Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-20
CITY NEVIS.

 Sergeant Cox predicts showers, fol- lowed by cooler, fair weather on sun day. A daughter was born yesterday to Mir | and Mrs Frank c. Page of Valley View | park. Mir and Mrs Thomas w. Fitzmaurice returned from their wedding tour yesterday. The New England road has com menced to use new locomotives on the passenger trains.
 Florence Clohessey, attorney y-at-law, has opened an office in room No 16, Platt's building.
 The democratic town committee will meet this evening to decide upon the dates for the city and town conventions. Hartley w. .Smith, aged 60 years, a we'll known resident of this city, died this morning at his home l07, Dublin street, from typhoid fever.
 ~ The Hospital Aid society met yester- day afternoon and appointed commit tees to carry out the work for which the society was organized.
 Mrs Thomas Thibeault of South Main street, has suffered from frequent hem- orrhages during the past two days, and is in critical condition.
 The business of Trott, Lawton x Co, continues to grow, the demand for their celebrated crackers increasing with each succeeding week. Everything they . make is pure, fresh and wholesome.
 The funeral of Mrs Margaret Dwyer, who died suddenly at her home on Rail- .road Hill street Wednesday evening, took place t0 St Patnck's church this morning.
 A very neat and attractive display l.. stl,g etNsN. .Nf Upson X Singleton X Cos clothing establishment. Messrs Rogers and Cur. tis, employees of the firm, are the design CTS.
 A. W. Martin, late chief clerk to Superintendent Allen, left the employ of the Consolidated road Wedndsdny to take position as tTninmaster of the western division of the New York & New England road.
 X little boy yet in dresses was brought to the police station this afternoon by Officer McNitf. The child had made several trips on. the North Main street line of horse cars and the conductor turned him over to an officer. The parents of the boy, who is unable to tell hisI name, will find him in Chief Egan's care.
 The directors of the Meriden. Water bury x Connecticut River Railroad
  Vice President F.. n, Steele of Water bury acted as president pro tenn, and il was decided by the directors to elect nc successor to the late II. C. Wilcox unti the annual meeting in November. Only routine business was transacted. Reso lutions on the death of President Wilcox were adopted.
 At the Bucks Hill district school meeting held last evening the plans foI the new school building were adopted. It was voted to increase the committee on building by adding William Tyler and Christopher lawlor. A resolution was offered appropriating $2,5O0 fol the erection of the school, but there being considerable opposition, the meet ing adjourned without making any appropriation.
 The Jeffersonian Democratic clul held a meeting last evening and elected the following officers; President, Ben iamin Sedgwick vice presidents Thomas Doherty, Edward F. Fox, n. J Mahaney, Henry E. Howe recording secretary, James F. Dolan financial secretary, Harry x. Dikeman; treasurer C. C. Commerford. The following exc cutive committee was chosen: Eugene Sullivan, William Neville, John H Fruin and NJ. F. Connolly.
 A Southbury correspondent writes An expert with proper implements ar rived here Saturday night, to clear tho Southbury oil well, and if the lndica tions are as good as expected, it will b, lowered. An expert, just before tho working of the well stopped, advised al interested party to lease certain farm adjoining. Should such thing be tha oil or gas should flow from that we'll il would be extremely good evidence tha some party unknown to the compan, was ordering and controlling the work ings of the well.
 W.H. Brunette of Norwich, has issueji neat table and forwarded it to the diff ferent selectmen of the various towns il the state, showing the number of mile of each town and the cost per yard fo maintaining the same Waterbury ha 100 miles of town roads and the cos per mile for the year averaged $l11.73 X few of the other towns are as follows Meriden, 15 miles, S55.S4; Middletowu 134 miles, $34.9S; Essex, lS miles, SIPS. 03; Haddam, 100 miles, S32.0 .05: Berlin 154 miles, $l9.22. The town of Killing worth is rated the lowest, having II miles of road and the cost for maintain ing the same last year was $9l0.00 o 1.9l for each mile.
 As the train on the Meriden X Water bury road that reaches here at 1 a o'clock was nearing the Southingtol station yesterday afternoon, pair c horses driven by R. H. Morgan of South ington was crossing the overhea bridge at this point. The animals be came frightened. smashed the bridg railing and jumped upon the train strik ing upon the platform of the baggag car. The wagon remained on the bridg but the driver held to the lines and wa thrown with the horses. One of tn animals was cut to pieces, but strange { say the driver and the other horse wer uninjured.
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