Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-22
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Vdluer N Teck OlleT tnelr entlTe lOC OL satines, originally sold at twenty-five cents, for 12t cents yard.
 Misses Mary German and Annie Demp- sey are spending their vacation in the country and at Savin Rock.
 Horses bought, sold or exchanged, by Stiles A. Wheeler, rear of 56 and 5S Bank street. Read his special list in another column.
 Out of respect to the memory of the late Edward l.. Bronson, the Bronson library will be clossd tomorrow after noon from 12 to 6 o'clock.
 Invitations to the banquet to be given on the occasion of the convention of the State Firemen's association, next month, were issued to-day.
 A meeting of clerks will be held in Music hall at Q o'clock this evening, for the purpose of forming an organization of all interested in the early closing movement.
 Washington conclave will attend in a body the picnic of the New Britain con- clave, to be held July 31. Ball mines from both organizations will contest for supremacy.
 Jean Ingraham, who was one of the staff of actors performing at the casino for the past few weeks, has taken the position of Mir Hill, resigned, as ticket taker.
 Speaking of sidewalks, if there is one in the city worse than that in front of a house on State street we have failed to see. Prayers" loud and deep go up when people are forced to go over it.
 Bessie, infant daughter of Mir and Mrs Charles Totten of Waterville, died there to-day of cholera infantum. The fune- ral will be held tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock.
 There is considerable fault found with the new method of street cleaning. Merchants do not relish the idea of foul-smelling heap being allowed to stand in front of their doors for hours at a time.
 Owing to the extreme hot weather in the west, spelling the eggs, Kelly the baker was compelled to go north to find strictly fresh eggs. Warranted or money refunded. First shipment received to- day.
 D. H. Tierney has sold the farm, in Oakville, of Michael Lally of Newark, to Thomas Greenwood of this city. He has also sold track of land on Ward street owned by Mrs Mcdonald, of Lynn, Mass, to F. w. Connor, the Stone street grocer.
 The New Haven county commissioners met this morning, in New Haven, to act on the Huntington bridge matter. After talking over the matter it was decided not to act until after the meeting with the Fairfield county commissioners which is called for next Saturday.
 The will of the late Mrs Anna A. Reach of Crane street, was admitted to probate yesterday afternoon. By the will, her property is left entire to Miss Ella White, who attended on the de- ceased while she was ill. Several nieces are talking of contesting the will.
 Bede Lounsbury, aged 91 years and 2 months, died at the old family home stead on East Mountain yesterday. Her remains will be buried feom her daugh- ters home, 51 South Elm street to-mor- row. Eight years ago her husband died, his age being 9S years.
 The new programme at the casino last night drew forth a good audience, who fully appreciated the different numbers. The Dalton sisters, Annie and Eleanor, Tn songs and dances; John Healey, Tn his pleasing act, and Martin O'Neili, the versatile Irish comedian, in his original acts, all delighted the people who were present. The farce in conclusion was well rendered.
 The sidewalk in front of J. F. Phelan's tea store last evening was lined with people from s o'clock until II, anxious to see the night blooming cereus. The plant Is the property of Miss Henrietta Judd of Hill street. The opening of the | nine beautiful buds began about o'clock | In the afternoon and at Il o'clock the | plant was in full bloom. It was a pretty | spectacle.
 For some time there has been consid- l erable talk concerning the building of a | new court house, and it is probable that a petition will be circulated calling for | town meeting to consider the advisa- l Dlllty Of purchasing the Newell lot on | the corner of Harrison alley and Leav- | enworth street for site for a new court | house. The lot has frontage on Leav- | enworth street of 50 or 60 feet and A depth of 100 feet or more.
 Ike Spier, a peddler of dry goods, with | headquarters on South Main street, was arrested two or three days ago and taken to Watertown, for entering the house of a lady in that place and forci- ply taking from her a pair of curtains. | lie was fined $S and costs amounting in | all to SIS. ltappears that Spier sold the | curtains to the woman and she not pay- ing for them in a reasonable length of time he took an original method of securing his goods.
 There seems to be another story con nected with the arrest of the three boys who were in court yesterday morning lor klcklnS the brakes on a freight train, allowing 1t to run on the main line | of the Meriden & Waterbury road. A gentleman who is employed in a factory near the scene of the accident, claims that when the train was moved on to the siding by the train hands, the cars which it is claimed were released by the boys, were not properly secured to the rest of the train. The coupling pin was not placed properly and when the boys stepped upon the platform the jar forced the pin out and started the train.
 John Hine, Henry Meyrs and John O'Brien, the three fellows who stole watermelons from New York & New England freight car, in Willimantic. were arraigned before Justice J. n. Lynch yesterday and found guilty. Myers was fined $3 and costs, Hine S5 and costs, O'Brien $5 and costs and thirty days in jail, and also bound over i'm, Alarnn rnES