Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-28
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Miss Maggie Farrell has returned to Waterbury and will be pleased to meet her old friends and pupils.
 Ensign F. N. Kellogg, U. s. N., spent Sunday in this city and left for Wash ington on the S:26 train this morning. The Rev Fathers Murphy and Walsh are assisting at the forty hours devo- tion at St Anthony's church, Litchfield. The rifle range will be open from a. m, until p. m. tomorrow for members of Go G, who are to compete for marks mems badges.
 Adelard Nobert and Miss Della J. .emay were married by the Rev. Father Robertge at St Ann chapel yesterday afternoon.
 The grocery store of H. Kilmer, Bishop street, was attached this afternoon in the interest of David Trubee 6 Co, of Bridgeport.
 M. J. Fogg, the South end and North end grocer, quotes few prices in another column, that will be found as low as the lowest.
 Coroner Mix has not yet made his report upon the death of Julia O'Rourke. The funeral of the young lady took place yesterday afternoon.
 The twentieth annual concert and
  be held in the Union armory Thanks giving afte moon and evening.
 The commissioners of Hartford county Saturday gave public hearing on the petition to limit the number of licenses in Hartford to 100 and raise the fee to $500.
 Rev J. G. Davenport of the Second church, has returned to his pastorate, recruited by his long vacation, and con- fident that he will be able to assume his full duties in the church.
 Chester A. Gould, who has four wives living, having married the fourth in this city, was found guilty of adul- tery before the Scranton, Penn, court Saturday, and sent to jail.
 Chief Egan is the recipient of some unique epistles Saturday night he received an anonymous letter telling him to watch a certain place, where s'licker is sold by the holesail every sunday"
 The crops in Connecticut have exceed ed in proportion the entire average crop of the country except in the matter of Irish potatoes. In this matter the state is about twenty-five per cent below the average.
 Thomas Keney, a 1T year old boy, living on Cherry street, has been expert menting with peanut cultivation and has succeeded in raising small quan- tity. The nuts grow upon small vine ripening underground.
 The funeral of Mrs Ann McEvoy, who died Friday evening, was attended from her late residence to St Patrick's church at 3 p. m. yesterday. The pallbearers were: M. McGivney, James Ryan, John Kenney, M. Hayden, P. Barnes and M. Downey.
 Attorney Webb, of the law firm of filling 6 Webb, of New Haven, has be- come Catholic. For the past two years MT Webb has been under the in struction of the Dominican fathers of St Mary's church where he is at present a parishioner.
 Dave Warren, the Danbury hermit, who it was said was burned to death in his hut few nights ago, has turned uL alive but not well. Saturday afternoon he was struck by train on the New England road near Hawleyville, receiv- ing painful injuries.
 The report of the railroad commits sioners upon thelr recent fall inspection says of the Meriden, Waterbury anc Connecticut River road Track in gooo line and surface for the coming winter and the ballasting between Meriden an6 Cromwell, has remedied defects noted at the previous examination.
 The call for the formation of grant courts of the A. O. F. has been issued by Supreme Chief Ranger w. s. Elliott O. Chicago. The call for the grand cour for Connecticut has also been issued an( the meeting will be held in New Haven November 20 The several courts il this city will send delegates to this con vention.
 Says the Danbury News Just wh, the New England wants to build 8 con nection between Danbury and Brewste is somewhat of a puzzle as the lin already connects the two places: A any rate the railway company IS to b congratulated upon the fact that it ha paid for the rails, even if it has nowher to lay them.
 There came near being a pitched battl in front of the opera house this after noon between Manager Cleveland of tn Haverly- Cleveland minstrels, and number of hackmen, with whom tn manager had a misunderstanding Several invitations were given by bot sides to the other to don the gloves bu the combatants were finally separated.
 One day last week, 34 engines ''coal ed up' at Sandy Hook station on tn New England road and several wen eAAOu3AA "ACAOuV tcIhAuS SOt1A iA pcts senger engine takes about two tons an half and the heavy four-wheelers O the freights have room for five tons g one time. Seven men are employe there, three doing night duty, whil extra men are added when the bin is re plenished.
 The signal officers at Washingto commend the militia of Connecticut fo the interest evinced by them in sigma ing as an appliance of military body They say that the benefits that will rt suit to the militia of the state fro1 attention to its own means of commun cation are obvious, and that the signs bureau is ever willing to give all infol nation possible to the local soldiery The officers deplored the fact that unde the law the bureau cannot issue to tn militia the regular and latest equil ment for this service.
 Lockers on at the construction of til big Lilley block on Bank street have b' f, 1or.x yhor tho ,fo;r