Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-04
CITY NE us.


Sergeant Cox predicts warmer wea-
ther with rain.
The board of police commissioners will
| meet this evening.
The amount of collection for the hos
pital taken up at st Patricks church |
Sunday was $l27.O0.
| The remains of John w. Hail. who
died Saturday at his residence on Town
plot, was taken to Naugatuck to-day |
for burial in Hillside cemetery.
DrM. j. Donahue will deliver an adj
dress before the Young Mems Catholic
Literary association this evening, upon
Evil Habits and Resulting Diseases"
Kelly the baker is sweet cuss. This
morning he unloaded big bag Of the
choicest chocolate cream drops the mar
ket affords, upon the DEMOCRAT office.
Call on him when you want anything in
the line of CONNECTIONS.
A New York afternoon paper says
that James J. Coogan, the owner of the
New York league base ball grounds,
will shortly lease the grounds to the
New York & New England railroad
company for a term of 90 years.
The committee having in charge the
arrangements, for the Foresters fair,
report that they have received substan-
tial encouragement from nearly all the
|
cially the fair promises to be a great
. event.
Ed Mcdonald has been in steady train
ing for his fight with Geralds the "Old
Vet" and many of the sporting frater-
nifty will attend the mill which takes
place tonight. The "Old Vet" is in
good condition and is confident of de-
feating Mcdonald.
: Sheridan councils annual concert and
reception at City hall Friday evening,
will excel any previous effort of the or
ganzation. The music will be by the
e celebrated Dodworth band of New York
city. Gallery tickets for ladies without
escort, who wish 10 enjoy the concert.
:, will be sold for fifty cents each.
The funeral of Mrs Adelaide Jillson,
who committed suicide Sunday, will
take place tomorrow morning. The
f r. mains will b, taken to Douglass. Mass,
+ for burial The certificate of death
e issued by the medical examiner gives
the primary cause of death as unknown
and the secondary cause as suicide.
A dispatch from Thomaston says:
Ia a recent competitive trial at the
naval observatory at Washington, ID. c.,
where watches from all the principal
companies in the United States were
entered, the report of the excellence 1 f
thxir performance gave the number
entered as rs. The seth Taomas Watch
company took the numbers |, 1. and
~, giving them lead of over II PEI
cent ah cad of the other competitors
The case Of Emma Carlson VS. S w.
Chapman, which has been set down for
trial SO many times, has again been
=, erased from the docket. What seems to
be the trouble no one seems to know.
DIR Chapman has been ready for trial for
Z some time and it hardly is the right
. thing to have business man of the city
" rest under suspicion of crime of which
he claims he is innocent. DR. Chapman
!. is ready and willing to prove his limo
=, cence of the charge.
i. The Housatonic road on Saturday
= caused to be served legal papers order,
ing the Consolidated road to vacate the
y, disputed land at Bridgeport before
@ February 10. The Consolidated will, OF
ar course, take no notice of the order anC
N the next step of the Housatopic will b,
al an action whereby the Consolidated may
be elected. Such a suit cannot be
ar brought until fifteen days after the serv
ct ing of IA formal notice to quit. Thus thu
,e desired by the Housatonic in less than ;
N month.
I'd The twenty third annual concert an(
nj masquerade ball of the Concordia Sing
ing society was held IN Concordia hal
~ last night. About 100 couples partici
IS, pated and all report a good time. TIL
following committees were in charge
or Arrangements-Emil Haderer, Charlie
: Schmidt, Henry Helm and William
,r- Hellmann floor-John kunkel, mana
r. ger, and James Strong, Otto Wende
10 hack, William Helman, William
1 Teichert, Charles Zoehnle and Frit
at Buettner.
's- The New Haven News pays this CON
- pliment to Waterbury enterprise. w
he congratulate the Second regiment o
ct securing so good a major as Captai
ct Burpee will prove to be, and we cor
4 graduate Waterbury on capturin
Is: another field officer of the regiment
IS The Brass city is enterprising. We wi
8 not be surprised at any time to chron
Gle its demand for the removal of tn
NO Jail and the court house, and any othe
es mark or insignia of the county seat,
m a point midway up the Naugatuck va
la ley.
,st During the last fiscal year the numbe
lst of soldiers headstones erected in th
he state by the quartermaster generals d,
,gs partment was 1870. These stones hav
nd the state, each one being of marbl,
lin They are made by Stephen Maslen {
IN Hartford, who has had the contract fC
of number If years in fact. ever sine
py the metallic headstones were abandone
,er by the state. The principal pressure {
as the work comes during the month {
in two prior to Memorial day. This year
DR. work has not been commenced yet, IL
of acquisitions from the Grand Army pos
ter and veteran organizations not haviu
lie been received by the quartermast,
ost general.
CORPORATION RETURNS.
Annual Statements OF Joint StoC
Companies
at The following additional returns