Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-17
CITY NE ITS.

AllolHcy ASSo'NA V" AAOA-A ---" recent illness.
 Sergeant Cox predicted fair weathel for to day and this evening, followed by rain or snow Saturday.
 The walls of the Moriarty building on south Main street are now nearly con- Dleted to the second story.
 A large number of the local knights will attend tle Knights of Columbus D.ll at Naugatuck this evening.
 The remains of Mrs Mary WEite who lied Wednesday were taken to Southing (on this morning for burial.
 In the police court this morning Nor inner Healey was charged with breach # the peace. A fine of $1 and costs was nposed.
 Mrs Mary A. Negus, aged 16 years. lied yesterday at her home in Water ville The funeral will take place to morrow afternoon.
 The case of Pickering vs Wells was con
 nued in the district court today. Tn, fternoon was devoted chiefly to making he arguments.
 The annual ball of the Waterbury fir department will take place at City hal his evening. The music will be by the ;th regiment band of New York.
 Attorney $. w. Kellogg is in Wash ngton and it Is said that his visit to thal .itv is to consult Senator Platt regarding he postmastership He will also hay, Il eve after our interests regarding q ublic building.
 At the last meeting of the i,GCk's hil chool dis'Iic d committee consisting ot harris Minor, Giles Porter and Henry ,impkins was appointed to select a sit, or a new schoel house and report at :" meeting which will be held this even ng.
 Beginning to-day the Danburv fire de artment will be a paid organization. the department consists of forty mel nd has three houses, two hose carriages. ruck and an engine. Morris Myers. tn, hief of the volunteer department vii, e the chief of the organization. At New Haven to-day Eugene Hyat, f this city petitioned for divorce from lis wife Marietta Hyatt. on the gr"uno f desertion. The petition was denied | however, but Mrs Hyatt was granted . l livorce on the ground of adultery, ano l :iven possession of a minor child. George F. Randolph, now the genera l freight agent of the Elmira. Cortland X l Northern railroad, has been appointe, | general freight agent of the New York l < New England road. He will take hi | lesk January 21. with headquarters il Boston. He i~ an experienced and sue cessful railroad man.
 | At the meeting of Company E. Hiber man rifles, last evening. the following officers were elected Captain. P. II l Coriden first lieutenant, John E. Fin ley drill master, Captain P. F. Ramon l The election of second lieutenant wa, post tponed until the regular meeting o1 1 the company in February. l The Naugatuck railroad stock offered for sale at the real estate auction room | New York, Wednesday, was not sold the price bid, although approXimatin. the Bridgeport limit, not satisfving tn, | holders. At the same sale nincty-eigh ,hares of New York, New Haven an, Hartford stock sold at 246!.
 The Consolidated road is about tt | build two new stations, one at Essex CT the Valley road, and one at Naugatuck The plans for the former are not ye l completed and work at Naugatuck where freight house is to be built il
 addition to the passenger station, vii
 ,e begun first.
 The Ansonia Sentinel has discovere' that the carload of pOStals shipped iron
 Birmingham to Philadelphia. and sup posed to have bee Il lost, has been stand ing on side track at Birmingham al the while. while railway men have beer trying to determine whether or not i
 mould be shipped as freight matter | special order received at the Nev l England station to-day announces tn
 'hanges made in the divisions to go int
 fleet tomorrow. The road is divide into three divisions namely: Boston t. | Villimantic; Willimantic to the june tion of the Naugatuck and New Englan, ! .l. ,t l, II ,l- | ,lace to Fishkill.
 The Washington express was abou nalf an hour late last night. The cor, iuctor reported that it was impusSibl tn make time against so strong a hea,
 wind. He said his engine had burne
 'ver six tons of coal on the trip already and would not have coal enough fOl th return trip. so another engine woul
 have to b" taken.
 January 9 is obsel we'd the world ove
 Is the anniversary of the birth uI .:nber
 Burns. Scotch residents of this city an,
 icinity look forward to this uenonstr;
 ion with much pleasure and interes, and the celebrations are always attende
 ny large audiences, including the bes
 nl.own people iJ the cit The pr,
 granme which has been arranged fu this years festival is a fine one , inc report or the state board of healt
 shows that there were 94O deaths in tn
 ~tate during the month of Decenbp,
 Reports have been received from ever
 town in the state. I hls is an increase (
 two over December. 1888, and 52 rnol
 than in November, 1889. The deat
 rate for the month vas 15. In the
 months ending December 3l there weI 12,223 deaths III tle state, winch was 3I
 less than 1888. One case of lll urophobi was reported from Jewett City whic
 terminated fatally.