The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-14
WALLINGF0RD HAPPENINGS
THE CiYfL SERVICE ELIMINATION
 FOR LETTER. OARRIERS.
The Successful Men-Alleged Room for Enquiry-The Bachelors and Benedicts
 New Britains Play To-day-Other

The Successful Men-Alleged Room for Enquiry-The Bachelors and Benedicts
 New Britains Play To-day-Other Notes.
 Yesterday at the local postofIice was received direct from the postoffice de- partment. at Washington the result of the civil service examination for letter carriers held last June, and the official rating of the applicants who reached the requisite number in their examina- ton. There was class of twenty mine and fifteen reached the required per centage. The list, together with the letter received, was put up in the lobby of the postofflce yesterday.
 On the list of those who passed Is this sentence: Those having military or naval preference are entered in red ink at the heading of their respective lists, and must be certified before oth- CTS of higher grade"
 In accordance with that, Lewis A. Northrops name appears first on the list in red ink. Above the list is this
  local board of examiners:
 "In reply to your letter of July 30 you are advised that at the request of the postofflce department the matter of selecting the persons to be first ap- pointed at offices where free delivery has been established was left to the de- partment.
 "The matter of preparing the regis ters will be attended to as soon as pos sible, but as no especial necessity ex- ists for making further appointments at present, there Is no particular req son why the registers should be eXpe- dited. There will, however, be no un- necessary delay in preparing and trans hitting them.
 By the direction of the commission, JOHN R. PROCTOR, | "President. ones:
 Lewis A. Northrop, 7O.90; Thomas Bremen, S673; John W. Newton, S5.4O; James Oscar Bailey, S520; Charles Zetterholm, S4.90; Edward c. Lane S02o; Thomas Ryan (Meriden), SO.1S; William c. Heaton, 7s.67; Will liam P. Bridget, 77.S7; Albert G. Lobb, 6.43; Patrick H. Holohan, 74.93; Rob- ert Milo Ives, 73.54; Frederick C.. Simpson, 72sS; Patrick J. Fennell. TYPO; Patrick J. Murphy, 70.33
 By the above Bremen, Newton and Zetterholm are the regulars and Bailey, Lane and Ryan substitutes.
 There Is much surprise expressed by those who have carefully read the rules as given above why l.. A. Northrop. who was the only old soldier among | the applicants, was not given the ap- pointment, and why Zetterholm was put in as carrier and Bailey substitute when the latter had the best percent age.
 The second game between the bach elors and benedicts yesterday afternoon resulted in favor of the bachelors by a score of p to IT. There was a large at tendance, and at times the noise of tin i horns and other musical instruments was predominant. The married mems battery, the Lobb brothers, changed places In the first inning and the re suit was disastrous, as the bachelors scored eleven runs and won the game I in that inning. The last of the inning the battery resumed their old positions and did much better the rest of the game. In the fourth Inning, when the l young men had the bases full and no one out. Lobb struck out two men and 1 had two strikes on the third batter, when the man on third was caught l mapping and put out. The score by in- nings was as follows:
 Bachelors .... ii 1 0 4 4-22 Benedicts ..4 1 2 2 0 2 4-17
 The umpire was MT. Frank J. Tay- | Tor.
 The New Britains will play here this afternoon
 Rev. J. E. Wildman is home from the Adirondacks.
 The case of Larry Nugent has been 1 put over for a week
 Silas w. Becroft started last evening for Springfield. | MT. and Mrs. .Almon Doolittle are home from an extended trip through the west.
 There is considerable complaint made at the way the street signs are being | placed-some on trees, some on tele- phone poles and some on the lamp 1 posts while it is believed that the l proper place is on the lamp posts on | the corners.
 | The body of Mrs. John Cottrell, who | died in Boston, will be brought here | to-day for burial.