Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-10
CITY NE WS.

Miss Kittie Crannell of Orchard street, leaves to-day for a months vacation at | the White mountains. Peter Kelly, the liveryman, is under | going treatment at the hospital. He IS | suffering with liver complaint. J. F. Charters has been .engaged to | decorate the opera house at Naugatuck for the Sons of Veterans fair. It is expected that the New York and New Nngland earnings for August will show an increase of about S30, 1000. To-day is Postmaster Doherty's birth day. Chief Clerk D. F. Fitzpatrick will celebrate the anniversary of his birth tomorrow.
 rigan will take place to the church or the Immaculate Conception at S:3O o'clock tomorrow morning.
 FEE. F. McMahon of the DEMOCRAT, returned yesterday afternoon from three weeks visit spent at his old home, Provincetown, Prince Edward Island.
 The board of sewer commissioners will meet this evening to open bids for the construction of sewer on Bank street, from the Naugatuck tracks to the river.
 The marriage of Thomas w. Fitz- maurice, of the shoe firm of Ryan x Fitzmaurice, to Miss Kate E. Cronan,
  next Monday.
 Thomas Pierce, aged 2S years, died of consumption at his home on River street last night. The funeral will take place to St Patrick's church at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning.
 Rev Mir Hantel, formerly pastor of the German Lutheran church in this city, has decided to locate in Winsted, doing missionary work in Seymour, Bristol and other places.
 The following has been received from New Orleans 22536, S300,000; 1093l, $100, 900; 62636, $50,000 3S37, $25, ,O0O 5O533, 7905l, $l0,0O0 each 19026, 204SS, 56S00. 775S6, 2995, $5000 each.
 The parade of the Main-Van Amburgh circus took place at noon to-day as an nounced. For low price circus great many horses are shown. There was a large crowd at the afternoon perform ance.
 Swarms of black fleas have infested the city for the past few days. The Hartford Times says They are here too But they don't stay very long. Their visits, which happen at irregular times, years apart, are not apt to last over a week or ten days.
 William F. Hutchinson was arrested by Constable O'Brien this afternoon on a charge of fraud, preferred against him by P. H. Sands of Hartford, who alleges that Hutchinson concealed property liable to attachment. Bonds of $500 were furnished.
 Architect Jackson has prepared plans for the remodeling of Earle's hotel. X three-story brick addition will be built at the north end of the old building. The addition is necessary in order to accommodate the guests of Proprietor Esinhart's popular hOstelry.
 The funeral of the late Amos Oviatt took place this morning, the remains being taken to Thomaston for inter. ment. The pallbearers were: Ralph Bronson, George Husker, Samuel Chap. man and Perry C. Morris of Harmony lodge, F. and A. M., of which the de- ceased was a member.
 Henry Layman, aged IS. who is wanted for burglary by the Walling- ford authorities, was arrested by Officer kennaugh, while at work in the Rogers x Hamilton factory, at noon yesterday. He was given permission to wash his hands, but the minute he was released he dashed through an open second story window and made his escape.
 There came near being n serious fire m the vault of the district court room this morning. In some unknown man. ner several towels and some paper took fire. The smoke attracted the attention of the officials in the adjoining offices, and but for their prompt work in ex- tingulshing the flames many valuable records would undoubtedly have been destroyed. No damage was done, how ever, but 1t was a very close call.
 The Meriden Journal says: "Chief Ford was lately the recipient of quite a number of anonymous letters. Satur- day one came from New Haven with the information that at a certain number on a certain street in Newark, N. J., could be found q man named Harvey who is fugitive from Connecticut jus tice. The letter was printed to prevent the handwriting from being recognized. The Harvey in question is wanted in Waterbury or Thomaston." Chief Egan says that Harvey, whoever he may be, is not wanted in this city.
 The Fairfield county commissioners yesterday said that the published report that they are at loggerheads with the New Haven commissioners over the width of roadway of the new bridge to be constructed across the Housatonic river at Huntington is not correct. The two boards had a conference Saturday, but did not reach a final settlement of all the details at issue for the reason that of the New Haven members was ill and could not be present. Some difference or opinion exists as to the most desirable width for the railway, but it will not result in any prolonged delay in the building of the bridge.
 A. L. Peck who is in company in this city with Charles P. Fontaine, in the sash and blind business, has just bought out the H. N. Jones & Co sash and blind works in Hartford. This makes one more of large number of institutions in which Mir Peck has the controlling interest and in the establishing of which he has spent about twenty years. These works include the Big Rapids Door, Sash x Blind company at Big Rapids, Mich igan, A. l.. Peck & Co of this city, which is the initial concern of the serles, Andrews X Peck of Hartford, and An drews, Peck & Co of Holyoke. The Big Rapids concern is one of the most im- portant of the kind in the west. Mir Peck started in hIlsinnss in tl,in c;4,- l.,4