Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-25
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Attorney Donohue returned last even- ing from business trip to Baltimore.
 John Corkhill prominent merchant of Pittsfield, Mass, is the guest of w. H. Hunt.
 The Rev Father Treanor of the dioce- san board of school visitors, visited St Mary's school to-day. The old electric lighting station is being fitted up as machine shop by the Farrell Foundry and Machine company. About fifty people left this city on the special train this morning to attend the Y. P. S. c. E. convention 1t New Ha- ven.
 are at work on their winter time table which will probably be issued early next month.
 New goods in every department at Elkins & Wakes. The bottom has liter ally fallen out of prices at this popular establishment.
 Harry c. Woodman, late manager of the ''Thrown Upon the World" com pany, has been appointed local manager of the Sterling Opera house by manager Jacques.
 A. F. Abbott & Son offer for sale for SIS, ,OOO, lot 75 by 15O feet, with build ings, on one of the main streets, very near the center. The investment will ensure cash purchaser a net income of nine per cent.
 A field day meeting of the Connecti- cut board of agriculture will be held at the experiment station in New Haven next Tuesday. There will be basket picnic and farmers are invited to bring along their wives and children.
 ID o1o of the Consolidated road, who absconded two months ago with funds belonging to the road and who was captured in Chicago, is on his way back to New Ha- ven in charge of Pinkerton detective.
 John A. Whitt9more, the millionaire iron manufacturer of Naugatuck is arranging for the building of a hotel at the corner of Water and Main streets in that place. He promises that it will equal any hotel in the Naugatuck valley.
 The English members of Court Fruit full Vine have elected the following officers Treasurer, John Walker; F. B., Samuel Mutual trustee, Charles Thatch- CT !; s. w., Walter Straw $. B., Charles Simons J. B., Charles Mitchell jani- tor. Alfred Cleland.
 A party from New Britain, consisting  church, Judge V. B. Chamberlain. Town Clerk Isaac Porter and Postmaster Ira Hicks, came to this city Wednesday and took trip over the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River road to view the beautiful scenery along the line.
 While Mir Robarts, of the Singer com pany, was transacting business with Dillon, the barber on South Main street, yesterday, he left his team in front of the N. Y. Butter house. The horse see- ing few crates of fresh eggs on the sidewalk and being an admirer of hen fruit tried crate. It cost MT Robarts S1.90 to appease the horses appetite.
 As the transfer steamer Maryland will scarcely be ready for use before ispring, the question of the return of the Wash yet been considered by either the Consol- idated or the New England roads. There is some talk of another Washington ex- press being run by the Boston and AL bany and Consolidated roads.
 Waterbury is to substitute a partially paid fire department for it's volunteer service, because it cannot at present procure aid enough to lay hose at fire. Danbury's volunteer firemen have been far different in this respect, for not an alarm has been given in the past twenty-five years but full quota of men of each company have willingly responded and worked faithfully.-Dan- bury News.
 The Hartford courts will soon establish precedent concerning whether a guard ian of child, whose parents live out ot the state, has right to send the child to school at a public expense. John D. Yale the guardian of niece, whose pa rents reside in Missouri, has obtained an Injunction restraining the committee of the West Middle school district from denying the girl school privileges.
 The annual state convention of the Ancient Order of Foresters assembled in Germania hall, South Norwalk, at ii o'clock yesterday morning. Fifty dele gates were present, representing nearly every court in the state. After Ibrief preliminary session the convention ad journed until the afternoon, when the annual business meeting was considered A grand ball was given in honor of the delegates last night.
 On the 22d of last February an injunc tion was granted by Judge Carpenter re straining the Willimantic Savings insti tuition from paying out any money Since that time all depositors have beer been seriously annoyed by the locking up of their funds. On petition of the directors Judge Carpenter yesterda, modified the injunction so that all fund. hereafter deposited in the bank can bt paid out on demand, and that old de positors can draw 5 per cent of their de posits after November 10, and per cen more after December 10.
 An engagement was entered into yes terday by which a connection will b' built between the New York and New England at Danbury and the New Yorl and Northern at Brewsters, shortening the distance considerably between New York and Boston by the New England road. The 5000 tons of steel rails to b' used in making the connection hav' been purchased and paid for. It is re ported that a close alliance has beer made between the two roads and tha an arrangement has also been mad with the Manhattan elevated railway t. facilitate the passenger traffic by thi route. The elevated road connects wit the New York and Northern at 1551l street