Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-03
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The s'Great World Clock will be on exhibition at St Patrick's hall tonight.
 The democratic school convention will be held this evening in the police court room.
 Henry Pincus has arranged to give a grand entertainment at the opera house sometime before Lent.
 Kelly, the baker, has bought in an enormous quantity of flour this week. Bread at the old prices.
 Col D. w. Wright of New Orleans was in this city yesterday visiting sever- al of his old war comrades.
 Dr l.. F. Pitkin has just received from 2 New York artist a handsome crayon portrait of his little daughter.
 saPat Rooney's company spent several hours in this city to-day and left for Danbury on the :55 p. m. train.
 About one hundred and fifty people took advantage of the Boston excursion over the New England road to-day.
 The New England road will not sell excursion tickets to the Danbury fair on the train leaving this city at a. m.
 A large stone was thrown through the plate glass window in the south side of Joseph Srahan's saloon sometime last night.
 Farmers will be interested to know that under the proposed prohibitOry amendment cider could not legally be manufactured.
 The Waterbury One Price Clothing Co tells us it is getting cold and gives some valuable advice about preparing for the cold weather that is coming.
 The police have sent out postal cards giving a descri ption of Christopher Mil Ter, the negro who shot Annie Woods on the Watertown road Tuesday night
 The funeral of Joseph O'Connor will take place fIom his parents residence on Jefferson street to the church of the Immaculate Conception at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
 The New Haven Palladium has inter viewed prominent citizens and clergy men without number and find that they are almost unanimously opposed to the prohibitory amendment.
 Thomas J. Eyman and Miss Lillian Hayward were married at the residence of the brides grandfather on Willow street this afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr Anderson.
 w. H. Hunt is in New York to-day buying an immense stock of furniture for his new store. The five floors re- gently occupied by w. F. York will be fitted up and thrown open to the public in few days.
 Attorney Cole, counsel for William Souder, the convicted slayer of John Calvin, yesterday filed a notice of an appeal to the supreme court of errors. Ten days were granted for him to file his case.
 There was large attendance at Irwin Brothers circus last night and every lnt 10 tn1,f col tISfin T1n cl is away ahead of anything of the kind on the road. Another performance will be given tonight.
 John Mullens of Mill street. who has been employed in the yard of the Water bury Lumber and Coal company for over thirty years, had his leg broken by the falling of a pile of lumber this afternoon.
 The International American congress will pass through this city in a special train over the New England road on their way to Hartford, at 8 o'clock this evening. The train will be in charge of Conductor Richardson.
 Brass City Hose company have elected the following officers: Foreman, Ber- nard Byrnes first assistant, William keenan; second assistant, Michael Shaw secretary, Edward Cullen; treas urer, Henry Byrnes steward, John Doolan.
 Fire was discovered among the oils in Redwood x Wheelocks paint shop in Market place last evening shortly after o'clock. An alarm was rung from box and the department responded prompt ly and eXtinguished the flames before any great damage was done. The cellar was flooded.
 Charles $. Pratt, formerly secretary of the ii. Wales Lines company of Meri- den, was arrested last night charged with embedding S7,500 from the con- pany. Pratt had charge of the finances of MT Lines campaign last fall and it is now supposed that he stole a large part of the funds. Pratt is 35 years of age and is known here, being the lessee of the rink.
 The new insane law is puzzling the judges of probate all over the state. They are not certain whether it is to be appled to paupers and indigent persons who are bereft of reason, or only those known as ''private patients This is a subject which will come up for discus sion at the semi-annual meeting of the probate judges which will be held in Hartford in November.
 The case of the Naugatuck Water company against A. J. Nichols was tried before the supreme court of errors in brought by the water company against MT Nichols, who is a subscriber to stock, to collect an assessment levied by the directors of the company. The defend ant refused to pay on the ground that the company did not organize in accord ance with it's charter, that it did not comply with the conditions precedent of the contract of subscription. H. c. Baldwin, of Naugatuck, appeared for the plaintiff, and Seymour & Knapp, of Bridgeport, for the defendant.
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