Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-03
NAuGAT UCK NUGGETS

An inspector of the postoffice de partment rom Boston is expected
 nere III a day or two to inspect the
 barnllm block on Church street, ore.
 pafatory to the removal of the post.
 office. po's
 Edmund Sweeney, John NJ. Swee- ney. Jr,James Platt Sweeney. James I lnHord and Earl Barnum will re- turn 10 Yale to-morrow. Charles Rod
 ehpach will return to Andover Thurs
 day. l John Donovan won the principal urophy, Tn the pool tournament. a I par or S3.50 shoes. John Kelleher
 won new hat and Forest Jayne. a
 watch.
 Mrs Antonio Schiller died yesterday
 at her late residence on Pond Hill. at
 the age of thirty. She is survived by
 husband, four children. one broth
 CT, who resides here, and one sister,
 resident of Jersey City.
 George H. May, died yesterday. at
 ms home on South Main street. He was veteran of the Civil war and
 was color sergeant of Company F,
 Twenty-ninth regiment. G. V. He
 was also affiliated with Isbell post,
 G. A. R. His wife survives him. The
 funeral will be held Thursday after
 noon at o'clock in Grand Army hail.
 Charles F. Dalton, Walter Ley,
 Edward J. Sanger and Robert E. Griffith, M. W. O'Brien. Aaron c.
 Hinckley, Frank P. Kiely and Frank
 E. Nolan will take part in the Elks' minstrel performance The overture Will be under the direction of Prof
 William Hall Miner. The interlocu- tors chair will be occupied by Attor- ney John F. McDonough. There will be rehearsal in the Gem opera house on Thursday evening.
 At the borough board meeting last night Burgess Mccarthy desired the borough to repair the Furando fence on the River road, but the board took no action. Mir Mccarthy then made inquiries as to what the trolley con- pany intended to do about building retaining wall on South Main street. Burgess Stahl brought up the question of the pest house cOntrover- sy. Attorney John NJ. Sweeney stated that an adjustment of this difficulty was q simple natter All you need to do.' said he. "'is to have some one in authority to execute deed and have the foarmer owners, Mir and Mrs Crofut. sign it. No court would consider the transaction. as it now stands. legal, but a vote of the freemen would not change the rec ords.' Burgess Isbell stated that he should hesitate before dispOsing of the pest house now, as eight out of ten people he had talked with were In favor of the institution. The Scannell question was again revived by a question of what disposition the board should make of the two bills rendered for legal services. The bor- ough attorney, in answering the ques- tion as to the legality of these bills, rendered by lawyers in the case said: "lf this board can convince itself that | it is liable for the counsel fees of man who brought suit against the i board, why then that settles it." Bur | gess Mccarthy favored returning the | bills to the board of education. This | action was taken. The railroad com ! pany was given permission to change | the course of two sewers on Maple | street. It was voted to remove large boulder near the residence of I. s. Lewis. A license to collect gar bage was granted to J. NJ. Fitzgerald of Millville. Permission was granted to the C. R. X l.. Co to lay 400 feet | of four-inch gas mains on Spencer street and $50 feet on Ward street. A plumbing license was granted ]. NJ. Page X Co. X petition of about 20 residents. asking for an electric street light at the corner of Millville avenue and Goodrich street was re- ferred to a special committed. At tOrney Sweeney brought up the ques- ton of encroachment on the highway along Millville avenue. He warned the board that various parties were building their fences fully 20 feet on the highway. No action was taken. as usual The borough clerk was di- rected to advertise for bids for the garbage disposal for a period of two years. to he collected in "water-tight' wagons. and three collections a week during the summer months. It was decided to meet on the evening of A iii n .L. |