Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-18
CLERK mcPARFLAND RESIGNED.

The Financial Clerk of Town Agent Garrlty is Now Attorney Frank HI. Kelly-Appointed at the Meeting of the Selectmen Last Kven1ng-mc. Partland,s Decapitation Said to Have Been Due to a Political Deal -Other Business Transacted by the Board.
 The deal has been made and the goods delivered. The deal in this ease was the support of McGann and Carney in Town Agent Garrity's canvass for reelection, and the goods delivered was Financial Clerk Joseph MoPartland's scalp. The scene of tho dscapitation was the town agents office at the regular weekly meet ing of the board of selectmen last evening.
 For some time past the deal has been in the works, politically speaking, but 1t was not generally supposed that the decapita- tion act would take placs quite SO soon as 1t did, however. When the members ot the board assembled last evening 1t was evident that something out of the usual was about to occur.
 Town Agent Garrity and Clerk Mozart land were among the first to arrive. Shortly after the town agent arrived he called Mcfarland into the rear room and told him that he wanted his resignation. He said that he was sorry to be obliged to take the step, but that he was forced to do 1t and there was no escape for him. Clerk Mcfarland realized that move ment was on foot to slide him and realiz- ing that his resignation would be demand ed, whether he was willing or not, decided 1 that his best plan would be to resign, and he accordingly informed the town agent that he would tender his resignation. The scene here shifts to the town agents office after the regular meeting of the sslectmen. Hardly had the regular busi' ness been transacted when Selectman Gil. bert moved that the board go into execu tive session. This motion was quickly | passed and all except the members were excluded from the room. Then followed | lengthy explanations from Town Agent Gsrrity and Clerk McPartland. The re | suit of these explanations was that Mo ! Partland rendered his resignation and il was unanimously accepted.
 Town Agent Garrity immediately ap pointed Frank H. Kelly to the position o l financial clerk, and the appointment wal unanimously confirmed.
 The next scene in the contest will talk place in the Third ward on December election day. when the ward will, 1t is ex pected, witness the greatest contest be tween the McGann Carney and the Sulli n-Mc Partland factions that has ever beel waved in that hotbed of democratic poll , tics. Mcfarland is there candidate fo alderman, and it is clsimed by his friend
 that the reseon for his decspitation las
 night was b-csuse of his refusal to with draw from the field at the request of Nc
 Ganu and Carn-y.
 THE BUSINESS MEETING.
 At the regular nesting Captain 0. E
 Townshend appeared and asked that tn
 records of the old town meetings, coverln
 period of from 1865 10 17O5, which ws
 recently found by Town Clerk Brethaue
 in dilspidated condition, be copied an
 bound The matter was referred to th
 town agent with power.
 The board, in response to petition asl
 ing that street lines be established on bot
 sides of Grove street, between Hill stree
 and Grand avenue, decided to visit the lt
 cation Saturday, at 2:30 o'clock
 Thomas W. Perry of East Have,
 through his attorneys, Case, Ely G Cas- filed notice that in consequence of the lapidated condition of the bridge aoroi
 Morris creek he had on September 12 r. ceived serious injuries and would look the town for damages. Town Agent Ga rity stated that the accident occurred
 the town of East Haven, and the town , l New Haven was not therefore responsibl
 but the matter was referred to the con mittee on railroads and bridges.