Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-29
WALLINGFORD.

A Decision in the Clark-Ceok Case- An Appeal Taken-Started out to Drown Herself Hut Thought Better
 ofIt-Mrs. Cook Stricken With Par-
 alysis-Matters of Interest to the
 Fire Department-Otherzf Items.
 The minstrel entertainment, by local talent, for the benefit of the Y. M. 0. A. building fund, will open up in the opera house this evening Some of the best talent in town, both musical and dramatic, are included in the cast of characters, and it is safe to say that all who attend, and there should be full house, will get the worth of their money. The local hits will be one of the principal features of the evening.
 Mrs. Nelson Davis, an aged woman liv- ing with her three children on Washington street, near Quinnipiac stree t, is badly de- ranged and needs attention. Yesterday afternoon she left her house thinly clad and in her stocking feet, saying she was going down to the lake to drown herself. She came up the street as far as Hall avenue and then changed her mind and returned home again.
 Justice Beach rendered his decision on the Clark vs. Cook case yesterday morn | ing and allowed the claim of treble dam ages, amounting to $60, with SIS. 54 costs. Judge Hubbard, counsel for the defendant, l took an appeal and furnished the requisite bond.
 Rev. E. M Gushee, with wife and son, ! returned yesterday to their home in Cam 1 bridge, Mass.
 Do not forget the minstrels this evsn- 1 ing.
 Mrs. Martha Cook, widow of the late l Colonel Thaddeus Cook, was stricken with paralysis yesterday morning. her entire | nearly eighty-four years of age and a l lady we'll known and much respected. Last evening her condition was considered | critical
 Glands Across the Sea" is booked for the opera house March 2. The G. A. R. will meet this evening. The board of relief will be in session l again tomorrow.
 Charles G. Myers of Washington street is the father of a bouncing boy that ar rived here yesterday afternoon. Harry Sherman's little girl, Beatrice, is l down with the scarlet fever. | Skating on the lake is fine and is being we'll patronized by both sexes. 1 The iceboat "Volunteer" was out on the lake yesterday afternoon, but the wind was too light for very fast sailing. NJ. N. Burchard, recently manager o1 Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.'s Chicago store, has connected himself with Rogers & Hamilton of Waterbury. The report that J. w. Coe of Meriden was soon to begin filling his big ice Louses near the lake is rather premature, as the persons most interested are as yet ignorant of the fact.
 Oscar B. Lane was sitting up in chail yesterday for the first time since he broke his leg, several weeks ago.
 Go see Rome Donovan "by. himself" ir the opera house this evening.
 Sunday afternoon the members of Simp son hook and ladder company will meet tc elect a foreman to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Ben Lampfear to the position of first assistant engineer. The Wallace hose company will at the next man T. F. Michaels, promoted to second assistant engineer. First Assistant Thomas Kenney is named as the next foreman oi
 Wallace hose. Thomas is a good officer and quite popular with the members ot the company as we'll as it's many friends
 There is ten-inch ice on Crystal lake tha
 will be harvested to day.
 "Mr. Barnes of New York; is booked fo
 the opera house on February 12.
 Colonel Logan H. Root of Little Rock
 Ark, formerly connected here with thu
 Wilson Sewing Machine company, is eas
 on business trip.
 A party of ten from New Haven hay,
 secured tickets for the minstrels this even
 ing and will occupy prominent place il
 the orchestra chairs.