The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-05
EVENTS IN WALLINGF0RD
TT WAS INDEED Il GLORIOUS VTo-
 TORY.

The Vote Surprised the Oldest Inhabitant
 There Will be a Big Jollification-And
 Now Comes Another Election.
 Mckinley carried Wallingford by 4S7. Great Scott! Who would ever have believed it possible that old Wall ingford, the hotbed of democracy for over half a century, would ever get into tho republican line in such a man. ner, The victory was discussed yester- day from all the various points, and it is believed that the day for counting Wallingford as a democratic town has gone by. The republican committee held meeting last evening to arrange for a general jollification and street parade Friday evening to celebrate the glorious victory, and the citizens along the line are requested to join in and il- illuminate, and make the celebration a grand success. It is now eight years since the republicans have had a chance to get out and celebrate a national vic- tory, and it is safe to say that the affair will be a rouser.
 The next election on the docket is the annual borough election, which occurs the last Saturday in November. The electric light question cannot be used as an issue to further the ambition of some of our would-be candidates for office on the democratic side as that question is already settled and the borough can have electric lights when ever it chooses to vote on the appro- priation for the same and follow the line laid out by law. There is no chance for anybody to stop it, if the citizens want it.
 During Tuesday package of 2,0OO national democratic ballots was stolen from the ante-room in turn hall, used by the republicans as committee room. Where the ballots went to is not known.
 Late election night one of the leaders of the silver party met one of the repub- licans on Center street, and during a short friendly scuffle, the silver man was thrown bodily over fence into a door yard.
 The campaign just finished has been ably managed on the part of the re- publicans, and the town committee de- serves especial credit for its able work as does the many others not on the committee, who have hustled to help l achieve the glorious result. That the committee had the canvass figured down fine is apparent, as on the last canvass the majority in the first dis | trict was figured out as 3S7, and the re- suit showed 3S9. At the close of the polls the claim was 36S. There were many election wagers made here Tuesday afternoon on the majority in Wallingford the line being | drawn at BOO There were several bets made that McKinley's plurality would be nearer 800 than 300. Several hun dred dollars changed hands over the result of this town and on the genera result.
 There was quite a little celebration going on last evening among the boys but the older ones were tired out from l the night before racket, and were anx- ious to get early to bed.
 The popocratic headquarters in towr hall were closed up Tuesday night be- | fore midnight, as the election returns were not encouraging. The presiding pop" advised his silver friends to gc home and go to bed, and wait unti morning, when the New York Journa would give them more reliable news and intimated that the wire had beer tempered with and the press subsidiz ed, and declared that the morrow's dis l patches would show that New Englanl i did not control the country.
 Company K turned out yesterday af. ternoon to attend the funeral of its | late member, Edward Foerch. Rev | Henry Stone officiated. The burial Wa: in the Center street cemetery.
 The factories and many of the houses are being decorated in honor of the great victory Tuesday, both in nationa and local affairs.
 The rainfall here for October was 26l 1 inches.
 Aauilla social will meet this evening l at Mrs. Frank Toothe's. Supper vii be served at o'clock.
 Michael Cahill of this town and Miss l Annie E. Maloney of Hartford were married yesterday in the capital city.
 Work on laying the crushed stone or South Colony street was begun yester day.
 Carl Malmquist, Conrad O'Brien, Will l liam Olger and John Barry have eacl a new baby boy at their respectiv' homes
 A representative of the Hartfort Steam Boiler company inspected tn steamer here yesterday and found it al right.
 John A Martin had a majority of 54 over J. T. Kimberly, for judge of pro bate.
 The fact that Edward Harrlgan' Marty Malone" will appear in the Fly perion in New Haven this evening is guarantee that the company is frs class.
 l AN INTERESTING LECTURE