Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-04
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 Checker players will be interested in our checker column on another page.
 The family of James A. Hynes have returned from three weeks visit with friends in Woodbury.
 The Brewster Standard places the loss caused by the recent New England rail way accident at 1000.
 One hundred and fifty Waterbury people took advantage of the New Eng land road excursion to the Hudson river to-day.
 Fred White, clerk at the Naugatuck freight office in this city, has been tenn porarily appointed agent at the station in Thomaston.
 The special train having on board the Waterbury Odd Fellows and their friends arrived in this city at 12:30 last evening. The American band escorted them to the hall.
 George Blakeslee, 20 years old, of medium size, light hair, full face, wear ing brown cotton trousers, is wanted at Mlddlebury for theft from R. V. Crane of that place.
 There was a good sized audience at the rink last evening to hear w. S.. Bailey speak upon temperance. The subject of his address this evening will bess ''The Five Fatal Steps,"
 Messrs Bommos and Blitz with four ex- perienced men, will start for Waterbury this afternoon at 2:33, with all the need full paraphernalia to prepare for the bar becue in that city.-Bridgepor News.
 Mayor Boughton did not vote to ac- cept the resignation of Chief Snagg as has been reported. The vote upon the matter was not tie only Commissioner {1,n chiefs resignation.
 It is alleged that Waterbury will soon have another morning daily newspaper which will be independent in politics; the paper will be sold upon the streets for two cents. The field there to a casual observer seems to be pretty we'll filled already.-Winsted Citizen.
 The board of education at their meet ing last evening accepted the annual report. Miss Mary Cairns was granted leave of absence until spring, and Miss Tiffany appointed to fill the vacancy, Miss Mary McMahon was appointed as sistant to Miss Mann at the Bank street school.
 The members of the general assembly of 1883 will hold reunion at Savin Der 12 The meeting will be called promptly at 11:3O a. m. All who intend to go should inform F. w. Tolles, Naug- atuck, by letter or postal, on or before September 9.
 John Williams, an umbrella mender and Thomas Brennan, also a transient were brought in drunk by the police last night. Judge Bradstreet gave them a chance to leave town this morning and they lost no time in improving the op- portunlty. Another victim was fined $5 and costs.
 Charles Thompson, of the 169th regi- ment N. Y. vols., now of this city, is the possessor of a cane for which he has re- fused S2O. It was dug by him from the root of the tree under which General head is gnar1ed, while the body is straight. He used it to punch the camp fires till the end was well burnt and it is yet in its natural state.
 Lewis Corr, ST, who has been living in New York for some time, came to town last evening and was immediately placed under arrest by Officer Dodds, charged with selling liquor without a license in Watertown. The complaint alleges that on May IS Corr sold hquor rom a Jug, contrary to law. Corr left Waterbury about that time and the pa Pers for his arrest were placed in the
 
 taken to Watertown this morning.
 The books of the insolvent Republican Printing company were sold at public auction in the office of Trustee E. F. Cole this morning at 10 o'clock. A number of the stockholders and others interested were present and the books, containing all the subscription and ad- vertlslng accounts, were knocked down toJ. Henry Morrow for S7OO. It is an- nounced that the paper will go back to the morning field in the near future, or as soon as it will be deemed safe to ap- advertisers
 The following offices are yet to be nled by Internal Revenue Collector Hutchinson of this district: At New Haven, one deputy S1 300, one deputy $l,2OO, one gauger about S1 ,OOO Water bury, one deputy $1 200; Warehouse Point, one deputy $1 200, one night store keeper about $1 300; Canton, one gauger about $500; Hartford, one stamp deputy $1 300, one clerk $500, one gauger about $l,0OO; Providence, two deputies S1 200 each, oleomargarine deputy S1 1000, one clerk $500, one gauger about S75O: Mid dletown, one deputy S1 200.
 What is known as the ''occultation of Jupiter occurred last night just before lO o'clock. The great planet which has been a very conspicuous object every clear evening for the past two months well up m the southern sky disappeared Just before it reached the moon last night. Its sudden disappearance was due to the fact that it was obscured by the moons invisible part and seemed strangely plotted from the sky. A quarter of an hour later Jupiter reap peared from the moons illuminated side. The weather was hardly clear enough to allow of good view of the phenomenon.
 Speaking of homing pigeons the New Britain Herald says pr E. B. Lyon says he never can forget his experience with carrier pigeons. He wanted to experiment with them some years ago and bought some from man in Water bury. He kept them shut up for time, but unbeknown to him they were liberated and they made a fast trip to Waterbury. They were captured there and returned here but again got away and went to Waterbury. The third time did they make their escape and the third time did they return to their old love Tn Waterbury Thiu ,,,oJo %bo loo