The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-15
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
STYLE ALARM OF. FIRE YESTERDAY
 AFTERNOON.

AFTERNOON. Deaths of Mrs. Abigail A. Treadway and Joseph w. ouill-Evening Star Club Cake Walk May 6-Fire Department Promenade Concert-Other Items.
 There was still alarm of fire about 3 o'clock yesterday, caused by a wick smoking in one of the automatic lamps in Leighton, Boynton & Ives compa- ny's store on Center street. The store was well filled with smoke when the firemen arrived, but no damage was done.
 Mrs. Abigail A. Treadway died late yesterday afternoon at her home on the corner of Center and Elm streets, aged seventy-six years. Notice of funeral will be given later.
 Captain Tony Smith, colored, was giving out invitations yesterday to the coming event of the season. The first grand masque carnival, cake walk and boquet reception will be given by the Evening Star club, colored, at town hall May 6. 1898. Music will be fur nished by Wormsleys orchestra and Charles West of Meriden will do the prompting.
 The annual promenade concert and ball of the Wallingford fire department will occur this evening in the armory. The able committee of arrangements has been at work for s0rne weeks get ting everything in readiness for the event, which, like all other efforts of the fire department, is bound to be a great success.
 G. H. Kelsey & Go. have bought out the business of M. N. Brainerd on Gen. 1 ter street, and they took possession yesterday. MT. Kelsey has been in the employ of l.. A. Youngs, the market man.
 The hollow-ware department at the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.'S factory is closed until Monday.
 Rollin H. Talcott has given up his position at the Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.'S factory and is going into the ex- press business.
 Miss Goldy Cook of Chicago is the guest of her uncle, M. E. Cook of East Main street.
 Mrs. P. M. Loomis has gone to Har- risville. N. H.
 James H. Bailey of Hall avenue is moving his household effects to his farm near Durham.
 Hall avenue west of Washington street was closed yesterday on account of changes being made in the water main west of the bridge.
 Wednesdays recorded real estate transfers were: Lydia M. Williams of Meriden to William Hassett,. 102x175 feet on Cherry street; Sarah F. and Mary J. Darlington to Ansta Parker, < land in rear of Darlington property, west of Main street.
 Commander Ross of A. H. Dutton post, G. A. R., is in receipt of the fol- lowing:
 State of Connecticut Adjutant Generals
 Office, Hartford April il, 1898. Commander David Ross Post, No. 36, G. A.
 R., Wallingford. Conn:
 Sir-I am directed by the adjutant gen. eral to acknowledge the receipt of your ply to state that the same has received careful consideration, and been placed on file with others of a similar nature Your patriotic pa 9fr to ase th amy Spain is appreciated by this department
 Respectfully,
 William D. A. Landers
 Assistant Adjutant General. Commander Ross says that it is his in- tention in case of war to raise a com pany of sharpshooters from this place and Meriden.
 Warden Hall has begun his good work on South Colony street and yes- terday fine stone was being put on the road from the beginning of the stone road north of the bridge and will fill up the uneven places from that point to the borough line on the south end of the boulevard. The stone comes from the Strauss Brothers crusher on the turnpike and is of fine quality.
 Joseph w. Quill, who was ninety-five years old the first of last February, died yesterday morning at 5:30 at the residence of his son, Dr. J. D. Quill, on North Main street, in Wallingford,, death being due to old age.
 He was born in Middleown, and when twelve years of age went south, where he was engaged in the mercantile bus mess for a number of years. He after wards came north to live in Southing- ton, where he had resided for many years, with the exception of the past few years, when he lived with his son in Wa1lingford.
 Besides his son Dr. Quill leaves a widow ninety years of age, a daughter, Mrs C. P. Newell in Plantsville. Had MT Quill lived until next July they would have been married seventy years The funeral will be held in Evansville Saturday afternoon. 
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