Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-02
CITY NEWS.

for Chicago on the 1 :55 train to-day.
 The police commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting this even ing.
 The joint committee from Cos G apd A will meet tomorrow evening for gen. eral business.
 The board of education will meet this evening and the district committee to- morrow evening.
 City Attorney P.J. Markley, and Lieu tenant of Police P. J. Flannery of New Britain were in this city to-day.
 Carroll Norton, of Wolcott, is locked up at the police station charged with drunkenness and abusing horse.
 The new circle of the Companions of the Forest will be instituted this evening and the permanent officers chosen.
 The board of water commissioners held their regular monthly meeting last night but did not transact any business of importance.
 The Young Mems Catholic Literary as sociation are making active preparations for their annual sociable and dance which will be given at city hall early next month.
 Commencing tomorrow the horse car company will adopt 12 minutes schedule with the exception of the South Main street line which will run on 20 minutes time.
 ..Carpenter & Kellner of this city were among the bidders for the construction of mile of sewers in New London. Their contract was awarded to c. B. Caldwell of New Britain for S6,243. S4. Peter Poirier the former popular clerk of Hirsh's Ten Per Cent Clothing com pany will resume his position and wishes an friends French people to visit him at the new store.
 Mir and Mrs Marcus Hellman of Water bury were visiting relatives in this city yesterday preparatory to their three months trip to Europe. They sail from New York Wednesday.-B Bridgeport News.
 Garrett Sullivan, employed at the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Go, had the first finger of his left hand caught under press this afternoon and badly crushed. Dr Benedict dressed the wound.
 During the month of March the num- Der of travellers who go by way of the Washington express over the New Eng land road has increased The average is between 70 aad 100 passengers per month.
 c. F. Hurlburt has sold his shoe busi- ness cn South Main street to G. R. Hodge, of Great Burlington, Mass. MT Hodge has had 19 years experience in the shoe business. He has moved his family to this city and will live on Gen. tral avenue.
 The office of John F. O'Brien and Thomas F. Dougherty has been removed merly occupied by the Rose Hill social club in Mrs Dougherty's block, East Main street. They will shortly engage in the insurance and real estate business The carpenters are getting in theil heavy work in the office of the judge o1 probate, and for several days Judge Phelan and Clerk Cassian will be obliged to do their work in the vault by gas light A new floor is being laid and the interior will receive long needed brush ing up.
 M H. Wass, who recently returned from Europe, brought back with him [ little white pitcher which he treasures highly. Twenty eight years ago, after lie left home, then boy of ten years, his mother exchanged a>Sundle of his ole clothing for the pitchSpd it has beer in the family ever since4
 Possner Brothers have hsed the whole of Matthew Kennedy's block on Soutl Main street and will shortly remove their confectionery and ice cream parlor to the store at present occupied by Nil Kennedy. The basement will be fitted up with all the most improved apparatu for the manufacture of ice cream. Tn, upper floors will be for tenants as a present.
 At the annual meeting of the Secont Congregational church society held las evening the following officers were elect ed: Clerk, George E. Judd; treasurer an' collector, A. M. Blakeslee; seociety com mittee, H. w. Scovill, John A. Boyd William Leggett. The report of tn treasurer showed that the receipt during the past year were S6.337.S1 ant the expenditures S6.292. 2S. A committe' was appointed to ascertain the probable cost of new church site and the probabl cost of building new church and othe matters pertaining to the same.
 Michael Hearl, a compositor 45 year of age, died suddenly at Mrs Bacon boarding house on Trumbun street at o'clock yestereay afternoon. He ha has been in failing health for over yea he had consumption. An autopsy wa held on the body in the evening by Dr Root. Knight and his assistant, and the, came to the conclusion that death wa due to an enlargement of the heart The Hartford Typographical Union tool charge of the remains. Hearl was wei known in this city, having worked her for several mouths last summer.
 A man named Ryan employed as teamster by A. I. & G. $. Chattield, a the Aluminium manufactory on Housa tonic avenue, narrowly escaped seriou injury while at work carting cement ou of the building Saturday afternoon. HI was walking backward, leading the hors' down an incline, when he slipped an fell against the side of the building. In stead of turning aside the horse contin ued in a straight course and one of tn shafts struck Ryan in the stomach ant pressed him against the wall. Ryan cries of pain brought to his aid mai employed about the yard ard who who graspe l a, distance away. When Ryan was re leased from his perilous position he fel in a heap to the ground. Two employe carried him to the office of the compan