Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-18
wALLINGFORD.

Sudden Death of mrs. Randall cooke Aged Nearly Nlnety.dve-The New
 Pastor-The Soeiesy,s Concurrence
 Trained Kittens-Funeral or Her. bert tAtkinson-General News.
 Mrs. Randall Cooke of Elm street was found dead in her bed about 7:50 o'clock Saturday morning. She was the oldest person in town and on her next birthday in January would have been ninety-fve years of age. Early Saturday morning her daughter, Mrs. Hall, went into her bed room and noticed her in bed apparently asleep and after speaking to her and not getting an answer, touched her upon the face and found that she WAS dead. Her death was probably due to old age. and she apparently died without struggle. The deceased had resided on Elm street nearly all her life and was much respected by all. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Alexander Hall, and Mrs. L. G. Seelsy, who has lived with her for many years, and Q daughter who resides in New York.
 The notice of the funeral will be given
 later.
 At the meeting of the members of the
 Congregational club, held Saturday even
 ing, 1t was unanimously voted to concur with the action of the church to instruct the committee to extend call to Rev. J. J. Blair of Freeport, Me-, to become pas tor of the church for one year. Mrs. Orrin Andrews of Main street, mother of Dr. G. H. Andrews, is now the oldest person in town, having been only about three months younger than Mrs. Cooke.
 Harry Toothe will start to-day for hii
 home in Galesburg, Ill.
 G. A. Smith has taken quite fancy tc | training kittens and has got two that art said to be the highest of their species and has christened them 'sDiok" and "Doc' and it is probable that they will be among the exhibits of trained stock at the next state fair. Saturday afternoon and evenings heavy rain spoiled all the sleighing and carried away most of the snow.
 Miss N. E. Slack expects to be able tc resume her duties as teacher at the higl school to-day. Friendship encampment, No. Il, I. O. o. F., has elected ss officers, L. D. Hill chief patriarch; M. K. Thomas, high priest; Frank Talbot, senior warden; R A. Bolton, junior warden; Arthur James secretary; William Ranford, treasurer. Miner Henry of Meriden got full here Friday night and was locked up by Sherif Austin and Saturday morning was let of by Judge Hubbard upon paying $1.97 fol the officers fees.
 Rev. F. E. Marble expects to give 6 stereopticon lecture of the worlds fair ir the Baptist church Tuesday evening. There was large attendance at tht funeral of Herbert Atkinson Saturday afternoon. The bearers were Fraray Hale William Hodgkinson, Charles E. Blunt Wallace Hobson and Charle, and Leverstt Bissell of Suf6eld. Owing to the ssver' storm the commitsl services were held iI ! the church instead of at the cemetery There was profusion of beautiful flora tributes
 Mir. and Mrs. T. E. Murphy arrived her | on the 10:31 train Saturday evening, ant at both msetings in the Congregations
 church yesterday were given royal vel como.
 There was a fracss in the s'all hot" wag on on Colony street about Il o'clock Sat
 urdsy night between two of the customers
 and in the scuffie the big glass in the win
 dow was broken. The crash of the glss
 was heard for some distance and a crow,
 soon collected about the spot, but tn
 trouble was over and the proprietor wa
 only interested in getting pay for the brok
 en glass, and the two combatsnts will hay
 to divide the expense, $2.50. Soon afte
 there was another scrap outside, an
 Michael Bridget was arrested by Office
 Reilly; the other man got away.