Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-20
WALLINGFORD.

At the Annual Borough Elect1on ON
Saturday HI. r. Hall, the Democratic
Candidate for W Warden, Was Defeateo
- AT the Business Meeting q five
MILL Tax Was Laid-Frank Hill met
With an Accident.
The annual borough election Is over, and
to the credit of the citizens 1t can be said
that b. F. Hall is defeated again, ss was
generally predicted. The vote cast was the
largest on record, there being total OF
7s9. The entire citizens ticket, with one
exception, was elected by nsjorities ranging
from rs to 206, There were 100 straight
citizens, 1873 straight democratic and 20
independent tickets cast, with 432 scratched
tickets. B. A. Treat for warden had l23
majority, while Willis A. Trask for treas
urer defeated O. N. Jones by 2O6 majority.
P.D. Leonard for burgess was the only de-
feated candidate on the oitlzens' ticket, he
being defeated by g. g. Thomson by At
majority. Owing to the many scratched
tickets it was 1875 before the result of the
vote was declared.
At the business meeting held after the
close of the polls at o'clock the reports
of the borough officers and water commits
sioners were accepted. A fve-mill tax,
payable June 1, 1894, and collected on or
before June /, 1895, was laid Upon the
motion of e. III. Judd vote of thanks was
voted to the retiring warden, W. d. New
ton, for the able and efficient manner in
which he has filed the position for the
past three years. There was a large at
tendance present who stayed until the vote
was declared. There was general satisfac
ton expressed on all sides over the result
of the election. The result Ia as shown
below:
CITIZENS TICKET.
Warden-B. A. Treat, AT.
Burgesses-DanielL L. Barker, 43e; Geo.
W. Backes, 457; P. D. Leonard, 1913.
Clerk-Fraray Hale, 1888.
Treasurer-Wtllis A. Trask, 1874.
Collector of taxes-R. q. Austin, 7S1.
Assessor-Patrick Conoannon, 422.
Auditor-C. n. Brown, 431.
Bailiff-D. O'Reilley, 1888.
Water commissioner-Henry L. Davis,
424.
Treasurer water fund-Willis A. Trask,
455; W. Trask, 2.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Warden-Henry F. Hall, 1924.
Clerk-Fraray Hale, 1888.
Burgesses-Gllbert q. Thompson, two
years, 420; Patrick Darrigan, two years,
$50; Charles s. Allen, two years, 257.
Collector-Roger s. Austin.
Tressurer-Chsrlss N Jones, 2S9.
Assessor-PatrickJ J. Quinn, 351.
Authorization I. Todd, $3.50.
Bsilif-Dsniel O'Rsilly, 1888.
Water mmissioner-Michael O'Calla
han, three years, 346.
Treasurer of water fund-Charles N
Jones, 1888.
The High echool football team went te
Meriden Saturday minus the services Of
Knight, Cook and two others of the regu-
lar team, and were defeated by the Y. M
O. A. eleven by score of IS to O. The
Meriden T. A. B. team came down hers
and played with the local T. A. B. and thu
game resulted in each side scoring II
points. The tie will be played of the Sat
| urday after Thanksgiving.
Captain Beach of the brigade staff will
| inspect Company K this evening. After thu
| inspection dancing will be in order.
A large piece of plastering fell from tn
| wall of the drawing room at the house Of
| Judge Bartholomew on Academy stree
Saturday morning. A heavy chair wa
broken to pieces by the falling mass, which
was over an inch in thickness. Miss Lula
| the JUICES oauSntsr, was IN the room oni.
J a few seconds before the accident.
| Work was begun on the electric roat
| east of Wallace's bridge Saturday morning
Ten horses were attached to the heavy plov
that was used to turn up the stonss in. th
maoadamizsd road.
Frank Hill had one of his fingers badl,
smashed Saturday while handling barre
of cider, his finger getting caught between
the chime and the wall.
Reserved reats for the English Glee clul
! of New York, which appears in the oper
| house Wednesday evening, under the aus
| pices of st. Paups church choir, go on sal
| this morning at A. B. Pixley's.
An explosion of a lamp in the house G
Lewis White on Cherry street early Sstur
day morning caused another alarm of fire
| The damage was not very heavy. Wallace
| Hose company was on hand and put on