Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-03

Frank E. Benham has just returned from Michigan with car load of fine horses which he will sell at his stables on North Main street.
 The cases against Thomas Delaney, the father of the child found in the freight car, were continued this morning in the hope of making some settlement.
 The case of Brennan against the Western Union Telegraph company was not con- cluded at the adjournment of the district court yesterday. It will be finished Mon day.
 The case of Peter Leniche vs Theodore Leibrich, action to recover for wages, oc- cupies the attention of Judge Cowen and four lawyers at MT Cowell's office this af- ternoon.
 John Altman of Doolittle alley fell from trestle on the Meriden and Waterbury road about two miles from this city yester- day, striking on the rocks fifteen feet be- low He was brought home, but an ex- animation revealed no serious injury.
 Mrs John Shannon of No 55 Railroad Hill street fell on the door steps at her house this morning. She was picked up unconscious and taken into the house. Her skull was injured and possibly fractured, but fatal results are not feared.
 Bridgeport asked for an appropriation of $20O, 900 for public building. The committee reduced it to $15O,0O0 and the house pared it down $50, 900 more. There will not be much left for building after 8 site has been purchased. Waterbury ex- poets to get $15O,00O.
 There was very pleasant party of col ored people at the dance and sociable given by the Walters and Coachmen's club at Idlewild hall in Commercial block last evening. The grand march of thirty couples was led by Walter Hill and lady. Carns oAchestra of Woodbury furnished the music and John Carn did the prompt ing. It was an early hour this morning when the merry party started for thei1 l homes.
 1 The names of Thomas H. Hayes and Thomas Conlon should have been among the names of the committee signed to the article in our columns yesterday. Messrs Hayes and Conlon went to New York or the evening previous to the funeral cere monies in this city,to make all necessary arrangements. They in company with tn, committee from the New York Press clul met the general committee at the Grant Central depot on the day of the funeral
 In our news columns yesterday appeared the report of fire in New York city o1 Lexington avenue and Forty second street One of the buildings destroyed was tn
 Vanderbilt hotel. The committee tha went to New York in charge of the remain of the late Stephen J. Meany made thi hotel their headquarters, and we kno,
 they will sympathize with the genial pro
 prietor, MT Clune, in his loss. The hote
 was damaged to the amount of $15, ,OO0. Daniel McAteer, a printer on the Re publican, who boards at Meyers hotel O Scovill street, took in an ''old timer'' i the form of Mickey Hayes, a press feede and alleged printer and is now out abor $15. Mickey had been laying around tn printing offices and last night McAtee shared his bed with him. McAteer can
 home early this morning and left h weekly salary in his trousers. When I , arose to-day Mickey had gone and wit 8 him McAteer's money. It is supposed tn, l as soon as he got the money he skippe
 town.
 : Odd Fellows hall for the second tin a this month was last evening the scene of l. gay throng of members of the local lodge Il and their families and few invited lad e friends. Townsend lodge, following u
 example of it's brother, Nosahogan, gave D sociable lasting until about midnight. I'll q lodge orchestra furnished music and Q Uffendale called the figures. The commi n tees were: Arrangements-T. L. Ferra] V F. G. Humphrey, A. H. Osborne; rece] tion-R. P. Smith, John Blair, L. D. Te
 rell; foor-Louis M. Meyer, Edward Elan, ,. James H. Filling, G. L. Schroeder, E. l Smith, H. w. Lake, H. A. Livingston.