Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-06
AT THE CITY HALL.
Meetings Last EveniDg-Board of Fir

Meetings Last tEventDg-Board of Fire COmmfssioners The Selectmen -
 The Morris Cove Hallway Exten.
 sion-Damages Allowed for Loss of
 a Tree-Wolfe for Moderator at To-
 morrow's Town Meeting - Honors to Selectman Sternberg-Thanks to
 President Cunningham.
 At the regular meeting of the board of fire commissioners held last evening the following applications for positions were placed on file; Thomas W. Brennan, Peter | A. Peterson, Michael Martin and Fred l.. l Potter.
 A petition for a fire alarm box at the | corner of Cedar and Minor streets, was re- l ferred to the committee with power.
 The petition for private box at E A. Chatfield's works at the foot of Grant street was granted.
 The petition for hydrant at the corner of Elm and Pendleton streets was referred to the committee with power. BOARD OF sELECrMEN. The regular meeting of the board of se- lectmen was held last evening, all members being present. The contract between the town and the Organized Charities associa- tion was submitted, together with report, which was accepted and the action of the | committee ratified.
 The petition of the Morris Cove railroad | to extend their tracks from the Forbes ! on the table st the last meeting, was taken l up and again laid over to be considered at | the meeting this morning.
 Selectman Sternberg said that he had | investigated the claim of $265 of Mrs. N. F. Garfield for damages caueed by tree 1 which had been blown down and allowed ! to lie in the road, and said that he thought the town would get oG cheap by tho pay ment of the bill. It was therefore voted ! to pay the bill.
 l It was voted to pay the bill of P. J. Welch for $25 for damages to horse, wagon l and harness caused by the defective Me- chanic street, annex, bridge.
 It was voted to make Attorney Isaac Wolfe, moderator of the general town I meeting to be held in Banquet hall Thurs day at 9 o'clock.
 Selectman Beecher then spoke in the highest terms of the services which Sc lectman Sternberg had rendered the board during his year of service. He eaid that his association with Selectman Sternberg since they had been on the board together. had been pleasant.
 Selectman Beecher seemed to voice the sentiment of the board. Mr. Sternberg thanked the board for their pleasant words and moved that 8 vote of thanks be ex- tended to President Cunningham of the board for his fair ruling and general good ! service, which the board did. The meet ing then adjourned.
 NOT A QUORUM PRESENT.
 Only three members of the board of po- lice commissioners were present at the
 meeting last evening. Consequently they adjourned until this evening, in the sb- sence of quorum.
 Lecture by Ella s. Youtchef. This evening, at o'clock, at the Young
 Mems Christian association, ''The Social
 Life of the Turks" will be the subject of
 lecture by Ella S. Youtchef. Mir. Yout-
 chef is a native of Bulgaria and at pres
 ent political refugee, was educated in
 America. His lecture is very popular, and
 large audience Is expected to be present.
 This Is the third of the course given by ! ! the associationsa sand promises to be as enter talnipg as the others have been. Again in Trouble. Harry L Bsvan, the young man, aged
 about twenty five, who was arrested few
 ago on the charge of defrauding the New
 Haven house, is now found to have forged ! the name of E. B. Sheldon & Co.,, fol whom he has been working since the New Haven house affair. MT Sheldon received , ! word from the Merchanta' bank yesterday morning that two checks, beaticg the zig natures of the company, were turned into
 the bank and that they suspected forg
 cry, This suspicion was aroused, MT 1 ! Sheldon says, because the cheeks were no } drawn on the regular blanks from thu ) ! firms check books, but were on blank of the Merchauts' bank. One of tn, } | checks had been csshed by IF. McGinnis } the halter, of State street, the other b, } ! some person unknown to Mir. Sheldon } They were for $25 each. One of the book } keepers was sent to the bank immediately 3 and he readily onfrmed the suspicion 1 ! that the signatures were forged.
 Further investigation brought out from
 Mr. McGinnis the identification of Beval
 as the man who passed the check on him Bsvsn's whereabouts are unknown ant
 1t Is thought he has left town.