The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-10
wA1LIYGFoRD NEWS.

Lanone to Joseph Bernard, both OF
Meriden, 5ox12O feet on Valley street,
The English comedy "ours" will be
presented in the opera house this even
ing by the Cap and Bells as a benefit
for the Ladies' library association.
The funeral services of Mrs. Henry
Martin will be held this afternoon at 3
o'clock from her late residence. Rev.
]. ]. Blair will officiate. The inter-
nent will be in the in Memoriam"
cemetery.
Rev. e. G. Richardson will give free
lecture in the Methodist church We'd
nesday evening at o'clock on "Glimps-
es Into the Past" A musical pro-
gramme will consist Of singing by Mrs.
Gertrude M. Wooding, Mrs. j. S. Sny-
dam and Miss Jennie Peers.
Sundays weather broke the record
for the Sth Of May and nearly broke
the hearts of about every one who was
compelled to stay in the house. A COM
bination of rain, hail and snow held
sway all day, which, together with a
northeast gale, made 1t one of the most
disagreeable Sundays on record. The
amount of snow and hail that fell mere
was fully twice as much it was in Mer-
iden.
The old town clock succumbed to the
ice and snow storm of Sunday and
came to g. standstill, and up to last
evening had not thawed out. c. G.
Hull, who has for some time been the
physician in charge of the old relic of
bygone days, was looking over the in
ternaI arrangements last evening and
will no doubt have the old thing run
ming again to-day.
The National band has been engaged
for Memorial day.
Miss Belle Chapman, who has been
the guest of Miss Bessie Thomson, has
returned to her home in Newburg,
NJ. Z.
Stanley Botsford continues to i'm
prove and is now able to sit up while
each day.
There will be special services for the
children at the Baptist church Sunday
morning.
The baseball season was opened here
Saturday and the Wallingfords won a
decisive victory over the strong team
from South Meriden. The game OPEN
ed up auspiciously for a victory for the
visitors, who scored five runs in the
first inning and shut out the Walling-
fords, principally due to the fact that
the local battery, Downey and Kelly,
had not got to working together. At
ter the first inning the home team did
good work, took the lead, increased it
and won the game by the score of 13
to Z.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Martin
will occur this afternoon at O'Clock
from the house on Center street. Rev.
u. J. Blair will officiate. The burial will
be in the ''In Memoriam' cemtery. The
deceased was a daughter of Joel Hall
y of East Wallingford and was sixty-five
years Of age. She was respected by all
and had proved herself a model mother
by bringing up a large family, who
stand high in the esteem of the entire
community, who, with the afflicted
family, sincerely mourn the loss of the
departed Her eldest son, Charles, ar
rived here Saturday morning from his
home in Grand Meadows, Mimi, only a
few hours before the death of his much
beloved mother, who had for several
days expected death and, like a true
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to meet the inevitable.
There was quite crowd at the depot
Saturday morning to witness the de-
parture for camp of the Wallingford
recruits for the First Connecticut
Heavy artillery. The names of the sol.
der boys were Oliver A. Phelps, Frank
Allis, Otto Schomberg, William il
Clark, Charles Bess, Vincent Partesl
Nr IL rnE.t a Wy
1nond o. Hare and Patrick V. Butler
Goodrich's circus showed in Merider
yesterday.
The funeral of Miss Mamie Kennedy
was held Sunday afternoon at O'CLOCK
from Holy Trinity church.
Aquilla lodge will visit Esther lodge
in Meriden this evening, leaving herr
on the 7:15 electric car.
Miss Georgianna Hubbard is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
Quite a change in the arrival and de
parture of the mails beginning Monda.
morning. The first mail from the south
u which usually arrives here at S:26, will
get here on the 7:05 train, excepting tn
New York papers, which will come a
1926. The mail leaving here for Meri
den at 1926 will be discontinued and il
its place closed pouch for Hartfor'
and other points north will be sent OF
that train. The first mail from Meridel
will close at 11:05.
The engagement is announced o
Miss Georgiana Hubbard, only daugh
ter of Judge L. M. Hubbard, and D1
Frank Hancock of Philadelphia, a sur
geon In the United States navy.
The case of E. G. Morse VS.. T. Fl
Heineman came up before Justice An
drews and jury Saturday, and wa
decided in favor of Morse, who is to re
cover SS5 and costs.
Christopher Sheehey is critically /
with Inflammation OF the brain.
William Dickinson had great luc
fishing on the lake Saturday and car
ried home fine string of bullheads.
w. A. Goodrich, r. M. Andrews an
a fine string of trout, the latter name
landing one that weighed just on
pound. The first named came nea
catching one that would have weighe
heavier, but he lost it.
4eTed" Gardner is right at home O
first base and would rather play Their
than any position on the diamond.