Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-03
CITY NE WS.

and to-day is city pay day, so that all can enjoy tomorrow. None of the freight trains will run on the Naugatuck division tomorrow and agents will not receive freight of per ishable nature. Ticket No 251 won the SEQ bill at T. D. McCarthy's shoe store, corner Mill and Union streets. The money will be paid upon presentation of the ticket.
 Fireworks furnish them for the A. O H., on July 4 and 5, the grandest display ever seen in the city. Call at William F. Dillon's, 5S East Main street. The letter carriers will make their usual morning trips tomorrow. The postoffice will close at 12, but the lobby will remain open as usual.
 The resolution passed by the fire board at their meeting Monday evening, entities the tillermen and drivers to two days a month instead of two days week as published.
 The Shelton postal card factory, last week issued 30,000,OO0 cards and now has orders on hand for about the same amount. The establishment will begin this evening, to run all night until all the orders are filled.
 Rev Fathers Treanor and Flemming of this city are in Bridgeport to-day attend ing the celebration of Rev Father Rogers silver jubilee, which was celebated this morning with a solemn high mass and other appropriate exercises.
 The Bridgeport papers, taking their cue from the new directory which con tains 21,773 names, estimate that the population of the city is about 6, 1000. The census enumerators will probably pull the figures down to 0,00O.
 The annual picnic and games of the Waterbury Burns club are being con- dncted on the West End grounds this afternoon. A parade of the club headed by Scots in highland costume, took place at o'clock.
 A Bethel correspondent of the Dan- bury News writes Dr Frank Benedict of this place, is attending the patients of Dr John Benedict of Waterbury, who is at his home in town for brief stay. Dr Benedict, who came home sick is now much better.
 Miller & Peck's dry goods store will be closed at o'clock every Friday after noon during the months of July and August, in order to give their employees an opportunity to enjoy needed rest and recreation. This is an example worthy of emulation.
 Since Paul Asheim, the popular Bank street cigar dealer sold out his New York store, and devoted his whole at- 
 gratifying increase in trade. Square dealing and honest goods count every time.
 Sheriff Sweeney of Naugatuck, came to this city to-day and supoenaed Samuel Thompson, colored youth, as a witness for the state, in the trial of Henry Murphy, for attending prize fights. The trial is being continued to- day before Justice Marshall at Nauga- tuck.
 Patrick Doyle, one of the two young men who were struck by an engine on the New England road at Hartford, June 19, had his leg amputated yester- day. At the time of the accident the physicians wished to remove the leg Eut were prevented by the boys father Doyle is now thought to have a fair chance for recovery.
 Jupiter is morning star in July until the 30th, and then evening star. Mer- cury is morning star until the 22d, and then evening. Neptune is morning dur ing the whole of the month. Venus. Saturn, Mars, Uranus are evening stars during the month. Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Uranus, Mars and Jupiter will bes evening stars at the close of the month, and Neptune the only morning star.
 The Bridgeport Farmer says that be- hind the new parallel road, layout for which has been favorably passed upon by the railroad commissioners, "are un- doubtedly the Standard Oil company magnates, who already own the Housa- tonic system, and virtually the New York & New England. These men want through line between Boston and New York better than is provided by their present facilities"
 For the past seven or eight years Charles D. Peck of Willimantic, has been the timber agent for the New Eng land railroad, his duty being mainly that of buying ties and some lumber for the road. Recently the office held by him was abolished, and he has retired from the service of the railroad. Here after the general road master, Samuel Letchworth of Boston, will buy all tim Der and ties needed, under the super vision of the general purchasing agent.
 Through an arrangement entered into between the proprietors of the leading circuses of the country, the Forepaugh and "Wild Vest combined shows, will be the only tent exhibition of any importance that will visit this city dur ing the present season. Already the circus loving portion of the community is on the tip-toe of expectancy over the coming of his big aggregation, and it can be set down as certainty that it will attract tremendous crowds.
 The casino held one of it's best audi ences last evening and the programme was, as usual, an interesting one. Many leave before the close and miss some of the best parts. There are no special com ments to be made on any of the artists, as all performed equally we'll. The Daly sisters, the charming Crowley the minia- ture viollnist, Max Arnold without an imitator, Little Lucy Daily the popular favorite, make programme that can scarcely be surpassed. Saturday night Manager Pincus wtll give a private seance in the rooms of the Waterbury club, when he will introduce Denny the Mexican boy conjurer, who is said to be a worthy rival of Hermann.
 Says the Middletown Herald: 4 num- Der of the officials of the New England road were in town Monday afternoon in specting the Meriden, Waterbury & sA..A ls-.x.