Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-14
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wALLINGFORD. The Business Outlook DIscouraging HI. l.. Judd S5 Co. Shut Down 1n- defnitely-Several Other Factories Will Run on Three Days' Time for the Present-Result of the Five Mile Bicycle Race-An APpropria- lion of $9,OOO for the Ward and Colony Street SeWers-Newsy Items From the Busy Town.
 The business outlook in our factories does not sem to improve, and the pros pect of more short time seems probable. H. L. Judd & Co.'s works, which were closed all through July and started up on August 1, shut down Saturday for an in- definite period, with the assurance that another start will be made as soon as busi- ness will allow. Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.,, R. Wallace & Sons, Maltby, Stevens & Curtis Go. and Hall & Elton Go. will start up this morning and will run three days a week if the situation will allow; if not, then they will close down again. At the Metropolitan Rubber company's works a general cutdown of 10 per cent. goes into effect to day and the employees are assured that the reduction will be put back again when the business outlook will guarantee. The insulated wire department at the rub Der shop will run on half time this week and half the employees will work three days and the other half the other three days.
 There was lively fight in Rogers saloon corner of Center and Colony streets shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday evening between two employees of the Air Lin' railroad, and Officer Reilly was called il and arrested one of the men who was sait to be the aggresser in the fight. The mal said he would go along with the office and started all right but suddenly made dive and got away and rushed through tn crowd that had assembled outside ant started up Colony street and escaped. H was given a lively chase by the officer bu managed to get away.
 The 6ve-mile bicycle race for the G. W Hull prize cup, Saturday afternoon, wa won by Eugene Brogdsn who covered tn distance in 15 minutes, 30 seconds. Hi only competitor was R. D. Hallenbeck Brogden having now won the third rae for the cup, it becomes his privst property.
 d. W. DaV1S caught trout fn the lak Saturday that weighed three quarters of Adelbert Briggs, who works on Pete Jones' farm, was pitching on load o coarse hay on wagon recently when h threw on the wagon nest of hornets The yellow jackets soon filled the air an covered the horses, who started across tn lot on run, nearly crazy from the sting of the hornets. Briggs, with the assist snce of MT. Jones, cut the horses clear 0 the wagon, and in doing 20 Briggs va severely stung about the face and neck The horses finally got rid of their to1 mentors.
 There was but little interest evinced i l the voting on the appropriation of $9, % l for the Colony and Ward street sewer l Saturday afternoon. There was only 12 | votes cast, of which number 98 wer ye and s9 no. When the polls closed at o'clock Warden Newton was absent an cruld not be found, and as only the wal den or one of the burgesses is authorize to open the box to count the vote, it ws after o'clock before the result ws known, and then only after Burgess Thon son was looked up and brought to tt borough ofice.
 News comes from St. Msry's, Kansa
 that D. J. Lane, who was well known he1
 while clerk at A. B. Pixley's as D.
 Leahey, will about September l, wed
 charming young lady in that enterprisir
 western city. After leaving here ST
 going 10 Kansas MT. Lsahey was adopte
 by wealthy uncle and changed bis name
 Lane. MT. Lanes many friends here wi
 wishshim happy outcome of this, his ne l venture.
 Mr. and Mrs. Dexter o. Doolittle vi ' nal. "a fhofr o;1 ing.
 Miss Mamie Sprague of Providence
 the guest Of Miss Edna Sperry.
 ! H. L. Hirous is at Block Island. 4 The Wallingford's play ball in Cheshl | next Saturday, and the following Saturd
 the Cheshires will play here.
 Rev. J. E. Wldman offciated at t funeral of Dr. Henry Davis Saturday g
 ternoon. The bearers were B. A. Tres
 H. L. Hall, ". N. Mix, E. s. Parmele
 W. N. Whitaker and H. L Hall, 2d. ". I. Todd is hone from a trip amol
 the lumber regions of Michigan.
 The will of the late Homer R. Johns'
 has been offered for probate. 0. A. Hs
 rison vas appointed administrator. 1T ! will provides that his eon Frank shall 1 paid $2O and Charles $1 year after t
 estate is settled Three -fourths of t l property goes to the widow and on l fourth to the daughter, Daisy. At t l death of the vidow one half of her pc
 ton shall be given to the daughter al
 the other half to be divided between u l sons.
 1 A horse belonging to Edward M. Roa1
 was stolen sometime Saturday evenir
 from it's barn on South Colony street. IT
 thieves could not get the wagon out and
 they took an old wagon belonging to Hul
 Early, which they drove to Hamden a1
 broke up there. They then took wage
 belonging to Henry Futile which thu
 drove short distance and 1t becoming di
 abled abandoned it. They took anoth
 wagon which they disabled. Sheriff Au
 tin and Officer Reilly started out to loo ! for the horse yesterday morning and tn.
 found it down in Quinnipiao about | o'clock in the morning. The officers ss
 they think they know who the thieves ar Officer Luke Martin found bicyc
 leaning up against tree on Main stre
 early yesterday morning. As 1t does n
 belong to anyone hereit is thought to ha'
 been stolen in an adjoining town ar | abandoned here