The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-17
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
CENTRAL ITEMS OF INTEREST IN
 AND ABOUT THE TOWN.

AND ABOUT THE TOWN.
 fordites Come Out Best-Now for the Improved Cycle Path-Local Ball Game Personal Notes.-The Richards Case Funeral of George A. Simpson.
 Five New Britain sports were in town Saturday afternoon with blood in their eyes looking for fight, as they, or at least one of the number had an old grievance that they were trying to even up. As most of the Wallingford scrap pers were at work in the afternoon the New Britain visitors did not find what they were looking for Early in the evening one of the number, who bears the same name as Waterbury's famous baseball player, Roger Connor, tackled two of the borough's lightweights and easily did them up. Encouraged by this success, he started out to do the town. A crowd was collected near the triangle N~NAAAiD-' before earned quite a reputation as fighter started into the crowd looking for a third victim and tackled Frank Hayden, better known as Scrap" Hay den, who was attending to his own business and gave 10 provocation for the assault. The New Britain man made a great mistake and met his Wa terloo, for inside of two seconds Con- ba crrp11nd thp rpgnlt of straight blow from Hayden, which was followed by several other blows that were effective, and dose of grip about the throat soon took all the com bativeness out of the Leadville puglist. At last accounts there had been no ar rests, as the one most to blame had been sufficiently punished.
 Work will begin to-day on the put ting in condition of the cycle path be- tween Wallingford and North Haven, and will continue as long as there are funds to keep it a-going. Several pa pers have been started and the canvass CTS are meeting with good success, as all approached seem to be ready and willing to contribute toward the good work. It is the intention of the com rnittee to make the path in question the finest specimen of cycle path in Con- necticut.
 The high school baseball team defeat- ed the Colony street school grammer class team on Saturday by score of 50 to IS.
 Kellar, the magician, will appear Tn the opera house on Friday evening, April 21.
 A. J. Goodrich arrived home Satur- c, 1ricit in Worth ington. Minn., and reports very pleas ant time, with great sport shooting brant, ducks, prairie hens, etc
 The case of E. M. Judd vs. F. w. Richards was not tried Saturday, but was postponed for one week at the re- quest of the attorneys.
 Janitor Northrop has issued the mo- flee tsTramp room closed for the sea- son." and the travelling gentry must apply elsewhere for lodging until next fall, when the cold weather comes on again.
 Clark Buckingham has been superln- tendent of the Masonic home for just five years and has proved himself to pc inc right man in the right place.
 Burgess Thomas Pagnam is now able to sit up and be about the house each day.
 Burgess George T. Jones is home from his visit in Florida.
 The bearers at the funeral of George A. Simpson Saturday afternoon were w Douglass. R. H. Atkinson, Burton Hubbell and John Norton
 The loss on John Bartek's stock de- stroyed by fire has been adjusted TOT s550.
 eJ aJo at,air ir,t n gave out about S:30 Saturday evening, and the store had to be illWninated for an hour with lamps and lanterns.
 Rounsevelle Wildman, United states consul to Hong Kong, China, is cousin of Rev. J. E. Wildman or St Paul church. and recently Rev. MT. Wildman has received an interesting letter on the Philippines and a photograph from Hong Kong.
 blaze was discovered in the attic of John Gavin's house on Colony street about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. No general alarm was given, but the Wallace Hose company was summoned The firemen put the flames out with the patent fire extinguisher without the use of water The fire is supposed to have originated from defective Hue. The damage was slight.
 Mrs. George Darrow, who had been i'll for some time, died yesterday morn inc at her home in the eastern part CT the town The deceased was seventy one years of age. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock. Interment in In Memorlam cemetery.
 John Doyle, aged fifty-four years, who for many years had been employed at R. Wallace & Sons as grinder, died early last evening after long illness with consumption. He leaves widow and three children.
 Joseph Hall formerly residing here, will be married to Miss Chambeau in Bristol to-day.