The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-15
------------------------- EVENTS IN WALLINGFORD.

Fire Started Probably by Children at
 Play-Last of the Ball Games-Ram-
 blers' Prizes-Personal-M
 to Build a New Church or Chapel
 Sassacus Drum Corps, New Haven.
 An alarm of fire was sounded by the factory gongs about 4:25 yesterday afternoon and the fire department re- sponded in good time. The fire was in the basement of barn on Wash ington street, owned by c. J. Morse, and was unoccupied. The flames were soon, put out by the Wallace hose com pany, who ran a line of hose from Cherry street through P. O'ConnelPs yard and across the gully. The walls and side of the barn underneath the barn were badly charred. The dam age is small The fire was started, it is supposed, by one of William Heike's children, who were playing with a broom at a small bonfire in the garden ilcdl Dy. llt llLtlt OHS WdS SSeli UT ming towards the barn with the broom on fire and soon after the smoke was coming out of the building and the alarm was given.
 The Wallingfords will play the fourth
 Amaranths in Meriden on Saturday. The Pirates of Penzance' will be
 given in the opera house early in De- cember by local artists. There is much disappointment felt
 over the fact that w. s. Maltby, the
 champion trick bicyclist, who was ex- pected to give an exhibition at the Agricultural fair Thursday, has can
 celled his engagement and will not ap- pear
 A. Z. Scammon's company will ap
 pear in the opera house this evening in the comedy drama, Side Tracked" The handsome prizes for the Ram blers' bicycle races on Saturday are on
 exhibition in J. P. Stevenson's show | window. complete list of the entries will be given in Wednesdays Courier. Miss Flora ogden started yesterday for Canada, where she expects to re-
 main for several months at least.
 MT. and Mrs. William Kane of Mead
 ow street have new girl baby. MT. and Mrs. Henry Smith of North Elm street have new boy that ar rived yesterday morning. The Methodists are contemplating
 erecting a church or chapel on their lot ar, nf ai streets. Rev. E. G. Richardson went to New York yesterday to see about plans.
 Beginning with October the grange will hold it's meetings every Thursday evening.
 The Hall Manufacturing company is closed this week on account of lack of orders.
 Work was begun yesterday grading Prince street, between Main and Whit tlesey avenue.
 Captain La Barnes and Company Ks rifle team leave on the early train this
 morning for the Westville range. Linus A. Hill is to open up business again about October 1 in K. s. Austins l building on Center street, nearly oppo- site town hall
 i Miss Carrie McGaughey will return l next week to her studies at Smiths college. Miss Daisy McGaughey will
 also be student at the same institu- tion.
 Miss F. M. Burrows arrived here yes terday from Providence and opened up her millinery parlors in Simpsons block.
 A. B. Pixley started yesterday for the White Mountains. Judge J. A. Martin and Postmaster Jones were expected home last evening | from the White Mountains The condition of Fraray Hale last evening was reported as decidedly inn proved and he has had no fever for | two days.
 It was not known for certain last | evening whether or not the Sassacus
 drum corps would be up here to-day. Preparations have been made for the clambake, which will occur whether or l no, on Paradise Island.