Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-09
CITY NE WS.

able concert on tIe Sietu last SNShhhS'
Rev Father Malhiot of Taftville, for
merly Of st AIMS church, is in town to
day.
Mrs Roger Connor and her little
daughter left last evening for New
York.
Next Wednesday the Connecticut
Cavalry association will hold its annual
reunion in Boston.
Letter Carrier james a. Dugan leave S
Monday for two weeks vacation to be
spent in New York.
Wednesday of next week the annual
meeting of the state council, .. u. A.
NJ, will be held at Norwich.
Rev Father Mckinney of Thomaston,
is very low, and death may relieve him
from his sufferings ut any moment.
The old lamps which have so long dis
graced the front of City hall, have been
replaced by two handsome new ones.
III. Morrow, formerly of the Repub-
lican,i is now attached to the business de-
partment of a paper in Los Angeles, Cal.
To-day is city pay day and the office
of the city auditor is crowded with the
city help. AS usual, pay pay brought
rain.
The Waterbury Blank Book company
have moved into their handsome new
quarters in the rear of the old chapel on
Grand street.
NJ. f. Kelley of this city who went to
Massachusetts, on a business trip, was
taken i'll at Lynn, with pneumonia. lie
is now out of danger.
Tracy Brothers left this morning with
five carpenters, for johnson City, Tenn,
to commence work on the electric light
building i'll that city.
Since July /, 1856 to July /, 1890, the
Ancient Order of Hibernians insurance
department has paid to the heirs of de-
ceased members the sum of SCI ,lS2.OO.
The hearing on the Mulvaney estate
was continued before Judge Phelan to.
day in the probate court. An additional
hearing Will be held next Wednesday.
The funeral of the late James b.
Spencer, who died suddenly ON ConduC-
tor Tolles' train, yesterday, will take
place in Naugatuck Sunday afternoon.
The democratic town committee has
organized with the following officers;
Charles q. Root, chairman Chauncey
Il. Webster, treasurer James y. Dugan,
secretary.
]. G. Twining who is enjoying west
ern trip, is now in Denver. lie is look
ing after the interests of the Union cash
register during his stay in the principal
western cities.
reception ut the Atlantic hotel i'll
Bridgeport last evening. To-day there
is being held reunion of the regiment
i'll that city
Owing to the great railroad strike the
New York papers did not reach here to-
day until 1l:11. No goods would be re-
ceived by the express companies ut New
York this morning.
Mrs Michael Donahue and Miss Mary
A. Donahue, principal of the Bishop
street school, are spending q few days
they will go to Far Rockaway.
A Hartford man was recently fined
$50 under the law which provides that
being on hunting grounds with bird dog
and gun excepting when shooting is al
lowed by law shall be punishable.
The work of removing the old John
son house on North Willow street was
commenced by the Messrs Chatfield last
evening. Several large beams were re-
served as relics for the owners of the
property.
Because of the inclemency of the
weather the picnic and games of the a.
.. F., were postponed to-day. The ar
rangement committee will meet tC-
night to decide on the date of holding
the celebration.
ven contractors. to whom Contractor
McManus sublet the contract for paving
Exchange Place, are making prepare
tions for the work and expect to make a
beginning the latter part of Mex week.
James Travers, aged % years, died of
consumption, at his home on Doolittle
alley, last evening. The funeral has
been appointed to take place from the
late residence of the deceased to the
church of the Sacred Heart, at 2:30
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Henry A. Perry and son Irving,
10 years of age, appeared before Judge
Phelan this morning and asked to have
guardian appointed over the boy in
his wages. The hearing was adjourned
until Monday.
\ dispatch from Washington yester-
day says that Colonel Samuel b. Horne.
of Winsted, has been appointed consul
at st Thomas, West India. Colonel
Horne is well known in the state as a
lawyer and is prominent in the Grand
Army, being past department COM
mander of the organization.
A new timetable will go into effect on
the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut
River road, Monday, after which date
trains will leave the Dublin street sta
ton only. The train now leaving for
Meriden at 1:10 p. m. will run twenty
minutes later. The 1857 train out of
Meriden will leave at 2:17.
Railroad Commissioner George NJ.
Woodruff is confined to his bed by illness
Mt his home in Litchfield. In conse-
quence, the adjourned hearing on the
Hartford Church street crossing, which
was to take place next Tuesday, will be
postponed. The other commissioners
will meet on that date, but only for the
purpose of adiourning to another day.
The national convention of the United
Brass Workers of America met in New
Haven Wednesday and Thursday and
elected these officers National master
workman, John Fitzgerald New Haven;