Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-01
CITY NEVIS.

at the Center church, New Haven, yes terday.
 The choir of the church of the Im- maculate Conception will spend We'd nesday at Savin Rock.
 The court of common council and fire board will hold their regular monthly meetings this evening.
 Mrs Lizzie Mccarthy and Miss Nellie Dillon have returned from visit of several weeks duration in Boston. skThe road board have decided not to disturb the pavement between the horse railroad tracks on East Main street.
 The engine in the new mill of the Scovill Manufacturing company, was started for the first time this morning.
 NJ. D. Russell, of Washington street, who has been abroad for three months, landed in New York Saturday, and ar rived home this afternoon.
 The road board held special meeting this morning and instructed the city engineer to advertise for bids for the paving of Bank street.
 Homes, Booth & Haydens discharged all the Italians employed in or around their factory, this morning, on account of the recent thefts from the factory by Italians.
 The selectmen and the committee re- Ceuliy dppOlutSu 3tG u SpSCldl tO"u lleel- ing will examine the proposed layout of the Naugatuck-W Waterbury electric road this afternoon.
 The board of directors of the Adams express company, at a meeting held in New York Saturday, decided upon the removal of the main offices. now in Bridgeport, to Boston.
 Pierce Dillon met with painful acci- dent at the Waterbury Button Cos works this morning. While saving ivory his hand slipped upon the saw, cutting off his left thumb at the first joint.
 At a recent meeting of the democrats of the Second ward, committee of fifteen were appointed to prepare list of nominations for the coming prima- ries to be acted upon at a meeting to be held Thursday evening.
 There will be a meeting of the Water bury Early Closing association at Music hall, Thursday evening at 9:30 o'clock. It is earnestly requested that every member be present, Us the time for work is short.
 The Sacred Heart church choir sang yesterday for the first time since their vacation. Trrger's mass was rendered at lO:30 and Sterns' vcspcrs were sung in the afternoon at 3;30. A rehearsal was held after vespers of the entertain ment to be given next month.
 There was no observance of Labor Day" in this city to-day. The factories did not shut down. and there was no demonstration of any kind In Hart ford, Bridgeport, Meriden, New Britain and other cities of the state business is at standstill and piCnics and open air meetings are the order.
 The Twenty-seventh regiment will tNsNI. stsaE I Wednesday. The report printed in vari- ous papers that the reunion was last week has caused much confusion among the members throughout the state, and 1t Is feared that many of them may re. main away on account of it.
 Dr Anderson, who has been assisting Dr A1telle during Dr North'S absence in Europe, left this morning for New York, where he will resume his pro. fessional work in the Women's hospital in that city. Dr Anderson made many friends during his stay in Waterbury. Dr North is not expected home until about the middle of October.
 Postmaster Doherty wishes 1t under stood that the red boxes recently placed m certain locations about the city are for the reception of newspapers and packages only. The carriers, in making their collections from the boxes, com. plain that they find nearly all of the letters in the red boxes.
 Charles Rockwell, general freight agent of the Consolidated road, con tlnues to slowly sink at his residence in Southport. He has been unconscious most of the time for the last three days. and there seeme scarcely any hope of his recovery. He has not taken nourish- ment of any kind for several days.
 A harm oO South I ao,orl .4.a.. ed by Charles Pagan, was discovered on hre late Saturday night. The fire de- partment responded to an alarm sound from box No 324 and had the flames un- der control in a few minutes, and before much damage had been done. The build ing was used as a storehouse by an Italian junk dealer. Cause of fire un- known. ., The season for rail, or sora, is off in all the counties in the state, and in New York to-day. The season opened in New Haven. Fairfield and Litchtield counties on August 20, but the shooting Will not commence in earnest until this week. There are not many of the birds m this part of the state, the best shoot | ing being on the banks of the Connecti- cut river.
 Robbie Benham, aged , years, son of James Benham, living ot 142 East Main street, was gwen dose of laudanum | through mistake this afternoon The | little boy was troubled with a cold and | ms mother gave him, as she supposed. | his medicine, but instead she gave him a | teaspoonfull of laudanum. Dr. Holmes | was immediately summoned and admin 1 istered antidOtes. The little boy is now | believed to be out of danger.
 Arrangements for the rifle tourna- ment of the Second regiment have been completed by Captain c. c. Ford, in spector Of rifle practice. It will be held | at the Quinnipiac range in New Haven on September 26, and the shooting will begin at a. m. There will be a team Of eight men from each company and the field and staff will constitute another team. The score will be a consolidated one, the result of firing at the 200 and oOO yard ranges. During the first week m october tournament of the Con- necticut brigade will be held at Hart fcrd. For this contest there will be a team of l2 men from each regiment.