The Press., 1893-12-07
MANSFIELD. fCorreSpondnnca

IA curious state of affairs exist in town at the present time. At the annual town meeting the presiding officer failed to declare the result of election of town officers, and the meeting died a natural death without motion to adjourn. Sev- eral informalities in the makeup of the republican ticket still further helped to complicate the legality of the election of town officers The claimant of the office of treasurer could not obtain the books brought suit to obtain the same, which placed the matter in the superior court,
 and after an exhaustive trial before Judge
 Robinson, the judge reserved his decision and desir es to submit the case to the su- preme court for final decision, as it seem- ed too complicated for him to decide. As the supreme court is noted for it's slow
 ness in rendering decisions, an early de- cision is not expected. In the mean time | two selectmen are acting as hold-overs, l and one who thinks he was elected select
 man meets with the board, and signs or
 ders, notwithstanding the pending decision sof the court We have no known asses
 sors, and no assessment of property in town has been made. Some property
 owners have filed their lists with sup
 posed assessors and with the town clerk /,
 and others have made no lists. The law
 requires that the lists and abstracts there
 of shall be completed and returned to the l town clerk on or before the 18th of De- l nd m iS haiDO done in | that direction. To our mind it is the du- I ty of the old assessors to go forward and
 complete an assessment. as hold-overs | and their acts would be legal. The old I officers of the town, or those legally elect I ed last year, should continue to admins l ter in their different offices until their suc-
 cessors are legally qualified to act in their
 places.
 Owing to the muddle over the officers I in town, there is no one to prosecute foI any crime committed, and thieving runs
 riot throughout the town. The creamery
 at Morrow has been broken into twice
 within short time, and the hen coop o1
 Miss Ellen Foss has been robbed of all its
 fowls. An aged widow lady at Eagleville
 has been twice robbed of her poultry
 Aaron Hutchinson lost fifty of his fowls and neighbor lost seventy. Several O - flock of turkeys were stolen and offered
 for sale in an adjoining town. Five bal rels of apples were taken from farmer'' open shed, and from another wagon Wal taken and offered for sale in Hartford and, not finding a purchaser there, wa
 taken to Wiilmantic and disposed to tn
 great American trader. The owner sub , sequently recovered his wagon. Whil
 all these crimes have been committe " within few weeks, and at least some 0 the thieves are known and could be easil
 convicted, yet they are allowed to con ' tinue their thieving unmolested for wan 6 of proper authority to bring them to jus . tice If this atate of things continue much longer Judge Lynch will have t
 organize his court and administer justic , according to his code of law. In one 1T stance a fat pig was taken, the entrail left behind the owners barn, and as ye f no effort has been made to recover tn 7. pork or find the thief Wm. H. Hurlbu }. lives alone since his wife died, and Thurs d day morning about three o'clock a ston n came crashing through his front window il and, curiously enough, a glass oil ca standing on the opposite side of the rool i' was hit and broken by the stone, lettin r. out the oil.
 h Thanksgiving day was quietly enjo. if ed by each family gathered around tt It home table, where there was enough ar
 to spare. The absence of the old-tin is roast turkey, which seems to be rapid is disappearing, was replaced by the six {
 seven pound rooster, which was equal r. as good as turkey. The poor were r
 membered, and good cheer prevailed 8 Pr around.
 ,o Mansfield Depot.
 .i- The Hillside Club is busy preparil :. for sale which will be held before u