Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-03
No paper tomorrow.

this seasons novelties, at Martin Ber-
gins. Prices lower than the lowest.
M. J. McEvoy, who has been under
operation for tumor in st Luke's hospi
tai, New York, is now rapidly recover
ing.
The letter carriers will make their
1 regular morning trips tomorrow. The
| registry and delivery departments will
| close at noon.
None of the freight trains will run on
| the Naugatuck road tomorrow and
| agents will not receive goods of perish
able nature.
pany practiced with the aerial truck in
| the yard of the American Pin company
yesterday.
Be sure and buy copy of the extrB
| Fourth of July DEMOCRAT. 1t will be
| for sale this evening and tomorrow
| morning.
The fourth annual picnic of the Star
Social club is being held to-day in He'll
mann's grove. Hallam's orchestra is
furnishing music; 1. Uffendale,
promper.
The concert on the green last evening
| by the American band was one of the
best of the series. The cornet duet by
| Messrs Phoenix and Ross and Mr. Ken
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enjoyed.
H. M. Rigney, Waterbury's garbage
collector, wishes it understood that
John T. Donovan, the Bridgeport col
lector, is in no way connected with his
business. He is running the Waterbury
end himself.
The last rehearsal of the Concordia
Singing society previous to the great
saengerfest took place last evening and
was a success. The singers will leave for
Newark on the $40 train to morrow
morning, in number forty-five.
An item is going the rounds of the
state press that Charles Lenhart, pro-
fessional hotel thief, who worked
Franklin house, this city, last week.
Mr. Weldon says the story is wholly I'M
founded.
The new board of directors of the
knights of Columbus held It's first
meeting yesterday afternoon and APP
pointed committees on finance, ritual
laws and new examination. The new
examination for admission will be more
rigid than the old one.
The joint bridge committee of the
Fairfield aud New Haven county COM
missioners will meet to-day in New
Haven to consider repairs that are
between Newtown and Southbury, and
also to discuss other matters.
jeremiah Lawlor, aged go, died last
night at the residence of his daughter,
: Mrs John Doran, Dublin street. The de-
ceased was one of the Irish pioneers of
Waterbury and was for many years en-
ployed in the East brass mill. His flu
neral will take place to the church of
the Sacred Heart Sunday afternoon.
This is the last week of Brett & Co.'S
big closing out sale. Clothing at your
own price; no reasonable offer refused,
everything must be sold Clothing, fur
nishings, hats and caps, the shelvings,
counters, tables, show cases, mirrors,
safe, desk, etc, etc, all for sale very
cheap.
A new style badge has been adopted
by the Consolidated railroad for the use
of the conductors on the main line and
branches. 1t is of gold plate with black
ename led letters sunk therein. Pre-
viously the conductors have had the
word Conductor" in gold letters upon
their cap. Conductor O'Neil is the first
one to wear the new badge upon the
Naugatuck road.
About 4:3O o'clock this morning ii
freight conductor in the New England
freight yards at Bristol discovered the
body of an unknown Swede hanging to
the brake beam of freight car between
two cars, dead. The man had tied the
rope around his neck and fastened the
other end to the brake beam and had
then drawn up his feet and slowly stran-
gled to death. He was about IS years
of age.
Be on your guard for Fourth of July
fires. Too much care cannot be exer-
cised, in view of the fact that so many
combustibles and explosives are used at
such time. On July 4. 1866, a fire
cracker thrown by boy kindled fire
which consumed nearly all the business
portion of Portland, Me, property
valued at $4,000, 900 being consumed
and 1900 families rendered houseless, in
population of less than 10000.
There were loads and loads of hay
down hereabouts yesterday when the
rain drops began to fall, but the rain did
heap of good to the growing crops and
gave an impulse to the aftermath, which
will push forward on the newly cut
fields. The hay crop should compare
tavorably with the average years. Last
year was an exceptionally good one for
grass, and should not enter into compar-
ison.
Before Judge Bradstreet this morning
John Healey and Mrs John Healey were
charged with committing breach of
/ Iuo peace Oh June SOGn anu SCCn,
The complainants were Frank and
Mrs Frank Brown. Healey and his
wife have been accustomed to
sprinkle their back yard in the
evening and on different occasions pro-
badly were little careless inlthrowlng
: the water. AS a consequence the
Browns had writ issued for the
Healeys. Judgment was suspended.
-. Carmen Mastrianne was charged with
the theft of 50. Her husband, who
made the complaint, failed to put in an
Iappearance and the case WIS nolled,