Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-18
CITY MS.
Co As minstrels at the opera house
this evening.

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this evening.
The board of police commissioners
will meet this evening.
Mrs Ann Seymour. aged n, died at
her home in Greenville this morning.
Court Wolf Tone, A. o. F. of A., will
hold special summoned meeting Fri
day evening.
There will be no drill Of Co G this
evening. Friday evening there will be
% battalion drill.
Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather
with rain or snow, followed by colder
clearing weather.
A special meeting of Court Falcon,
A. o. F. of A. will be held this evening.
A full attendance is requested.
A. J. Murphy and Charles Quigley are
to start an agency of the Ply mouth
Rock Pants company in Hartford.
The examinations of corporals for the
position of sergeant in Co q was post
poned last evening until Thursday
night.
Rev ]. A. Mulcahy will address the
members of the Young Mems Catholic
Literary association this evening, upon
Primal State of Matter"
About 800 delegates from all parts OF
| the state are attending the annual meet.
ing Of the grand lodge, knights OF
| Pythias, which opened in Torrington
t1-day.
This evening will be gala one for the
Odd Fellows, the occasion being the
visit of members of the New Haven
lodges, to the number Of 200, who will
arrive by special train.
| The annual sociable of the Star Social
club will be held in the union armory
Wednesday evening, April o. Pretty
souvenir orders will be presented to
ladies IN the grand march.
At meeting of the Hartford board OF
trade held this forenoon, it was voted to
send three delegates to the meeting tc
be held in New Haven March II, for the
purpose of forming state organization
M. E. Kelley of Meadow street to-day
publishes list Of boilers, engines, lathes
etc, that he has in stock. Anyone want
ing machinery of this description car
save fifty per cent by dealing with MI
Kelley.
Real estate agent w. j. Schlegel sold
to-day a strip Of land fronting jackson
street, for the Dime Savings bank OF
Norwich to the Farrell Foundry & Ma
chine company. He also sold the Cur
ley property on Spring street to William
E. Fulton.
This weather sign comes from Put
MANS weather oracle: mot much more
cold weather this winter. Wild gees
have come. A big flock passed ovel
Columbia the other day, and they were
going north, too. One swallow doesnt
make a spring, but. says the prophet
you don't fool a wild goose mucn.'
Says the Ansonia Sentinel: New
Haven railway men want a New Haver
L 90 tl><
Consolidated road, while Bridgeport
men are working for a man from thai
city. If they cannot agree let them com
promise on George w. Beach, of the
Naugatuck division. There is no more
capable or diligent officer in the employ
of the company.
The case of James Claffee VS. the Towr
of Waterbury, an action to recover dam
ages for injury done to carriage be
longing to plaintiff, which was wrecked
on the Plank road at the junction Of the
Meriden & Waterbury railroad, is bein.
heard before jury to-day. The Meri
den, Waterbury & Connecticut River
road is taken in as a co-defendant.
The green postage stamp has but {
few more days to live. During the com
ing week arrangements will be com
pleted by the postotfice department for
change in color for stamps of nearly al
denominations. The new two-cen
stamp will be deep carmine, and thu
one cent stamp will remain as at present
The order for the manufacture of tn,
new stamps has already been promul
gated, and as soon as a stock of then
can be obtained the green stamp will b,
wiped out of existence.
Says an exchange: That people be
lieve in life insurance is pretty conclus
lively shown by the fact that prominent
gentlemen in the professional and bust
ness world carry policies for immense
amounts. Postmas.er-General Johr
Wanamaker carries 81 100000 worth O.
insurance. Among others nearer hom'
who are insured for large amounts ar,
Wilson w. Waddington. $3.50, 900; Char
les A. Dana of the Sun, $12O,OOO; B
Shoninger of New Haven, $12O,OOO; A
S. Chase, Waterbury, 500, 900; E. Henry
Barnes, New Haven, $S5, 900.
On the first Monday of next June the
census takers will be turned loose il
Connecticut, whose business it will be t.
go from house to house to collect Stats
tics for the eleventh census. There will
in all be about 10000 enumerators TO
the United States. Each state will b.
divided as Connecticut, into districts il
charge of a supervisor. Each supervise
will divide his district into such sub
districts as shall be deemed necessar,
for the expeditions taking of the census
schedules may be distributed befor
June 1, but every return must DO il
Washington on or before July /. TIL,
special statistics of manufactures viii
not be taken until July.
Not Wanted In Meriden.
Mrs Shepard is irving TO secure q hall