Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-03
CITY NE US.

evening.
Rev Father O'Donnell is on business
trip to New York.
DIR l.. F. Pitkin left for New York
| yesterday, where he will reside.
Washington conclave, X. S. F., will
hold its regular meeting tonight.
w. F. York, with Elkins & Wake,
makes a specially of undertaking.
Charles Fee, pitcher of the Cincinnatti
| ball club was visiting in this city yes
terday.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
followed by snow or rain warmer
Tuesday.
Miller & Peck offer a number Of bar
drapery silks.
The appraisers on the E. S. Hoyt
estate have concluded their labors. The
estate is valued at S125,OOO
There will be meeting of the board
of fire commissioners and the court OF
common council tonight.
Postmaster Commerford went to New
Haven this morning to attend the fune-
raj Of the late ex-Congressmon Mitchell.
Townsend lodge will send a large
delegation to Naugatuck this evening to
visit Centennial lodge of that place.
Ryan & Fitzmaurice, shoe dealers, re
Bank street, are offering goods that are
called the best fitting, best wearing and
lowest prices in the city.
The mother of Henry r. Day, who
was formerly local agent for b. Shcnin-
ger & Co, recently lost her life by the
burning of her house in California.
Charles Frost and Mark l.. Warner.
the school committee of Saw Mill Plains
school district. are at the town clerks
NfE al Ii n school
list for their district.
The United States revenue inspector
was in Waterbury Saturday inspecting
cigar box stamps. 1t is said that several
parties are under the surveillance of the
Inspector and may be called upon to
answer to violations of the law.
First Sergeant William F. Keavney of
Co G, was appointed drill instructor of
the squad which is to give comic eX-
hibition at the Court Falcon a. .. +.
of a. entertainment. Yesterday after
noon he gave the squad the first lesson,
on the City hall stage.
Patrick German, aged - years, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs j. F..
Malone, on Mill street. at an early hour
yesterday morning. The funeral will
take place to the church of the lmma-
culate Conception at $50 tomorrow
morning.
The house at Washington has set
apart Tuesday and Wednesday as special
days to act on public building appropri-
attons. Ex-Congressman Kellogg, thinks
that the bill for Waterbury's will pass
tomorrow. General Kellogg returned
to-day from Washington.
If the parties who took two of those
porcelain-lined kettles from in front of
Phelans tea store Saturday night will
return M Phelan will give them the
baking powder also. He would like it
understood, however. that he does not
generally give them away gratis.
Mai c.. l.. Wyman of Thomaston is
recruiting officer for Connecticut n
what is known as the Hamilton cadets,
"A body of young men between fourteen
and twenty-oLe who are to drill like the
militia but be an entirely independent
organization. They want to form 100
companies IN Connecticut.
Miss Cowan, the Middlebury school
teacher, who was brutally assaulted by
tie half breed Webster, was recovered
sufficiently yesterday to be removed to
her home She is doing we'll and will
eventually recover. Her face is still
badly bruised, and the stitches in her
throat prevent her taking any but liquid
nourishment.
The funeral of Edward Butler, the 12-
Ter of East Main street took place yes
terday afternoon. Master Butler was
an alter boy at the church of the Imma-
culate Conception and a member of st
Aloysius cadets, the latter society, num-
boring over 200 members, attending the
funeral in a body.
The state treasurer on Saturday sent
out to the town treasurers the states
portion of the funds for the support of
-. 4 l., Il;
pration from the treasury is $1.5O for
each child and the amount from the
school fund 10 cents each, making S2.25
The last school enumeration is 159 ,245
children between 4 and 16 years or
about 1000 in excess of last year. The
total payment to the towns will be
$685., 3O1.
Superintendent Howe of the state re-
form school at Meriden, has arranged
for each male teacher or other officer, to
take a parcel of the farm and have the
boys of his class cultivate it, each family
attending to some speciality. Mr. Howe
has seven male supervisors, each having
charge of so boys, more or less, and GER
tain hours will be devoted to farming,
creating friendly rivalry as we'll as Civ
ing the boys selected for work outdoor
exercise.
A land slide on the New York and
New England road at Greystone, Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock, caused the
Washington express to be run over the
Consolidated road to Meriden and thence
over the Meriden, Waterbury and Con-
necticut River railroad to Waterbury.
The train reached here over two hours
late. Work of clearing the tracks con-
tinued all day yesterday. Late in the
afternoon another slide occurred bury
ing the tracks second time. The ex-
press last night was three hours late.