The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-23
WALLINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
4 BIC THRONG AT THE RAIL CAME
 SATURDAY..

Fine Fielding Done-New London yic-
 torious-The Opea House OpeninG-At-
 temped Suicide of Despondent Girl--
 Sent to the Industrial school-General
 News.
 The ball game between the Walling-
 fords and the New London Athletic
 club Saturday afternoon drew out the
 largest attendance of the season, and
 proved to be one of the sharpest fleld- ing games seen here. The visitors play
 ed great ball, and made only two er-
 rors both of which were credited to the third baseman. There was some ragged fielding on the part of the home team
 to which must be attributed it's defeat. The pitching of both sides was puzzling
 and but few safe hits were made.
 Casey, while as usual a little wild, kept the visitors guessing, and only two
 The score by innings was as follows: New London..1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0-4 | Wallingford 70 1 Q 0 0 0 0 C-1
 Base hits-New London, ?; Walling- ford, 5. Errors-New London, 3; Wal l lingford, S. Batteres-Casey and 1 Gardner; Hutchinson and Miller. Um-
 pire, F. J. Taylor. Time of game, 1 | hour 40 minutes.
 will n season in the opera house on Friday, I August 27 with "The Prodlgal Father" !" The play is now in it's fifth year Of popularity, and is farce comedy in three acts by that talented author, Mir. Glen McDonough. Unlike the usual 1 run of comedies of a farcical nature, | this one possesses pot and tells a story of an old scientist who has lived
 a pure and easy life, and his exper- l fences on his travels. A number of pleasing specialties, such as singing and | dancing, are introduced.
 Stanley Botsford has sold his busi- ness on Main street to Jack Welch, for
 merly in business in New Haven, but of | late residing in East Wallingford. The change of proprietors does not take | erect until NOVemDer l.
 | Company K returned at $40 Saturday evening from Mantle, and report very | pleasant week in camp.
 Albert Guyott was before Judge Judd Saturday morning charged with viola ton of the liquor law on Sunday, Au-
 gust S. Four witnesses testified that they bought liquor there on that day. The accused was fined s100 and costs.
 An appeal was taken. Thomas Kenney furnished a bond of $200
 Annie KlaW, the young Polish girl
 arrested by Officer Reilly for stealing
 articles from Julius Halls house, where
 she had been employed as a domestic, tried twice to hang herself in the cell and was found nearly dead, with a handkerchief around her throat and tied to one of the bars. She was cut down, and later was found in the same position with a cord around her neck After the two experiments a watch was kept over her. She was before Judge Judd Saturday afternoon and was sent to the Industrial school in Middletown.
 Judge Hubbard leaves to-day for a ten days trip to Boston and other
 places of interest in that section, in- cluding Lexington, Concord and other
 historical towns.
 Miss Harriet Beaumont is expected home this week from Asbury Park Robert Norris will return to Chica-
 go this week.
 Mrs. F. w. Reach and Miss Mertie Wright of Washington, D. C., are the
 guests of Mrs. A. NJ Wright. MT. and Mrs. Street Williams start to-day for Niagara Falls.
 Mrs. A. H. Talcott expects to start
 on Wednesday for Medford, Mass, on a visit to Mrs. N. c. Sherman.