The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-04
WALLINGFORD.

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Another Of our merchants has given
| in to the pressure of the hard times.
William Murray, who for many years
| has conducted the grocery business in
the borough, yesterday closed his store
doors and announced himself in a
cramped condition and unable to meet
his obligations. No regular assignment
has as yet been made, as Mr.. Murray in
tends, if possible, to arrange amicably
with his creditors as best he can and
continue on with his business
| Rev. w. w. Peck will hold service
in Masonic hall this evening at 1880
| o'clock. The reverend gentleman
states: Since have not had the OPP
portunity OF preaching in a Methodist
pulpit, and believing my position mis-
understood. shall hold a service for
the purpose of making personal state
ment to the Methodist people In explain
alton of my course.
The special town meeting on the good
roads question win be held in town hall
! this evening, A big delegation from
Yalesville will be In attendance, and
no dougt there will be large turnout
from this section of the town.
| The gilded cross on the spire of the
Church OF the Holy Trinity bids fair
to succumb to the fury of the March
gales, as it is working loose. Satur-
day nights east wind sent it leaning
| toward the west, while the westerly
gales Of the past two days has forced it
over to the eastward and, If the wind
continues to blow it is hardly possible
that 1t can stand the pressure. The
cross is twenty feet high.
Company KS basket ball team will
play in New Britain next Tuesday even
ing with the high school team.
Chief Engineer Luke Martin has a
young fourteen-pound fireman at his
house, which arrived yesterday morn
ing.
/ To-day is quarterly pension day and
Town Clerk Martin will be at his office
/ at a. m. to fill out papers for any Of
/ the veterans who give him an early
morning call.
Cleve Thompson, with his little ko-
dak, has taken photograph of Com
munity dam during the recent freshet,
/ and the work is fine and worthy of a
professional
A. B, Pixley received from New
York yesterday crate containing eight
| dozen quail. Six of.tlle birds were dead.
The others will be placed in the woods
in different parts Of the town, where
it is considered most suitable.
A delegation from Compass lodge, F.
and A. M, will visit Wooster lodge in
New Haven this evening.
/ The atmosphere was so frigid in the
l inrt, MI /, az
the scholars were dismissed at 1890
Ma1tby, Stevens e. Curtis company's
factory had to shut down at O'Clock
yesterday morning on account of the
breaking of the screen at the entrance
of the flume. which is intended to keep
out drift wood and other refuse from
the Take.
Owing to some stoppage in the Chin
neys of the town hall building the es-
cape of gas from the stove in the bor-
ough room was Sitting and almost
unbearable and for time it seemed
as if the entire board Of burgesses, war;
den, clerk and the reporters would be
: asphyxiated. After an hours patient
suffering the fire, which was newly
built, got to burning all right and the
gas disappeared. Attorney H F. Hall
came in the room early, but stayed
but short time as the gas question
proved too much for even him.
THE BURGESSES MEETING LAST
NIGHT.
Warden Morris called to order the
board of burgesses shortly after s
o'clock, at which time Burgesses
Backes, Luby, Darrigan and Kimberly
were present. Burgesses Hassett and
Phelps came in soon after.
| The first business was the ordering
paid of the usual bills.
Voted, That in accordance with the
instructions of the special meeting OF
the freemen of the borough, the warden
is hereby authorized to borrow for the
use of the borough sum not to exceed
$4,000
Voted, That the warden be author
lied to borrow of the water commits
sioners from the surplus fund of s24,
lis money for the immediate use OF
the borough
Voted, That a sewer assessment be
laid on the property owners on Main
street from the north line of the school
house property to the line of North
street A meeting of the sewer COM
mittee will be held on Thursday even
Ing, March 10, to hear property owners
on the matter.
The property owners in Ward street
to be also notified to meet the COM
mittee on the same evening.
Voted. That the bill of NJ. E. Cook
| be referred to the warden to consult