Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-11
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The board of road commissioners will meet this evening. Our checker column is more interest ing than ever this week. Be sure and ook it over. t-.,.
 There will be rehearsal of the male members of the Sacred Heart church choir tonight. Mrs L.. F. Bailey will speak at the rink this evening. The Rev s. H. Platt will speak tomorrow evening. Brett & Go, who, by the way, have the largest store in town, have just received a large and elegant line of autumn and winter clothing. MT and Mrs Harry S. Chase, who have been spending the summer ln Europe, are expected to arrive in New York the latter part of this week.
 w. J. Snow, the South Main street florist has another handsomely arranged window to-day, the scene representing the fire department on parade.
 The new hose wagon for Phoenix con- pany was placed in their house last even ing. The city officials examined the wagon and pronounced it dandy. The annual state conference of the societies of Christian Endeavor in Con- necticut will be held in New Haven Thursday and Friday, October 24 and %. Committees from all the courts of Foresters in the city will shortly be ap- pointed to confer with the Supreme court which sits i'll this country some time in May.
 Officers, Dodds, Pagan, Brickel. Heal ey, Byrnes, Reed, Cahey and M. Sul- livan, have been detailed to do escort duty at the parade of the fire depart ment to-mo orrOw.
 School books and all school supplies for St Mary's and all schools of Center school district to be found at Martin Bergin's, 62 South Main street, near en. trance to postoffice.
 Wolf Tone, A. O. F., will be held at the West End grounds tomorrow afternoon and evening. An interesting programme of sports has been arranged. There will be dancing afternoon and evening.
 George Harrington wishes us to state that he is not to run a race for a Forest CTS pin at Court Wolf Tones picnic to- morrow. He is willing to run the party named, however, provided a purse is guaranteed.
 The doors of w. F. York's store were thrown open this morning and the goods are being sold at private sale. The CTOWU dICouuluS Glle Scile Has pceA SO large that the doors were closed late this afternoon and will open again to- morrow.
 The fire department were called out at o'clock last evening by an alarm rung in from box Al located on Dublin street. The chimney of Mrs John Dumphy' 8 house took fire but the blaze was ex- tinguished before the arrival of the de- partment.
 The second annual excursion given by the New England road to Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and West Point will take place tomorrow. The special train will leave the New England station at 7:15 a. m. Tickets can now be purchased at the ticket office at the New England station.
 Miss Ellen Kelly, aged 16 years, died yesterday evening at the residence of her uncle, Michael c. Kelly, 42 Scoville from brain fever. Her funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at S:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 c. w. Loomis, the first-class steno- -grapher, wants a number of pupils. This is rare chance to learn stenogra. phy and typewriting. Young men and young ladies, too, ought to avail them selves of this opportunity. His resi- dence IS 644 Prospect street.
 Finton Phelan of Dublin street and Thos Kilmartin of West Main street graduates of the last class in the High school, and Daniel Moriarty, son oi Morris Moriarty of Washington street and Cornelius Mulville of Naugatuck left rhis morning to begin a course ot studies at Niagara University.
 In the Cheshire probate court yester- day morning two hours were consumed n hearing in the insolvency case o1 Dunham & Go, in which Mrs Julia E. Ives seeks to be relieved of responsibility for the debts of the firm and to have re stored to her the control of her personal estate of about $1O,OO0. Judge Webster appeared for Mrs Ives.
 The gale which began yesterday ii about as severe one as often visits thil section of the country at this season O the year. The wind had an average velocity of between B and 34 miles al hour, and this is considered pretty fail September gale. The storm center is a sea and it is impossible to tell when i will wear away.
 The agent for Meigs & Trott, of Wa terbury, had a narrow escape from smashup, this morning, on Derby avenue He was riding with another gentleman when the horse shied and ran into telegraph pole in front of Thompson house. Just before the wagon strucl the pole, the agent jumped out still hold ing the reins and managed to turn tn horse around and stop him.-Ansoni' Sentinel.
 The surpliced choirs of the Protestan Episcopal churches of middle and west ern Connecticut are arranging for union choir festival to be held at Middle town sometime in November. Choi masters from Stamford, Bridgeport an' Middletown met in New Haven yester day to talk over the project. It is pro posed to make the festival an annua affair. Only surpliced choirs will b allowed to take part.
 A party of gentlemen numberin about twenty entertained Dr McGlyn with banquet at the Hotel Tremon after his lecture at the opera house las evening. The affair was wholly inform al and was very much enjoyed by thos who participated in it. The doctor CT tertained the party for several hour with interesting stories and anecdotes c his experiences which were related wit