Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-03
CITY NE WS.


 The hoard of health will hold their regular monthly meeting this afternoon at o'clock.
 MT and Mrs Patrick Boylan of Staten Island are visiting Mir and Mrs Lynch Of Hickory street.
 c. w. Blakeslee & Son will, in about a week, make preparations to pave East Main street.
 Richard Costello of Hartford has been appointed yardmaster at the New Eng land yard in this city.
 The union Sunday schools of Plymouth | are having their annual picnic at High | Rock grove to-day. Burt G Reed, aged 10 years, son of D. | s. Reed of West Main street, died last evening of typhoid fever.
 William Holman of Brooklyn, N. r., who has been visiting hIs brother, Abe Holman, returned home this morning. | Edward Taylor and H. D.. Simmons left this morning to pursue course or study at the Hackettstown,N.J.i institute | Dr Ryder, who was taken suddenly ill with hemorrhages, at Bristol, Satur- day is no better to-day. His relatives have arrived from Troy.
 A little boy was run over by, a grocery team on Vine street yesterday afternoon. The lads legs were cut, but fortunately he escaped serious injury.
 A brakeman named Ragan, whose home is in Hartford, had his hand smashed while coupling cars at the New England yard in this city, yesterday afternoon.
 The Rev Dr Pentecost and family left this morning for New York. They will Pentecost will engage in missionary work.
 Word has been received from Detroit announcing that Mrs Joseph Swaeble, formerly of this city, who was taken seriously ill, shows signs of great inn provement.
 An important meeting of the Fourth Ward Democratic club will be held at o'clock this evening. John Thompson, of Dublin street, will be the clubs can didate for alderman.
 John Altman, aged % years, son of the late John Altman, died last evening at his home on Pleasant street. The funeral will take place at S:30 to-mor- row morning.
 The Ladies' Aid society of St Paul's NJ. E. church will give harvest supper and entertainment in the chapel on Farm street this evening.
 A gentleman we'll versed in health statistics, said this morning that he would not be surprised if we had more cases of typhoid fever in Waterbury. He says that this is the time when more than the usual number of cases are re- ported.
 Twenty-two candidates for druggists licenses were examined by the state board of pharmacy at the capitol yester- day afternoon. All the members of the board were present. It will take the board several days to examine and pass upon the papers.
 Mrs E. w. Mcdonald to-day received a letter from her husband, ,Dr Mcdonald, who is in Europe. Dr Mcdonald has been ill for some time, but is much bet ter and expects to return home the latter part of this month. The letter was writ ten in Munich.
 Attorney Etheridge, law partner of Judge Bradstreet, argued the case of the Thomaston Saving bank vs Julia F.. Ives, before Judge Cowell in the district court this morning. When the case was up before for hearing the judgment render ed was that if the defendant did not pay the assessments, taxes and costs of suit by the first Tuesday in September the case should go by default. Judge Cowell set the hearing down for the third Tuesday in September.
 John Gallagher, of the shipping depart ment of the Waterbury Manufacturing company, and Miss Mamie Kelly of Hall street, were married with a nuptial mass, at St Patrick's church, by the Rev Father Duggan, at 10 a. m. to-day. James Wigmore was best man and Miss Lizzie Kelly bridesmaid. The happy couple, after brief wedding trip, will take up their residence in their new home at the corner of North Main and Farm streets.
 The will of the late Mrs A. c. Hills of Hartford, daughter of Representative Welch of this city, who was one of the victims of the Quincy disaster OF the Old Colony road two weeks ago, was re- fused probate, the will not having the requisite number of witnesses. The law requires that there shall be three wit nesses to a will, and that of Mrs Hills had only two, Ralph Pitkin and William Knot. By the will Nettie w. and Grace L. Hills, daughters of the deceased, were to receive 5000 each, and the remain der was to go to Mrs Frederick Samson.
 F. H. Whitlaw, the well-known Scottish dancer, sails Saturday for his home in Scotland. The past season has been a most successful one with Mir Whitlaw, he taking fifty-one first prizes, two second prizes and three third prizes for dancing at different Scottish games all over the country. In Boston last week he LOOK the nrSt prize, beautiful gold medal, for all around dancing. He also took two first prizes in Middletown Monday. The professor intends staying in Scotland about a year and will then return and make a tour of this country.
 The present statute relating to the school enumeration was enforced for the first time last fall throughout the state. It requires the enumeration to be'taken in October instead of January, the basis of the census begin the first Monday in October. All of the advantages of the law could not be brought out last year owing to the fact that only period oi nine months could be covered by the enumeration. This year the full twelve months will include. The time for tho work is certainly more favorable than il mid-winter and better results can be ex pected from the enumerators. It is req sonable to anticipate considerable in crease m the school enumeration thi