Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-26

| In the police court this morning NJ. j..
| Hayes, who keeps a saloon and grocery
store at 112 East Main street, was found
not guilty of selling to minors.
Frederick Green, aged % years, died at
his home on East Main street, yesterday
afternoon. The remains will tomorrow
be taken to New York state for burial.
Prominent Germans from all over the
state have been invited to attend the eX-
ercises of the 25th anniversary celebra-
ton of the ConcOrdia society of Bridge
port, which occurs tonight.
Christian Hauser, Moritz Grelle and
Emil Haderer, representing the COncor-
dia Singing society, are in Hartford to-
day attending a convention of the Ger
man singing societies of the state.
James O'Brien declares that there is
not a particle of truth in the statement
made in Sunday paper, that he kicked
young Keefe in the eye. Even Keefe's
own gang didn't dare assert such thing
| in court.
The case of Eugene Bunten, admins
traitor, against the New York and New
England and the Housatonic Railroad
companies, to recover 5000 for the
| death of his son, has been assigned for
trial in the superior court, November
| 18th.
A fourteen year old boy named Allen
while chestnutting, yesterday, in the
north part of the city, fell from a tree, a
distance of nearly twenty feet. He was
unconscious for fully half an hour,
but was able to walk home and is as
good as new to-day.
The Immaculate Conception choir,
Prof Bonn, director, announces its con-
cert for Wednesday, November 10, at
st Patrick's hall. This concert promises
to surpass the last Redemption" con-
cert, which everyone remembers as a
will be larger and will consist in part of
Memberships "Athalie."
A committee consisting of representa-
| tives of all the New Haven councils of
the Knights of Columbus has just been
appointed to make arrangements for
| celebrating the anniversary of the dis
covery of America by Columbus. The
celebration will take place in New Ha-
ven in October, 1899. There will be
councils there from all over the state and
from Rhode Island and New York.
There will be a parade and probably a
banquet.
| AT the First Baptist church Saturday
evening, William A.Merrill and Miss Hes
ter A. Dixon were markedly the Rev W.
p. Elsdon. The bridesmaids were the
Misses Julia and Nellie Dixon, sisters of
the bride, and Christopher Bourn acted
as best man. Following the ceremony
a reception was held at the home of the
| brides parents, No % High street. Mr.
and Mrs Merrill will reside in Spring
field. The groom is conductor on the
Connecticut River railroad.
Fire was discovered in the apartments
of Robert McGrath, over the store re-
Gently occupied by Webber. on Bank
street, at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, by
a colored man who was in an office on
the other side of the street. Mr. and
Mrs McGrath were not at home. The
door was forced open and the fire,
guished with the aid of few pals of
water. The loss is about SIS. The
origin of the fire is a mystery.
D. H. Dickinson was removing a
quantity of rubbish from the barn on
the Harry Southworth estate in Deep
River the other day, and was sweeping
some papers out of a corner when he
noticed package which looked like
money. 1t was a package of 100 fifty
cent shin-plasters, of the issue of 1862.
The bills were new and had never been
in circulation, and he immediately had
doubts as to their genuineness. 1t order
to settle the matter he sent one of them
to the sub treasury in New York, and it
came back punched full of holes and
stamped counterfeit. He says that part
of the barn has not been disturbed for
more than twenty-five years.
Adjutant- General Embler started this
morning for Chicago, where he will
attend as delegate the convention of
the National Guard of the United
States, which opens there Tuesday.
General Embler will be the only dele
gate from Connecticut, as General Wat
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so on account of press of business. The
convention is called to discuss what
part the National Guard shall take at the
coming Worlds fair to be held in
Chicago in 1898. One of the projects
that will be discussed is the advisability
of mobilizing the entire National Guard
and have them appear IN Chicago. In
case this was decided upon, fully 100,
900 men would be in line.
Pickpockets are working the trains or
the Naugatuck road to good
advantage, from all accounts. For the
, past month or so complaints have beer
made that purses have been stolen
Saturday afternoon w. Roberts boarded
a train at Beacon Falls to go to New
, York. He paid his fare on the train
and received a coupon from the condnc
z tor. He placed it in his pocketbook
which contained about $25. Arriving
at Bridgeport he missed the book anG
G came to the conclusion that his pocket
had been picked after reaching the car
He reported the theft to Officer Ward an
hour after it was discovered. Then il
? was too late for the officer to apprehend
the thief, though he made a search. Nc
J coupon marked Beacon Falls was offered
at the ticket office. Roberts met g
friend and was able to proceed on his
journey.
The annual fair of the NJ. E. church
takes place next Thursday and Friday
ievenings.