Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-25

m the way Of the lnterceptlng sewer on River street.
 The 11:17 train was 30 minutes late to- day owing to delay of trains on the New York division.
 Last nights shower was most opportune, 1 but seems to have done but little to lower | the temperature.
 The 5:45 train from Watertown, made it's first trip this morning and brought down four passengers.
 James Russell of this city is among the graduates of the Yale law school which takes place Wednesday.
 The Consolidated road has arranged to carry closed mail on the 2:42 p. m train from Winsted to Bridgeport.
 Of the 5,519 pensioners in Connecticut, s642,797 annually, there are 1 ,243 in New Haven county.
 Somebody left a newly purchased suit of clothes in the waiting rooms at the Nau- gatuck station Saturday evening.
 The St K. M. O. society had very pleasant time at their second annual picnic at the ball grounds Saturday evening.
 James Watts has placed ticker in his store to receive by telegraph the base ball scores. Charlie Rose will be operator.
 The American band has been engaged to escort the Citizens Engine Co No ? to the Fourth of July celebration at Bridgeport.
 The case of Curtis vs Hogen. was heard by judge Bradstreet to-day. Among the witnesses was Sheriff Godsell of Thomas ton.
 General E. C. Bradley of New Haven will address the prohibition club at the Reform club rooms on Abbott avenue this evening.
 Supt Beach received cablegram this morning announcing the safe arrival of the Misses Cairns and Eddie Beach, his son, at Queenstown.
 Congressman Carlos French has written to Mayor Boughton saying that the bill for Waterburys public building will probably become law on the 26th.
 John Lawlor purchased the vacant lot between the Holohan and Mccarthy prop erty on South Main street this morning from Max Stiner of New York
 D. E. Buckley received telegram from his family at 'Colebrook this morning, tell ing him that his mother would probably die to-day. He left on the 1:17.
 Fred S. Goodrich, formerly of the, Re- publican, delivered an address on Daniel OConnell at the Reclamation held at Wesleyan university, Friday evening.
 A ledge of rock which requires no little blasting has been found by the water de- partment workmen on the north side of the green where the new main is being laid.
 A month ago there was some talk of a public celebration on the green on July 4, consisting of speech making and in the evening pyrotechnic exhibition, but the idea has been given up by the authorities.
 A chronometer at Blinn & Company's store on Bank street is said to have been the property of Boss Tweed, and to have travelled thousands of miles on his yacht It is still a very accurate time keeper and is an interesting relic of the notorious Tweed.
 Local republicans are preparing to give salute of 38 guns when the result of the Chicago convention is announced, and have procured five pounder with which to blow off some powder. The piece will be stationed on Collins hill near the Gas company's works and will be fired for whoever or whatever is nominated.
 Justice Ellis Phelan to-day heard the case of John Freedman vs George Hauser, an action to recover $100 damages. Freed man contracted with Hauser to work for S23. month and board and washing. u1l1I III Il udy 1lC SesJo, and refused to pay anything. O'Neill for plaintiff and Root for defendant.
 John B. Doris greatest of all shows ex- hibited under tent will visit this. city Thursday June 27, when two perbrm- asces will be given. The character of the circuses which have been managed by this well-known snowman in former years are we'll and favorably known to the residents of this city, and the announcement that this show will far surpass all former eff forts will probably be sufficient to crowd the tents to the utmost capacity. Besides grand array of unrivaled equestrians and athletes, the company comprises the fla nous Boston boy, John L. Sullivan, the victor in hundreds of fights, who will, as- sisted by other famous boxers, give grand exhibition of the manly art.
 Thomas, the eleven-year- son of Thomas Russell of Meadow street, shot himself through the abdomen Saturday evening and died yesterday afternoon When but child Russell fell under the cars at the Naugatuck station and lost an arm. Saturday he was playing with some other boys on the Watertown road, and in attempting to cock the pistol pressed the muzzle against his body. The hammer slipped from under his thumb and the ball took. ans upward course lodging in his lungs. He was carried to the Morris res idence and Dr Munger called. An unsuc- cessful attempt was made to remove the ball, after which the boy was taken to his | home, where he died. The funeral will take place at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning
 The great drought on largely exposed bodies of water and the drawing off of the canals has so lowered the water in the Web and Benedict ponds that there is now nothing but small stream of black, dis ease laden water flowing through them ,and the several acres covered by the ponds are exposed, muddy waste, covered with all sorts of refuse, including dead animals, upon which the sun beats down. The few puffs of wind which blow across the place
 carry the sickening odor through all that
 section When the new intercepting sewer
 is finished, it is to be hoped that the au-
 thorities will force the manufacturers te turn into it the nuisance which they arc pouring into these ponds, and which was given by the health authorities as the cause
 of the enormous number of deaths from dysentery ill that section last year.
 I Yesterdays and to-day's temperature wa.
 but little below that of Saturday, Sunda,
 afternoon especially being dangerous
 time for people to expose themselves te
 the rays of tha S11n The first casa If c,,p.