The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-07
UILLTNGFORD.

Yesterdays storm was the severest we have had here for several years and the heavy downpour of rain and gale of wind which accompanied it made out door travel a hardship. The heavy wind broke down branches from the trees in all direction and the sidewalks were filtered with the broken pieces. The rain and melted snow was the cause of more water being seen about the town, especially on the plains, than at any time before for several years. The Quinnipiac river and lake were higher last evening than at any time for sev- eral winters and the water was still ris- ing. The sewers were taxed to their ut most capacity and were unable to carry off the water as fast as 1t came in and in consequence the water in some localities backed into the cellars. On Meadow street many cellars were food ed. H. D. Halls on Elm street and the Backes family on Fair street eel lars were flooded. On the north plains there were lakes on all sides. The Catholic cemetery was nearly half un- der water. The chimney on Thomas Pagnam's house on Colony street was blown over. The old Wallace hose house rocked like a cradle. Several of the company were inside enjoying a chicken roast and endeavored to play pool, but had to give it up as the balls rolled about the table by the building rocking, so that the game was a farce and had to be abandoned. The mead ows on the east side near Northrop's s brook were flooded and on Center street the water was nearly up on the side walks and only for the fact that the walk has been raised lately it would have been covered by several inches and impossible to pedestrians.
 Yesterdays rain made the snow dis appear and many who started away from home in the morning in sleighs had to walk home so the horse could draw the sleigh along on the bare ground. Captain D. l.. Barber was one of the unlucky ones who had to walk home.
 A big stream of water was running down the Washington street gully into the lake yesterday for the first time since the Center street sewer was built.
 Two bad washouts on Chittenden hill in front of H. F. Halls property are reported The concrete walk is gone entirely for about eight feet. At Wal lace's factory early last evening the water was getting very high in the wheel pit and 1t was feared that the main belt would have to be cut. Of Vn1 terday afternoon, aged fifty-two years. The deceased was a member of Merriam post, G. A. R., of Meriden,
 The ranks of newspaper correspond ents in this town are to have new member added in the person of sam Hubbard, who will represent the New Haven Leader.
 Hoyt's "Contented Woman" is booked for the opera house Saturday evening, February 15.
 There was but one session at school yesterday owing to the storm.
 Billy Barry in 'The Rising Genera tion' will be the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 Colonel AL Fountain, who was mur- dered with his son recently in New Mexico, was a veteran of the civil wal and served in the First California regi-
 ment with Julius c. Hall and J. T. Kim | berly of this town, who were both vel acquainted with him.
 The senior class at the high schoo | will hold a meeting Friday for the cleo | tion of officers.
 William Whalen was arrested late | Wednesday night by Officer Reilly anc | yesterday was brought before Judge
 Hubbard and fined $7 and $7.63 costs 1 for drunkenness. Not being able to set tie he was taken to jail. Only a few
 night since Officer Reilly found the
 same man drunk in George Le Houil 1 ler's cellar on Cherry, where he hat
 wandered. He was let off that time by
 promising to do better in the future.