Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-13
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were identified yesterday.
 The Hermon ". Ladd company of Boston and New York, manufacturers of spring and folding beds, has assigned to George E. Smith of Boston, who has taken possession. 9Booth and Barrett were welcomed at the Fifth Avenue Theater by a crowded house last night in tOthello," Mir. Barrett appear ing as Othello and MT. Booth as Iago. Mary Berthune, wife of Louis Burthune, one of the victims of the mine diaster at Pittsburg, Kan, Friday, burned her cabin last night and she and four of her five chil- dren perished. Her eldest child, girl of nine years, barely escaped.
 BOARD OF oOUNoILmEN.
 Work Done by That Body Last Night
 A Petition From Fourth Warders on
 the Derby Contract Councilman
 Lane Suggests That she old State
 House be Fitted Up For Tramps.
 At meeting of the board of councilmen last night the following petition was pre- sented:
 We, the undersigned citizens and owners of prop erty which we claim will be especially damaged by the closing of Hill and Lafayette streets and the bridging of Liberty street as proposed by the city and the New Haven and Derby railroad assented to by your honorable body and ordered by the railroad commissioners respectfully petition you to cause to be chosen according to the contract of said company with the city and the damages assess ed and paid secured to and others, before the work is done, in such manner that as snre, speedy and full justice may be done to if said atera- tion of highways were made directly by the city.
 The petition was signed by H E. Pardee, Councilman Fleischner and eight others.
 The board voted to request Mayor York and Corporation Counsel Driscoll to appear before the Superior court and ask that arbit- ration of three be appointed to assess such damages as may arise from the closing of these streets.
 The report of the lamp committee in mak- ing drafts of contracts for the coming year was tabled for printing. The committee ad- vertised for proposals for furnishing the city with such number of naptha lamps as it should need for three years. Two bids were received-Thomas Brennan of this city ofer- ing to do it for $22 per lamp per year, and the other the New Jersey Globe Gas Light company at the rate of $2a.75 per lamp.
 The New Haven Gaslight company will furnish gaslights at $525 each per annum, and the New Haven Electric Light company electric lights at the rate of AT cents per night for those on posts and 50 cents for each mast arm lamp.
 The joint committee on conference of the two boards, to which was referred the dis agreeing votes of the boards on the subject of the joint rules, recommended that section of the joint rules be amended by adding at the end thereof the words, ia committee on street lighting, a committee on building, a committee on licenses, a committee on num- bering streets" Each of said committees shall consist of two aldermen, to be appoint- ed by the Mayor, and three councilmen to be appointed by the president of the ceun- cilmen. The committee also respectfully recommends that all ordinances or parts in- consistent with this section be amended or repealed.
 The board voted to adopt the recommends ton of the committee.
 The board concurred with the other board in the report of the State House committee by tabling 1t for printing, and will meet next Monday evening to consider it.
 Councilman Lane caused considerable mer- riment when the State House committees re- port was presented, by suggesting that part of the old structure be fitted up with beds for the "poor tramps, who no longer can get nights lodging at the police station."