The daily gazette., 1876-11-14
SECOND EDITION!
The Health Board.

REGULAR d-NUIsANCEs ABATED-l
THE BRANDYwINE wATER-LICENSEs,
&C,
The Board of Health met in regular
session, last evening, President Palmer
in the chair.
On the various nuisances under their
consideration the Third Ward committee
reported as follows:
At Third and Van Buren, streets, aba
ted; Fourth and Harrison in progress of
abatement; Fourth and Monroe, abated;
at 626. w. Fourth street measures have
been taken to abate the nuisance COM
planned of by emptying the waste water
into barrel by means of drain; The
committee could not yet say how it
would answer; at BIG W. Third street.
nuisance abated. The reports were
adopted.
The Sixth Ward Committee reported
the abatement of the nuisance caused by
stagnant water ut Taylor and Church
street. Adopted.
The Second Ward Committee reported
that the nuisance caused by stagnant
water in the cellars along Water streets,
between King and French, would be
abated this week. Adopted.
Same committee reported that the nui.
sances on Railroad Avenue would be at
tended to. ADOPTED.
The Tenth Ward Committee reported
that the stagnantwater nuisance at Reed
and Morrow streets was abated. Adopted
Mr.. Thatcher, chairman of the special
Committee on Brandywine water, made
| the following report, which was adopted
WILMINGTON, Nov. G. 1876
Your Com mnittee, after careful exam
ination OF the paper mills OF Jessup d
Moore, known as the Augustine Mills
l1y hot ba so
matter from their boiling and wasting
machine that is let run into the Brandy
wine, is n public nuisance and as the
board at previous meeting ordered the
committee to prosecute all persons who
willfully permit offensive refuse to be
| thrown OF let run in said stream, and
! that we will present The said Jessup d
| Moore's, with the said Messrs Brancroft
& Sons to the Grand Jury at the Novem.
Der term of court next
| ALBERT THATCHER
| JOHN WI HAWKINS.
| JAMES KENNEDY.
The committee on contracts and licen'
ces reported that applications for licences
to clean cesspoels, had been recieveo
from the following parties:
Odorless Excayating company, Henry
jenkins, Isacc Henderson, James Mcln
tyre, Charles d. Agness, John q. Smith
James Temple.
They were referred to the committee
with power to grant licenses to all VIII
comply with the rules OF the board Il
relation to their work.
Ru es for the government of the scav
engers were reported by the special com
m;ttee and laid over until the next reg
: ular meeting.
| n,laro dro -n, Eyarv EvaninV nuhlish
ing company, $l9,68: q. p. Johnson. $22,2
David Robinette, $40 81, Perufer f. Hoo
1862. Adjourned.
POLICE CASES. Before the Mayor. las
3. night, Winfield Butler. Thos, Merrimo
:. and Alfred Bonner, charged with e1
citing and participating in the sout
Wilmington riot. on Sunday afternoon
were each fined S. and costs.
Fred Dandy, col, for threatening
Il shoot George Quinn, during the sam
riot, was fined 81 and costs and held III
- der 5000 bail to keep the peace.
y Margery THOMPSON, col, for threatel
@ ing to damage VIM Dollard's propert
was required 10 pay the costs OF tt
Il case.
1 Rebecca Montgomery, for assault an
Q battery on Annie johnson was fined oil
n n dollar and cost.
~ Three cases of drunkness were each tine
fifty cents and costs.