Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-14
CITY NEWS.

Ten per cent will be added to all
water bills unpaid after to-day.
Fathers Duggan and Flemming
visited the Sacred Heart church fair last
evening.
Edward Silvernail, aged 81, brake
man, had both arms cut off by the cars
at Danbury to-day.
The o'clock train over the New Eng
land road from Hartford was thirty
minutes late this afternoon.
There will be a special meeting of
Barcelona council, K. of c., in st
Patrick's hall tomorrow night. -
Edwin NJ. Falsom of st Johnsbury,
Vt, has been selected secretary of the
Waterbury Y. NJ. C. A., vice f. L..
Willis, resigned.
An effort is being made this afternoon
to effect a compromise in the suit
brought by l.. F. Haase against p. j.
Strain and wife.
If you have decided to hang your
babies, the easiest way to hang them is
to get a pound of tea or baking powder
and swing at Phelan's.
The pool match between Harry Hun
| ter of New Haven and William Harvey
of this city will take place next Tuesday
evening. Roger Conner will be referee.
Reid &, Hughes will close their store
from l to 3 o'clock Monday afternoon
| in order to give the help an opportunity
of attending the funeral of Miss Cook.
The Concordias will not hold their an
nual masquerade on New Years eve as
announced in this mornings paper, but
will hold it the last Thursday in Janu-
| airy, at Jacques auditorium.
The meeting of the Naugatuck Val
| ley Teachers association, held in the
| High school to-day, was largely at
were read.
A collision occurred on the New Eng
land road last night al Needham, Mass,
No one was injured seriously, but the
| road was blocked for several hours.
Epson, Singleton & Co are the ac-
knowledged leaders in the clothing
business in Waterbury. They have as
| fine an assortment as can be found on
| the globe. So go there when you want
to buy.
For the past week or so the travel
| over the Consolidated road has been the
lightest recorded for some time. There
has been a general lull in the passenger
traffic, while freights have also been
light. The dropping off is attributed to
Vic hCdNJ oLOl HIS III SOIIlS PAL Us VI Tic
country.
Tax Collector Coughlan has become
tired of waiting for delinquent taxpay-
ers to come to time and issues the fol
lowing edict: After to-day he will be in
his office from 2 to 5 in the afternoon
and to 8 in the evening. He will at
once commence placing liens on
property where taxes have not been
paid.
The railroad commissioners have
granted an order authorizing the town
of Waterbury to extend South Leonard
treet over the Naugatuck railroad
tracks. The work of building the abut-
ments can be done for about So, 500, half
of which will be paid by the railroad
company. The first estimate was
| $4,000, the whole to be paid by the town.
Reports from various sections of the
state show that cartridges this fall are
very scarce, and the question upper,
most in the minds of sporting men is
where have they gone to? Quail, in
some sections of the state, are plentiel
than they were last year, but it is hard
to find them yet. They are still rang
ing and have not been driven into
winter quarters.
Miss Nettie Cook, aged %, died late
last night from typhoid pneumonia al
the home of her father on Summer
street. Miss Cook was a graduate oil
the High school and young lady who
had host Of friends who will regret hel
death. For some time prior to her deatl
Miss Cook was employed as cashier al
Reid & Hughes store. The funeral viii
take place Monday afternoon. The
burial will be in Riverside.
The wonderful contest Friday nigh
between the Holmes, Booth & Hayden.
and Benedict & Burnham teams ended
in victory for the former, giving then
the championship in the factory tug of
war handicap. The fair COMMITTEES
have decided under the circumstance
to offer purse of $50 for the champion
ship of the Naugatuck valley
1t will be contested for Monday even
ing, November 16, between Co G anC
the Holmes, Booth & Haydens' teams
The booths and exhibits will be removed
and the auditorium given up to the fina
pull. Dancing after the tug-of-war il
ended and will continue until l:
O'Clock. The prizes will be drawn to
night.
Father O'Donnell has decided t.
adopt new schedule of studies for til
scholars of st Mary's parochial school
The new course will consist of eigh
grades ranging from the average age9
of to IA years. Among other impor
tant changes will be the teaching o.
sewing to the girls and mechanical
drawing to the boys of third and fourth
grades. Pupils completing the course
of seyen grades will be transferred t.
the first year of the High school, Will,
those who complete the entire cours,
will be transferred to the second year
The schedule is the first of it's kind to b.
adopted by any parochial in the STATE
and will be published in pamphlet form
for distribution among teachers anC
parents of the scholars.
The return of Bishop Mcmahon from
his trip in Europe will be made tn,
occasion of public reception. Accord
ing to the Connecticut Catholic tn,
bishop sailed Thursday on the City O
New York and is expected to reacl
Hartford on the $3.50 evening train mex
Thursday. st Joseph's cathedral will
be opened and fully illuminated for thu
exercises. which will begin with tn,
singing of the TIE Deum. A chorus O
| 1OD VOjCae will orsua oAbo,, A