Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-04-20
CITY NEWS.

Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
stationary temperature.
The board of aldermen will meet this
evening.
A number of boys were seen bathing
in the Naugatuck river Saturday after.
noon.
The mission given by the Oblate
fathers at st AIMS church closed yes
terday.
Chris Strobel was to-day appointed
administrator on the estate of the late
C.. III. Adams.
A. L. Blake, son of j. L. Blake, who
has been spending the winter in Mexico,
left for home to-day.
Mr. and Mrs F. b. Rice arrived home
Saturday evening from their six weeks
soJourn in the west.
Stephen Gladding of the Park drug
store leaves tomorrow for u few days
visit with friends in Hartford.
Show me n man who has no enemies
and will show you II fool, said Henry
Ward Beecher. Lavine has no enemies,
| because 1t has no equal.
Brett s. Co have filled their north
window with children's suits costing
from So to $40, which they are now
closing out for 1895.
The engine of the afternoon train east
on the New York & New England road,
Saturday, left the track at Vernon and
caused delay of about two hours.
| 1t is said that the residents of Union
square will ask the committee on public
lands and buildings not to place seats
upon the green aC that point.
The law regarding the registering of
dogs, requires that all dogs be registered
before May /. About thirty owners
hoy nIra nlvS nj AsI, L.,
II. E. Howe, for three years propri-
Southington house in Southington and
will take possession in few days.
All persons holding tickets for the
Passion Play" lecture next Sunday
evening, should remember that the eX-
change for coupons begins at Bossidy's
| Tomorrow morning.
Swallows were seen clrcling in the air
and resting on telegraph wires yester-
day. They are said to arrive April Is
yearly and to leave September 10, both
dates rain or shine"
The will of the late John .Killoughey
was offered for probate to-day. The
bulk of his property is bequeated to his
wife, and at her death, is to be divided
equally among the children
The grass in the meadow near the
Manhan powder house was fired Satur-
day afternoon, causing considerable
alarm for time. The blaze was extin-
guished before reaching the house.
AT the session of the Methodist Episco-
pal southern conference held in New
London Saturday, resolution was pass
ed in disapproval of exchange of pulpits
by Methodist ministers with ministers
of other denominations.
Tn TnIara IF ai YYcDal Sarn,nn fla Ioax,
DIR Anderson of the First church yester-
day morning spoke upon the Water
bury hospital, giving an interesting his
tory of the institution from its begin
ming to the present time.
AS the 1888 New York & New Eng
land passenger train stopped at the
White street station this forenoon the
platform loungers opened their eyes
wide at the sight of a woman calmly
seated in the smoking car, putting away
at an ordinary clay pipe.-Danbury
News.
The arguments on the demurrer in
the case of E. r. Clyma VS. William
Kennedy, both of Naugatuck, is being
heard before Judge Bradstreet to-day.
The case is one growing out of the arrest
and babeas corpus proceedings of Editor
Clyma, who brought suit for damages
against Attorney Kennedy.
Postmaster General Wanamakers
postal route messengers must be a
terribly incompetent set of fellows.
Complaints of their inefficiency reach us
from many directions. Even on the
short lines we are having trouble in the
transmissions of the Sentinel, and have
had from the very inception of the pres
ent administration. 1t was bad enough
under Mr. Cleveland's postmaster gen
eral, but is far worse, to-day, so far as
our experience goes.-Ansonia Sentinel.
The same here.
The Connecticut state register and
manual for 1891 has Just been issued,
under the direction of II. Jay Walsh.
the secretary of state. 1t contains the
customary amount of valuable informa-
ton about state statistics that makes
this work very convenient reference
book. The number of eX-Senators who
died during the year was seventeen, and
the number of eX-representatives A.
One representative-elect died, John j.
Malone of Avon.
The figures of merit of the various
organizations of the Connecticut
National Guard, for the month of
March, have just been issued from the
adjutant generals office. AS usual, the
Second regiment leads the brigade, with
SO. II to its credit, with the First regi-
menu SeCOnu, AT SO.OO; lnlru regiment
third, with 80. 10, and the Fourth regi-
ment last, with SS.3S. The standing of
each of the companies of the Second
regiment is given as follows: Co A,
90. So; Co B, 97; Co c, 95.45; Co d, 9S. 65;
Co f, 97.52; Co F. 9S.02; Co G, 1857;
Co H, 91.20; Co l, 97.02; Co X, 93.37;
hospital corps, 30; I'd signal corps, 9S.67;
I'd machine gun platoon, 9S.15.
Cut His Throat.