Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-12
CITY NEWS.

The first degree will be conferred upon eight candidates at the meeting of Barcelona council, to be held tomorrow evening.
 The paving of Meadow street as far as Bank was completed this afternoon, and the street will be open to travel by 6 o'clock this evening.
 c. G. Root passed a comfortable night. The fever is not as strong as 1t seemed to be day or two ago and his attendants fear no fatal results.
 Judge Cowell has the small store, 169 East Main street, to rent. Just the thing for a milliner, janitor, stationery or any light business.
 The funeral of Edmund Robinson, who died yesterday at the hospital, took place this afternoon. The funeral ser vices were conducted by Rev MT Micou.
 The contract for slating the roof of l the church of the Immaculate Concep- tion has been given to J. K. Smith. The work will Oe commenced very soon. The remains of Arthur McNeil, who died in New Haven, were brought to this city on the 11:17 train to-day and afterwards taken to Woodbury for in | terment.
 Mrs Ellen Barry, aged 51 years, died I street. The funeral will take place to St Patrick's church at 1;30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
 | Last night 1 lay on warm feather bed, but to-day I am almost frozen, so guess l will go to Upson, Singleton & Co.'S and get one of those warm over. coats that they are selling at such low price.
 l F. E. Dewey, who was recently ap pointed superintendent of transporta- tion on the New England road, to-day | issued an order in which he said he would hold all freight conductors re sponsible for delays to passenger trans.
 Thomas F. Anderson. for severa years attached to the staff of the Boston Globe, has, temporarily at least, severed his connection with that paper, and this morning assumed the position of gene ral press and advertising agent for the New York & New England railroad.
 All the New England states were represented at the conference of New England railroad commissioners in Bos ton yesterday. The conference was pri securing of harmonious railroad legisla tion in the various states.
 In order to accommodate Watertowr people during holiday week, a specia train will run to and from this city or Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, December 22, g and 24, leav ing Watertown at 7:30 D. m. and return ing at 9:30 o'clock.
 In the court of common pleas yester day in New Haven, 365 cases were stricken from the docket. About 100 attorneys from all over the country were present in behalf of cases whici they desired to have retained for trial None of the cases which were taker from the docket have been there les than one year, and several of them have been there since 1875.
 State Treaurer Henry has received taxes from the Consolidated, Nauga tuck, New Haven and Northampton Shore Line, Housatonic, Norwich anC Worcester railroads and several lines O horse railroad amounting in the aggre gate to over $600,000 Treasurer Henr, Is still of the opinion that the amount O taxes received from the railroads of tn state are a round hundred thousant dollars less than they would have beel had they been passed upon by a compe tent board of equalization.
 The New Britain correspondent of tn Connecticut Catholic writes as follows We are pleased to learn that Mrs Mar A. Healy, proprietress of the Par hotel, has received the insurance none from the A. o. H., after long delay Her husband who died over year az was an honest man and a true Hibel nian. He was an insured member i the First division, A. O. H., Waterbury at the time of his death. A few mem = bers in this division raised some technt cal points of very little consequence fo the time being, but which afterward caused considerable trouble to M f Healey, for he was by no means t l. blame. The action of a few sensibl men would at that time have settled tn little misunderstanding that then e1 isted. MT Healey was noted as a ma who was always liberal in his contribr tions to further the interest of the orde and always ready to extend the rigl = hand of fellowship to brother member
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