The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-16
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
SPECIAL MEETTNG FOR APPROPRI- ATION FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY.
for the Library-W Wallace & Sons Fac- tory Shut Down Yesterday Afternoon visit of North Haven Grange.

There were less than fifty present at the special town meeting in town hall last evening to take action on the mat ter of appropriations for the purpose of chairman and J. A. Martin clerk. The resolutions were presented by w. H. Newton and discussed and were accept ed by the meeting, and the following votes were passed without opposition:
 Voted, That $500 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the hands of the treasurer of. said town of Wallingford for the uses of a free public library in said town, and said treasurer is hereby directed to pay such money to any person author ized by the managers of the Ladies Li- brary and Reading Room association to receive the same.
 Voted That the following bylaw of the town is hereby adopted to be known as the public library by-law.
 The town treasurer of said town is directed to pay to any person author ized by the managers of the Ladies Library and Reading Room association to receive the same annually such sum as would be realized from onefourth Of one mill tax upon the grand list of the said town annually so long, and no longer, than the Ladies' Library asso- i citation shall maintain public library free to all inhabitants of this town. The same is to be paid in the month of De cember.
 Hall avenue, west of Washington street is to be graded and will be greatly improved thereby The road bed is to be lowered over twelve inches | from a point fifty feet west of Wash | ington street, and a steady grade made l to the bridge, and the water which has always remained in the street will | have chance to run, where it should | have done years ago, toward the river.
 R. Wallace & Sons factory was shut down at 4:30 yesterday afternoon on account of the failure of the gas, which | was out of order. Other places in the borough also suffered for the same req son.
 Hoyt's "A Temperance Town will be the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 Major Howard A. Giddinga will in- spect Co. K this evening.
 The North Haven grange will visit the Wallingford grange this evening"
 Harmony and Continental lodges of New Britain have been invited to visit Compass lodge, F. and A. M., on Mon day evening" November 27.
 The funeral Of Mrs. Calvin c. Green will take place this afternoon at e clock from her late home on North Main street. The burial will be in the 'In Memoriam" cemetery.
 Richards and Garfield who appear in "A Temperance Town" this evening are as popular to-day as years ago when they first appeared as stars of the profession.
 Tine w. R. c. will have whist party in G. A. R. hall this evening.
 Thomas Galligan of Boston has bought out the furniture and business of the Wallingford hotel of Robert Hay, ST.
 The state league polo games here will be played Monday and Friday nights. The efforts of Manager Wilkinson to bring first class shows here should be appreciated by the public, and the opera house Iiberally patronized, which is the only way the public can show it's appreciation.
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