The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-17
D0INGS OF WALLINGFORD
Al MARROW ESCAPE FROM Loss OF
LIFE.

Soldier of the Twelfth @. v.-Low Water
in the Lalse-Her Bicycle Disappeared
General News.
There was a narrow escape from q
serious accident on the Center street
hill early yesterday morning. The
heavy team of the Wallingford Ice
company was going down the hill with
over two and half tons of Ice, when
the neck yoke broke. William Nc
CURE, the driver, and Patsy Conlon
were on the seat. When the accident
happened Conlon jumped, but Mcguire,
with great presence Of mind, retained
his seat, and his head, and turned the
horses to the left up the steep terraced
bank, and the force of the heavy load
sent the horses up the bank to the side
walk and stopped the rear of the cart
at the curb and dumped the load of ice
out of the rear of the wagon into the
street. MCGUIRE kept the horses under
control, and all escaped any injury
more serious than the breaking of the
neck yoke.
The following appeared in a recent
issue of the Hartford Times: Daniel
r. p. Gilbert, veteran Of the Mexican
war and also of the War of the Rebel
lion, died at the Hartford hospital on
Sunday afternoon. He was found at
the dock in a suffering condition, and
was removed to the hospital for treat
ment. The deceased was seventy years
old. He had been an inmate of the
almshouse, and left there June TO- He
received pension of $12 per month.
Mr. Gilbert enlisted in Company A,
Twelfth regiment, Connecticut Volun-
teers, from Waterbury, October 10,
1861. He re-enlisted January 1, 1864.
On October 10, 1864, he was wounded
and captured at Cedar Creek. Va. He
was paroled in November of that year,
and was afterwards transferred to the
Twelfth battalion He was mustered
out August IL, 1865. He enlisted for the
Mexican war from West Hartford on
April 10, 1s47, and was discharged
August "a, 1s4S, when his term ex-
pired. For many years he was a hand
burnisher here and also worked in Mer-
iden.
The deceased was we'll known here,
where he resided for several years, and
worked at his trade as a hand FURNISH
er.
The water in the lake is lower at
20
owing to the gate being opened to re-
duce the pressure on the Golfer dam,
which Is being got into condition to en-
able the workmen to put in new graf
ings in front of the f1ume. Efforts will
be made to get the job finished this
week, as the Watrous Manufacturing
company expects to start up work on
Monday morning. j. R. Campbell has
had charge of the Golfer dam and New
ton & Sherman will put in the new iron
screen.
Owing to the low water in the lake
the fishermen are having great sport
and catching big strings of fish.
The funeral of the late Catherine B.
Linsley, who died Wednesday, as spok-
en- of in another column, will take place
lEOIu Tile IdHllly lloAicStChd III 4SOilti
ford Saturday afternoon at 1:30. The
interment will be in the Center street
cemetery.
Rev. Robert D. Craig will conduct the
services at the Masonic home on Sun
day afternoon.
Thomas Laden is home from Bright
on, Mass.
Darkes Pagan was at Block Island
| yesterday.
A daughter of Yale Bradley died ear
| 1y last evening at her fathers home on
South Colony street.
James living put his bicycle in H. E
Biggins' barn yesterday afternoon and
later, when he went for his Wheel and
up to last evening he had got no clue
as to its whereabouts The bicycle was
Lyndehurst make.
| Charles Oscar Hall was in town last
evening greeting his many friends with
his usual happy smile and genial man
ner.
Charles S. Hall has gone to Block ISL
and.
/ Rev. Edwin Gushee of Cambridge
will preach in st. Paul's church Sunday
morning.
Deputy F. L. NAPLES of Meriden will
| install the officers of Friendship en-.
carnpment, I. O. o. F., this evening.
The Simpson Nickel conpany's works
will be closed on Saturday.