The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-10
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made by II, s, Carpenter of Mcrden The place is totally unsuited for sa- loon and protest will be made by the residents in that vicinity An at tempt was made Q few years ago to locate saloon in the same building, but owing to the vigorous fight of the residents the attempt was a failure, as the county commissioners refused to grant license.
 A delegation from Compass lodge Mo- 9, r, and A, M, will visit Trumbull ledge in New Haven this evening,
 Miss Adele DemereSt lest the end of her finger under press at the Housa- tonic Manufacturing company's factory yesterday.
 Miss Annie Kennedy, for several years a teacher at the Colony street school has entered a convent in Hart ford.
 Officer Reilly arrested George Dono- van Sunday night on a charge of drunk enness and using abusive language. He was brought before Judge Hubbard yesterday morning and fined $5 and costs and went down to jail on the 4:3G train.
 The selectmen have settled with FredA erick Berg, who was badly injured by being knocked down and stepped on by one of the towns heavy horses in Aug Ust by paying $375.
 A lady left her horse near J. w. Lanes store yesterday afternoon while she went into the store after some salt, The horse started on a run and disap- peared around the corner of Washing ton street.
 Albert Guyott has returned from Can ada with his wife and family and is located at his house near the lake. Joel R. HouGh has sold one and three quarters acres of land on North Farms to James F. Burns of Middletown. Every member of the board of bur gasses was present at the special meet ing last evening. The first business af. | ter the reading Of the minutes of last meeting by the clerk was the matter of the appointment of special patrolmen. The first vote taken showed that Dan iel O'Reilly had ,, Thomas Kenncy ,, | and George J. White 1.
 Before the vote was declared Clerk Hale read a petition signed by large number of prominent citizens asking | for the reappointment of Daniel O'Reil- | ly as night patrolman.
 After the declaration of the vote l which showed no choice, q motion was made that the matter of the appoint ment of special patrolmen be indefinite | ly postponed, and the vote resulted in | tie. Burgesses Hassett, Backes and | Phelps voted in favor of the motion, and Kimberly, Darrigan and Luby Not- 1 ed against the motion.
 After some hesitation Warden Morris | decided the tie in favor of the motion, and the appointment of a special pa, | trolman was indefinitely postponed. Burgess Kimberly made a motion that | the matter be postponed until the next
 meeting, and was informed that the
 matter had already been disposed of,
 The matter of the claims of r. W. | Newton for damages owing to change | of grade in front of his property on | Orchard street was next taken up. Newton appeared and claimed he would | have to put iron braces on the inside of the fence to keep the same from being forced out by the frost. The mat
 ter was referred to the sidewalk com
 mittee.
 Foreman ]. p. Foster of Simpson
 Hook and Ladder company and Fore
 man W. P Bridgett of Hubbard Hose | appeared and asked that the chief en- gineer of the fire department be voted
 a salary and recommended that S10O be l appropriated for that purpose. The | committee stated that in towns smaller l than Wallingford much larger salaries
 were paid the chief of the department l and that the present chief was a poor
 man and could not well afford the ex- 1 pense that necessarily falls upon him
 in the performances of his duties. Af- | ter some discussion it was voted that 1 $t00 be paid the chief engineer for his years salary.
 | Communication from Mrs Franz
 Milcke asking for 9. curb line on Elm | street. The matter was referred to the
 street committee with power to act.
 A petition calling the attention of the
 board to the law regarding the block
 ing of the railroad crossings. The laws l lDIDlu llIe cIDSlHS OL lle CGOSSlIlSS dL l over five minutes at aitme. The peti- | ton, which was signed by about fifty | citizens, mentions one date when the | crossings were blocked for twenty min utes and that the Adams Express wag- 1 on, loaded with goods, was delayed to
 such an extent that the goods had to remain over to another day. The mat
 ter was referred to the clerk to notify
 the railroad company of the facts of the ! case.
 1 Clerk Hale called the attention to the
 vote passed at the annual borough meeting which requested the board to | take such action as it deems wise to-
 ward a complete investigation of the
 accounts of the borough for the past
 ten years. It was voted that the board l take the matter up as requested. l The matter If the claims of IT F Hall against the borough were taken
 up and Burgess Hassett explained the
 situation regarding the sewer assess ment on property in Church street.
 which was charged tn Hall and proves
 to belong to F. C. Allen A lien was
 placed on the property at the time, and
 now Hail wants the Her removed. i There wasconsiderabled discussion on the matter and there seemed t0 be a qUes-
 ton as 10 the correct fact in the mat
 ter Hall claims to have paid his sew