Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-05
CITY NEWS.

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 A son was born to Mir and Mrs P. J. Bowling of Cooke street to-day.
 The board of aldermen and the board of finance will meet this evening.
 See our new serial "The Man With a | Thumb" !" tomorrow.
 A lad named Shugrue was thrown from horse on South Main street this morning.
 The Connecticut Probate assembly will meet at the capitol, in Hartford, Wednesday, November II.
 The county commissioners will be here Wednesday and T lursday of next week to grant liquor licenses.
 Judge Cowell to-day sold his building lot on Jefferson street to c. A. Meigs, who will erect four story brick block.
 "Now is the winter of our discontent' made glorious by buying fall overcoat and warm clothing at Upson, Singleton & Cos.
 Observer Cox, of the weather bureau, predicts this afternoon, rain or snow tonight: rain on Friday, slightly warmer.
 Joseph Archambault has sold his grocery stCre, on South Main street, to his son J. B. Archambault and Eugene Nadeau.
 Success merits reward. Brennan the baker has now opened branch of his | famous South Main street store, at S64 Bank street.
 In the police court to-day James Powers, charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace, was fined.S1 and costs on each case.
 Read the editorial on the school ques- tion in to-night's edition of the ''Fair Reporter" Copies distributed in City hall at the Sacred Heart church fair, General Manager Stevenson of the Housatonic system has been offered the position of general manager of one of the western trunk lines. but has de- clined.
 Attorney Mattison has brought an | application for a hearing over the Naugatuck Granite company, concern | ing the appointment of a receiver. The defendants have until April 1st in which to file an answer.
 The case of Holmes vs Bulkley, action over summary process, was given to the jury late yesterday afternoon They | failed to agree and were discharged. | The case was continued until Monday | wheu new jury will hear the evidence. The voting contest of shop foremen was given a boom last night at the fair | of the church of the Sacred Heart. So far the names of George Gibson, Ed ward Pagan and Joseph Doherty are on | the list, and others are expected. A | handsome suit of clothes to the winner. A conference of the Roman Catholic pastors of the diocese was held at Hart | ford Tuesday. These conferences are held three times each year to discuss | theological questions and to read theses upon different subjects. The curates of the diocese also hold similar meetings.
 A little boy named Cassidy ran in | front of an East Main street car shortly before noon to-day, and tripping fell on quickly as possible, but not before the horses reached the boy. The lad was somewhat cut about the head but was able to walk home.
 Margaret Fitzgerald, aged 20 years, died Tuesday morning. The funeral | took place Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from her late residence, 242 Baldwin street, to the church of the | Immaculate Conception and was largely attended. The pall5earers were: John Leary, John Murphy, Michael Murphy Thomas Quinn, Daniel Leary, Patrick Leary.
 This weeks exhibition of chrysanthe- | nuns at Dallas conservatory, on Union street, is one of the richest ever seen in Waterbury. Many of the best judges of Horticulture in the city have already been delighted spectators, and are unanimous III thelr praises of the dis play. The exhibition, which is free, will continue through the week, and no lover of the beautiful in the floral king dom should miss this opportunity.
 Hunters who don't have a pointer, not necessarily a four-footed one, nor the right equipment, complain that game Is scarce. There is direct con- tradiction, at this writing, in the show window of Bolan's hardware store, on Bank street. This fine exhibit of game, including good bag of quail, several coons, rabbits, cartridges and squirrels was bagged by Messrs Baggs and T. L. Sanford since last Monday. They pro- cured their necessary outfit at Bolun's; this is the secret of their success.
 The regular monthly meeting of the road and sewer boards was held last evening. A hearing was given on the petition asking for a sewer street is not accepted, but the sewer board voted that the sewer be built, provided the city attorney thought
 it could be done legally. Several other minor matters were acted upon. In the road board sewer crosswalks were ordered repaired and a lengthy discussion of no material interest on the paving of Grand street.
 Attorney ONeill together with Dr
 Ilndsley of New Haven examined
 Patrick Flanagan at the New Haven
 jail yesterday, and on December 1st At
 torney O'Neil will put in an applica.
 tion for a communication of the death sentence of Flanagan, on the grounds
 that he IS now sick with consumption and the chances are that he will not
 last until the time that he is sentenced
 to die. Dr Lindsley has given a state
 ment that Flanagan is at present in the
 last stages of consumption and his deatl is only question of a few weeks.
 The Second regiment officers associa
 tion held its regular meeting last even
 ing and elected: President, Colonel J. B
 Doherty; vice-president, Lieutenant
 Colonel Frank T. Lee; secretary, Cap
 tain Arthur Dickinson; treasurer, Cap
 tain B. E. Brown; finance committee
 Major Burpee, Captain Fred Lehr, Cap
 tain Alhen: music cnm nittaa Canta ir