Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-04-15
CITY NE VS.

of trout yesterday.
The sociable of the Skipper base ball
club will tate place atsConcordia hall,
Friday evening.
Edison E. Atwood has opened a restau-
rant on Meadow street, near the New
England depot.
| The canvassers for the new directory
are at work. The book will be out
about the middle of May.
The members of the graduating class
of the High school were photographed
in group to-day, at Adt's studio.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
stationary temperature. For Wednes-
day, fair weather, followed by rain.
The Fourth division, A. o. H.. have
voted to attend in body, the lecture to
evening of May 2.
money, which was found by the police,
has not been claimed, and is still in pos
session of the chief.
Why is it that Kelly the baker sells
fresher eggs than can be bought from
other dealers? Because he receives them
three times a week.
James A. Slavin of this city and Miss
Bridget NJ. O'Halloran of Bridgeport are
to be married at 81. Mary's church in that
city, on the forenoon of April 30
Epson, Singleton & Co do not expect
to control the entire clothing and gents
furnishing trade of the city, but they
claim to control the lowest prices.
William Lucas was arrested in Hart
ford last evening for defrauding David
David of this city out of a board bill.
His case was settled by payment of 81.
| Edmund Mcdonald, aged 4 years, son
of DIR f. w. Mcdonald, died yesterday
of pneumonia. The funeral has been
lappointed for to morrow afternoon.
The special internal revenue taxes
will be due next month Deputy Col
lectOr Warren has an office with Attor-
ney Gillette, where the taxes can be
paid.
The diocesan school board, of which
Rev Father Treanor is n member, began
the annual examination of the pare
chial schools with the one of st Johns
parish, New Haven, to-day.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Masonic Mutual Benefit association last
Ievening So 600 was voted to the widow
of S. V. Chidsey of Terryville. Conn.
Five applicants for membership were
admitted.
| James Ranney of Cromwell, father of
Mrs c. Collard Adams, died yesterday
after years suffering from cancer Of
the lip. He was IN his seth year. The
funeral will take place at 3 p. m. to-
morrow.
The fair of Evangeline Circle, Com
panions of the Forest, will open at City
hall this evening. There will be singing,
a fancy drill by sixteen ladies, variety
entertainment and dancing. All who
Iattend will be well taken care of.
There is large hole on Willow street
l w = llnnrntprta1
ing Patrick E. Pierce was driving on the
street and his horse stepped into the hole
and fell knocking Mr. Pierce out on top
of the animal. Fortunately no damage
was done.
The quarterly convention of the indie
pendent Order of Good Templars was
held at Good lemplars' hall to-day
Twenty-siX societies were represented
and a dinner was given to the visiting
delegates by the local lodge.
1t has been found best to change the
place for holding the convention of the
State Music Teachers association,
which had been announced for Meriden
next June. The change is said to have
been made necessary by the antagonistic
attitude of some Merden musicians
who apparently wanted all or nothing
IN the arrangements.
Governor Buckley has appointed Fri
day May ,. as Arbor day, to be observed
Throughout the state, and especially by
the teachers and children in the public
schools. in the planting of useful and
ornamental trees, vines, and shrubs, in
the promotion of arboriculture and in
ceremonies and instruction befitting the
character and purposes of the day.
Miss II. E. Gray, late of Worcester
Mass, where she had charge of the
wholesale and retail millinery depart
ment of the we'll known extensive
establishment of Lowell & Co. has
Pritchard's new block, where she will be
pleased to show the ladies of Waterbury
and vicinity the latest styles. She
possesses good taste and her prices are
very reasonable.
Says the Hartford POST The French
| military authorities are proud of the
fact that thirty seven soldiers, under
command of captain, a lieutenant and
a sub-lieutenant marched from their
barracks at Vannas to a railroad station
| twelve miles distant in one hour and
fifty minutes. Not man fell out on
the march. This is in striking contrast
with the lack of endurance shown by
some members of the Connecticut
national guard at several of those
'bruta" inspections that the New Hav-
en- and Waterbury papers complained of.
| "A report was received here from Md
dletown Saturday evening that the tres
tie work on the Meriden, Waterbury and
Connecticut River road near the West
Held station was on fire. Superintan-
dent Crawford and Master Mechanic
Wilkinson rode over in one Of the en-
gines, but could find no trace of fire at
either of the road bridges in that yicin-
lty. Sunday evening word was sent
from the Cromwell station that some
fishermen had been seen with lanterns
close by the trestle work, and passengers
on the Berlin branch road, surprising
that the bridge was on fire, so reported
on arriving at Middletown.-NIeri den
Republican.
John Joyco's Death