Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-05
WALLENGFORD.

Down Went the Load of Silver Spoons
 Albert Streets Accident-Snovv
 cleaning Causes TrOnble - Three
 Pensions Mrs.Caseyss Death
 -General News.
 Fred Morse, who runs the Wallingford
 and Meriden express, started from Meri-
 den yesterday morning with nineteen
 heavy boxes of spoons from R. Wallace &
 Sons in his sleigh, besides other articles.
 When near George Rice's, on the turnpike,
 the sleigh broke down. Moore had to re-
 turn to town and get J. IA. Cook to send
 over team and carry the load of goods to
 their destination.
 Albert Street Jones met with a mishap
 on the West Side Thursday. While taking
 Miss Julia Preston to her home on Cook
 hill the sleigh got into big drift, break
 ing the shafts and the harness. After digging out of the snow Miss Preston was obliged tosget on the back of the horse, while MT. Jones went ahead and led the accident to the young lady's home. Charles Fenn and M. P. O'Connell were thrown out of sleigh by an upset yester- day morning, and MT. O'Connell was limp ing around his room at R. Wallace & Sons during the day by reason of getting his legs caught in the wreck. J. A. Cook took Miss Carrie Nearing and her Sunday school class out sleighing yesterday afternoon. Zenas Ward of Hall avenue was looking for Warden Newton last evening, and was
 quite indignant because the warden's gang of workmen in shoveling through the drift in the street in front of his house had en- tirely blocked up the passageway from the street to his barn, and he was unable to get his team out for use.
 There are many snow drifts on the roads at North Farms from six to eight feet high, entirety blocking the travel. c. Fred Lane received his new cushion tire Ormonde bicycle yesterday from the manufactory at Staten Island. Mrs. J. T. Stevenson and child arrived
 home yesterday from White Plains, N. Y. There are three pensioners of the war of 1e1s on the pension roll here. Mrs. Jared Hall of Elm street, Mrs. Salmon Hall of Center street, and Mrs. Miles Ives of North Farms.
 Catherine, the wife of William Casey of Washington street, died yesterday morn ing after only short illness with pneu- monia, aged fifty-four years. Funeral Sunday at 9 o'clock from house. The case against Miss Claire Massicotte has been nolled.
 Reserved seats for IA Royal Pass'' go on sale at Pixley's this morning. Warden Newton and a gang of workers were out yesterday clearing the crosswalks and other walks that needed cleaning. Bailiff O'Reilly was also on deck looking after the walks that were not cleaned by the property owners, as required by the borough bylaws. Several property own | CTS will have to settle. Sleigh parties were numerous about ! town yesterday.
 Miss Flsssie Wood of North Main street | entertained number of her young friends ! last evening.
 Fay Forster's Burlesque company is
 booked for the opera house next Thursday ! evening.
 J. P. Stevenson arrived home from Bos- ton on late train Thursday evening. The T. A. B.'s new pool table arrived l yesterday
 The hook and ladder truck is now ar- | ranged to use horses in case of fire. John Bartek, the harness maker, is ill
 and his shop is closed. l Charles Oscar Hall was confined to his
 home yesterday by illness. | "Ginger" Barry, who has been hiding from tho officers of the law for several | days, called at the office of Prosecuting ! Attorney Harrison last evening to settle ! up the case against him for interfering with Officer Reilly when he was making an arrest by paying the fine and costs. The case was continued until this evening. Yesterday was the quarterly pension day and Judge Martin was busy making out forty-eight pensions. There are six more to be made out.
 Oscar Brehm, boy living down in Pond Hill, lost two fingers in g hay-cutter yes tsrday. Mrs. James Martin of New Haven was
 visiting her mother, Mrs Stephen Hall of Washington street. yesterday.