Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-05
The 1en1nerat.
CITY NEWS.

 street shoe dealer has sold out his busi- ness and will probably leave town.
 c. H. Tibbits of St Margarets school will sing at the services at St Pauls church, Wallingford, tomorrow.
 J. P McGuerty, United Press operator of the Danbury Press, is visiting friends in this city.
 The room in the Bishop street school, presided over by Miss NJ. J. Russell, will be opened as a night school commencing next Monday.
 L. M. Meyer will leave for Springfield tonight and in company with his brother Theodore will start for Chatta- nooga, Monday.
 Edward w. Ely, well knrwn Water bury man, who has been on the road for Rogers & Brothers. has signed with the Derby Silver Co.
 The president has appointed Bennett c. Atwood postmaster at WatertOwn, O. B. King having resigned on account of i'll health.
 Miss Hanrahan and Thomas Fitz- maurice were married by the Rev J. J. Walsh. at the church of the Immaculate Conception at II a. m. to-day.
 w. H. Blake of the Novelty Co.,. now resident of New York City is tenn porarily supplying the place of Edward Putnam at the general sales office.
 Mrs Ella H. Turner and Joseph Mossette, who were convicted of keep ing disordely house near the New Eng land station, have removed to Hartford. Thomas Hurley. for some time bar tender at John Ryan's well known Bank street sample rooms, has purchased the business and will take possession in few days.
 The Rev Fathers Tones of this city and Pagan of Naugatuck are in New London today attending the funeral of Michael Sweeney father of the Rev Father Sweeney of Litchtield.
 Premier bal prive dome par Quelques Bons Nivants Canadiens. au Grnad Army hall, Mercredi le 9. Janvier 1889 Musique par L'Orchestre Canadien. l Utfendale, directeur des danses.
 In Bridgeport yesterday Walter De- Graf of this city secured decree of divorce from Emma T. DeGraff. on the ground of adultery. The parties were married in May 1886.
 Only two prisoners were brought into court this morning. both charged with drunkenness. Judge Cowell suspended sentence upon condition that both would be out of town before 10 o'clock.
 The quarterly convention of the Wa terbury district. I. o. G. T.. will be held at Naugatuck on Thursday January 24. In the evening an important me ct ing will be held at the Gem opera house. Chief Snagg and Fire Commissioner Vail left on the Washington express last evening for visit to Warwick, N. Y. to examine the hook and ladder truck made by the Warwick Manufacturing company of that place.
 Tierney & Cook through D. H. Tier ney have sold to Joseph A. Jackson, ar chitect, the building lot south oi McMahon' market on South Main street It is MT Jackson's intention to erect thereon three story block.
 The local branch of the Nationa league will hold an important meeting at K. of c. hall tomorrow evening a s o'clock. The committee of arrange ments for the lecture will meet at the same place at : o'clock sharp.
 Ex-Judge Harrison and $. E. Baldwin of New Haven and Gen $. w. Kellogg O. Waterbury met yesterday and conferred concerning proposed changes of terms O the supreme court, but not having con suited with judges of the court detinit, action was postponed for one week.
 An occasion of much interest to man, people in this state and city was tn golden wedding New Years night of tn 
 Hamline Methodist Episcopal church il Washington. D. c. The invitations in cluded card concerning the origina wedding January 1. 1859. Dr Scudde was pastor of the Methodist church il this city one term many years ago.
 The present mild winter weather put the 'old resident in mind of the open ing of the winter of 1S52-53. Then mild ness set in early in December, and con tinued till January following, when tn first fall of snow to the depth of full twelve inches came. Previous to tha snow, people, as now, began tofeel ther were no winter seventies in store, bu from the date of that storm low tenn perature prevailed and snows fell at fire quent intervals until the middle of March
 Work upon the immense interceptin, sewer which begins at Dublin street nea the junction of the street and the Ma river and empties into the Naugatuc river was completed yesterday. Tn length of the sewer including connection is 6,32S feet about one and a quarte miles, and the work of construction wa begun May 10, 1888. The size of tn pipe used varies from eighteen to forty five inches. The entire cost of the sewe is S29,4 ,419. The deepest cut made an by far the worst section of the sewer wa upon Washington street near the cOrne or RlVer. AL tnlS pOlnt the ueptn or th sewer is thirty-one and one-half feet an half this distance had to be cut throug solid rock.
 At the meeting of the health boar yesterday afternoon the following bid for removing the city garbage for on year beginning February 1 were prt sented to the board: William J. Rigney S2, 300; William Collins. S1 ,S15: Willia1 Neville, S1,920; c. H. Lawlor, s1 ,49; Pat Humphrey, S1 ,950 James Sutton. .S2 25O; Hugh Fox. S1 800; Russell Foy, S2 GOO; Ralph L. Bronson S2,S00; Thomf R. Shea, S1 TAO: William Wood, S2, ,1O' John Shea, S1 300: Patrick E. Pierc, S2, 150: Edward Pierce. S2,000: E. , Sherman, S2.010. One bid was throw out as it was received later than tl time specified. The board voted to hay each bidder submit the name of h bondsmen to the city clerk before tt next meeting of the board Bonds al