Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-23


 Letter Carrier Loughlin will take his vacation next week.
 The Rev James Donohue of Webster, Mass, is visiting in town.
 The amount of taxes collected to yesterday amounted to s100,000.
 Hon Thomas H. Dudley of New Jersey will deliver an address in Music hall this evening on the "Tariff Issue." A meeting of the police commissioners will be held tomorrow night to consider the charges against Officer Byrnes.
 James Douglass, engineer at the Electric Light station retires tonight. He accepts similar position at Matthews & Willard's.
 The concert to be given by the Bar reuther family at Music hall has been post poned from Friday to next Tuesday even ing.
 The Japanese Village company passed through this city to-day on their way to New Britain, where they exhibit this | evening.
 Mo- engine was tested at the Manhan raceway last night and found in excellent order, notwithstanding it's long period of inactivity.
 The case of Perkins vs Perkins is on trial before Judge Fenn in the superior court to-day. The case is an action brought by Mrs Frank Perkins to recover certain notes from Charles Perkins due on the estate of her husband.
 The Japanese village, which showed with success here short time ago, is booked for return date about five weeks hence. | The members of the company made many friends during their stay here, and will be warmly welcomed.
 A telegram received from Birmingham to-day announced that Miss Lena Barry, who was to speak on woman's work in the interest of the K. of L., is confined to her room in the Birmingham house, and will not be able to appear this evening.
 Fred Meyers, aged 15, caught his foot in press at the Plume & Atwood Manufac- turing Co.'S factory this afternoon in some inexplicable manner, and had the bones se- verely crushed and broken. Dr North dressed the injured member.
 It is probable that at the next meeting of the road commissioners, orders will be given the property owners on Brook street to remove their buildings and fences back to the new street line, and the widening of the street will be commenced at once.
 Harry c. Upson business manager o1 the Sunday Herald and Miss Myra c. Cross were married by the Rev w. P. Elsdon Monday evening, and have gone to house keeping at No 35 Cherry street. Among the presents received by the happy couple was $1OO in gold presented by the editors of the Herald.
 They must value their town records highly in Waterbury, judging by the care they take of them. Here's the DEMOCRAT of that city says that yesterday morning Town Clerk White had occasion to look nf tho 1i cfc hoo1y in fho S0'o These lists. for want of room, were stored in letter cupboards in the town vault When the lists were taken out they fell tc pieces in the clerks hands, having beer eaten through and through by mildew Some one ought to lend the Waterbury town authorities wash boiler to be used as storage place.-Meriden Journal.
 The business cunning of the half-Ameri canized Italian may be seen from the fol lowing incident which is related of a cer tain peanut vender who was anxious tt sell out his place of business. The pros pective buyer was in the store and tn, went to a neighboring saloon and after Setting lem up'' for the party, gave tn, proprietor with -in.tr11ctions to giy. every customer that came in 10 cents anc send them to his store to buy peanuts o1 fruit The saloon keeper followed instruc tions and in few minutes the string o1 peanut and fruit buyers commenced te pile into the Italians to the wide eyed as tonishmeut of the prospective buyer who supposed there was an immense trade there. It is not told whether the store was sold or not.
 Monday evening, near the corner ot Grand street, portly. woman who hac evidently been partaking largely of thu hilarious fluid, boarded 8 South Mair street car. The streets were very muddy and the woman was accompanied by , long g-haired dog, whose legs were covered with mud. After planting herself on th' seat she called the dog up. The driver noticed the action and requested her te keep the dog off the seat, other people had to use that seat and didn't want tt get up covered with mud. The woman took no notice and the driver repeated his request in stronger terms, saying that il she did not obey she would have to leave the car. The women then opened on him and such a torrent of abuse was never heard before by the occupants of the car a number of whom were ladies. As ii was woman nothing could be done but bear the abuse in silence.
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