Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-19
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wALLINGFORD. The Will or the Late MT. Simpsen- An Important Bequest For Library
 Purposes-Other Bequests-The Fire
 Department-Voting TO.day-Gene.
 ral News.
 The will of the late Samuel Simpson was | in the probate court yesterday morning. | The will was drawn by Judge o. H. D. Fowler and bsars the date of February 90, 1894. The witnesses were F. H. Smith, l.. M. Monroe and Ellen J. Banks. The executors named are Mrs. Samuel Simpson, Mrs. G. W. Hull, Mrs. 0. H. Tibbitts, Miss Bessie Hull and 0. H. Tibbits. The sp- praisers chosen are o. Ives Martin and H. L. Hall. The will provides in substanoe ss follows:
 The homestead on Main street to the widow during her lifetime and with her daughter she shall occupy the same. She also receives the use of the income of $100, ,0OO of the estate, the same not to be less than $6, 900 Q year, to be paid semi- annually. She also receives tho household furniture and utensils. To St. Psuls church as Q memorial to his daughter, M. DsEtte Simpson, Is given q. 900 as a per manent fund. Only the interest shall be used, and that for purchase of books for maining one half for Christmas Sun day school festival for the children. For the Ladies' Library and Reading Room association is given 6fty-foot lot on the Be- oh house property on Main street, with sufficient depth for proposed building and as a memorial to deceased daughter M. De Ette, $25, 1000 to be expended for 8 suita- ble building. A further sum of $S0, 900 Is given the same association as a perma- nent fund to be used for books and read ing matter and to keep building in re- pairs etc. These bequests are to bs paid within Ave years after the death of the donor, and until such time as the sssocis- tion shall cause said building to be erected which shall be within two years after 1t shall have received the $25,000 Said association shall occupy the rooms in Simpson block, now occupied, free of expense. The two grsnddaugh- ters, Mrs. O. H. Tibbitts and Mics Bessie Hull, each get $25. 900 absolutely. Mrs. G: W. Hull, the daughter, gets s5O.- 900 and the use of homestead during her ker and Adeline Benham get 5000 each. Mrs. Hill has died since MT. Simpson's death, and her money will be divided - a, 800 to her son, Frank Ives, and $500 to his daughter, De Ette. Gsorge A. Simp- son of Fair street and s. G. Simpson of Academy street, nephews, get the use of $5. 900 each during their lifetime, the same to go to their widows and heirs. Wilbur | Simpson, grandson, gets q 300. St. Paui's church get 5000 toward hquidst- l ing the church debt, providing enough is raised by the society to settle up the remainder. The church debt is $4, 900; 1 $1, 900 Is given for the increase of the | ministry at Hartford as 8 permanent | fund, the income only to be used. The | Episcopal academy at Cheshire gets $1 ,000 | at the expiration of ten years. At the de- | cease of Mrs. G. W. Hull, the property ct | the corner of Main and Center streets, | Simpson block, Is to be given to Mrs. c. | Fl. Tibbitts ard Miss Bessie Hull, abso- lutsly. The request is also made that it be not sold during their lifetime and in
 case 1t be destroyed another shall be erected on Che site. Explicit instructions to the executors are given as to their duties. The will was recorded yesterday.
 The vote calling for 8 special meeting to
 appropriate $12, 900 for fire department purposes was rescinded at the meeting of the board of burgesses Tuesday evening. The matter of furnishing the night patrol | men with watchmen's clocks was discussed | and Burgess Thomson was instructed to investigate.
 The Wallace and Hubbard hose teams | will bowl this evening.
 | Mrs. Mary Kavanagh was appointed ad'
 ministrator on the late Thomas KsvanaRh
 estate. The appraisers are Patrick Con.
 cannon and William Luby, jr.
 The polls will be open to-day from 2 to l 8 p. m. in the borough off % to vote on the
 appropriation of $1 ,O00 for a sewer on
 South Orchard street, from Union street
 to Bartholomew row, to Colony street, and | $200 for a sewer on Hall avenue, from
 Colony street to the depot.
 ! Real estate transfers. l. B. Scranton tC
 Samuel Howe. lot 58ax140 feat, in Simpson
 avenue. A. R Bradley to Forest s. Smith,
 sixteen acres of land.
 John Sullivan, a brakeman on Conductor ! Jocelyn's freight train, was struck by ths | corner of the roof at the freight depot yes l terday morning and knocked from the cal
 and was seriously bruised, but no bones
 were broken.
 | p:ekerel In the lake yesterday.
 Hall & Elton compsny's employees have g | vacation until Monday morning.
 The National band will realize about $35
 from its benefit Tuesday evening. There
 was $235 house and the expenses aggrs
 gate about $200.
 The Foresters royalty entertained their
 Meriden guests and number of othera
 invited from outside the order last evening ! at their rooms in Wallace block. The statement that che late Samuel Peck
 place on North Main street had been
 rented Is mistake, as 1t has not as yei | been.
 "The Dazzler" is booked for the opers
 house on Monday evening, April 23. Thii compsuy has been here once this season
 and gave the best of satisfaction. l FIREMEN CALLED OUT. 1 WALLINGFoRD. April IS The fire de. pertinent was called out at midnight last night by an alarm sounded from the rub.
 ber shop. The fire was grass burning on
 North Plains. All the companies re- | sponded.