The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-16
EVENTS IN WALLINGF0RD
DOINGS 1T THE MEETINGS OF BUR.
 GESSES LAST EVENING.


 Burgess Kimberly was the only ab- sentee at the meeting of the board of called the meeting to order shortly af- ter o'clock, and it at once proceeded to business.
 Voted, That street lamps be placed at the corners of River and Quinnipiac and River and Hall avenue; also on the corners of Ward and Orchard streets, Ward street and Whittlesey avenue, Union street and Whittlesey avenue, and one on Simpson avenue.
 Upon the recommendation of Burgess Todd, Charles A. Wooding was ap- pointed janitor of the Wallace hose house at a salary of $15O per year.
 Voted, That the salary of the chief engineer of the fire department be $10O a year, the first assistant $50 and the second assistant $25 year.
 The matter of covering the pipes in the cellar of the Wallace hose house and making other necessary improve ments was referred to the fire commit tee with power to act.
 Station Agent w. l.. Parr appeared in reference to the bill of the Consoli- dated Railroad company of $319 for the expense at the time of the laying of the Ward and Parker street sewers under the railroad track. The matter was re- ferred to the warden to settle up.
 1N;11 ,P 1p ( n Fowler for services in the R. s. Austin case was referred to the warden for investigation.
 The usual batch of bills was accept ed and ordered paid.
 The clerk presented to the board the books, papers, etc, on the R. S. Austin case, which had been turned in by ex- Borough Attorney Fowler, and the matter was discussed as to the merits of the case. The following motion was referred to Burgess Tooth: Voted, That the warden and Bur gesses Todd and Backes be and are hereby appointed a. committee to inves tigate all matters in dispute between the borough and R. s. Austin and re- port; and said committee Is directed to cause the present lawsuit of the bor- ough against said Austin to be held in abeyance pending such investigation and action by the board of burgesses thereon.
 The motion was carried. The bond of H. l.. Hirons as collector, with A. I. Martin, Stanley Botsford, c. F. Dickerman and l.. M. Phelps as sure ties, was accepted,
 I'M a1 1No tt,-t tnI to notify ex-Collector Leonard to pre- sent his books and accounts to the board for auditing.
 The bond of l.. M. Hubbard as bor- | ough attorney (s1OOo), with A. l. Mar l tin as surety. was accepted. Voted. That the collectors salary be | $20O a year, and that he furnish his own | postage, stationery, etc. Voted, That A. Gendron of Valley street be allowed to connect with the sewer when he pays an assessment of | seventy-five cents a foot front on his 1 property.
 | James Stewart was appointed spe- | cial officer for duty at the depot with l out compensation from the borough. | Voted, That the catch basin at the corner of Colony and Quinnipiac streets 1 (now connected with the Center street l sewer) be changed to connect with the | Colony street sewer for the purpose of relieving the strain on the Center street | sewer in time of freshets. l Voted To adjourn.
 ] Selectman Hall has been over to New | ton and settled up the suit that had been brought during last years admin l istration by the selectmen of Walling- l ford against the town of Newton on a | claim of about $200, pauper claim | The selectmen of Newton paid SIP, and the suit was withdrawn, and probably $500 expenses is saved the town of Wal lingford, as the case was rather skit- tish one to take to court under the cir 1 cumstances.
 A young man was on South Cherry street selling door mats. Two of the residents purchased mats and placed them on the front verandah. The ped dad went on down the street, but soor returned and stole the mats he had just sold, and then sold them ovei again to another lady on the same street. The man had quite an eye fol business, and done quite a lively trade with a small stock.
 "The Pirates of Penzance" will bt the attraction at the opera house this evening The cast comprises the bes musicians in the borough, together witt a chorus of forty voices. The advance sale of seats has been very large, anC a crowded house is assured.
 The hearing on the trustees admins
 tration account on the William Murray insolvent estate comes up before Judge
 Martin at o'clock this morning.
 The hollowware department at Simp-
 son, Hall Miller & Co.'S factory vii go onto eight hours time to-day. The
 1atware department at the Watrou!
 Manufacturing Co.'S works are now running eight house a day.
 | Holser's creamery in East Walling. ford, at the foot of Whirlwind hill
 caught fire from stove early yester-
 day morning, and was damaged abou S10O before it was put out. The build. ing is insured in the Aetna Co. o1 Hartford, in H. L. Davis agency. The school will close a week from to. day for the holiday vacation. | D. w. Ives had deeded and undivided
 half of forty-seven acres of the Ezra
 Tyler estate to John Tyler.
 Tickets for the J. NJ. WOoding benefi
 at the Baptist church Friday evening
 are on sale at c. H. DickinsOn's.
 Mrs. F. C. Hurd, formerly Miss Nel
 lie Goodrich of Washington street. 1!