The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-11
MILLING FORD NEWS.

The Wallingford basketball team won n glorious victory from the crack Knicker- booker team of New York city last night by a score of 15 to 3. The game in Its en- tirety was very exciting, but the team work of the winners was much superior to that of their opponents. A crowd of over 300 witnessed the contest. The Walling- ford team secured goals from the field and one on foul, while the Knickerbockers got one from the field and one from fouls.
 Tonight In New Britain the Knickerboclz- CT team will play the New Britain '. NJ. c. A. team, which has the reputation of being the best in the United States. The New Britain team plays in Wallingford on the goth.
 George Day, who claimed New London as his place of residence, was before Judge Judd yesterday charged with sundry Of lenses; lenses; He was arrested by. Officer Reilly Thursday I evening on complaint of Fred from his tRussell'sl pocket on Hall avenue, and tried to get away with It. The pris- oner was given thirty days in Jail and costs for drunkenness and abusive language and bound over to the superior court on the charge of theft from person and vagrancy He was taken down to New Haven iail 6v Officer Reilly. Day was sent to jail from Meriden only n short time ago, and only came out Wednesday. He claims to be Il baker and was on the way to Hartford to go to work when he was arrested.
 The body of Mrs. Lucy Andrews, aged seventy.six years, was brought here from New Haven yesterday afternoon for burial In the Center street cemetery. The deceased formerly lived here and resided on the cor ner of Hall avenue and Washington street, where her husband conducted q bakery After the death of her husband she removed to New Haven.
 A. II. Dutton post w. R. C., has elected Z dent; Mrs. Jennie Barnes, senior vice; Mrs Mary Futile. junior vice; Mrs Eliza Steele treasurer; Miss Harriet Beaumont, chaplain: Miss Ella Joab, conductor; Mrs. F. NJ. Twitchell, guard; delegates to the depart ment convention, Mrs. Maria s. Cook; alter nate, Mrs. Lucia A. Hough.
 union temperance meeting will be held In n Ihe Baptist church Sunday evening The of Bangor, Me. His subject will be fDese, cration of the Temple" Patrick Curren of Bridgeport was brought here yesterday by Officer Reilly on fhe charge of breach of the peace anid assault upon Conductor Clifford of the ectric road on the night of July 3. He was brought be. fore judge Judd and pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and $21.53 costs
 Rev. J. T. Pettee of Meridep will com duct the services at the Masonic home to- morrow afternoon.
 Giles Hull has an English copper bearing date of l742 that he found nine feet under the surface when digging for sewer con neetion on Colony street.
 The ease against Mrs. Kate Wrinn of North Colony street for having her saloon connected with other parts of the house in violation of the law has been continued by Judge Judd until next Tuesday.
 ": A. Goodrich is confined to his home by illness.
 Gorton's minstrels will come here again on Thursday evening, December 30
 A new registry clock for the letter car riers has been put into the postoffice The inn nFNin Is n Iot I I.oetgvY being an accurate time keeper is intended to register the time, by use of special keys. of the departure on their route and return of the letter carriers for the Information of the postofIice department.
 The New Haven polo team will play Tn the rink this evening.