Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-30
CITY NEWS.

..The Stowawas" at the opera house
this evening.
Miss DIR Taft of Middletown is to open
an Office in this city.
Barnum & Bailey's circus will appear
in this city, Friday, May 30.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
stationary temperature; on Tuesday
fair, followed by rain.
Time and tide waits for no man.
Time is saved and tide is used with
Lavine for easy washing.
The devotion of the forty hours will
commence at the church of the Immacu-
late Conception next Sunday.
The Women's Relief corps will meet
at Mrs Burkitt's residence on South Elm
street Thursday afternoon.
There are no cases of the grip re-
ported in town, but there are many
cases of influenza. 1t is of a mild form.
Several of the Waterbury men who
went south two weeks ago, returned
this morning much pleased with the
trip.
Conductor Colgan of the Naugatuck
division has recovered from an attack
of the grip, and will return to work to-
morrow.
Official orders have arrived from
Colonel Donaghue ordering out Com
pany L, HIbernian rifles, for inspection
and drill, Thursday evening, April IS.
Alderman Edward B. Kelley, who is
i'll with pneumonia, has passed the critl-
cal stage and is now on the road to re-
covery.
Alfred Woods, while rowing on the
New Pond" yesterday afternoon mar
rowly escaped drowning owing to the
40 FSi zi nf A nNona0n6 tn
swim ashore.
There has been already large sale of
tickets for the lecture upon The
Passion Play" to be delivered by Rev
j. A. Mulcahy next Friday night in the
opera house.
Theodore divers trotter attached to a
sulky and without a driver, went
through South Main street at break
neck speed this morning. The horse
was captured before doing any damage.
The committee of arrangements for
the entertainment and sociable to be
given by Co E, Hibernian rifles, will
meet tonight to complete arrangements,
at the equipment room of the company.
Speaking of large eggs, a couple
that Charles A. Briggs brought to this
office Saturday afternoon as an Easter
offering, take the cake. Their dimen-
sions were St by 81 and 8 by 81 inches
respectively.
The Consolidated road has purchased
the tract of land opposite the depot in
Bridgeport. The former owners
among whom are Miller & Strickland
and the Bridgeport Lumber company,
will vacate soon.
Holmes, Booth & Haydens will in Il
short time begin the erection of a new
wire drawing mill, between the lately
completed rod mill and the New Eng
land railroad tracks. The dimensions
will be 200 by 100 feet.
4 pole cat was discovered in the base
ment of the Apothecaries hall this
morning and after considerable trouble
and borne off in triumph to his saloon
on South Main street, where it was ex-
hibited in cage.
Saturday at a meeting of the board of
selectmen the bonds of Tax Collector
James Coughlan We're accepted. The
bonds as approved were furnished by
James Coughlan, Richard f. Phelan,
Patrick w. Conner, John O'Neill, f. ID.
Rush and James j. Cassin.
William Goucher. who has acted as
stage manager of the Sterling opera
house in Birmingham since its opening,
and William Peters, in the employ of
Partree & Parker for the last nine
years, have purchased the express bust
ness of Mr. Partree.
Arthur c. Beach, aged nineteen years,
and Miss Ella Cleveland, aged sixteen,
both of whose families are of high
standing, eloped Thursday from Bristol
and We're married IN New York. The
team in which they started to drive to
Terryville broke down short distance
out of Bristol and they abandoned it
and walked to Terryville taking the
New England road train for New York
from that place. They have returned
and have been forgiven.