Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-16
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MISS A0nlc flanerUN Ol I\eW Dlllilll is visiting friends in this city.
 There will be battalion drill form a. tion of Cos G and A at the armory to- night.
 Harry Bunce, yardmaster at the Naug atuck station, IS rusticating at West Stoclzbridge.
 J. w. Hodson and family and Mir Fen ton and family of Thomaston left this morning for ten days outing at Double Beach.
 Fred Cross and family and c. w. Cook, bookkeeper at the Ring company, and family, are spending a vacation at Woodmount.
 The funeral of the late Michael Mooney was attended from the church of the Sacred Heart at 9 o'clock this morning.
 Master Louis Thibault and Miss Della Thibault went to Meriden this afternoon to spend two or three weeks with their aunt, Mrs Brooks.
 The arrangements for the A. O. H. ex- cursion to Mantle August 23 have been completed. Tickets are selling rapidly Remember that the tickets are limited.
 Appreciative audiences nightly visit the Congo Giant and the other attrac- tions on Scovill street corner South Main. Tonight and tomorrow night is the last chance.
 Two Consolidated road brakeman en- gagged ill a fight at the depot in New Haven last nigEt just as the Sheridan council eXcursionlsts were boarding the train for home. Both were arrested.
 The twenty-second annual reunion of the Fifteenth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers Veteran association, will be hal at Na1JOafl1cl- tn- Wota bury sent thirty-three men to the Eff teenth.
 John Delay was prisoner before Judge Bradstreet this morning. for abusing his wife. He claimed that she was more at fault than he and told a long story of his trials. The case was continued for thirty days.
 The article in the DEMOCRAT Wetlnes- day, upon the condition of the walks on Burnham street, had its effect. Yes tesday men were engaged carting clay and gravel upon the street and raising the walks to a level with the road.
 In another column will be found an article headed "A Billion Dollar Trust This is one of the unique ways the Waterbury Furniture Co has of adver- tising, and judging from the amount of business done by this firm, it pays well.
 
 Handsome line of choice selected pres ents with unique patterns given with tea, coffee and baking powder Special presents given with one pound of tea and two pounds of coffee on Wednesday and Saturday of each week at Union Tea company, 62 South Main street. A young married man by the name of Joseph Crafts of Franklin, Mass, went to Putnam yesterday, to switch cars in the New England yard. Late in the afternoon while coupling cars, his right hand and arm were badly crushed. Amputation will be necessary.
 James Stanley and Patrick Hogan, the two tinkers who were brought in drunk yesterday, were recognized by Chief Egan as old offenders who get into trouble whenever they come to town. This morning Judge Bradstreet fined Stanley S1 and costs and Hogan S5 and costs.
 The employees of the American Pin company are making arrangements for an excursion to IPawson park. Tuesday August 27. The party will go over the New England road by way of HawIey- vile, where they will change cars for New Haven. From there the trip will be made by water.
 By the new law which places upon the counties responsibility for bridges on county lines, all the towns of this county will share in expenses hereto fore borne by Milford, Derby, Oxford and Southbury the grand lists of which are only about four per cent of the county total.
 A number of Italians attended the services i'll the Catholic churches yester- day. "Santa Maria di meZZO AgOstO''- Of ha mid nf ;, II euphonius title which Italians all over the world give to the 10th of August and in Italy 1t Is a great holiday and fes- tival for all Catholic Italians.
 The concert by the American band last evening was one of the best ever given by the band. Every selection was beautifully rendered and was listened to with interest by the unusually large number of spectators. The band. under the tutorship of William Bergin, now bids fair to rival any of the best concert bands in the state.
 The Connecticut Sunday school asso- clatlon Is to have field days Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 and 21, in connection with the camp meetings at Pine Grove, Canaan and Willimantic. Addresses will be made by c. B. Foote, Of North Haven; C. $. Chapman, of Waterbury; George Langdon, of Ply mouth; Dr B. B. and Mrs Loomis. of the Ocean Grove assembly.
 Company E, Hibernian rifles, returned from their trip to Hartford on the Wash ington express last night. The mem bers thoroughly enjoyed the trip and are unanimous in praising their Hartford brethren for the manner in which they were treated. All the Hartford papers speak in complimentary terms of the marching of the different companies.
 The wife of the gatetender at the Bank street crossing of the New Eng land road, was on duty this. noon and succeeded in letting the big gate down just as Cyrus Chatfield was driving ly under the gate while Mir Chatfield sat in the wagon outside. Luckily no train was approaching or there would have been serious accident to chronicle.
 The democratic state central commit tee met yesterday at the Allyn house, Hartford, and, after some discussion, voted to establish the permanent head