Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-17
CITY NEWS.

Life is made pleasant and washing
easy by the use of Lavine.
John Blair and family left this morn
ing for Winsted, where they will spend
the summer.
Peter Kelly, the iveryman, to-day
made voluntary assignment to John
w. Webster.
Clifford Pond and Ben Chatfield will
leave this afternoon on the $50 train
for a weeks visit to New York.
A new switch engine arrived from
Hartford this morning. 1t will be used
at the New England depot in place of
one of the old switches.
Court Wolf Tone, A. o. F. of A., will
hold a special meeting tonight at the
Women's Relief corps rooms in G. A. r.
hall.
1. H. Kamak, John G. Jones and
Captain Colby went to Meadows End to-
day to visit their old friend M. j..
Tinkham.
Thomas Corcoran, Naugatuck road
brakeman. had his left hand caught be-
tween the bumpers while coupling cars
at Bridgeport last night.
Those who have made application and
paid for government tare stamps and
have failed to receive them yet, should
promptly notify Deputy Collector. G. A.
Warren.
The handsome silver cup which was
competed for yesterday at Parlor Rock
by the Enterprise band of this city and
the National band of New Haven was
won by the Waterbury men.
The street parade of the Knights of
Columbus next year will come off in New
Haven, October IA, and every council
in the state will exert its utmost efforts
to make it the most successful gather
ing of the order ever held in this state.
The party who was sent to Litchfield
Yesterday in search of William Muir
ply, the husband of the late Mrs Corne-
liza Murphy, failed to find him. He
learned where Murphy had worked at
Bantam Falls and Torrington, but he
had left both places.
Clinton Allderidge, who halls from
Hartford, drank too much hard stuff
yesterday and the police brought him
in. Judge Cowell ordered him to skip
the town. Mary Ann Koran was car
ried to the station in an express wagon.
She was sent to the town house for 30
days.
The directors of the Southern New
England Telephone company have de-
clared a dividend of one per cent, pay
able July 16. This is the first dividend
declared by the company for about
| three years, the earnings having re-
Gently been put into permanent i'm
provements.
This item is going the rounds of the
state press: 1t is stated that the Consoli-
| dated road will erect new depots at
Bridgeport, Waterbury, Berlin, East
Berlin, Portchester and Rocky Hill in
the very near future. 1t will take con-
siderable money to carry out these
plans. The new station at Waterbury
| will cost over $3.50, 900.
A report having been circulated that
Bishop Mcmahon had cut short his tour
| throug Oh Europe and had started for
Hartford, yesterday, revealed the fact
that the statement is without founda-
ton. The bishop intends to carry out
his original intention of spending
months in Europe, seeking recreation
and restoration to health.
The hearing of the injunction brought
by Holmes, Booth & Haydens, restrain
ing DR. G.. Art Ward from obstructing
the channel of the Naugatuck river was
opened to-day before Judge Cowell. The
forenoon was occupied in listening to
the evidence of City Engineer Cairns,
| E. c.. Lewis and Michael Begnal. This
afternoon Thomas Kelly and Michael
and Ann Blansfield joined Holmes
Booth & Haydens in the effort to secure
the injunction.
The field of the typographical survey
of Connecticut is practically completed
The pen and ink sketches of most of the
sheets are also ready for the work OF
| final revision. These sketches are pho
tographed and sent to the commits
sioners to use as proof sheets and with
these in hand they drive over the coun
| try to observe that everything is in
place. With such corrections as they
may suggest the work will soon go into
the hands of the engravers and assume
the form in which the work will finally
appear. The Hartford sheet is under
| going revision at the present time.
A suit for the recovery of $751; 900 has
| been brought against the city of New
Britain by the New York & New Eng
land railroad for expenditures in the
building of Black Rock bridge across
| the company's tracks at this point. The
bridge was ordered by the railroad com
missioners and the city refused payment
because in building the bridge the rail,
road did not comply with the order OF
the commissioners, therefore leaving
| the work in an unsatisfactory condition
to the city.
The quartermaster-g has issued
a schedule for the transportation OF
troops to camp. All the organizations
of the Second regiment will leave New
Haven by special train at 1920 a. M.
The Waterbury train with Companies A
and G leaves by way of Naugatuck
junction at 9:26. Company 1 leaves
Meriden at $40 and Company K leaves
Wallingford on the same train at 1858.
| Company II. of Middletown will go
down with the First regiment. One car
of horses will go from Waterbury and
two additional cars Of horses will be
added to the train at New Haven. The
Second regiment is due at Mantle at Il
| O'clock at which time the Third will
also arrive. The Fourth will reach
Mantle at 2 p. NJ. and the Fourth at
$40.