Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-06

;ion ara hereby given permission and au- 5horized to devote any part of the said fund of 1000 "derived principally from the sale of lots authorized by the city" or l the increase or income of the said fund, | towards the payment of municipal assess | ments or for future improvements of paths | abutting upon the cemetery property.
 Second-That the board of public works | execute the order for the grading and and curbing of Ashmun street sidewalk at once, and present the bill for payment to the New Haven City Burial association.
 All of which is respectfully submitted,
 A. MAxcY KILLER, Chairman.
 John H. Moore, J. H. Macdonald, M. J. Donlan, Robert J. Tracy, special con- mittee.
 A communication was received from Mayor Sargent in which he stated that the city had already exceeded the appropria tion for advertising $175.96, having spent $4, 175.96, while the appropriation only to $4,00O. He stated further that the city ordinance required all city advertisement such as ordinances, assess ments, notice of meetings, to be inserted in two or more daily newspapers. He also said that it had been the custom to insert the advertisements in the six daily papers and that the custom had become so firmly C5tdUllShCo uo Co 1OH ulIC OllhCA oSohoh bJ the court of common council to change the custom or an appropriation sufficient to pay the bills.
 The communication also contains the following:
 ''It may be the opinion of your honor able body that all the newspapers are 80 important 8 means of educating and of spreading general information among the people that they all, like the common school, should receive at least portion of their support from the taxation of people through the city government; in which case your honorable body will appropriate 8 sufficient sum for advertising in all of them, although the law requires able body shall consider the question from purely business and legal stand point, you will no doubt limit the adver- tising to the number of newspapers re- quired by law, unless you shall conclude that in consideration of the fact that & large part of the people who ought to see the advertisements would not take those newspapers designated to advertise in, and that the vigilant and diligent watchfulness over the city officials by the representa- tives of all the newspapers should have 8 substantial recognition in the way of pat ronage.
 lu6 uudGIeI udt0 youI PKOlu and careful consideration, as assessm ents for sewers, etc., cannot be collected until advertised"
 The communication was then referred to the board of finance to find some way of solving the difficulty.
 The report of the committee on streets in reference to the use of special kinds of paving and particularly in reference to the use of vitrifed brick was tabled for print ing.
 The board of public works was given permission to use at it's discretion all un- expended balances in that department. The matter of the pest house as amended by the board of eouncilmen again came up, but, on motion of Alderman Hamilton, was indefinitely postponed on the ground that the amendments.had never been legal ly passed by the board of councilmen in that they had never tabled them for print ing.
 The special committee on Ferry path
 recommended that the city and the Con-
 solidated Railroad company confer to de-
 eide the damages due to the property own CTS interested. The recommendation was
 accepted and the order passed. The following communication was re- ceived from the commission of public parks and referred to the committee on streets:
 To the Court of Common Council:
 Gentlemen:..At meeting of the New Haven
 tober B 1891, the following resolutions were | adopted which are herewith respectfully sub | mitted for your consideration:
 Whereas, The layout of Edgewood avenue by the city, which was prior to the organization of this commission terminates at Winthrop ave nue, and
 the beauty of that section of the city would be greatly enhanced by extending the widening to
 Voted, That the commission respectfully
 recommend to the court of common council that the city should take steps to extend Edge wood avenue easterly to Sherman avenue, pro. | vided the trustees of the old town farm agree to waive any claim for damages in excess of benefits on account of their land which would be taken for such extension.
 All of which is respectfully submitted, Commission of Public Parkss HENRY F. ENGLISH Secretary. The report of the special conference committee de the strengthening of Dixwell avenue was read and discussed at consid- erable length. The report of the commit tee was favorable to concurring with the board of councilmen in their action in the matter, and it was finally voted to concur in a yea and nay vote by a vote of IA to 7.
 The following petitions were referred: For electric lights at corner of Prince and Liberty streets, corner of Howard avenue and Third street, corner Morris and Lam berton streets, corner Livingston and Lawrence streets, corner Grand avenue and Lloyd street, ,on Alton street, corner of Chatham and Downing streets; for street lamp on Bailey street, on Congress ave- nue, between Downes street and West bridge, corner of Wooster and Brown streets, corner of Temple and Grown streets, on Webster street, between Ashmun and Dixwell avenue, corner of High and Wall street, on. Poplar street. at the head of Woolsey street, corner of West and Frank streets, a gas lamp on Cain street. Petitions of Michael Coleman, James L. McKeon, Frank A. Sherman for appointment as special constables. Peti- tion of Robert Stewart for hagman at Blatchley avenue crossing, and Mark Mo, Cam for fagman at Munroe street cross ing. Remonstrance against the extension of Second street to Kimberly avenue. Pe- tition afrJames w. Rowland for sidewalk on Grafton avenue, for sidewalk on Liv- ingston street, for extension of Second street, for strengthening part of Crescent and diseontinuing part there of and of old highway, for hardening of Ward street, between Congress and Davenport avenues; for hardening Chest nut street, for sidewalk on Salem street, for widening of East Chapel, at it's juno tion with East Pearl street, for top dress ing East Chapel street, between Ferry and East Pearl street; for crosswalk on State street across Lyman street; crosswalk on Frank street, corner of Lines>street; cross- walk onEaton street, for sewers in MiARiv- CT street, in Kossuth street, between Daven- port avenue and Congress avepue;in Ferry street, in Liberty street, between Putnam and Carlisle street. Petition of Mrs. John Moore for abatement of sewer assessment. Petition of H. Alderman for damages to properey, 16 Factory street.
 From Their Wedding Trip.
 MT. and Mrs. John B. Osborn, who were married last week in this city, are expected to return tonight from their visit to MT. Osborn's home in Pennsylvania. They will remain in this city until tomorrow when they will go to New York to sail on the steamship Furst Bis marck from Ghent.
 MT. Ed. Grinnell, brother of the bride, will accompany them to their new home., He will be employed in the office | of MT. Osborn, who is United States con- sul at Ghent.
 Horribly Disdgured.
 ANsoN1A, Oct. 5.-Michael KiIligan of | Ansonia while handling some vitriol yes ;erday was shockingly burned about his :ace and eyes. He was taken to the hospi- l al in delirious condition, with little like ihood of his surviving. If he lives at all | .,.;lI lo eivbt and hia fana