Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23
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I
 A number of stone cutters can secure immediate employ by applying at this office. .sA
 The Singer Manufacturing company, 61 Grand street are giving away hand some calendars for 1899.
 Says the Hartford Post: Waterbury is one of the gems of the state, and it Is founded on enduring brass. u5's l Joseph and Christopher O'Nein are spending their vacation at the home of their parents on Cook street.
 Louisa M. Muller, aged years, died this morning at the home of her parents, MT and Mrs Samuel Muller, on Wilson l street.
 l Richard Phelan, the Washington street grocer who was seriously injured by being thrown from a team several days ago, is improving.
 The funeral of the late Mrs William McGuinness of Ridge street, was largely attended to the church of the Immacu- late Conception this morning.
 Sergeant Cox of the. New, Haven sig nal station predicts colder, fair weather flor to-morrow. Merchants fervently |pray that his prediction proves correct. | About two hundred Naugatuck people came to this city Saturday evening to do ttheir Christmas shopping, and returned on the special train. The train will run again this evening.
 The funeral of the late Joseph Clement took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, 344 Bank street. In torment was in the Masonic lot in River side cemetery. .g f-sf .stu.-
 Owing to the illness of MT Chanfrau there will be no entertainment at the <l,s h HkNnY feop l is suffering from severe sore throat 1 and his physician advises nights rest. .. Nc, one has been appointed to the position of conductor ton the regular passenger train run by the late A. s. Beers on the Naugatuck division, but it is possible that an appointment will be made by January 1.
 Special orders No 25, issued from the Second regiment headquarters under date December 21, announce a long list of -appoiu tlnents made upon the recon mendation of Companies B, c, E, F and K, and the signal corps, of the Connecti- cut National guard.
 James J. Madden, who has resigned his position as foreman at the Waterbury Manufacturing company, to assume the duties of town clerk, was made the re- cipient Saturday of handsome gold watch from his employes with whom Mir Madden was great favorite.
 The following members of Go. G. will probably comprise the tug of war team which will compete with the Go. I. team. of Meriden, at the Sedgwick Guard so- ciable New Years eve: Corp. Wagner, Privates Mullaney, Sullivan ,and Massey. Sergt w. T. Keavney, manager.
 Colonel Doherty has issued special orders, No 24. instructing Lieut-COlonel Frank T. Lee to convene a regimental court martial in this city on or before ilDscember 31, to try the case of Private Richard Houlihan, of Go C., charged with desertion and conduct. prejudicia to good order and military discipline.
 E. M. Andrews, the long lost Nauga
 tuck contractor, returned from, Califor
 mia Saturday and went immediately te
 his old home in Naugatuck, Not find ing his wife, who is living with hel
 father in Moosup, Andrews came to this
 bury &q Connecticut River road fol
 Meriden. .- An important meeting of the eourt O.
 common council will be hela,gthjs even
 ing. The matter af, appropriations anc
 laying the city tax will come up fo action, and as 8 matter of course tn, actions of the board of fire commis . sioners will be discussed. The appropri : lation for fire purposes will probably b, } Ilcut down to prevent the introduction O , the "caH" system into the department. Five young women of Connection
 have been awarded druggists license by the state commissioners. They ar Miss Eleanor s. Bird of Waterbury, wh passed the pest examination that ha ever taken place before the board, Mis- tr.N,, : Lizzie A. Benton of Mantle, Miss Ellel l.. Wilson of Rockville, and Miss Saral , J. Adgate Of Farmington.
 ]. There was d total eclipse of the SUI
 bout sunrise yesterday mQgning. It wa
 invisible Stnis country and was ot
 served to the best advantage on tn
 coast of Africa and the northern coas
 of South America. A party of observer
 from the United States was stationed a } Paul di Loanda on the coast of Africa
 Photographs were taken and the phen
 omena of the eclipse will be studied
 fromsthese by astronomers in all part
 of the country aE f"a.'''' =
 Commissioners Root and Pierce, wh
 were appointed by Judge of Probat
 Phelan to pass upon claims against tn , have allowed the claim of J. Henr Morrow for $3,2l9,78. At the time tn ccapanygwent into insolvency Mir Mo
 row pladeia5 sworn statement that thel
 were no debts, he having borrowe
 money to settle claims against the COT cern. The commissioners agree that il asmuch as the debts of the compan 7 were paid personally by MT Morrow . there were debts at that time and th 3 company was insolyent- ssa.,.- Thomas Hendee, a painter enbloye
 by L. F. Haase, met with serious acc
 dent this afternoon. He in compan
 with several workmen at work palntiu the house of J, w, sHodson, on Centr: , avenue. Hepdee fell from the scaffolt 5 ing, a distance of 15 feet, and was picI i, ed up considerably bruised. Dr Axtel 2 was called, and at press hour was unab to say how seriously the man was il
 jured. No bones were broken, but 1t
 feared that Hendee is injured interuall. H a to. I.0y ,f/> H>l,o,,so