Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-11
CITY NEWS.

weather; taIr on SaCurday. Miss Mamie Lynch of Providence is zisiting friends in this city. Miss Nellie O'HalIeran of Bridgeport is visiting friends in Waterbury. Shoninger's Musical Monthly for Sep Jember may be obtained free at the 'tore on Bank street. Three women and a man were before 5he police court for drunkenness to-day. They were fined $5 each.
 Mailing Clerk Frank Woolworth has recovered from his illness and to-day resumed his duties at the post office.
 Miss Margaret Murphy of New Brit lin returned to her home yesterday, lfter spending a week with friends in this city.
 The Rev Father Brennan of Green port, L. l., who has been visiting his nephew, Dr B. A. O'Hara, returned nome to day.
 home in Litchtield yesterday, having oeen spending short vacation with his sister in this city.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the German Lutheran church celebrated the anni- versary of it's organization, at the cha chapel on Leavenworth street last even | ing.
 Mengo Hardenburgh, the New Eng | land road brakeman, who was injured several days ago, necessitating the am putation of his left leg, is getting along | nicely at the hospital.
 | Charles Kench, formerly of this city, l charged with theft committed in Rocky Hill, was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Phelps in the | superior court at Hartford. | The three councils of the Knights of | Columbus will work the second degree under the new ritual at, St Patrick $ hall this evening. Supreme Knight J. J. Phelan and General Secretary Col well will be present.
 Superintendent Combellack wishes that all boys desiring to become mem- bers of the Boys club will apply for tickets as soon as convenient. The rooms are open for receiving members from to and from 7 to 9 o'clock daily.
 The New York & New England Rail road company will run special excur sion to Boston and Nantasket beach or September IF, the fare for the round trip, including admission to the bal game between the Pittsburgs and Bos tons, being S1.75.
 R. c. Downey, who has been acting al the superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, for this city during the summer, will conclude hi iabors Saturday night and enter Belle vue hospital, where he goes for a course of study .-Middletown Press.
 A meeting for the purpose of organ izing temperance and literary society was held last evening in the basemen of the Sacred Heart church.. The mat ter was informally discussed and thirty five names were secured. Anothe meeting W ill be held at 7:30 o'clock Sun day evening.
 Correspondents in West Hartford Goshen, Norfolk, Winchester, Cole brook and Taritfville report light fros Wednesday morning. At Tariffvill' : the thermometer at o'clock registere forty degrees. The frost in various sec tions of Litchfield county was quite . heavy one and tender plants wer ] nipped
 In spite of careful search nothing Ina as yet been heard of Ephraim Wander burg, the New England road fire mar whose strange disappearance was note yesterday. Vandenburg had friends il
 Boston and Albany, but dispatches sho' that they have seen nothing of him.
 is almost certain that his mind Ina ,. been affected by a recent attack of ty / phOid fever.
 This morning as the 1O:45 train WE
 pulling out of the Naugatuck station '. woman attempted to board it, catchin
 hold of the guard rail of the fOrwar - end of the third car. She was save A from falling under the wheels by M. , \ COllOty. It was a narrow escape an ' but for Mir Colo y's promptness, fat accident would have occurred.
 A AL. NY
 England road neared the New Britai
 station Wednesday night, the enginet
 observed something on the track ne; , the Elm street crossing, which, upon il vestigation, proved to be large bar
 iron wedged into the frog" of u . switch. This looks like an attempt m train wrecking.
 Acting under orders from Comptroll
 Staub, Chief Clerk Moore yesterday T
 fused to draw the comptrollers ord
 for voucher of $679 due the Conso n- dated road for carrying freight to al Ian In from the state encampment, and all e' for voucher of $165 for gas bills at u h, arsenal and state armories. IT Gi vouchers were sent from the quarte 5d master-general's department, and u ir bills will have to be paid by that III partment.
 n Grapes will be plentiful this yea as much more so than in several yea
 past They are coming in now in lar
 quantities and the quality IS first clas
 The Niagara, Delaware and Conco
 grapes are the most popular, and it expected that there will be a large Sd
 of these varieties this year. The Mag
 ra grape is sad to be the most popuI
 of the three, A few years ago it W 'T practically unknown, but when it w
 put on the market it sprung into pop
 !arity at once and has had an excelle
 sale since.
 f At the adjourned meeting of t ''' board of education last night the repC . of Superintendent Crosby and Princir at Nelligan, the committee on the gradi . of pupils and assignment of teachers
 the Bank street school building was
 cepted. The following appointmel
 were made: Miss Adeline Long ,assista
 in Long hill school building, M r Elizabeth l., McC;arthv assistant