Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-06
WALLINGFORD.

Compass Lodge Elects Omcers-The
Board of Rurgesses to Meet This
EveRing-PersonalN Notes and Other
Items of Interest From the busy
Town.
Compass ledge, No. 8, F. and A. NJ,
held it's annual meeting last evening and
elected as officers: F. J. Heavens, W. NJ. :;
O. E. Powers, S. W; 81. E. higgins, J.W.;
Richard Talbot, treasurer; E. N. johnson,
secretary; Rev. J. E. Wildman, chaplain;
Eben Whitaker, tyler. Installation Mon
day evening, December 10.
The board of burgesses will hold its reg
ular meeting this evening.
Company K will turn out at the funeral
of its late member, John Kane, at 9 o'clock
this morning.
G. w. Hull arrived home from Chicago
on the Sunday evening train.
Daniel O'Donnell of Colony street has a
twelve-pound boy, born Sunday.
The receipts of the Tom George benefit
last evening were about $50.
John Kane died Sunday evening of con-
sumption, aged twenty eight years. He
was member Company z and the A. O..
H., and leaves a wife and two children.
The youngest only four weeks old. Funeral
at 8 o'clock this morning.
The case of Fl. F. Hall came up before
Justice Myers yesterday morning. Judge
Hubbard appeared as counsel for the
borough. Hall fled a demurrer which
was overrIled. He declined to plead
anew, and Judgment was rendered for the
borough to recover $25 and costs. Hall
took an appeal with Horace Botsford as
surety for $50.
The amount of orders paid by seleotman
last month was Sc, 997 81.
+. A. Browneu has brought suit against
Albert Jones for 500 damages because of
turnable before JusticeMyers Decem Der 1S.
Harry Clulee has daughter, born Sun
day morning.
B. F. Curran has decided not to take out
another license, and has closed his saloon
on Railroad avenue, Meriden.
Jack heineman started for Buffalo NY,
on the Sunday evening train.
The Women's Relief corps will give
supper in the g.. A. R. post rooms this
evening.
Willie Kennedy is critically ill at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Downey, on Colony
street.
cudS0 1hIllu u1lou OuG S6VeQGy-tnre0
pension papers yesterday, and was at his
Office at o'clock in the morning and filed
out thirty before breakfast.
Superintendent Davis was over at
Paugh pond on Sunday and reports TWEEN
ty-three inches of water in the gatehouse,
which is the same amount as was regis
tered before the heavy rains.
"Wash" Brosdwell has just completed
the making of a banjo which ia work of
art. The shell was got from a half peck
measure cut down, the head from an old
drum and the other parts from various
sources. he intends to send it to Chicago
to the worlds fair.
Elect James G. Roach en-
tertained his fellow members of the Ma
tionsl band at the band room last evening
and furnished an entertainment that did
himself credit and was appreciated by his
musical guests. Speeches, singing and
stories formed interesting features of the
program.
E. J. Hough, J. r. Campbell and 81. W,
Andrews are delegates from the grange to
the meeting of the state board of agricul-
ture in Warner hall, New Haven, Decem-
Der 30. Three days session.
The Knights of Tara will hold a special
meeting on the 18th of December to take
action on the proposition to disband.
Officer Martin came out last evening in a
new double breasted uniform overcost that
is just immense.