Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-26
Mrs Timothy Calvin was to-day removed from the town house to the Middletown

Mrs Timothy Calvin was to-day removed from the town house to the Middletown retreat.
 Miss Mary O'Brien, aged 19, died of consumption in Watertown last evening. Her funeral will take place at 2:30 to- morrow afternoon.
 The American band have released the clarionet and bass horn players whom they recently secured from Milford and Oak vile, on account of incompetency. Julia Calvin was arrested this afternoon by Officer Noonan for drunkenness. She had been around town for several hours sitting on store steps and making herself a common nuisance.
 Tickets for the opera of "Fantine" will go on sale at o'clock Monday morning at the Park drug store. The soloists in the cast will have rehearsal Monday evening, and Tuesday evening there will be a full rehearsal.
 Chief Snagg, treasurer of the State Firemen's association, to-day forwarded a check for $1S0 to John Heffernan, of Tilton hose, Rockville Heffernan broke his leg at the big fire at Rockville on February 16, and was incapacitated for work for ninety days.
 The body of Wallace's steam launch which is to be used on Lake Quassapaug this summer arrived to-day and was taken in one of Blakeslee's heavy trucks to it's destination. The machinery will arrive in few days and the boat will be ready for use in two weeks.
 This morning the derrick to be used on the cellar of the old St Patrick's chapel was erected. One of the guy ropes was stretched about three feet over the side walk on East Main street. Persons con- ing from either way did not notice the rope until almost upon it, and when they did most of them preferred to climb over rather than take to the muddy street or turn back. Several women were among those who came upon it, and it was laugh able to see their acrobatic performances in getting over.
 The property owners on the east side of South Elm street, between Union and Scovill streets, are anxious to know when the order of the road commissioners re- garding the laying of sidewalks on the west side will be enforced. They com plain that the street is within few hun dred yards of the centre, and IS used by a very great number of people every day. A sidewalk was ordered several years ago, but was stopped by one property owner getting out an injunction. Recently a second order was given, but no further move has been made in the premises.
 Three respectable looking young men were before the police court to-day charged with breach of peace in throwing Timothy Costello into the Naugatuck river. It seems that Costello is watchman at the place where the new bridge is being built over the Naugatuck to the Turner property near Simonsville. At present there is a temporary bridge made of 12-inch plank thrown across with @ rope stretched as a hand guide. Sunday the three boys wis ited that section and after crossing induced the watchman to follow them. When the latter got half way across one of the boys caught hold of the guide rope and swept him off into the river. When the above facts came out the case was nolled
 A trace" between the telegraph and the long distance telephone between New York and Boston took place Thursday afternoon Both lines ran out from the Sun office in New York and into the Herald office in Boston. Ten minutes was the time devoted to the test, and the same copy was used. Over the telephone with the receiver taking down the message in long hand, abbreviating some of the words, 346 words were transmitted, and over the ready for the compositors. Another trial is to be made in which the telephone mes sage will be taken on typewriter The Hartford Telegram and Ansonia Sentinel are the first newspapers in Connecticut to telephone.
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