Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-30
CITY NEWS.


There was only one drunk before the
police court this morning. Sentence
was suspended.
About twenty of the pupils of st
Margaret's school left this afternoon to
spend Sunday at their homes
Mrs Reed of Niagara street, was
bitten on the arm by dog yesterday
afternoon. The animal was shot
The property of Trott, Lawton & Co
was yesterday sold by receiver John w.
Coe, to c. A. Melgs.
William McGrath to-day purchased
the Dougherty property at the corner
of East Clay and Mill streets.
F. B. Rice has purchased five build
ing lots on North Willow street and
will at once begin the erection of five
houses.
The Meriden y. NJ. c. A. has voted to
ask the state y. NJ. G. A. to hold its
next convention, in February, in that
CITY,
The case of Garrett Hubbart ct al VS.
Thomas Delowry, action to recover for
labor and material, is on trial at the dis
trict court to-day.
All but twenty of the passenger cars
of the Consolidated road have now been
supplied with steam heating apparatus.
The work is being pushed along rapidly.
The board of health met at 4 p. m to-
day to recommend appropriations for
next year. The board of compensation
and the committee on lamps and gas
will meet this evening.
1t was expected that Judge Fem
would come to this city this morning
and hold short term of the superior
court for the assignment of cases. He
sent word that he could not come.
The Consolidated road has given Fred
| Enos of Bridgeport an order to equip
one of their cars with his automatic
coupling i'll order to give the invention
| a practical test on regular train.
Bishop Mcmahon of the Catholic. do
| cese of Connecticut and Rev Thomas
Broderick are homeward bound. The
Catholics of the capitol city are ar
| ranging to tender them a rOueing recep-
| ton on their return.
Phelan's specials for tomorrow are: A
water pitcher, child's swing, or fine
imported cup, saucer and plate with
one pound of tea or baking powder.
Don't fail to secure one. They are
worth what you pay for the tea.
Rev S. r. II. Biggs of the Univ ersal-
ist denomination will preach in
Mechanics hall next Sunday at 1920 a.
| extended to all. Collection to defray
expenses will be taken.
The Sacred Heart church choir will
sing several selections at the Co G
fair this evening. Last night the at
| tendance was large. The Georgiana
colored quartette rendered several Sc
lections and E. l.. Maloney sung a
character song.
The alumni record Of the Yale law
school from its founding in 1924 to 1891
has just been published 1924 students
have been in attendance and the record
| of the school has been one of increased
prosperity. In 1924 there We're fifteen
graduates, in 1891 there were fifty-three.
Work has been commenced on a
cubble gutter on the west side of Cook
street, to extend from Grove to North
Main street. Street Inspector Wright
expects to lay cubble cutters in many
of the streets before the cold weather
sets in.
Because of the two recent attempts at
suicide at the county jail, and because
of the fact that number of other pris-
| oners have threatened to kill them
selves, Sheriff Tomlinson has ordered
that trustworthy prisoners be de allied
to watch day and night those inmates
of the institution who appear particu-
| larry respondent.
| The funeral Of Mrs Maria Carroll. ul1o
died Wednesday, took place to-day
at $50 o'clock, from her late residence,
S54 Baldwin street, to St Patr1cks
| church, where a requiem mass was cele-
brated by the Rev Father Duggan. The
pallbearers were: Henry Galligan,
Patrick Reilly, James Donahue and
John Reilly.
| The fifth annual concert and sOciable
of the Acme social club will be held this
evening in the auditorium. Music will
be by Hallam's orchestra and l. Utfen-
dale will prompt. The committee of ar
engagements consists of James T. Fox,
John F. Duncan, P.J. Winters, James I,
Ennis, I. F. Carmody, Thomas p. Egan
and John j. Donovan.
The Meriden Journal says: There is
every prospect of a libel suit being
brought against the Waterbury Sunday
| Herald by Miss Lawton of this city. The
young lady in question has retained a
well known local lawyer to look up the
case and bring suit. She alleges that
a recent issue OF the paper contained an
article concerning absconding Hugo
Croker, her name being coupled in
damaging way.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
coming fair of Comstock lodge, K. of
P, may be obtained when it is known
that 1000 coupon admission tickets
have already been exhausted and the
committee have had to order again.
The principal exhibit, probably, will be
that of the Scovill company, who are to
show the new metal aluminium in all
It's various forms of manufacture.
Nearly all of the prominent merchants
have taken space and in displays will
rise to the full measure of their opportu-
mites.
At the annual convention of the
Christian WOmens Temperance union
OF Connecticut in Danbury yesterday, a
vote, asking the town authorities of
Mantle and the military authorities to
take action with reference to use of
liquor on the state camp ground, was
passed. One member said she knew
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