Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-01-23
CITY NE WS.


Sergeant Cox predicts fair, slightly
warmer weather.
Anything but politicians record can
be cleaned with lavine.
George w. Gartwith has gone to john
son City, Tenn, where he will make his
home.
Colonel Doherty and Adjutant Dick
inson attended the Old Guard ball in
New York last night.
Allen Hendee, for several years en-
ployed at Cones drug store, has taken
similar position in Thompson's drug
store in New Britain.
The four wholesale dressed beef
the sale of dressed beef in Hartford,
have combined and will only sell their
goods on weekly payments.
The Rev Father O'Donnell will deliver
the next lecture before the Young Men
Catholic Literary association. HIS sub
iect will be: 1.-The Influence of the
Catholic Church on the Sciences"
Walter H. Frisble and Edward r..
French, who are attending the Boston
school of technology, are spending few
days vacation at the home of their
parents in this city.
The Connecticut Sunday School asso-
citation is to hold series of three insti-
tutes next week in the Naugatuck valley.
as follows: At Winsted, Tuesday and
Wednesday at Waterbury, Wednesday
and Thursday; at Ansonla, Thursday
and Friday.
Attorney Richard Gleeson has brought
suit for 5000 against the Meriden
Waterbury s. Connecticut River road
company, for the heirs of Brakeman
McDermott, who recently died from the
injuries received by the wreck neal
Cheshire, and the suit is returnable
February 3.
Four tramps were released from state
prison to-day. Since the tramp law pas
| sage there has been from eight to ter
tramps confined in the WeatherstielC
prison for violating the law. There IL
not at present tramp confined in the
prison, a state of affairs that has no
existed for some time. The state Off
Gals say that the law has rid the state o.
most of the tramps.
An extra attraction at the FOresters
union fair, tomorrow night, will b'
Il tug of-war contest between Co CT
team of four men, and a team of five
selected from all the local courts o
Foresters. This will be contest wortl
seeing as the Co q team is one of thu
very hest in the state. There will be nj
further postponements of the fair.
The appeal in the case of Louis NJ
Meyer against Angelo c. Burritt ant
the Chelsea Savings bank was taken III
in the supreme court at New Haven
yesterday. The suit is one for the fore
closure of II tax lien of 5000, and wa
decided for the plaintiff by Judg'
Cowell in the Waterbury district court
and therefore appealed by the savings
bank.
Michael Burns. age go years, wh'
lived at SO Scovill street, was takel
suddenly i'll while digging out the gut
ter in front of the house, about o'clocl
Yesterday afternoon. He was assisted
into tho house, and DR. Hayes was sum
moned, but could do nothing for thu
man, who died in few minutes. NJ
Burns had been a sufferer from hear
disease for several years, but was no
tn ought to be in Il critical condition.
Three Italians engaged in a lively fgh
on jackson street shortly after l o'clocl
this afternoon. in which one received
several ugly cuts on the head. Pasqual
Cirello and his son Felix ASSAULTED
another Italian with a saw, and Officer
McAuliff was called in to quell the rio
that was imminent. Father and son wer'
taken to the station house, and TIN
other Italian, whose name is unknown
to the police. was taken in charge by hi
friends.
A colored woman, named Baker, at
tempted to board the SEQ south boun'
passenger train, this morning, as TIL
train was pulling out of the Naugatucl
station. She seized the guard rail, bu
lost her hold, falling on the platform
She was suffering great pain when re
moved to the ladies' waiting room an,
DIR North was called. He made an ex
animation but found that she had no
sustained serious injuries. The woman
left for Naugatuck on the next train.
} The figures of merit of the variou
regiments in the Connecticut Nationa
Guard for the month of December, 1896
based on the drill reports of the montl
to the adjutant generals office are a
follows: First regiment, 91.57; Secon
regiment, 1854; Third regiment, S5.9s
r and the Fourth regiment, 69.75. TIL
? standing of the various companies in tn
r Second regiment is given as follows
Companies, A, SAB: b, "a. 80; C, "a. IS
d, 9S. 10 E. 95.44; F, 1920; G, 97.06
/ II, S0.56; l, 1856; X, 1929: 2d signt
corps, $500: I'd NJ. G. Plat, $3.50.