Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-25
LOCAL NEWS.
Board of Selectmen.

Various Petitions Received and Re-
 ferred-A Notice to be Served Li-
 quor DeaIers-BilIs Approved-Other
 Matters.
 A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held last evening. Present, Selectmen An drew (presiding), Reynolds, Cooper, Feld- man, Hugo, Hart and Foote.
 Mir. Nicholson appeared and asked for a title to oyster grounds now in the town of New Haven and located in West river and which are recorded in the town of Orange under the old law. Also Messrs. Nicholson and Sheppard asked that two acres of oyster ground be designated to them in the waters of the limits of the town of New Haven located in West river Referred to Messrs. Reynolds and Foote as a committee to inquire and report.
 Mrs. Schnediker appeared and asked for an abatement of taxes on the grand list of 1879. Referred to the Committee on Abatement of Taxes.
 Leroy Terry appeared and asked that the Board notify liquor dealers that they sell no liquor to Mrs. Mary S. Terry, who was his mother and very much addicted to the use of intoxicants. The matter was referred to committee of three, consisting of Selectmen Foote, Hart and Andrew, to inquire and re- port before the adjournment of the Board. Rev. MT. Mossman and Rev. Mr. Sands ap- | peared to advocate the petition. Hobart l.. Hotchkiss appeared and stated that he had been requested to report his in | vestigations regarding the estate of Daniel Brown, deceased. He said, so far as it ap- peared to him, no report had ever been made | by the trustees to the Court of Probate Daniel Brown, son of Daniel Brown de- ceased was an inmate of the almshouse and | his friends had been in the habit of sending an | occasional piece of meat to him; the income of 1 the property but little more than paid expenses Henry Mix was until recently trustee and | this property was deeded to several parties There was a balance due MT. Mix as trustee of about $100 after paying expenses, and it was thought this money should be turned over to the town for the support of Daniel | Brown. Henry A. Mix, a son of Henry Mix, | was afterward appointed trustee and he (the l attorney) had made 8 demand for the amount due for the benefit of the town, but the pres- l ent trustee had been informed that he was | not responsible for the former trustees debts The attorney thought that if the town should bring suit they might recover for the board of Daniel Brown, who has been an inmate of the almshouse for so many years.
 l Mir. Andrew said that it was agreed that the trustee of Mir. Browns estate should pay to the Selectmen $1O0 and thereafter pay to the Board the net income of Browns proper | ty during his life. The matter of bringing a suit was left to the committee to whom the
 matter was originally referred.
 Patrick Flynn petitioned to have his liens abated and John Hanrahan asked to have his town tax abated. Mrs. B. D. Potter corner ! IofIy faI oy,d R1o1a ct f1, T, in front of her place. All were referred to appropriate committees.
 Mrs. P. J. Fury, recipient of town aid
 asked for transportation for herself and fam fly to Kentucky. Referred to the Town Agent with power to act.
 Petition of Eliza c. and Helen D. Bradley
 for abatement of taxes on the grand list ot 1873 was referred to the appropriate com mittee.
 The application of James Heffernan for 6
 transfer of license from 66 to 58 Grand street was recommended.
 A note given by Eliza A. and Sarah J. Mur-
 tagh to the trustees of the old almshouse
 farm for $1, 15O was approved.
 Bills were approved as follows: Interest on
 Air Line railroad bonds $15, ,O00; interest on
 second series war loan bonds, $1, 242; inter.
 est on temporary loans, $1, 435.41; paid on
 City Hall sinking fund Temporary loans),
 $36, 362. 54 New Hampshire asylum for in-
 sane, $339.09; outside poor, $385; aims
 house account, $66.3 construction ac.
 count, $20.3S; roads and bridges, $3.75. After the regular business of the Board
 was transacted the committee appointed to consider the of Mary s. Terry held g l private session, and returning to the Se-
 lectmen's room they reported. through Se
 lectman Foote, that the son of Mrs. Terry
 was persistent in having the liquor dealers
 notified and they saw no other way but tc
 conform to the law. The law requires that AL IL l. dealers, and then if the law is violated and
 the dealer or dealers sell to such parties
 they are liable to fine of from $20 to %;t or sixty days Imprisonment. or both, an7 il i also provides for forfeiture of the license ' of the party who sells. Adjourned.