Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-13
CITY WE WS.


 Only two plain drunks occupied the attention of the police court this morn ing. Judgment was suspended in each case.
 An agent for the new Catholic paper The Standard, published in New Haven, was in town to-day taking subscrlp- tions.
 A man giving the name of Daniel Driscoll of Waterbury, was arrested for begging upon the streets of New Haven last night.
 A Connecticut Associated press dis patch says diphtheria is prevalent in Southington and the people are becom- ing alarmed.
 Washington conclave, K. s. F., have accepted the invitation of Court Paqul- ouque, of Danbury, to attend their soci- able New Years eve.
 Col John G. Healy of New Haven, who has had charge of the folding room house of representatives, has been re- moved.
 Representatives of the Iron Bedstead Go, of New York, were in Shelton to- day looking up a sight for their works. They wish to come into Connecticut to be near the brass industries. Sergeant Cox of the New Haven sig nal station predicts fair weather, lower temperature, for tomorrow. A cold wave is coming from the northwest and will reach here about Sunday. J. B. Mullings advises the purchase of useful articles for Christmas presents. He offers an immense line of clothing, gents furnishings, furs, umbrellas, trunks, leather goods, toilet cases, etc. Patrick Shanahan of Baldwin street, left for New York this afternoon to | visit his son Timothy, who is undergo ing treatment for injuries received to one of his eyes last Sunday. E. J. Finn calls attention to his stock of fancy slippers, selected especially for the holiday trade, at prices ranging from sixty-five cents to $2.0O. He has also received new line of rubber goods to replace the stock damaged by the recent l flood.
 l The committee of Court Wolf Tone, A. o. F. of A., are making extensive are engagements for their entertainment and sociable to be held January 1. They ar also preparing a neat advertising jour- nal to be distributed during the holi-
 days.
 The goose bone predicted several
 months ago that this fall and winter
 would be milder and more open even
 than last year, and it begins to look as if
 the bone was about right. It is worth
 noticing, too, that the goose bone pre- dicted a very wet season.
 A special train having on board the directors of the New England road and
 General Manager Howard, arrived at
 the New England station late this after noon. The new boards are on a tour O1
 inspection and left for Danbury at 3:3O. The lawyers are complaining of the
 depredations committed by sneak
 theives in the court rooms in City hal building. Umbrellas, canes and pen : holders regularly disappear, and in one case a coat has been stolen. The thie1 will be severely dealt with if detected. F Charles Devlin was struck by trair
 on the eastern end of the New England
 road last night. The train stopped anc
 John c. Lane. who got off to go tc twenty feet through culvert. Both men were seriously injured. ? President Bostwick is quoted by the l Boston Journal as saying that he be : lieves he can get S6,OO0,O0O to build : railroad from New Haven into New - York in Boston in ten days, and tha 6 less than this amount would build i : and give Boston direct. natural, unim-
 peded highway to New York.
 The Women's Relief corps will giv,
 one of their popular New England sup S pers and entertainments at G. A. R. hal . on the evening of December 30 sup
 per from five to eight o'clock, and thu whole to conclude with a dance 5 Tickets are placed at twenty-five cent f each. The executive committee con
 sists of Mrs Forest, Mrs Korngiebel, Mir 6 Smith, Mrs Burkitt and Mrs Hall. : In less than three weeks the man, ]. men and boys who have secured thu . country far and near in pursuit of game : will lay aside their guns and allow thei : good dogs to enjoy well earned rest . The game law has been more strictly en : forced than usual this year and mum : Der of wilful violators have been sum marily dealt with. The game wardens
 Of shipping game out of the state.
 Sneak thieves are working the town in western Connecticut for all they ar, worth. Yesterday the chief of police O
 New Haven warned the people to b, P very careful whom they allow to ente their houses, and advises that if a ma1 l i5 admitted for the purpose of looking a t chimney t1ues, the plumbing system, ga meter or to fix the telegraph or tele t phone wires on the roof, a watch be kep upon his movements. The same advic,
 holds good for this city.
 Charles Howard of Providence, wh,
 takes the place of President Shinl 5 as general manager of the New England ,, road, has been superintendent of tn :! Providence and Boston road. In the fal of 1873 he went west to accept the gen eral superintendency of the Cincinnati l. Sandusky and Cleveland road. which h. '. held for seven years. He then built tn l Danville, Olney and Ohio River road and while managing this built the Chi = cago, Texas and Mexican Central rail
 road, extending to Dallas, Texas. H
 was also with other western roads.
 The Washington correspondent of tn New HavenaRegister says: MT Willco. [ [ has prepared and will introduce in tn | , house at the first opportunity bil l appr, priating S1OO,O00 for the construc | tion of a postoffice building at Water ! bury, another bill appropriating S4OO, l 900 for the improvement of New Have,
 harbor, and still another appropriatin,
 S50,O00 for the improvement of thu
 Housatonic river.
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