The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
WALLIYGFORD EYENYS.


Yesterday the Coolest Day of the Season
Death at Masonic Home-Reported At
tempt at Suicide-Many Items of Per-
sonal Interest
Yesterday morning was by far the
coolest of the winter. The mercury at
an early hour registered from 6 to IA
degrees below zero. On the hill it was
below, at Simpson, Hall, Miller 81
| Co.'S and on Whlttlesey avenue it was
10 below, while on Cherry street and
down to Wallace's factory it was H.
At Dudley's Wheelmen's Rest on South
| Colony street and at J. d. Williams
down Pond Hill way it was IA below
| zero.
The talented actor, Thomas @. Sea-
| brooke, with a first class company, will
appear this evening in THE Specula-
tor" at the opera house. 1t is seldom
| that the citizens of Wallingford have
chance to see such an array of talent
| here and the company should be greet
ed with a large audience.
/ The body of Mrs. Julia Winchester,
who died Saturday night at the Ma
sonic home was taken to Glastonbury
! yesterday morning for burial. This is
| the third death that has occurred at
| the Masonic home.
| There was a report around yester-
/ day afternoon that Cap" Weaver, a
| well known character about town, had
attempted suicide, but last evening he
was uptown and showed no sign of
! d. A 90 n
be learned Weaver was in the back
room of a saloon on the plains and
| there was a pistol shot heard from the
room. but upon investigation no one
| was found in the room, as he had dis
appeared out of the back door soon at
ter the report of the pistol.
| The ice dealers are not worrying over
the chances of the ice crop.
| One of the Center street saloonkeep-
ers kindled fire Sunday morning with
a lot of old rubbish, among which were
| a few Roman candles used at the last
republican parade last fall, some of
which happened to have some of the
| explosive material left inside and for
a. few minutes there We're lively times
in the kitchen, but no serious damage
was done.
The Baptist Sunday school has elect
| ed as officers: G. H. Brown, superin-
tendent; David Wilmot and Howard
James, assistant superintendent;
| Louis Johnson, secretary; w. c. An
drews, treasurer; G. A. Hopson, lib
rarian.
The Arcanum clubs recently elected
officers are: G. NJ. Hallenbeck, presi-
dent; Charles D. Norris vice president;
! w. B. Hall, secretary and treasurer;
DR.. ]. T. Barker, c. w. Leavenworth
and w. A. Trask, executive commit
| tee.
Miss Elsa Won Grave is the guest of
her brother, Major Won Grave of Acad-
envy street.
The entertainment at the Masonic
home has been postponed until Thurs
day evening.
The Strauss Brothers have sold to
Bernard Ames lot 50x150 feet on Wal
| lace street.
| Two teams from the Rambers will
| bowl at the Woodbine alley this eve
ming. .:
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wooding will start
Wednesday morning for Ocala, Fla.
| Elmer Allen will sail from New York
| Wednesday for Richmond, Va, and
other points of interest. His return
will be by way of Washington by rail.
Miss M. Frances McConville, the
elocutionist, will be the attraction at
the entertainment of Company I, Hi
| bernian rifles, Thursday evening,
| Dancing will follow.
| Miss Mamie Jacobs rs visiting friends
in Canton, N. J.
P. j. Griffin of Meriden and Miss
Mary Fahey, the Center street milliner,
will be married Tuesday, January u.
! Frank Wood and Miss Bridget Hay
den will be married Wednesday,, Jan
uary IS.
Property owners should be careful
and see that sand or ashes is placed on
the ice, if any remains, on the side
walks and avoid perhaps serious acct
dents.