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' Loc al New.
John H. Ferris lost a h orse by spinal
meningitis Sunday. _
Albert Mossman has gone to Wor-
cester, Mass, for a short stay.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hawkins of Spring street.
Mrs. Ellen Hartford of Burbank
street is recovering from her illness.
Vliss Mary Cunningham, of VVashing-
street, is spending a few days in Bos-
ton.
I. H. Kelley, of Troy, N. Y. , is a gueSt
at the home of S..H Richmond, West-
port avenue.
Oscar H. Dilw01 1h, ofBelfast, Maine,
is a guest of his brother, Charles H.
Dilworth, of Norwalk.
E. A. Robinson, of New Haven, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles E
Seymour, of West street.
Frank Lemongelli, owing to] other
business has sold his fruit store on
Main street to Felix Cifette.
RobertG. Staplin, of Stonington, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. G. H. Howard
of Woodward avenue, for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward” Whitworth‘
celebrated the eigth anniversary of
their wedding Friday. ‘
Rev. J. H. Hoyt, of New Canaan
preached in the Union chapel, at West
Norwalk, Sunday afternoon.
Miss May Lounsbury, of ‘ Stamford,
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Scofield, of 12 Belden avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Quin-
tard of Washington street celebrated
their eighteenth wedding anniversary
on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Semple of
West avenue have return ed home after
a summer of travelling.
The next meeting of the Friday Af-
ternoon club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Robert A. Holmes, 4 Maple
street on Nov. 17th.
The Connecticut State Grange will
holda meeting in New Canaan on
Saturday, November 18.
Mrs. Charles W. Shelton of East ave.-
nue, will enteriain the Pine Ledge
Whist club on Monday, Nov. 20.
County Health Officer George E. Hill
has ordered Dr. E. E. Smith to discon-
tinue a drain running into the Norwalk
river.
Miss Florence Hitchcock, a graduate
of Smith College, is the guest of Dr.
and Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock of West
avenue.
Rev. and Mrs. Warren L. Atherton
of West Woodstock, are guests of Mrs.
Atherton’s mother, Mrs. Ryder of
Lynes place
Mr. and Mrs, Isaac G. Hamilton, of
the Norwalk Hotel. were visiting at
Mr. Hamilton’s old home, Milburn, N.
J. ., Tuesday.
A box of literature for the soldiers in
thhe Pilippines has been forwarded on
the United States transport, Thomas
by the Norwalk Chapter D. A. R.
Mrs. J. J. Strohmeyer, and Miss
Grace M Strohmeyer, accompanied by
Miss Ethel Guesing, of New York, are
spending a few days at Bell Island.
The Pine Ledge Whist club was
entertained by Mrs. Manice DeF. Lock-
wood Monday afternoon, Miss Fannie
Hoyt being the lucky prize w1nner.
Rev. Dr. Maher assisted at the bless-
ing of the bell at the Noroton Catholic
church Sunday. A fair sized crowd
from South Norwalk went to the ser-
vices.
Miss Cassie St. John will succeed
Samuel Richards Weed as superintend-
ent of the Brookside Sunday-school.
Mr. and Mrs. Weed will spend the wm-
ter in New York,
Nhe next meeting of the Arion Sing-
ing society will be held Tuesday even-
ing, Nov. 14, in the society hall on
Madison street.
Ex-selectman and Mrs. Ephraim
Themes are visiting in the mountains
in New York state. They will be gone
several weeks.
Henry C. Ely has been appointed
superintendent of the Grand Central
Station in New York. W. H. Van Sci-
'ver will look after Mr. Ely’ s interests
in South Norwalk.
The Consolidated road has made a
large number of discharges of employee
addicted to the drinking habit. Some
of the men have been in the employ of
the road a long time but they had to
go.
Dr. A. N. Clark ran over Dr. J. 'G.
Gregory’s pet dog, Sunday,wlth his
automobile,killing the animal instant-
ly. The dog ran out to chase the doc-
tor’ 5 dog, which was running with the
automobile, {and got in front of the ma-
chine. ,«
Mrs. Martin Knowlton, aged. fifty- nine
years died Monday night after along
illness at her home in Rowayton. De-
ceased was a member of the Methodist
Episcopol Church. The funeral was
attended from there on Thursday
afternoon at 2 o ’.clock
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Hoyt and fam-
ily, of Elm Crest, will move to Oyster
Bay, L. 1., next week. Mr. Hoyt will
engage in the oyster business. B1s .ath-
er, W. H. Hoyt, wife and family, will
vacate the West avenue house, and’
move to the son’s residence, on Elm-_
crest.
BUHGLIPS IIIIIEII
Two bold burglars made two at-
tempts to gain an entrance into the
residence of the Misses Fitch on
Springwood avenue Saturday night.
The first attempt was made about 11
o’clock by tearing off the lattice work
which protects the cellar window and
kicking i'n the glass. I
The noise made by the thieves in
breaking the slats was heard by the
Misses Fitch“, but no attenton was paid
to,it as they thought it out on the
street.
"Suddenly there wasa crash in the
cellar, made by the burglars in step-
ping onto some shelves under the win-
dow. The noise caused the inmates to
go outside and look around, but as
nothing further was Seen or heard it
was thought they were mistaken in
thinking the noise came from the
cellar. ' '
Just as the town clock struck 12
o’clOclc, Miss Sarah Fitch, whose room
is directly ove1 the pantry, heard the
blinds of the pantry window forced
open. Quickly going to her bedroom
window she raised it and looked down.
She saw the blinds standing open
and’beneath the window she saw in the
darkness the outlines of two men. She
called to them but no answer was re-
turned, the burglars refraining from
moving a muscle. Miss Sarah again
spoke to them but received no reply.
The noise had by this time aroused
Miss Agnes Fitch, who grasping a
large bell went to her window and be-
gan ringing it.
At the first sound. of the bell both
men took to their heels and dashed
across thegarden into the Hoyt pro-
perty and disappeared.
William M. Betts and John J. Hanlon
quickly responded to the alarm, but a
search of the premises failed to show
that the burglars had gained an en—
trance except into the cellar, where
some burnt matches were found upon a
closet door, but nothing was missed.
The police were notified Sunday
morning and Officer Hunt inspected
the premises and found the footprints
of the two men about the house. I
It is thought 'that'f’r'om the boldness
of the would be thieves that. they are
none other than John Tanner and
Ward Phillips, who recently escaped
by sawing out the bars of their cell at
police headquarters.
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YOUNG TANNER SEEN.
Begs Drink of Milk on Newtown Avenue.
Young John Tanner, who with Ward
Phillips escaped from the cage at
police headquarters, has been seen.
MilkmanWashington I. Hawxhurst
reports that on Monday afternoon as
he was driving to his home in Gran-
bury he was approached on Newtown
avenue by Tanner, who asked him for
a drink of milk which. he gave him.
Hauxhurst also states that Tanner took
a knife from his, hip pocket and ex-
hibiting it said that he and Phillips
sawed their way out with it. Philhps
was not with-Tanner when he accosted
Haw xhurst.
New Joint Stock Company-
A certificate of the organization of
the Hamilton-Foster Fog Signal Com-
pany of Ridgefield has been filed in the
state secretary’s office. The capital is
$50,000 in 500 shares of $100 each. The
sum of $5.000 has’ been paid in cash and
$45,000 in property, consisting of pa-
tents, etc. The subscribers are Charles
A. Hamilton, Ridgefield, 250 shares;
Robert F. Foster, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
200; C. A. Hamilton, trustee, 49, and
Nathaniel A. Brown of Waterbury,
ten.
What Apples Are Bringing.
George E. Mead returned on Satur-
day fromatrip in the western part
of New York. He says that in this
region farmers are getting $1.50 per
barrel for apples on the trees. This
is quite different from the prevailing
prices in Greenwich. Good apples
are sold at prices that in some cases
only net the growers forty cents per
barrel—Greenwich News.
Oyster Seed Safe.
The recent storms, oysterman say,
have not injured the natural beds. The
seed has been disturbed some but not
covered. Engineer Sanford of the
Shellfish commission is reported as
saying that the beds had been badly
damaged.
To Select a Pastor. ,
At a meeting of the First Congrega-
tional society held in the church Mon-
day evening, a committee composed of
Josiah R. Marvin, Rev. Charles W.
Shelton and Col. F. St. John Lockwood
was appointed to engage a pastor- for
the church. . -
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Charles H. TWillcox of Westport, a
brother ofE. 'B. Willcox who opened
the. Orient bicycle store in South NO“..- .1
' of Jesse Batterson at 24 Lowndes ave-
walk now run by Col. Hod Saunders,
had quite an exciting time in a New
York court room on Sunday.
Mr. Willcox was in ecurt as com
plainant against William Fagan, em
ployed as “omnibus”
anagh’s restaurant, Eighth avenue and--
Twenty-third street.
Mr. Willcox was at the house, 263
West Twenty-third street, in his shir
sleeves, Saturday afternoon.
Fagan came for some dishes which
had been sent in from the restaurant
with luncheon for Mr. Willcox and-two
ladies.
After he had gone Mr. Wilcox dis-
covered that a$400 watch and chain
had vanished from his waistcoat pocket.
Willcox told the sergeant at the sta-
tion to have the Judge in court at 7
in the morningas he had‘ an engage
ment and wanted to get away early:
In court, where he had had to wait
till the usual hour of 9, Mr. Willcox
told Magistrate Flammer he hadn’t
time to stay and prosecute the case,
but that the Court would find all the
facts in a bundle of papers which he
handed up.
“I have an engagement to breakfast
with two ladies at 10,” he said briskly,
"s 1 you just run over these papers and
you’ll have the whole case.”
Finally the examination was
poned until Monday morning.
In reply to the first questions of the
Court, Mr. Willcox snapped imperious-
ly. _
“Have you read my notes—the notes
I left with you yesterday.
The Magistrate, with an am used
smile, finally found the “notes” under
the blotter, whereat Mr. W1llcox sput-
tered:
“Ah, you have not read them!
wouldn’t listen to me yesterday. If
you had read my notes you would now
have all the facts.”
The Magistrate tried, but couldn’t
read the notes. Mr. Willcox assayed
to read them to him, but found that
they didn’t contain the facts.
“I’m Willcox & Gibbs; I’m a me-
chanical engineer,” he began.
“You seemed to be the centre of the
system yesterday,” murmured
post-
You
solar
Magistrate Flammer.
At the suggestion of the Magistrate,
who said he couldn’t hold Fag-an, Mr.
Willcox withdrew his complaint and
Faganfiwas discharged.
Outside Mr. Willcox grasped the
limp hand of Fagan and exclaimed:
“You see, now, how good I have been
to you. I withdrew the complaint, and
if you loose your job through this I’ll
g1ve you abetter one.”
“Indeed, and I wouldn’t work for the
likes of ye,” said Fagan, and they part-
e1.
It is said that E. B. Willcox, the for-
mer bicycle dealer, is in a private
'sanita1ium.
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FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Mrs. Griffith’s Keeper Expires at Contentment
Island.
Mrs. Annie Griffith, who owns a sum-
mer residence at‘ Contentment Island,
has a keeper named John Graver who
cares for the place during the winter.
Graver was last seen on Thursday
and his disappearance caused a Ger-
man friend to make a search for him.
The German on Sunday, visited Mrs.
Ward’s where Graver frequently went
and not finding any trace of him there
returned to the island and climbing
upOn the roof of the house looked
through the window and saw Graver
with his clothes on lying on the bed.
An entrance was efiectel and the miss-
ing man found to be dead.
Medical examiner Knox was sum-
moned,;and the cause of death attv-ibu
ted to heart disease.
The remains will be taken to New
York to-morrow morning.
_ General Conference-
The general conference of Congrega-
tional churches in Connecticut will be
held in Hartford, Nov. 21 and 22.
Delegates from the local churches will
be present. The conference was held
in Danbury last year. The members
of the standing committee are:
Rev. Henry I. Slack, of Bethel, Rev.
'William W. Ranney, of New Haven,
Alexander T. Patterson, 001. Charles
A.J'ewe11, of Hartford, Rev. Charles
E.McKinIey, of Rockville, and the Rev.
Joel S. Ives of Meriden.
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Edlrund Zelulf and
«M r. and Mrs.
daughter, Nina, have returned home ,
. Kellogg, Center avenue.
from a visit to Ph1ladelph1a. , . i ‘2 .1'
:ljhfing entirely gutted the building.
at J. J. osv: '
his family being absent in Danbury.
mil-301m H. Manning, 6 River street.
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EIIIII MUHNING IlllE
{An alarm of fire from box 43 at 1:30
"Ilcloc Monday morning called the So.
" .orwalk fire department to the home
‘When the department arrived noth-
‘ but the frame remained, the flames
1. Mr. Batterson was alone in the house,
He was awakened by the heat and
smoke, and when he reached the hall-
way he found the sta1rs in a mass of
flames and his escape cut ofi.
‘ He ran toa window and yelled fire
and finally succeeded in awakening
William Merriam who lives nearby.
Merriam jumped into his clothes and
ran to box 43 at Woodward avenue
and Meadow street and turned in an
alarm. -
In the meantime Mr. Batterson had
made his escape from the burning
house by way of the front roof, but
was obliged toleave all his personal
efiects behind which were destroyed
together with the contents of the
house.
The origin ofthe fire is a ,mystery
that may never be solved.
The house was only recently com-
pleted and Mr. Batterson carried an
insurance of $1,000 on the building,
with William E. Wilcox and there
was an insurance of $325 on the furni-
ture with Taylor 8; Golden.
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LIOUOR LICENSES.
Very Few Dealers Appear Before the County
Commissioners-
The county commissioners were in
South Norwalk on Monday, for the
purpose of granting liquor licenses.
Very few of those making application
in October appeared to take out a li-
cense.
The following is a list of those to
whom licenses were granted:
Timothy J. Sullivan, Saunders hotel.
Railroad avenue.
John J. McGovern, corner Ferris av-
enue and Turnp1ke.
John O’Sullivan, 1 Wall street.
E. P. Weed, druggist, 38 Wall St.
Adolph Kessler, Hadden House,Con-
necticnt Turnpike.
Thomas F. Ratchford, Winnipauk.
Smith Northrop, 43 Main street.
Isaac Lee, 28 Main street.
Daniel Riordan, New Canaan road.
Herman Quittner, 9 North Main St.
James H. Sheehan, 14 Water street,
‘Frank Svec, 6 Franklin avenue.
August Fields, 23 Day street.
W. C. Baur, druggist. 82 Wall St.
George C. Stillson,druggist, 82Wash-
ingtou street.
H. Hunkemeir, 4 Mechanic street.
Stephen Boldezsar, 98 Ely ayenue.
John A. Riggs, druggist 11 Main St.
J. Stanley St. J ohn,43 Washington St.
William Anderson, jr., 31 Railroad
avenue.
Joseph Matheis, 20 Main street.
Charles S. Finch, druggist,205 Wash-
ington street.
Isaac G. Hamilton, 23 North Main
street.
Isaac G. Hamilton, Norwalk hotel.
E. G. Tomlinson, druggist, 8 North
Main street.
H. Glendening, druggist, 1 Main St.
Frank C. Becker, corner Washing-
ton and Water ssreets.
William C. Jesse, 168 Washington St.
Frank Wulyung, Railroad avenue.
Jacob Miller, Darien.
John W. Pennington,'Westport.
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APPLY FOR PARDONS.
23 Inmates of State Prison Have Filed Peti-
lions.
The board of pardons will meet at
the supreme court room in the Capitol
on the first Monday of December to
hear the applications of inmates of the
state prison who have filed petitions
for pardons. Twenty-three petitions
have been 'filed. Some of the petition-
ers have petitionedbefore and under
the rule of the board only those who
petition for the first time will appear
before the board in person. The peti
tions from Fairfield county me as fol-
lows: '
Rudolph Stofiie, 50 years old, makes
application for a pardon fo: the third
time. He was sentenced on OClObBl 13,
1889, to life imprisonment for murder
in the second degree. He thinks the
sentence is excessive “because he did
the same as any man would have done
under the circumstances.”
Henry Kearney makes application
for a pardon for the first time. He is
31 years old and was sentenced to one
year and six months for manslaughter
on October 25,1898. He claims to be
innocent.
J. . TE
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Mrs, George A. Bell and daughter,
Vera, of Providence, are guestésof Mis. ’1
Bell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis
.. North Water street layout.
IIIII IIIII Ellllllllll 3
Mayor Glover called the N orwalk
city council to order promptly at 8
o’clock Monday evening. The minutes
of the last meeting were read and ap-
proved. 1
Mayor Glover read a petition from
several taxpayers asking that F airview
avenue be accepted as a city street.
Archie Lee, one of the residents. of that
avenue, was recognized and presented
the views of his neighbors. One of
Mr. Lee’s- points was that the post
office would not deliver his mail owing
to the avenue not having been accept-
ed by the city. The petition was re-
ferred to committee on highway for in
vestigation and report.
The Connecticut Lighting: & Power
company submitted two propositions
for the lighting of the city streets, one
for three years and one for five years.
The propositionswere submitted to the
committee on lights to report at next
meeting.
The first proposition is the same as
at present for burning until 3 a m. but
the all night rate per lamp is reduced
$5. The second proposition is the same
as the first excepting that new lamps
will be put in is 5 years’ contract is en
tered into and the all night rate de-
creased $10 per lamp. V
Bills amounting to $1890.84 and dis-
tributed among the several departr
ments as follows, were ordered paid:
Administrative, $250.65
Library, 285.80
Police, 325.90
Highway, 156.77
Sewer, 92.67 '
Finance, 6:60
Lights, 566.22
Fire, 200.53
The bill of Frank Leonard as in-
spector of the upper Main street ma-
cadam,42 days at$4 per day and amount-
ing to $168 was referred to the high-
way committee.
The chairman of the highway com-
mittee was granted further time in the
matter of the bill of Burr Smith for
$100 damages to his property at the
corner of Wilton avenue and Cross
street. Chairman Meeker also asked for
an additional $1, 000 for the highway
department. 1 ~ 1-
The clerk was authorized tat tke the
usual steps in such matters, also to in-
clude $400 for fire department, $700 for
administrative department and $300 for
the sewer department.
On the motion of Councilman Goold
Hoyt the record of the appointment
S. V. D. Parker was corrected by his
reappointment as a special policeman.
Mr. Parsker’ former appointment and
his taking the oath of office was omit-
ted from the city records through an
81‘1'01'.
The appointment ofofiicer Hunt hav-
ing made a vacancy among the spec-
ials, a ballot was taken to fill the va-
cancy. The ballot was as follows:
Whole number 5
Thomas Leatherland 4
Gilbert Horton 1
The Mayor declared Thomas Heather-
land elected.
Councilman Goold Hoyt called up
the matter of the esCape of John Tan-
ner and Ward Phillips, and presented
an estimate from Eph. Merritt to place
bars in the four windows at police
for $30. He . w... in-
My.
headquarters
structed to make a contpact with
Merritt for the work.
Councilman Wilson suggested that
until the bars were put in all case
knivesvand hair pins be kept out of the
cells.
The Mayor read a new health ordin-
ance handed in by the city attorney,
providing for notices to be sent to prop
perty owners by the board of health
relative to nuisances. It was adopted
unanimously.
The report of Chief of police Brad-
ley showed 11 arrests for the month of
October,'with 207 tramps cared for at
at the Smith street station house.
An unsigned library report for Sep-
tember was read and ordered placed
on file.
City Attorney Hurlbu‘tt reported in
the Walton case and the matter was
indefinitely postponed.
The meeting then adjourned until
November 20.
So. Norwalk Council Meeting
Mayor Coburn called the regular
monthly meeting of the South Norwalk
council to order Monday night with
alltho members present.
The minutes of the last meeting were
omittedl'ahd the council proceeded to
h'usiness by. opening .a hearing on the
Judge Batty W. Gregory was rec'-
ognized as the representative ofvhe
Lewis Rlymonl estltc. He said this
what the council had intended to do '
Commissioner Reed.
his clients would offer any objections.
His clients thought it , would damage
more than benefit their property and
he hoped that they would be oonsid-V
ered. He understands. further hear-
ing would be held by a board of free-
holders who would listen to the bene-
fit and damage arguments. As no one
else appeared the hear-ing ms then
closed.
Bills to the amount of $1, 191. 51 were
read and order .11 paid. .
The bill of Edwin Adams for $5
damages on Crescent street, which had
been presented before, was again
brought up by Mr. Adams. Mr. Reed
said that the sewer on Cres:ent street
was in good conditmnand that some-
times the sewers overflowed whenhhe
min was heavy.
City Attorney Light said that from
the reports he thOught there was no
negligence and that the city could not
be held liable; also that it would estab-
lish a bad precedent to pay the bill.
The bill was refused.
Jacob Schaub presented a bill of $4.00
for repairs to a wagon broken on Day
street, where his hors e shied and put
its foot through a. broken manhole cov-
er. The bill was ordered paid.
Jacob M. Layton sent in a bill for in-
surance on the library building from
August 20, 1891, to September, 1898,
amounting to] $360. from which be de-
ducted $173.30 as rents collected, lea!»
ing a balance due him of $186.70. A6-
torney Light said that Mr.'L-1yton' lull
lcollected rent for the building and'apé-
plied them to the insurance. He and
Mr. Layton had gone over the books.
The bill was referred to the library
committee.
Street Commissioner Reed the:
spoke: on the matter of curbing South.
Main street and laying sidewalks. K.
said the time given by the council ex-
pired on November 7th. Mr. Ely was
the only one who laid his curb and he
refusedlto lay concrete or storm walks.
Most of the other; residents had done
nothing either because they didn’t in-
tend to or because they could not get
the material. EHe-also brought up the
the assessment of benefits and damage:
had been equal, but it would cost the
city about $250 to grade the street and
the money would come from the street
commissioners who were already short.
Roth &. Goldschmidt petitioned for
permission to move the barn standing
on its premises on the northerly side
of Ann street to another location on
said premises, about sixty feet from
the present site. Councilman Ferris
said that the object in moving it back
was to enlarge the factory. The matter
was referred to the committee on fire
with power.
The Water commissioners report
stated that there was $364.04 in the
treasury. The report was received.
The Board of Street commissioners
petitioned for an appropriation of $101”
out of the extra appropriation and the
clerk was instructed to draw an order
for that amount.
A' petition for the extension of water
pipes along Ely avenue was referred to
the committee 0:1 water.
A. J. Collins & .Co. petitioned for
permission to build a one story wooden
addition 20x20 feet with a tin roof in
the mar of their store at 12 North Main
street, to be used as a store-house.
Referred to the committee on fire.
0. H. Burbank of Paterson,N. J. sent.
a letter empowering the city to lay a
curb and walk and build a retaining
wall for him in front of . his property ‘
on South Main street. The communi-
cation was received and referred to
the street commissioners with power.
A resolution was passed appointing
Mathew Corbett, V. A. Scofield, and‘
Charles B. J enning as disinterested
freeholders in the matter of widening
North Water street by taking substan-
tially five feet from the east side.
It was voted that when, the council
adjourn it should adjourn to the 13th
when an effort will be made to have
the freeholders ready with their re-
ports.
Councilman Ferris asked tobe grant-
,ed power on the petition of Herbert
Tilly for permission to erect a. frame
building north of the shop on North
Main street to be used as a temporary
place for a photograph gallery. The
power was voted.-
A note for $1500 was ordered draw-
on the City National Bank to meet the
indebtedness of the city.
purposes.
stand near John H. Ferris’ coal yard.
about which complaints have been
cent lamp on the northern side d
the committee on lights. V
The cannon then adjourned out!“
'3 immune“
he had come tothe meeting to discover."
and had received the information from“ g, V'
He did not think '
matter of Marshall street and saidthat A
$250 was appropriated for city ha!
The matter of an awning on theft-nit »
made was ileft to the committee on.“ I ‘
streets.
The matter of placing an incandco- ' ' 7
Franklin street school was referred to
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