Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-12-28

millinery store, 40 Bank street, and ex-
tends a cordial invitation to ladies to in
spect her nice line of goods.
Mrs Margaret Bergin, aged "a years,
died at her home, No rs Mill street, last
night. The funeral will take place
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The members of the Second division,
A. o. H. will meet tonight to take
action on the death of John Madden,
who was member of this division.
Mrs S. E. Bunce, aged 76 years,
grandmother of Conductor Harry E.
Bunce of the Naugatuck division, died
at 1:30 o'clock this morning at her
home on Clay street.
Judge Fem has sustained the demur-
rer of Attorney Burpee to the complaint
of w. J. Kelly of New York, in the suit
against G. R. Baldwin. Mr. Burpee
claimed that the complaint was defec-
tive and didn't state very proper grounds
for action against Mr. Baldwin.
The report telegraphed from New Ha-
ven Saturday that the supreme court
had decided the governorship quo
warranto for the democratic candidate,
Morris, by to 2, is pronounced by one
of the judges to be not only unauthor-
lied but in every respect wrong.
Mrs Margaret Mccarthy of WATERFOWL,
aged As years, died this morning. The
funeral will take place Wednesday
morning at 8 o'clock from the family
residence in Watertown to st Josephs
cemetery. The deceased was the sister
of Joseph G. and James J.Srahan of this
city.
Bernard Reilly and Miss Mary Roller
were married at the church of the
Immaculate Conception this morning
hn 1oI 4
Rev Father Mulcahy. The best couple
were James Whitcomb and Elizabeth
Roher.
T. H. Hayes, p. w. Connor and r. F.
Phelan, three solid citizens, have
planned a journey to the old world and
will bill goodbye to Waterbury on
January 6. Their itinerary provides for
side car tour through Ireland and each
has promised to kiss the barney stone.
They will remain abroad as long as the
fun lasts.
James Cleary, a machinest for the
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co, and
Miss Ella Maher, teacher at the Porter
street school, will be married at 1920
o'clock Wednesday morning at the
church of the Sacred Heart, New
Haven. A wedding trip of several
days will follow, after which the newly
Main street this city.
Kate Gormlev was passing along
Water street, near state, Saturday even
ing, when she was insulted by Thomas
Kelly of Waterbury. She says he took
off his hat, and in saluting her it struck
against her shoulder. At the same time
she says he made a remark that was
highly improper. With Officer Halpin
at her side she pointed out Kelly later,
and the officer arrested him.-Bridge-
port News.
At last evenings meeting of BARGE
Iona council, Thomas F. Barrett was
elected grand knight. John S. Neagle,
who has held the position for some time
and who is also the district deputy SUI
preme knight, did not care to hold the
two positions and so resigned from the
former. John c.. Thompson, deputy
grand knight of the council, was nomi-
mated for the position of grand knight,
but declined to be candidate.
The Waterbury friends of w. j.
Seaman, the Irish actor, will be sur
prised to learn that he is suffering from
paresis. He broke down and became
violent after Christmas nights per-
Torrance at the Fourteenth street
theatre, New York. The doctors have
small hopes of his recovery. Twenty
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Waterbury as ragged school boy with
a sweet soprano voice.
The bright, new silver coins, with the
national coat of arms on one side and
the classic head of the goddess of
liberty on the other, will begin to circu-
late among the people early next year.
The minis will begin soon after January
to turn them out, and Mr. Leech. the
director of the mint, has suspended
further coinage according to the old
designs, so as to leave room for the new
pieces and have some money to coin
them.
At II o'clock Saturday night freight
train 81 west bound on the New Eng
land road, in charge of Conductor
Timmins and Engineer Davis, stopped
for some unaccountable reason near
Union City, and before a flagman
could be sent back it was run into by a
fast freight in charge of Conductor
Dyer and Engineer Boughton. Con-
ductor Dyer was badly bruised about
the head and remained unconscious for
several hours The caboose was
wrecked and two freight cars were
thrown from the track.
The officials of the New England road
give the following explanation regarding
the action of the Manchester f1agman
who recently resigned: The statement
was published few days ago that John
Sweeney, the fiagman at the Main street
crossing of the New York & New Eng
land railroad at Manchester, has resigned
from his position because he had been
ordered to do certain switching duty
that would take him away from his post
at the crossing, and thus leave the latter
unprotected to dangerous degree. The
officials of the road emphatically deny
that Mr. Sweeney was asked to do any
thing that would endanger the crossing.
He had contemplated resigning for some
time.
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