Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-24
CITY NEWS.

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Hellmann & Kipp's celebrated book
beer will be placed on sale tomorrow.
Sergeant Cox predicts threatening
weather, with rain or snow; lower tenn
perature.
Big hat sale at Brett & Co.'S clearing |
out sale. All our hats going at big
reduction.
A few cases of measles are reported in
several parts of the city, but the disease
is of mild form.
The Rev Father Pagan of Naugatuck
has returned from an extended southern
trip much improved in health.
All of us will not be able to attend
the Worlds fair. But any one can use
Lavine to eradicate dirt.
The Star Social club will give a socia-
BILE in City hall, Wednesday, April 1.
Charters will do the decorating.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
are giving to customers an unusually
beautiful Easter souvenir.
Physicians of the Bridgeport hospital
report that William Jones has been
cured of tuberculosis by the use of
Koch's lymph.
"Our Strategists" will be presented at
the opera house Thursday night. 1t is
musical comedy replete with music.
/ SpeClaltleS ana run.
The Naugatuck river is unusually
high and the foaming waters near
Ansonia present a picture somewhat
like that at the Niagara rapids.
Tickets for the Letter Carriers after
lent soclable are still going with rush.
The affair will be one of the most sue
cessful events of the season.
John Prayer, formerly of the Ulster &
Delaware road, with headquarters at
Kingston, has been appointed yardmas-
ter at the New England yards in this
city.
The last entertainment of the series
will be given in the rooms of the Boys
club this evening. An interesting pro-
gramme will be furnished. Parents
and friends are invited to attend.
The Fairfield county commissioners
went to New Haven yesterday to confer
with the commissioners of this county
i'll reference to the Huntington bridg e
and decide upon the plans. They failed
to complete the work, however, and will
hold another meeting Saturday in New
Haven.
Owing to the illness of one of the
members of the cast in the drama
"Colleen Bawn," to be presented in City
hall by Co L, ALDERMAN Rifles, the pres
entation of the play will be postponed
until Wednesday evening, May 9. All
tickets sold for April 10 will be good for
the later date.
Constable O'Neil attached the Ply
mouth Rock Pants company again yes
terday after noon, in the interestof John
Duohy of Bristol. Duohy claimed that
he received goods from the company
and as the articles did not fit he return
ed them but they failed to right the mat
ter, and he sues to recover his money.
+ Sheriff Gates of Derby came to this
city yesterday afternoon to serve papers
on Peter Bagley in II suit pending il
New Haven. The sheriff made a dill
gent search and after spending many
hours in the work discovered that the
man had been dead over three years
The good natured sheriff told his ex.
perience to the reporter, at the Manga
tuck station, remarking that the cast
was a frequent one, more especially il
= drawing jurors.
The New London Dav says: Colone
William Donoghue of Hartford, com
handing the A. o. FL. Rifles of Con
| necticut, has not yet selected place fo
the spring parade of the regiment
Among local Hibernians the belief il
quite general that New London is thu
city most entitled to consideration OF
this question. 1t was here that the frs
company of rifles was organized anC
was in existence for many months be
fore some of the larger cities took an,
interest in the matter, and the member
of the two divisions in town and Com
pany A think that this city should no
be overlooked in the selection.