Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-17
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nOmaS w. FltZmaurlce mas been NlSlt- ing friends in New London.
 Roger Martin and family are summering at Far Rockaway and Long Beach.
 Manager Jacques opens the Birming- ham opera house tonight with ''Si Per kins."
 The family of T. J.Moran left this after noon for a weeks trip at Rockaway and New London. MT Moran will join them at New London Monday.
 Seats for "A Poor Relation" at the opera house Tuesday evening, will go on sale at the Park drug store Monday morning.
 Tax Collector Hellmann and wife left last night for ten days vacation to be spent in the west. At Bridgeport they will be joined by Mir Hellmann's brother
 Walter s. Erwin of Waterbury, an ex- cellent vocalist, is visiting friends in this city and will sing at the Progressive Union meeting Sunday evening.-N London Telegraph.
 Twelve cars, all well filled with the friends of the Plume & Atwood associa- tion, left this morning for the first an- nual excursion of the association to Glen Island.
 William Ward, a member of the first
 
 members, died this morning of consump- ton at his home, 19 Chatfield Avenue. Funeral announced later.
 The suit of the Chapman & Armstrong company of this city against Winton & Hermon, a New York state firm, has been on trial at the office of Simons & Burdett, Hartford, for the past two days.
 The annual picnic and games of tho Waterbury Burns club are being held on the West End grounds this afternoon. The weather is just right for the sport and their is a large attendance present.
 The seats for the green arrived to-day and were placed in position this after noon. They were occupied almost be- fore they were placed in position. The seats were furnished promptly by the Waterbury Furniture company.
 Early last evening Daniel Mclaughlin, brakeman on the New England road, was crushed while coupling cars on the He was brought to the hospital in Hart ford and is severely injured internally.
 John Mccarthy, Mathew Cashen and John Foley, members of Phoenix Hose company, of Waterbury, who have been visiting friends in this city and neighboring seaside .resorts, returned home Thursday evening. They had a very enjoyable time.-New London Day.
 Handsome line of choice selected pres ents with unique patterns given with tea, coffee and baking powder. Special presents given with one pound of teA and two pounds of coffee on Wednesday and Saturday of each week at Union Tea company, 6s South Main street.
 This active discussions about pretty girls by such towns as Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury. South Norwalk and Ansonia, wearies Bridgeport. Let a Bridgeport girl visit at any one of those places and the whole population is at her feet.-Bridgeport Standard. Her feet must be of the Chicago-Fanny Mills order.
 The New York and New England railroad will run another excursion dur ing the month of August. The Grand Army of the Republic encampment takes place at Milwaukee August 2S, and tickets will be sold on enc route, good from August 22 to 27 inclusive, from Wa terbury for S23.55 to return until Sep tember 9. This time will be heightened to September go on application to the Milwaukee agent.
 There will be five special military trains run over the Shore Line division of the Consolidated road Monday. The spur track to the camp is now ready for use and military and excursion trains will be run over it. The railroad con- missioners will have a hearing at Man. tic to-day in regard to the spur track The hearing has been ordered on the pc tition of the selectmen, who represent the opposition of the town of East Lyme to the new track.
 A young man giving the name of Ed ward Futile came down from Bristol last evening and engaged board in a house on Canal street. He had been in the house less than half an hour, when be exchanged his old clothes for sufj belonging to boarder He was detect cd ill the act, however, and held until the arrival of Officer Healey. who lock ed him up. This morning Judge Brad street imposed sentence of S5 and costs and thirty days in jail.
 The Meriden Journal offers this pung- ent suggestion to the illustrious "discov- erer' in Paris: If Dr Brown-Sequard wishes to give his life elixer genuine test, let him come right here to Connec- ticut. Let him stop monkeying with the old men; let him come to Meriden and take the Meriden, Waterbury and 9onnecticut River railroad to Cromwell and walk about mile south He will easily know when he strikes the right place. If his elixir can put life into Middletown his fortune is made.
 The following are the officers elected at the temperance meeting in Bronsons hall, Wednesday evening: President, Rev Mir Elsdon; vice presidents, Mrs George Barnes, Revs Baker, Eggleston and Tullar, Messrs Thos Fitzsimons, H. A. Matthews, Eben Hoadley, E. P. Wet more, Mrs H. w. Keeler and Mrs John Lines; secretary c. w. Carr. treasurer Mrs K. Simons; committee on ways and means, w. M. Hurlburt, F. c. Abbott, F. B. Stanley, Mrs Dr Cook and Mrs F. N. Allen.
 The decision of the railroad commits sioners upon the petition of the city to compel the Meriden 6, Waterbury rail road to grade the street near the Liberty street bridge is regarded as a victory for the road, the grade at Liberty street at present beinglas ordered by the 'commis- sioners. At the time the commissioners approved of the location of the railroad the bridge over the Mad river was only thirty-two..feet wide, but subsequently, ly