Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-31
Com mIttee on Claims,

The committee on claims held meeting in rooms 10 and II, City Hall, last evening" Councilman w. E. Munson presiding.
 Rose A. Cain asked for one thousand dol lars damages for injuries received f1om fall ing on the ice in front of Atterman's jewelry store on Church street on Junuary 20, 1882 By the fall her wrist and forearm were broken Colonel Wright appeared as her counsel.
 William Binder asked for $15O damages for injuries received from defective high way. He driving through Congress avenue, when one of the wheels of his wagon went into rut. The king bolt was broken and he was thrown into the street, receiving quite severe injuries.
 Mrs. M. Jansen asked for $2OO damages for injuries received from falling on a side walk.
 After hearing the different parties asking for relief, the committee went into executive session to deliberate on their recommenda- tions to the Court of Common Council. Corporation Counsel Driscoll was present and questioned the applicants for relief in regard to their injuries.
 ssChip'' Smith and Capital Punishment. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 We hear considerable about sympathy for the murderer, but we hear of very little sym pathy for the murdered man, who was killed in the discharge of his duty; very little said about his afflicted and probably destitute pathy with other causes com Joined which has brought us to where are at preseut-our criminal code ridiculed by the leading jour- nals of other States, the land of ''steady habits" changed to the land of ''unpunishe ed crime.' Hanging told is relic of bar D8rlSm. Strange thOnpnt when Guiteau was to be hung, and Mrs. President Garfield, a refined and educated lady, made no appeal (so far as we have heard) for the life of him who such relic of barbarism that if well known murderers not put to death by law they are often put to death ac5ttout law, denied even the privilege of judge or jury. The law must protect the life of the lowest officer or humb blest citizen no less than the President of the United States, and one argument in proof of hanging is this, that while some criminals commit the same deeds over again after leaving the State prison, they never do so after being hung. But again, if hanging does not prevent murder neither does Imprisonment wholly prevent theft or burglary. It is unfortunate, but it is true, that fear of death is the only punish ment that will deter some-and the only punishment which the majority of mankind feel should follow the crime of murder. The law should be "a terror to evil doers and praise to them that do well'' Let the rowdy element understand that killing a policeman in the proper discharge of his duty will be punished by hanging. *** Tuesday's Excursion From, Birmingham.
 One of the most successful excursions that ever left Birmingham, it certainly was one of the most enjoyable, was that given on Tuesday by J. B. Reilly. About 400 persons composed the party, and they ware early aboard the cosy little steamer Oriental which was in waiting at the Derby dock, A small party went over from New Haven on the early morning train and were busy making and renewing acquaintances during the short time before the boat was ready to leave. Shortly after 9 o'clock the Oriental steamed down the winding river, and in the early morning, with the warm sun tempered by invigorating breeze that was waited up with the tide, with the merry strains of dancing music from Leininger's orchestra and dainty feet tripping the light fantastic, while others gazed on the ever-changing scenery that lined the river and hirted with their gentlemen admirers, the sail was filled with pleasant romance which quickly sped the feeting hours. The desti- nation was Columbia Grove, L. I, and it was reached shortly after O'CLOCK, tne party Q1S0mOafK1n8 ana remaining on shore until o'clock. The re- turn was, perhaps, the pleasantest part of the affair. The beautiful full-rounded harvest moon shed gllmmer on the waters of the Sound and on the banks of the river, that lit up the scenery with beautiful, weird-like glow and made the trip one long to be re. membered. The landing at Derby was made at 11:35 ,and the party broke up with pleasant recollections of the trip. Among those present were Dr. J. J. s. Doherty, Henry F. Curran, T. J. Taylor, M. Pendergast and Thomas Reilly of New Haven, Dr. McCauley, M Leo and Thomas Reilly of Brooklyn, Dr. O'Suli- van John Leonard, William Keefe, J. Me Mahon and P. Car1nody of Birmingham Among the ladies on board were Miss Maggie Farrell of Waterbury, Miss Julia A. Cassidy of New Haven, Miss Nelly Coleman of An sonia, Miss Lizzie Brett of Naugatuck, and the following from Birmingham Misses Brett, Healy, Leonard Brennan, Kennedy, Flynn and Quinn The genial face of Mana ger Reilly was visible here, there and every where, and he kept busy during the day end evening attending to the comforts of the happy throng, Perhaps the thought that the excursionists were loud in their praises oi the affair, and that the verdict unanimous in voting 1t 6 complete success, was no less pleas ing to the enterprising manager than the fact that his finances had grown larger to the ex- %a,,t oF I0I1