Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-20
WALLINGFORD.

Artery-A. o. F.-Safe Deposit Vault
Two More Electric Cars-General
News of the Town.
The bearers at the funeral of Mrs. Ran
dali Cooke were F. G. Bartholomew, o. I.
Martin, M. D. Munson, g. K. Darlington,
g. A. Simpson and L. q. Seeley.
Wilbur Morse severed an artery in his
wrist with chisel, which slipped while he
was using it, at Maltby, Stevens & Curtis
company's factory yesterday morning.
Yesterday mornings snow storm did not
improve the skating any and still it did
not spoil it.
Court Windemere, A. o. F., will elect
officers this evening. After the election
the members will have the usual smoker.
Mrs. Clara Hausmann has sold to F.
Herman Werner seventy acres of land in
Pond Hill known as the E. A. Doolittle
farm.
The Remington & Sherman company of
Philadelphia has just put in one of Its new
and improved safe deposit vaults in the
First National bank, which is absolutely
fire and burglar proof.
Sam Hubbard ia home from Wilbraham,
Mass, for the holidays.
John Marshall was still in the lookup
| last evening and the prospect of getting a
bondsman was rather slim.
The next neighborhood social will ba at
Mrs. Thomas Smiths on Cherry street to-
| morrow evening.
These moonlight evenings prove picnic
for the Gas company's night man, as he
l does not have to light the street lamps.
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. contem-
| plate going into the manufacture of ster-
| ling silverware in the nickel shop below
| the depot.
The Sons of Veterans have voted to in
| vite the G. A. R. to attend their instslla-
ton Of officers.
Two more of the electric cars have ar
| rived in Meriden. The workmen were
| putting up the supply wire on the poles
| above the trolley wire below the Yalesville
depot yesterday.
Officer Luke Martin has now a COM
| psnion on his nightly vigils, little Eng
lish pug dog.
Silas Becroft and Armand Hall will ap-
| pear in their musical specialties at the
l entertainment of the Hibernian Rifles,
| New Years.
The Advsnts will hold service at John
Dunn's, on Church street, this evening.
"The Dazzler" is booked for the opera
Il
Miss Hattie Fiske will succeed Miss
Nellie Mathison as teacher at the high
school. Miss Lulu Allis will take the room
vacated by Miss Fiske.
Judge Hubbard disposed on Monday of
| the five prisoners arrested by Officer Reilly
during Saturday night. Michael Bridgett,
James Laden and Hugh Dolan were fined
| IS and costs, So. SO each, for breach of the
peace and settled. Thomas Mulligan and
II IT, a.
| IS and So 10 costs for drunkenness and
went to jail. The case against John Mar
shall, charged with adultery, was con-
tinued until Saturday. The accused was
placed under $500 bonds.
Temperance Orator T. E. Murphy will
be here for a week or more in February or
March, and 1t is probable that the meet
ings will be held in the Congregational
church or the armory.
This years grand list will show an in
crease of $442, 1853 over last year. The
large increase is due to the work of the
board of relief's revision. The increase on
houses shows $64, 215, land $309, $40, stores
SEC. 700, manufactures $57,770, carriages
creased 81 ,446. Sundry other goods show
The two combatants who were fighting
in the all hot wagon Saturday night set
tied with the proprietor, George White,
for the broken glass and 1t is not probable
that any arrests will be made.
For ten years the Consolidated road paid
$25 year for the water used at this sta
ton. A year ago the ten years. contract
expired and for the past year the bill for
water is 1915. At the Air Line station
the years water rent is $50. An expert
has been in town for several days study
| en-, he okor ool So co{1 hot
he claims that it was impossible for the
amount of water charged to have gone
through the meter and pipe.
The many friends of Night Operator
James Hartigan will be pleased to learn
that he has recovered from a severe attack
of the grip and was back on duty again at
the depot last night for the first time in ten
days.
One of the residents of Washington
street looked out of his window early Sun
day morning and discovered big mongrel
cur dog drinking up the milk in his
neighbours pail set out for the early milk
man.
The skating on the lake is the best known
for many years, and Q large number are out
ENJOYING the healthful sport.
The report that there were over fifty
cases of typhoid fever in town is a great
mistake, as the facts are that there is not
case in town at present, as all the resident
physicians attest.
Two of the stacks of hay at the north
end of the lake, owned by the Strauss
Brothers, were burned by boys while skat-
ing ono day last week.
There is much interest manifested in the
voting for an overcoat to the most popular
fireman at J. II. Oannon's store. There
are over 2,900 votes and only 500 have
been turned in. Saturday is the last day
to vote.