The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-25
OF LooIL INHERENT.

Extra Work for the Aldermen-Eeh or Car--Flsh Commissioners Meet-cnunty Commlsslonors' Trlp-Polioe Commis- sioners' Extra Meetlng--New Hebrew Congrogation-New Style of Guns An- vented.
 The board of aldermen will hold a special meeting Friday evening to fur ther consider the estimates for the year 1896
 Thomas Gaffney of Derby while ln- toxleated fell off a depot ear on Mead ow street near Water at o'clock yes t,rday afternoon in such a way as to tear the shoe from his left foot and badly gash his heel He was taken to the hospital
 The monthly meeting of the managers will be held at the asylum, 6lO Elm street, on Thursday morning, Decem- ber 26, at 1015 o'clock.
 ' At the meeting here of the fish com mission yesterday the tax assessments were considered Already the com mission has taken action on about half of the assessments There are in the state about $50 pegsous and firms pay ing taxes on their oyster ground and boats. Yesterday the commission took action on thirty-nine pieces of ground owned by one person. It will take sev- eral more meetings for the commission to complete it's work on the assess ments. 
 The adjutant general has issued ap- polntments as follows in the Second regiment, c. N. G.: Benjamin J, Dill lon of New Haven to be quartermaster | with rank of first lieutenant, Charles F. Turner of Waterbury to be paymas- ter with rank of first lieutenant, both with rank from December IS, 1895
 The county commissioners went tc Stony Creek yesterday afternoon tc examine the premises of the four appli. cants for license who have been op. posed by the citizens of that village The places to be visited were those oi Charles Arenta, William Murray, Vii. Nam B. Clark and John Dunn, proprie. tor of the Bay View Inn, who are ap, plicants. | A oPSCIeil IllGGlll4ss Ol ltle pOikCC COIll missioners has been called for nex Saturday evening for the purpose, it |: stated, of making transfers and details It was rumored that the real business will be to take from the depot ant court and docks the men al present de tailed there and replace them with mel from the veteran reserve. Commission CT Moran was asked whether it was in tended to retire Superintendent Smitl at the meeting. q would not say tha the retirement of the superintendent is possible" he replied, but it will b probably discussed"
 The public schools closed yesterda. noon and will not reopen until Monday January 6. This is the longest Christ mas vacation which the children hay had for several years, but the fall tern has been just as long as usual, own; to the fact that the schools opened little earlier than usual last September Exercises were held in nearly ever. school room which in some way had bearing on the season.
 A new ultra orthodox Hebrew con gregation has been formed in this city The articles of associations were file, in the secretary of states office thi week. It is called the congregation Scrra Torrah, and is composed of abou seyenty-five Russians who found tn church dues in the other synagogue too much for them. In the ordinar synagogue the dues are about $12 yea but in the new congregation they wi not exceed $5. The new 4oongregatio will for the present hold services in house in Iafayette street.
 The towns of Angonia and Wood bridge have appealed from the repor of the committee ,in the Derby turn pike matter The committee assesse Ansonia $500 and Woodbridge S20t Meanwhile the Derby Turnpike com pany, will continue the business at tn old stand. It looks as if it would b many moons before the turnpike wi change ownership.
 Thomas G. Bennett, president of tn Winchester Repeating Arms company has invented another new repeatin rife making the third on which he ha been granted letters patent by the gov ernment within the last few months