Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-18

Cyrus Thompson, baggage master at the Naugatuck station, is confined to his home by sickness.
 The Watertown fair was postponed to- day on account of the weather and will open tomorrow.
 Superintendent Beach will run special train from this city at p. m. during the WatertowR fair.
 "Andy' Johnson, the we'll known hack driver, has bought Hank Fritz's hacki and started in business for himself. TunXis tribe of Red Men will send a large delegation of braves to the monster clambake given by the order at Pawson park tomorrow.
 Hartford and Ryan, the two Waterbury youths who escaped from the reform school l at Meriden some time ago, have returned | to that institution.
 Judge Cowell is hearing the case of Will liam Wren vs the city of Waterbury this afternoon. Wren fell on Scovill street last January, breaking two ribs, and has brought suit to recover $100.
 D. B. Wilson kindled fire at the rear of his store this afternoon and burned over | $20 worth of seed. He says he does not believe in imposing on his customers and | has an annual seed bake every year. ln6 ulSdppedTdUC6 or ~ C6ubS 1TOtn MISS | Pierpont's desk in her room in the Elm | street school, and the disappearance also of two of the pupils who were afterwards seen laden with candy, gives rise to sus- picion that honesty is not one of the cardinal virtues of the young lads. There was a large attendance at the republican caucus held in the police court room last evening to nominate an alderman | and councilmen for the first ward. H. w. French was renominated for alderman and John Blair. George Barnes, Daniel Engler, E. H. Williams and L. R. King, were nominated as councimen.
 Nj. J. Daly has been awarded the con tract of furnishing new boiler and other steam fixtures for the church of the Sacred Heart at New Haven. MT Daily has also been awarded the contract of putting steam fixtures in the Catholic church at Stafford Springs.
 Thomas Harty, aged 30 years, died at his residence on Green street about 8 o'clock last evening Yesterday, morning he went to work as usual at Holmes Booth & Hayden's factory and worked until99 o'clock when he suddenly became over heated, and was removed to his home on Green street. Drs Hayes and Holmes were summoned and pronounced it a case of cardiac failure from which he only | fingered few hours. His funeral will l take place tomorrow morning.
 The weather thus far this month has had all the inconsistency of April. Sudden variations in temperature, with excessive moisture, characterize more than half the days. One noticeable result of the con tinued moisture is the unusual luXuriance and deep color of the grass and foliage. A peculiarity of the recent rains is the amount of misty driZzle which seems to float along near the ground, so that an umbrella affords no protection to ones lower extremities. The season has been remarkable all through for the continued prevalence of southeast winds, bringing in the moisture from the ocean. Most of the time articles of cloth ing and the interior of buildings seem to be taking sweat.
 William F. Dillon, the popular South Main street barber, and Miss Maggie Phelan, of Dublin street, were married this morn ing at the church of the Sacred Heart by the Rev Father Treanor. After the mar riage cermony a wedding breakfast was held at the home of the happy couple on
 Union street. MT and Mrs Dillon will en- joy wedding trip of a week through New l York and Boston, leaving on the 2:42 train this afternoon. MT Thomas Dillon, a brother of the groom, and Miss Mary A. Flynn acted as groom and bridesmaid respectively. The presents by friends and relatives of the happy couple Were numer- ous and handsome and included a kitchen stove from the mother of the groom; a hanging lamp from Thomas Dillon, a brother of the groom; a dinner set, 109 pieces, from the shopmates of the bride; two beautiful pictures from Mir and Mrs P J. Wade, New Haven. The Big Seven club of which the groom is a member, presented 1 Il handsome silver set.
 A depth of eighty feet has been reached in the Pomperaug valley mine, thirty feet | through earth and fifty of rock, and layer of mud has been struck. This will oblige them to pipe the entire distance, as the mud stops the working of the pump. They have every indication of some of the best, at least, of oil, and at a short distance. compared with the depth at which oil is found. Two sets of men are now running night and day. 1t attracts large number of people for miles around, and is well worth going long way to see. The ease and rapidity with which the work is done is in great contrast to the way it was done years ago at the same place, when, by the old way, they made only six inches progress day. To-day they can make five feet in an hour in the softer material, and a six inch hole at that. Quite an accident occurred the other day. The immense rope which holds or lifts the drill-which, by the way, is only forty feet long-broke, and falling, struck one man on the head and knocked him senseless, and slightly hurt another.