Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-08
CITY NEWS.
To-day is the citys pay day.

CITY NEWS.
 To-day is the city's pay day.
 Nearly 600 people went on the K. of P. excursion to Watch Hill to-day.
 Phelan's dress goods are all the rage. Drop into his tea store and examine them. Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather, higher temperature; possibly showers this evening.
 The colored people of Waterbury and vicinity will picnic at High Rock grove on Tuesday.
 Chief Snagg will attend the National Convention of Chief Engineers at Springfield, Tuesday.
 Joseph Reed was to-day appointed by Postmaster Doherty to the position Of assistant maiIing clerk. Rev J. A. Mulcahy will deliver his lecture on the Passion Play, in New Haven, on the evening of August Is.
 The twenty fifth annual reunion Of the Nineteenth Connecticut infantry will be held at Savin Rock, on Friday, September II.
 The largest excursion this season was the Holmes, Booth & Haydens. to Glen Island to-day. One thousand tickets were sold for the occasion. | The new patrolmen were measured to-day for macintosh coats and caps; It is expected that on Monday they will be measured for their uniforms. When you see well dressed man or boy you may be sure that Upson 6 Singleton, the peoples clothiers, have had something to do with the case.
 The engineers of the New York & New England railroad, with their wives and sweethearts, will go to Rocky Point tomorrow to enjoy clam bake. 1 The rivers, the lakes, the mountains and the sea attract the wealthy and the fortunate, but all can enjoy the luxury and necessity of Lavine for easy wash ing.
 The postal card factory at Shelton l will soon begin to make a new card for international postal service to cost four cents. The design for the plates has not yet been decided upon.
 The drummers in the National Guard will all receive new drums during en- campment week. The drums are all of a kind, the regulation style, the same as is used in the regular army. l A dozen members of Go A indulge in long walks nearly every pleasant even ing. Last night they "took in" Water vile. Tomorrow a number of the boys will walk to Quassapaug.
 Chief Rylands of Bridgeport will re- tain office for the present at least, as | Mayor Marigold has decided to veto the action of the aldermen in abOlishing the office of chief of police.
 The veterans of the Fifth Connecticut volunteers are holding their annual re- union in Hartford to-day. About 175 men are present.
 w. J. Schlegel to-day bought the Sperry property on the corner of Walnut and Orange streets. He will improve the place and then sell it to Charles Miller.
 Owing to a misunderstanding many ladies and children were down town this afternoon expecting to hear the band concert promised by Baker Kelly. The concert will be held next Saturday.
 A young woman named Mary Mann walked into a house on River street, this afternoon ,and gave birth to child. The selectmen were notified and the woman and child were removed to the town house.
 John H. Quinn, formerly a resident of this city, and now travelling salesman for New York undertaking house, was elected president of the Casket Sales mems Protective association at their an nual convention held in Washington, D. O., Wednesday.
 Ex-Mayor Kendrick found a police mans badge at the corner of Water and Meadow street, New Haven, yesterday, which he turned in to the police office It was inscribed "Ansonia Police De- partment," and in an upper corner was the word "Chief."
 John Smith, general inspector of the National Board of Fire Underwriters of America, visited this city to-day, and in company with Chief Snagg inspected the several engine houses. He compli- mented Waterbury on it's fire depart ment.
 There was large gathering at the meeting of the Regular Fourth Ward Democratic club at their rooms on Pleasant street, last evening. President Eugene Sullivan presided. Speeches were made by H. I. Boughton, c. c. Commerford and James B. Russell.
 F. S. Grant, the spectacle dealer who has rooms over Steele's crockery store on Bank street, is missing. He left his store at 12:3O o'clock Thursday noon, saying that he was going to the post office and would return in a few min- utes. He has not since been seen. His wife, who lives near the City Mills, knows nothing of his whereabouts and is greatly alarmed over his absence. Never before, in all the history of Con- necticut tobacco raising, have prices been more encouraging to growers, nor 1, more freely offered, than now. And never before have whole lots of the i; standing crop been bought so freely, and ' at the buyers risk mostly. Buyers have bought, during the last eight days, a } good deal of the crop as it now stands paying all the way from twenty-two to thirty cents, and taking the risk of white veins and bad curing.
 The annual meeting of the Grand lodge . Harugari society of Connecticut, was held in Bridgeport yesterday. About 90 delegates were present f. om New Ha- 2 ven, Hartford, Waterbury, Danbury, A business meeting was held but noth- ing of great importance was transacted. The officers elected for the ensuing year ! Ell so.l. alas