Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-24
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OAA A ~ ~ " Os "Held By the Enemy" at the opera house this evening.
 Many Waterbury people attended the fair at Watertown to-day.
 There was no meeting of the board of aldermen last evening.
 Our "checker column" is more inter esting than ever to-day.
 The New England road will give another grand excursion to Boston on Thursday, October 3.
 The second annual sociable of the Waverly Social club will be held at Union armory Thursday evening, Octo- Der 31.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the operetta 'sGolden Hair and the Three Bears at the opera house Thursday evening.
 The Connecticut Eclectic Medical as- sociation will hold its annual meeting at the residence of Dr S. B. Mum Tuesday, October 8.
 Mrs Clara Hoffman will speak at the rink this evening. Samuel Dickie will speak on the constitutional amendment tomorrow evening.
 A free stereopticon exhibition will be given by Messrs Elkins & Wake on the front of their building, 123, 125 and 127 South Main street this evening.
 The boys who amuse themselves by breaking electric light globes on Stone street will find themselves in serious predicament one of these days.
 w. H. Hunt has leased the premises recently occupied by w. F. York on South Main street, and will open with new and large stock of furniture on or about October 1.
 The postponed shoot of the Field club will take place at the Pine street grounds on Thursday afternoon. It will be the last shoot before the hunting season opens.
 Anson Grilley, a well known character, who lived on Wall street, died yesterday and was buried by the town. His age was 65 years and for over twenty years he was supported by the town.
 Unless the writer of the anonymous communication sent to the DEMOCRAT yesterday will send in his name, not necessarily for publication but as guarantee of good faith, the manuscript will be confined to the waste basket.
 The fire department was called out shortly before 1 o'clock this morning by an alarm of fire rung from box 3S, corner South Main and Grand streets. The fire, which was in some rubbish ill the rear of Meigs & Trott's bakery on Brook street, was extinguished by the aid of few pails of water.
 Joseph McCann, aged IT, was found stupidly drunk in a team on Bank street last night by Officer Noonan. He was taken to the station house and the team was returned to Kelly's stable where it belonged. This morning McCann said he received his iq LOT from Tom Sulli- van of Watertown. A fine of S3 and costs was imposed.
 Ninety-eight men, sixty boys and seven women were spectators at dog fight on Grand street just before 1 o'clock this afternoon. The scrap was between Sam Munch's white bulldog and stocky black brute of the same breed, whose owners name could not be learned. Both dogs were badly cut about the head, neck and front jaws be- fore they could be separated.
 An erroneous impression has gone abroad that D. H. Blinn, the jeweler was unnecessarily severe in his actions to the young man who was found guilty of embedding from MT Blinn few days ago. Before MT Blinn decided to prose cute Oseransky in the criminal court he asked him to make a settlement but the latter refused saying he was not of age and could not be prosecuted. This fact presents a new phase to the case, which we now give in justice to Mir Blinn.
 Edward Segars, one of the best know1 and most popular conductors on tho Naugatuck road, died of cancer at hi home in Bridgeport yesterday. NJ Segars had been a sufferer with a cancer of the face for over year. He was 5; years of age and leaves a wife and two children, who reside in Bridgeport Conductor Segars was member of tn. New Haven division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, having beer m engineer on the Naugatuck road be- fore taking the position of conductor He was also member of the Brother hood of Railway Conductors and g prominent member of the Bridgeport lodge of Odd Fellows. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon.