The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-31
WALLINGFORB.

Invitations were sent out yesterday for the wedding of Miss Carrie Susan Hill, daughter of MT. and Mrs Oliver Hill, to Clifford Walter Jones, at the Advent church Thursday evening, April g, at o'clock.
 T.e public library is now opened. The hours are from 10 to F in the morning and from ? to in the afternoon All books must be in by April to escape a fine. Those who have or have had sick ness in the family will please notify Health Officer Wilson before returning books. The United States civil service com- mission announces that on May 6. l9US, an examination will be held for the po- sitions of clerk and carrier in the post office service in WalIingford. This eX- animation offers an excellent opportu- nifty for entering the federal service to bright, energetic young persons who are not afraid of hard work, and as preVl- ous examinations have failed to result i in sufficient number of eligibles the commission urges all persons who are qualified, and who may desire to enter , the postoffice service, to apply for and l lohe lIllS GAdIIllEdlIOils Ab AAASAS SS ShtNN ed that there is a wider geld for ad-
 vancement upon merit in the federal service than in many private employ
 ments. While the salary in the post office service is usually about S50O or | $500 per annum at the start this amount
 compares favorably with the compen-
 sation of a beginner in private employ
 ment.
 ] A train of twenty-three cars loaded
 with soft coal passed through here yes- terday morning.
 Yesterdays recorded real estate transfers were: w. H. Squire, trustee
 of the W. A. Kendrick estate, to D. w. Beecher, nine houses and lots in Yales- vilIe.
 The fish law is off tomorrow and the
 numerous fishermen can, and probably
 will, begin to lie about the number of
 trout caught.
 A big delegation from the Royal Ar
 canum will visit New Haven this even
 ing.
 The condition of John I. Nearing, who
 is ill with pneumonia, was considered
 more favorable yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H. Newton spent
 Sunday in Newfane, Vt.
 A case of black diphtheria at Reeds s
 Gap was reported to Dr. Wilson yester- day by Assistant Town Clerk Martin, who received telephone message from that section.
 Beginning with tomorrow, April l, the postoffice will open at 2 o'clock un- til October 1.
 l John and Mary McCay, of New York, l will give a concert at Temperance hall l Thursday evening. Mrs. Smith, sister of Mrs. A. L. } Pierce, left yesterday for Houston and other places in Texas, and will also . visit California, Oregon and Arizona before returning home, She expects to 5 be absent about four months. l The only unclaimed letter in the post ? office Monday morning was addressed - to J. H. Bassett.
 . Janitor James has housed forty-fiVe tramps during the past eight nights,
 The tramp quarters are supposed to
 close tonight for the season.
 The bundles of New York Suns and l Worlds which were thrown off the pa | per train early Sunday morning got un- : der the wheels Of the cars and were cut to pieces. The railroad track and Vi cinity for some time early in the day 5 were strewn with the scattered pieces, . but, the heavy wind tended to clear 2 away the mass before the day was far advanced.