Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-21
CITY NE WS.

ives sketch or Edith cSornAan, the escaped nun.
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair and colder " ather, for the next twenty-four hours.
 Mrs John H. Jenks of East Main street, ls suffering from a broken leg caused by fall Wednesday.
 w. H. Clark, with F. B. Field, gives personal attention to everything in the line of plumbing, roofing, etc. I. Chase is to-day offering choice line # ruching at the low price of fifteen 'ents a yard, in black, cream and white A. 8. Chase and Charles Miller of this 'ity, have been elected directors of the 2. & F. Corbin company of New Britain The eighth annual reunion of the Connecticut Association of ex-Prisoners | f War, will be held in Hartford to-mor- ,ow.
 Tomorrow is the last day of the auc-
 ion ssle of dry goods at 104 South Main
 'treet. Many bargains will be offered tonight and tomorrow.
 Colonel Doherty and Major Burpee conduc ted . battalion drill at New Ha- zen last night It was Major Burpee's first appearance in that capacity. Miss Antoinette Feron, music teacher, 0hhlS oy q Aah wv "SSho .go. Wednesday physician was called md it was found that one of the small
 'ones of the ankle was broken.
 About half the electric clocks in Dan- ,ury stopped a morning or two since. investigation showed that the circuit lad been destroyed by . man who cut If piece of the wire to tie up his stove pipe.
 The Connecticut Catholic and the New Haven Standard, both contain all letters of Rev Father O'Donnell, and a ,ketch ef Edith O'Gorman, the escaped nun; at William F. Dillon's, 6S East Main street.
 The funeral of Frankie Gaffney, the year old son of John w. Gaffney, took place this afternoon. The pAllbearers Donald, Frank McLinden, James Law Tor, John Dillon and Mark McGuire, playmate of the deceased.
 An alarm of fire from box IA called out the department at 11:50 o'clock this forenoon. The fire, or rather scare, proved to be in a house owned by Ed ward D. Rush at the extreme end of East Main street. The services of the department were not needed.
 New York dispatches report that prices on coal are being cut right and left in the hope of forcing on the trade. IS it is estimated there are now 1,750.- 900 tons of coal above ground in the mining regions for which there is no market.
 An audience of 100 attended the re- ception at the rooms of the Boys club last night. P. Brett gave several piano solos, Frank A. Henry rendered num- Der of comical banjo songs, and Art V. Selby introduced doings and sayings as itnpersonater.
 This remarkable winter is taking on still more remarkable features. We have had pleasant weather and thun- der shower, this week, and yesterday a grand programme of snow rain and sun shine was offered. Last night the coldest wave of the season arrived.
 The funeral of Mrs Sarah White was largely attended from her late residence on Cherry street to the church of the Immaculate Conception this morning. The pallbearers were : John, James, Henry, Stephen, Peter and Martin Byrnes, nephews of the deceased.
 The executive committee of the state republican league has arranged to hold banquet at the Allyn house in Hartford in April, to which all the republican clubs of the state will be invited. Sena- tors Hawley and Platt wilt attend and Chauncey M. Depew is expected to speak.
 Henry Gray. the executor of the will of Mary Sedgw ick, late of West Hart ford, has handed over to State Treasurer Henry the first legacy tax paid in the Hartford probate district under the col lateral inheritance law passed by the lust legislature. The amount was $475,- 2S, being p"r cent of the legacy.
 el> Crick ct club, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year E. E. F. McMahon, president J. H. Tripp, vice president ; E. J. Starr. secretary James yburn, assistant secretary Walter Harris, treasurer. The interest in cricket is growing very rapidly in this country and the prospects are that there will be more teams in the field this year han ever before. The Albions are quite enthusiastic and are already pricking up their ears for challenges. The new sec retary, E. J. Starr. has his quill already sharpened and is anxious to use it.
 Town Clerk and Registrar James J. Madden has received from c. A. Linds- ley, secretary and superintendent of registration of vital statistics. circular asking him to forward the original cer- titicates of deaths in this town from June 1, 1889 to January 1, 1890. The data relating to deaths in Connecticut is wanted by the census officials and this method is taken to obtain the infor- nation. The certificates will be returned after the secretary has made a copy of each.
 Charitably inclined people have taken considerable satisfaction this winter in thinking that the mildness of the seas on must mitigate to a marked degree the sufferings of the poor. Al matter of fact, however, the present has been the moss nf ;bs ~n1er iGr many years on ness and lack of work. Ordinarily hun dreds of men find employment in cut ting ice and the money received from shoveling snow from sidewalks, as well as from the car tracks and the streets, is by many d-pended on as the chief means of livelihood during the winter. This year there has been no ice or snow to speak of.