Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-11
CITY NE WS.

Catcher Wilson has signed with the Worcesters.
 Surprises of Divorce" at the opera honse this evening.
 The county agricultural society is meeting i'll New Haven to-day. Kelly the baker, is giving away bar | rel of candy for one cent. Honest! Charles Nash of the Waterbury Manu- featuring company, left for California this morning.
 Shoninger's Musical Monthly for De- 1 cember can be obtained free at the store, 1 166 Bank street.
 l Tie new time table on the Consolidat- ed road will not go into effect until Sunday, December g. .'. fE..f l F. c. Fowler of Moodus yesterday sold his famous trottlng horse Atheus, to Davis & Wilson of Wilkesbarre, Pa, for $2,2O0.
 Smiths restaurant on East Main street has been newly fitted up and a ladies room added. Meals are served at all hours.
 Christmas gifts in endless variety at Dennis Hawley's, 16 South Main street. Cents furnishings, trunks, bags, furs, etc, at all prices. .t ~t.
 Sergeant Cox, of the New Haven sig nal station, predicts cloudy weather, gradually clearing, for the next twenty l four hours.
 M. J. Brzezinski returned home last evening after three weeks successful treatment at the Marine hospital in l Brooklyn.
 The Fourth ward democratic club will l hold a meeting in he rooms of the Star Social club Friday evening, to complete the election of officers. Mrs George w. Nelson, aged 32 years, died at her home on Summer street yes terday afternoon. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. The funeral of Mrs Antime Laflamme was largely alter ded from her late resi- dence on Mad River street to St Ann's church this morning. :. The Catholic church at Higganum was dedicated yesterday by Rt Rev Bishop McMahon. assisted by Roy Fathers Kelly, Sweeney and Sheridan. 1 A good way to avoid tennment house goods i'll buying cigars, is to call for brands made in Waterbury. Try Was Choice ""W. D. or Bride of Water bury"
 l Winsted has diphtheria epidemic. The people are thoroughly alarmed and are demanding that the authorities take some action to prevent the spread of the l disease.
 l A circular was received to-day by the officials and employees of the New, Eng land road, from William P. Shinn, the retiring vice-president of the road, in which he thanks them for the courtesies and good will extended to him.
 Those who contemplate trips to Chi cago and Detroit would do we'll to con- suit the rates offered by the New Eng land road. B. D. Manwaring. ticket agent at the New England station, will give the desired information.
 In the United States district court at Hartford to-day Judge Shipman ordered the discharge of John Dube of this city, who was accused of selling oleomarga- rine illegally, and found not guilty a few days ago.
 The farmers convention, held annually by the Connecticut board of agriculture, December IT, IS, and 19. A full pro- gramme has been prepared, and interest ing and profitable meetings may be ex- lpected. A fine exhibition of agricultural products will be made.
 Daniel Lunny, youth 17 years of age, who has been frequent visitor at the police court, was brought into the station last night by Lieut. Root, for drunken ness. Lunny and gang of boys were raising disturbance in the Abrigador district around keg of beer and the police were called. Thirty days in jail with costs was the order of Judge Brad street.
 ..It is reported, on apparently good au- thority, that before the close of this week the difficulty between the gov ernor and the officers of the First regi- ment will be satisfactorily adjusted 70 that the officers can withdraw their resignations with the positive assurance that hereafter armory complications like the present one will be practically inn possible.
 Says the Ansonia Sentinel: Perhaps one of the biggest nuisances to be found nowadays is the putt a-nickel-in-the-slot machine. It is a constant temptation to spend money for trifies, and it is also a temptation to dishonesty. The Water bury people have discovered way to cheat it and they have done it 80 effect lively in that city that the owners of the mac lines have been forced to remove them. Their method of doing this is by brass blanks, the size of nickel. This, more than ever fixes the title of ''Brass City" to Waterbury.
 A look over the school census shows that S3 towns increased their enumera- tion and 80 towns lowered theirs. That Is pretty nearly an even division. The greatest increase was in Bridgeport, where after deducting the loss in Strat- ford the net gain was 51S. Next comes Waterbury with 427, and Hartford with 392 came third Other places where the increase exceeded 100 are Bristol 161 New Haven 175 Qess than half Water bury's increase,) Meriden 109, New Lon- don 133 and Norwalk 109. The largest decline was in Norwich, 40, next in Berlin, 100.
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