The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-13
WALLINGFORD.
Borough Votes in Favor of Lighting by
 Electricity.

Borough Votes in Favor of Lighting by
 Electricity.
 The Poverty social in the armory last evening, under the auspices of Mig pah chapter, o. E. S., was very pleasant affair and largely attended. The gentlemen as they came into the armory were subjected to a thorough search and promptly fined according to the program and much sport was occasioned by the searching committee in It's work The fines were paid as a general thing without any grumbling, as all seemed to enter into the spirit of the work. The affair from finan- cial point was decided success.
 The special borough meeting to vote on the electric light question was held yesterday afternoon in town hall and up to o'clock very little interest was manifested in the question, as at that time less than 200 votes had been cast. but the remaining hour before the polls were closed there was livelier voting dHQ WueA lIG pOlAS SAOSS0 NAAOAS HNAN 351 votes cast, as follows: Yeas S99, no 12, the voting thus being in favor of having the borough lighted by cleo tricity.
 octave Odett has bought out the French resaurant in Fagan's block on Colony street.
 Samuel D. Bidwell of William street, father of Mrs. J. P. Foster, is criti- cally ill
 Mrs. George Taylor arrived yester- day from Providence to arrange for the moving of her household goods to that city.
 The frozen water main across the Community bridge has at last been thawed out and Paugh pond water was let into Maltby, Stevens & Curtis Co.'s factory at 6 o'clock last evening for the first time in a week.
 W. R. Gilbert is on deck again.
 The Baptist Boys brigade will give an exhibition drill and entertainment on Thursday evening, March q.
 The Congregational Boys brigade will give an exhibition drill on Wash ington's birthday.
 The manufacturers and water com missioners will meet together Thurs day evening to talk up the water rates
 George T. Jones has sold to H. L. Davis and w. A. Trask the Methodist chapel property on Quinnipiac street.
 George Cook of Academy street IS about again after an attack of the grip.
 c. J. Morse started last evening for Indianapolis for another stock of horses
 Simpson, Hal1, Miller & Co., held its annual meeting yesterday and re-elect- ed it's old board of officers.
 Fife Ellsler in Hazel Kirke" will be the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 About six years ago when the Wal lingford Gun club gave up its practice | shoots there was about $50 remaining | in the hands of A. B. PixIey, the | treasurer, where it has since remained | although several attempts have been | made to get together enough of the | members to have meeting and divide | up the money, but without success. It | is now proposed to take the money | and invest in the purchase of live | quail and at the proper time let them | loose in the woods about the town. | A large number of the members are favorable to the scheme and those who are not in favor can signify the same by calling on A. B. Pixley.
 D. c. Dindley has given up his con tract with c. Rogers Brothers of Meri- den, which he has had for nearly two years.
 William Cook has sold the Samuel Ford estate in Pond Hill to E. 2. Clin- ton.
 Mrs W. F. Whitney arrived home yesterday from St. Stephens, New Brunswick.
 At a meeting of Hillhnnsa chartnr