The Newtown bee., 1891-05-08
FAIRFIELD.

uay, the question as to the actual owner ship of the Smith farm was brought up, but not answered. Mir Donovan says that he has bought the place and paid for it; but the deed has not yet been record ed and the property, on the town records, stands in the name of Charles F. Smith.
 Rails, from the trap rock quarry west on the Consolidated road, ,are to be spiked this week and will be stone ballasted at once. There now remains little grading between Fairfield station and Tin bridge.
 Though but two or three justices of the peace commonly qualify in town, nine have taken the oath of office, this year. Of the number, B. B. Brothwell and Frank l.. Sherwood were in office, last year; Sidney Hawkins has also held of flee before. The other six are all law yers and the list includes nearly all the practising attorneys in town: E. Living ston Wells, J. D. Toomey, Jr, Winthrop H. Perry, Howard N. Wakeman, Albert lawyers find the office especially conven- tent, as they are enabled to act in any part of the county.
 Before Justice c. H. Peck of Stratford, hearing was held at the Town hall, Sat urday, in regard to the liquor seized on premises of Gilick, near the acid works. The liquor was destroyed.
 Oliver Burr and David B. Disbrow are Fairfield jurors for the present term of the criminal side of the court of common pleas at Bridgeport.
 The house of H. Edwards Rowland of New York is being painted.
 John Hansen has left the employ of Jonas B. Nissan of Greenfield and is with his old employer, Charles II. Phelps of the Manor house.
 Mrs Frank B. Wakeley has been some what better.
 During the laying of the corner stone, Saturday, excellent photographs were secured by Joseph Skidmore.
 Mrs Downs, Chester and Fannie have visited in EastOn.
 The board of health has issued the fol- lowing notice:
 All persons are forbidden conveying garb- age into the town of Fairfield after this date, May4.
 The probate hearing on the estate of Ellen Sherwood was adjourned until Monday, 18th.
 "The law will now be called in,'' says John T. Donovan, speaking of the action of Mondays special board of health meet ing. He says that he will take legal steps, probably at once, holding the ground that the board of health has no right to interfere with his carting gar bage into town as long as that in itself does not form nuisance. Until a nuis- ance exists, he says, the board of health has no jurisdictions; when a nuisance has been committed, the health officer must act. He claims that no nuisance is caus- ed by the garbage wagons and that they cannot be legislated against by the board. But in describing the powers of
  ion 25SS of the Statutes of Connecticut says that such board shall have "all the power necessary and proper for preserv- ing the public health and for preventing the spread of malignant diseases
 Arguments on the demurrer of More house and Wakeman to the answer re- turned by Judge Glover in the Moloney bond matter will be argued at the Court house in Bridgeport, this week Friday, without fail.
 The Arthur Bibbins place, which was recently sold to Eliza Harrington, has just been bought by R. H. Squires of Bridgeport, who intends to occupy it soon.
 James H. Bonney will open his Mill Plain pavilion for the season about May 15. Good music will be engaged and the series of dances so popular last season will again be held.
 Last week, the gates at Mill Plain were taken up and hundreds of cars of gravel rushed to the spot. In an exceeding short time, ,the track had been raised near 1y three feet at the crossing, which, how ever, was not entirely closed, as rude approaches of gravel, sand and boulders had been provided and it is possible to cross the tracks. Gateman McGarry still stands with his flag, to give warning of approaching trains.
 The Black Rock Congregational church is being frescoed and services are held in the chapel.
 An infant daughter of John T. Dono- van died at East Bridgeport, Sunday, and was buried, Monday afternoon.
 J. T. Donovan has, in his remarks be- fore the board of health and elsewhere, laid stress upon the granting of permit to James Corners to bring in garbage, and he says that the permit was given by Selectman Jennings, who is particularly opposed to bringing garbage into town. MT Jennings says that it was an old per init, given by the selectmen, not by the board of health; that the copy of the permit in the office of the city clerk at Bridgeport had nothing to do with the board of health, which had never grant ed such a permit.
 Referring to the question in the last BEE, in which a correspondent asked what had become of writ placed in his hands for prosecution against MT Dono- van for keeping the piggery near the Black Rock bridge, Judge Glover said, ssThat question is easily answered: Don- ovan moved the pigs away and plowed up the land, on the last day in the after