Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-14
CITY NE WS

dsSlonS S oldNe dt the opera HOuso this evening.
 Music, merriment and sentiment at City hall, St Patrick's night.
 Sergeant Cox predicts rain, followed by colder, fair weather.
 Mira Susan H. Simpson, aged 15 years, died last evening at her home on Bishop street.
 Workmen have commenced to remove the plumbing fixtures from the old station house on Phoenix avenue.
 Seeds of excellent quality, fer the farm, garden or flower bed, in bulb or by the package, at F. B. Fields, 6l South Main street.
 A straight shoe which can be worn on either foot, Is a novelty offered by Ryan Fitzmaurice, the new shoe dealers on Bank street. Ask to see their goods.
 The Skipper base ball club have ar ranged to give a sociable on the evening of April i7. The club offers a hand some gold ring to the lady holding the | lucky number.
 A rumor that certain young man of l this city had won $l. 800 in the recent drawing of the Louisiana lottery, is without foundation. Holders of worth less tickets stick pin here. Spring opening at Elkins tS Wakes l furniture emporium on South Main street tomorrow. Five floors filled with furniture and carpets, at prices lower than ever, will be thrown open for inspection.
 Judge Phelan says that business was ever so quiet in the probate court as .t present. in his experience. In pecu- niary sense this is bad for the judge. out 1t is also an indication that the dis Ic nj >f and Judge Phelan finds no fault The full programme for the CT tertain- ment of the Sacred Heart choir will be rehearsed tonight at City hall. It will | be full dress rehearsal and every par | ticipant is expected to be present. The | costumes for the drama have been fur | nished by F. Kasmmer of Meriden and are already here.
 John Mccarthy, supervisor of the cen sus, has received notice not to re- commend for appointment tax collec- | tors, assessors. or in fact, anyone who is | interested ill the levying of taxes, it l the purposes of the census and not re- turn to such officials the true valuations | of the properties.
 | A Southington merchant, having in
 ve ted i'll an expensive safe and not car
 ing to have enterprising burglars ruin it's beauty with explosives. nightly hangs upon it a tag which reads .'There is | no money in here. The com bination is set at the tenth, second and ninth letters of the alphabet" He thus preserves in tact his property, presumably, and con- siderately avoids disappointing $: f. blowers.
 Says the Bristol Herald to-day : Joseph Dion. from Rhode Island, who has been in Bristol for some months, was arrested on complaint of hls wife for non-suppOrt last week and he prom. ised her portion of his wages, but ran on to Waterbury with another woman. Officer Grace was put on his track and papers were issued for fornication but the unfaithful husband got notice of the intended arrest and fled and has not been heard from since.
 At the convention of the state board of agriculture and dairymens associa. tion of Connecticut. in Westport yester- day to discuss dairy methods T. $. Gold, West Cornwall. secretary of the Connec- tlcut board of agriculture. explained the usual methods at present in practice. Ho was followed by James $. Hovt of New Canaan. Dr J. II. Jenkins of the Con- nectlcut experiment station, C. II Hyde of Stafford, and Henry w. Ladd of Mapping. A paper on the topic under discussion was read by Mir Ladd.
 You would be surprised" said a prominent tobacconist vesterdav. .if you could know the amount of snuff that Is chewed daily by women ill this city. The snuff is Il very fine powder ground from the stems of tobacco leaves and plants. The way in which it is used is novel as well as dis gustlng. The woman takes a small @f .,,t,> moist pulp. Then she stirs this moist oned end in the snuff and when it has gathered as large a quantity as it can she places it back in her mouth and chews contentedly. one end of the stick being out of the mouth like q toothpick. When the powder or snuff is all che W ed off the stick the woman gets fresh supply from the box in which the snuff Is usually carried. and the stick is again placed in tho mouth and chewed.