Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-08-01
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quite i'll. e..
Sergeant Cox predicts fair, slightly
cooler weather.
A good samaritan this morning placed
three cups at the fountain on the green.
The change of programme at the
casino last night brought out another
large house.
The funeral of the late Henry G. Casey
will be held tomorrow morning to st
Patrick's church.
The Burns club picnic and games will
lie held on the West End grounds to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Blank Book company
have water moter for sale, and large
room for rent, with or without power.
A porcelain lined kettle will be given
as q special present to purchasers of one
pound of tea or baking powder, at the
Union tea store tomorrow.
A very pleasant party was held last
evening at the residence OF Mr. and Mrs
j. II. Moran on Cherry street, in honor
of Miss Britton of Hartford.
O'Brien & Brennan say that their Of
fer of one hundred dollars reward to any
baker in the town or state who can sur
pass their New England bread, is still
open.
The total number of deaths in Water
bury during the month of July was 80.
Cholera infantum was the cause of the
large increase in the death rate for the
month.
The postponed excursion of the Liter
airy association and Temperance society,
to Savin Rock, will be held tomorrow,
the train leaving the New England sta
ton at 7:15 o'clock.
July, 80, has gone. Only five months
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many fires, tornadoes, ETC., but the
country has been fairly healthful, and
its crops, as whole, are by no means
failures.
The funeral of Mrs Bridget O'Donnell,
mother of the Rev Father O'Donnell,
took place to st Agnes church, East Add
street, n. Y, yesterday morning. A
solemn high mass was sung, Rev DIR
Brenn, pastor of the church, being the
celebrant.
People were awakened at an early
hour this morning by one of the fiercest
storms of the season. The lightning
was very vivid and the thunder claps
were heavy and long drawn out. One
side of the casting shop of the Water
bury Manufacturing company, was struck
and slightly damaged.
Local members of the Knights of CO.
lumbus have been notified that assess
ments on account of the deaths of the
following persons are now due and pay
able Andrew Smith, Hartford: Charles
+. Conway, Ansonia; Patrick II. Smith,
Waterbury; John Missett, Bristol;
Thomas Havey, Bridgeport; James j.
Buckley, Winsted.
Miss Mary A. Swift, whose ability as a
pleader with the senators and represent
tatives in the Connecticut legislature,
won recognition equal to their sympa-
thy for her in the effort to save her
brothers life, was married in Hartford
yesterday to Louis a. Tracy, n promi-
nent business man. For some years
Miss Swift was a teacher in the Brown
school.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Gavin was
largely attended from her late resi-
dence on Ridge street, this morning. to
st Patricks church, where a requiem
mass was celebrated. The floral offer
ings were many and beautiful. The cas-
ket was heavily draped i'll embossed
purple velvet. Pail bearers were Frank
Haley, John Haley, Patrick Shanahan,
Thomas Ferris, John Stack and Barthol-
omew Stack.
In the police court this morning Maria
Cullum and John Delaney were charged
with lascivious conduct. They We're ar
rested at 10 o'clock last night on COM
plant of Mrs Charles Lounsbury, who
resides at the lower end of Baldwin
street, upon whose premises the woman
has held nightly carousals for several
days. Judge Bradstreet sentenced Della
ney to thirty days in Jail and the woman
TO the same number of days in the town
house.
NJ. F. Scanlon, the publisher of the
Connecticut Catholic. who has held a
fat government Office at Castle Garden,
n. Y, has been suspended. The ostensi-
BILE cause of his suspension was absent
ing himself without leave. But the
fact that Mr. Scanlou is democrat prob
ably had something to do with it. His
place came under the civil service rules,
and in no other way could his removal
be effected.
Most of the sisters of Notre Dame con-
gregation are in retreat this week in
Montreal. The buildings on the grounds
OF the convent, excepting the hall, are
shortly to be removed to make way for
the erection of the new one. In the
meantime the Martin mansion on Union
street, lately occupied by the st Mary's
sisters, will be occupied by the boarding
pupils so that the school will not suffer
any interruption while the improve
ments are being made.
A great many people from Walling-
ford, as we'll as from Meriden Water
bury, Rockville and New Haven, at
tended the funeral of the late DIR ID. J.
Curtin, which took place from the
chapel of the Sacred Heart, in New
Britain, yesterday morning. DIR Curtin
had many friends and the church was
crowded. The bearers were: DIR
Cremin of New Britain, DIR Madden of
New Haven, DR. Walsh of Rockville, DIR
Mcnamara and DIR Bailey of Hartford,
and Attorney James Z. Russell of Water
bury. The body was inferred in the
family lot in the Catholic cemetery.
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
Sudden Misfortune of Mrs Luther