Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-28
WALLINGFORD.

Official Order-PrO%ram for Memorial
Day-General News of the Town.
The following order has been Issued by
Commander M. W. Tuttle of A. 81. Dutton
post, G.. A. R
"wednesday, May 80, il Memorial day
and 1t is our duty as comrades of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to see that the
duties of the day are properly observed.
Every comrade is earnestly requested to
appear at the post rooms In uniform with
white gloves on Sunday evening, May ~,
at 7:30 p. M, for the purpose of attending
divine service at the Congregational church
by invitation of its pastor. Rev. J. J. Blair.
Wednesday, May 80, the post will assemble
at the post rooms at IL, noon, where they
will proceed to Town hall whore public ex-
ercises will be held at o'clock appropri-
ate to the day and an address delivered by
Major q. g. Dennison. Marshal John s.
Parker will then form the procession on
Center street right resting on Main street In
the following order: National band, Com
pany K, Second regiment, O. n. O., Com
pany I, Hibernian Rifles, Ivy division, U.
R. <. of P, Wsllingford fire department.,
Camp W. N. Mix, 8. of v, and A. q. Dut-
ton post. The line of march will be as fol
lows: Up Main street to Christian, to the
Catholic cemetery, down Colony street to
Center street cemetery, where the usual
memorial exercises will be observed. All
old soldiers or sailors not members of the
q. A. r. are cordially and earnestly invited
to join with us in the duties. A detail
from the post will leave the town hall at
10 q. m. to decorate the graves in the In
Memoriam cemetery. The ladies of the
Relief corps will be at the town hall from
8 to II a. m. on Wednesday for the pur-
pose of receiving and arranging the flow
ers."
There was a large attendance both after
noon and evening at Hunting's circus on
Saturday and all seemed satisfied with their
Investment of IS cents. The show was the
best and best conducted that ever visited
this place and the managers express them
selves well satisfied with their patronage.
Charles E. Griffin, manager of the mu-
scum and side show of Hunting's circus,
and his two brothers, Frank and John,
connected with him, are nephews of Mrs.
O. N. Lane and E. K. Morse of this town
and have before visited their relatives.
Their mother was formerly Miss Fannie
Griffin, daughter of Eldrige Morse, who
lived on North Farms. She married Mr..
Griffin of Abba, Iowa, where she has
lived for over thirty years. Miss Lucia B.
Griffin, the elocutionist, is sister of the
three young men.
The Yale freshman glee and Apollo banjo
clubs will give concert in the town hall
on Tuesday evening, June 5. Several of
the ladies interested have kindly consented
to give an afternoon tea to the members of
the clubs at the house of Mrs. J. D. Nc
Gaughey. Among the ladies are Mrs. q.
D. Munson, Mrs. J. T. Barker, Mrs. W. 8.
Russell, Mrs. B. F. Harrison, Mrs. J. P.
Stevenson, Miss Ruiz Rees and Miss Pres
colt of Rosemary hall, Mrs. s. B. Manning
of Brooklyn and the Misses Atwater.
Tho Wallingfords won the ball game In
bury, taking with them Pitcher Cassy's
little boy dressed in baseball uniform as a
mascot. The game resulted in . victory
for Walingford by score of to 6. Base
hits, Danbury 8, Wsllingford 8. White
scored the only two base hit that was made.
They returned home on the 1881 train and
will play in Danbury again August II.
Rev. J. Z. Wildmsn offeiatsd at the
funeral of Sylvester P. Richards Sunday
afternoon. The bearers were selected
from A. H. Dutton post, g. A. R., and were
Thomas Plckford, w. w. Freeman, P. N.
Tvitohell, John s. Parker, W. N. Nix and
W. n. Whitaker. The burial was in the
North Main street cemetery. The g.
A. R. post had charge of the funeral.
Manager Heinemsn's ball team play In
Collinsville next Saturday.
The Daughters of the King and Brother
hood of st. Andrew will hold reception
in the parish house on Monday, June 4.
The Rove3 hrico1a of tha Honorao affou Al
church will give strawberry festival, en-
tertsinment and drill at the church on
Thursday evening, May 81.
The Village improvement society has
voted not to accept the 500 voted by the
board of burgesses, owing to a provision
that the macadamizsd roads only shall be
sprinkled.