Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-03

There Is no particular business to be brought before the court of comm on coun cil which will meet tonight
 Hartford and New Haven coal dealers will raise the price of coal but the Water bury dealers did not do anything yet.
 Bauby's bootblack nipped in the bud a l runaway which was just getting into a lively trot in the centre this afternoon.
 The district court will open tomorrow but no cases have been assigned and probably none will be tried for a week. Rev Father Leo of Wins ted is paying visit to Wat erbury friends, and visited the | new St Ann's church grounds this morn 1 ing.
 | The funeral of Mrs Ellen Fitzpatrick, who died Saturday. was largely attended from | the church of the Sacred Heart this morn ing.
 The Waterbury game and fishing club and the Calumet Gun club will hold meeting at the office at the Electric Time company this evening.
 The hearing on the appointment of a trustee on the Burritt estate has been laid over on account of Attorney Terry's l absence from town.
 Martin Gavin, fireman on a switch en zine at the New England yards! fell out of the cab this afternoon and broke his left arm in two places.
 P. J. Bossidy will leave for visit to Lee tomorrow morning. As the game law in Massachusetts goes off on September 1, he will enjoy weeks shooting.
 A cablegram received this morning from Representative Root, who has been con fined to his bed in Liverpool for the past three months says that he is able to set up
 The state labor convention to nominate a state ticket will be held at Loomis temple of music at New Haven tomorrow. The delegates from here are William Ennis, Thomas Secrecy and M. J. Brezezinski.
 Officer John Pagan is the happiest papa on South Elm street and the happest off cer on the force. It happened yesterday and the only dampener to Jacks joy is that it is not boy and he can't make a detective out of him.
 Waterbury will send a delegation of For esters to the grand Forester sparade ill New York September 10. About twenty names have been received It is necsessary to obtain 25 in order to secure reducted rates from the Consolidated road.
 The 11:17 train to-day brought up over seventy baskets of peaches by express for local merchants Saturday a carload ar rived and the freight officials of the Nauga- tuck say that the business of shipping peaches over the road is very large
 The whole course of basins of the Carrie Welton fountain were laid this afternoon. It now seems that in order to turn the side walk out and give free access to the fountain from the street two more of the fine elm trees will have to be sacrificed.
 The democratic state convention will bt I 4l. morrow The delegates from Waterbury al q: Alderman Rametti from the first ward N olson Morris from the second, J. w. Webster from the third, and Mayor Rough ton from the fourth.
 The work of widening Brook street will be commenced immediately. The matter has been agitated for a number of years, but has at last received the sanction of the common council and the order hasbeen filed Two of the property, owners have already paid the assessment.
 A colored man named Williams, em- ployed by kurtin the baker, was arrest ed this afternoon by Officea Ahearn for assault ing bootblack. The young fellow went down the cellarway to the store and as he was coming up the negro threw a large iron door down upon his foot, mashing one of his toes and badly bruising the little fellow ankle.
 William H. Steele, who for the last twelve years has kept crockery store il the Blue Front building, has removed into the store occupied formerly by Charles Hubert & Go, in Exchange place Ht moved Saturday night and left in the window a notice of where he could be found Sunday Mrs Warner, the owner of the building, tore it down and substituted . a show bill
 The nineteeth annnal reunion of Com panies and B and the band of the First Connecticut heavy artillery which will be held in this city September 19, promises to be big affair. The business meeting will be held in Wadhams post rooms in c. 4. R. block at 80 a m., and an so journment will be made for dinner at the , Scovill house. Charley R. Ramon is q member of the committee of arrangements
 Complaints have been frequent botl from the Naugatuck railroad company anG the street and sewer departments of gang of boys who infest the empty lots back ot the watch shop. The railroad company frequently loses quantities of coupling pins, links and chains, and the young van. dals steal paving blocks from the street departments storeyard. This morning il was found that several pickets had beer torn of the fence and number of stones taken away and piled up near the watcE shop fence. There was also found a Quan tity of railroad iron hidden in the bushes near the track ready for removal. What } the boys want with paving blocks the authorities cannot understand. Two South Main street young men came to grief on the road to Quassapaug yester day and may thank their luck that they were not carried home with broken necks. 5 While driving up the hill to Richardson s they carelessly let the lines fall over the dash while lighting cigars, One rein caught in the wheel and the horse was pulling over pile of stones, upsetting the carriage and throwing both out on their heads. One struck on his forehead, cut } ting it badly and the other struck on the side of his head, raising welt as big as an axe handle and receiving a most beautiful black eye. The horse ran away, smashing f the carriage which belonged to Charlie , Smith into splinters.
 Special meeting of the French Canadians will be held at the rink at 7:30 this even , ing. By request of the parishioners of St ) Ann Rev J. M. Emard of the Archdiocese ? of Montreal has kindly consented to de : 1iX-lr md oII 4Io D.