Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-09
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clerk for Joseph Srahan.
 Many Waterbury people are attend ing the Danbury fair to-day.
 John H. Curley has taken position in the office of the Connecticut Indemnity association.
 Mrs Mary Mccormack, aged 60 years, died at her home No 71 Hayden street this morning.
 Our checker column will be found on the first page to-day, and is more inter- esting than ever.
 Miss Rosamonde Couture of Bristol is in town visiting her aunt, Mrs V. Basil lion of South Elm street.
 The work of taking down the election booths is about completed and they will be stored in the cellar at City hall.
 The annual meeting of the board of journed for one week for want of a quorum.
 Game cooked to order in any style at a moments notice at the Buckingham cafe, West Main street. Steaks, oysters, etc, until 12 at night.
 Mrs John Chipman of Town Plot was taken with weak spell while standing upon the postofiice steps on Bank street this afternoon and fell upon the side walk. She was assisted to her home.
 The regular meeting nights and place of Court Shields, A. o. F., have been changed to the second and fourth Thurs day evenings of each month in Mrs Doughertys hall on East Main street.
 Manager Polak of Hirsh's clothing store is now successfully directing five stores in different parts of the country. Ills straightforward manner of doing business has, ssmade for him friends with out number in Waterbury.
 William J. Schlegel has sold for Mrs John II. Shelton of Bridgeport her property at Nos II and 16 Second avenue to Mir F. B. Rice. Mir Rice will improve the property and in the spring will erect another house on the present site.
 Stiles A. Wheeler, the manager of the Brass City stables in the rear of 56 and 58 Bank street,is offering for sale sixteen horses which will be sold at prices rang carriages and sets of harness are offered at a bargain.
 The Meriden police had hard time arresting three tramps who were terrify- ing ladies yesterday. One of them, who gave his name Daniel Driscoll of Water bury assaulted Policeman Tolles with billy. but was overpowered and locked up.
 First Selectman Brown is suffering from severe hoarseness brought on by exposure election day and for several days previous thereto. He can speak only in a whisper. He is, however, able to be about his office attend ing to busi- ness.
 Beginning tomorrow evening all the furniture stores will be open on Thurs day evenings. By this arrangement the stores will be open four evenings a week :, the closing evenings being Monday and Friday when the doors will close at 6 o'clock.
 Judge Bradstreet to-day made the in- Junction in the case of Thomas Ryan vs J. J. McGrath permanent. The injunc- tion was granted to restrain Constable Brzezinski from taking possession of Ryan's horse in the interest of McGrath, who had secured judgment against Ryan.
 The fourth annual convention of the Connecticut state branch American Federation of Labor takes place next Monday, October II, at Danbury. The convention will open at 1 a. m. at the matters headquarters and be in session for two days. Delegates from all the industrial towns of the state will be present.
 John Healey, aged 25 years, died at his home on Pemberton street late yes terday afternoon. The deceased was a prominent member of the Third divi- sion, A. c. H.. who will hold a meeting this; evening to make arrangements for attending the funeral, which will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at S:3O tomorrow morning.
 In the police court this morning Michael Coyle was fined S5 and costs for breach of the peace. Coyle has been working in AnsOnia for four months while his wife supported herself and two children in this city. Monday eve ing his wife at home broke in the door of her house with a stone and raised a general disturbance. He was arrested yesterday.
 The state general council of the British American association held its semi-annual meeting in Hartford yester- day. The only business of public inter- est was the unanimous passing of a resolution disappearing the secret ballot law as tested ill Mondays election, and calling for the enactment III its stead of the bill prepared by the labor bureau and vetoed by the governor. The coun- cil favors the Australian system.
 William Bergen, the popular and eff cient leader of the American band has resigned his position, and will for the present give his attention to the forma. tion of a tirst-class orchestra, taking for a nucleus the present American Band orchestra. The name will be changed to the Bergen orchestra. In the spring Mir Bergen contemplates associatins with himself number of players O. note and organizing another brass band
 Jean Jacques to-day received a lette from London, from Edward Earle, { former partner of LerouX or Johnson the balloonist who was drowned il Reval, Russia, recently. The letter sim ply announces the fact of Johnson death and asks Mir Jacques to tell tn unfortunate mans family. A letter wa received by Mrs Johnson, the balloon iSts' mother, few days ago, which wa written one week before her son wa drowned. In it Johnson said that he wa doing we'll and had accumulated abou $3,000.