Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-03
CITY NEWS.

Brothers" at the opera house this even- ing.
 You get bargain every time when you buy othing of Upson, Singleton | & Co. There are advertised letters at the postoffice for James Lyman and Mrs Sarah E. Warner. Ex-Town Clerk James E. White has been appointed box clerk in the post office and began his duties to-day. c. F. Downey and the Misses Mamie Holohan and Katie Callahan attended the reception of the Lotus club at New Haven last evening.
 The freight blockade on the New England road is still on. All the pas senger trains to-day over the road have been from one-half to three-quarters of an hour late.
 Prof P. E. Holley, who has been quite i'll at his home in Bristol, is just recovering and expects to return and take up his work at the old stand in few days. On his return he will notify his pupils.
 The municipal reform party of Lynn, Mass, met last evening and placed John A. O'Keefe in nomination for mayor. The meeting was attended by 600 voters who have been identified with either the democratic or workingmen's party. Joseph Beron, who is i'll with fever at the hospital, is reported as being much better. Beron is the man who fell from telephone pole at Center square some time ago, breaking his leg. He is now suffering with typhoid fever.
 The jury in the district court went out on the case of estate of Joel B. Wheeler vs James Thompson at 80 and returned at 2:30 with verdict for the plaintiff to recover $921. 13. At torney Root asked for time to make a motion for new trial.
 Escaped From Sing Sing" is the name of play which is being attended with great relish by Waterbury people. There are so many people in the Brass City who have not yet had the chance to escape from Sing Sing that they want to see how it is done.-Bridgepor Post.
 A new scaffolding was erected at the top of the Bowditch building this after noon and two painters began the work which Charles Carlson and Michael Among were about to commence when the accident occurred Monday. Henry Heating, who escaped by holding on to the window sill, is at work again to-day.
 The train leaving Boston at 5:40 o'clock last evening, on the New York & New England railroad, was run into at Dorchester station by the express which left Boston at 6 o'clock. The locomotive of the second train struck the rear coach of the $40, badly smash ing it and damaging the locomotive.
 The Rev Hugh Treanor is in New Haven to-day at the meeting of the board of directors of the Knights of Columbus. The reverend gentleman is the grand chaplain of the order in this state, and was formerly the respected chaplain of Sheridan council of this city.
 The collapse of the Beneficial Order of Philadelphia has buncoed lodge of SC members in Winsted out of about $4 ,000, most of the victims being pool factory employees. None lose less thar $60. A number have paid assessment! of about $100, and some in order tc meet their assessments have gone with out the necessarles of life.
 New London people are honest . Either that or they are not alive to theil opportunities. The door of the leading savings bank there was left open fo several hours Saturday and a diligen search fails to discover anything miss ing. If this had happened at Water | bury everybody would have had hi pockets lined with crisp bank notes.- New Haven Union.
 The new iron bridge between tn boroughs of Birmingham and Shelton l practically completed, but will not b. open for several days. This bridge cos $62, ,000 to the counties of New Havel , and Fairfield, to which should be added 5000, which includes $2 ,950, the pric and engineering work. The new bridg '. is 525 feet in length and is considered b the New Haven commissioners as tn finest under their care in the county
 The Connecticut Veterinary associs ton held a meeting in this city Tues T day. Drs Bland of this city, Ross C New Haven, Bates of Norwalk, Todd C Watertown and four veterinary SUI geons from Massachusetts were anon . the others present. There was an e1 l.. haustiVe discussion of the subjects ( glanders and farcy, diseases which ar F very prevalent among horses through out the state. It was the opinion of tl doctors that isolation was the best thin
 to be done in treating the above di ed eases.
 Everything is in readiness for tn
 Harmonic society concert, in the aud
 torium this evening, and the affa
 promises to be a decided success. Pal first consists of "The Bride of Dur
 kerron," dramatic cantata, which wi
 be presented for the first time in Cor
 necticut. This will be followed by
 second part consisting of miscellaneou
 selections for orchestra and vocal a
 lists. The assisting artists are MT an
 Mrs Charles Herbert Clarke of Ne
 York, and Heinrich Meyn Bf Bostol
 The orchestra of thirty pieces will
 under direction of Edmund Severn ( st Hartford. A. M. Dickinson will be a. IS. companist.
 ke At the meeting of the Center scho ge district committee last night, upo S+ motion of Dr Cook the chairman an 'O treasurer were authorized to negotia
 two loans of $10,OOO each to meet u
 bills for November and Decembe
 These loans are in anticipation of scho
 taxes to be received. The action of tl
 chairman in regard to the awarding the contract for the Bishop street scho - extension was approved. The contra
 calls for the completion of the work |