The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-19
WALLINGFOKD HAPPENINGS
1ANY BrDS FOR THE NEW ELM
 STREET SEVER.

School Matters-Ihe Bicycle Theft Case Barry's Good Batting-Huboard Hose Company-The RaInbiers--News in Gem eral
 At the meeting of the board of burgesses the bids for the Elm street sewer were opened and are as follows:
 The figures given are first for twenty four inch pipe 2,175 feet; second, five man. holes each; third, four catch basins each; fourth, earth filling per cubic yard; fifth, masonry per cubic yard; sixth, solid rock per cubic yard; seventh, 100 feet ten inch pipe. The ten bids were as follows:
 E. McNIanus, Waterbury, $2, $40, $Go, fifty cents. SC, $2.45, sixty y-ive cents; total, $7,4S7; Curtlss X Carpenter, Waterbury, $1.75, $40, $65, fifty cents, $5, $2T5, fifty cents total, $7,176.25; Mccormack Steam Heating Company, $1.S0 $45, $55, fifty cents, 50, $2.50 seventy cents; total, S7, 7,lo2; l.. OBrien, New Haven, $1.TO, S40 $5o forty cents, $4 $250, seventy cents, total $6, ,695. 50; F. T. Joy X Co.,, Sprlngheld, Mass, $1.90, $33, $4S forty cents, $6, s. thirty cents, total $6,671.50; F. A. Caldwell, New Britain $1.75 $40 S65, fifty cents, 50, $2.75, fifty cents, total $6,26025; T. F. Ma her, New Haven, $1,50, $42 $52, thirty-tive cents, $5, $2.25, fifty cents, total S6,ooool :; M. J. Redmond & O., S1.4l, S4I, S49 tWeh- total S5,944. 75; J. A. Doolittle 6, Co.,, New Haven, $1. AZ, S9O $50, thirty-four and one half cents sa $2a5 fifty csafs snf sta tatal fosr Sa three cents, $2,5o $2.15, sixty-four cents, total $5,510.5O.
 The awarding of the contract was put Al meeting of the board of school visit ors held Tuesday evening the following ac- tion was taken: Voted, that the secretary be instructed to advise the committee or Mol the Central school district that the board will meet on Saturday, August ol, at one o'clock p. m. to hear them in reference to the request in the letter from the commit are requested to invite to be present MT Knight, MT McCabe, and any other per, sons directly interested in the subject ot the inquiry.
 James Price, the alleged (colored) bicycle thief, was before the borough court yester day and was bound over to the superior court under $75 bonds The same aa1le was va Nao no' Haven jail by Officer Reilly. William 1ale M Beach, formerly of this town, now residing In New Haysh, was in court. The accused MT. Beach is confident of his innocence.
 sButch" Barry made great record at batting. in New. London Tuesday, maklne Taylor and Powers each got in three, hits Gardner behind the bat did great work and his throwing to second base was feature of the game. Barry's second base playing was of the gilt edged order, and in fact al the team played well after the first inning Al a meeting of the Hubbard Hose com Reilly were appointed committee to ar range for an entertainment and dance Thomas Taylor was selected as manager and M J. Horan as captain of the running team.
 Nelson Fowler aged 63 years, veteran of the Thirteenth Connecticut regiment died yesterday at the home of Augustus Wright.
 The annual meeting of the Ramblers' Cy cle club will be held Thursday evening August 26th. Among other important bu siness will be the election of officers.
 The outdoor concert by the National bant on the plains last evening drew out : large number of appreciative listeners, ant the programme rendered was fine one.
 The New London team will play here or Saturday
 The trial of Larry Nugent comes up 1T the borough court to-day
 Lorenzo k. Wilcox was the only member from here that attended the reunion of the Seventh Connecticut regiment at Savir Rock yesterday.
 Miss Eva Parmelee has gone to Grovt Beach.
 Mass.
 A meeting of the T. A. E. society i called for next Sunday at 12:30 D., m.
 7S6 East Center street is the highest mum Der reached in the numbering of the streets 5O2 North Main street and 4Oo south Mall street come next.
 Mrs. l. R. Campbell started yesterday ol visit to her daughter, Mrs. Rockwell, il Rochester, N. Y.