Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-10
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CITY, NEWS.


  The police appeared on the street to- day in their summer coats and helmets. Tax Collector Hellmann received $2,413.94 yesterday, making total of $55, ,272. IA already collected.
 Lady Sherman council, D. of L., of Birmingham, will attend the anniver- sary exercises of Trumbull lodge .in this city Friday evening, May 31.
 Manager Jean Jacques, of Jacques opera house, Waterbury was in this city last evening, the guest of Manager Bel knap, of Proctors grand opera house. Bridgeport News.
 Arthur Andrews has resigned his posi- ton as mailing clerk at the postoffice and is succeeded by Wm Carney who was formerly employed as railway mail ing clerk on the Naugatuck division.
 Judge Sanford in the superior court to-day heard the case of $. w. Kellogg vs the city of Waterbury. The suit is one that arose out of the paying of sewer assessment on Hillside avenue and from which MT Kellogg took an appeal. The Washington express was delayed over an hour at the New England sta tion last evening. The forward truck of the locomotive left the track at the triple switch west of the watering tank and it was necessary to use another loco motive to assist in placing the first upon the track.
 In addition to having more push, grit and enterprise, Bridgeport is getting ahead of Waterbury in another way. The new brass company in the Park city is drawing many of the best men from the latter place, and unless Water bury picks up and induces them to stay there that city will soon become depop- ulated.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 It may be grain of satisfaction to know that the present hot wave extends over the entire east. The signal service officer at Washington says the torrid weather will last until tonight and he is not disposed to make any positive as sertion that cooler weather will come then There is storm in Texas moving northeastward upon which we can base hopes of relief.
 Judge Sanford to-day granted a new trial in the case of Patrick Farrell ct al vs George B. Lewis ct al. The case is one in which a complication of mort gages and releases arises and has been before the supreme court twice. The supreme court recommended a new trial and the plaintiffs petitioned for such on the ground of mistake in the pleading in the former suits.
 Some despicable coward threw a large stone at street fakir who was doing business on Scovill street near South Main last night, and seriously injured a spectator who stood in the crowd. The stone struck the sign .upon Gilmores blacksmith shop and glancing off hit a young man on the side of the head, caus- ing severe scalp wound. The young man, whose name could not be learned, was taken home by his friends.
 Butter fish and porgies are about the only novelty in the fish market line this week. The butter fish come from Long Island sound and the mouths of the riv- CTS. Porgies are caught further south: the most of them off the Delaware coast. The first sea bass of the season have been in market this week. They are caught in North and South Carolina waters, but are not very plenty as yet. Later these fish will move north and can be caught in the Souud.
 There was a good attendance at the supper and entertainment given by the Ladies' Aid society and the Young Peo- ples' society of Christian Endeavor at the M. E. church parlors last evening The programme consisted of music, rec. itations and singing. Among the fea lures of the evening was a whistling solo 1.-The Mocking Bird,' by Miss Surry which was so well received that the young lady very gracefully responded to an encore.
 The following committees will be in charge at the third annual entertainment and sociable of Court Shields, A. O. F. at City hall this evening Arrangements -J. H. Madden, M. F. McKennerney, J. H. Freney, J. Phelan, J. Tobin, J. D. $. Hendricks, J. J. Mcdonald; floor di rector, M. F. Carmody. assisted by J Phelan, T. Carney, J. J. Kelly, NJ. F, McKennerney, w. J. Histon. T. Mcken- nerney, J. Fitzgerald, s. Stearns, w Doran, George Vandover, J. Linnehan H. kluttig.
 A wholesale liquor dealer in speaking of the bill which limits the issue oi licenses to one for each 800 inhabitants gave this testimony this morning: "II this state, where the commissioners car weed out all objectionable dealers, it is not necessary that such a bill should pass. It would prove really an opening bid for fayoritism and discrimination of the very worst sort. In Holyoks some of the best men have been refused license under a similar law. and those with political power have been licensed.