The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
WALLiysp0RD NEVIS.
Instantly Killed on the Railroad Basket
 Nall Game-Of for Yonkers-Polo Game Tomorrow Evening-Personal and So-

Ir stantly Killed on the Railroad-Basket
 Nall Game-OT for Yonkers-Polo Game
 Tomorrow Evening-Personal and So-
 ciety News.
 Lueius G. Seeley, who for some months has been living at Mrs. Vincey Stowe's on the North plains, was struck by the engine on the 1.47 train south bound yesterday afternoon and instant ly killed. His head was crushed, his right leg cut off, his left leg broken and he was terribly bruised otherwise He was coming from Mrs. Stowe's in a carriage and attempted to cross the track in front of the engine and was thrown into the air and run over by the wheels, the carriage was broken into small pieces, but the horse escaped in- | jury. The deceased was eighty seven | years of age and leaves a wife and two children, Hiram Seeley of New York and Mrs. George Merrills of Silk street, near the lake The place of the acci- | dent was Paden's crossing, about a mile | north of the depot. The crossing is one seldom used and not protected by gates 
 ed view of the railroad track can be had for half a mile or more in either direction. Charles Paden, who lives nearby and saw the accident states | that the engineer sounded the whistle and gave plenty of warning, but Seeley evidently did not see or hear the train approaching, as he paid no attention to | the whistles and drove directly in front | l. NIaIl. ,,1 INxrct, attDAy "a Gaughey was summoned and gave per mission to move the body, which was | taken to D. P. Griswold's undertaking rooms on Center street. MT, Seeley was | for many years eployed in the Walllng- | ford Wheel company's factory and for several years was janitor of town hall. He was pensioned by reason of the death of his oldest son, who was sol dier, and as was claimed, his only sup port.
 The Wallingford basket ball team will | start to-day on the Al train for Ionk- CTS, N. Y.
 | John Heineman, president of the Wal lingford Amusement company, has gone to Portland, Me, for polo material. The latest issue of the New York Clip | per has fine picture and sketch of | George Gardner of Washington street, | who so acceptably filled the position of first baseman for the champion Meriden ! baseball team last season. | The Black Crook will be the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 Warden H. B. Hall started yesterday afternoon for Boston.
 MT. and Mrs. W. Burr Hall attended the funeral of George Baldwin In New | Haven yesterday. ''se'tt
 The Hartfords will bowl here next Tuesday evening
 The New Britains will play polo here tomorrow evening.
 The county commissioners have thus far refused to grant licenses to four applicants from this place-Henry Saunders, J, A. Whalen. W. s. Fogarty and James Kenney. The case of Mrs, Andrew Ryan has not as yet come up for a hearing before the commissioners. The stockholders of the First Ma tional bank will hold their annual meet ing next Tuesday.
 Faust" is booked for the opera house Friday evening, January IA. Contractors Lathrop and Shea com pleted their work yesterday on the South Colony street extension and ap- breaches to the new bridge. The job is first class one in every way.
 W. S. Fogarty will take an appeal from the decision of the county com missioners
 J. P. Stevenson has been in Spring field on business most of this week.
 The Wallingfords will play polo ir New Haven this evening.
 A new 400-horse power engine has beer put in the Metropolitan Rubber com Iany's factory.
 Won't it be a big surprise if Walling- ford gets polo team that will win q game in the old rink?
 Yesterdays thaw and rain used UT
 what little sleighing there was.