The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-16
WALLTNG FORD NEWS.

The assessors have completed the grand list for 1897 and the total amount of property put in the list is 3,799 ,21S, which shows a gain over 1896 Of $175,- 04S. The incraesa in the number of houses in town is forty, making total of 1,499 houses in town, The number of cattle is 1,587, showing an increase of sixty-three. The number of horses is S43, an increase of thirty-nine. There are only forty-seven sheep in town, .ac- cording to the list. An increase of $8,- 633 is shown in the income of the town.
 J. P. Stevenson and some Northford hunters were out with their hounds yes- terday and started a fox. The hounds gave it hot chase along the railroad track and as the Air Line express came along the fox tried to elude it's pur- suers by crossing a head of the en- zine, but missed it's calculations and was struck and killed. Peter Peterson, who lives nearby, got the fox and brought it into town and last evening it was on exhibition at J. r. Stevenson's s store.
 Fred McGowan, 8 young man at work at Walter Ives on North Farms, at tempted to stop runaway horse one day recently and was thrown, breaking both bones in his arm.
 Manager R. J, Lane has received a letter from the manager of the Spring field Training school basket ball team, in which he states that he does not deem it advisable to play his team against professionals and wishes to cancel the game booked to be played here on February Is.
 About four inches of rain has fallen since Tuesday morning. The Quinni- piac river was very high yesterday and flowing over the meadows The roads are not as bad as naturally would be expected from the heavy fall of rain, although on the outskirts the roads are in places somewhat gullied.
 James Laden, for some time past To- cated in New York city, with friend arrived here yesterday afternoon, and to-day with quite a number of relatives and friends will go to Boston to attend the ordination of Thomas J. Laden to the priesthood, which will occur Friday morning.
 There will be attra ctions enough in town for next Monday evening with a show in the opera house, polo game In armory, to say nothing of whist parties and society meetings.
 Wallingford lodge, N. F. 0. P, will elect officers this evening.
 Two wild cats were recently killed on the west side of town. One weighed twenty-eight and the other twenty-one pounds.
 The turnpike on the fiat below Yales- vile was covered with water yesterday from two to three feet deep.
 Hennessy Leroyle, in "Other Peoples Money" is the next attraction in the opera house Monday evening, Decem- Der 20.
 The Simpson Hook and Ladder com. pany has decided to celebrate it's sixth anniversary next Tuesday evening and will give bean supper, and has voted to invite the Wallace & Hubbard Hose company.
 The Ramblers' basket ball team will play the Y M. c. A. team in Meriden Saturday night
 The Wallingford basket ball team will play in Camden, N. J., on February 9.
 Arthur Y. Lane is now captain of the Wallingford basket ball team in place of Teddy" Bolton, resigned There is now telephone in the water commissioners office.
 Wallingford is going to have a gold club Mrs. G. D. Munson, Miss Rut7 Rees, c. D. Munson, G. M. Hallenback and W. J. Leavenworth comprise the committee to attend to the details oi examination,