Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-12
CITY NEWS.

The December number of the Con- necticut Guardsman IS out.
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather, by slight cold wave.
 E. H. Belden, clerk in the selectmen's office. has been confined to the house for several days with severe cold.
 In the police court to-day William H. Harris was fined $1 and costs and Michael Discon S5 and costs for drunk enness.
 The funeral of John Horan took place from his late residence on Washington street to St Patrick's church this morn ing.
 The annual entertainment of the Ger man Schulverein was held in Concordia hall last night, and was largely at- tended.
 Most of the recent accidents on the Consolidated road are said to have been due to poorly constructed cars belonging to other companies.
 Mrs w. D. Scott. wife of Conductor Scott of the Naugatuck division, fell down the stairway at her home, Wednes' day, receiving severe injuries.
 Waterbury council, c. B. L., will meet in Carrollton council hall this evening, when the annual election of officers will be held. Every member is requested to be present.
 The evening train over the New Eng. land road, from Hartford, did not reach this city until nearly nlne o'clock last night. The delay was caused by an accident east of Hartford.
 The Boston News Bureau says It ie officially admitted that President Bost. wick of the New York and New Eng land railroad will in all probability resign before he sails for Europe. His successor has not yet been determined on.
 James Coughlan and John l.. Saxe the committee appointed to act witt the selectmen upon the layout of the Naugatuck Tramway company, met anC talked over the matter with the select men last night. They decided that the proposed layout was not satisfactory.
 Dr Clemens, Sr, of Bridgeport, has sailed for Berlin to procure a stock oi Dr Koch's lymph for the cure of tuber culous diseases. Dr Clemens was 6 clasSmate at college of the physician attention as the discoverer of the remedy.
 A corset factory which has been loca ted in Birmingham for 20 years is about to be removed to Bridgeport. This is the first noteworthy event in the indus trial history of the. former place since it's board of trade inserted half page advertisement in a New York Sunday newspaper at an expense of $1 ,000.- New Haven News.
 The regular monthly meeting of rail way mail clerks of the New England division, was held in the United States court room, over the postoffice in New Haven, at ? o'clock yesterday afternoon Superintendent Ryan of Boston was present, with forty other representative from all parts of New England. After the transaction of some routine business Postmaster N. D. Sperry made an ad dress. He spoke of the great importance sponsibilities which attend it.
 A report was extensively circulated to, day that the employees of the Consoli dated road were about to go on a strike, A dispatch from New Haven says Owing to the heavy freight business on all the branches of the road, especially the New Haven & Northampton divi sion, some of the freight hands have been obliged to work overtime. They are unwilling to do so any longer and this morning four crews of nineteen men left the company's employ. There IS no strike, or anything like it.
 Cattle Commissioner Hyde of Stafford, accompanied by Veterinary Surgeons Bland of this city and Gardner of Hart ford visited the farm of $. K. Coe in Middlebury, yesterday, and held post mortem examination upon the bodies of four COWS that died week ago under suspicious circumstances. MT Coe be. lieves that the animals were poisoned but they had been dead so long that ii could not be determined whether death was caused by natural causes or not.
 Brooks says in the New Haven Regis, ter As outlined in these dispatches, the first day set aside for the considera ton of public building bills served to get all bills off of the house calendar that had been passed in committee of the whole at the last session. MT Will cox called on several of the committee o-day to ascertain the outlook for the Waterbury bill. He found it second on the democratic list. The old rule, he was told, in force last session, had been brought into use again, and two bills of republican districts would be taken up to one of 8 democratic district. This will make the Waterbury bill fifth on the calendar, which practically insureI it's consideration and passage. Speaker Reed said to day that he would probably name day early in February for the consideration of these bills.
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