Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-28
CITY NE WS.

OOun ~01CIoilaieA Ao ehS iNSSAN-J elected treasurer of Court Shields, A. o. F. of A.
 Sergeant Cox of the New Haven sig nal station, predicts talr, warmer weather, for tomorrow.
 hall in St Patrick's block, at 3 o'clock to morrow afternoon.
 J. A. Goodfrey & Co.,, are offering beautiful line of ulsters at popular prices. Pantaloons. good ones, from S2 up. A tenement of seven rooms with all the modern conveniences, to rent, at 2 State street. Apply to William E. Beecher.
 John A. Moran will deliver the next of the series of lectures before the mem- bers of the Young Mems Catholic Literary association, Friday evening, January 3.
 I. Chase, the Arcade milliner, to day announces a radical reduction in prices in order to dispose of the goods left after the holidays. Many rare bargains are offered.
 The seventh annual social of the Big Silver Social club will be held in City hall, Tuesday evening next. Hallam's orchestra and Uffendale will furnish the inspiration. Lieutenant T. J. Duffy of the signal corps of the Second regiment was re- gently presented with a sword. sash and belt by his shopmates. Major Welles made the presentation speech.
 Annie Reilly, four-year-old daughter of John Reilly, 62 Charles street, fell down a flight of stairs yesterday after noon and fractured her forearm near the elbow. Dr Hayes reduced the fracture. Physicians and others whose duty it is to hand in to the town clerk a record of the births and deaths should do so at once. as there are only three days re- maining in which to perform that duty in compliance with law.
 There is an influenza epidemic at the | New Haven county jail. Of 249 persons all but 7S are afflicted with in tluenza and unable to work. Dr Elliott | has prescribad quinine pills for the sufferers and vouches that influenza is 1 the trouble.
 The Meriden, Waterbury & Connecti- cut River Railroad company have built la number of new car sheds in Meriden,
 to accommodate the rapidly increasing
 rolling stock. Hereafter all the comv
 pany's car repairing and painting will be done at Merlden.
 President Allen of the Hartford board of trade. has appointed a committee to investigate and report on the eNpediency of joining other boards of trade in re- commenting to congress the passage of a national bankrupt act, with special reference to an indorsement of the
 Torrey bill.
 | A high board fence has been erected
 between the City hali and Library build l ing, forming narrow court connecting | II, En # l Chief Egan's regular customers have been around examining the premises,
 and are wondering if the court is intend
 ed as place in which prisoners can ex- l ercise themselves.
 l A meeting of members of Washing
 ton Conclave, K. s. F., who intend going to Danbury New Years eve, to l attend the sociable of Court Paquiogue. A.. o. F. of A., will be held in room No 1 !, Grand army hall. at 3:30 tomorrow l afternoon. The train will leave this city at 5:2O Tuesday afternoon. Fare for the round trip will be Sl,25.
 George Perry, aged B, of Watertown, attempted to board moving train On | the Watertown branch this afternoon and was dragged a number of yards be- | fore he released his hold of the railing. 1 He was painfully cut about the head
  ! body His wounds were dressed at the office of Drs North and ANtelle.
 l. Hon Roger 9. Mills of Texas, and Hon Carlos French of Seymour came to town to-day on the 11:17 train and were the 1 guests of Mayor Elect Baldwin. They were shown the points of interest about l the city and visited many of the princi- pal manufactories. Both gentlemen
 expressed themselves as lpleased with
 what they saw. and learned of the Brass
 city.
 1 Reporters from every daily paper in
 the valley have tried in vain to inter iview E. M. Andrews, the Naugatuck
 contractor. who returned to Connecticut recently after mysterious absence of
 four years. Andre ws is not saying any thing, except a remark he made that he met a Naugatuck man at the New Orleans exposition, and assumed that of course he would report him alive, which | was all he cared about.
 Frank Larkins, who hailed from Wolcott and who has been celebrating since Christmas, was up before hls l honor this morning. Five dollars without costs was his gift. Robert Olmstead, a
 young man also from the verdant will lage of Wolcott, was up on charge of
 drunkenness and abuse of horse. Five l dollars without costs for drunkenness, and sentence suspended upon the other complaint, was the order Of the court.
 St Augustin's church at Seymour will
 be dedicated after Easter. The building
 is Gothic in style, 53x1O0 feet. with a
 spire l1s feet high. The tower as our
 clock faces and clock and l. Il will
 soon be placed in 1t. The inte. io. Is
 neatly frescoed and adorned with beautiful stained glass windows The
 pews are of ash. hard oil finish. The
 alter rail is of cherry with brass pillars.
 The edifice is heated by steam and the
 ventilation is perfect. Henry A. Lawlor
 of this city was the contractor. '
 Icemen are praying for good steady
 freezing weather.rrr Through the fall and
 early winter, owing to the unusually
 warm weather, there has been scarcely
 any falling off from the ordinary con
 sumption by hotels, restaurants. mar
 kets, etc. The usual winter demand will probablv aInpty every ipa bouSa in the