The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-14
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
DEA1H OF MRS. MUNSON, WIFE OF
CAPT. H. ID. MUNSON.
Damage Caused by the Ice
Storm Borough Meeting Tomorrow
Evening Board of Relief Meets To-
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day Peach Trees Damaged.
Mrs. Munson, wife of Captain M.
Douglass Munson, died at 1890 yester-
day morning at her home on East Gen.
ter street of neuralgia Of the heart az
ter an illness of only Two days dura-
ton. She attended the church supper
at the Congregational church last
Thursday evening and on her return
from that was taken ill., She grew
rapidly worse until death occurred.
Mrs. Munson was seventy-two years of
age and was formerly Mrs. Mcclure.
She was married to Captain Munson
only about a month ago. Captain
Murson, her husband, was d captain in
the old Fifteenth G. V. regiment and
is a prominent citizen of Wallingford
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon. There will be prayers at the
house on Center street at 2 o'clock and
services at the Cohgrega tional church
a 2:30.
The ice storm of Friday and Saturday
did considerable damage about town
and caused quite a little discomfort.
| The coating of ice on the telegraph,
telephone and electric wires caused con-
| siderable damage. The trolley cars
from Meriden Saturday morning were
way behind time and in consequence
all the morning papers were late in be-
ing delivered The telephone wires
were crossed and broken, which made
a break in the telephone service. Limbs
/ from the trees all about the borough,
| especially the elms, were broken off.
Late Friday night a big limb from an
elm in front of J. e. Downs place on
| Colony street broke off and carried
away the electric light wire. In front
of d. E. Morris house on South Main
street a large limb fell against the
house, tearing away some of the clap
boards. On Elm street, corner of Chris
tian street, limb fully ten inches in
diameter fell, narrowly missing two
pedestrians who were passing along In
front of the Walingford hotel soon af-
ter 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon limb
fell but luckily did no injury. In ]. w.
Lanes yard, corner of Hall avenue and
Cherry street, a large willow was near
ly ruined, and in fact on nearly every
street in town can be found evidences
of destruction due to the heavy weight
of the ice. The milkmen from the out
skirts report that broken limbs strew
the road and in some places the ice
has borne the limbs and trees down, so
as to interfere with passing. Down i'm
"Qunnie' in front of the house of Col
lin Moulthrop heavy limb from
black walnut tree broke off and fell. AS
it struck the ground it rebounded, the
butt striking door in the house, which
was torn off and thrown through the
hallway into the sitting room, over
turing a table and smashing a quantity
of bric-a- brac and other articles and
causing a general CONSERVATION in the
household
The town clock stopped Saturday
morning at 2:34 owing to the ice storm.
A year ago on the same date, January
II, and exactly the same time, the
clock stopped for the same cause.
The following is a copy of the notice
for the special meeting of the freemen
for next Tuesday evening, the call be-
ing signed by Warden Dickerman and
Burgesses G. II. Craig, p. j. Griffin, D.
l.. Barber and w. H. Newton:
There will be special meeting of
the freemen of the borough of Walling-
Tuesday evening, January Is, 1901. at
o'clock to take into consideration, ,
and adopt such action as shall be .
deemed advisable on the following sub
jects, to wit:
Making application to the general I
assembly, now in session, for an |
amendment of the borough charter, or
other suitable legislation empowering
the borough to manufacture, sell and I
distribute, within and outside the ter
ritorial limits of said borough, cleo
tricity for the purposes of light, heat
and power
Making application to the present
session of the general assembly for
an amendment of the borough char
ter, providing for two voting districts
in the borough, in accordance with no.
tees heretofore duly advertised. Leg
islation by the general assembly
which has been, or shall be- proposed
affecting our borough in the matter
of trolley lines The petition of r.
e. Badger e Co, for an abatement of
water rates and taxes for a term of
years, in respect to the laundry bust
ness now being done and proposed to
be done by said company"
Deius & Bauman have sold to F. B.
Caswell, of Merose, Mass, pair of
Belgian hares to exhibit at the Boston
show this week. Mr.. Caswell is credit
ed with having imported the first Bel
glan hare into this country.
The board of relief will meet again
to-day from 10 a. m. to 3:45 to-day at
town hall.
Mrs. w. A. Goodrich, of Curtis ave-
nue., is down with the grip. Mr.. Good
rich, who has been i'll, Is able to be
about again.
Simpson, Hail. Miller & Co.'s fac
tories will start up this morning after
he usual close down for inventory
The sounding of the electric light
siren late Friday evening was to call
he linemen to repair damage done to
wires on Colony street caused by falling
limbs.
There was a beautiful view on Main
street Saturday afternoon when the sun
,ame out and the rays, rejecting on
he ice-covered trees made a scene
never to be forgotten. Some of the ,
amateur photogra piers were out with
heir cameras getting pictures.
The condition of Mr.. and Mrs. Delano
". Ives Saturday evening was reported
Is decidedly improved.
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