Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-22
NEWS OF OUR NElGhBoRs.
happenings of Interest in This and Other
 States Briefly Chronicled.

happenings of Interest in This and Other
 States Briefly Chronicled.
 There are eight life term prisoners in the lew Jersey state prison.
 Ex-Judge John H. Meeker died of apoplexy t his home in South Orange, N. J. He at ended to business as usual the day before.
 The Morocco Manufacturers National as- ociation represents capital of $40, 900, GOO. Jearly the entire membership of this associa- ion carries on business in Philadelphia and Newark. N. J.
 Tho Metal Workers union, of Brooklyn, out with demand for eight hours after day 1, 1890.
 The Vanderbilts have purchased all the tock and interest of the late Dr. Hostetter, # Pittsburg, in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie nilroad.
 The sophomore class of Rutgers college has leld a meeting at which petition was pre- >ared for presentation to the faculty request ng reconsideration of the of the three tudents who were suspended for taking part the cane rush on tine college steps Wednesday. A number of the members of he class were ill favor of taking bolder meas Ires, and they counseled refusal to attend sollege unless the members of the class who lave been removed are reiustated. The reshmen have also met and drawn up a memorial in the case of the member of their .lass who was suspended.
 A tramp discovered Mrs. Joseph Hardy, of Bloomsbury, N. J., alone with her infant. He attempted to enter through window, md she forced it down. He shot at her and Ihattered lamp in her hand. Then he en- cred, threw her to the floor and bound and gagged her. A neighbor, attracted by the 'hot, entered, and the tramp jumped through window and fed.
 Burglars attempted to rob Dunn Bros. stationery store at Elizabeth, but after ef- ,ecting an entrance were frightened away by dog Edward Cohen and George Gorden were aandcuffed together to be taken to the New lrk jail. On the way they managed to get he handcuffs off, and when they aighted in ront of the jail made break for liberty Sorden was immediately captured, but Cohen gave the officers a lively chase and would have escaped, but his ankle turned, md he fen and was captured by citizen. Thomas J. Conroy, a Jersey Central brake l nan, who shot at Jacob Frasse at Elizabeth ,ort some time ago, has become violently insane, and had to be removed from the Elizabeth jail to the Morris Plains lunatic asylum. His case was called in court Monday Della Johnson was arrested at Elizabeth l tor stealing money and valuables She 'toutly denied her guilt, but examination revealed the swag in her stocking. Timothy Keenan. cripple, fell from the 1 top of pier G. Elizabeth, into a canalboat. His hip was dislocated, one arm broken and ae sustained internal injuries.
 A horse attached to milk wagon stepped l on live electric wire which had fallen in | West street, New York, and was killed on 1 the spot.
 H. w. Deiderick, the Elizabeth builder who was elected from train on the Jersey Gen. | tral railroad and brought suit for $5,OOO l against the company, will probably con- promise the matter this week, the company officials having admitted that their employe was wrong, and that the builder had clear case against them
 1 William H. Schenck, the colored man in 1 jail at New Brunswick N. J., for mufderine his child claims to have been in bed and sound asleep all the night of the child's death, and did not know anything was the matter with it until awakened by his wife in the morn. Ing and told it was dead. He claims to bt the victim of plot worked by one Murray whom he says he has befriended and har bored while out of work He says Murray ono, barred him out of his own house, and sho him in the head when he attempted to enter
 While driving home late at night Michae ] Whalen, a blacksmith of Islip, L. l., fel asleep, and his horse walked on to a trestls
 bridge; both fell through. The horse wa.
 found alive in the creek, but Whalen's necl | was broken.
 Adolph Rosenthan, a New York lawyer, i
 missing with S17, 900 in trust funds.
 The second trial of Thomas Cleary, tn
 New York poodle alderman, has been begun
 So far twenty-three talesmen have besl
 called, and not one accepted as 8 juror.
 The annual meeting of the Connection l Weekly Press association was held at liar,
 ford, and B. w. Naples. of The Norwal
 Hour, was elected president. Every promi,
 ent weekly in the state was represented. ! John McNiel shot and killed his brother-ir
 law, James Dellet. Jr., with rife. McNe
 says he thought Dellet was White Cap, g
 he had received warning of visit, but other
 say it was murder resulting from famil