Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-20
Meriden Politics.

The city election in Meriden takes place tomorrow. The Republicans have nominat-
 ed the old ticket, headed by George R. Cur tis for mayor and Selah A. Hull for clerk.
 Last year the democrats succeeded in carry 1 ing the Third ward, the only one in the city l that was not given to the Republicans. The Democrats now hope to carry two wards. In
 the Second ward the contest is between C.B. Rogers, (rep.) of c. Rogers Bros, and l Lewis Allen, who is very popular among the l Democracy, especially the young Democracy. The Democratic city convention met in the city court room Saturday night. W. A. Miles was chosen chairman and J. B. Dun lap secretary w. J. Hughes and William Gradwen were appointed tellers. The first
 ballot gave W. s. Ives, Ii L. L. Sawyer, 6; ; W. A. Miles, 4; W. F. Davisy 1. On the | next vote Ives was chosen by thirteen votes
 out of twenty-two. F. s. Williams, book
 keeper at E. Miller tE Co.'s, was nominated l for city clerk after quite wordy contest, oc- casioned by Amos Ives proposing the name I of Selah Hull, the Republican nominee. W. A. Miles, B. D. Castelo and Linus Boards ley opposed the idea, and Chris Fische and Thomas Neligan favored it. The remaining | nominations were, auditor, s. H. W. Yale; <;
 treasurer, J. H. Guy sheriffs, Lewis Am l bach and William Seymour
 Death of a Prominent Yale Senior.
 For the first time since entering college the present senior class has been called upon to mourn the loss of one of it's members by death. Charles Arthur Heald, of Orange,
 N. J., died at his home at o'clock Sunday
 morning of typhoid fever. Telegrams to President Porter and Dr. Barbour came dur ing morning service yesterday announcing the sad news. They were read at the senior class prayer meeting at noon by Dr. Barbour. MT. Heald was taken sick some ten days ago, and as his symptoms from the very first were dangerous he was immediately removed to Orange. At several different times the doc tors despaired of his recovery, but none of his classmates expected that death would en- sue. Dr. Barbour started for Orange on Saturday to visit him, but learning in New York that he was delirious he did not go fur ther. MT. Heald graduated at WiIliston Seminary in 1877 and entered Yale in the fall of the same year. He became member of the College church during his freshman year. He was prominently known in college during the first two years of his course. During his junior year he was member of the Yale chapter of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and at present he was member of the senior soci ety 'Scron and Key" Mir. Heald belonged to the University club and also to several senior organizations. He took a leading part
 in the play of the ffLiar' that was given at
 the Opera House last March in aid of the
 University crew, and was intending to take
 an important part in the play given on last
 Monday and Tuesday evenings in aid of the
 Home for the Friendless. Mir. Heald roomed
 at 234 Durfee with MT. E. H. Gilbert Mir.
 J. o. Hoald, his brother, graduated from
 Yale in 1872 and is one of the most promi
 nent of the recent alumni. Mir Heald was a
 universal favorite both in college and among
 his acquaintances in the city, and his family
 and friends have the sympathy of the entire
 college in their bereavement. The funeral
 will be held at Orange tomorrow afternoon.