Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-02
The 1errncrat.
CITY NEWS.

this evening.
 The superior court room was uncom- fortably cold to-day.
 Edward and J. M Burrall are at Lime Rock to-day attending the funeral of the Hon William H. Barnum.
 The board of trade did not meet last evening owing to the fact that their new quarters are not quite ready for occu- pancy.
 Dr Cannon has purchased the hand some house owned by F. B. Rice at the corner of Central avenue and Grove street.
 The thirteenth annual concert and so- ciable of the Young Mems Catholic Lit erary association takes place at City hall to-morrow evening.
 The 1 o'clock train from Danbury was over two hours late to-day, being de- layed at Danbury by one of the wheels of car leaving the track.
 The Waterbury Field club will hold their annual meeting next Monday eve ming, at which the officers for the con- ing year will be elected.
 Tax Collector Hellman is now prepared to receive taxes at his office in City hall The work of distributing the 1000 bills was commenced to-day.
 Chief Engineer Snagg, Dr Bland and Fire Commissioners Connolly and Kelly go to New York tomorrow to look at horses for the hose wagon.
 A hearing upon the application for an administrator on the estate of the late Scovill Buckingham will be heard at the probate office next Monday.
 Mrs Julia Foster. aged 30 years wife of Robert Foster, died last night at her home on Dover street. The funeral will take place at 5 p. m. tomorrow.
 Mir A. Mcdonald, of the Brooklyn dis trict twill pay S10 to any person who will give satisfactory information of the per son or persons who are committing a nuisance on his property corner of Leon ard and Third streets.
 Justice of the Peace Getty of Wichita, Kansas decided the other day that it was not larceny to steal Waterbury watch. He probably held that a man who wears one winds up his own punishment every day.-Hartford Post.
 At a meeting of the health board held yesterday afternoon the resignation of Gordon B. Lawrence as sanitary inspec- tor was accepted. The board appointed Henry w. Moses as MT Lawrence's suc- cessor and after approving the usual monthly bills adjourned to the next monthly meeting.
 Deputy Warden Bentley $. Powers of the Weathersfield state prison came down from Litchfield on the 2:4e train to-day, having in charge William D. Johnson, who was sentenced to prison for life at Litchfield yesterday for his outrageous assault on Miss Cook. Mir Powers and his prisoner spent nearly an hour at the New England station and left for Hartford on the $40 train.
 Some malicious persons entered the barn of Justice of the Peace c. T. Yale at Middlebury last night and cut the tails of three of Mir Yale's most valuable horses. MT Yale is we'll known here having carried the mail between this city and Middlebury and recently figuring in the United States court on the charge of opening letter, but for which he was acquitted.
 James A. Warner. freight agent at the New England Railroad company's yards in this city, will leave for Boston next week, having been appointed to look after the companys freight business at the Hub. MT Warner was one of the best freight agents the company ever had in this city and the new position is one that he can ably fill. MT Warner will have charge of over three hundred men. His successor in this city has not been announced.
 There was another large attendance at the second night of the fair given by Evangeline circle, c. of F., at the City hall last evening. The drill by the young ladies was repeated and the tab leauN were an other interesting feature of the entertainment. This evening, the last night of the fair, carefully se- lected programme has been prepared. Company E, Hibernian rifles, will attend m body and give an exhibition drill. There will also be a tug of war between teams from Courts Wolf Tone and Meaney. The handsome battle axes on ex- hibition in the window of D. J. Casey's store will be awarded to the successful contestants.
 The officers of the Second regiment held meeting at New Haven last even- ing and unanimously voted to have the leaving New Haven on the Elm City on the night of June 13 and being absent forty-eight hours. Each captain express ed the opinion that the proposed trip would be a great success and spoke in favor of stop at Newport. The officers also voted to form an athletic association in the regiment. Delegates from the several companies in the regiment will meet soon for organization. Heretofore the athletic games have been arranged for by committee from the regiment, but hereafter they will be arranged by the association.
 At precisely II o'clock last night, just as the people were leaving the opera house, an alarm of fire was rung from box 3S, corner South Main and Grand streets, calling the department to the York State butter and egg store on South Main street. A dense smoke was issuing from over the transom of the door and 1t was fully twenty minutes before flames IISha The fire started in a pile of rubbish in the back room of the store. How it ig nited is not known. MT Boylan, the manager, locked up the store only short time before and he had not been smoking. The store was heavily stocke d with butter, cheese and eggs. Mir Boy Ian said this morning that the loss would reach $500. The stock was insured. The building is wooden one and place where the flames would gain rapidly.
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