The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-25
WALLINGFoRD NEVIS.

The Ladies' Library association will on Saturday begin it's regular weekly cake sales and continue through Lent. The sale will be held from 3:30 to 5 o'clock in the Arcanum clubs reading room. The committee in charge will be Mrs. F. c. Bartholomew, Mrs. c. H. Brown and Mrs. H. H. Martin. The sales are for the purpose of funds to be used in binding magazines and pur- chasing new books for the library.
 J. P. Stevenson's condition last eve- ming was reported as decidedly im- proved and unless there is some un- foreseen drawback, he will be able to be about again in a week or so.
 There were two brass bands playing uptown last evening. They were not trying to arouse enthusiasm for the democratic rally in town hall, but to get crowd in the opera house to hear Uncle Toms Cabin," and they suc- ceeded, and the democratic rally was not grand success.
 There was one man in town early last evening who acknowledged that he had never seen Uncle Tom's Cabin" played in his life and he was no youth. He was advised to go and see it or let himself out to some dime museum. He went to the opera house.
 The ice company has given up the attempt to fill the ice houses near Simpsons pond, as the ice was get ting so soft that it was no good. The houses are about two-t thirds full.
 Charles s. Hall has received his com mission as postmaster Of Wallingford and will enter upon his duties on March 1. There will be no changes made at present fin the working force in the office and everything will go along as usual.
 J. Washington Logue, national or ganizer of the c. T. A. union of Amer ica, will lecture to the local T. A. B. s in Temperance hall Sunday evening.
 Isaac w. Bull is home from Chicago, where he attended the American Theo- sophical society convention.
 The Hamden grange will visit the local society on Thursday evening, March 10, and furnish the programme The Y. M. c. A. basket ball team of Middletown will play the Wallingfords in the armory this evening. The teams are evenly matched and a close and exciting game can be counted upon. Gottlieb Zitrick and family of sever arrived here Wednesday night from Prussia.
 Chief Engineer Michaels has called 2 special meeting of the fire departmen 1 for Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock il | the Wallace hose house.
 | MT. and Mrs. Luke Martin of Wash | ington street have a new daughter ant | c. A. Ialinguist of Ward street nev | son.
 | The body of Mrs. Jane l.. Elton | mother of Mrs. c. D. Blunt, who diet in Shawnee, Penn., Wednesday night l will be brought here to-day for burial l The deceased had been visiting at Del l aware Gap for five weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Herman Greuner ar
 home from visit to Jersey City.
 Mrs. B. F. Harrison is now in Pales
 tine.
 l F. A. Norton has applied for a licens
 to sell liquor in his billiard rooms i,
 Leighton's block on Center street. At 8:15 last evening there was les
 than thirty gathered in town hall t
 hear Judge Sheldon talk to the Wal lingford democracy and it looked as the meeting would be a failure. Clarence, the -year-old boy of An
 son Parker of Center street, is i'll wit
 pneumonia.
 A second class dog fight anywher
 within the borough limits would draw
 bigger crowd in three minutes than di
 the democratic rally in town hall las | evening. There is but little interest i
 politics here at present.