Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-25
wALLINGFORD.
Echoes From the Recent Successful
Firemen's Ball-Omcer Reilly IF
fects an Important Capture Of an
Escaped Crfminal-The Board of
Rureesses Annronrtates S49O for

F1femenss BAll-Omcer Ro1l1y III.
fects an Important Capture OF an
Escaped Crfminal-The Board of
Burgesses Appropriates $500 for
Laying Water Main Through the
Tunnel.
The big ball of the fire department, al
though now thing of the past, is not yet
forgotten, nor has it ceased to be the prin-
cipal topic of conversation among the fire.
men and their friends. There seems to be
general satisfaction that the affair was
such decided success, and the many Wis
itors from other places express themselves
as being highly pleased with their rscep-
ton and entertainment at the hands of the
Wallingford fire department The gener-
GUS action on the part of the Wallace
Hose company in donating it's rightful
share of the net receipts, which amount to
fully $500, to the two uptown companies,
the Hubbard and the Clocks" il one of
the pleasing features OF the entire bust
ness The entire program from beginning
to end was carried out in such a manner
that there was not single break, and to
| say that Chief Engineer Smith is pleased
is only putting it very mildly.
| Officer Dan Reilly made an important ar
rest late Friday night, the prisoner being
| George Donovan, who escaped some two
months ago from Sheriff Austin at the
railroad station while en- route for New
Haven Jail. Officer Reilly got word about
| II 80 Friday evening that Donovan, who
has been in hiding since his escape, was ir
the Franklin hall building on Center
street, and was kicking against some Of
tho the doors and making himself obnox
ious to the tenants. The officer headed
vans track as he was getting out of thu
building by back entrance. Donovan
made a lively resistance in trying t.
avoid arrest, but Dan found that snora
suasion" was necessary and decided to u.s.
it, which he did to advantage, as the pris
oner's face and head showed after the fra
cas- was over and he was safely landed il
the lookup. Saturday morning Donova,
was brought before Judge Hubbard, VIII
gave him sixty days for resistance t.
the officer and thirty days for breach o
the peace, which, taken together with hi
previous sentence, will keep him safel
housed in New Haven Jail until after tn
ice harvesting season is over and the blu
birds are announcing the advent of spring
Sheriff Rod Austin took him down to jai
on the 11:19 train Saturday morning.
A child of Nathan Gamsen, the Hall ave
nue. shoemaker, died with pneumoni
Saturday morning.
Roswell D. Perkins started for Chicag
Saturday. Mrs. Perkins will join her huf
band later.
John P. McGary, the contractor, wa
taken down with the grip Saturday.
J. NJ. Hall, of Cherry street, arrive
home Saturday from business trip.
! "olfor Hoi1 rb0 10 faIinn i
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technolog
in Boston, arrived home Saturday evenin
: for ten days vacation.
Michael Costello is home from vacatio
visit in Massachusetts,.
J. NJ. Hall has in his possession one {
the new 25 cent coins issued in 1892, an
it is daisy.
, new baby gitl.
: Saturdays thaw proved great disal
pointment to the many skaters who wei
. calculating on an afternoon of exhilaratin
, sport. Many came down to the lake wit
: skates, but after trial of the softenin
ice gave it up in disgust.
Complaint is made that some of tt
= butchers and bakers make practice
4 stopping their wagons in the middle of tt
street while attending to their custome
in the houses, and in some cases discon
moding passing teams.
G DR.. McGaughey's carriage collided wit
Clayton's bakery wagon on Hall avenl
O recently, upsetting the DOCTORS vehicl
. throwing him out, but luckily witho1
serious damage.
. G. 81. Dickinson has in his music sto
, in Simpson block one of the smallest spec
;, mems of complete violin ever made. TT
9 instrument is but a few inches in lengtl
!, but is perfect in proportions and has qui
:, a musical tone. Mr.. Dickinson does a larl
business in musical instruments and he
!, quite popular among the musicians he
and in Meriden.
One of the pleasing features that will
developed in the entertainment of the
M. c. A. MINISTRIES in the opera house Fl
" day and Saturday evenings will be the loc
K in town, and there are few who appe
/ prominently before the public that will e
g cape.
The Wheel company has contracted
furnish for the Southern New Engla1
: Telephone company, among many other
!. pole eighty-fv feet high to be placed {
|. State street in Neriden, near the Merid'
. Britannia company's Office.
Miss Stella Barker of Providence, R.
is the guest of Miss May Ingraham.
|, Attorney G. A. Harrison is able to
At the special meeting of the board
>, burgesses Saturday evening it was vot
Ii to appropriate $3.50 to cover the expen
j. of laying the water main through the tn
mel.
J. Pleasantly Entertained.
g Miss Merwin and Miss Jennie Merw
. entertained the little girls of their class
is in the Humphrey street church Saturd
n afternoon from 2 until 5. Tea was serv
and the little ones enjoyed themselves ii
/, mensely by playing games.
= HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIE
l. The Boys of the East Side Form
o Second Hook and Ladder Cor
q pany.
g The village of West Haven is to be W
/ protected from serious loss by confagr
ton if the young men of the village can
it. A number of enterpising young M
r of that borough recently met and organic
a company which is called the James CT
ham Hook and Ladder company. Sin
this organization was started the boys
>, the east side of West Haven, not to be OF
~ done, met and formed another compan
. which is named the East Side Hook 81
u Ladder company and is Differed as follow
D. Foreman, Charles Sherman; first asssta
foreman, William Clinton; second assil
ant foreman, Rodman T. Austin; secretar
r Fred Morris; treasurer, J. o. Hotchki,
executive committee, Charles Mallory a,
Walter Austin. The company, which W
% number about fifty men, has money enou,
10 already subscribed to purchase a machir
" The next meeting of the company is to
:, held Thursday evening.
g New Haven Letter Carriers.
, At the recent meeting of the New Hav
"a Letter Carriers association the followil
% toficers were elected: President, SAINT
u Pagter; vice president, Edward ]. Carne
% financial secretary, Thomas Stanford; ]
4 cording secretary, Henry NJ. Cumming
IT treasurer, Joseph A. Miller: sergeant-s
~ arms, George n. Hoey; board of trustee
~ Walter Downes, Joseph Wiper and Jam
"a 81. Gallagher. A committee of five W
appointed to arrange for a ball to be Civ
by the association during the winter.
g. Murderer Flanagan Dead.
" Patrick Flanagan, the condemned mt
in derer of Michael McDermott, and who "
y to have been hanged at the Jail May
!. died of consumption at this institution
10 $3.50 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He b
10 been gradually failing for some time pa
K but it was not generally thought that h
r. end was 30 near. The body has been Civ
u over into the charge of undertaken M.
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