Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-05-01
CITY NEWS.


their recent music festival.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
lower temperature; fair on Saturday.
DIR Gill returned this morning, after a
weeks vacation spent in Washington.
Tax Collector Coughlan is at his Office
in the common council room, City hall
building, to-day.
Daniel Mcnamara of this city and
Miss Tillie Joyce, of Worcester, were
married yesterday in Worcester.
Judge of Probate Phelan is receiving
congratulations over the arrival in his
family last night, of baby boy.
Life is full of trials here below. But
much tribulation is avoided by the use
of lavine for washing and cleaning.
The Orpheus quartette will render
night at the Rose Hill Social club fair in
City hall.
The sixth annual report of the Connec-
| ticut bureau of labor statistics is out, and
contains 1886 pages of valuable infor-
nation.
Brett g. Co have filled their north
window with children's suits costing
from 50 to $40, which they are now
closing out for $685..
man will take place to the church of
the Immaculate Conception at $50
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The Yale law and medical school ball
team, of which John F. Holohan of this
| city is a member, were entertained at
Mr. Holohan's home on Union street,
last evening.
The Meeker Manufacturing company,
doing bus mess on North Elm street,
contemplates removing to Chicago. The
| concern gives employment to twenty
five men and boys.
Wadhams' post, G. A. R., at their
| meeting last evening received an invita-
ton to participate in the flag raising ex-
ercises at the High school grounds on
Memorial day.
| Yesterday James Grant, who keeps a
little shoemaker's store on Meadow
street, went out to change some money
for a man in the store and when he got
back the man and Grants S25 silver
watch had disappeared.
A merry party of young people called
at the residence of Mrs James Donahue
on Bank street, last evening. A pro-
gramme of singing, dancing, etc, made
the hours pass all too soon.
The sewer board will meet this even
ing to give hearing to the property
owners on Ayers, Vine, Orange, French,
Ann, Gilbert aad Welton streets in rela-
ton to the connection of sewers.
The Canadian band will give a grand
concert and sociable in Concordia hall
this evening. A programme of vocal
and instrumental music will be followed
by dancing until the early morning
hours.
There was large attendance at the
fair of the Rose Hill Social club IN City
hall last night. This evening three of
the heavyweight tug of-war team of Co
will pull match with the Rogers &
Brother team, for purse of $25. Con-
siderable money has been wagered by
friends of the respective teams.
The directors of the Odd Fellows
Mutual Aid association at their meeting
last evening accepted sixteen asplica-
tions for membership. Deaths We're re-
ported as follows: George w. Hotchkiss
and Samuel F. Wilbur of Meriden,
Augustus Peck of Naugatuck, Henry
Schittinger of Bridgeport and August
Kapizki of New Haven.
Bishop Mcmahon left for New York |
yesterday afternoon ON his way to
Europe. He was accompanied by the |
Rev William Maher, chancellor Of the |
diocese, the Rev w. A. Harty, rector of |
the cathedral, and the Rev Thomas w. |
Broderick, pastor of ST. Peters church. |
The latter will accompany the bishop to
Europe.
Circulars were issued from Hartford |
to-day, to the republican committees in |
all the different towns in the state, |
warning them to watch the ballot boxes |
next Tuesday, and to take part in any |
recount that is made of the ballots cast |
at the election last November The six |
months, prescribed by law for the pre-
servation of the boxes, expires on that |
day.
Those wishing to attend the presenta-
ton of The Lights of ASIA" at Hart
ford, Tuesday night, will please leave |
their names at briggs & Smiths store
or with A. II. Walker, at once. If |
enough names are procured a special |
train will be arranged for to return |
after the concert. The list must be COM
pletei by Saturday noon so that seats |
can be secured for the concert.
Superintendent Crawford of the Mer-
iden, Waterbury, & Connecticut River |
road received telegram yesterday from |
Ebensburg, Penn, announcing the death |
of V. Francisco Valdes at that place at |
O'Clock yesterday morning. The cause |
was pneumonia. MIR Valdes will be re-
membered as one of the engineers con-
nected with the building of the road. |
He was Cuban but was educated in |
this country.
An unknown man was struck by a |
freight train on the New England road |
yesterday morning. lie was removed |
to the hospital, where it was found that |
he had sustained serious injuries about |
the head and face. He was unconscious
for some time, but recovered enough to |
say that his name was Joseph Woodruff |
and that he lived in this city. No one
has been found who knows the man. |
This afternoon the man said his home |
was in Boston, but the hospital auth ori- |
ties place but little reliance in what he
says, as he is delirious most of the time.
Many of the state papers, including
our two worthy local contemporaries,
have published a statement alleging that
Comptroller Staub refused to honor an
order for the payment of Los for blank
cartridges used at the funeral of Major
Kinney. The fact is that Comptroller