Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-18
CITY NE WS

evening.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair and cooler
weather.
Read the interesting serial, "Trean, or
the Mormon's Daughter"
Best quality of coal, at the lowest |
prices, at Miller and Stricklands.
A canvasser is wanted by the Boston
ninety-nine cent store. A drive IN horse !
whips this week.
Comrade Birmingham of Stanley Post
q. A. r. of New Britain, inspected
Wadham's post last evening.
A good neat girl can find an agreeable
situation at 152 South Main street. No
cooking to do and every evening out.
Rev II. F. Baker of this city is attend
ing the quarterly session of the Second
Adventists which is being held in New
Haven.
Company A, Hibernian rifles, of New
London, have been appointed the color
company of the regiment at the parade
in Hartford in May.
Patrick E. Pierce's team ran away on
| Union street this morning, throwing
out and painfully in uring the driver,
IA young man named O'Brien.
| The jury in the case of Mrs Salome R.
Stowe against Eugene l.. Jacques, action
'or trespass, y yesterday returned "a verdict
for the plaintiff to recover $3.50 and
! costs.
Fred B. Rice offers for sale two new
| houses, twelve rooms each, with all
| modern improvements. on Baldwin
street above Washington. Price $500,
easy terms.
The new hospital connected with the
soldiers home at Noroton will be form
ally dedicated May l, when the govern
! or and other prominent officials are eX-
pected to take part in the exercises.
Samuel NJ. Morris, aged 80 years, a
former Waterbury man, died at the
soldiers home in Noroton yesterday.
The remains were brought to this city
and the funeral will take place to-mor-
row morning.
The hearing upon the mandamus COM
Liquor Agent Colley for the months of
February and March, set down for toe ay
at New Haven, has been postponed until
next Monday.
Three young lads named Mclaughlin,
Maloney and Fahy, employed at the dis
trct messenger office, ran away yester
day and it is said went to Boston. Their
parents feel much alarmed and have
notified the police.
| Conductor William II. Hubbard, of
the Consolidated road, has resigned and
has accepted place with a wholesale
house in Boston. He has been in the
employ of the road since he was 10
years old, period of twenty years.
Part of the Harper property on South
Main street has been placed in the hands
of d. II. Tierney to be sold. The lot has
a frontage of twenty feet and is at
present occupied by N. S. Shows fish
market The site is one of the best in
the city for business purposes.
The Hartford envelope works get a
daily government order for two million
or two and half, and they keep the
drays and railroad trains busy. Wednes-
day morning the order was for three
millions. which was enough to fill 5000
boxes. They employ about $50 hands.
Efforts are being made to bring about
a settlement with the creditors of Pat
rick ii. Carroll, the grocer who skipped
out several weeks ago. Goodwin & Co
have received the amount due them for
a carriage sold to Carroll and it is said
that other claims will be settled this
| week.
Three year old Charles Freedman, who
lives with his parents on Brook street,
ran across South Main street this after
noon, in front of the Naugatuck bus.
The wheel struck the lad knocking him
down and seriously injuring his head.
the accident.
Daniel H. Buckley was placed under
arrest this afternoon for assault upon
Constable Rigney. The affair was the
result of an ar gument over the charges
of Rigney in a case against Buckley.
Bonds OF 500 were furnished. The
constable has also instituted civil proceed
ings and late this afternoon papers " ere
served upon Buckley in a suit for 81 900
damages.
Report has it that Colonel w. H.
Stevenson of Bridgeport, vice president
and general manager Of the Housatonic
, has now under consideration the offer
from a large western railroad company
! to become the general manager of their
road at a salary of $30, 900 per year. His
decision has not yet been made public.
The fair canvassers aC the festival of
, Evangeline circle were kept busy again
last evening. The attic ndance was large
and the purse strings of all were I'M
loosened. The entertainment and dane
ing, was enjoyed and it was near the
midnight hour when the fair closed.
Those who have not yet called are in
vited to do so this evening.
Colonel Donoghue and Adjutant Dill
Ion of the Hibernian rifles, inspected
: Company +, at the armory last evening.
Company f turned out 40 men and
made very creditable showing. After
the exercises the visitors We're escorted
to David's, where q banquet was given
in their honor. The Hibernian rifles
will have eight uniformed companies in
) the coming parade at Hartford.
, John McNally Old Baldwin street
was the winner of the S. gold piece Of
fered to the child guessing nearest to
t the number of eggs handled during lent
by Baker Kelly. His guess was ia, 900.
) The barrel of flour was won by Mrs p.
Flanagan of % Riverside street, her
t guess beng 173, 500. The number of eggs
l handled by Kelly during the seven
/ weeks of lent was ia, 622.
The funeral Of the late John Carson
) was largely attended to the church of
the immaculate Conception this morn