Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-22
CITY NEWS.

higher temperature.
Dirt is a loathsome disease, for which
Lavine is the greatest known remedy.
Mrs Sarah A. Curtiss will be removed
to the insane retreat at Middletown to-
morrow.
John w. Webster was to-day ap-
pointed trustee of the insolvent estate of
Peter Kelly.
The democratic town committee will
meet at s o'clock this evening in James
E. Russell's Office in Platt's block.
The New Haven Jail at present con-
tains 300 male and 81 female prisoners
This number is said to be the largest
ever incarcerated at any time within 10
years.
A recital will be given on the Wilcox
& White self-playing organs at Lewis
music store, 1874 South Main street, this
evening. An invitation is extended to
the public.
The excursion to Savin Rock next
Saturday, under the auspices of the
Senior Temperance society and the
Catholic Literary association promises
to be even better patronized than for
merly. Last year about 800 attended.
Postal cards were received in this city
yesterday from Sheriff Brigham of Han
over, N. H., offering $500 reward for
the capture of Frank Almy, who MUIR
dered Miss Christie Warden, a pretty
| school teacher, who had rejected him.
They are being sent all over the
country.
John Dunn, one of the oldest and
most careful engineers on the Air Line
railroad, made a mistake last week
which resulted in collision between a
freight and passenger train. He has
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vice of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad.
The commissioners of this county
will not have their annual report ready
| for some time. Their brethren of Hart
ford county have already published
| their report, but the local commits
sioners claim that they can do nothing
until the auditors, for whom they have
| been waiting for two weeks, audit the
| bills.
At meeting of Co G last evening the
catering committee unanimously
recommended Lucius w. Fox of Har-
winton. Caterer Fox will furnish an
excellent bill of fare for SO for the eight
days encampment. He has catered for
| Co of Meriden for four years and Co d
of New Haven for three years. The
company voted to hire Mr. Fox on con-
dition that he would furnish a guaran-
| tee.
The new officers of Court Meany's
Pride circle, A. o. F. of A., were in
stalled last night by Supreme Deputy
Robert Taylor. The officers are as fol-
lows: G. c., Mrs G. H. Kane; V. q. c.,
Miss Mary O'Connell; T., Charles H.
Kane; F. S., Miss Kate Brosnan; R. S.,
Miss Fannie Bowes; R. G., Miss Jennie
Coppin; L. g., Miss Maggie Cream; 1.
G.. Miss Hannah Brick; o, G., Bernard
| Malloy.
Edward and Thomas Fahy of Hart
| ford rode down from there on their
bicycles yesterday and stopped in Wa
terbury for a short time last night.
Thomas Fahy has charge of the riding
school in Hartford for the Pope bicycle
company. He says that he has been
past fifteen years and never met a hill
he could not climb until he struck the
Southington mountain.
A collision between Leonard Webb's
bicycle and one of John Sachsenhauser's
teams occurred on South Main street,
just below the DEMOCRAT office, last
night, with disastrous results to the
"wheel." The rider jumped and es-
capped injury. The driver did not wait
to see how much damage had been
done. Mr. Webb went to Hartford this
dlLSTnOOn 10 COuSulG Iu0 dGIOEu0y VI Cu6
League of American Wheelmen and a
suit for damages may be the result
In this vicinity at least the early pro-
phecies of a short hay crop seem to have
been a tritle premature. Conversation
with different farmers gives the i'm
preston that the clip of grass is about
| an average yield, reckoned against crops
other than those of last year and the
year previous, when the yield was
greater than had been known perhaps
for twenty years. The crop was SO i'm
mense last season that prices were unre-
munerative to the producer, and conse-
quently large quantities were held over
1t is estimated that there is at least a
quarter of last years crop still held by
| the producers.
| Rev j. G. Brady, the Newark minister
who made pulpit attack of the recent
s3ngerfest, delivered what he called an
apology Sunday. He said: But l have
an apology to make for part of what
did say. My German friends, would to
God we could go up into your beer gar
den and change it into christian camp
ground, and take these secular songs
out of your mouths and turn them into
hymns of praise. If you invite us we
are ready. How different your Gale
DOMAIN park would be a little while
after we got there No more of that
SIMPLIFYING beverage, beer; no unbelief,
no doubt, no rationalism, no sabbath
violation
Division No 1, A. o. H., installed
officers last night, William G. keenan,,
county delegate, officiating. After rou-
tine business was finished the members
resolved themselves into a family party
until 1880. Songs were sung by Presi-
dent Luddy, James O'Loughlin, Timothy
Flynn, Thomas Hogan (who sang in
Gaelic, James Downey, Hugh Feely
and Richard Powers. Several others
gave recitations or told stories until the
close of the evening. All went home
with the hope that a similar entertain
ment would be given about four times a
year.
While William P. Jarrett, the insur-
ance agent, was driving to the city
from his home on Bunker hill, with his
sister, this morning, one of the wheels
came off his carriage and the horse ran
away. The occupants were thrown
out, but fortunately received no inju-
ries. The frightened animal continued
as far as the West Main street bridge,
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