Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-22
CITY NEWS.


Miss Maggie Tehan of this city is visit |
ing her parents in Auburn, N. Y.
The condition of William Milton has
improved very much and he was able to
sit up for short time to-day.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair, warmer
weather, probably followed by local
showers tonight; fair on Thursday.
The second annual picnic and games
of the Brooklyn Athletic club will be
held on the West End grounds, Saturday,
May 80.
Minnie, aged years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs James Claffy of Baldwin street.
died this morning from diphtheria. The
funeral took place this afternoon.
General Manager futile, Superintend-
ent Beach and other railroad officials
made a spring inspection of the Nauga-
tuck road to-day.
Brett & Co have filled their north
window with childrens suits costing
from So to $40, which they are now
closing out for 1896.
Committees of the various councils of
the knights of Columbus will hold a
meeting soon to conoider the plan of
having a memorial Sunday in June.
Remember Phelan's tea store, Al East
Main street, will offer special induce
| ments next Saturday to purchasers of
one pound of tea and coffee.
The rifle ranges throughout the state
are being put in order for the spring
shooting, under the direction of the
quartermaster-genera department..
| History, it is said, repeats itself. The
| history of lavine can be summed up in
the following words: Invented, made,
sold, used, satisfaction, success.
The lecture of Thomas Cummings,
| upon the passion Play of $780," to be
held in the opera house noxt Sunday
| evening, under the patronage of Rev
Father Treanor, will be a success. There
has been a large advance sale of tickets
| Judge Fem has reserved for the SUI
preme court of errors the question
whether Margaret Whalen, a Bridgeport
Roman Catholic, is entitled to control of
her child, which the county commits
sioners have placed in a Protestant
family.
The annual meeting of the National
society, Sons of the Revolution, will
take place in Hartford on Thursday
| April 80, at 1880 a. m. in the state
house. 1t is expected that between $50
and 200 delegates will be present who
will represent nearly every state in the
union.
Ordinary grated horseradish, eaten at
frequent intervals during the day and in
connection with food at the table, if
food is eaten at all, has been found re-
markably efficacious in banishing the
distressing cough that frequently lin
gers after all the other symptoms of the
grip have gone.
Many business places on the principal
streets are still displaying the old num-
bers. 1t might be we'll for owners and
occupants of buildings to remember
that it is misdemeanor punishable by
fine to display a wrong number thirty
| days after the new numbers have been
assigned.
More than week ago man made a
trip through the town for the Ostensible
purpose of selling lamp wicks. He was
an oily tongued swindler and took many
orders, receiving part payment in adj
vance. He agreed to deliver the wicks
the following day, but has not since
been ST en-.
The funeral of John Higgins was
largely attended to the church of the
immaculate Conception this morning,
where a requiem high mass was cele-
brated by Father o Donnell. The pail
bearers were: jeremiah O'Rourke, VIII
liam Sweeney, John Phelps, Daniel
eastman, Edward Dolan and Dennis
Driscoll.
!, City Attorney Burpee has again
written to the New England road Off
Gals asking them to return as soon as
possible the union station maps now in
their possession. Mr. Burpee says thai
unless they return them soon he will
apply to the railroad commissioners
The maps have been in the company's
possession for several months.
The funeral of Napoleon Lisette, who
died Monday, took place from his late
residence ON South Main street, to 81
AIMS church, this morning. The
family of the deceased are in pitiablt
: circumstances. His daughter is crippled
and her mother is suffering from an in
durable malady. They are in destitute
E circumstances, worthy but unfortunate
The annual convention of the Stat,
Benefit Fund association of the Connec
ticut Total Abstinence union met a
Meriden yesterday, when these Officers
were elected: President, Attorney J. p
Bree of New Haven; vice president
George Russell of New Haven; secretary
and treasurer, j. p. Rourke of Bridge
, port. The convention next year will b
! held at New Haven.
Mrs Bridget Blackman, aged 60 years
: a well known and estimable resident o
Il this city, died last evening at her hom
2 on Pleasant street. The deceased leave
two children, Robert Blackman of thi
CITY and Mrs w. II. Mccarthy, wife o
Representative Mccarthy of Naugatuck
The funeral will take place from he
late residence to the church of til
Immaculate Conception at $50 to-mor
row morning.
Robert Fruin, one of the newly ap
= pointed foremen of town roads, is work
ing with the gang on the Watervill
road to-day, by orders of the selectmen
AS it is necessary for the payroll to b
signed by two of the selectmen, it
- more than probable that the men on tn
roads will obey the orders of Mr. Fruil
rather than those of Mr. Sutton, who
working with the same gang. Marti
II Keefe, the other foreman appointed b
y Messrs Brown and Carmody, is sick bu
a work will be assigned to him in a fe,