Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-10
CITY NEWS.

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 The Harmonic society have decided to produce the oratorio ''St Paul. at their festival in May.
 Charles Dillon, well known in this city, is very low with typhoid fever at his home in Hartford. The Fourth Ward Democratic club will meet in the rooms on River street at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening.
 T. E. Dewey, the newly appointed superintendent of transportation on the New England road, spent last night in this city.
 Burglars entered the saloon of Mrs Mccoy, on East Main street. Tuesday night, and made off with eight gallons of whiskey.
 A special meeting of the Choral society will be held this evening. Busi- ness of importance connected with the spring concert will come up. An effort is being made to have Ignace Paderewski, the Polish pianist, | who recently arrived in America, give d recital in Waterbury. Frank Burke and Miss Myrtle Ed | wards, both of the Casino company, were married yesterday, by the Rev Dr Row. land, at St Johns church. Ojeda council, K. of C., of Nauga- tuck, will give their annual ball January IS. Reeves band of Providence has been engaged for the occasion.
 Baggagemaster William Brown of Conductor Morris passenger train on | the New England road, has been ap- pointed freight conductor. A bulletin board at the New England | station now informs passengers how | late trains are. It is the work of E. D. | Man no fioEot Benjamin Pratt, aged 16, died at the state reform school at Meriden to-day. He was sent to the institution from | Middletown for assault with intent to kill.
 A patient at the Middletown hospital for the insane escaped last night, but was captured this morning. The authorities refuse to divulge the name | of the patient.
 F. E. Dewey has been appointed superintt ndent of transportation of the New York & New England road Mir Dewey was formerly travelling auditor for the company.
 The funeral of Miss Catherine Lodge, who died yesterdayd at the hospital, will take place from 52O Baldwin to St Patrick's church, at 2:30 o'clock to- morrow morning.
 ~ Two Naugatuck women became con- fused at the Naugatuck station last evening and boarded the wrong train. One of them jumped off narrawly escap- ing serious injury.
 The work on the Meadow street pay ing is progressing, having been delayed for the past week. Contractor Gaffney hopes that the work will be completed to Bank street by Saturday night.
 Superintendent Locke of the Water bury Watch Co will, it is said, retire from that position January 1. It is re- ported that a syndicate has purchased the Cheshire Watch factory, and it is rumored that MT Locke will take charge of it.
 Last evening between six and seven o'clock some passerby threw lighted cigar on the lawn at the Watch factory, In moment the grass was in a blaze, and burned tiercely until the watchman and several bystanders put the flames out.
 Simon Kunkel went to his home last night fighting drunk and Officer Ahern was called in to arrest hIm. This morn ing he was fined $5 and costs for drunkenness and the same for breach of the peace. The policy case against Arthur M. Peck was continued until Saturday.
 One of Partree's hack teams, driven by Frank Davis, ran away from in front of the opera house last night, being frightened by the discharge of musketry inside. The horses ran through Bank street, colliding with buggy owned by Llveryman LawlOr, which was wrecked.
 Postmaster Doherty has so far re- ceived no word from Washington ad- vising him to proceed with the work of the dard is in Chicago and upon his return to Washington it is thought that there may be some possibility of the work being ordered done.
 Two painters employed by l.. F. Haase upon Dr c. Art Wards house on French street, fell distance of fifteen feet, owing to the breaking of a scaffolding, this afternoon. One of the men, Eugene Barton, was painfully bruised; the other escaped uniniurei. Barton was removed to his home on Elm street in Hunts ambulance.
 For the past few days the condition of Johanna Bresnahan of this city, who was so seriously injured about two stairs by Patrick McGivney, has been slowly but surely improving at the New Haven hospital. She is now conscious and talks ratiOnally. For time there was no hope that she would ever recover her mind and but little hope of even physical recovery.
 Two leading business men and capital ists of Pittsburg have purchased of Dr Keeley the gold cure agency of the state of Connecticut for $190,O0O cash, and during the past week have been in Hartford, Portland, Middletown, Man chester and New Haven looking for desir- able locations. The institute will proba- ply be established in New Haven, as prominent business men have offered special inducements to locate there. A leading physician of this state has been offered large salary to take charge of the institution.
 Eureka chapter, at it's meeting last evening, ele> ted the following officers: James Callan, M. E. H. P; A. J. Ship ley, E. K; EldrIdge E. Candee, E. S.; B. G. Bryan, treasurer; H. w. Atwood, secretary; John s. Castle, c. of H. Elliott E. Candee, P. s.; Hubert G. Scott, R. A. C.; J. D. Chatfield, 3d "; Thomas Holt, 2d V.; William Callan,