Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-10
wALLINGFORD.

and Blocked CrOssinss-SquirrelI
Hunting-Straw Hats Called In-l
General News of the Town.
Burglars were around again Friday night |
and 81. B. Todd & Sons Office on Cherry
street was broken into and an attempt
made to pry open the safe with a crowbar.
The attempt wac unsuccessful. The desk
was rsnsacked and some of the papers
taken were found Saturday in Charles
Hills garden on Church street, where the
thieves threw them when they discovered
they were worthless to them. The store
of w. R. Steele on Quinnipiac street was
also entered by a back window, and the
money drawer broken open and the few
pennies it contained were taken, together
with four boxes of candies and box of
cigars. The work ia evidently the work
of amateurs and presumably that of boys.
d. B. Todd & Sons Office was broken into
just one week ago Friday night,
together with g. B. Aliens, Turner's
market and the Housatonic Brass Co.'s
factory. The next Sunday night J. P.
Stevenson's store was robbed of several
hundred dollars worth of clothing. It is
to be hoped that the putting on of all
night patrolmen will not be delayed much
longer, as these petty burglaries are get
ting to be monotonous, when it is taken
into confederation that there has not as yet
been any arrest made of the offenders.
There is continued complaint about the
freight trains switching. Saturday noon a
lady was obliged to wait just fifteen min
utes at the north crossing before she could
cross the track to her home, on the west
side Of the tracks. The railroad law for
bids any crossing to be blocked over fvo
minutes at a time, but the crossing was
blocked three times that time Saturday
noon.
George Broadwell, e., will 60 into
squirrel hunting extensively this week,
and has arranged with q brother of Cap
tain Tony Smith for three days. camping
out in a tent over in the back woods of
Haddam. All the preliminsries are ar
ranged, and the two mighty hunters expect
their return that will surprise the natives.
One of the recent visitors at Paugh pond
states that on the west side on the steep
| bank there is collected coating of slime
| that should be cleaned away before the
pond is allowed to fill up.
Selectman G. N. Jones has been confined
to his home by illness for the past three
days, and is now recovering and expects
to be in his Office as usual this evening.
One of our well-known residents OF
Center street remarks that it is passing
strange that the democrats cannot have g
rally here without the burglars getting in
their work the same night, as has been the
case with the only democratic rallies this
campaign thus far. Probably the midnight
visitors have got the free trade doctrine
instilled into their minds at the meetings
| and take an early opportunity to put the
same in practice.
The wheel shop has at last connected
with the Cherry street sewer.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Ingraham are home
| from Massachusetts,.
| DR.. J. D. McGaughey will have as hi.
| guests this week his brothers, G. B. Nc
Gaughey, F. L. MoGaughey, and his neph
ew, Samuel MoGaughey, all of Atlanta
| Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Townsend have {
baby daughter; born Friday night.
A. V. Cannon of Omaha, Neb., will ad
dress the democrats in town hall Saturday
evening.
The case of g. B. Mansfield vs.. w. E
Marshall has been settled.
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school district tax book for 1889 and vii
wind up the borough tax book for 1890 OF
Wednesday.
| Street Williams, recently elected assessor
on the republican ticket, has resigned hi
| position on account of lack of time to de
| vote to his duties. The board of selectme1
will have to appoint his successor.
| The water in Paugh pond still continues
| to fall and on Saturday was but fourteen
inches over the new main.
| J. NJ. Cannon arrived home Ssturda,
| from Boston.
Luke Martins name is mentioned as on,
| of the candidates for night patrolmen il
| the borough.
The time to call in straw hats has passed
Sunday morning the lamp-post on tn
| corner of Hall avenue and Cherry stree
was decorated by fair specimen of straw
nat that someone had decided on discard
ing through the night.
CLEVER CAPTURE OF BURGLARS.
Sheriff ''Rod" Austin and Officer Refill,
made two very important arrests yesterday
By clever detective work, patience AM
perseverance they captured Thomas M
gent and Augustus Brehen, against whom
they have a clear case of burglary. M
gent lives on Marshall street and is grad
uate of the reform school. Brehen live
on Pond hill with his wife, with whom b
figured in an elopement about year age
When arrested the men had quantity o
the articles which were stolen from Steele
store on Quinnipiac street.
The men are supposed to be impEcate
in the recent burglary of P. Stevens store
In fact several recent burglaries are laid t
them. They will be brought to trial thi
morning.
ROW.
A very disgraceful row occurred in Gal
lagher's saloon Saturday night. LAIR
Nugent was badly beaten by five men VIII