Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-10
CITY NE WS.

Primrose q We6C6 mln9trelS az the
opera house this evening.
kGeneral Kellogg left this morning for
st Augustine, Florida.
Noah B. futile, will leave tomorrow
on a months visit to florida.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair, colder
weather on Wednesday fair, followed
by rain or snow.
Keeper Thompson of the town house
took George Nichols to Middletown to-
day and placed him in the asylum.
Mr. and Mrs John Pierpont, who have
been visiting in this city, returned to-
day to their home in johnson CITY,
Tenn.
The diocesan board, of which Rev 81.
Treanor is q member, are examining the
pupils in st Peters parochial school in
Hartford, to-day.
Rev Fathers Murphy and Brown of
tins city, assisted at the forty hours de-
votion, in st Roses church, Meriden,
yesterday.
The case for criminal libel brought by
Editor Clyma of the Naugatuck Agita-
tor against Editor Peck of the Enter
prise, will be heard tomorrow.
Eight new cars for the elevated rail
road passed through this city over the
New England road this morning on
| their way TO New YORK.
George Deckhart, twenty years OF
age, is missing from Middletown. He
is thought to be trife light headed.
/ He is of short build and Wore q dark
suit and derby hat.
The board of education held an ad-
| iourned meeting last evening. The
grading of the schools. educational mat
tiers and the supervision of the schools
in general were discussed.
The state parade of the societies con.
nected with the Catholic Total A sti-
hence union of Connecticut will be held
in Bridgeport June "a. 1t is expected
that there will be so societies in line.
The rain last night was not without
its advantages. It cleared away what
was left on the sidewalks from the last
snow storm and made passable again
those which property owners failed to
pay any attention to.
Willie Hogan, son of Richard Hogan
of North Elm street, was bitten by a
dog yesterday morning. The boy 8
thumb was painfully lacerated. DIR
Hayes was called and cauterized the
wound.
1.-THE rains descended. at lively rate
during the greater part of last evening.
At one time the streets were flooded and
the sewers overburdened. There was a
vivid display of lightning and various
peals of thunder late in the evening.
Charles Rick, aged AZ, died at his
home on Dodd street yesterday after.
noon. He was a veteran of the war and
belonged to Speedwel lodge, X. of ?,
and the German lodge of Red Men: A
wife and five children survive him.
The funeral will take place at $3.50
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The United States express company
now compels all its employees to leave
their photographs and a full description
of themselves at headquarters. The
men resent it, but President Pratt shows
good reasons for having q convenient
description of men who handle $40, OO0,'
900 a day entrusted to the company.
Charles ]. Dillon the Hartford under
taker, who is well known in this city,
met with a bad accident early Saturday
morning. Shortly after midnight Fri
day, he was returning to his rooms In
the Times building, accompanied by
several friends, and in crossing Main
street he slipped, and in so doing broke
two bones in his right foot-the houla
land metatarsal.
No word has yet been received here
from Pardon the suspected burglar.
Since his release from custody in New
York, because Governor Hill would not
Surrender him, he stated that he would
return to this city, as he had nothing to
fear; that he was innocent, and left Wa
terbury owing to domestic troubles. II
is thought that he has gone as far from
Connecticut as possible.
Professor Robert Gone, who is well
known in this city, had very narrow
escape from death, while trying to board
the o'clock train at Derby Saturday
Ievening. The train was moving rapidly
when Professor Cone seized the rail and
he was thrown down and dragged con.
siderable distance. He held to the rail
and succeeded in climbing upon the step.
He was considerably bruised and shaken
Iup.
The endowment of 81 900 for the
children of the late William F. Dillon,
from the Catholic Benevolent Legion,
was paid to Mrs Dillon last evening by
officers of the local council. Waterbury
council was instituted last July and Mr.
billions was the first death. The legion
consists of 1856 councils with a member
ship of 27,293, and from the date of
organization to the present time the
sum of So, 1913, S55.SS has been paid to
the heirs of $40 deceased members.