbe other of these rights, is oppressive in-its eharaeteraiHt an insult to thAhuigiify; and^ THicrras, the Irish nation is socking- by peace*-ftil and law-abiding means this common inheritance oi men ; therefore, be it Z?c.«ofred, By the Senate’of the State of Minnesota. the Hoii-e of Representatives concurring therein, that we extend to the Irish people our earnest sympathy in their peaceful efforts to place the ownership of the land in those who cultivate it.Besoira?, that we deprecate the avowed intention of the British government to impose coercive measures upon the suffering Irish people. Instead of according to them that justice and equity to which they are entitled by all human and Divine law.The House on Monday voted down an amendment to the bond bill wlucb provides for its submission to the pe o-ple. Mr. Asleson voted for the amendment and Mr. Den by against it. The vote stood 39 to GO, which indicates the passage of the bill.—The bill passed the house on Tuesday, Mr. Denby voting for it and Mr. Asleson against it. It was slightly amended and will have to go back to the remits for concurrence, which will doubtless be given-Have You EverKnown any person to be seriously til without a weak stomach or inactive liver or kidneys? And when these organs are good condition do you find their possessor enjoying good health ? Pa rkor’s Ginger Tonic always regulates these important organs, and never fails 1o make the blood rich and pure, and to strengthen every part of the system. ft| has cured hundreds of despairing invalids. Ask your neighbor about it. Hoc another column.Increase of City Expenses.The total amount of city orders paid for the first fiscal year of the existence of this city ending April 15th, 1879, wa 85,-528.11. of which SI,MO were old town orders, leaving of city orders, SI,528.11. Add S5hn poll tax, aiul the total is 85,528.1 ]. For the year cnding April 15, 1881). the amount of orders issued wa? SI2.582, ilt; which add $500 poll tax and we have 13,082. Then deduet $4,270 for the engine, $1,318 for 1 lose and $1)88 for engine house which were paid for in time orders, and we have S(j,5lHas the current expenses of the city. For the year ending April 15, 1881, the account will stand something like this: Orders issued, $10,001); add $t!»0 poll tax and we have $10,Got); deduct $5oit paid on engine, 8236 paid on engine, and S7t paid on hose, and we have $0,783 as 11 ie expenses of the city for the fiscal year. Let us recapitulate:For tlic vcar ondini; Ajiril tr. ‘7,»........00For the year omUng April i.\ ^0........ o.3ihj ooFor tiie year ending April tC\ Vi 0,7,'- ctThe ox pen kgs. it will bu seen, have almost doubled since hS7h, and have inerea.-ed almost oh jhw cent, since Ia3tyear, anti yet Alderman Armstrong toll.-us that the finances of the city have not been mi-managed,.The MhjWw Wto~Th«* Coami*-Hauled Over tli# Cm)*, etr.,etn jThe^eouiiril held its re^ailur meetingon Tuesday evening. ThV aldermen were all present. The cane ofTilM CITY BA BYwas taken up, and the clerk reported that a-family-in Rieeland would adopt it, Iwtt they wanted some sort of conveyance from the city make good their title to the property. It appears they had once before taken a child of a divorced pair, and the parents remarried and reclaimed their child.Alderman • Armstrong said he thought the county board’ the only body possessing tbe power to dispose of a child in that way, and'the clerk was delegated to attend to the matter.THK MAYOK’.S VETOof tile resolution fixing rlie fees of Illicit}' treasurer was then taken up. The mayor said he returned the re.-*lution without his approval, and cited the council to that ctatie in the charter which says that the trea-urer's fees must he fixed in Mayot each year.Alderman Fenholt said that in May last he had called the attention of the council to this matter and 'it was understood that the fees should remain the-same as during the- previous yvm*.Alderman Smith said: that while he had voted for the resolution, more mature reflection had convinced him that now was the wrong time to cut down the treasurer's- fees—that it did no! look well.President Morin enquired if the council did not have the right- to fix the fee? now, but nobody answered the conundrum, and the matter waylaid over until the next meeting.The clerk then made a report ofTHK POOR- EXPENSES*from which it appeared that 5*843.34 had been paid out since April 15th, 1381).OleKuudsfm, J r., made application to have hisMC KXSK TRA XSKKKRKi to Tolicfsoii A Olsen. A IkhjcI of the assignees was presented with (). Kuud-son, Jr., and- V. Gulbrandson as sureties. which was approved.F. Reinhardt made application for aBTIublARI) TABLE 1,1 CKXSKuntil the close of the fiscal year at proportionate rate of the annual tax. Alderman Armstrong thought that under the ordinance as drawn this could not be done: that perhaps the only way was for the applicant to pay the full amount and tlieu ask to have a portion of it refunded.Alderman Smith thought the best way was for the applicant to pay the. tuii amount or not set up his mhie* until the close of this year.The matter was finally referred Io Alderman Armstrong for adjustment.Alderman Smith called up the matter of theCI TY I’iiOPKUTY,kind said that while the city had bought some 50 shovels, 2scrapers, and a plow, he understood that all the street commissioner could produce was 3 shovels! He thought the matter should be looked into at once. He understood that one of the scrapers was out on the lake, and that probably before long it would be in the hike.Alderman Fenlmlt was in favor of ordering the commissioner to make an immediate report on thi- subject, which was ordered.Alderman Smith enquired of the clerk if the8T It K KT (.■ 11M 3! i i n X Khad made any report of poll tax collected as-ordered by the council, and received an answer in the negative. ^JUdmrmn Fenholt said he knew of ptetjly of'eases.where the collectors of the poll tax had receipted for the same in payment of private debts.President Morin said that if that were the case (heiguilty parties should be prosecuted.Alderman Arm.-trong .-.aid Porter was responsible for the acts of his subordinates.POOR EXPENSES.A number of bills were presented, and among others a bill of Roli'son Mitchell for taking cave of a pauper. On motion of Alderman Armstrong Messrs. Robson A Mitchell were requested to present said bill to the county board as the Jirst steps toward resting the question of the liability of the county to takceare of the poor.OTHER BILLS.A bill of Why toe k Me Adam for legal services in the case of G. O. Sund-by was laid over on the objection of Aldermen Smith, Fenholt and Anderson, who doubled the liability of the city to pay the same. The remainingbills were then approved.Alderman Anderson complained ofthe {ruxnmox ok the alley in the rear of the residences of S. B. Edwards and Jacob Larson. After some discussion the chief of police wa?directed to order the nuisance abated,and in case of failure or refusal to remove it to arrest the offenders.Alderman Armstrong brought up (he matter of aboard ok health,and said that something must be done soon towards cleaning away garbage or there would be much sickness. He proposed amending the ordinance in relation to this matter so as to constitute the mayor, president of the council and city physician a board of health, and will bring the matter up at the next meeting.Dr. Burnham, city physician, promised to attend to' the matter if placed ip hi? hands.' Ai 1 he suggestion of the chief of p*-V *-1lice , 4TIIK FIRE PAILSwere ordered put in a condition toic ifc-od.The council then adjourned.Shrewdness and Ability.Hop Bitters so„freely advertised in all the paper.-., secular and religious, are having a large sale, and are supplanting all other medicine?. There is no denying the virtues of the hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitter? have shown great shrewdness and ability in compounding a Bitters whoso virtue? are so palpable to every one’s observation.—Erchcmyc.-Potatoes Wanted,.Highest market price paid for choice, cleat! Early Rose and Peach Blow po-to t- hw at R. N. V a it ks . 4(J
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