Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-08-25
CITY NEWS.

Miss Lucy Shepard is the guest OF
Miss NJ. N. futile of New Haven.
Prof Russell and his son Gordon left
this morning for Grand Rapids, Mich.
The six months old child of David
Sheehy of Pleasant street died yester-
day, from pneumonia.
Mrs. ]. w. Mccoy left to-day for a
two weeks visit to New York, Long |
Branch and Long Island.
A large class of children will receive |
their first communion at st AIMS church
at : o'clock mass next Sunday.
o'Brien s. Brennan will not raise the
cured an orchard in the southern part of
the state.
Conductor Dinsmore of the New Eng
land road returned to work this morn
Ing after months vacation spent in
Maine. 4
The members of the last legislature
will dine at Savin Rock in a body on
Thursday, on which occasion a perma-
nent organization will also be formed.
A horse belonging to Joseph Bernier,
q Middlebury milkman, ran away on
Canal street yesterday evening, wreck
ing the wagon and scattering the we'll
filed cans about in a reckless manner.
The annual reunion of the Fifteenth
Rock to-day, about 200 veterans being
in attendance. Waterbury sent thirty
four three-year men to war with the
gallant Fifteenth.
The county commissioners are busy
preparing their report to present to the
general assembly which meets this win
ter. Commissioner Jacobs is preparing
the license report and Commissioners
Durham the general county report.
lo d.. tn af
diocese, who is visiting at his home in
this city, officiated at the 0 o'clock mass
at the church of the Immaculate Con-
ception yesterday. He preached an eX-
cellent sermon upon the gospel of the
day.
An autopsy was conducted by Drs AK
telle and Anderson this morning upon
the body of the late James NJ. Colley.
1t was found that the stomach was in
bad condition owing to the breaking of
an abscess. The kidneys were also af-
fected.
j. B. Nallee's horse ran away on Lib
erty street this morning. The driver
had left the horse for n moment to solic-
it orders in one of the houses on that
street. The animal became frightened
and ran, wrecking the wagon and badly
cutting itself about the legs.
Robert Fruin is mentioned as the prob
aOle SUCCESSOR Oh ItOdu commissioner
Colley. Mr. Fruin was for years keeper
of the almshouse. He is a man of good
ability and has influential friends who
will endeavor to make him road COM
missioner.
A. II. Collins. a New York & New
England railway conductor, was attend
ed by DIR Stratton, at the panhury police
station, at an early hour Saturday morn.
ing. Collins had n severe scalp wound
hn pIniDNp1 n hnVn received n
fall from the train near the fair grounds.
The cool wave of yesterday, although
not reaching the frost mark in this vi
cinity-frost having been prophesied for
parts of New England-was cool enough
To remind people that autumn is almost
here. The lower temperature has in
creased the number of people who are
suffering from colds.
A letter from Chief Snagg states that
the convention of fire engineers, at De-
troit, was attended by about 200 chiefs
from all parts of the country, and the
meeting was very enjoyable. The next
convention, he says, will he held in
Springfield, Mass.
Mary f. Delaney, wife of Dennis j.
Delaney, died yesterday morning at her
home, No. As Mill street, after an illness
of several months. She was 80 years of
age and leaves three small children. The
idence to st Patrick's church at S:15 a. M.
tomorrow. bridgeport papers copy.)
The New England road has received
ten new locomotives. Six of these are
for freight and four for passenger SER
vice. They came from the weil-known
Cook locomotive works in Patterson. n.
j., and are now located in Hartford,
from which point they are taken out
along the line on sort of trial trips to
make them acquainted with strange OBJ
jects along the road.
John Conron, aged II years, died this
morning at the home of his parents on
Liberty street. Master Condor was q
very promising boy. He was eX-presi-
dent of the st Aloysius cadets, and was
very popular with his companions. The
funeral will take place from the church
of the Immaculate Conception on We'd
nesday morning at 8 o'clock. All the
members of the st Aloysius cadets are
requested to meet at st Patrick's hall on
the morning of the funeral at 1880,
in order to attend the mass of requiem
and to escort the body to the New Eng
land depot. The interment will be at
Hartford.
The death of Street Inspector James
NJ. Colley occurred at $3.50 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, after weeks illness.
Mr.. Colley was 63 years of age and has
lived in Waterbury almost continuously
for the past forty years. He has been
street inspector most of the time since
1874. In 1878 he built the Springfield
water works at Ludlow, Mass, and five
years ago he built the dam of the Bristol
water works. Mr.. Colley leaves a wife,
one son, Liquor Agent Charles a Colley
and a half-sister, who resides in New
Hampshire. The funeral services will
be held at his late residence on Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock, and at the Hall
memorial chapel, Riverside cemetery, at
at $3.50 o'clock.
ROAD INSPECTOR COUGHLIN.
a Temporary appointment Made at
Special Meeting To-Day.
The road board held a special meeting
Alir nft 10 Anl.., nntinr,