Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-09-01
CITY NEWS.


The board of police commissioners will
meet this evening.
The family of John L. Pierpont re-
turned last night from johnson City,
Tenn.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
stationary temperatures; rain on Wednes-
day night.
w. j. Cassidy has removed his office
from room No 8, Platt's block, to 1911
East Main street.
The new docket of the district court,
issued to-day, contains 229 court cases
and SO jury cases.
DIR Thomas Bland will attend the
meeting of the Connecticut Veterinary
association at New Haven tomorrow.
A horse owned by the Waterbury
Manufacturing company ran away on
North Main street this morning, badly
smashing the wagon.
Counterfeit half dollars are being cir
culated throughout the state. The coin
is we'll made and hard to detect. 1t is
lighter than the genuine.
Don't let too cool a wave catch you
without suitable underwear. You will
find a full line to suit all tastes and
pocketbooks at Epson, Singleton &
Cos.
A. NJ. Young and family returned
home last night from Crescent beach.
Mr. Young is nursing a very sore arm,
the result of a fall received at the shore
a few days ago.
The Connecticut Endowment associa-
ton has disbanded and the originators,
ten in number, are so fortunate as to get
500 each, while there are 800 who will
get only small percentage of what they
paid in the way of assessments.
E. L. Bolster, the hotel proprietor,
owned two tame gray squirrels. On Sun
day one of them escaped and since that
time has made its home among the trees
on the green. This morning an effort
was made to trap the runaway, but with
no success.
A largely attended meeting of the
Regular Third Ward Democratic club
was held last night, John Fruin acting
as chairman, and Lawrence CrOnin
secretary. A committee of nine was
appointed to prepare primary ticket
and report at a meeting to be held Mon
day night.
James N. Coe, the new superin-
tendent of the Soldiers home at Moro
ton, has under his charge at the present
time 202 old soldiers. There were sixty
nine absentees on Saturday, which in
cluded twenty-nine who are now in
mates of the Middletown insane asy-
lum.
A friend of the Boys club has fur
niShed the association with additional
apparatus for the gymnasium and this
part of the boys training bids fair to be
one of its most promising features
Charles Herman has very kindly con-
scented to take charge of the gymnasium
class.
The board of fire commissioners met
last evening, accepted an invitation to
attend the parade and inspection of the
department on September 10; referred
the bids of Frank Miller & Co and Fred
j. Wood for furnishing 1875 tons of coal
to the department, to the city auditor,
and gave Edward O'Brien, who wanted
damages for the trampling of his onion
patch by firemen, leave to withdraw his
petition.
The order of United American Me-
chanics held meeting in Troy recently
to arrange for a grand demonstration
and convention to be held September 81
and %, when the national body will
meet in Troy. Delegates from all the
prominent cities of the country, the
east, south and far west, will be there
Last year the meeting took place in
Bridgeport, when over 1000 men were
in line.
Last night a hostler employed by
Trott, Lawton & Co loaded up with
liquor and hitching one of the firms
horses to a light carriage drove to
Naugatuck. By reckless driving he
succeeded in running into another team
and smashing it. This morning the
horse showed signs of having been
driven hard and the hostler was dis
charged from his position.
That eminent meteorological journal,
the Danbury News, gives out the fol-
lowing forecast for September: LIST to
3D., cool and pleasant; 4th to 7th, close
and sultry: Sth to 9th, thunder showers
10th to 18th, storm in East Gulf states;
18th to 10th, C, ii wave; 18th, rapid rise
in temperatures; 18th to Goth, thunder
showers and northwest gales; 21st to
23d, cool; Gath to 2Sth, mild and pleas
ant; Goth to Both, showers.
Nearly one hundred and fifty voters
were present at the organization of the
North End First Ward Democratic club
at their rooms on Cherry street last
evening. There was a short parade
headed by the Silver Drum corps, after
which the meeting elected the following
officers: President, John H. Moran
vice-president, Frank Butler: secretary
Martin LdWlOf. a delegation OF nine
were appointed to confer with the other
two clubs of the ward, with view to
harmony.
The remains Of John Kennedy, who
escaped from the insane asylum at Mid
dletown and was drowned in the Con-
necticut river, were brought to this city
for burial to day. The coroner gave
verdict of accidental death. When
found the mans trousers were rolled up
as high as the knees, and his stockings
were found in his pocket. He had
probably been wading in the water
when drowned. There were no mark s
on the body.
Many people have wondered what a
young man with only one hand, to be
seen about the railroad depot here, is
doing. He was a former brakeman
upon the Naugatuck road but lost a
hand at Naugatuck some time ago, and
now the road has given him a position
as tiagman, being employed between
Bridgeport and Waterbury. He spends
several hours daily in Ansonia and
when freight trains are switching, as
they have to frequently, when it is near
time for regular trains to he dine he 10