The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-02
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
IN1ER ESTING DISCOVERY FROM
OPENING OFBALLOT BOXES.
Sudden Death of JohnF itzgerald-Mnny
Trout Fishermen Out Yesterday, but
No Big Catches Reported.

AT the annual town election last fail
when the votes were counted there was
a discrepancy of seventeen votes less
than the envelopes as counted, and IL
was supposed that by mistake that
number of envelopes had been put III
thesbox with the votes counted without
the envelopes having been opened. AS
the time required by law, six months,
has expired the sealed box was opened
yesterday morning by Town Clerk j. A.
Martin. and as was expected, seventeen
unopened envelopes were found which
contained seven straight democratic
ballots, six straight republican and
four scratched republican. AT the time
the discrepancy was discovered last
fall there was talk of recount, put as
it was an impossibility that the er-
ror would effect any of the names de-
clared elected, nothing was done about
it and the time limit of six months was
allowed to expire and the votes were
Investigated then just for curiosity's.
! sake.
John. the twelve-y ear-old son of j.
wv. Fitzgerald of Center street, died
very suddenly Sunday night. The boy
had for some time been subject to
head and stomach troubles and when he
retired to bed about $3.50 Sunday even
ing he was feeling as well as usual AT
10 o'clock his father went to the boys
room and found he was dead. The at
tending physician stated that death
was due to an abscess Of the brain.
The funeral services will be from the
house this afternoon at 8 o'clock.
D George B. Reynolds died Sunday af-
ternoon at the home of William Hay
den on River street, aged twenty-fi five
years. The funeral will be from Holy
Trinity church at 8 o'clock this morn
ing.
M. K. Thomas leaves tonight for
Boston to attend as delegate from
Governor Buckingham colony, Pilgrim
Fathers, the session of the supreme col
Dny to be held on Wednesday.
The trout law was off yesterday and
quite number of our sportsmen were
out bright and early on the various
streams in this vicinity. but as far as
could be learned last evening no great
catches were reported. Thomas DAILY
came home from Melrose in the after
noon and brought string of thirty as
fine trout as one could wish to see, but
they were caught many miles from
lWallingford.
Levi Hull. now in the New Haven
hospital, has become demented.
Judge Judd has decided to reappoint
Michael Downs as prosecuting attorney
for the borough, and ex-Judge ]. r.
Campbell as assistant prosecutor.
"Quo Vadis.' which comes here to-
morrow evening will prove a rare treat
to the theatergoers of the borough.
y The only unclaimed letter in the post
office yesterday morning was for S. w.
Bailey.
" Mrs. G. H. Allen, who has been visit |
ing relatives in town, returned yester- |
day to her home in New Bedford, |
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. g. Phelps are home
from Washington, d. G.
Miss Marie L. Kenyon of New York
as the guest of Mrs. j. Wolcott Linsley.
March went out like a lion and left |
over some of it's wind for April to open
up with.
u The fine weather Sunday morning
brought out many blcyclists on the
road between Meriden and New Haven
Later in the day when the heavy wind
was in full force, there was but little
sport in wheeling, and several of the
Meriden wheelmen were satisfied to
walk or take the cars home.