Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-28
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CITY NEWS.

Sam Pepin will open an ice skating | rink at Ansonia next Monday. There will be battalion drill of Com panies G and A at the armory this even 1 ing. Townsend lodge, I. O. O. F., will give another grand sociable at the lodge rooms this evening. The Rev Father Mulcahy has rented one of the stores in the new parish block to w. F. Dillon. The west bound Washington express reached here an hour late last night owing to an accident to the engine. E. B. Lounsbury formerly of the DEM oCRAT and recently editor of the Dan bury Press, has accepted position upon the staff of the New Haven Register. Maud the bright 8 years old daughter of Dr Thomas Bland, died at the resi- dence of her parents on Spencer avenue last night. The erchild has been a sufferer for some time with cerebro spinal menin gitis. The Mad River grange held an election of officers to fill the vacancies last night. Arrangements are in hand to run a special train from Meriden at the con clusion of the state grange meeting in that city "Wednesday January 9. There is in circulation a dangerous counterfeit five dollar silver certificate of the series of 1885, letter D. The front of the certificate is a good imitation, but the back is poor It will pay people to be vigilant, for the counterfeit Is said to be numerous. Joseph Eggleston, who fell from the railroad bridge near Holmes, Booth & Haydens factory yesterday is, much inn proved to-day. For some time after be- ing taken to his home in Brooklyn he was unconscious and it was thought he was injured internally.
 Tunxis tribe of Red Men held their second annual meeting last evening and elected the following officers: Sachem, O. w. Cornish: senior sagamore, Dr C. R. Upson; junior sagamOre, C. Ii. Blake; prophet, T. H. Hewet chief of records, l.. $. Bracket, keeper of wampum, J. H. Guernsey; assistant chief of records, c. H. Bronson; trustee, C. B. Webster.
 The military examining board exam ined at Hartford yesterday Thomas F. McKiernan, signal officer, and First Lieutenant R. E. Hall, Second Lieuten- ant H. S. Ball and Second Lieutenant Henry Norton, jr, of the Second regiment. Second Lieutenant R. w. Isbell of Com pany l, Second regiment, failed to obey an order to appear for examination.
 The first assembly of the season was a
 
 evening. The hall was charmingly deco rated for the event and the ladies toilets elegant in the extreme. The patrOnes- ses were Mrs E. D. Steele, Mrs G. S. Parsons. Mrs Dr Rowland. Wheeler & Wilson's orchestra played admirably for dancing. Maresi of New York catered.
 P. T. Hayes has pair of buffalo horns. which came all the way from Dakota as Christmas present from gentleman who nine years ago was in MT Hayes em- ploy in this city. The horns are large and handsome specimens. They are not mounted, the gentleman who sent them living in the wild and woody west 160 miles from a railroad station. A cow boys bandanna was gracefully knotted about them.
 There are now metallic telephone cir cults between New Haven, Waterbury Birmingham Meriden and Hartford, and New Britain. Bridgeport. New London and Norwich will soon be included. A new transmitter, intended for use over 1000 miles of wire. is now nearly perfec ted, and message sent by 1t and re ceived through an ordinary hood tele phone can be distinctly heard in all part. of large room.
 Officer Bernard Cahey is justly proud of a handsome cane that he has re ceived from Edward Phalen. who is al the Soldiers home in NorotOn. The cane is nicely polished and is Orna mented with carved head representing man wearing the customary police helmet with the number r, which Is Mir Caheys number. carved in the center of the hat. The cane was made by Nh Phalen and is a fine piece of work.
 At the meeting of Court Hancock helC last evening the following officers were . c. R.. James P. Morriss;' F. S.. D. F Murnane; R. S., w. F. Dillon treasurer Bart Bossidy S. w., Thomas Connolly J. w., John Holian S. B., John F German J. B., William Gorman; phy sician. B. A. O'Hara; druggist, Bar Bossidy auditors, Thomas Conlon Thomas Lunny, Michael Woods. Jame A. Hynes was elected trustee for tern of three years.
 One of the many agreeable and pleas ant Christmas time surprises was tha which took place at the factory of tn American Mills Co last Saturday even ing. Miss Carrie H. Miller is forelad and designer at this factory and she wa made the recipient of a handsome parlo cabinet. also statuary of several uniqu designs. The gifts were presented b Mrs William H. Delaney in an appropr ate and pleasing speech. Miss Miller It SDOnQeu, although Sue Was Ne1y LAuS surprised, having no intimation of wha was about to happen.
 Colonel Leavenworth of the Secon regiment is to make test case of tn matter of Private Rourke of the Sarsfiel guard, New Haven. Rourke did not g to camp last August and he was fine $50 in consequence. This sum RourE has refused to pay on several occasion Papers have been placed in Constab Ponds hands, with instructions to pr him in jail if he does not pay II Rourke declares that he will not pa and if he is put in jail he will stay the until the company gets ready to releas him, and will make the company pa ten times more than the $50, This
 the first case of the kind known in tl state.
 M. J. Brzezinski caught Tartar tn morning when he attempted to euch Officer Brickel out of his seat before Il opening of the police court: Brzezins being tired standing quietly whispertt to Brickel that Officer Sullivan, wi
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