Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-05
CITY NEWS.

thlS evening.
 oS Nicholas Commerford, aged years, died this morning.
 Mrs Eliza A. Riphmburgh died yester- day at her home on Park avenue.
 The New Haven Baptist association will meet in this city this week.
 John Lane of the Catholic Standard of New Haven spent Sunday in this city.
 Mir and Mrs John Moriarty arrived home Saturday evening from their trip to Europe.
 During the month of October special devotions will be held in all the Catholic churches.
 The local bartenders are playing their Naugatuck brethern at Naugatuck this afternoon.
 Mayor Marigold of Bridgeport with his wife spent yesterday visiting friends in this city.
 The court of common council and the board of fire commissioners will meet this evening.
 Election returns will be read from the opera house stage between the acts of the performance this evening.
 Holmes, Booth & Haydens' factory | was closed to-day in order to give the male employees an opportunity to vote. The dedication of the new building of | the Waterbury Industrial school will | take place Saturday next. There were three drunks registered on the blOtter at the police station at three | o'clock to day.
 An immense black snake was killed in the woods out east yesterday, by boys who were chestnutting. David Altman, young man living on Doolittle alley, badly lacerated his left hand while chopping wO~d with an axe this morning.
 Court Stephen J. Meany's Pride circle, c. of F, will hold grand fair and enter | tainment at City hall, commencing to- m orrow and ending Saturday evening.
 Margaret E. Dwycr, aged 3 months, | died yesterday. The funeral took place | from the family residence, 154 Bishop | street, at o'clock this afternoon.
 Margaret Cunningham, aged 60, died Sunday at her home on Doolittle alley. The funeral will take place Tuesday | morning at S30 o'clock to the Sacred Heart church.
 Yesterday was very busy day on the New England road. From D. m, Saturday to ) ..m. yesterday fifty-four trains passed through the city over the | road.
 Judge Cowell held police court in the police station this morning. Charles | Gardiner, charged with intoxication, was the only offender. He was fined $1 and costs.
 Thomas F. Kenney, aged 24, son o3 | Nicholas Kenny of A Simon street, died yesterday morning. The funeral will take place to St Patrcks church at S:30 | o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Sanctuary Onward, s. of S, held a meeting Saturday evening and reelected the old board of officers for the ensuing six months. Supreme Deputy John H. Moran will install the new officers next Saturday evening.
 The funeral of the late Owen Casey of Walnut avenue was held yesterday afternoon to the church of the Sacred Heart. The pallbearers were: Gregory | Connor, John Agnew, John Bow and Michael Bowe.
 SssThe independent ticket is not showing the strength that was claimed and ex- pected for it. Many voters were fitted out with the split in Miles Connolly $ store. It is.not believed, however. that many of the tickets will find their way into the ballot boxes.
 The annual meeting of the colored grand lodge of Free and Accepted Ma sons will be held at Bridgeport, this week. The delegates from Kellogg lodge of this city, are George A. Jenkins, Will liam II. Costin, James Fitch, H. L. White, F. II. Johnson and William Anthony.
 The pumps of the Connecticut river water works at Hartford were started Saturday afternoon for the first time il seven years. the water in the reservoir being very low. The Hartford people are advised to boil the water before using, on account of the sewage which flows into the river.
 The annual town meeting was called to order in the district court room at { clock this morning by Town Clerk Mad den. When the call had been read
 Mayor c. R. Baldwin was appointed . moderator, after which an adiournmen
 was taken until s o'clock this evening owing to the small attendance. The train on the New England roat
 from Hartford, due here at noon, Wa
 over half an hour late to-day owing tt
 an accident in the yard at Bristol. Two
 freights, one going east, from this city and the other west bound train, cam,
 together. Both engines were slightl, t damaged. The accident was due to al
 open switch.
 An year old son of John English o
 No 8 North Riverside street received
 painful and serious injuries Saturda.
 afternoon. While walking along tn
 New England tracks he found torpe
 do. Boy fashion he placed it on a raj
 and struck it with stone. His lief = hand was terribly lacerated, one finge
 being nearly severed. One eye was als
 struck by piece of the shell and it i
 feared that the sight IS destroyed. D N II HanlOn dressed the bOV'S wOundS
 A Valuable Colt Shot. s A few days ago valuable colt, be
 longing to the Smith family at Magonk 2 was found dead in the woods, near tn I family residence shot in the head. Tn
 colt had been missed from the pastur e and the result of the search after tn