Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-06-26
CITY NEWS.

j. w. Smith and family left to-day
for Nantucket.
The members of Co A are practicing
at their range to-day.
Members of the common council paid
visit to Pine Hill last evening.
Mrs Margaret Brown, wife of the late
John Brown, died this afternoon at her
home on Baldwin street.
M. II. Was, the Grand street cigar
manufacturer, arrived home from
Europe this morning.
John Drescher, George Strobel and
Louis Feldt left for New York this
morning. They will sail tomorrow for
Europe.
William Morgan and Thomas Hendee
sailed for Europe to-day. The former
goes to Liverpool and the latter to Lon
don.
Attorney O'Neill said this this morn
ing that he would bring a civil suit
against Mrs Pearsall for hOrsewhipping
James Finnerty. -
A man is not known by the clothes
that he wears, but no man need wear
dirty clothes when his grocer is waiting
to sell him Lavine for easy washing.
Bernard Cherest, aged IS years, died
at his home No 612 Bank street, this
morning. The funeral will take place
to st AIMS church Sunday afternoon.
Two men are selling spcctacles from
house to house, representing that they
are employed by Prof Lockwood. That
gentleman says they are frauds.
The condition of Joseph Landry re-
mains about the same. One lung is
congested and DIR Axtelle says that it is
impossible yet to say whether he will
recover.
Miss Lizzie Hart, Miss Kate Callahan
and Joseph Heffernan left this morning
for New York. They will sail to-mor.
row morning on the City of Chester, for
two months outing in Europe.
James Maloney, an employee of the
Naugatuck railroad company, was
crushed under grind stone weighing
more than a ton, at Bridgeport last
| night. His right leg was seriously in
jured.
A meeting of the general committee
| of Foresters, having in charge the an
engagements for the annual field day,
will be held in G. A. r. hall to morrow
evening. Every member is requested to
be present.
The closing exercises of the Hillside
avenue school were held last evening.
The exercises were of the usual high
literary standard. The graduating
essay of Sarah Osborn, the only member
of the senior class, was excellent and
was well rendered. Her subject was
Solitude.
Next week is the last week of Brett &
Cos big closing out sale. Clothing at
your own price, no reasonable offer re-
fused, everything must be sold.
Clothing, furnishings, hats and caps.
The shelving, counters, tables, show
mir OF, oil 70 10.
very cheap.
Miss Maggie Fitzpatrick entertained
her many friends at a lawn party at her
home on South Main street last evening.
Guests were present from New Britain,
Southington and Naugatuck. Rudolph
furnished music for dancing. The
lawn was handsomely illuminated with
Chinese lanterns and the affair was
thoroughly enjoyed.
The officers elected at the meeting of
Ansantawae encampment, l. o. o. F.,
held last evening are: Chief patriarch,
q. NJ. Egan; high priest, w. w. Mum
son; S. W., E. E. Hayward; j. W., C.
Mann; scribe, H. F. Peck; treasurer,
George Barnes. These officers, together
with the appointive officers, will be in
stalled on July 8.
Court Shields, A. o. F. of A., at their
meeting last evening elected the follow
ing officers: G.. R., NJ. F. McKennerney;
H. Frenzy; R. S., D. J. Griffin; treas
urer. j. J. Mcdonald; S. W., d. Hack
EFT; j. W., D. M. Sullivan; S. B., T.
Hutchinson; j. B., Thomas Moran; field
day committee, d. j. Griffin, w. J.
Blacker, j. ]. Mcdonald.
To-day's Springfield Republican says
that company is about to be formed in
that city for the manufacture of
lacing studs and eyelets for shoes, under
the patent of Edward Steele of this
city. The capital stock of the new con-
Germ will be $4,000. Mr. Steele is presi-
dent of the Waterbury Brass company,
and for time the brass studs will be
manufactured in this city.
Mrs Ellen Daily, wife of William
Daily of sc Pleasant street, died to-day
monia. Mrs Daily was 30 years of age
and was formerly Miss Nellie HalIoran
of Simon street, having been married
less than year ago. Only last week
her mother died. The funeral will take
place to the Immaculate Conception
church Sunday afternoon. She leaves a
husband and an infant a few weeks old.
1t was partially through generosity of
Police Sergeant Waggneor and Officers
Bradley and Fisher of Danbury, that
young Morton, the New Britain youth,
who was captured Tuesday with a
stolen Waterbury horse, escaped state
prison. Morton could have been con-
victed of horse stealing, as he tried to
sell the animal in Danbury and in that
event the officers who arrested him
would have been entitled to a reward of
one hundred dollars, a standing state
reward for the conviction of horse
thieves.
The other evening a COW belonging to
c. w. Wolcott of Terryville escaped
from the pasture near the New York &
New England railroad and found its
way to the railroad track in time to be
run into by the sos train from Water
bury. The engine struck the animal at
a point nearly opposite the Horseshoe
dam" and carried it nearly to a bridge
across the Pequabuck river when it fell
under the wheels and was cut into