Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-21
CITY NEWS.

QleQ IN WaCerCOWn, were IO-uay IdAcA
to New York for burial.
P. J. Strain made voluntary assign
ment this morning to d. F. Webster,
for the benefit of his creditors.
D. L. Horton, New England road
brakeman, had his hand crushed while
coupling cars at Hawleyville last night.
Universalist services by Rev s. R. H.
Briggs, in Mechanics hall, Sunday at
1890 a. m. Subjest "The Immortality
of the Soul"
The funeral of the late Patrick De-
laney will take place from 1873 Ridge
street at 1880 o'clock tomorrow after
noon to st PatrIck's church.
When the leaves begin to turn. Well
they have already turned and fallen, too,
so prepare yourself for cold weather by
getting a warm suit of clothing at Up
son, Singleton & Cos.
IRichard Mcintyre of South Riverside
street, fell off the railroad bridge near
Holmes, Booth & Haydens' last night,
into about four feet of water. Beyond
a wetting he received no injury.
The members of Court Wolf Tone, A.
O. F. of A., will meet in G. A. r. hall
at 30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to
attend in body the funeral of James
j. Nangle, which will be held at 2
o'clock.
The third annual music festival of the
Harmonic society will be given in the
Jacques auditorium, on December 3. 1t
will be the first real opportunity of test
ing the acoustic properties of the audi
forum.
The new time table on the Naugatuck
division goes into effect tomorrow.
The only change is the making of the
1876 a. m. express train into an accom-
mediation, stopping in future at Manga
tuck. Seymour, Ansonia and Derby.
The Entire Nous club was rendered a
reception at the home of Miss Mary Hol-
ohan on Union street last evening
Among those present from out of town
were Miss Julia Carroll of Torrington,
Mr. and Mrs Jerome jackson, Frank
Brett and John Lane of New Haven.
Miss Susie Forester, leading lady of
the Little Nugget" troupe, which was
to have appeared Wednesday evening at
Meriden, sprained her ankle near the
Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut
River depot in the morning and the date
had to be cancelled.
A meeting of Barcelona council, K. of
c., will be held tomorrow evening in st
Patrick's hall, when new bylaws will
be adopted. A full attendance is re-
quested. Extensive preparations are
being made for the Thanksgiving eve
sociable of the council.
Freight trains Nos 3O2, 3O6, 1898, 321,
300, 1927 and 317 will not run over the
Naugatuck division on Thanksgiving
day. Agents will not receive any
freight of a perishable nature on the
day previous unless it can be forwarded
to its destination the same day.
tuck station for Thomaston at 7:30
o'clock this evening to accommodate
those who wish to attend the entertain
ment given by the firemen of that
place. The train on the return trip will
leave Thomaston at midnight.
The work of placing new iron sup
ports and repairing Great brook at
Meadow street, is about completed.
Contractor Gaffney has completed the
paving to within one hundred and fifty
feet of the intersection of Canal street
1t will take about two weeks before
Grandstreet is reached.
People who are obliged to wait foI
trains at Hawleyville are cordially in
vited by Mr. Baker, proprietor of the
furniture works there, to make his
Office their waiting room. Easy chairs
and reading matter are offered them
and he will notify them of the approach
of their train.
Inasmuch as the Consolidated road is
unwilling to pay the expense of sending
an officer to California to bring back
Frank Fisher, who has confessed to
having committed a burglary at the
North Haven station, Attorney Doc,
little has decided to take no steps
against Fisher.
The family of Richard Fitzgerald OIL
Judd Place, narrowly escaped being sui
located by coal gas last night. When Mrs
Fitzgerald awoke this morning shC
was deathly sick. She called the othel
members of the family and found thai
they were suffering even worse thar
herself. Their illness was caused by ga,
from a stove the hampers of which haC
been closed. DIR Hayes was summoned
and all are now out of danger.
Divorces were granted yesterday a
New Haven, as follows: Robert Curry
of Waterbury from Jane Curry, on thu
ground of desertiOn; Margaret Egan O
Waterbury from John Egan, on tn,
ground of intemperance; custody O
minor children awarded to the mother
Frederick G.. King from Celia NJ. King
on the ground of intemperance; marrie(
January 8, 1880; custody of children
given the father.
When the brakemen on the freieh
train known as the Waterbury local
reached Bristol Thursday night the,
struck and refused to go further on tn,
train. The train remained at the depo
all night and man was put to watcl
the goods. 1t was late yesterday morn
ing before the train started on its jour
ney. The train men complained tina
they had been working day and night.
The Hartford papers, says the New
! Haven Morning News, in its Birming
ham department, printed stories yeste1
day of the disappearance of Ensigl
Fred LOOMS, his valise, which he left a
} Hartford hotel, being turned over t
the police. Ioomis is a Birmingham
boy, graduate of Annapolis Navs
academy and an ex-ensign in the Unite
States navy. He is now employed b
the Thomson-Houston Electric com
pany, and his father says he is at wor
in Waterbury for his firm, superintend
ing work being done for Holmes, Boot
& Haydens.
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