Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-18
CITY NEWS.

Gill Will nOlu COuTL mere MOu-
day, to dispose of minor matters.
Courts Shields and Meany, A. o. F. of
A, will elect officers tonight.
An athletic entertainment will be
given at City hall Thursday evering,
January 2S.
Milkman j. NJ. Harper's horse ran
away on Wilson street, this morning
splitting 200 quarts of milk.
Special counter at Phelan's tea store
Beats anything heretofore shown at this
season of the year.
The Midnight Alarm" and fire patrol
has made over forty thousand dollars
for Manager Pearson this season.
The teachers held a meeting in the
High school room this afternoon. Super
intendent Crosby delivered an interest
ing address on the new course of study.
Residents of Cook street and vicinity
complain that chicken thieves have
visited their memories within the past
few nights, and that many chickens
have been stolen.
The knights of Columbus have sent
out assessments on the deaths of
Michael F. O'Brien, William II.
Hughes, Thomas German, Timothy
Meehan and Thomas Scanlon.
An interesting "war talk" on the first
battle of Bull Run was given by o. w.
Cornish, before the members of Wad-
hams post last evening.
Robert A. Welton, caster at Bene-
dict & Burnhams, was seriously burned
about the face and hands by molten
metal at the factory, late yesterday
afternoon.
The funeral of Daniel Altman, who
died at his brothers house on River
street yesterday, was held this after
noon. The burial was at St Joseph's
cemetery.
The Y. NJ. c. ~. athletics are improv-
| ing, one of them threw a 16 pound
weight through window and let it fall
on South Maih street last night. Heads
from under, there.
NJ. j. Walsh, brother of p. II. Walsh
of South Elm street, died December g.,
/ at his home in Savannah, Ga. Mr.
Walsh left here two years ago to take
| charge of a quarry at Savannah. His
age was so years.
The two degree teams of Turks tribe
and Sequses council will go to New
Haven this evening to attend the meet
Ing of the State council of Red Men.
They will return by special train, leav-
| ing New Haven at 80 o'clock to NOR
| row morning.
The Winseed Citizen says: The Cen
trail New England Railroad company has
contracted to haul 1000 empty freight
cars from Hartford to Campbell Hall
for 81 apiece. This will, it is hoped =,
relieve the blockade of cars at several
points on the New England road.
Janit0r Loughlin of City hall, yester-
day purchased Marty rat trap and was
rewarded this morning by catching two
rats. He brought his prize into the
court room to exhibit them. Somebody
opened the door and the rats escaped.
Mr. Loughlin is very angry over the loss.
One of the prettiest panels of the
many pretty ones issued by the Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea company, is the
one they have prepared for distribution
to their customers during the holidays.
The subject is a little boy proudly
dressed in military suit, with high top
boots and rifle. 1t is called ''The Home
Guard"
Some of the clerks in this city are in
hopes that the proprietors will follow
the lead of the storekeepers in Boston,
New York and elsewhere, and close the
stores on Saturday, December 20, the
day after Christmas, thus giving them
double holiday. 1t would be great
blessing to the tired clerks, certainly, if
such thing could be done.
Good Cheer Council o. c. F., elected
the following officers last evening:
Councillor, ID. w. TilIotson; vice coun-
cillor, Ella Newill; secretary, L. NJ. Mil
Ter; assistant secretary, Ernest Niver;
treasurer, II. G. Brandes; prelate C. S.
Root; marshal, Flora A. Judd; warden,
James Moran; guard, w. II. Durkee,
sentry, F: R. Welton;medical examiner,
d. 5. Wildman, trustees, II. C. Brandes,
G, F. Bates. ]. II Newill.sOroaDict Cora
B. Demuth.
The druggists of New Haven. who
have gained considerable undesirable
notoriety of late, intend, it is said, to
make an effort toward having the
county commissioners remove Mr.
Blydenburgh from the office of prose-
cutting agent. They will circulate "A
petition in which the methods pursued
by Blydenburgh and his detectives will
be fully described, and calling for his
removal. AS soon as sufficient names
have been obtained it will be forwarded
to the county commissioners.