Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-03
CITY NE US.

The court of common council will
meet this evening.
Romeo and Juliet" at the opera
house this evening.
Superintendent Pinney's horse ran
away on West Main street this morning.
The will of the late Mrs Esther Ives
Brown was offered fer probate to-day.
Washington Conclave, X. S. F. will
give another of their popular sociables
at g. A. R. hall this evening.
The collection for the hospital taken
up yesterday in the church of the Sacred
Heart amounted to $100.13.
Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather
and light rain, or snow, followed TO-
morrow by fair and colder weather.
The twentythird annual concert and
masquerade of the COncordia Singing
society will take place at Concordia hall
| this evening.
Charters s. Bulger to-day began the
work of decorating City hall for the
military ball, and the reception OF
Sheridan Council K of G.
Company c, colored, of the Fifth bat
talon, Bridgeport, has been disbanded
by order of Acknowledgement Embter on
account Of it's low standing.
John Moriarty to-day makes an origi-
nal criticism of Mayor Baldwin's mes
sage, which will be read with keen in
terest by bachelors.
All the furniture and fixtures con-
| tanned in the Healey hotel must be sold
| as soon as possible as Mrs Healey wishes
| to leave town. For particulars apply to
NJ. Kennedy, room 10, Platt's block.
Mr. Hartwell, agent Of the Paris Manu-
featuring company, is at the Cooley
house, and would be pleased to see any
one contemplating purchasing stove
Read his interesting announcement on
| the first page.
The case Of Charles Z, johnson of
| Plymouth VS. Frank j. Emmett and
Patrick j. Whalen of Bristol, was argued
in the district court to-day. The suit
was brought to recover balance on an
| ice contract.
The feast of the Publication of the
Virgin Mary was celebrated by special
services in the Catholic churches yester-
day. The feast is called Candlemas, for
| the reason that the candles used in the
church during the year are blessed on
the occasion.
| Henry Pincus is distributing pretty
little glass slippers bearing the an
nouncements of cinderella at School,
Robertson's great comedy, which is.to be
produced at the opera house by MI
Pincus and his pupils, on the evenings
of February II and -.
Tie great sale OF the bankrupt stock
OF dry goods secured by Thomas Barrett,
is still going on at 55 Bank street. The
goods must be sold before March and
have been subjected to another cut to
keep them moving. Read his price list
to-day and profit thereby.
Horace johnson predicts that between
the LIST and 9th of this month we shall
be visited by a snow storm, while be-
tween the 18th and 21st we shall have a
repetition of the blizzard in its worst
form. This statement will doubtless
start boom in snow shovels and beal
skin coats.
The New York & New England rail
road company have added another fea-
ture in connection with their Cincinnati
excursion. Those who wish can extend
the trip to New Orleans. The tickets
are $40 for the round trip. The first ex-
cursion leaves February 5.
The weather summary for the month
of January shows a mean barometer OF
1920, his hest barometer 30. S2S. lowest
29.4S9 The mean Temperature was 81 A
the highest was IS on January -, and
the lowest 10, on January %. The
average daily difference in temperature
was 1919. The mean temperature fol
the month in 1899, was 44.2, 'SS, 90. 5
81, 25.2, SO, 25.4. The total rainfall
was 3.O7 inches. The total number OF
rainy days was 10. The number o.
cloudless days was G.