Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-22

The admission to the Court Shields en- tertainmcnt is % cents instead of 90 cents as va stated yesterday.
 The amount of the regular monthly collection taken up in St Patricks church last Sunday was $669.5O.
 William H. Smith, the carpenter, made an assignment to-day, and Robert A. Lowe was named as the trustee.
 The schooner Silas Brainard arrived in Bridgeport yesterday with 135 tons of paving stone for this city from Stonington. The Rev Father Finnegan is in Windsor Locks to-day attending the funenal of Thomas Sheridan, nephew of the Rev Father Sheridan, who died Wednesday. Michael Kelley, one of the payers in the employ of Blakeslee & Company is laid up with dysentery, and his absence will delay the work on South Main street perhaps ten days.
 The family of Chief-of-Poli Egan are in New Britain to-day attending the gradu- ating exercises at the State Normal school, Miss Katherine B. daughter of Chief Egan, being cue of the graduates.
 Hereafter, new members of the insurance department of the A. o. H., will have to pay dues in proportion to age, the fee be- ing $1 if under 30 years of age, $2 if be- tween 30 and 40, and $3 if between 40 and 45.
 Superintendent Crawford said to-day that the railroad commissioners would be either notified to-day or to morrow that the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut river railroad was ready for acceptance.- Meriden Republican.
 The arrangement committee of the old Temperance society and the Young Mems Catholic Literary society held meeting last night in regard to their proposed ex- cursion over the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut river road.
 The carcasses of five drowned dogs were taken from the Naugatuck river by the Holmes Booth & Haydens company yester- day and buried. A citizen who took the trouble to walk along River street yesterday afternoon counted eighteen animals float ing in the water.
 The name of the Swede who became vio- lently insane yesterday, and was removed to the town house, is A. Aloen. He be- came very violent when locked up, but is brother in Hartford who lives on Cedar
 After a discontinuance of nearly two years, the sending out of printed weather bulletins by the signal service will again be resumed. As usual they will be displayed in frames at the post office. Postmaster Commerford received notice to this effect yesterday. The maps or bulletins will be prepared twice day, at a. m and p. m. and mailed between 10:30 and II o'clock each morning and evening. Two frames will be sent to each postmaster. The ar rangement will go into effect July 1.
 The will of the late R. E. Hitchcock, was offered for probate to-day. In it he be- queats to his brother the Rev William A.. Hitchcock s5,0OO and his gold watch, and | to his sister Anna Galpin Clark, widow of the late Rev J. P. Clark, $5,O00. The family pictures, household furniture, resi- dence and all the rest of his real estate he bequeaths to his daughter Agnes Dubois | Northrop, who is also named as executrix of the estate The will was made Decem- Der 27, 1887 and was witnessed by Nathan Dikeman, F. A. Spencer and c. w. Gil lette.
 The Hartford Times publishes good news 1 for our sportsmen. It claims that the hard winter just passed has not killed the quail and partridges, and that the pros pects for the shooting season are as good as ever. The cold of last January was Add to this the extraordinarily deep snow, long continued, and which must have been formidable obstacle to the birds work of finding their food, and it becomes matter of surprise that they should have managed to save themselves. It is a striking testimony to the efficiency of the natural law of self-preservation un- der difficulties.
 The funeral of James Gorman of New town who was was killed by the cars al Hawleyville Tuesday evening, was held al his home yesterday afternoon, and the in terment was at Sandy Hook. John Cor man of Charles street, a brother of the un fortunate man, with his wife attended the funeral, also Mrs Honora Luddy and family. The deceased was baggage master on the milk train from Bridgeport to Great Burlington. His death was caused by being bruried beneath car which was thrown from the track by the spread ing of the rails. The deceased was an ex emplary young man, and had many friends l in this city. He was to have been married next Wednesday to young lady of Great Harrington, Mass. He was 20 years o1 age.