The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-17
WALLINGFORD.

In the superior court, yesterday, Judge Elmer granted the petition of the Wallingford Tramway company to build an electric railroad from Walling- ford to North Haven. where the road will connect with the Fair Haven 6 Westville Railroad company and make through route to New Haven. Fuller details are given in another column.
 This afternoon at 4 o'clock J. Oscar Bailey and Miss Lena Scheffer will be married at the home of the bride on North Main street. Rev. F. H. L. Ham, mond will officiate.
 The band concert on the plains last evening drew out a large and appre- ciative audience. The programme was the same as rendered uptown last week.
 Mrs. Mary Ward, widow of James Ward, died at her home, 112 Washing ton street, Monday night. The funeral services will be held Thursday morn ing at 9o'clock at Holy Trinity church. She leaves three daughters, Misses Ka- tie, Cecelia and Mamie Ward, and two sons, James H. and John Ward, resid- ing here, and Edward Ward, living in Waterbury.
 Annie St. Arneault, aged twelve years, daughter of Pierre St. Arneault of South Colony street, died Monday night. Funeral this morning at g o'clock from Holy Trinity church.
 Mrs. Schendeil, aged seventy years, died at the home of her son, Joseph Schendeil in Yalesville, yesterday.
 About 800 people were at the station yesterday when the special train and the Liberty Bell passed here. Many school children were among the num- her. As the train passed the station there was ringing of bells from the depot platform and cheers from the crowd As the train did not tarry here the glimpse, of the bell was about all that was realized.
 Yesterdays recorded real estate transfer was First National bank to James ConheadY. house and lot 5Ox131 feet on Meadow street. A marriage license was issued yester- day to Oscar ". Wood and Miss Katie A. Commersord.
 Attorney Fields os the Consolidated Railroad company was here yesterday coming up on the 0:57 train in refer ence to statements of some of the local people who saw the accident at the Parker street crossing year ago last fall when the team that was driven by Nathan Kelman was run into by a To- comotive John W. Fitzgerald and En- gineer Webber and some of the train hands were present before Attorney Fields. Nathan Kelman has brought suit against the railroad company through his counsel, Attorney Hamil- ton.
 The selectmen are in receipt of let ter from Highway Commissioner Mac donald in reference to road improve ment appropriations. MT. Macdonald advises the town to appropriate the maximum amount of 5000 for the two years if they desire to expend that amount of money All applications for the appropriations must be on file by the first of next August. In order to have this appropriation of two-thirds of the cost of construction from the state, etc., special town meeting will have to be called.
 The lineup of the Athletics for the game in Stamford next Saturday af- ternoon will be: Del Rosso, f; J. Me Guire, f; Beale. c; D. Mcclure, b; Garvey, f; w. Kavanagh, 2 b; Ger maine, S; J. Kavanagh, p; Brosnan, 3 b.
 Compass lodge, F. & A. M, will hold special communication next Monday evneing for work In the Fellow Craft degree
 | The H. B. Todd & Son company will hereafter, until October 1, close it's lumber yards at noon Saturdays. R, Wallace & Sons factories will close Friday night, July 8, until Mon day morning, July 13.
 The Wallingfords will play ball in New Britain next Saturday afternoon. l Frederick Wilcox of Yale is the guest
 of L. Marsden Hubbard. | Frederick Matthews sails from New
 York for Europe on Tuesday, July '. 1 John R. Cottrill sails at noon to-day
 from New York on the Germanic for England. It was just twenty years ago
 yesterday that he left England to come
 to America.