The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-10
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
THE BASKET BaLL TEAM BADLY
 DEFEATED IN YONKERs, N. +.

Painful Accident Which Befel Albert s. Jones-FuneraI- of l.. G. Seeley-Colony Street School Closes To-day caring on License Remonstrances.
 The Wallingford polo team-the old one, not the new one expected to arrive from Maine-received the worst dose of medicine since it came into existence at the hands of the New Britains Satur- day night. The visitors won the game by score of IA to 0. Woods of Water bury was referee. There are some things that improve with age; others do not. The local polo team comes under the latter head. There are hopes that Wallingford will soon have a better team.
 The Wallingford basket ball team re- ceived bad defeat in Yonkers, N. Y. The score was IS to in favor of the Yonkers. The military team is one of the strongest in the Hudson River league, and composed of heavy men, veritable giants, compared with the Wallingford team The armory is a large one, nearly as large as the ar mory in New Haven, and the country boys were nearly lost on the immense floor. Another feature that bothered the visiting team was the absence of screens behind the baskets. Several of the team arrived home Saturday night. Saturday morning Albert s. Jones was assisting.i'i loading on his heavy wagon the engine used by Lathrop & Shea. at the South Colony street railroad bridge, when, the wheel of the wagon slipped and crushed his heel in terrible man ner, which will disable him from active duty for some time. Dr. McGaughey was sent for and dressed the wound. No bones were broken, but the injury is quite a serious one.
 Rev. J. J. Blair officiated at the fu- neral of l.. G. Seeley, Saturday after noon, The bearers were Richard Tal- bot, Henry Jacobs, l.. A. Northrop and B. R. Hall. The burial was in the Gen. ter street cemetery.
 The Colony street school will be closed to-day and the teachers will visit other schools in New Haven and Meriden.
 The hearing on the remonstrance against granting license to Mrs An- drew Ryan of South Colony street will be held before the county commissioners this morning.
 The Wallngford Ice company is get ting ready to harvest it's crop. The ice in Wooding's pond on the west side is nearly eight Inches thick.
 There was an insurance of $500 on George Rice's barn, burned Friday night, and $500 on the contents in the Holland County Mutual in J. A. Martins s agency.
 Saturdays recorded real estate trans fer was: Alphonse Gendron to Charles and Catherine Woods house and lot, 421ax1o0 feet on Orchard street.
 The Simpson Nickel company's fac tory will start up this morning.
 Warden H. B. Hall returned Saturday from Boston
 Captain M. D. Mlnson will start out this week on a business trip in the south and west.
 Miss Amy Valentine, who has been the guest or Miss Bertha Wildman, return ed Saturday to her home in Lithgow, N. Y.
 William Bean has gone on trip to Vermont and Canada.
 MT. and Mrs. F. J. Roland of Whittle- sey avenue have new baby boy.
 H. E. Hafi co11tempfates building q fine residence on Elm street in the spring.
 James Baribeault has closed up his night lunch on Colony street and gone to Boston.