Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-27
WALLINGFORD.

Grand SOciable and COncert-Ban-
quet Saturday EveninS-Meriden
Horsemen,s Petition to the Le2isla-
ture-Set of hiskers-Ice N OF feet
ed Much by the Thaw-Persenal
News-Other Items.
The selectmen were looking over the
Daily farm yesterday and decided upon
building an addition 20x42 feet to the
present house for use of the towns board |
ers when the town farm Is ready to receive |
such guests. 1t is to keep within the sp-
preparation, of which about s., 600 remains. |
Seleotman Jones Is of the opinion that the
town and borough should unite and share
the expense of the erection of a building
on the farm to be used, should occasion re-
quire, as a pest house.
This evening will occur the much talked
of fremen's second annual concert and
sociable in the srmory. The various com
mittees have been hard st work and left
nothing undone that would tend to make
the affair 3 success. There has been over
300 tickets slready sold and big crowd is
Professor Flynn's orchestra will begin at
8 O'Clock, and An excellent program will
be given. The grand march will be form
ed as soon as possible after O'Clock.
The veteran, George Brosdwell, will
have his hands full for the next twenty
four hours preparing for the great BAN
quet which, he says, will be held at Harry
Clsrk's cafe Saturday evening. George,
who claims to have been chief cook in
King Dahomey's court in years gone by,
has besn secured to attend to the dressing
and preparing of six skupks for the event
and will oversee the entire matter OF cook
ing and serving the eavory dishes, and
guarantees that the work will be done in a
manner that none can surpsss.
The Meriden horsemen have sent down
word that they intend to be on the lake
Saturday afternoon with their trotters,
| even If they have to come down on wheels
| and get slsighs for racing after they get
here. They are snxious that E. E. Hall
| and his grey and all the other Walling-
| ford flyers shall be on hand and promise
that there will be some great trials of
| speed and it Is safe to say that they intend
to do up Halls grey if there is speed and
| staying qualities enough in any of the
! Meriden horses.
| A petition Is to be presented to the leg
stature asking that the borough charter
be amended to do away with the present
system of beard of water commissioners
and place the control of the water works
in the hands of the board of burgesses,
who will appoint superintendent. The
matter has been much discussed and the
idea meets with general favor among the
| thinking class of citizens and tsxpapsyers
E. B Camp has lost that luxuriant croI
of whisker that has for several months
adorned the lower part of his face aud
| been such a source of snxiety to his friends
He offioiated as best man at wedding II
Meriden Wednesday night and felt it a:
duty bound to appear with clean shaver
face, and In consequence sacrificed th'
| whisker, and the barber carefully saved
the Offering for future reference and i
will be safely locked up in G. O. Csrrolrl
safe, properly labeled.
Some of the faint hearted ones in tow
have expressed fear that the ice on tn
lake had been effected by the recent warn
weather and was unsafe for trotting horse
and story to that affect has been goin
around. The idea Is perfectly ridiculou
for the thsw has not affected the 10
enough to make any difference as to 1t
safety for 1t is fully fourteen inches thicl
and strong enough to hold train of cars
Boston on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs E @. Atchenback of Lou
City, Neb, and Mrs. Henry Trip @
Millerton, N. Y, will be the guests of Mrs
. I. F. Bulls of Main street on Saturday.
Mrs. S. e. Dickinson and Mics Msu
| Jacobs of Brooklyn are the guests of Mis-
, BERTHE Cornell of Whittlessy avenue
The reappointmsnt of Judge Hubbard Q
the borough court gives general satisfat
ton among the citizens here as he is COZ
sidered the right man in the right place.
The 1:53 train going north and the 3:5
, south will stop at this station for the az
: eommodstion of the out-of-town guests
| the fremen's dance this evening
Mrs Stephen Hall has given M he
home on Washington street and gone I
| New Haven to live with her son in Law
| William Martin.
Miss Eta May Steele is home from fiy
weeks visit to Miss Annie Macdonald Il
! Reading, Mass.
E. Stevens has accepted positio
: with the j. B. Williams company in Nat
| buo, to take charge Of the spoon max ins
Charles D. Morris will arrive home froI
Chicago Saturday.
a George Lehoniller found revolver ye
8 terday morning aud last evening 1t was T,
8 | turned to the owner, Officer Martin, VIII
| had been mourning its loss since o'cloc
In the morning.
e L. NJ. Hubbard was appointed Judge {
the borough court and d. @. Porter depui
: judge in Hartford yesterday.
There was break in the water pipes
l | the rubber shop early last evening and ii
q | water had to bs shut off from Cherr
: street, north of Hall avenue, to enable tn
Z break to be repaired.
8 A man and his wife who have bee
boarding at Alfred Atkinson's for sewers
f weeks, skipped out of town on the la
a train Wednesday night, leaving boal
e | bill.
g c o. Tennis, agent of the "Jed Prout,
t | company, WAS in town last evening ar
left on the 9:29 train for New York.