Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-23
wALLINGFORD.

All OF the stores Were Closed In |
Honor OF Washinston's Birthday
No Now Developments In the Case
Against HI. r. Hall for Neglect OF
His Cattle-Burglars Enter a Laun-
dry-Luke Martin withdraws His
Resignation.
Yesterday was one of those kind of days |
that anyone Of the present generation !
would have hesitated to own as birthday,
but as 1t ia generally known to be Wash
ington's birthday and a legal holiday 1t
was observed as such at the postofice and
In most of the stores, a majority of which
were closed during the afternoon and even
ing. The amount of snow on the ground
and the piercing winds of last evening re-
minded one strongly of the blizzard dsye.
The trains were all late aud were drawn by
two locomotives The travel was COM
paratively light as those who were obliged
to do 30 went far from their homes. The
snow is about two feet on q level and in
many places badly drifted in several of the
roads outside of the center thsre are drifts
fully ten feet high. Owing to the storm
there was but very few flags displayed and
very little travel about the streets.
There are NO new developments reported In the
Hall for neeectinE to care Tor his cattle. Agent
| Thrau did not come down here yesterday, but
Of the Humane society and it is probable that de-
| cided action will be taken In the matter at once
the statutes provide that doe OF not over $500
and Imprisonment of not over srx months, or
both, may be imposed upon the person who will
FULLY neglects his stock or fails to provide for
The Chinese laundry in Mrs. Keeler's building
on Main street was robbed of a oliver watch and
y dtrt rerf ha fa,,, -,
sence OF Jim Sing, the p oprietor, who trustingly
left his door unlocked while he went out to Ihe
market No clus as to the thief or thieves has as
The North Haven grange will visit the local
grange this evening, and will furnish the even
Mrs. a. j. Goodrich and Mrs Thomas Smith
are the delegates from the W. R. O. to the state
General W. Pease .tiended the banquet OF
the Sons Of the American Revolution at the
| winthrop In Mer1drn yesterday.
OfAcer Luke Martin sent in his resignation as
| night patrolman 10 Warden Newton yesterday
morning, and later upon the advice OF several Of
| bis friends, decided to reconsider his determina
ton, and withdrew the document Ofacer Mar
nsarx four DantS on night
law abiding citizens Of the borough will be pleas
the position that he has SO capably flled for thu
: time since his appointment
vent IN will open this afternoon at O'Clock IL
the Congregational church.
, man late Tuesday night in an intoxicated condi
, tion lying in the snow He put ia the lock
! | up and yesterday was brought before Judg,
| Hubbard and sentenced to thirty days in jail
| and was taken down on the II 81 train
The lectu . by Edwin Carswell in the Baptis
| church has been posi- poned.
3 Warden Newton, burgess higgins and Judg
| Hubbard appeared before the committee u
3 Hartford yesterday, In opposition to the pro
, | posed ameuding of the borough charter Il
abo ish the board of waer commissioners AM
/ place the entire management IF the waterwork
| In the hands OF the board Of burgesses wit
: | power to appoint superintendent.
= j. Nj. Hall received word yesterday morning o
| tho death OF Rev W. ). Richmonds three year
: | old daughter at NorristoSn, Pa Of membrane
| burial on Friday.