Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-13
The 9em1ncrat.
CITY NE WS.

Miss Nellie FltZpatrlCk Of thlS GUY IS visiting friends in Cromwell.
 Stock of the Consolidated road brought 26O in New York yesterday.
 Tom Ricketts in "Duvar" will be here the last three evenings of next week.
 The High Rock grove special will be discontinued after tomorrow evening.
 Lena Loeb, the wonderful electric girl, will give another exhibition here Sunday evening.
 Washington conclave K. s., F. will give a sociable at G. A. R. hall on the evening of October 7.
 The operetta 'The Three Bears" will be given by the Sacred Heart church choir at the opera house on the evening of Sept ,mber 26.
 Ex-Fire Commissioner Kelly, who is confined to bis room with a threatened attack of pneumonia, was somewhat better to-day.
 Miller & Peck are offering great bar gains in dress trimmings this week, New York importer.
 A Hartford printer who was arrested yesterday for drunkeness was the only morning. He was allowed to go.
 F. L. White, cashier at the Naugatuck freight office, who was sent to Thomas ton to temporarily act as agent, has been appointed resident agent there.
 The pay train on the Consolidated road struck lineman in the yard at New Haven this morning killing him in- stantly.- The body was horribly mangled.
 J. B. Null ings will open his north store September IS with full line of ready made clothing of the finest grade. Particular attention will be given to style and fit.
 { w. R. Nichols of Hart ford, will speak at the rink this evening. David Tatum, the Quaker preacher of Cleveland, Ohio, will speak Sunday afternoon. His sub ject will be "Intemperance."
 The Hudson river excursionists arrived in this city shortly after Il o'clock last night. The day was most disagreeab!e one, but the party, which was a small one, had pleasant time on the boat.
 Judge Sanford is reported as saying that he knew of no reason why he should not occupy the bench at the trial of Sou der, the murderer of Jack Calvin, in the superior court at Hartford so long as he had been assigned for this term.
 The members of the 'S3 Connecticut general assembly held reunion at Hills Homestead, Savin Rock, yesterday and elected R. w. Griswold, of Rocky Hill president William B. Downs, Derby, vice-ptesident William A. Wright, | :anford, secretary Lyman l.. Catlin, Stratford, treasurer. Twelve members attend ed.
 The fall meeting of the Connecticut association of civil engineers and sur- veyors was held at the New Haven house yesterday. The attendance was about twenty-five. Several technical papers were read also one by John R. Patterson of this city in memory of the late Sylvanus Butler. Arthur J. Patton of this city was elected member of the association.
 At the next regular meeting of the various branches of the Ancient Order of Foresters of America in this state, delegates will be appointed to attend the state convention of the order, which will be held in South Norwalk next month. It is expected that the member ship of the order will increase rapidlyl now that the American courts have seeded from the grand courts of Flu rope.
 Mrs Ann Calvin, wife of John Calvin of No 12 North Elm street, died last eve ming, aged 79 years. Mrs Calvin was one Ol ULS OlucSC lI1S IcSlucuCS III VIlS GUY l, having lived here since 1S37 and was a very estimable lady. Mrs Calvin was the mother of Mrs Patrick Holohan and had large circle of friends and ac. quaintances. Her funeral will take place from her late residence to the church of the Immaculate Conception at 9:3O o'clock tomorrow morning.
 George Jackson, who was sentenced yesterday in the superior court at Hart ford to one year in the county jail for attempting to pick the pockets of Editor Mcdonald, of the Willimantic Chronicle, requested the court to change his sen. tence to state prison. He much pre-. ferred, he said, a term at Wethersfield to year in the Hartford jail, of which he had taste. Judge Sanford, accord. ingly, changed his sentence to one year in Wethersfield state prison.
 The new election law requires the secretary of the state to furnish tc towns sufficient number of envelopes to supply each elector, every envelope to be stamped with the seal of the state. The question has arisen whether the re- quired seal must be stamped by a die into the envelope, or whether printing stamping the seal by a printing press must soon be settled, for several hundred thousand envelopes must be made and distributed before October 2.
 The summary of the Weekly Record for the current week shows tw enty -one sales of real estate in New Haven twenty five in Bridgeport, six i'll Hart ford, eleven in Meriden, two in New Britain, eight in Waterbury and six 1T Danbury. New buildings are reported as follows: New Haven twenty-on costing s1OO ,OOO: Bridgeport sixteen costing S157, ,0O0; Waterbury three, cost ing S1S,OOO; Hartford twelve, costing $29, ,OO0; New Britain four, costing S21, 900; Danbury five, costing S11 ,OOO.
 City Attorney Daley of New Have, has decided, in the case of Fathe McKeon, that failure to return a marri age oertifc te is civil and not crimi nal of'else. MT Daley says if he should arrest any person under the statute h. or the city would p 'obably pay for thu error. If there has been a violation a. charged then it is the duty of the regis trai to sue for the forfeiture. MT Dai1ey is not called upon to act, the neglect O.