Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-24
CITY NEWS.

with tea ana BAKING powder at fnelan
tea store, Platt's block.
w. N. Hallock, for the past two years
with Brett & Co, has accepted posi-
ton with Epson, Singleton & Co.
At st Pauls church last evening, the
members attended a reception to their
new pastor, the Rev l.. w. Holmes.
Our streets often greet us with blind
showers of dust. Your grocer will sell
YOU lavine which will drive it all away. |
Colonel Doherty says that the Second
regiment officers will attend Major |
Kinney's funeral in Hartford, Monday.
President j. D. Dewell of the state
board of trade is in favor of taxing dogs
$25 a head.
A necktie and apron festival will be
given by the Wadhams Woman's Relief
corps in G. A. r. hall, Wednesday even
ing, April 30.
The funeral of the late Edward Daley
will take plrce to the church of the
Immaculate Conception at $3.50 O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
Brett s. Co have filed their north
window with children's suits costing
from $5 to $40, which they are now
closing out for 1895.
r. A. Nichols of Hartford, a well
known temperance worker, is expected
to speak in this city at one of the
| churches next Sunday.
l. A large number of base ball enthusi-
asts will come over from Meriden Satur.
day by special train, to see the opening
game in this city.
The Rev Thomas w. Broderick, pastor
of st Peters church, of Hartford, will
accompany Bishop McMahon on his
| trip to Europe and will remain with
him while on the Continent.
The kirchweih given under the aus
pieces of the German Lutheran society
closed last evening in Concordia hall.
The hall was crowded each of the three
evenings and snug sum was realized
by the society.
| intendent ON the New England road and
now general manager of the Grand
Central station in New York was in
this city yesterday afternoon visiting
Superintendent Beach.
There is no abatement in the number
of cases of the grip. In fact so many
people are laid up with it throughout
| the city that it almost deserves the title
of an epidemic. Every local physician
has his hands full of patients suffering
from the ailment.
The Ansonia Sentinel says: Torring-
ton wants it put upon record that Wa
terbury anglers go fishing in that town
on Sunday. This is a most surprising
charge and we can hardly believe it.
Sunday pennyante must have lost its
charms i'll the Brass City.
Thomas II. Cumming, who will give
an illustrated lecture on The Passion
Play of $780," in the opera house Sun
day evening. is pronounced a very able
lecturer by the press. He has over 100
views of scenes in the great play. Seats
are on sale ut Bossidy's drug store.
We are requested to announce that a
meeting of the Regular Fourth Ward
Democratic club" will be held at their
rooms on Pleasant street, at 8 o'clock to-
night, and every member is requested
to be present. This is the club that
placed James Longworth in nomination
at the recent election for alderman.
The new timetable which it is ex-
pected will go into effect on the New
England road next Sunday, will, it is
said, make important changes. 1t is eX-
pected that new passenger train will
leave this city at 5:30 n. m. for Hartford,
in order to accommodate those who
wish to go to Providence. Nantucket
and other summer resorts.
Sailing s. Gerner of New Haven have
been victimized by a man who repre-
sented himself as advance agent of Il
goods to be delivered when the circus
arrived, after which he induced the firm
to advertise on the circus programme
and pay 81 in cash. Now no such circus
can be found.
The entertainment at st Patrick's hal
continues to attract crowds nightly
Last evenings programme was thor
oughly appreciated and heartily APP
plauded. Tonight the programme will
be as follows: Now is the Time OF
Maying," choir; piano solo. selected
Nj. Grimes; You Stole My Love-" choir
slack wire exhibition, Mr. CABOT.
The case of Louis c. Prindle, editor oil
the Bridgeport Morning News, against
Peter w. Wren, of the wholesale liquor
firm of Mcmahon & Wren, has beer
assigned for trial next Tuesday in the
superior court, before Judge Thayer anC
jury. Editor Prindle claims IS ,O0(
for an assault made upon HIM by the
{ defendant in September, 1888, an article
which appeared in the News provoking
the assault.
The New York & New England rail
road survey Ors have completed running
lines and collecting the data for esti
mating building expenses and lane
damages for connecting the main line a
East Thompson, Conn. with the Contra
, division at Pascoag. The route is about
, seven miles through woods and swamps
an almost uninhabited country in which
! there is but one highway crossing.
Miss Ellen Delane, the smallpox
, patient at the pesthouse continues to im
prove and will be convalescent in a few
days. At $50 o'clock this mornin,
Health Officer Frost and Sanitary In
spector Moses removed the quarantine
from the Phelan block on Baldwin
street, where Miss Delane was takel
sick. The members of the families il
the block have been successfully vac
cinated and the health officers say tina
} the danger is now over.
In general order issued yesterday
the acknowledgement appointed boarC
for the examination of National Guart
officers, which is to meet at the Secon,
regiment armory in New Haven, Ma,