The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-31
WILLING FORD.

"A small barn owned by j. w. Lane
ana situated on North Cherry street
was destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon. The loss will not exceed 500.
Hhere was no insurance. The origin of
the hre is not known, but is supposed
10 nave been caused by some boys
playing around the building. A horse
owned by Jacob Shoemaker, who occu-
pied the barn, had a. narrow escape
from death. AS it was the animal was
considerably scorched.
The posters announcing the firemen's
annual ball next week Friday evening
are out and are quite a snowy bill print
ed In red with a large picture of the
windsor hotel fire in New York recent
ly.
The 4:36 train for New Haven yester-
day afternoon was quite late owing to
a stop near Parker Brothers factory in
Meriden, where a man was struck by
the engine at the Cherry street cross
ing.
The hearing before the legislative
committee on the Meriden Electric road
and the Fair Haven and Westville road
companies for charter to use Walling-
ford streets has been assigned for
Thursday, April -, in Hartford.
X Wallace & Co., II. l.. Judd & Co..
and the Simpson Nickel company's fac
tories will be running to-day on account
OF rush of orders.
A year ago tomorrow D. e. Morris
planted potatoes. There is no law to
prevent him doing the same thing this
year If he wants to.
The Misses Mollie and Emma Bakes-
lee are enjoying an ocean voyage from
Boston to Texas.
The usual holiday hours, to -, and
$3.50 to o'clock, will be observed at the
postoffice to-day
Mrs. F. M. Chambers and daughter
Rre visiting in Newark, N. J.
Attorney G. A. Harrison is home from
q pleasure trip to Florida Burgess G.
4. Jones expects to arrive home about
the middle of April.
The Choate School for Boys closed
yesterday and the many pupils departed
for their various homes.
Most of the stores will open up this
morning and close at noon.
The rubber shop shut down last night
until Monday.
terday as the stone roads are getting
In fair condition
r. B. Wallace was a borough visitor
last evening.
Report says that F. H. Lane, who has
been superintendent of the gas COM
panys business since it's organization,
will soon sever his connection with the
company as superintendent.
George w. Starr, who represents the
interests of William Barbour of New
Jersey, the largest owner of the Wal
1ingford Gas company, has begun his
duties as general manager of the local
plant and has opened an office in Simp-
son block with III. l.. Davis. There is to
be decided change made in the opera
ton Of the gas business that promises
to give better satisfaction to the con-
sumers. A different kind of gas will be
generated.
Rev. E. G. Richardson will remain
here as pastor of the M. E. church until
April -.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Ives of East
Farms have new baby girl
The condition of Timothy Callahan Of
Colony street, who was stricken with
paralysis recently, is reported to be i'm
proved
Great preparations are being made for
the annual ball of the fire department
In the arnory next week Friday night.
1t is expected to excel any previous eff
fort.
The residents of East Center street
and Simpson avenue have sent in pc
ton for a sewer on the streets named.
A delegation from Ivy lodge, K. of p,
visited Rathbone lodge in New Haven
last evening.