Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-06-19
CITY NEWS.

Will SAIL TOT E4urOpe July 4s
Brett 6 Co are selling all their boys
knee pant suits for 1896.
Rev Father Donahue of Lakeville is
slowly recovering from his illness.
Court Shields, A. o. F. of A. will
elect officers next Thursday evening.
Ella F. Hickox, aged months, infant
daughter of Fred Hickox, died to-day.
The public schools will close June 80.
Several of the rooms will have special
exercises.
Read the opening chapters of "The
Russian Doctor" in to-day's issue of the
DEMOCRAT.
At the meeting of Court Meany, A. o.
F. of A. this evening, the semi-annual
election of officers will take place.
For sale cheap, shelving, counters,
tables, show cases, mirrors, safe, desk,
etc, etc. Brett & Co.
Peter Murphy had his hand badly
bruised while handling boxes at Bene-
dict Sc Burnham's day or two ago.
A special meeting of the Waterbury
Wheel club will be held in their rooms
Monday evening, June %, at o'clock.
The Regular Fourth Ward Democratic
club will hold a meeting tonight at
their rooms on Pleasant street. All
Next Sunday will be Foresters' memo
rial day. All the local courts will as
semble in G. A. r. hall, and march to
the cemeteries to decorate the graves of
deceased members.
The three boys who managed to make
their escape Tuesday afternoon from
the State reform school have not yet
been captured. The police are on the
lookout for them.
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Lizotte
took place from her late residence to st
AIMS church this morning, where
requiem mass was celebrated by the
Rev Father Bourret. The burial was in
st Joseph's cemetery.
Clarence Selleck, representing the
Norwalk Hour, was in town to-day and
made call at the DEMOCRAT Office. He
is going to attend the Y. NJ. G. A. games
in Hartford tomorrow and after that
will start for Canada on foot.
During the thunderstorm in Manga
tuck Wednesday evening house occu-
pied by a family named Haggerty was
struck. Miss Mary Haggerty was pros
trated for a time and her left arm rem
dered useless. She is slowly recovering
from the effects Of the shock.
Owing to the unpleasant weather of
last evening the concert which was to
have been given by the American band
has been postponed until next Thursday
evening, June 25th, when the same pro-
gramme will be performed, which was
advertised for last evening.
]. F. Phelan, the tea merchant, prom
Uses the full penalty of the law if he can
find out the boys who are representing
themselves as selling his tea. The pub
lie will take notice by the name on the
no xx-hn hot Sc
F. Phelan's or some mushroom concerns.
James Flynn was arrested this morn
ing, charged with the theft of mason
tools from building on Bridge street.
Henry Merville, colored, who has been
source of much annoyance to the resi-
dents of the West End was arrested this
afternoon, charged with indecent ex-
posture.
Notice Of the deaths of the following
members of the knights of Columbus
has been received: William j. O'Brien,
Hartford; John j. Mcclure, Birming
ham; William Leahey ,Danbury; Edward
Kearns, Bridgeport; Michael Flanagan,
Unionville, and William r. Barry, Bir-
mingham.
Parties desiring to hire a bus for
drives to Quassapaug or other places can
be accommodated by applying to
Bernard Coyle. First class hacks fur
nished for weddings, receptions, funer-
liam F. Dillon's store, East Main street.
Careful drivers in attendance.
1t looks now as though the railroad
commissioners would compel the Meri-
| den, Waterbury & Connecticut River
little safer before deciding upon its
acceptance. The commissioners, Meri-
den selectmen and attorneys of both
sides inspected the road again yester-
day.
Nellie, the twelve year old daughter
of Napoleon Roy, of 900 Bank street,
died from diphtheria this morning and
was buried this afternoon. Mr. Roy has
the sympathy of the community in his
af1iction, this being the second child he
lost from the disease. Three other of
his children are down with the disease,
one of them being at the point of death.
The weather-change compelled gen.
| eral return to warm clothing. With a
cold wind blowing straight from the
point where, about twenty miles below
the mouth of the Saguenay the country
is "still buried in snow" an April style
which had become universal and COM
the "nineties."
| A committee appointed at Hartford
/ to investigate in regard to caring for
town Door has recently reported that in
1885 Hartford was paying $2.07 for each
man, woman and child of its population
in poor relief. New Haven was pay
ing $3.50; Bridgeport, $1.03; Waterbury,
81 cents: Norwich, $1.54; New Britain,
$1.39. Connecticut cities on an average
paid 81 ,22 per capita, against Hartford's
$2.07.
The trial of the twelve indicted d.
rectors of the Consolidated road will
commence on Monday morning before
tention if possible to establish at this
trial that each and every ono of the di-