Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-14
CITY NEWS.

BAKER, at the parsonage OF Che rHst
church.
]. L. Andrews, formerly an engineer
on the Consolidated road, has been APP
pointed inspector of air brakes and train
heating on all the divisions of the road.
All the nations of the earth fear and
respect Uncle Sam. All soaps and soap
powders fear and respect Lavine be-
cause it has no rivals.
The members of the state board of
health will visit Meriden to-day and
with the special sewer committee, go
over the line of the proposed sewerage
system.
While James P. Pigott of New Haven
was bathing at Pawson park Wednes-
day, his valuables, including diamond
scarf pin, were stolen from the pocket
of Jailer O'Keefe, in whose care he had
placed them.
Messrs Doherty, Pinney, Madison and
Durand of the defunct base ball associa-
ton are holding a meeting this after
noon. 1t was voted to bring suit against
stockholi ers who have failed to pay up.
NJ. J. Colloty has very sore arm.
About a week ago he accidentally
scratched his had with glass, but the
wound was so slight that he gave it no
attention. Blood poisoning set in and
the arm is greatly swollen and has to be
carried in a sling.
Miss Alice Butler, formerly with Mrs
S. A. Moore, has opened hairdressing
and manicure parlors in Room 3, Pritch-
ards block, opposite White & Wells.
She is an experienced and capable artist
and solicits a share of the patronage of
the ladies of Waterbury and vicinity.
District Deputy John S. Neagle of the
Hn1o Of (InIlHO0hnc will fn
mour to night to install the officers of
Aurora council, and work the third de-
gree upon a number of candidates. A
delegation from this city will probably
attend the exercises.
There seems to be misunderstanding
as regards the cost of the two bridges to
be built on the South Leonard street ex-
tension. J. L. SAKE, in reading the esti-
mates made by the Berlin Iron Bridge
company, gave the figures wrong. The
amount estimated in 1884 was for the
1879 foot bridge, 1925, and for the "a
foot bridge, 81, O25.
The attention Of the board of health
has been called to the condition of many
of the tenements and surroundings on
Canal street. Two cases of typhoid fe-
yer are known to have originated in that
locality, short time ago, and something
must be done to abate the nuisances re-
ported from certain places on the street.
The annual premium list of the Wa
tertown fair is out. Among the many
judges are the following from Water
bury: On draught oxen, William E.
Austin; horses, William Rutter and P.
B. Norton; fancy work, Mrs. Oscar No
BILE; fruit, Thomas Hewitt; grange ex-
hibits, Israel Holmes and F. B. Merri-
man.
A Naugatuck correspondent writes:
There is considerable agitation over the
condition of the river which flows di-
rectly through the center of the village.
1t is in such condition that there is said
to be an epidemic of sickness brewing
unless measures are taken at once to
allay the danger. 1t is said the bad con-
dition of the river is caused by the refuse
from the factories in Union City and
Waterbury.
A man named William Whalley, be-
longing in New Haven, was in Seymour
yesterday, looking for work. His sue
cess was poor and just after noon he tried
to board a moving freight train on the
Naugatuck road. His foot slipped and
he fell under the train. The toes on his
left foot and the fingers on his left hand
were cut off. A cut three inches long
was found just in front of his left ear
head.
Medical Examiner Axtelle has investi
gated the case of Frederick Shurdian
who died in Prospect, Monday, and has
advised Coroner Mix of his finding. II
is the opinion of DIR Axtelle that Select.
man Hotchkiss is guilty of culpable neg.
| ligence in allowing Shurdian to die with.
out physician. AS to the burial it was
clearly a case for the coroner, and MI
Hotchkiss in having issued a death Ger.
tificate to the town clerk clearly violated
the law. 1t is not known what action
the coroner will take.
| Orders issued yesterday from the office
of the Acknowledgement announce Sec.
ond regiment appointments as follows
First Lieutant William E. Moses of Wa.
terbury, appointed captain Company A
with rank from June %, 1891, vice
Stocking, resigned. First Lieutenant
Charles w. Burpee of Waterbury ap-
pointed first lieutenant Company A,
with rank from June %, 1891, vice
Moses, promoted. Sergeant Edwin Hart
of Waterbury appointed second lieten-
ant Company A, with rank from June
%, 1891, vice Burpee, promoted.
DIR. Donohue was called to see Mrs.
James Turley of 1,098 East Main street,
last night, who, it was said, had taken a
dose OF though on Rats" The woman
refused to receive treatment, although
the doctor, Policeman Mccarthy and a
number of the neighbors tried to prevail
upon her to allow the stomach pump to
be used Mrs. Turley is as we'll as ever
to-day. She denies having taken poison
and says that she took a dose of medi-
cine which made her sick, and had NO
intention of committing suicide.
Quite a number of the representative
men of that portion of the third voting
district lying west of the Naugatuck
river, held a meeting last evening at the
old school building, corner of Meadow
lane and Bank street, the purpose of
the organization being to secure the
election to office of taxpayers and prop
erty owners only, irrespective of party,
and to push needed work in that sec
ton. A committee consisting of G. B.
Lawrence, Dennis Mitchell, Anthony
Carroll, Timothy Sullivan and William
MCNAMARA were appointed to perfect
the organization and call the next
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