Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-19

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 Dr Pitkin yesterday removed from the | face of 13-year-old son of Frederick Strawhacker, of Oakville, fbrocystic tumor.
 The sewer commissioners have notified the Meriden road to extend the Liberty street sewer outlet built by the railroad to the channel of Mad river.
 James Quigley's tea horse started on a run up South Main street this morning, but was stopped in front of the DEMOCRAT office without any damage being done.
 Block Island is good place to go fishing for founders and that is all" This was the opinion given of the place by a gentleman who returned from his vacation yesterday.
 William Ashton, who claims to belong to this city, was arrested and fined S4 and costs for drunkenness at Southington yes terday. In default of payment he was sent to jail.
 A light bay mare strayed away from the pasture of w. A. Hunter, of Naugatuck, last Saturday, and has not since been heard from. The animal was the property of w. H. Thompson. of this town.
 Mrs Margaret Shelvey died at her resi- idence on River street this morning, aged 45 years. Her funeral will take place Sun day afternoon at , o'clock, services being held in St Patrick church.
 Ex-Superintendent Quintard, and his son, the eX-assistant superintendent of the Derby road, will occupy the lower floor of Dennis Terney's building on Bank street on its completion, opening a first class retail grocery store.
 The Waterbury delegation of the Y. M c. A. are enjoying themselves hugely at the annual state encampment at Gin Rock. A number left to-day to join the party and several will leave tomorrow to swell the delegation from the Brass City.
 A number of horses have been injured lately by stepping upon nails in the street. If the clerks who open cases upon the side walks would exercise a little judgment and throw the nails elsewhere than i'll the street, great deal of this sort of trouble would be obviated.
 The Waterbury Furniture company is experimenting with a novel mode of ad vertising, and has issued 10000 Bank of North America" books. Every buyer of furniture to the amount of $15 will receive S1 cash upon presentation of the bank book at the store The book itself is q novelty.
 Mary Sullivan, the young girl who Is working" gullible boarding house keepers by representing that she was in the employ of w O. Guilford has been heard from again. This time in the West End where she has imposed on another woman who don't read the newspapers. Some rather interesting developments may be expected within a few days.
 Circulars have been sent out from Hart ford giving a description of Edward k, Smith, a young man who escaped from the retreat for the insane some time since. It is thought he is wandering somewhere about the state. Smith, is ? years old, D feet : inches in height, and weighs 1S0 pounds. He was neatly dressed ill black, when he went away. He has dark hair and no whiskers, has slight stoop of the shoulders and walks with a shutfling, awkward gait
 Last evening thoroughbred English bull terrier belonging to H. F. McReynolds of the United Gas Improvement company, dashed out of Collins stable and up Bank street. The animal seemed to be mad or in fit, and when in front of McEvoy' s tailor shop fell through a window into the cellar. It ran out the back way and cir cled around in the yard and finally ran to its starting place. Cries of mad dog l arose and the animal was shot. It is said that the trouble with the dog was not madness but the same old story of tur- pentine being applied to it.
 The road commissioners are not at all satisfied with the manner in which the new railroad company has built the Dublin street bridge. The road crosses the street at an acute angle. The bridge has been built at right angles with the railroad, and consequently leaves jog on each side of the street. Some action will be taken at the next meeting. The same board has notified the railroad to make an outlet for the surface and spring water which has accumulated on River street. The water formerly ran through an outlet which was closed by the building of the railroad em- l bankment.
 Mrs William H. Benson who was the central figure in the excitement at the horse car barn day before yesterday, left for New York to-day. When seen by a DEMOCRAT reporter last night she denied that she had used knife in the fracas. Her husband, who is in Brooklyn, has ap- piled for divorce on the ground of inn proper relations between her and Devoy and she came to Waterbury to get his deposition to the effect that there were nc such happenings. Devoy visited Attorney O'Neill's office last evening and deposi- tion was drawn up and signed by him.
 The reunion of the survivors of the legislature of 1885 is being held to-day at Hills Homestead, Savin Rock. The party assembled at the Consolidated road depot in New Haven at 10 a. m., and went in ' body to Savin Rock by horse cars. The business meeting was held at II 80 and the shore dinner at 12:30. The members oi the legislature reported deceased are Sena tor Stanton of Stonington, and Represen tatives Warner of Berlin, Bradley of East Haven, Carter of Waterbury, Burleson ot Griswold, Colyer of Darien and Russell ol Woodbury. Among removals reported art Judd of Seymour (clergyman), to Wood bury; Matthewson of Plainfeld, to Med way, Mass; Lake of Woodstock to Rock vile, and Bradley of Canaan, to Bristol.
 John Whifler of Simonsvile lost horse on the night of Tuesday, July II, under peculiar circumstances. MT Whitler is dipper and platter by trade and goes abou working few days in different towns where his services are required. On tht
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