Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-02
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 The Albion cricket club are trying to arrange a game for Saturday with the Bridgeport club.
 The band of the "A Social Session company gave an excellent concert on Exchange place this noon.
 Joseph Connor, aged 12 years, son of Richard Connor, died at his home on Jefferson street this morning.
 R. $. Rasmussen announces that chrySanthemumS will soon be ready at prices from fifteen cents up.
 The town convention for the nomina tion of candidates for the democratic ticket will be held this evening.
 Miss Mary Charters has been appointed teacher at the Welton street school and Miss McGivney at the Bank street school. The net proceeds of the entertainment given by the choir of the Sacred Heart church last Thursday evening were $500. Black cheviot suits, rough or smooth faced, are growing in popularity, and J. A. Godfrey & Co have as fine dis play of the goods as can be found.
 Judge Bradstreet to-day granted a partition of land asked for between the property of Michael Carroll and Thomas Callaghan near Riverside cemetery.
 Some miscreant threw stone through car window while the train on the New England road, reaching here at 7:5O was passing Union City last night.
 Irwin Brothers circus arrived in town to-day and will show on the old base ball grounds tonight and tomorrow. The show is the best of the kind on the road.
 Weber and Shoninger pianos take the lead. Sold for cash or on reasonable in f1l 1 tion call at the warerooms 161 Bank street.
 The twenty-fourth annual convention of the Y. M. c. A. of Connecticut will be held in this city October 17-2O com mencing on Thursday afternoon at 3:3O o'clock.
 Ellins..& Wakes stock of furniture was never more complete than now and their prices were never so low. w. E. York, funeral director, will be found at their store.
 John Bowling died at his home, 23 Baldwin street, yesterday afternoon, aged 8 years. His funeral will be at tended from the church of the Immacu- late Conception at S:30 o'clock to-mor- row morning.
 Matthew Kennedy, who has just re- turned from Ireland, says that ocean travel was never so great as 1t IS at present. It is almost impossible to se- cure passage unless engaged several weeks ahead.
 Mir and Mrs G. w. Beach and their son Eddie left for Seymour this after noon to be present at the marriage of MT Beach's niece, Miss Addie w. Beach, to Gustave Faber, at the home of the brides parents this evening.
 Melville A. Vosburgh and Miss Mar (N ,l>o+@ T 1x-f1 P0x Father Mulcahy at the church of the Immaculate Conception at 10 a. m. to- day. The best couple were Maurice Corbett and Miss Mary Wilson.
 While assisting in the moving of a barn on the Barlow property on West Main street yesterday evening, George Munger, carpenter, was crushed by a falling section of the roof. He was dangerously injured internally, but no bones were broken.
 Counsel for the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River road have brought petition to the superior court for the condemning of the land of Samuel Nor ton ct al at Cheshire, for the purpose ot opening a new highway at Hough's S mills.
 Arthur B. Cushing is through with the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River railroad, the company having taken off its construction train. This action will also~lay off about sixty Ital- ians Cushing is the man who was shot by an Italian in this city q few weeks ago.
 Edward M. Shannon of this city, who has been with the Barnum & Bailey show as ticket seller during the past Europe this month. MT Shannon is visiting friends here before his depar- ture. He will also visit his sister in Waterbury this week.-Bridgepor News.
 The contract has been let for the building of a four story brick block, at cost of $12, ,O0O ,on the Jackson property next south of McMahon's meat market on South Main street. The ground floor will be arranged for stores and the upper stories for tenementS and offices. Charles O'Connor will do the wood work and Gaffney & Cronin the mason work.
 At the meeting of the new musical society held last evening it was decided to hold meetings in the parlors of the First Congregational church every Mon day evening. The society elected the following officers President, T. |. Driggs secretary, George E. Boyd ; treasurer, Charles F. Mitchell musical director, A. s. Gibson. The following executive committee was chosen I. l. Driggs, George B. Boyd, Charles F. Mitchell A. s. Gibson, A. J. Blakesley, W. J. Stanley, F. B. Granniss, Miss Florence Lynde, Miss Mary Sanford and Mrs Ralph N. Blakeslee.
 The subscriptions for the new Consoli- dated railroad stock recently issued to the amount of S3, 100, ,OOO has been nearly all taken up by the old stockholders. The sales yesterday reached to nearly S100,000, and S7OO,O00 was sold on Mon- day. The sale is now practically closed. Hartford has larger holdings in the road than New Haven has, on account of the large amount held by the insurance companies. To-day 15O shares of Nau- gatuck road stock will be sold at auction in New York.
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