The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-31

States court at Hartford Thursday. The secured creditors represent $9,2S6, and the unsecured claims aggregate $3i,042.- S5. The assets consist largely of pat ents including a claim now OH suit in the supreme court of the state of New York against Henry c. Hurlbert, $780, 000 The petition was accepted and re- ferred to Referee John B. Banks of Bridgeport to give a hearing at his of flee in Bridgeport on January 16, 1899.
 ANDERSON MURDER CASE.
 Ansonia, Dec. 30.-The preliminary hearing in the case of Mrs. Margaret Anderson, charged with poisoning her husband, is to be discontinued and the case taken direct to the superior court on bench warrant. This is done in or6er that it may come before the Jan- uary term, which commences next Tuesday, and be taken before the grand jury Wednesday.
 INJUNCTION REFUSED.
 In the common pleas court yesterday Judge Studley refused an injunction in the case of Charles H. Wilfair against the town of Branford to prevent the payment by the town officials of s147 to Miss Murrane fer teaching school. Miss Murrane was employed to teach in the place of a teacher who was sick by Dr. Zink, who was acting school vis- itor. It later appeared that pr. Zink was not legally elected school visitor and this suit was brought on the ground that his hiring of Miss Murrane was un- authorized. A temporary injunction was granted at the commencement of the suit. This was dissolved by order of Judge Studley yesterday and the de- fendant given costs in the suit. Judge Studley held that the school board had | ratified Dr. Zink's hiring of Miss Mur- rane and therefore the town was liable to pay her the salary.
 ALL SORTS OF LITIGATION.
 Judgment was rendered by Judge Dow in the civil side of the city court yesterday, in the suit of Robert B.. Bradley against Max Jacobs to recover $i6 that the defendant recover cost < The suit was brought by Bradley to re- cover on work at Jacobs house. No. IA 1 Wooster street.
 Pearl r. Sperry has appealed to the common pleas court from his convic- tion for breach of the peace on c5m- plaint of Deputy Sheriff William F.. ii5SAlo' Ilc was IHeu 910 anu C0StS Thursday.
 Philip Fresenius has sued ex-Consta- ble Michael R. Enscoe on a note for $60o and has attached, through Attorney J. B. Futile and Constable Siebert, prop erty to the amount of $1,200. l E. G. Goddard yesterday caused prop erty belonging to Mary Hughes to be attached to satisfy claim of $500 held | against the insolvent estate of Patrick Hughes.
 The county commissioners yesterday refused the renewal of licenses to Den his Rogers of Wallingford and James Morrison of the same place. I Mrs. Aramina J. Doty yesterday serv- ed notice for suit for damages against the city on City Clerk Lyon. In the mo- tice it is stated that on December E 1 while walking along Chapel street in front of the Edward Malley company's store the plaintiff slipped and fell ow- ing to a defect in the sidewalk, thereby 1 sustaining injuries of a severe nature, 1 including a sprained wrist. City Court Criminal ssiae-,gntiae Dow. l In the city court yesterday morning before Judge Dow, yincenzo Nicolosi was fined $3 and costs and Antonio Ip- polite g and costs for breach of the peace against each other
 1 George Gilormo was sent to jail for six months and fined s100 for using a razor on Frank Murphy. The breach of the peace charge against Murphy was continued.
 The cases. against James Harhen and Thomas Nolan, saloon keepers in Fair l Haven, who were charged with selling 1 liquor to minors, were nolled A X l The case of William Coe, charged ! with the theft of an oyercoat, was con l tinued.
 I William McGraw, charged with the theft of q diamond from Mrs Merchant, was bound over to the superior court in $500 bonds.