The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-10
WALLINGFORD.

IHe fSpuDllcan caucus III Wall1nSf0rQ last night was quite well attended. B. W. Judd was chairman and W. Frank Smith secretary, The delegates chosen were: State, Judge L. M. Hubbard, William I. Todd, J. P. Stevenson, Joel R. Tough; congressional, Frank H. Wallace, William H. Edsall, George M. Hollenbeck, John Burghoff county, Samuel Hodgkinson, B. l.. Loudon, Dr. G. H. Craig, Frank J. Smith; senatorial, D. W. Burke, W. F. Smith, John E. Downes, William H. Newton.
 On motion a committee of nine was appointed to select town committee and report at meeting to be held in. the near future. Those chosen were: William H. Newton, Colonel W. J. Leavenworth, William H. Edsall, Dr. c. A. Craig, Samuel Hodgkinson, D. w. Burke, William I. Todd, F. J. Smith and Charles D. Morris. This committee will select the most representatiev men of the party in the town and call meet ing for the ratification of their selec- tions.
 The house owned by Mrs. Alvin H. Hart, situated on East Main street, north of the Durham road about mile and a quarter northeast of the town hall, was totally destroyed by fire Mon day night about F o'clock. The house was occupied by John Nolan and family, Mir. Nolan being employed at the freight depot on the Hartford division of the Consolidated road. >+<
 MT Nolan was able to get out some of the household goods that were on the first floor, but none in the second story were saved. The house was insured for $500 in the New London county through H, L. Davis agency. The furniture was not insured.
 Monday evening Mrs. B. R. Townsend received 8 telegram announcing the death of her husband, Colonel Benjamin R. Townsend, at Trout Creek, Wash Besides his widow and daughter, Miss Alice Townsend, who reside here, he leaves a son, Frederick P. Townsend, residing in Meriden, and another son, Edward B. Townsend, who lately re- turned from the Philippine islands and is now stationed at Fort Smelling, Minn., being corporal in Co. F. Twenty first in fantry. ='~ @
 Professor Stevens of Yale will preach at the Congregational church on Sun day, September 21. Rev. J. J. Blair, who is at Burlington, Vt, has been request ed to occupy the pulpit next Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Walter E. Clark and wife are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Charles G. Phelps. MT. Clark is the Washington, D. C., correspondent of Post Intelligence of Seattle, Wash. E Friday evening AGuilla lodge will confer the degree work and also enter tain Merriam lodge of Cheshire and Eintracht lodge of Meriden.
 A marriage license was issued yester- day to Josef Larko and Miss Mary Ivan. Both are Austrians.
 The liquor cases against John J. Clark of South Colony street and TilIie Ander- son of the west side were continued again yesterday until Friday morning on account of the illness of one of the states witnesses.
 The heaviest rainstorm of the year struck here yesterday afternoon and the water came down in torrents accom- panied by a gale of wind and continued into the evening. The streets were flooded.
 A. l.. Post and H. J. Nearing attended the reunion of their old regiment, the Twenty-f fourth c. V., at Middletown, yesterday.
 Gilbert G. Thomson left yesterday mornng for Mattewan. N. Y.
 Kenneth Hubbard returns to the Wesleyan academy at Wilbraham, Mass, tomorrow.
 Frederick Powell is working at Gar hams in Providence.
 Miss Alice Mock has returned from a visit in Brooklyn.
 There were 53S pupils enrolled at the Whittlesey avenue school Monday.
 Mrs. Augusta J. Wallace and her daughter, Mrs. Albert s. Jones, left yes- terday for Washington, D. c. Mrs. Peter Jones started yesterday morning for Dublin. Texas.