New Britain herald., 1926-04-20
COURT FINES MAN
 WHO STARTED FIRE Fire Chief on Bench; Man Spends
 Night in Jail CLEANING UP PROCEEDS
Industry of Residents shown in Refused Set Out for Collcction-- Dog Quarantine in Forcc-Acti,i- ties of the Churches--Bricfs.

ties of the Churchcs--Bricrs. John Mauncik of Oakland av. | enue, New Britain, was fined $2i
 and costs of SlS.51 in the loca
 courts last night for starting brusN lire without a permit. Mauncik
 whose father owns property off East
 street, Set fire to some dead branch
 es last Sunday without the formal ity Of obtaining permission from
 Fire Warden George Schubest. Schu.
 bert saw the fire and, while no dam- l age was done, had Mauncik sum- moned 10 appear in court last night. Mauncitk did not know until he
 arrived that he was to be placed on trial, and when he found this out he became sarcastic and howled that his liberties were being taken away
 from him. Justice E. r. Prior, who
 was on the bench. found him guilty and fined him. but Mauncik refused to pay the money and announced
 his intentions Of carrying the case to higher court.
 He spent the night in jail. This morning his father and Attorney ~harles F. Conlon overruled his ob- jections to paying the fine and the money was handed over to the court. An odd angle of the case was that Justice Prior, sitting on a fire case, Is fire chief of the town.
 Although no damage was done by this fire, a similar one last week al- most resulted seriously, and because of the danger Of forest fires at this time of year and the strict orders sent out from the state forestry de- partment all offenders are being punished heavily. Permits may be obtained from Warden Schubert up to the first of May, After that time no permits will be issued and no fires must be started.
 Clcau-up Begins.
 The collection of rubbish in con nection with the annual spring "clean-up week" commenced early this morning when teams sent out by the seloctmen began their round | of the streets east of the center. That householdcrs have been busy during the past day or two was ev- idenced by the large quantities of junk piled up on tho curbs awaiting the advent of the teams. Tin cans, | pails. battered pieces of furniture. chicken wire, and all manner of Al Ia i,l, f~,. p,,I so well had clcan-up work been done that two and three trips were necessary even on the shortest one | block streets.
 pr. George F. Cook, health cf- flccr, this morning expressed his thanks 10 the townspeople for their Cooperation in cleaning up their yards despite the cold weather To- morrow that part of the town lying west of the Canal line tracks will ritory included is founded roughly by the following streets: west on Broad 10 Bohemia street, taking in South Canal, Pearl and Lincoln streets; north on Bohemia street to Forestvillc avenue; east along this and West Main street to the center, including North Washington street as far north as the bridge.
 Dogs in Quarantine
 The dog quarantine placed in ef- feet by pr. George F. Cook, local health officer. yesterday following the shooting of a dog suspected of being rahid was explained by him today. His action is q temporary health measure pending the exam ination of the head of the dog. This has been sent to the state authori- ties and a report is expected within q day or two. Should il be found that the dog was rabid. this. health measure will be continued until the regulation dog quarantine can be placed in effect by the state; this l takes from five to 10 days and must ! be anticipated by the action of the . local health officer.
 In case the dog was rabid. this . temporary quarantine will be sue 1 ceeded by the permanent one until . the Hanger Is over. If the animal was not mad, the restrictions will be removed immediately. Poisoning. meningitis, and other afflictions sometimes cause dogs 10 appear mad, but this was violent animal anHit is thought that he was rabid.
 Missionary Meeting
 The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Advent . Christian church will meet at o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Gordon Morse, Hart's corner, It has been requested that those who wish to donate gifts 10 be sent to the orphanage at Bowling park bring or send them in at this meeting, as the box is to be sent as