Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-17
Board of selectmen.

Town Clerk Shutters Little BiII-Peti-
 ton oR Charles A. Bray for q New Road
 -An Injunction Servsd-Other Matters.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Select men was held last evening. Present, Select men Reynolds (presiding). Feldman, Cooper, Hugo, Beecher, Crawford and Forbes.
 Selectman Feldman reported on the bill of the Town Clerk for rewriting and decipher ing records, that the charge for indexing electors, amounting to $45. 69, and decipher- ing three hundred pagesof records, $45, mak- ing total of $90.69 be deducted, and the balance of the bill, amounting to $913.45, be paid. The report was accepted and the rec ommendation adopted.
 Francis c. Anthony was appointed to make the rate book for 1888 at the same price as last year.
 Notice from new parallel railroad com pany to the town to appear and be heard be fore the Railroad committee at Hartford, or Jan. 31, in regard to the layout of the New York and Connections Air Line railroad com pany, was read. It was laid on the table.
 Talcott H. RusselIs application for re
 bate of back taxes and 5ummoning the au thorities of the town, city and school districts to appear on the first Tuesday in February and show cause why the same should not bt
 allowed was received. Also an injunction re-
 straining Collector Futile from forcibly col
 lecting any more taxes from said Russell aE receiver for the American Mutual Life Insur. ance and other companies connected there. with. Messrs Reynolds, Feldman and Cooper were appointed committee to looE after the matter in the interest of the towr
 with power to act.
 A petition of Charles A., Bray and others for permission to open new street on Fail Haven heights was presented and considered
 by the Board. The petition was received and placed on file.
 Selectman Forbes was added to the com mittee on Tominson's bridgein place of MT Andrew.
 Andrew J. Kennedy was appointed specia constable for the town for the present year Bills were approved as follows: Outside poor, $424.5o; notes payable, $2,500; in terest account, $97.23; general account
 ss4s 20; construction, $i88; roads ana | bridges, $412; almshouse, $50; new farm $3; general hospital, $1,372.47. Adjourned Annual Church Meeting of the ThIre Congregational Church. The annual church meeting of the Thirt Congregational church was held last evenin, l at the chapel, Rev. Dr. Dennen presiding
 Mr. Henry W. Thompson, for the standing
 committee, reported received by profession
 in 1882. and 16 by letter; removed by deatl
 5, dismissed 15, present number of member 394. There were baptisms during the yea
 past, and an increase of the number of fam
 flies by 5. The report of the secretary o
 the Sabbath school shows present member ship of about 24O an increase during tn
 year of 25 The amount of contribution
 was about $6, 900. Reports were given iron
 the Ladies' Missionary association and Younl
 Ladies' Mission circle and report was mad of the work in India under the immediat l charge of Rev. Messrs. Robert and EdwarC Hume, who went out from the Third churcl | to their field of labor. Newton W. Perkins wa l chosen superintendent of the Sabbath school vice Deacon R. H. Minor resigned. Mir
 Harris, the telegraph manager, was choseI | assistant superintendent. Mrs. James T Hathaway was chosen lady superintendent Messrs. William Franklin, s. H. Barnum Giles G. Thomson James H. Mansfield an,
 William A. Harris were elected members o l the standing committee.