Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-31
WALLINGFORD.

The Lockup's Lone 0ccupant-C. N.
Lane and His Long Connection
with Brass Band Music-The Adj
ventists-The G. A. R.-Pcrsonal-
Bitten by q Dog.
The lookup had a solitary occupant last
night, but he was too drunk to appreciate
the beauty of his surroundings. His name
was Ben Smith and he halls from Meriden.
Yesterday morning he hired team from
B. B. Clark, the State street iveryman, to
go to Middletown, but by some miscalcula-
ton he lost his reckoning and brought up
here and put up his horse at Hoey's stable
on Colony street and started out on q
cruise. Late in the afternoon the horse
was uncslled for and Q telephone message
was sent to Clark, the nveryman in Meri-
den, who came down here and took pos
session of his property, and with Sheriff
Rod Austin, q search was made for Smith,
who was found psralyzed in a North Colo
ny street saloon, and was carried out bodi-
ly and placed in wagon and taken to the
lookup. Justice J. J. Myers will sit on the
case this morning.
A new yellow pine platform is being
laid on three sides of the depot.
Fred Nettleton will return from White
Plains. N. Y, Saturday for few days.
visit at home.
Attorney o. q. D. Fowler had a lively
skirmish with yellow hornets on the noun
tain side yesterday, but escaped serious in
jury.
O. N. Lane has been member of the
band for thirty five years and was one of
the organizers of the original Wsllinpford
Cornet band in 1857 and has since that
time continuously been connected with the
band here, excepting the three
years service during the war in
the Fifth Connections and Twelfth
Regimental bands. He was leader
of the band for many years and has played
at different times nearly every instrument
in the band. At present he blows the
baritone in the National band and will
probably continue to do so as long as the
breath of life continues strong enough to
allow. s. L. Hall has been connected with
the Wallingford bands for over thirty years
and is one of the best drummers in the
state.
The Adventists will hold a cottage ser
vice at the house of John Dunns on Church
street this evening, instead of at Mrs. Dem
ing's on Colony street, as was intended,
but owing to Mrs. Deming being unavoid-
ably absent the place of the service was
necessarily changed.
There was full rehearsal of ssThe Sor-
cerer" in the opsra house last evening.
The q. A. r. are getting up some unique
badges for the Washington trip. The
badge will be of white satin with A. 81.
Dutton post No. SO, G. A. R., Wallingford,
Department of Connecticut, 1861 1892. A
miniature silver spoon and wheel, repre-
senting Wallingford's industries, will be
the ornaments.
g. W. Hull, Mrs. Hull and Miss Bessie
Hull, and DR.. Davis and wife will enjoy a
dinner at Hills homestead, Savin Rock, to-
day;
Simpson, Hall Miller & Co. Is factory will
begin this week running full time, and the
pensed with.
A. J. Goodrich, superintendent of the
Edgewood Manufacturing company of New
Haven, will go to New York to-day to look
after the work of the metal decorating of
the elegant reception room of Whitelaw
Reid's mansion on the corner of Madison
avenue and Fiftieth street.
J. d. Mccormack, d. ]. Lynch and Owen
Kehoe, formerly employed at the rubber
shop, now located at Boston, expect to
start to-day for New Orleans.
Reserved seats for ''The Sorcerer" will
be on sale Monday at Pixley's.
Rev. s. E. Wildman assisted Rev. A. T.
Randall at the funeral of Elijah Williams
in Meriden yesterday.
Sheriff Rod Austin had a warrant yes
terday for the arrest of Alexander Verney
for beating his wife. Verney saw the Of
fcer coming in one door and he slid out of
the back door and skipped out and the last
heard of him he was in 4eriden.
A boy named Hausman living on Pond
hill was severely bitten on his arm by
Clinton's dog. Dr.. NcGaughey cauterized
the wound. The boy was throwing apples
at the barn where the dog was and the
canine not relishing the bombardment
rushed out and seized the lad.