Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-28
The 1e1r1nrrat,
CITY NE WS.

MISS Lucy S0ea ana MISS LlZZle I1dS den have returned from Block Island.
 Dr O'Hara and the Rev Father O'Don- nell spent to-day at the West Haven shore.
 The Misses Finnegan, of Norwalk, are visiting with the Misses Drlscoll of Third street.
 David Stein and family have return ed from brief vacation at the New Haven shore. .4
 The road board will meet Thursday evening and give hearing on the lay out of Bergin street.
 Edward H. Hall associate editor of the Waterbury Republican, has severed his connection with the paper.
 MT Elkins, of Elkins & Wake, is away on an extended trip and will purchase a fall stock of carpets and furniture,
 Court Wolf Tone's base ball nine will play in Forestville, Monday, with a nine of FOresters there. J. J. Burke is man ager.
 MT and Mrs James E. Watts have re- turned from their wedding trip, and will commence housekeeping on Central avenue.
 A number of Waterbury people took advantage of the low rates offered by
  bration at Milford to-day.
 At the regular monthly meeting of Court Wolf Tone last evening, B. F. Reilly, who represented the court at Minneapolis, gave an interesting account of the convention and read the minutes of the business transacted there.
 Governor Bulkeley has, in accordance with the general statutes of the state, offered a reward of S1OO for the arrest of the person or persons who stole the body of William Nachumson from the Jewish cemetery i'll this city some time ago.
 In another column will be found a new feature which the DEMOCRAT has introduced. The checker players col umn will appear weekly and will no doubt be appreciated by the large num- Der who enjoy this innocent amusement.
 Lieutenant Governor Merwin has been presented with the block and gavel used by him during the legislative session and with an engraved copy of the resolutions of thanks to the lieutenant governor passed by the senate just before ad- journment.
 Grand Army veterans are already agitating the subject of big state en- campment at Mantle next year. If the consent of the state authorities can be secured the veterans will go into camp there for one week commencing directly after the Connecticut National guard s week.
 The New York and New England rail road will give grand excursion to Newburgh and West Point, on Wednes- day September 4. The special train will leave this city at 7:15 a. m. The tickets are limited and are placed at the low figure of S1.5O for the round trip.
 A Wallingford woman named Wallace. living on north plains, has seven chil- dren ill with the whooping cough. One three year old girl nearly strangled one day last week and for a time was SUD- posed to be dead, but she finally revived. One of the youngest children was born blind. The family is in pitiable circum- stances.
 Chairman Kelley of the board of fire commissioners of Waterbury was in this city to-day, inspecting our whistle fire alarm. Chief Willie pulled box 27 about half-past il o'clock. Mir Kelley, who was stationed up on Wyllys avenue expressed himself as very we'll pleased with the test. He thinks our whistle lar superior to Waterbury's bells.-Mid- dletown Herald.
 The annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecticut was held in Stamford yesterday. Two hundred delegates were present. The report of the secretary showed a total membership of 3,401, gain of 329 over last year. The officers elected were President, John Doran of Middletown: first yice-president, John McQueeney of New Haven; second vice-president, Miss Davis of Rockville; general secretary, John c. Geary of New London; general treasurer, Charles Fitzgerald of Meriden.
 Frank Slavin, formerly employed at the New England yards in this city, but now with the Naugatuck division met with a serious accident yesterday. Sla- Conductor Scotts train was walking on the top of a box car as the train-was pulling out of Thomaston. In some way he missed his footing and was thrown to the ground fracturing his left arm. He was taken to Bridgeport where he resides.
 A furniture drummer arriving in town yesterday and passing down South Main street observed the sign of Yorks furni- ture store and essayed to enter to make his acquaintance. Of course he found the door locked and was dumbfounded that merchant should lock up such an establishment in the middle of the day. He then went to another dealer with -AN express surprise at finding an important store closed at such an hour. When he learned the facts of the case he allowed that the joke was on him.
 At the meeting of the district commit tee held last evening it was voted to re- new the insurance on the Bishop street school and to divide the S1O,OO6 insur- ance between M. F. Carmody and N. J.. Welton. All the old janitors were reap pointed with the exception of Edward Bowling of the Ridge street school, whose place is taken by Jeremiah Kelly, and Walter J. Hennessy was appointed to the position of janitor of the Clay street school, succeeding Henry Finne- gan. A committee was appointed to visit the Bishop street building and in- vestigate the most proper way of heat ing the school.
 Fire alarm box 27 was sounded this morning at 10 o'clock and promptly re- sponded to by the department Edward lot IL Il