Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-08-25
CITY NEWS.


weather.
"The Danger Signal at the opera |
house this evening.
The county commissioners are pre-
pairing their report for the year ending
July 1, 1890.
Bridgeport will hold picnic at High
Rock grove Thursday.
w. H. Hunt has just returned from
an enjoyable trip to st John, N. B., and
up the st John River to Fredericton.
No place on earth has yet been found,
not one Identical spot, where Lavine is
not needed for washing and cleaning.
A peach train of 'sixty-four cars, con-
tanning Sc, 454 baskets of that fruit, ar
rived over the New York & New Eng
land road at Boston yesterday.
The humidity yesterday was excessive,
the highest of the year for clear day
and, according to Sergeant Cox, only
three degrees short of actual rain.
A valuable horse owned by Andrew
Brennan of Union City was killed by an
early freight train on the Naugatuck
road at that place to-day. The animal
was walking on the track.
Miss Mary A. Hackett, a very estim-
able and popular young lady, died this
morning after a brief illness at her home
on East Main street. The funeral ar
engagements will be announced later.
The money drawer which was stolen
from Thomas G.. Lally's saloon on
Kingsbury street, Sunday night, was
found yesterday afternoon behind a
shed in the yard, by Officer M. Sullivan.
The Rev Father Leo, for twenty-five
years pastor of st Joseph's Catholic
church, Winsted, preached a farewell
| sermon to his people, Sunday morning.
dow,
next.
There will be a meeting of ''The
Alumnae of the Congregation de Notre
| DAME" at II Union street, at 1880 this
evening, to make arrangements for the
opening of the new convent. A full at
| tendance is desn ed.
| Patrick Hackett and Miss Annie Fin
| ley were to have been married at the
church of the Sacred Heart to-day, but
owing to the sudden death of Mr.
Hackett's sister this morning the cere-
mony was postponed.
The office of superintendent of motive
power on the New England railway
which has been held by Albert Griggs,
has been abolished, and E. M. Hum
stone of East Hartford, has been ap-
pointed general master mechanic on the
road.
| Norman Spencer, who was sentenced
to the states prison from Hartford in
1888 for rape, died Sunday at the age of
81 years, of summer complaint. DR.
| Warner, the prison physician, is to re-
tire on September 1. His place is to be
filled by DIR Edward Fox of Wethers-
field.
Hubert Reid, who has been employed
as agent for the Singer Manufacturing
company in Danbury, for the past two
years, has severed his connection with
the firm and returned to his home in
Waterbury.
Mr. and Mrs George w. Beach spent
Sunday at Ocean Grove, N. j. Mr.
Beach returned home last night. He
was riding on the Sixth avenue "L''
road near Park place Saturday after
noon, just as the Taylor building fell
killing nearly a hundred people.
The second annual festival and enter
tainment of the Third division, A. o.
H., will be held the last three evenings
of this week, in the City hall. Norton
and Coleman, celebrated Irish come
dams, have been engaged. There will
be dancing each evening to the music of
Hallam's orchestra.
An eleven year old son of David
Reeves of New London, while picking
wild cherries yesterday climbed a tree,
a distance of twenty feet from the
ground, when his hold on the weak
branches slipped and he fell He
landed on his head, striking a SHARP
stone that punctured his skull. He
died in few minutes
Onsthe 18th of September the MadameS
of the Congregation de Notre Dame
will open, in the convent hall, a sale Of
fancy work, which promises to surpas'
anything of the kind ever held in Wa
tcrbury. There are in preparation sevt i
al musical and dramatic entertainment
to be given ON the evenings of the sale.
A large number from Waterbury will
attend the excursion of the New York
New England railroad, next Saturday
to Boston. Tickets have been marked
down to S1.75 which includes trip tx
Nantasket beach or Nahant, admission
to the American association ball gamt
or to the historical cyclorama "Jerusa
lem" Returning tickets are good OF
the regular trains on Monday.
) The Fourth Ward Independent Demo
Il cratic club held an important meeting
In their rooms, IS Washington street
last evening. Among other bushes
was the election of thirty new members
Remarks were made by the chairman
l, and others relative to the course which
,, the club intends to pursue during tn
}, coming municipal election.
l. The county commissioners of the stat
n | VIII nOlu meeting at norwich, mex
d Thursday, to consider the questions O
Il increasing the price of licenses and o
e restricting the number of saloons. 1t i
/ possible that the number of saloons will
'S be ordered reduced in all cities an
towns. The price of licenses may be in
creased from $500 to $500 also.
The soldiers of the G. N. &. will ge
their pay in due time. Paymaster Ger
- eral w. T. Fem will make requisitio
upon Comptroller Staub for the neces
sary amount, as usual, which he expect
n MIR Staub will honor. If not, it
= understood that the money will b
forthcoming from some other source
1t will take about $52, 900 to pay off, il
Guiding between $500 and 5000 to tn
governors staff for their attendance.
TIMELY TOPICS.
NJ. Kaiser & Co, the pioneer clothier
= have marked prices below cost. Ca
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