Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-02


 usual programme will be carried out eN= cept that there will be no exhibition by the steamers.
 Special devotions will be held in the Sacred Heart church the first Friday of this month. Masses will be celebrated at 5:30 and 7:30 a. m., and benediction will be held in the evening at 7:3O.
 St Patrick's church Sunday school will picnic at High Rock grove next Thurs day, the train leaving the Naugatuck depot at S:30 a. m. One of the original features of the day will be drill by the St Thomas cadets, under command of J. F. Calvin.
 Dr E. A. Downs, for the past ten years an assistant physician at the Connecti- cut hospital for the insane, in Middle town, has rendered his resignation at . that institution, and has accepted the position of first assistant physician at the retreat in Hartford.
 The Rev F.. (. Tullar returned home last night from his visit in New York state. His foot, which was seriously injured through the accidental discharge of a rifle while hunting. is much better, although it will be necessary to ampu- tate the great toe.
 The case of C. F. Goodwin vs Mrs Maurice MOriarty was heard before Justice Griggs this afternoon. It is an action in trOver whereby the plaintiff sues to recover possession of a side bar carriage. C. G. Root for the plaintiff, John w. Webster for the defendant.
 The annual election of trustees of the First M. E.chul oh was held last evening. The following were elected for three years l. A. Spencer, <. II. Bowen, w. elected for two years, to fill the uneN- pired term of w. r. Thomas. who has left town.
 The dispositions of James Johnson, Max Kamak and William Phalon, who were fellow workmen of Patrick Mc- Elligott, who was killed at Randolph & Gloves factory, were taken yesterday for use in the suit recently brought for 5000, by Mrs McElligott, against the company.
 At the meeting of the fire board last night Commissioners Hart and Connolly were appointed a committee to have the house of the Brass City Hose company connected with the East Main street sewer. It was voted to increase the sal ary of the driver of Phoenix company, from S60 to S65 month.
 The will of the late Mary J. Bronson was admitted to probate this afternoon. By the terms of the will the estate is left to her nephew, George H. Bronson, and her nieces, Mary l.. Bronson and Sarah E. Erwin, to be divided equally between them. Alonzo Boyden and F. C. Abbott are named us executors.
 Fire was discovered in pile of kind ling wood and papers on the back verada of Holohan's block, corner of South Main and Scovill streets, about 9 o'clock last night. The blaze was extinguished by a couple of pails of water. The origin of the fire in unknown, but it is believ- ed to have been caused by a lighted cigar carelessly dropped in the refuse by some one living in the block.
 The law passed at the last session of the legislature makes it imperative for those giving in any list to the assessors to include their bonds and notes in said list, unless there has been paid the treas urer of the state a tax of $2 per thousand on said bolds and notes previous to the first day of October. The bonds and notes have to be presented to the treas urer's office to be stamped before Octo- Der.
 In August the highest temperature was on the first, when it was S5 degrees, and the lowest on the twenty-fourth, when It was r degrees. The prevailing direction of the wind was northwest. The cloudy days numbered 15, the partly cloudy Il and the cloudless ,. There were no frosts. There were thunder storms on the tenth, fourteenth and seventeenth.
 In the probate court this morning Judge Phelan appointed Mrs Ella Adams eXecutrix on the estate of the late Mary NJ. Umberfield. Mark l.. Warner and Styles l.. Hotchkiss were appointed executors on the estate of the late Augustus Rose. The hearing on the estate of Edwin $. Hoyt was post poned for two weeks in order to ex- anime into the new act in regard to collateral inheritance.
 There was serious runaway on West Main street this morning. Photographer J. ID. Crane was out for drive and was in the vicinity of the crossing of the New England road. The noise of an approaching train frightened the horse, which ran away throwing out Mir Crane and iniuring his foot. The horse ran down West Main street, breaking the light Concord wagon and cutting itself. The wagon was badly wrecked and MT Crane had narrow escape from serious injury.
 The board of water commissioners held their regular meeting last evening. The condition of the water supply was reported. During the month of August the amount of water in the reservoirs was decreased about forty-five million gallons and there is now remaining only about sixty million gallons The pump at Mad river will be prepared for use and arrangements made to replace it with one of greater capacity as soon as practicable. Con- sumers are requested to be economical in the use of water.