Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-06
wALLINGFORDs

Bicycle and Horse Races on the Now |
Track To-day-The Thunder show
err Was the Heaviest of the Season
Yale Bradley Celebrated the Fourth
OF July.
The bicycle and the horse racing on the |
new track on East Center street this after |
noon promises to be quite interesting. |
The entries for the bicycle races are rs fol- |
lows:
One mile handicap-R D. HalIenbeek,
@. Fred Lane and ]. r Cottril from the
Rsmblers' Cycle club, and B. II. Prescott,
o. G. Spencer and W. g. Palmer of New
Haven.
Hslf-mile boys raced. G. Dudley, G.
A. Williams, s. D. Hallsnbeck. Arthur
Bailey and Charles Haywood,
Half-mile handicsp-F. w. Toothe, w.
T. Collect, Arthur Lane. c. F. Lane, R D.
Hsllenbeck, R. E. Badger, a. L. Hirons,
A. N. Williams, E. Il. Brogden and ]. R.
Cottrill.
Two mile handicsp-R. D. Hallenbeck,
G. +. Lane, E. q. Brogden and ]. R. Cot
trill.
The entries to the trotting races are:
Minute Glass.
W. A. Booth, b g, Jolly.
N. F. 1ngrsham, b m, Belle.
Frank anthony, m, Little Pet.
| q. j. hampton, m, Dolly.
B. N. Nichols, b N, Bessie Ann.
81. B. Leete, b m, Bessie.
2,40 Glass.
G. W. Haight, Waterbury, b ID, Faunt-
roy.
| ]. A. Doolistle, New Haven. b g. Dstre.
ham.
N. F. Ingrsham, b m, Kitty.
G. T. JONES' b g, Signal.
=. K. Hall, g z, Robert Fl.
w. A. Penfad, Meridep, b z, Dick.
. The bicycle races will be first on the list
and will start at l O'Clock. The hanot
Gaping was done in Hartford and early
last evening the positions were not giver
I out.
! The food gate at the Hanover pond wa
opened yesterday morning. and the rais
. of water inE the river and Community lax
was noticed about noon and the water roe
slowly all the afternoon. At 6 O'Clock tn
water had risen sbont eight inches.
Last evenings thunder shower was tn
heaviest Of the season. Early in the even
ing there was a lively hail storm, the hail
stones falling being as large as cherries
One enterprising resident of Cherry stree
gathered q handful and went into a neigh
boring cafe and used the same in a cock
tail.
The Fourth passed here without any yer
? serious accidents. Arthur Morgan hs
/, | one of his legs burned by the explosion @
irecrackers in his pocket. II. s. William
of East Wsllingford burned his hand Wit
q double-action Roman candle that worke
at both ends. Fred Perkins finger wa
= burned by q blank cartridge, and Jsmi
McGaughey lost an eyebrow by q irecrsci
er that went off ahead of his calculations
Miss Mamie Wilcoxson of Stratford
the guest of Miss Hattie II. Lane.
The selectmen paid out during June th
sum of s., 907SS
A. s. Russell made an assignment yel
terdsy for the benefit of hiR creditor
Judge Hubbard IL his counsel.
Dick Downey, Fred Rsnford and JAIME
Hines are home from Boston.
Richard A. Downey and Fred Grass
will start Monday for Chicsgo.
Miss Hannah Owens, Miss Emma Ola,
and Frank Wilton will start this afte
noon at 1:47 for the worlds fair.
Yale Bradley, one of the old residen
and a patriot, celebrated the gloriol
Fourth, and for the first time in over ski
- years INDUCED in the psstime of expeI
menting with frecraokers. Only one VI
USED, one OF the cannon species at tnat,
the hour of noon. The neighbors heal
the noise and rushed to the house in slsr
u and found Yale standing like statue su
veying the remnants of the monster FIR
cracker. Mr.. Bradley made q short 81
imprisoned exhortation to the assembl'
crowd to never fail in their duty to he
preserve and sustain the Union.
d The Gaze of d. W. Pstten OF Eontowe
I'D against the borough for alleged dsmsg
to his fishing rights in Muddy river Is .
signed for trial next Thursday in the col
mon pleas court.
e. II. Hubbard was In Durham Tuesdl
and only a short distance away from Il
big cannon that burst and threw cast ire
In all directions and sent one piece throu.
house without injuring any person.
four pound charge of powder and hea,
dose of waddiDg WAS the csuse of the Q
cident. The cannon was an old-timsr.