Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-09
CITY NEWS.


 H. D. Durphy of New York is spend ing few days with $. N. Sackett.
 The commissioners on the insolvent estate of Hall Bros held another meeting to-day.
 Miss Gibby, book keeper at w. F. Works furniture store is confined at her home by illness.
 The Rev J. G. Davenport will preach at the Union City mission chapel to-mor- row afternoon.
 The Rev l.. F. Baker will deliver an address to railroad men at the Advent church tomorrow evening.
 The Dr Brown property at the corner of East Main and Maple streets is offered for sale. The price asked is $4O,OOO.
 P. F. Cummings combination of this the opera house in Torrington last night. defending Fannie Crowley, the young lady who it is claimed set fire to several buildings in that town.
 An infant child of MT and Mrs Richard Lynch of S6 Baldwin street died this morning. The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 P. J. McGrath is building block near the No 6's house on East Main street. The block which is of wood will be three stories in height and 3S by 65 feet in length.
 A business meeting of Evangeline circle, Companions of the Forest, will be held in Grand Army hall Monday even- ing, followed by a sociable to which all Foresters are cordially invited.
 Meigs & Trott contemplate erecting a three story brick block with stone trim mings at the corner of East Main and Spring streets. The building will have frontage of 50 by 80 feet and will be a handsome addition to the street.
 District court assignments: Monday, February 11-Buel Hemingway vs Mer- ritt Hemingway; Julia B. Maylord vs Mrs T. J. Jackson ct al. Wednesday, Harriett E. Downs vs Norris Umber- field. Thursday-Charles Allerton vs John Pagan ct al.
 Charles Hawley, a South Norwalk pi- ano tuner was drunk last night and made himself so obnoxious that he was fired out of several hotels. He finally obtain ed free lodging in the station house. In court this morning he made an elO- quent plea and was allowed to depart.
 A Southbury correspondent says: The new cable, for the want of which it is said, this region is prevented from rival ing Pennsylvania or Russia, will arrive next week, when the work of seeking oil, gas or coal will be renewed But con- trary to all published reports. they have not ''struck ile" yet.
 The Mutual Hook and Ladder compa- ny recently elected the following off cers: Harry Moses, foreman; Thomas Bulger, first assistant foreman; Henry Hull, secretary; Imri A. Spencer, treas urer The members of the company celebrated the twenty-frst anniversary by banquet at their parlors last even- ing.
 City Engineer Weld is at work on plans for the location of the proposed new union station. Although the coun- cil did not authorize him to go ahead until after the meeting Monday evening, he has made surveys and when the leg islative committee is ready to give the petition hearing he will be there with his maps. He did not care to say yet what location for a site would be urged before the committee.
 F. H. Cogswell, court stenographer of New Haven county, had narrow es- cape from death a few days ago. He was experimenting with chemicals with which he was not familiar and uncon- sciously generated large amount of hydrochloric acid gas which permeates tue air in the room. Before he realized the change his lungs were filled with the gas and he became pressed for breath. A doctor was called and relieved his pa tient.
 It seems that the people in the vicinity of Houghs Mills are not so much alarmed at the present condition of the railroad crossing there as they are that in the future the railroad company may see fit to wall up the road altogether. They have horror of railroad com panies in general, and think that the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River railroad will take advantage of the technical vote passed at the Meriden town meeting to deprive them of their rights to cross the road at this point. The railroad managers will do no such thing however, and the suit which the town of Cheshire and Donald Mcdonald bring will undoubtedly be amicably set tied.
 A preliminary hearing was heard be- fore Judge Andrews in the superior court at New Haven yesterday in the case of Spencer's Sons vs Allerton, and the case went over for one week for more witnesses to be announced. This suit is one brought by the company against the executors of the estate of the late Mir Allerton of this city to recover S3, 900 which they claim the son, Geo M. Allerton, owes them. On the other hand it is claimed that George M. M.Allerton had previously deeded away his part of the estate to his mother, and that the com pany cannot compel them to pay over any money The executors are Mrs Al1erton, George M. Allerton, Gen s. w. Kellogg of Waterbury and J. D. Yer meulle of New York.
 
 Figs, nuts, bananas, lemons, and fine Florida fruit at Ladd's.