Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-26
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Frank Hinman of the New Haven News was in town to-day.
 Bart Possibly left to-day for a weeks trip through the Berkshire hills.
 ssGo,den Hair and the Three Bears is the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 John l.. Sullivan passed through here on the Washington express going south last night.
 M. J. Brzezinski denies that he is to have ticket in the field in the first ward to-day.
 Judge Bradstreet to-day overruled the demurrer in the case of Smithwick vs the Hall 6 Upson Go.
 The second ward primary elections will be held in a booth near Scovllls barn on North Main street instead of in the barn as announced.
 The rifle practice of Go G which was to have taken place to-day was post poned until tomorrow should the weather prove favorable.
 William Welch was this morning sen tenced to ten days in the town house for drunkenness. Sentence was suspended upon charge of wife beating. Tn consideration of the vote on the Constitutional amendment, the prohibi- tion party will have no town or city ticket in the field this fall.
 John B. Draine, well known in military circles as lieutenant of the New Haven Grays, died yesterday afternoon from consumption after years illness.
 The American band orchestra will furnish music at the sociable of Bar celona council, K. of o., tomorrow evening. J. H. Holran will prompt.
 Ticket Agent Manwaring offers special rates for those who wish to attend the convention of the Knights Templar conclave which opens at Washington October 8.
 A meeting of those who wish to at tend the sociable of the St Jean Bap- tiste society at Bristol tomorrow night will be held in the society hall in Holo- lan's block at 6:45 o'clock.
 Prof Samuel Dickie did not speak at the rink last evening, being unable to make railroad connections so as to ar rive here. Dr S. H. Platt, however, ad- dressed the ls .ge audience present
 The names of over 200 couples or 400 persons in all appear on the New Haven county court docket as applicants for dive ce, thus proving that just at the prese, time marriage is a failure in this end of Connecticut.
 In the D obate court to-day Mrs E. c. Lunn T, Tho. as F. Lunny and Timothy O'Rourke were examined under. oath, upon the motion oe the trustee of the in- solvent estate of Mrs E. c. Lunny, in relation to the disposition of the estate.
 Parties leaving this city for southern points by way of the Washington ex- press should procure their berths in time as the sleeping berths are nearly all en- gagged before the train leaves Boston. There were 121 through passengers on the train Monday evening.
 Frank Rice, for three years manager of tho Adams express office in this city, left to-day to assume the management of the express comDanys office at Poue hkeepsie, N. Y. Thomas Taft, been ,moted to the position of manager.
 Judge s. B. Platt left Monday for New York. On Tuesday he sailed for F florida. The personal property of Judre Platt has all been moved to Wa terbury and it is probable that he will not return to Birmingham to reside again. He will remain in Florida dur ing the winter and on returning, next spring, will live in Waterbury.-ADsonia Sentinel.
 B. Shoninger 6 Go were awarded a special premium at the Watertown fair to-day upon their Weber and Shoninger pianos. Their exhibit was overlooked by a mistake of the committee until after the regular prize was awarded, but & Go special prize, their exhibit being the best they have ever placed in the fair, and last season the Weber and Shoninger won the regular first pre- miums.
 Supt Crawford, of the Meriden, Water bury and Connecticut River railroad, was in Cromwell yesterday, with his legal representatives, for the purpose of Investigating the attempt made to wreck a train on the road some three weeks ago. It will be remembered that the track walker found five ties piled on the track at point not far from the junc- and at point where it would have been out of the question to avert disaster to train going in either direction.
 City Attorney Daley of New Haven says that the new liquor law does not ton days. According to MT Daley the saloons can remain .lopen, but the pro- prietors or employees cannot sell any liquor to be drunk on the premises. City Attorney Terry does not agree with MT Daley. He claims that only whole sale dealers, who do not sell any liquor to be drunk on the premises, can keep their places open. There is only one wholesale dealer in this city who does not sell liquor to be drunk on the prem ises.
 During the nine months ending June 30, being the time covered by all the railroad reports this year, the numbers of employees killed on the Consolidated road was twenty-one. Of this number, three were killed by coupling cars, nine by falling from trains. The number not fatally injured was 177. The number injured while coupling cars was eighty. six and twenty-one were injured by fall ing from trains. The number of tres passers killed on the tracks was sixty.