Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-26
CITY NEWS.

DAY.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
followed by showers; higher tempera-
ture.
The Rev Father White, who has been
visiting in this city, returned to Troy
to-day.
Mrs Owen Thompson and family have
just returned from stay of several days
ut Savin Rock.
There are at present about one hun
dred inmates in the town house, forty of
whom are women.
Mrs Mary Fenton, aged Is years, wife
of John FentOn, died this morning at
her home on Canal street.
John Bergin, son of Undertaken Ber-
gin, slipped and fell at his home. sun
day, breaking his left arm.
The annual convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union of Connecticut,
is being held i'll birmingham to-day.
Kelly says there is no New England
bread genuine unless OBrien Il Bren-
mans name is printed on the wrapper.
The United States district court open
cd ut New Haven to-day. a large num-
Der of important cases are on the docket.
The funeral of Mrs DENNIS J. Delaney
was largely attended from her late resi-
dence ON Mill street, to st Patrick's
mass was celebrated by the Rev Father
Duggan.
a fifteen months old child of Thomas
Hardigan of Sarstield street, was bitten
in the hand by Newfoundland dog,
yesterday afternoon. The dog Is owned
by DIR Hayes and has never before
shown vicious traits.
All the tlagmen and switchmen on the
Consolidated road have received notice
that they must attend personally to the
lowering and raising of gates Mt cross
ings and they must not have lOungers
around their switch houses under pen
atty of dismissal.
There is no immediate cause for
alarm in regard to the beef supply.
Prices have gone up u little and the
supply is light. but the wholesalers eX-
pect to receive plenty of western meat
by Friday. Lilly, Swift Il Co are buy
ing up all the native beef they can find
and are butchcring about fifty cattle u
day.
Somebody stole the package Of Sun
day Heralds sent to birmingham Sun
day. Chief Nolan found the papers in
the river yesterday. The papers con-
tanned an article detrimental to one of
the well known citizens of the borough
concerning his domestic relations. y
reward has been offered for the detec-
ton of the thief
Daniel j. Cummings, Il member of the
Sarstield Guards of New Haven who
Is employed atSperry X Barnes, went to
camp with the company, and when he
returned towork yesterday he found
another manworking in his place He in |
formed Lieutenant Colonel Lee who said
he would communicate with Colonel |
Doherty.
Peter Mulvancy and James Wheeler,
Hoo -
years, were charged i'll the police |
court this morning with visiting
Mrs Lounbury's place on Baldwin street. |
and running the ward and orchard to |
suit themselves. The court continued |
their cases for 30 days in order that they !,
might reform.
There promises to he n large sale Of |
tickets in this city for the excursion TO !
Boston and Nantasket Beach Friday.
The special train will leave the New
England station in this city Friday
morning ut 6:30 o'clock sharp. The trip
will include admission to the celebrated
spectacle of the The Fall of Babylon"
The excursion will leave Boston for the
return trip same evening ut ! o'clock.
August Regg0, the Italian barber who
was arrested in this city Sunday, for
larceny committed i'll Newark, left for
New Jersey ut q o'clock last evening,
u
force. Before clipping with the girl who
afterwards deserted him. Regg0 stole II
watch and chain from u man named
Hazard. lie returned with the officer
without requisltion.
Sister Rosita, sister superior and prin-
cipal at st Marys's school, has been
transferred to Elizabethport, n. j., to fill
the same position IN the parochial school
ut that place. Sister Marie Agnes has
been appointed to take charge of st
Marys school. Sister Rosita was dearly
beloved by all her pupils. who will be
sorry to learn that she has been removed
To other fields of labor.
a horse belonging to Richard +. Phelan,
the Washington street grocer, ran away
ON Baldwin street this morning, being
frightened by the breaking of the har-
ness. The driver, fifteen year old bov,
was thrown out, but was not in.
1ured. The horse turned into Washing
ton street cOlliding with another of Mr.
PhelanS teams which was standing in
front of the store. The latter wagon was
overturned, but strange to say neither
team was damaged to any great ex tent.
Although the extension of the letter
carrier system, as proposed by the senate
bill, will make POI towns happy, but
five of them are in Connecticut, and MS
each of said towns would be entitled TO
three carriers, but sixteen men in the
state could expect to wear the gray uni
form. The Connecticut cities thus favor
ed would be Bristol Greenwich, Rock
vile, Wallingford and Winsted. There
are now sixteen cities in the state sup
piled with the convenisnces of the free
delivery services.
Yesterday marked another stroke to
the years in the life of Contractor John
j. Connolly, making it score thirty-four.
ana IN honor OF the event number of
his friends surprised him, and to saw ,
that he was surprised is only putting it
mildly. Dancing and singing were en-
joyed TO the music of an orchestra !
which was present. An elegant supper :
was served by Mrs Connolly, assisted by :
her sister, Miss Annie Claffee, of Water ,
bury, Conn, and the menu was some ;
thing grand.-Allentown pa Chronicle :
and News.
The funeral of Street Inspector Colley I
took place from his late residence on