Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-02

WALLINGFORD.

| New Years Day in tho ToWn-G. A.
r.. and w. H. Gold Year Out and
| New Year In-Wheel shops Gong
Hymeneal - Tramps - Took Paris
Green.
| New Years day was remarkably quiet
one here and 1t seemed as If nearly every
body was out Of town or else they kept
| we'll in doors most of the time. The stores
were open until noon, but did not have
| much of a rush of trade. In the afternoon
| there was grand rush out of town to New
Haven and Meriden to take in the various
matinees. There was quite q crowd of
skaters on Simpsons pond and the lake,
where the sport was enjoyed on the limited
space cleared of snow by some of the ener-
getic boys.
The G. A. R. and W. R. g. will have q
joint installation of officers Friday evening
to be followed by camp FIRE and beam
bake. The department commander and
staff are expected to be present.
g. Wash Broadwell reports that his bet
! ter half has taken herself and personal
| effects from his domicile on the Long Hill
road and departed, and that now he is q
lone widowsr for the third time.
Louis @. Porter will arrive here to-day
| from Providence and to morrow morning
| begin his duties as die sinker at Maltby,
Stevens & Curtis Co.'s.
| The schools will reopen Wednesday
morning.
| Frank Austin has gone to work in Meals
market on Center street.
There was large attendance at the Ad-
vent Church to see the old year out Sun
day evening and the New Year was ushered
in with prayer and song.
There has been the usual large sale of
diaries at the various stores, and 1t is safe
to say that not one out of ten will be kept
| up after April l.
There was only ono gong sounded yes
tsrday and that was at the wheel shop
which ran as usual all day.
r. @. Morse of Cherry street ia confined
to his house by severe attack of the
grip.
Fred L. Lewis and wife were visitors in
the borough yesterday.
There was no evidence of any New
Years. calls to be seen yesterday, the old
time practice has died out here.
Marriage licenses have been Issued to
Fsyette O. Slate and Miss Vernelis E.
Lewis, Charles Wood and Miss Katie J.
Kennedy.
4ASA1uS shAou6u tAo AC0 III l. Auku pOuu
| is all the rage now and several fine strings
| of pickerel have been taken out.
Judge Hubbard IL suffering from an at
| tack of neuralgia.
A Meriden fakir is trying to get rich in
the vacant store in Fahey's block with the
plate game. but he objects to pay the
license for the privilege of working his
| scheme, but he had to come down with his
dollars all the same.
There were thirty six trsmps In the lock-
up Sunday night.
A boy living at Mrs. Lawrence Northrop's
on North Farms, took . dose of Paris
green Saturday with the intention of kill
ing himself but the attempt was failure
and the boy will recover.
The board of burgesses will meet this
evening.
As freight train was going south early
Sunday evening just below this station
door on one of the cars swung out and
struck against one Of the parlor cars on
the express train going north and knocked
the panel out between two of the windows
| and scratched the sides of several of the
other cars on the express. A lady on the
| car narrowly escaped injury by the flying
pieces of wood. Pieces of the car were
scattered along the track below the depot.