Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-20
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 District Deputy Murnan installed the officers of Court Meany last evening.
 The Rev Leonard w. Bacon, will occupy the pulpit of the First Church tomorrow. A very small party of w ate rbury peo- pie took advantage of the excursion to Seaside Park to day
 The Sacred Heart choir will have it's annual outing at Savin Rock some time the week after next
 Cards are out for the marriage of August Howe and Miss Amelia Swick of Union City at that place on Wednesday, July 24. The committee appointed to purchase horse hose wagon for Phoenix No 1, will visit Holyoke Monday. The committee consists of Mayor Boughton, Chief Snagg and Commissioners Kelly and Connolly.
 Professor Dodge, statistician of the agri cultural department, makes the following estimates of the condition of the crops in Connecticut Wheat 96, rye 99, barley 08, oats 100, clover 10O pasture 100, ap- pies 92, peaches 96 These averages prom ise good crops.
 Free competitive scholarships are an- nouneed by the Suffield Institute open to persons above twelve years of age, resi- dent of Connecticut and in the counties of Massachusetts and New York adjacent to
 
 ducted ill this city August 20 and 21.
 Frederick H. Cogswell, New Haven County superior court reporter is to use photograph in his work. He proposes to read from his notes into the instrum ent and save much time It will probably be the first machine in New England success fully introduced in the shorthand court reporting.
 RMrs Mary Huntley Russell, wife of Prof Francis T. Russell of St Margaret's school, died this morning at her home in the school building on Grove street. Mrs Russell, has been sick for some time but two weeks ago her condition seemed to improve The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Her age was 61 years.
 Teresa Welsh, aged 15, was a prisoner in the police court this morning charged with being a vagrant. The girl has been running wild for several months sleeping ill barns and associating with tough gang of young men, A sister is the only near relative she has. Judge Bradstreet com mitted the girl to the industrial school at Middletown.
 A ,Middlebury correspondent writes: James Boyce and George Cam caught 26 bass at the lake one day last week. It was fine string, and was sold to a Waterbury lawyer WuO udS tue fepulatlOu among HIS friends of being great fisherman. They have probably been treated to some good fish stories ill this connection.
 Thomas Erwin, an eleven year-old boy. was this morning committed to the Reform school by Judge Bradstreet, for stealing seventy-nine cents from ten-year- old girl named Mary Goodrich Less than two months ago Erwin was sentenced to the Reform school for theft but his father took an appeal to the superior court.
 The Weekly Record says Bridgeports s building department, the need of which we have so often urged in the record is established, and is now in working order. And now it is time that Hartford and Wa terbury revised their very ineffective building laws and provided complete system of building inspection and permits.
 It is announced from Washington that Labor Commissioner Hotchkiss will be appointed special agent of the census bu- reau to collect statistics of manufacturers for Connecticut. This is in the line of the best work and will insure accuracy and speed. The state bureaus are becom- ing so valuable that the national govern ment is using them in an enlarged way.
 The Bridgeport Post has discovered that large number of men who go on saloon keepers bonds own no property except a Sl1NcI WdtCA WO1CA S1O UT leSS u StlS- gests that when the legislature meets again taxpayers who aye eligible as endorsers of applications for liquor licenses should be defined as owners of real estate The same facts are true in this town. Names appear on these bonds which are hardly worth the paper on which they are written.
 Mrs Alice Walsh, aged S4 years, one of the oldest Irish residents of this city, died at St Mary's home at Hartford yesterday morning. Mrs Walsh is the mother ot Mrs Thomas Jackson, Mrs Thomas Conno1 and Michael and Patrick Walsh. The re- mains were brought to this city on the 8 o'clock train last evening and removed to the home of her son MT Patrick Walsh at 49 North Elm street. The funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at 2:3O tomorrow afternoon
 Bradley Took Poison.