Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-01
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CITY NEWS.

. Henry's minstrels at the opera house this evening.
 The interior of the residence of Dr J. F. Hayes, is being handsomely decora7s ted by Whitaker Bros.
 The remains of Miss Helen M, John son, who died in Watertown Friday, were taken to Troy, N. 4., to-day for ln- terment.
 The forty hours adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will begin in the church of the Immaculate Conception a the 10:30 mass next Sunday.
 Samuel Osborn, formerly employed as a salesman at Miller & Pecks store, who resigned to embark in the livery busi- ness at Naugatuck, has retired and will enter the employ of Miller X Peck again next week.
 A barge at the lower dock is unload ing a cargo of coal for the Meriden, Wa terbury X Connecticut River railroad. They are stocking up with coal now that barges are easily obtainable for freighting it.-Middletown Press.
 The county commissioners are hearing the case ofs Andrew Egan the Baldwin street saloon keeper at New Haven to- day. MT Egan, is charged with viola ton of the license laws and the com missioners have been asked to revoke his license.
 The Waterbury DEMOCRAT is prosper ing and is soon to move into larger quar- ters The DEMOCRAT has now been m existence sixteen months and it has evi- dently come to stay. Editor Splaln and the management are to be congratu- lated.-N. H. Journal and Courier.
 Thomas Fitzgerald, who met with an accident at Bridgeport some ago, neces- sitating the amputation of one of his legs in order to save his life, has returned to this city. Another operation will have to be made amputating another portion of the meUuber and will be per formed by Dr North to-day.
 All the credit of the arrest of Robert E. Martin, formerly of Bridgeport, for seduction, at Waterbury Friday after noon, is due to Officer Curran. He traced the couple from this city to Wa terbury and made ont good case against Martin and caused his arrest. The officer did nice little piece of de- tective work. quite complimentary to himself.-Bridgepor News.
 The little house occupied by an Italian peanut vender and his wife was loaded on one of Blakeslee's trucks this morn ing and removed from its moorings at
  to Scoviu street. When Chief Snagg found out about the change he ordered the house removed and at last accounts the Italian was shipping his house in the direction of West Sidehill,
 The rink has been secured by the sport ing club of this city and all arrange ments are completed for the 12 hours go, as-you-please walking match to take place Good Friday April 19. Entrance fee will be be s2, and only local runners will be allowed to compete. Entrance to be made with Thomas Hardy, man. ager, at 13S Bank street.
 A Bridgeport genius has invented g puzzle which, while it requires loss sleight of hand than the Pigs in Clov CT" puts more strain upon the intellect tai effort It is railroad switch with { combination of cars and engine, the puzzle being to reverse the engine anC leave the cars standing as originally placed,
 A committee consisting of Samue Bloss of Bethlehem, Marcus E. Baldwin of Woodbridge and John w. Bassett O. Seymour are hearing the case of Mr. Mary Curtiss of Watertown vs Thoma. Fitzsimons of this city. The case i brought to establish lost boundary lin between the plaintiffs and defendent' property on Pine street.
 Arrangements have been perfecte, whereby the passenger trains on tn Meriden, Waterbury and Connection River railroad will run direct to the sta tion of the New York & New Englan' railroad in this city, connecting there fo all points. The change will be mucl appreciated by the travelling public doing away with a transfer across tn city. The new order will go into effec about April 8, due notice being given o the connections.
 To-day the law on trout is off and fO the next few weeks every stream ant brook throughout the state will be tished All attempts to confine the season fol catching trout within arbitrary limit have in a measure failed. There ar two classes of trout fishermen, the on that finds bliss in the pursuit, and tn other that finds money, and for week men of both classes have been quietl wading the out-of-the-way streams an boasting of their phenomenal luck. Bu the meanest men are those who use an have been using selnes. 1t Is the boy however with his chestnut rod and u box full of angle worms that has tn greatest success.
 The annual convention of the Turne societies of Connecticut was held i Bridgeport yesterday. The object of tn convention was to make preliminar arrangements for their annual turn fes and to ransact other necessary routin business. Reports of the defferent SOC ties show that there are at present St Turner's in the state. The Turner's ( Rockville and Collinsville petitioned tn convention for admission to the Bezirl Their petition were received with fave and both organizations were unanimou ly admitted This addition increases th number of societies in the state to nin' It was unanimously voted that the stat Turn Fest be held in New Britain August The New Britain Turner have charge of the affair and will fix ti date for the Fest. The following del' gates from this city attended the col vention yesterday: William Hubber Charles Leising, Fred Marggratf, Ot1 Book, M. Vogt.
 ADJUSTMENTS.