Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-11
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 The organ Recital This Evening" The Townss First BOwling. Alley The Exact Facts-Mr. Culverss Cane General News Nicely Caught and How it Was Done.
 The organ recital by Fred B. Hill, assist ed by Miss Bertha Webb of New York, the celebrated lady violinist, in the Congrega- tional church this evening, promises to be a rare musical treat and should be largely attended. The program will be as follows; Ct Minor fusue. Mr. lii Bach from by
 Eddy.I S Adao s Allegro n:ioso " Arranged sy % Clarence G;;; hadyi Violin solo-"souvenir D'Haydn". Leonard
 Miss Webb. (a) Cavalleira Rusticana. .MascagnI CD Variations on "GSd %1 says As the Hesse Violin solo-"Das ysgi:IR iM Baume". ".... .Hauser S6 Overture to !eWiiIiam Teii .Roasini
 Arranged by Dudley i,1 Buck.l
 AA9Ao oo0hAo uo 1o 4uooVAoA 0iAOuk bAO correspondents of tho various out of town papers as to the first bowling alley in Wal lingford, and one Meriden paper states that the first will bs the one that ia to be constructed back of the temperance head quarters. This statement is immediately discredited by the other Silver City paper, which quotes that the first bowling alley was the one formerly on the Beach house property, and also gives the startling fact that one in Fagan's block on Colony street and one in the Lake Grove rink have flour ished before the temperance headquarters were thought of. Now that this soul-ab- sorbing topic is before the people, it be- hooves the COURIER to set the matter to rights beyond all doubt and state that fully fifteen years before any of the above bowl ing alleys were dreamed of fully fedged bowling alley with all it's usual accompani- msnts fourished in the rear of ths present Wallingford hotel, and was patronized by the elite ot the town, and many who were not. If there is anbody who can furnish any statistics that date back of the above now is the accepted time to be heard from. The carved cane of Henry E. Culver was rafded off Saturday evening at Stanley Botsford's cafe, and was won by 0. s. tickling, paymsster at the rubber shop. The winning shake was 4s out of possi. b!e 54, and John Hamilton, colored, threw the dice aI the request of the winner, who did not trust to his own ability or luck. The next number to the winner was 47. Real estate transfers: D. E. Morris to Edwin Doolittle of Brsnford, lot 60x113 feet on Prince street.
 The New York Tribune in speaking of Miss Bertha Webb says: Miss Bertha Webb, the young violiniste, was delight full surprise to the audience, and was en- encored at each appearance. Shs played with great spirit and with brilliant perfec- tion of technique.
 The eleven -year-old son of Frank Cassidy had his arm broken above the elbow Fri day nights while coasting on Ward street hill. Dr. Wilson reduced the fracture. Probate Judge Fowler has appointed Francis FiDnegan conservstor for Mrs. Ross Cox.
 There seems to be a question as to whether the two Merrill boys were drown ed in Community lake or in Neriden. At December death rate of the borough. NEATLY TRAPPED. The following extract from the Meriden Journal of Saturday tells an interesting story. It is headed, "Cspturs of a news thief-How the Veteran street morning paper fell into trap-Story of the drown | ing of two boys in Wallingfo1d was hoax planned to catch the sheet, and it succeed | ed in great shape to day." The paper then gives the story as follows:
 Under the heading Drowned at Wal l lingford" the following appeared in the Veteran street morning sheet to-day: l While skating on Community pond, Walling- ford, last evening" Frank and John Merrill aged through the ice and we're drowned. Their bodies wele recovered soon after, but all efforts to bring l them to life failed
 l There isn't scintilla of truth in the above report. No drowning accident oc- cured in Wallingford last night; there is Il no Frank or John Merrill in Wallingford 1t ia 8 fake from beginning to end, the re- suit of a scheme to catch the Veteran street sheet at its theft of news which has been going on ever eincs 1t started.
 1 W. F. Lane, the enterprising Walling ford reporter of the New Haven JoURNA1 AND COURIER, has suspected that import ant items which he telephonsd his pape, late at night and which he was certain were exclusive, wore being stolen by the Veteran street paper.
 | AO 0CAoPuOA0 gO 4NOW hdSou lIOm w hl
 lingfo1d he has to call up the Meri
 den central office and talk through that
 He surmised that the thieving was or
 the Msriden end of the wire and became l convinced that his news was being stoler
 last week. He telephoned an item down | to the JOURNAL AND COURIER about 8 barr
 being burned, and instead of it appearing
 in the printed report in the JOURNAL AM
 COURIER, that 1.-two horses" were burned
 1t said "two houses" were burned. Tn,
 same mistake appeared in the Veteran
 street paper the next morning and satis
 fled MT. Lane that his news was being
 pilfered.
 Then the trap was set in which the new
 thief was caught this morning. Mir. Lan,
 arranged with the JOURNAL AND CoUR1El
 to telephone down last night at Il: 80 bo
 gus item, which no attention was to b.
 paid to. At the hour mentioned he zen
 down the ''drowning" accident and as ex pected 1t came up smiling to day in th Veteran street morning sheet, which |
 "popular with all because it is newsy and
 accurate" and ''gives all the news up t.
 breakfast time." Mir. Lane gave it new
 before breakfast time.this morning that i
 Is not likely to forget.
 Most of the forenoon the "drownipg ac cident" was on bulletin board in iron
 of one of the news stores in Wa.lineford
 VOTED LAST NIGHT TO CALL REV. DIR. BLAIR A meeting of the mem5ers of the Wal
 lingford Congregational church was helt
 immediately after the service yesterda,
 morning. The committee that had beel
 appointed to secure new pastor reported
 in favor of Rev. J. J. Blair of Vermont
 who has been preaching at the church fo
 several Sundays back. Ths members O
 the church voted to extend call to hin for one year.
 SMALL FIRE YESTERDAY.
 An alarm of fire was sounded about
 o'clock afternoon. The fire departmen
 found the fire in the house occupied b,
 Mrs. Harland, corner of Main and Wart . streets. It started in pile of rags in tn ' store room over the kitchen The damage
 was about $20.
 CRITICALLY ILL
 The condition of Herbert Atkinson, on , of the most popular young men of ou town, who is sick with malsrial fever, wa } much more critical last evening. pr. San
 ford of New Haven Is attending him. New Assistant at St. Mary's. Rev. Father Dinahan of St. Mary
 church will soon leave for New York an, Rev. Father Hesley of New York city ha