The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-13
WALLINGFORD.

There was small fire at the Wallingford hotel yesterday afternoon, but the damage was slight. One of the boys lighted snap match in one of the bedrooms and q spark flew on the bed. The boy did not discern the damage he had done. but someone else saw the smoke and rushed in the room and found the bed clothes on fire and put out the flames without much trouble.
 Manager Wilkinson will open up the season in the opera house next week We'd nesday evening, August 20, with the Byrnes Brothers great play of ''S Bells"
 Byron Hill. who lives up near North Farms, has a sunfower stalk eleven feet high growing in his onion patch.
 Miss Millie Yale has been engaged to teach in the grammar department of the new school in North Farms.
 Quite delegation from here went to Glen Island yesterday.
 Miss Grace Dobb who has been the guest of Miss Grace Pixley, has returned to her home in Quincy. Mass.
 Mrs. M H. Brown and daughter. Miss
 Frances Brown, left yesterday for Canton and Nantasket. Mass Miss Blanche Andrews, Miss Marion Nor ton and Mrs. Andrews have returned from Cairo N. Y.
 W. H. Ebert leaves this morning for New
 York; where his wife has been for several
 weeks under treatment. Mrs. Ebert will return home with her husband. George D. Munson is home from Saratoga. Owing to the fact that some members of
 the National band are at Mantle there will be no outdoor concert this week. Mrs. J. c. Roach and daughter, Miss
 Gace Roach, are visiting at the Berkshire hills.
 Yesterday morning at either side of the money order and registered mail window at the post office were placed a couple of l notices regarding registration of mail mat ter. A large white enamel sign with letters
 of blue read as follows: Registered mails reach every post office in the world and insure safety and correct delivery. All valuable letters and parcels should be registered. Registry fee eight cents procures you a
 receipt from the person to whom your letter or parcel is sent. For particulars as to in- demnlty apply at registry window" | Opposite from this notice is q white card with red letters. which says: Notice to the public. Do not send money | in the ordinary mail Valuable mail matter | of every class should be registered to in- livery.
 l "An indemnity, for its value, up to 1 twenty-five dollars will be paid if a register i ed letter mailed at and addressed to a T. S. | post office is lost in the mails. The registry l fee Is eight cents in addition to postage. | Apply at registry window" 1 The Hubbard Hose company have entered
 team for the hose race that takes place
 this afternoon at Savin Rock. The team
 as made up:
 l Leaders-John J. Luby, Matthew Murray, ir
 Kneep-James Laden. A. Simmos. | Hydrant-W. P. Bridgett. Couplers Breakers-John Kelly E. J. 1 Reilly.
 ! Rope-Clarence Lane, D. Mcclure. w. E. 1 Demill, jr., James Graham, H. Lanouette, w. Ennis J. Cannon. H. Desmaris. l Next Thursday meeting at the Grange
 meeting there will be a general discussion
 by the members on Dairy Interests.' The l subjects to be considered will he How 1 to Feed to Obtain the Best Results on a MIX Farm" What is the Best General 1 Purpose Cow, Taking into Consideration Milk, Butter and Beef" There will also be
 readings by H. Otis Wooding and c. o.
 Young.