Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-14
CITY NEWS.

Cleveland's minstrels at the opera house this evening.
 One drunk was all the business before the police court this morning. A fine | of S5 and costs was imposed.
 Conductor Colgan has recovered from | his recent illness and resumed his posi-
 tion on the Naugatuck division.
 Alderman Kelley, who is recovering
 from severe attack of pneumonia, was
 out yesterday for the first time. The meeting of the board of aldermen ! to have been held last night was con | tinued for another week owing to lack
 of a quorum.
 Clearing out sale of all the spring
 overcoats at Brett X Co.'S. Now is the
 time to buy one at about your own | price.
 F. B. Field, S5 South Main street, has | complete line of seeds for farm. garden
 and flower bed, of excellent quality and
 reasonable in price.
 A number of Waterbury people will l go to Naugatuck this evening to hear Father Mulcahy deliver his lecture on
 the Passion Play.
 William Rockett, who has been in
 sane for some time, was to-day taken to
 the asylum at Middletown by Keeper Thompson of the almshouse. | 'Tis now that the "young mans mind lightly turns to thoughts of love-" All
 he has to do is to put on one of Upson,
 Singleton & Co.'S stylish suits, and go in
 and win.
 The friends of John Derwin, whose
 death in Carson City ,Neb, was annOunc-
 ed yesterday, have telegraphed for further particulars. It is probable that
 the body will not arrive until Saturday.
 Town Clerk Madden to. day received | large bundle of circulars from the secre- tary of the state board of health for dis IEribution, giving detailed information
 about the restriction and prevention of small poX.
 A Birmingham correspondent writes: | Two boys named Frank Bishop and | John MunsOn, from Waterbury, pawned
 watch Monday afternoon to raise
 money to take them back, having be- come tired of tramp life. The members of Co X were treated to banquet by the nOn-commissionedo off cers after last nights meeting. Thirty members of the company will appear in
 shenandoah" at the opera house Fri day night.
 John Kelly of River street had his arm caught in a machine at Benedict X Burnham's, yesterday, and fractured. John Hayes, another employe, lost finger in a machine. Both men were attended by Dr Benedict. The city ordinance making it a mis- demeanor to throw handbills, dodgers, refuse, etc., into the street, went into effect last Saturday. It will be strictly enforced. Merchants, society commit tees and householders will do we'll to remember this fact.
 At a regular meeting of the directors l,Nc Nl EA tiOn last evening at New Haven, &, ,000 was voted to the widow of the late James M. Smith and $3. .OOO to the widow of the late F.. R. Williams. Five new members were admitted.
 The marriage of A. D. Smith and Miss Minnie Baker took place at the Baptist church at 10 o'clock this morn ing, the ceremony being performed by the Rev w. H. Elsdon. Mr and Mrs Smith left on the'10:45 train for a we'd ding tour to include New York, Phil adelphia and Washington. On May the internal revenue tax of S2. 40 for the retail of tobaco and cigars will be done away with. Each dealer, however, will be required to register at the internal revenue office, but he will receive the license without price. The special tax of $6 which wholesale tobac- conists pay is also to be abolished after May 1.
 Miss Delane, the small pox patient at the pest house, is getting along nicely. Dr Frost said this morning that he called to see her at six o'clock last evening and had every reason to believe that she would recover. He said that there was no cause for any anxiety and that there was no danger of there being any more cases.
 Extensive preparations are being made for the inspection and sOciable of Co F., Hibernian rifles, to be held in City hall next Thursday evening. A feature of the event will be the tug-of-war match between the Rogers X Brother and Scovill company teams for purse of S125. This time the out east team have issued the challenge and they W ill make desperate effort to capture the purse. The German Lutheran society are making exclusive preparations for their festival, to be held in Concordia hall, April 21, 22 and 23. The programme will be different one each of the three nights and will l,among other attractions, include drill executed by a number of men who have served in the German army; a chorus of 75 children, and play by six young ladies. The trial of the Woodbury selectmen, who are accused of manslaughter by causing the death of Mrs Caroline Mer- amble, through neglect, was begun in the superior court at New Haven to-day Mrs Meramble was town pauper and while suffering from broken hip was removed from Woodbury to New Ha- ven in a beach wagon, last November. She was so badly frozen that she died. While standing at the junction of the Naugatuck and Derby roads in Derby on the evening of Tuesday, March 24, James Wallace, a we'll driller, aged thirty-eight years, was struck by Con- ductor Bradley's train and hurled dis tance of twenty feet. His head struck a telegraph pole and one of his ears was nearly torn from his head. Wallace was brought to New Haven and taken to the hospital where he died last night in consequence of his injuries.