Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-05-02
CITYNEWS

Sergeant Cox predicts fair and
warmer weather.
Special presents at the Union Tea Co,
tomorrow, Saturday.
Chris F. Downey has been appointed
by Patrick Coyle to act as agent for his
property.
w. H. Hunt without fear of contra
diction announces that he is selling baby
carriages at cost prices.
Call at the new store of the Water
bury Furniture company and inspect
their stock Of Quaker ranges.
The board Of finance met last evening
and transacted regular business. Pros
ecutlng Agent Colley did not present his
bill for April.
Governor Buckley and prominent Of
6cials attended the dedication yesterday,
| Of the new hospital at the soldiers home
| at Noroton.
The arrangements for the raising Of
the American flag over st Mary's school,
May 10, are nearly completed. The flag
will be 11x19 feet.
Use DIR Harris King of all Remedies
for the blood, stomach, liver and kid
neys. Satisfaction guaranteed. 81 per
bottle or six for IS. Sold by all druggists.
Not a death occurred among the
Knights Of Columbus in the month of
April, so far as known.-New Haven
Palladium. John Carson, a member of
Barcelona council of this city died
April 10.
Irwin Brothers circus will give two
performances Monday on the old base
ball grounds. The performances of this
show are of an excellent nature, and the
tents will probably be crowded both
afternoon and evening.
There were Iseveral cases before the
police court this morning. Patrick De-
lane, charged with breach Of the peace,
was fined $40 and costs. William E.
OF drunkenness and fined 81 and costs
each. Allthree were taken to Jail in de-
fault Of payment Of fines.
A number Of the large ice consumers
Of New Haven are considering plan for
forming an organization to resist the
81 per cent advance in the price of ice,
of which notice has been given by a
league Of the local dealers. The scheme
is to obtain their ice supply direct from
Maine, 80 as to save the large profits
which, it is believed, the ice dealers are
attempting to make by taking an I'M
just advantage of the situation.
Says the Danbury News apropos Of
the changes on the New England road:
In order to accommodate the Adams ex-
press matter from Danbury, which is
now taken upon the Washington ex-
press, fast night train, probably for
the sole accommodation of express mat
ter, will be run from Hartford to Dan
bury and return about midnight. This
may be made passenger train in the
future.
The man who furnishes the specials
from Waterbury to the New York
Journal is a genius: This mornings issue
had two dispatches from here. One de-
clared that detectives were working. on
the Huxford mystery, and the other
latter wildly described the terrible"
tussle between Messrs SAKE and Lunny,
who" pulled each other about the room :"
Both dispatches are fakes.
The case of George w. and Mary C.
Peck VS. Ralph Driver tried on plea in
abatement was heard by w. c. Mueller
in Meriden yesterday. Suit was brought
by Wilson II. Pierce of this city. E. A.
Merriman appeared for plaintiffs. and
William Kelsey of Cheshire for defen-
dant. The suit is over sorrel horse re-
plevined at Prospect. The plea in abate-
ment was overruled, and the hearing set
down for9 o'clock on the morning of
May when the case will be fried on its
merits.
Heretofore the commissioners of Fair
field county have been much more leni-
ent than those Of New Haven county
but for the license year beginning yes
terday they will refuse licenses to all who
have paid penalties for violating the liquor
law or have compromised such cases. In
previous years licenses have almost in
variably been granted in cases in which
no remonstrance from outside was re-
ceived.
Any one interested in the sick benefit,
funeral aid, and death beneficiary asso-
Citations can help make the statistics of
their organizations for the forthcoming
census more complete and disseminate
the knowledge of the good work they
are doing by sending the names of such
societies as they may know of, and the
addresses of their principal officers, to
eleventh census, IS William Street, New
York city.
A remarkable. feat was accomplished
by youth yesterday afternoon at
turnout on the Naugatuck railroad
near Seymour. He was in charge of
carload OF trotting horses sent from
Winsted and while the train was at a
standstlll the car caught fire from the
hay. The youth retained his presence
Of mind and with a liberal use of the
switch forced the seven horses to jump
through the Car door while the interior
OF the car was afire. The flames were
distinguished and the trotters were un-
injured.
The meteorological summary for April
shows that the mean temperature was
40, the highest temperature was 70,
which was on the Gath of the month
the lowest temperature was "a on April
end; the mean temperature for the
corresponding month last year was AZ. 6.
The prevailing direction of the wind
during the month was northwest. The
total precipitation was $50. On DAYS
:O1 inch or more of rain or snow fell.
The total number of days on which snow
or rain fell was II. In the correspond
ing month Of last year the precipitation
was 4.O1. There were Is cloudless DAYS:
8 partly cloudy and 9 cloudy during
the month. Thunder storms occurred
on the sth, 9th, 18th and 9th.