Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-04
IN WALLINGFORD.


The Robert Wallace Estate Reaches |
$21O,OOO-A Lawsuit About Wire
Goods-Telephone Poles.The G. A.
r.. Counterfeit Quarter Dollars
Two Fakirs Around-Personal. |
w. B. Hall and E. M. johnson, the ap
praisers on the late Robert Wallace estate,
have finished their inventory, and the sum
ming up shows figures as follows: 1881
shares in the R. Wallace & Sons Manufac-
turing company, $172,s75; book accounts,
SIG, 297. 80; household furniture, $4,000;
Main street property, $4,000; w. j. Wal
lace property on Quinnipiac street, $500;
farm on Quinnipiac street, 5000; farm
ing utensils, etc., $1,157.s0. Total, $2lO,-'
619.50.
Judge L. NJ Hubbard, as attorney for
New York Insulated Wire company, has
begun proceeding against the Star Union
line for considerable quantity of wire
goods shipped year or more ago to Gin
cinnati and lost in transit.
There is quite little indignation ex-
pressed among the residents Of the bor-
ough regarding the quality OF the tele-
phone poles that are being placed on the
public streets by the Southern New En-
gland of Wain sne
ford's fourishing suburbs, successfully
objected to the company's poles being
placed on its public streets and forced the
com any to get permission from private
property owners and place the poles on
property besides the public streets. 1t Is
a pity that the borough has not the enter
prising citizens that has our neighboring
village of Yalesville.
Arthur II. Dutton post, G. A. R., has
voted to accept the invitation of Rev. Hugh
Mallon to attend memorial service at the
Church of the Holy Trinity, Sunday even
ing, May 20.
Judge Hubbard has in his possession the
first SIS bill issued by the First National
bank, which bears the date of December
81, 1881.
| Miss Florence Stevens condition Satur-
day evening was not encouraging. DR..
Bacon of New Haven was in attendance.
| G. d. Dickinson is in receipt of limited
supply of maple sugar, of an exceedingly
fine quality, sent him by his uncle in Yer
! mont.
Judge Hubbard goes to Springfield to-
day on professional business.
Il J. Alvin Scott and wife of Boston were
the guests of Rev. J. L. Scott over Sun.
day.
Il q. w. Hull contemplates trip of few
, days to Lakewood, N. j., to benefit hif
health.
, Lead quarters were quite plenty abou
| town Saturday afternoon and evening
and the storekeepers had many offered il
; their trade. The counterfeit is a yer,
t good imitation of the genuine, but easil!
detected with little care. 1t is though
! | that mint has been started in this vicin
ity.
Two fakirs with broad rimmed hat
| entertained big crowd in front of tn
: Simpson block Saturday evening, and per
i formed the usual wonderful cures go pc
q | culiar to their profession.
}, Tully's campaigns and battles of tn
t | war of the rebellion, illustrated by 20
\ magnificent views, covering 400 squar
e feet of canvas each, will show up in tn
opera house this evening and tomorrow
$ evening, under the auspices of A. 3
y Dutton post, G. A. R. The princips
n battle fields of the great rebellion will h
| shown in all the glory and awful grandue
Il | of reality. A different program eac
Il | evening.
e The seats in St. Pauls church will b
r. sold this afternoon.
q Monthly meeting of selectmen to-day.
!: The town farm committee will met
u again to-day.
It The condition Of Mrs. Wilbur Northro
Saturday evening was extremely critica
u u and it was feared that she would not SUI
j, | vive through the night.
e Thomas Daily of Church street has tw
Is | children i'll with scarlet fever.
n e. T. Parmelee and daughter, Hattie
81 are expected home from North Carolina o
rs Wednesday.
n J. M. Wooding is now occupying tt
ID | Simpson house on Center street.
~ The schools reODan this morning sitter
40 weeks vacation.
i'd Miss Ida Rawson has accepted a positic
p in a new cloak store on State street in Ne
40 Haven.
DEATH OF MRS. HALL.
Mrs. Salmon Hall died Saturday evenil
= at 11:30, aged eighty-two years. Funer
;, Tuesday afternoon at o'clock from Il
~ ~ residence of her son, Walter Hall, on Ce
N ter street.
A BRIEF BUT EXCITING FIGHT WITH FIRE
WALLINGFoRD, April 3.-Mrs. J.
~ Lane of Cherry street was lighting han
- ing lamp this evening, when the tax
~ spread caught fire from the match and
~ an instant was in a mass of flames. s.
r seized the burning cloth and threw it o
q | the open window. The flames caught h
,r | apron and dress on fire, which she tri
ca to put out herself, and in doing so burn
r her hands. w. J. Morse and several M
7 | on the street saw the flash and rushed in
the room and succeeded in extinguishil
the fire without further damage. The cs
pet and window sill were somewhat burne
Mrs. Lanes escape was narrow one al
a only her presence of mind and the prom
assistance from the outsiders saved b
MS | from terrible death.