Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-03
STATE CORRESPONDENTS.
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I'm Wallingford.
 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
 LAST NIGHT-woRK OF THE FLAMEs-
 COMING wEDDING-REsULr OF SCHOOL
 ExAMINATIoNS-GENER NEWS.
 At the annual meeting of the fire depart ment held in the Hubbard hose rooms last evening the following officers of the de- pertinent were nominated subject to ap- proval by the board of burgesses to be elected on November 21: Chief engineer, David McCune; first assistant, E. c. Gar dener: second assistant Horace V. Furniss. The vote for chief stood 30 to IS. The members of Wallace hose company, eigh- teen in number, voted solid for First As sistant G. A. Smith and the uptown com panies voted as solid for McCune. At the conclusion of the ballot for chief engineer every member of Wallace hose company left the house, refusing to take any further prat in the meeting.
 The result of the meeting bids fair to cause bad feeling between the uptown and downtown companies the members ofIWal- lace hose claiming that according to time ancient custom, the first assistant engineer is entitled to promotion when 8 vacancy occurs.
 The wheel tournament of the Wheel club last evening between Goodrich and Cottril resulted in victory for Goodrich by score of 200 to 165.
 A fire was discovered about o'clock yesterday afternoon in the feed and grain storehouse owned by E. E. Hall and situ- ated near the railroad below H. L. Judd 6 sounded and the Wallace Hose company soon had stream of water on the fire, which was soon got under control. The Hubbard Hose jumper met with disaster while coming down the Center street hill. Only three of the members were on the cart which, owing to its weight, was soon lost control of and was upset against the curbstone, breaking the reel, dishing the wheel and breaking out several spokes. The Hook and Ladder company was coming close behind and narrowly escaped collision with the wreck. The building is owned by Selectmsn O. N. Jones and was damaged about S4OO; in- sured for $700 in the German American ompany of New York. The contents con sisted of baled hay and grain and the own CT esti mates his loss at $500. The stock was insured in the Williamsburg City com pany of New York for S1 ,0o0 and for S60C in the Hartford City Fire company. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. A car load of grain, valued at S460, was put in the building early yesterday after noon and at ? o'clock there was no fire to | be seen. The Wallace Hose company did good work and ably assisted in saving | much of the grain, although it is much damaged by smoke and water. | The Sunday evening train from New Haven is still literally patronized from | here.
 Miss Edith " Smith is in NewYork city taking special study in one of the lead ing hospitals and will remain until Janu- ary l.
 John McKiernan, formerly night opera tor at the depot, is running hat store 1T New Haven.
 | The wedding of Rev. F. E. Marble ant | Miss Lima Morris is booked to occur or Thursday, December 8, in the Baptis church.
 The Horne Distillery company has jus completed tank with capacity of ovel | twelve thousand gallons for slowing eide, preparatory to its transposition into colo distilled.
 l The G. A. R. netted s55 by the glas blowers week in town hall.
 Miss Carrie Nearing is now the assistan of W. M. Hall, insurance agent in Wallac block.
 Dennis Sullivan, the contractor, arrivet in town from New York yesterday, ant will stay here until the water main con | tract IS cOupleteu. HIS bOn VIII went New York again last evening for nor workmen, while his son-in law, Eugen .Albee, has gone to Boston on the sam errand. The work will be pushed aheal as fast as possible in hopes of completin it before cold weather sets in.
 William Foster has completed the maso work on the gate house near Paugh pond
 The Wallace hose running team jus about paid expenses at the dance last Fri day evening.
 The members of the bicycle club are t have billiard tournament with twenty
 three men on side. Will Goodrich an
 John Cottril are the leaders of their rt spective sides.
 |, Charles H. Dickinson and O. O. Carro are in New York.
 L.M. Ives has exchanged his propert
 on Center street, opposite town hall, wit
 J. Walter Hall and Arthur Brooks of Hi
 ganum for thirty four acres of land an , buildings in East Wallingford. 3 Prince Williams had to pay $7 for bur ing up Charles E. Yale's fence in Yale l vile during the time the gypsias were s camp near the eulvert.
 | Mrs. Emma Olsen of Orchard stre
 died Sunday after long illness wi