Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-25
The Dennerat,
CITY NEWS.

winter in South Carolina. . T. H. Hayes yesterday sold the pro | perty on the Wolcott road known as the | McKane place to D. F. Webster. A short and interesting story is Mrs Humphrey Wards Miss Bretherton." Watch for the opening chapters in this paper. The twenty-second annual concert and masquerade ball of the Concordia Sing ing society will be held at City hall this evening. Mrs N. J. Norris. who has been very low for the past six weeks, has recov- cred and will be able to leave her room ueXt week. Waterbury railroad held meeting in this city to-day and viewed the new road bed from Dublin street. Mrs Elizabeth Griswold died at 1:30 this morning at her home in Oakville. Her remains will be taken to Southford for interment in that place Sunday. William J. Carney of this city, recently employed as mail agent on the Boston, Albany, Springfield and New York night route. has been transferred to the Nauga tuck division Landlord c. I. Tremaine of the Scovill house was guest at the eleventh annual winter meeting of the Connecticut Com mercial Travellers association at Bridge port yesterday.
 The friends of Kevin Drury, who re- gently lost an arm by an accident at New Haven, are taking up a subscription for his benefit, it being his intention to go to Ireland where he will spend the rest of his life.
 Miss Winnie Keenan of this city, ac companied by her sister. Mrs John Breen of Naugatuck, have gone to Denver, Col, where it is thought the climate will agree with Miss keenan. who is i'll deli cate health.
 Judging by the bills he has introduced, Representative O'Neill of Waterbury in tends to have every particle of property from a bantam rooster to a palace taxed for the benefit of the state. Those tax bills need careful attention.-N. H. Pal ladium.
 Over 60000 pounds of freight was brought to Meriden from New York by the M. w. X c. R. railroad this morning. This is pretty good showing for road which the Middletown Herald said was .hemmed in" ."-Meriden Republican.
 This evening County Delegate William c. Keenan will organize a new division of the A. O. H. at NaugatuCk. A special train has been engaged to carry large delegation from the four divisions of the order in this city. The train will leave the Naugatuck station at 7:45.
 President Upson of the Naugatuck Valley Ice company, whichfcontrols the supply of ice in Bridgeport, Waterbury and Ansonia, has gone to Vermont to see what are the prospects of supply there. The ice men generally despair of getting ice in this state.--N. II. Pal ladium.
 The remains of Mrs Bridget Riley. mother of P. H. Riley of this city, who died in Ansonia Wednesday. were brought to this city on the 1T train to- day and inferred in St Joseph's cemetery. Mrs Riley was one of the oldest residents of this cityhaving lived here for 40 years.
 Mir and Mrs Tough of B South Main street received q pleasant call from Mir Hough's fellow members of the Ram blers' Bicycle club. who brought with them handsome plush lounge as a wedding gift. The evening was pleas antly spent in banqueting, singing, etc.
 The residence of Mrs A. $. Chase on Church street was the scene of pleasant gathering last evening, a party num- bering more than one hundred ladies and gentlemen being present. A num- Der of out of town guests were present. Severn's orchestra of Hartford was in at tendance and the menu was gotten up in Hills best style.
 The New York and New England rail road company has a gang of 100 Italians and steam shovel at work eXcavating dirt at Hopewell Junction, and are filling in the Hop Brook trestle at the rate of no cars day. The men have been at work several days, but as vet the amount that has been dumped into the cut seems only thimbleful.
 The carpenter employed by Duncan B. Harrison is in town to-day building the frame for the immense tank to be used in the play ''The Paymaster" Monday and Tuesday evenings. The tank bus mess is more thrilling in this drama thar in any other play where 1t has been thus far used The water will be nine feet deep and the hero will make a leap of ter or twelve feet in escaping from the guarG of honor. A steam pipe will be introduced into the tank to warm the water to a de, gree of comfort.
 The case of Maier Kaiser vs the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company, which was to have been treo in the district court to-day, was settled by the railroad company yesterday. Las March consignment of goods sent by New York firm to Mir Kaiser was stoleI from car in New York, the car being broken open. After the thieves were ar rested and sent to Sing Sing prison tn, question arose whether the railroad com pany should pay Mir Kaiser the whole sale or retail price for the goods. NJ Kaiser thought they should pay him tn, retail price. A satisfactory settlemen was reached by the railroad company paying him S146s4, the retail price O the goods.
 The one hundred and thirtieth ami versary of the birth of Scotland's grea poet, Robert Burns, was appropriated, observed by the Waterbury Burns club who gave their fourth annual concer and ball at City hall last evening. Tn concert programme was we'll arranged and the recitations and dancing elicitet much applause from the large audienc, present. The sword dance by Charle Somers, of New York, was very difficul and was well received, but little 11-year old Mary Bannatyne, who danced tn highland fling, took the house by storm Sba reSpon1ad to an encore If wa