Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-22
The 1eo11ncrat.
CITY NE WS.
ssOctoroon" tomorrow.

.sThe Octoroon'' is one of the most thrilling romances ever published. See the DEMOCRAT Saturday.
 F. B. Field believes in taking time by the forelock and has a stock of holiday goods that could not be improved upon Friendrich Wilhelm lodge, K of F., will hold regular meeting tonight, ,and hereafter will meet the second and fourth Friday of every month.
 The best quality of coal at the lowest cost prices, is what Miller & Strickland advertise, and their reputation for honesty is well established.
 The funeral of Mrs Rosanna Drum, aged 60 years, who died in Watertown yesterday, will take place tomorrow morning. The interment will be in St Joseph's cemetery.
 The meeting of the board of road commissioners, which was announced for last night, was postponed until We'd nesday next. There was no quorum present last night.
 A drawing for sewing machine, fol lowed by dance, will take place at Concordia hall this evening, fer the benefit of Lizzie Curley, an unfortunate but worthy young woman.
 No one can read ''The Octoroon' with out being thankful that slavery cannot now oAlSU, SNeu lO put cAu Co the dread institution cost the lives of a million heroic men. Read the DEMOCRAT Saturday.
 Frederick Carter, go S., of Waterbury, has given the Epsilon charge of the Theta Delta Chi a gift of S1 ,OOO. This charge was founded at Yale three years ago and already they have received several thousand dollars toward a chap ter house.
 A delegation of fifteen from the Ram blers' club attended the house warming of the New Haven Bicycle club last night. Representatives from nearly every bicycle club in the state were present. The visitors were royalty en- tertained.
 The winter time table on the New England road was received today and will go into effect next Sunday. There are only two local changes. The train now arriving from Hartford at 12:O5 p. m., will arrive five minutes earlier, and the train leaving this city for Fishkill at 1:55 p. m., will leave at 2:O5, ten min utes later. The Washington express leaves at the regular time.
 We have received from Secretary John s. Jones printed copy of the proceed in gs of the last annual convention of the Co inecticut State Fireman's association. It is book of one hundred pages con- taining much information valuable to firemen. During the year benefits amounting to s2,59S were paid to fifty seven applicants. Three Waterbury iremen received S162 in benefits.
 At the meeting of the Second regi- ment captains in New Haven Wednes- day evening, the staff of Colonel Doherty was added to the committee of arrangements on the grand Second regiment ball to be held in this city on the evening of February 6, the captain alone having composed the committee previously The ball will be on a grand scale, the tickets costing the members s each and outsiders S5 each.
 The Norwich Bulletin is veXed because the Mckiernan murder trial came tc naught, owing to disagreement III the jury as to whether the prisoner was guilty of manslaughter or murder in the second degree. As all the twelve agreed that homicide had been committed the Bulletin thinks a compromise should have been reached by the jurors and add eff the judge knew how they stopped ht certainly should not have discharged them.'
 A Boston dispatch says: "The Bost wick party, at present in control of thu New York and New England railroad hold 10000 shares of the S20, ,0O0,0OO O.
 
 election next month. Vice-Presiden Shinn whose resignation has bean pre- dicted, is said to have declared that h' does not intend leaving the road until h' can show handsome net earnings tha vindicate his management by thei financial results.
 A Naugatuck groceryman lost si, dozen of eggs by an accident, the othe day, and in writing about 1t to neigh boring paper a correspondent says h. kicked the pail in which the eggs wer placed all around the lot but didn't mak' any remarks; the expression on his fac was enough. This is very gratifying Now most men would have made the air blue and sulphurized the whole com munity. This groceryman knew better than to do that. He wanted to save hi emph attic adjectives for the Naugatucl railw ay station.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Turkey raising has proved a failur this season in eastern Connecticut, say weather of the late spring and earl. summer resulted fatally to the younl broods. Norwich dealers, who hay driven through the country in search o poultry, all agree in the declaration tha the young birds that will be ready fo the Thanksgiving market are fifty pc cent less.in number than they were las season.
 One thing is settled, if the weathe isn't: No spell of sunshine or mildness however full of promise, can last, thi year, over a very few hours; say, abou one or two hours. A whole day of sun shine is an exception. A citizen who Ina kept record makes the surprising state ment that in one year, down to one da last week. the weather had been for five eighths of the time, either rainy stormy or indicative of coming storm. Take o1 third of that proportion (to allow 10 error) and even then the remaining pro portion of clouds would be surprising for th1s latitude and longitude.
 The audience present at the fair of tn church of the Sacred Heart last night though not as large as usual, was an CT thusiastic and pecuniary one. The doc number 6212 drew the prize, smokin