Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-10
CITY NEWS.

mSner temperature. Mir and Mrs Michael Scadden of Hick- | ory street are rejoicing over the birth | of son. Mir and Mrs B. A. AngeT are receiv- ing congratulations over the arrival of a | baby daughter. The members of the Y. M. c. A. will next Friday. tables, show cases, mirrors, safe, desk, | etc, etc. Brett & Co.
 William Hall, manager of the Scoyill house stables, has been appointed pound keeper by the selectmen.
 Sister Maria Agnes of St Mary's school, is in Norwich to-day attending the funeral of her father.
 The Rev Father O'Donnell has secured City hall for the evening of June 80 for the annual entertainment of St Mary's school.
 The annual reunion of the First Con necticut heavy artillery is being held in New London to-day, about 800 veterans being present.
 Coast defenses are good. Military i'm provements wise. But to relieve a nation from dirt we all must use Lavine.
 Frank Fitzgerald, 15 year old boy of New Haven, who is wanted for the theft of $l5, is believed to be in Water | bury.
 The Helping Hand society of St Johns church gave a literary and musi- cal entertainment and served refresh ments in the parish house last evening. The subject of Prof Crosby's lecture before the Y. NJ. c. l.. A., tomorrow evening will be: "Conservation of Energy and the Theory of Gravitation." The pupils of St Margaret's school visited High Rock grove to-day. The grove is in fine condition and many picnic parties are booked for the sum- mer season.
 Colonel Doherty to-day accepted the resignation of Captain Shuster of com- pany D. The resignation of Captain Sucher of Company E, has also Eeen re- ceived by Colonel Doherty.
 Chris F. Downey, trustee, is offering the entire stock of millinery of Miss Emma J. Hudson in the store just South of Hicks X Pinney's restaurant at a great sacrifice sale now open to the public.
 l A dog belonging to Mrs Jane Curry of Cherry street, was taken with fit yesterday evening and ran through the City hall and green frOthing at the mouth. Officer Dodds was notified and shot the dog.
 X circle of the Companions of the l Forest will be organized in Naugatuck tomorrow evening under the auspices of Court Meany's Pride circle of this city. Persons who intend going are re- quested to leave their names at Bart Bossidys store.
 The work of surveying the new Catho- HOnmanpnH toe pushed rapidly along. The work in being done by Fritz Meyer of Naugatuck, who makes specially of this kind of work. MT Meyer IS enthusiastic over the location selected.
 Howard Guernsey, an employe of the Electric Light Co, and William Bishop, were "held up" by two men on Bridge street at 10:30 last night. They did not secure anything from Bishop and made no attempt to search Guernsey, all though he had S15 in his pocket.
 Of the fifteen candidates, who recently took the examinations for drug clerks licenses, the following only succeeded in passing: Perry Holley, Bristol; Charles w. Perkins, New Britain; s. J. Wells, Waterbury; A. H. Rungee, West Haven; Thomas k. Benjamin, Winsted; David Healy, Ansonia.
 The Rev Father Anceceleters of New York was in this city to-day for the purpose of inspecting St Patrick $ church. The reverend father is about to erect church for the Italian Catholics of the architectural beauty of St Patrick's and was not at all disappointed in his visit. He left for WinSted on the 11:17 train.
 As Conductor Scott's 9 o'clock pas senger train on the Naugatuck division was approaching Railroad Hill street last night stone crashed through one of the windows, just missing pas senger. This is not the first time stones have been thrown at trains in that neighborhOod and something should be done to bring the guilty parties to jus tice.
 A rumor was circulated in this city to-day that shooting affray in which Waterbury parties figured, occurred at Naugatuck last night The only infor- nation that could be obtained was that some persons broke the large plate glass window in Kane's drug store and that several shots were fired about i o'clock this morning.
 Several promotions among the engi. ncers on the Naugatuck division have been made by Superintendent Beach Frank Sheppard of Bridgeport, is now
 
 Hennessy goes on Conductor Scott's work train, Ed King goes on the south end switcher and Engineer Lake on the day extra. Fred Baker is in charge oi the New London express.
 It is said that the Naugatuck people will petition the railroad commissioners in regard to affording some sort of pro. | lection to the people from accidents at the grade crossings of the Naugatuck division in that town. The Water street crossing and the lower rubber shor crossing are very dangerous. Within six years three lives have been sacrificed al the Water street crossing. No gates have been placed there and no sort oi protection is afforded.
 The settlement of the questions how much the city of Hartford, and how much the railroads shall pay for the ex. pense of the Asylum street bridge was the ultimate object of the hearing