Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-21
CITY NE US.


concert in Naugatuck some evening next
month.
Miss Antoinette Feron will tender her
pupils and their friends a reception this
evening.
The members of the Choral society
will receive their friends in st Patrick's
hall tonight.
One of the modern features of the new
convent of Notre Dame will be passen-
ger elevator.
A meeting of the Connecticut Associa-
ton of Civil Engineers and Surveyors
will be held in the Office of the Berlin
Bridge company Saturday November ~
Wadhams' post, G.. A. r., held an en-
joyabIe bean bake after their meeting
last evening. 1t was one of the regular
old fashioned bakes and everybody was
happy.
James Valentine, father of Louis and
Oscar Valentine of this city, died yester-
day at his home in Stockbridge, Canada.
Mr. Valentine formerly lived on South
Main street in this city.
The annual reports of the several Off
GERS Of the state of Connecticut have
been issued in two volumes of the usual
size and serviceableness from the press
of Case, Lockwood & Brainard.
The funeral oe Patrick Dryer took
place from his late residence on jackson
street to st Patrick's church this morn
ing, where q requiem mass was cele-
brated by the Rev Father Duggan. The
burial was in st Joseph's cemetery.
The first grand sociable of the Arion
night and was largely attended and
thoroughly enjoyed. The grand march
of seventy-five couples was led by
Thomas O'Gorman and his sister.
An accident occurred on the New
York & New England railroad at Town
ers, Wednesday night, two trains collid-
ing as near as could be learned, at the
siding Just east of the station. Engine
1853 was badly damaged, but no one was
injured.
Business men will do well to keep
their eyes open for dangerous counter
felt twenty-five cent pieces. The coin is
very near perfect in everything but the
word America, and this is spelled with
two MS. Several of them have been
passed on unsuspecting business men.
The Concortlia Singing society enter
tanned another large party at their fair
last night. The concert was thoroughly
enjoyed as was the dancing with which
the entertainment concluded. To night
q new programme will be presented. A
good time is in store for all who attend.
Through somebody's blunder freight
car containing among other things
oysters for two or three of the local
markets, went astray yesterday, and as
q consequence oysters were scarce to-
day. Bivalves shipped from Fair Haven
at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon have
not yet reached this city.
Among the many welcome visitors to
the Sacred Heart church fair last night,
were Mr. and Mrs John McGrath, Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Owens, Mr. and Mrs p.
II. Real, Mrs p. Holohan and daughter
Mary, Mrs p. T. Hayes, NJ. j. Michigan,
Mrs VIM j. Finn, George l.. Pelham, b.
Bossidy, and Ed Moran of the postotfice
department.
James Callan, foreman of the roll tube
department at Holmes, Booth & Hay
denS' factory, has resigned to accept a
similar position with Randolph q
Cloves. Peter Seery, foreman of the
solid tube department, at Holmes, Booth
81 Haydens, also assumes the foreman
ship of the roll tube department.
The date of the meeting to be held by
the Irish ENJOYS in this city has been
changed from December 10 to IL, on
account of previous engagement at
New Britain. A public meeting to
make arrangements for the reception of
the patriots will be held in st Patrick's
hall next Sunday evening. An.interest-
cd in the Irish cause are invited to be
present.
The threatened Indian outbreak in
Nebraska interests many Waterbury
men. Constable James Egan, who
served in the outbreak in Nebraska in
1867, to a party of court officials and re-
porters in the district court room this
morning told of the hardships and dan
gers of the soldiers engaged in suppress
ing an Indian outbreak. He says that
the present situation is grave one.
The last few days nearly every mer-
chant has been complaining of the lull
in business. AS soon as the stock
market took tumble short time since,
those dealing in stocks for an invest
ment, commenced to rake and scrape all
the spare cash that they could lay their
hands on, so that when the right time
came they could buy a nice block OF
stocks while the bottom was out.
The oldest woman in Bristol ia Mrs
Hannah Plumb, who is now in her 9th
year. Mrs Plumb was born in Water
bury, February 10, 1904. Her father,
Major Beach, served in the revolutionary
war. Mrs Plumb when 90 years of age
married Orrin Plumb and removed to
Wolcott, where the greater portion OF
her life has been spent. Mr. Plumb was
trial Justice and well known politician
ia N0lSotb AOA JSuAS' LAO NSaSA W
CURED about twenty-four years ago.
Theodore III. Macdonald has been ap'
pointed by Collector Hutchinson to the
vacancy made by the resignation OF
Deputy Collector Gatfey. There has
been quite a struggle for the place be-
tween Major Lincoln and Macdonald
and some of the latter's enemies cIrcu-
lated stories, SO as to knock out Mac
Donald, but these stories were met by
aY,A hn "a
lector that he was the proper person for
the place.
Superintendent G. N. Chevalier, of the
western division of the New York &c New
Eegand road is said to have resigned
to take charge of the eastern division
No official announcement has yet been
made, but Mr. Chevalier's successor is
said to be Mr. Nichols. The vacancy
on the eastern division is explained by
the reported resignation of General Man
ager jackson, whose place Superinten'
dent Euanstnn Is To GIL Mr. CheYalier