Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-11
CITY NE WS.

April Is.
Shoninger's monthly for March has
arrived and can be obtained at the
store on Bank street.
A quorum must be present to do bust
ness. And lavine must be present to
make washing easy.
The house canvassers for the Water
bury directory will commence their
spring labors in a few weeks.
O'Donovan Rosa is at present
drumming the Naugatuck valley for the
sale of liquors and cigars.
The case of Editor Peck, charged
with criminal libel, which was to be
tried in Naugatuck to-day, has been
postponed for week.
J. S. Fay has purchased a trotter
which bids fair to make the horsemen
of Waterbury look sharp to their lau-
rels.
a special train will run to Naugatuek
at the conclusion of the Dixey entertain
ment at the opera house tomorrow
evening.
The New Haven police board last
night elected a colored man named
Charles A. Hooper a member of the
police force.
Elizabeth Terry, aged IA years,
daughter of MIR and Mrs s. &. Terry,
died yesterday afternoon at the home of
her parents on West Main street.
The Mutual Life Insurance Co yester-
day forwarded to Administrator Car
mody a check for 81 100 for policy on
the life of the late William F. Dillon.
Frank Young, ahead of Tom Davis
Hustler" company, was in this city to-
day arranging for the appearance of his
nnOnnanU of .Iac0naSs March IL
Miss Louisa G. McCabe is the agent
of John Boyle O'Reilly." The work will
be ready about April /. p. o. address,
box 2S2.
In the police court to-day Kate Clark
was sentenced to 80 days in the town
house, with costs, for drunkenness.
For a similar offence William Altman
was fined $40 and costs.
Charles Gale, foreman at the Benedict
& Burnham company's works, received
a telegram yesterday afternoon, an
nouncing the serious illness Of Mrs
Gales father at his home in Glen Falls,
N. Y.
Tickets for the musical comedy in
three acts, 1.-The Horseshoe" are selling
rapidly. The exchange for coupons,
and the sale of rs cent tickets, will be-
gin at Bossidys drug store tomorrow
morning.
The storm Monday night caused a
number of washouts along the railway
lines and on the New England road
engineers were ordered to run at re-
duced speed through all cuts and over
all bridges, and in some places rocks
were reported falling.
, Chief Clerk Fitzpatrick says that the
letter carriers have been considerably
annoyed since several of the streets
ordering their mail matter by using the
new numbers, while others continue to
use the old Numbers. In time the
change will be appreciated.
William Egan, aged SO years, died at
1880 o'clock this morning at his home on
North Leonard Street. Mr. Egan was
for over twenty years in the employ of
the Farrell Foundry and Machine Co.
He was the father of Mrs Joseph Nc
Carthy. The funeral will take place to
st Patrick's church at 9 o'clock
Friday morning.
The property of Joseph MARI, proprie-
tor of the Cooley house, was attached
in civil suit yesterday, for 800
in the interest of the bell boy
whom he chastised a few days ago.
Constable O'Neil served the papers,
which were prepared by the boys attor-
ney, j. E. Russell.
Says the Middletown Press: The
Merlden, Waterbury & Connecticut
River engine which ran into Little
river at Westfield several weeks ago has
been repaired and is doing duty again
on the road. 1t seems pity to let the
combination car remain in the water
and be ruined, as it certainly will be I'M
less removed within a short time.
When the trackwalker on the Nauga-
tuck division reached the Derby depot,
yesterday morning, he noticed the win
dows on the south side were broken and
entering the room to investigate found
man lying PROSTATE on the floor beside
the stove. The man was arrested. He
proved to be Captain Charles Young of
the barge j. D. Smith. He was drunk
and had broken into the station to gain
shelter from the storm. He was fined
SO and costs.
A number Of fictitious names, among
the list being that of Jack the Ripper,
were signed, yesterday, to the paper
within day or two by Patrick Hayes
for the signatures of disgruntled demo-
Gratis. Almost all of the Primrose and
West troupe affixed their names to the
paper. The list as it now stands con-
tains five or six names of alleged demo-
Gratis. 1t only needs the names of the
troupe now playing in the casino to
complete the farce.
At the annual meeting of the New
York and New England road in Boston
yesterday these directors were chosen {:
j. A. Bostwick, Thomas Rutter, John
L. Macaulay, Sidney Dillon, Henry,
Hentz and Alexander Orr of
New York; Charles A. Sinclair,
Eustance G. Fitz, Charles Howard,
Jonas III. French, Charles A. Prince, A.
w. Nickerson and Samuel A. Carlton,
Boston; r. II. Deming and B. F.
Vaughan of Providence; James l..
Howard of Hartford; David S. Plume
of Waterbury George Landers of New
Britain and Arthur Sewell of Portland.
Marry In Haste, Repent at Leisure.