Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-06-08

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postoffice for E. G. Talcott.
Pure water with Lavine in it will
wash out anything but your sins.
Brett & Co are selling all their boys
knee pant suits for 1896.
The work of removing the Sunday
Herald plant to Bridgeport was COM
menced to-day.
The Rev Father Mulcahy will repeat
his lecture on the Passion Play at Hart
ford this evening.
For sale cheap, shelving, counters,
tables, show cases, mirrors, safe, desk,
etc, etc. Brett & Co.
The trial of Charles Kench, accused of
burglary, is being held in Rocky Hill
this afternoon before Justice Buckley.
The annual reunion of the First Con-
necticut heavy artillery will be held in
New London Wednesday.
Rev Father Treanor of the Sacred
Heart chuch prefaced his regular ser
mon yestesday with short address
upon the evils of intemperance.
Will Gillette has returned from his
months visit to the west, where he
spent pleasant vacation, and has re-
sumed his duties as court messenger.
Donate Mangino, aged IS years, died
last night at his home, 1850 Bank street.
The funeral will take place Tuesday
morning at $50 o'clock to st Patrick's
church.
Patrick O'Kelly fell on the sidewalk
near his home, 81 Pleasant street. Satur-
day night. breaking both bones of his
right leg below the knee. He was at
tended by DIR AXtelle.
The new time card on the Naugatuck
division went into effect to-day. Con-
ductor Ingalls, has resumed his custom
airy place on the New London Water
bury express.
Superintendent NJ S. Crosby of the
fore the Young Mems Catholic Literary
association next Thursday evening. His
subject will be Force and Energy"
Martin Common of Quarry street was
struck on the head with a stone by
young tough whose name is known,
while ON the way to his home last
night. 1t required several stitches to
close the wound.
At the meeting of Rose Hill Hose
company, held yesterday. William
Latin was appointed delegate and
James \. Hynes alternate to the state
convention to be held in New Britain
this month.
Bridgeport furnishes another cure, the
result of the use of the Koch lymph.
The patient is William Jones, employed
by the Host Writing Machine company.
lie has been under treatment for several
months and has increased in weight
from 100 pounds to 165 pounds.
Arrangements are being made for the
annual Fourth of July picnic of Co y.
c. n. c., ut High Rock grove. AS
usual there will be concert by
Wheeler 4 Wilson's band, music for
dancing by Hallam's orchestra, roller
skating, boating, races and other
athletic sports.
There is much demand for Sunday
morning train down the NauGatuck and
returning at night. \ movement is
likely to he started tuprtitinn for Sun
day train from Waterbury down the
valley. There will be great demand for
such Il train when the scashore season
opens.
Prof Bonn's piano recital will be given
at the opera house this evening. He will
render carefully selected programme.
one of the numbers being a composition
of Charles Platt, formerly of this city.
Miss Carrie Louise st John. celebrated
soprano of Hartford will assist, and
Prof Gibson has kindly consented to act
as acCompanist.
| The census office has made public the
| tobacco statistics of Connecticut. COM
| piled by Prof Thomas n. Conrad, under
the direction on John Hyde, special
agent in charge of the division of agri-
culture. The total number of planters
in the state during the census year was
2,Sl5. the total area devoted to tobacco
1881 acres, the total product 1914 ,92 1
| pounds, and the value of the crop to the
producers. estimated on a basis of actual
sales, 81 1921
The eightysecond annual report of
the Connecticut Bible society for the
year ending February %, 1890, shows
the total receipts for the year to be
$9,2G9.04; balance on hand at the begin
ming of year, $9l3.46; total $l0,2l3.50.
The Disbursements exhausted this
amount. The receipts from ordinary
sources were somewhat less than those
of the preceding year, but the receipts
from legacies have exceeded those OF
ordinary years.
Alterations of an extensive nature are
being made in the Grand street building
of the Waterbury Furniture Co, to Sc
cure much needed shipping facilities
The front of the building will be sci
ack nine feet and the entrance made
from the sidewalk through a broad
stairway to the basement, which will he
used as a retaining room where goods
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floor still lower than this, under the
South Main street block, will also be &C
cessible from the new entrance and will
be converted into a large workshop fol
the repair of furniture, stoves, etc. This
change as we'll as the building of the
large sturehouse on Field street was
made imperative by the largely increas
ing business of the company.
Last Week of the Museum.
The wonderful museum and wan
figure show on South Main street, will
remain in Waterbury another week, pos
sitively closing on Saturday next. Th'
exhibition has been very literally patro
nized. Saturday the place was crowded
all day and evening. The ladies vii
have another day, next Thursday.
Held Up by Highwaymen.
NoRwALK. June S.-Benjamin Rusco
of New Canaan was held up by high
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