The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-02-27
WHALING FORD.

Inc Special IOWn Meetihg Last NlEut-
Death of Harry ii. Martln--Death Of Mrs.
Alfred Allen.
The special town meeting called for
last evening proved a dismal failure.
from Yalesville present and when the
meeting was opened it was found that
the call was illegal, as the law requires
that the notice posted on the sign post
shall be signed by the selectmen, when
in fact the notice posted was written
by typewriter. AS the fact came out
a motion, was made to adjourn and the
big delegation from Yalesville went
home disguised.
Harry II. Martin, well known and
respected lifelong resident of this town,
died at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
after a years illness with consumpe
ton, aged thirty-nine years. He leaves
O wife and two children. The deceased
was for several years employed at
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.'S and after
wards at II. l.. Judd & Co.'S. For about
four years he was in the real estate
politics a staunch republican and for
several years was chairman of the town
committee and an earnest worker. He
had many friends and no enemies The
| funeral will occur at o'clock Saturday
from the house on South Main street.
Rev. j. J. Blair will ofticiate. The in
terment will be in the "In Memoriam"
cemetery.
Mrs Alfred Allen of this place died
in the Meriden hospital yesterday. The
body will be brought here for burial to
day. There will be services in the Cen
ter street cemetery at 1890. The de-
ceased resided in the building on the
corner of Main and Center streets and
! was taken to the hospital in Meriden
three weeks ago. She leaves three small
| children.
| Secretary Thrasher of the Law and
Order league was in town again yester-
day and had writs for Thomas Morri-
son and William Luby, saloon keepers
on North Colony street. They were
brought before Judge Mclean, charged
| with violating the liquor law Morri-
son was fined $50 and costs, and Luby
! was discharged, as there was no conclu-
| S1Ve evidence against MIN.
John M. Cannon, who for the past six
| years has conducted q clothing and
! furnishing store on Center street, made
| an assignment in the probate court yes
terday The liabilities and assets are
not yet given. The largest creditor is
George S. Mansfield of the firm of
Mansfield & Pierce Of Boston. A hear
| ing on the case will be had on Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
| A woman entered large dry goods
store not many miles from Wallingford
and purchased several articles, refer
| ring at each purchase to a mcmoran-
| dunn she had with her. After she left
| the store one of the clerks noticed a
paper on the counter and picked it up
and found it was the list, of articles
| that the female was sent for, and the
paper is rather unique in its way. The
| following is q -simile of the same:
Canferraded Vaserlean
| Frog in Your Troat
! Pared Stockings.
Pared Dros, 20.
The next to the last article means
| pair red stockings.
Thirteen persons have died in this
town in the same number of days.
! Rev. J. e. Wildman preached in st.
Johns church in North Haven last eve
ming.
The bearers selected for the funeral
of Deacon John Atwater this afternoon
are w. Fl. Newton, e. NJ. Judd, u M.
| Hubbard, l., B. Bishop, j. r. Campbell
and Serene Bartholomew.
This is ladies' night at the Temper
! ance league rooms
Manager Leete will celebrate his
birthday on Monday and entertain q
few invited friends at the league
rooms,
Thomas Galligan of Colony street mas
a new baby hoy at his house, who ar
rived yesterday morning.