Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-08

 pon and found it where Stevens said he had thrown it. Before the jury of inquest Stew ems repeated his confession and said that Nichols burst in his door and then picking up a chair threatened to kill the witness wife for harboring her mother. Nichols was drunk and acted like wild man. He said to the witness, - you, I will kill you" He was arraigned in the City court yesterday and bound over to the criminal side of the Superior court, which opens at Danbury to- day. He will probably be tried at this term.
 Board of Aldermen.
 Petitions Read and Referred-RepOrts of
 Committees-EIection Of Special Con-
 stables and Bath House Keepers-Other
 Matters.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held last evening, His Hon. or Mayor Lewis presiding.
 Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of Solomon Close for crosswalk on Wilson street; of Valentine Boes for compensation for injury to property; of H. A. Newton for 8 sewer in Prospect street; of l. W. Hine for permission to repair dwelling at No. 61 Mar tin street; of Enos Dickerman for lamp on the northwest corner of Winthrop avenue and Goffe street; of John Blake for lamp on Munson street near County street; of Henry Strack for sidewalks and crosswalks on Munson street; of Owen Reynolds for sidewalks on West street between Congress avenue and Davenport avenue; of James J. Kennedy to erect frame building; ! of E. A. Munson for the deferring of the collec- | tion of assessment for sewer in Canal street; of H. P. Hoadley to remove a wooden build | ing; of Frank Hogan for concrete walk on Greenwich avenue, between Kimberly ave | nue and Third street; of A. B. Hoyt ct als for lamps on Lamberton street; of Charles P. Armstrong on George street, between Howe and Dwight streets; of Bernard Reilly l for well or pump near the junction of Con gress avenue and Washington street; of Ed | ward C.. Beecher for permission to remove | building corner of Trumbull and Lincoln streets; of Samuel E. Dibble for the grading and curbing of Edwards street between Orange street l and Livingston street of John H. Heiser for a fire alarm box corner of Canal and Bristol | streets of D. Aldeu for the continuation of sewer in Wall street; of Thomas G. W. Jeff l ferson for 8 sewer on Downing street. of I. W. Hine to repair building No. 61 Martin street of heirs of Leonard Bradley to erect wooden addition, corner of Bradley and State streets of Frank Tyler to locate plat form scales on Custom House square; of Frank Tyler for appointment as city weigh CT; of Benjamin Bowden for compensation for injury to person; of M. B. Scott ct al. for the lowering of the west side of College street between Elm and Wall streets. Remonstrance was presented against sewer in Lamberton and Button streets.
 Resolution asking for 8 statement from the Board of Public Works regarding the condition of improvements on Fair street, between Union and State streets, and the prospect of it's completion. Passed.
 Alderman Law introduced the following, which was referred:
 Be it ordained by the Court of Common Council of the City of New Haven
 It shall be the duty of any department of ha f1 nj nf such departments, of whom an inquiry shall be made by either or both boards of the Court of Common Council, to answer the same in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board making such inquiry.
 Edward A. Jordan, Daniel Lovejoy and several others, were appointed special con- stables.
 The large list of special constables headed by Andrew J. Kennedy was referred back to the Committee on Nominations.
 Report of the Board of Public Works in favor of sewer on Lamberton and Button Burtonia Place and recommending that it be graded and the walks graded and curbed be- fore it is laid out and accepted by the city.
 On recommendation of the Board of Pub lie Works survey, layout, widening and ex- tension of Mulberry street from Winthrop avenue to Day street was ordered.
 Report of the Board of Public Works recommending that light Telford pavement be constructed on Kimberly avenue from Howard avenue to the city line, passed.
 Recommendation from the Board of Public Works that concrete pavement be con- structed on Temple street between Chapel and Elm streets was referred in concurrence.
 Reports of the Committee on Sewers in favor of sewers in East Chapel street from Lloyd street to James street and in Whalley avenue from Garden street to University Place to Garden street were referred back to the Committee on Sewers fer further conside- ration.
 It was voted that the layout of South Wa ter street be recalled from the board of com pensation.
 Report of the Committee on Streets in fa- vor of curb and concrete walk on the east side of Maltby street, between Pine and Grafton streets, was accepted and order passed
 The report of the bath house committee recommending the appointment of Timothy Crowley as bath house keeper at the Be ach street bath house, and stating that they could not agree as to keeper for the West bridge bath house.
 It was voted the clerk cast the ballot of the Board for MT. Crowley as bath house keeper. This was objected to and @ ballot was order ed, Aldermen Bradley and Farnsworth being appointed teIlers. The ballot resulted as fol- lows:
 Whole number of votes. John J. MoHugh. Patrick McDernott .............. Blank l
 On motion of Alderman States it was voted that when the Board adjourn it be to next Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 Three ballots for keeper at the West bridge bath house had to be taken, Owen Kelley and P. McDernott being voted for.
 The third ballot resulted in twelve votes for Owen Kelley and ten votes for P. McDer- mott.
 Timothy Crowley and Owen Kelley were declared elected bath house keepers.
 The sidewalk on the west side of Blatchley avenue was ordered completed before July 1st. Adjourned