The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-17
WATLINGFORD.

The annual ball of the fire department
will be held in the armory this evening,
and a large attendance is expected to
be present, including delegations from
New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden and
other places. Arrangements have been
made whereby an electric car for Mer-
iden will leave here at 2:30 a. m. after
the dance Is over The committee has
done everything possible to make the
ball success, and it is safe to say that
it is sure to be one.
P. d. Leonard has qualified as collec-
tor and furnished $1,000 bond, with T.
F. DAILY and P. F. Gaherty as sureties
for $500 each.
F. ]. Heavens of Plymouth Mass,
formerly principal of the Central dis
trict high school, was in town Wednes-
day evening.
Elizur r. Hall was out yesterday for
the first time in many weeks
j. A. Clark had his model sprinkling
cart out yesterday and it proved great
blessing.
j. P. Stevenson received the new
suits for the members of the Ramblers
Cycle club yesterday, which are very
neat.
Yesterdays weather was still hotter
and the mercury registered way up
near the nineties.
The nine acres of land with a from
tage of 1913 feet on Elm street belonging
to the Emily Hall estate were sold at
auction yesterday and We're purchased
by Almer /. Martin for $2,37
Company I, First regiment, C. N. G.,
of New Britain, will play basket ball
with Company KS team in the armary
next week, on Saturday evening, April
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Hall & Elton company's factory
closed last night until Monday, as did
a portion of the Maltby, Stevens & Cur
tbs company's works. The nickel shop
will shut down tonight.
The alumni will hold a banquet at
Rosemary hall Saturday evening, and
it is expected that nearly all of the
former scholars will be present and re-
main over Sunday, on which day they
will attend church in a body.
The much advertised investigation of
much was promised and expected and
so little realized, is at an end, and af-
ter three months of investigation on
the part of Attorney Harrison and his
assistants report of the work has been
made and the great developments
which were expected have failed to ap-
pear and the accounts of the various
departments have been found to be all
correct and nothing found to show any
crooked work or any intention of such
on the part of the various officials. The
only account which has been found
where any exception could be taken
was that of collector, and that is claim
ed to be due to the collection of taxes
that had been abated by the board of
burgesses and not accounted for on the
books, and it is probable that Collector
Austin can explain satisfactorily when
he has his innings, as he is bound to
have before the matter is over.
The whole matter is a political
scheme from beginning to end, and en-
anated in the heads of certain political
leaders at the time of the democratic
victory at last falls borough election.
Those who have been the prime movers
of the investigation business consist of
a small combination of democracy, a
large element of mugwumpism and a
very small flavor fSopulistism. The
principal object of the combination was
the desire to down what some of the
number termed Hubbardism; that is.
besmirch the character of Judge Hub
bard and belittle the influence and
character that he holds in this commu-
nifty. From the beginning of the inves-
tigation it has been insinuated that
there would be developments that
would show how the borough had been
victimized and bled 1t was not openly
stated who the official was, but the
wise ones among the followers of the
movement have intimated in a way
that could not be misunderstood just
where the blow would fall. The ac-
counts of the borough court was care
fully scanned from all points and eve
rything was found all correct, and, in
fact, the only error that was found was
one where the costs of a court case
were entered twice by an oversight,
and Judge Hubbard had paid over to
the borough Sc. 50 more than his receipts
demanded The other accounts, with
the exception of the collectors, as
above stated, were found to be correct
after a couple of mistakes on the part
of the investigator had been corrected
and now it is all over, with the excep-
ton of paying the bill of Attorney Har-
rison, which. considering the time and
labor expended, will naturally be of
sufficient proportion to pay him for his
services for three months. and will
prove no small amount. What has
been gained by the outlay is not easy
to see, but the attempt to down Judge
Hubbard has been dismal failure, and
it is only fair to say that to-day ne
stands in higher estimation and has
more friends than when the political
clap-trap was sprung last fall.