Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-09-22
CITY NE WS.

SefBeanJ OON preulCtS lalT WedtheEs
followed by rain; stationary tempera-
ture.
Don't fail to hear Beautiful Willie
Mccormick" at the opera house, We'd
nesday, September "a.
Baggagemaster Rock of Conductor
Tolles' passenger train, is enjoying
vacation in New York city.
Linford Root, who has been a student
in Attorney Coles office, will enter the
Yale law school Thursday.
Typhoid fever is reported from several
parts of the city. There are two cases
on Dublin street and one on Meadow
street.
A. NJ. Young left this morning for
johnson City, Tenn, to look after the
electri cal machinery of the new electric
light plant in that city.
A parish meeting of the congregation
of st Ann was held after the 1870
o'clock mass yesterday to make arrange
ment for the annual fair.
- Frank Brett left this morning for New
Haven, and will enter the Yale law
school. Mr. Brett has been a student in
Attorney Colley's office.
A wheel on one of Howe's truck
teams, heavily loaded, was caught in
one of the horse car tracks on lower
Bank street this morning and badly
smashed.
Waterbury lodge, o. U. A. NJ, and
their friends left by special train over
the Naugatuck division for Bridgeport,
this morning, to attend the state parade
of the order.
Lake, Strobel & Co are having their
store thoroughly renovated. The new
fixtures from Wybell & McCleary of
Hartford have arrived and are being
placed in position to-day.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Fitz-
gerald of Bridgeport, to DIR NJ. j. Dono-
hue of this city, will take place at st
Mary's church, Bridgeport, on Tuesday,
October Z.
There was a large attendance at the
1890 service at the church of the lmma-
culate Conception yesterday morning;
The Rev Father Mulcahy gave the Papal
blessing to the congregation.
F. B. Rice has sold the house, No Is
Chestnut avenue, to .. a. Valentine.
Mr. Rice commenced to-day to lay out
the land at the corner of Round Hill and
Vine streets and will erect sixteen
houses.
Janitor Egan of the City hall starte d
fire in one of the boilers this morning
for the first time this season. 1t is a
little early yet for steam heat, but the
dampness of the building demanded an
early start.
DIR Mcdonald took passage yesterday
afternoon on the Wyoming of the
Guion line. He will arrive in New York
one week from tomorrow if the weather
is favorable. Arrangements are in
progress for giving him a grand recep-
TIon on his arrival.
Supervisor John Mccarthy of New
Haven has received pleasant note from
the census bureau at Washington saying
that his duties will not be ended until
December and that he will receive nc
pay until that time. He will receive no
extra pay for the additional two months
of service.
Thomas c. Taft, formerly billing clerk
at the Adams express companyS once
and for the past year In charge OF tne
company's office at Poughkeepsie, is II
town and will locate here. 1t is rumor
ed that he is to succeed Frank G. Rict
as manager of the Office in this city anC
that Mr. Rice will go to Boston to acc ep
more lucrative position in the genera
offices of the company.
Fire was discovered in the Blake &
Lamb factory on Meadow street shortly
before ? o'clock yesterday morning by
Moore and an alarm was rung from boz
312. The department Responded
promptly and had the flames under con
troll in half an hour. The fire was 10
Gated in the cellar, and the greater par
of the damage was caused by water
The loss is estimated at $1,000, mostl
upon finished goods, and is covered b.
insurance. Thr origin of the fire is
mystery.
A man named Claffey, bartender 70
Richard Houlihan of Washingto
street, and friend, were driving
through Simonsville yesterday after
noon, and passing party of hurleI
who were just returning from the riff
range, where they had been practicing
the whip was accidentally or intention
ally cracked in the ball players face:
AT once the two in the team were sc
upon. The friend escaped by leapin
from the team and running away
Claffey was numerically beaten aroun
the body. The physician who attende
him later in the day said that no rit
We're broken, but the man was intel
nally injured.
Court Messenger John F. Holohan r.
tired from his position to-day to be SUI
ceeded by Will NJ. Gillette, son of Judg
Gillette. Since Court Messenger HolC
han has been in that position he ha
made many, and warm friends aroun
the City hall and the lawyers in particI
lar speak highly of his prompt an
studious observance of their interests
He left this afternoon on the 1926 trai
for New Haven where he will enter tn
Yale law school to prepare himself fC
admission to the bar. Court Messenge
Gillette began his duties to-day and wi
no doubt successfully fill the late mes
senger's position.
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