Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-04
CITY NE WS.

The board Of sewer and road COmmlS- sloners meet tonight.
 The regular monthly meeting of Co E, rifles, will be held this even ing at o'clock.
 Rev J. G. Davenport left for Boston this morning to attend a meeting of the Evangelical alliance.
 The commissioners on the estate of w. F. York held their last meeting to- day in the district court room.
 The wind whistled around the street corners last night and to-day with a bracing touch of winter weather.
 A new feature.a the sociable of Co G on New Years eve. will be a tug-of-war between teams from G Of Waterbury and 1 of Meriden.
 The special train carrying Comstock lodge, K. of P. to Hartford this evening, will leave the New England station at 6:3O o'clock sharp.
 The Standard, new Catholic weekly paper, has made it's appearance. It is published i'll New Haven and w. F. Grady is the manager.
 A handsome peice of pen work, ex- ecuted by P.E. Holly, is attracting at tention in the window of M. H. Waas' cigar store on South Main street.
 A party of twelve couples will visit Scott's hotel in Cheshire tonight and partake of supper furnished i'll the ap- petizing way MT Scott is so proficient in.
 At Hartford this morning CommiS- sioner Fyler appointed fifteen directors of the Phoenix Life Insurance company, David $. Plume of this city being one of the number.
 T D1A1 itxy advance the price in coal. Now is the time to buy coal and the City Lumber and Coalcompany is reliable firm from which to purchase.
 In order to sell out their present stock before moving into their new building on South Main street, the Waterbury furniture company have marked prices down almost to cost.
 Harry Carlton, who murdered Police man Brennan in New York some time ago, will be hanged for the crime at the tombs tomorrow. Brennan, the mur- dered man, has relatives in this city.
 The Young Peoples Christian Endea- vor, of Union City, will give supper and entertainment in U Union City to- morrow evening. A delegation from the Waterbury society will attend.
 E. J. Finn has placed on sale 300 pairs of rubber boots and 150 paris of arctics damaged by the recent flood. The goods must be sold st once, at any price. They will wear as good as new.
 Manager Whiting has arranged a game of polo for tonight between the Blues and the New Britain league team. A rattling good game may be exp ected The New Britains are the Giants of the polo league.
 Thomas Barrett, the dry goods dealer, 55 Bank street, recognlze eS i'll the DEMO- GRAF valuable medium for advertising his holiday goods and makes his initial announcement to-day. His stock is carefully selected. Prices will be found low.
 w. l.. Douglas, the three dollar shoe man. was yesterday elected mayor of | the republican city of Brockton Mass. , upon the democratic ticket. Mayor l Douglas advertises in the DEMOCRAT. | The moral is obvious.
 The monthly report of the county commissioners shows that S12S,52S has been received during November for l iceness. This is an increase of $50, ,0OO over the same month last year although | the number of licenses is 60 less. At meeting of the younger members of the Y Nj. c. A. last evening the building subject was thoroughly dis cussed and it was proposed that S10,OO0 | be raised among the young men. Nearly l S1 ,OO0 was subscribed at the meeting. Willie Cunningham, of No 9 Dublin street, won the kitchen range, presented by Minor & Plumpton to the recent Sacred Heart church fair. The draw ing took place in the basement of the church last night. Miss Lizzie Dumphy t1 t1,n ft,n numbers amounting to 1,2S7. The case of Charles Lounsbury against the Dime Savings bank was put court, at New Haven yesterday. This suit IS an action to set aside a warranty deed, which the plaintiff alleges his brother, who is now dead, fraudulently conveyed to Frank Lounsbury. The plaintiff desires that the title be declared to himself. Between S20, 1000 and $50, ,O0O is involved in the suit.
 The case of Ernest Schwenk against Deputy Sheriff James B. Sweeney of Naugatuck, was tried in the court of common pleas at New Haven yesterday. The suit is an action to recover posses sion of replevined goods. Sheriff Sweeney attached the goods and fixtures of H. l.. Chamberlain, of Naugatuck, in tllc llltleSlS ol I o. ALuIC" ol 4Ne" Haven. Schwenk claims that the prop erty attached belonged to him and not to Chamberlain.
 District court decisions have been ren: dered by Judge Bradstreet as follows. The White Machine company vs A. D. Field, judgment for the plaintiff to re- cover S270 and costs. Terry and Bron- son appeared for the plaintiff and Charles w. Gillette for the defendant. John Clohessey vs Patrick Cosgrove, ct al, judgment for the plaintiff to recover g., ,5O7 with costs. In the case of w. F.
 ork vs T. F. Lunney ct ux the court found error ill the judgment of the justice of the peace and ordered the case to be entered upon the docket of the dis trict court.
 A WATERBURY CASE Argued Before the United States District Court To-Day. The case of John B. Dube, of this city, charged with violation of the United