Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-02
CITYNEW MS

The board of health will meet at p.
m. to-day, and the road board at 1880
o'clock this evening.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
slightly warmer, followed tomorrow by
rain or snow.
The Scovill Manufacturing company
will close their mill on Friday and Satur
day Of this week.
Real Estate Agent Tierney has sold to
r. p Peters the 100 acre farm of Mr. w.
Smith in Prospect.
Coal, wood and charcoal in any
quantity; best quality and lowest
prices, at Miller & Strickland's, 107
Bank street.
The handsomest and latest novelties
in Easter cards, all prices, ever seen in
Waterbury, can be found at Martin
Bergin's. GO South Main street.
w. Kleinecke, the East Main street
barber made an assignment few days
ago and this morning Sheriff Mcdonald
took possession of the fixtures.
T. B. Payne has sold his hotel in
Cheshire to Walter Scott, who has been
proprietor of it for the past few years
under lease. The price paid was about
S., 900.
If you contemplate building fence
or grape arbor, or setting out posts. call
at the City lumber and coal company's
yard, near the New England depot. for
your material.
Miles F. Daley, for the past few
town to-day visiting his home. He has
accepted a position with druggist
firm in Hartford.
The Middletown selectmen have asked
the inspector of dams of this congres-
sional district to make an examination
of the dam Of Prout hollow pond, which
is believed to be unsafe.
Bridgeport democrats will hold their
conventions tonight. 1t is conceded
that Mayor De Forest will be renomi-
mated and that Fred Mullen will be the
choice for city clerk.
A meeting of Evangeline circle, G. of
F., will be held in City hall, Thursday
evening, for the purpose of drill. Those
who wish to canvas at the coming fair
are requested to be present.
Mrs Rachael T. Wales died at the resi-,
dence of her son-in-law, A. l. Goodrich
noon, aged 81 years. The funeral SER
vices will be held Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
| T. V. Powderly spoke at Allyn hall
Hartford last evening to large au-
dience of workingmen, on the labor
question. Mayor Root and others oc-
cupied seats on the platform. Mr.
Powderly spoke chiefly on the aims and
principles OF the knights of Labor.
w. j. Schlegel sold to-day for w. w.
| Ladd his two tenement house and the
lot connected with it to Emily p. Smith,
who will take possession at once. Mr
| Schlegel also sold farm of 60 acres in
Wolcott, for NJ. Renaud, to Samuel Will
son.
DR. William NJ. Hudson of Hartford
has resigned as a member of the state
fish commission, having been opposed
| to mesh nets in the Connecticut river
for to catch shad and having been out
| voted by Commissioners Bill and
Chalker. He says these nets will ruin
the shad fisheries.
George F. Perry is no better and fears
are entertained for his recovery. A few
days ago he ruptured a blood vessel in
his head and his physician, DR. North,
pives little hope of his recovery. MI
Perry has served as county commits.
| board of selectmen.
| The winners of prizes offered to the
| DEMOCRAT newsboys selling the most
papers during the month Of February
were as follows: William Ha, es. $3.50
Frank Bergin, S1.75 Henry Hayden,
81. so Charles Dalton. 90 cents !; James
Seydes, go cents; William Selby, Will
liam Gulfoile. Maurice Griffin and
James Lane, so cents each.
| Thomas Holiness a tool maker EN-
ployed at the Waterbury Manufs cturing
company'S works, met with a serious &C
cident this morning. He was testing a
stamp press and in some manner caught
| his right hand crushing the fingers. He
was taken to DR. Benedict's office for
treatment. The hand was so badly in
iured that only the thumb and little fin.
ger were saved.
On next Sunday, which is Easter. a
collection will be taken up in all the
Catholic churches in this diocese, for the
support of the Catholic students who
are preparing to enter the priesthood
Twenty-Five years ago. when Rhode
Island and Connecticut formed but one
diocese. there were only 60 priests in the
two states. The growth of the Catholic
church since that time has been 50
great that each of these states now form
d separate diocese, and in Connecticut
alone there are 200 priests.
The repetition of the Sacred Hear
, church choir entertainment at City hal
on Thursday evening, April 10, will II,
doubt draw another large house. Tn
sale of reserved seat tickets. which ar
| placed at DO Genus, VIII DeSln at BOSSluy
drug store tomorrow morning at I
o'clock. The programme has been nee
essarily changed for the occasion, tn
: entertainment commencing with tn
drama of kathleen Mavourneen''. an,
i concluding with an original muslca
e farce in one act, entitled AT Schoo
with O'Toole."
At meeting of the road board he'll
March 10, it was voted that books b
n purchased in which a record of roa
a work shall be made. The books wei
/ received by City Clerk Kilduff to-day
i One look is to be kept by the cit
$ clerk and records in the proper column
the following points Number, characte
and locality of the work when ordere
by the court of common council and b
t road bOarl: when completed. the est