Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-10-03
CITY NEWS.

George Ballard, formerly of this city,
is now manager of the Allyn house In
Hartford.
John ]. Sheehan of Pemberton street
has returned from a seven weeks visit
in Ireland.
An Italian laborer had his log broken
by fall at Holmes, Booth & Haydens
yesterday.
Now is the best time of the whole year
to purchase clothing. Go to Epson q
Con Kiersted, the we'll known anchor
of the Scovill Co tug-of-war team, has
resigned.
Secretary F. L. Willis of the local Y.
NJ. c.. A., has resigned his position to
take effect October 20.
DR. G. Art Ward to-day sold the Boyle
property on River street, purchased yes
terdav by him, to James d. Crane.
At the bar meeting this morning
nearly 100 cases were assigned for jury
trial in the district court commencing
October -.
Miss Lucy Shea of this city has &C
cepted position in the millinery de-
partment of William Nicely & Cos
store in New Haven.
The annual meeting of the Hospital
Aid society will be held next Tuesday
at the rooms of the Young WOmen's
Friendly league.
Two passenger coaches of the CONSOLE
dated road were damaged $500 by fire
Thursday in the yard of the Grand Cen
trail station at New York.
Owen Carey died last night at his resi-
dence on Walnut avenue. The funeral
will take place Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock sharp to the Sacred Heart church.
Tho typhoid fever patients at the hos
pital are improving and physicians who
have been interviewed say that there
are not many cases of fever in the city
at present.
Tomorrow, rosary Sunday, during
vespers at the church of the Sacred
Heart, the rosary procession will take
place and the badges will be distributed
to the members of the Sacred Heart
league.
Miss NJ. Friesleben will remove from
Browns block to the store now occupied
by w. d. Scott, Mullings' old stand,
where she will be prepared to show to
the ladies of Waterbury and vicinity the
latest styles in millinery.
The celebrated cases of A. f. Rose
against James A. Wakelee and of
" dhGlGe against I(OSt', ali VI w OlCOI
have been settled out of court. The
property of the parties was released
from attachment yesterday.
In the superior court at New Haven
yesterday, before Judge Thayer. Mary
A. Stanton was divorced from Herbert
H. Stanton on the grounds of habitual
intemperance. The custody of a child
was granted to the mother. The parties
live in Waterbury.
Mortimer Heffernan and wife have
appealed from the assessment of benefits
and damages growing out of the change
of layout of Dublin street. They claim
$4,000 damages while the board
of compensation adjudged the benefits
and damages equal.
Stephen McDonough, brother of Mich
ael McDonough, brakeman on the
Naugatuck division, arrived in this city
to-day from a six years cruise around
the world. He says that the reports of
the outrages by the Chinese to christian
missionaries are not exaggerated.
The annual meeting of Phoenix fire
company was held last night. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Foreman,
William II. Wright; first assistant,
John II. Loughlin; second assistant,
Edward Kane secretary, j. w. Wright;
treasurer, Edward Williams; steward,
James Flynn.
The freight traffic over the Eastern
States route is increasing rapidly, and
the regular through freight trains will
probably be put on October Is. A train
will be run to Boston, going over this
section of the road in the evenin1. and
to Brooklyn going down the Danbury &
Norwall division in the afternoon.
The annual election of officers of Pro
tcctOr Hose Co was held last night and
resulted as follows: Foreman, w. E.
Damon; first assistant, John johnson:
second assistant, Richard McGrath:
secretary, Thomas Nolan; treasurer, r.
l.. Horigan; stewart, John Holian. At
the conclusion of the meeting refresh
ments were served, speeches were made
and songs were sung by the members.
Two swords on exhibition in the win
dow of p. j. BoIan's harware store are
| attracting considerable attention. One
either as hand sword or fastened on
the end of a gun. 1t was used in the
| FranCO-Prussian was of 1901. The
other is a sword with a Toledo blade and
is made of the finest steel in the world.
1t is very highly polished and looks as
if it was nickle plated. Both were
brought from Europe by Frank Seery
| or TINS city who has been travelling in
France and Spain since last February
and who returned home last week.
The Boston Advertiser rcvives the
story that the Old Colony road people
continue to quietly buy up the stock of
the New York q New England. 1t is
done secretly to avoid the inevitable rise
in the stock if the buying was open. The
Advertiser says sit is admitted by bro
kers and financial writers generally that
there exists mysterious demand fol
New York & New England common
and it is matter of history that the
Old Colony absorbed the Boston &
Providence without the streets
knowledge. 1t is also a well known
fact that the Old Colony is cramped fol
terminals and by securing the New
York & New England road they not
only acquire the largest and best termi
nails in Boston, but also get the Norwich
steamship line.
TIMELY TOPICS.
l. Chase is showing a very complete