Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-17
CITY NEWS.


home on Hillside avenue.
Father Mulcahy visited the Sacred
Heart church fair last evening.
There are six cases of typhoid fever at
the hospital. A few cases of diphtheria
are reported about town.
The funeral of Katie, the two year old
daughter of M. III. johnson of Drayer
avenue, was held yesterday afternoon.
District Deputy Joseph A. Guilty
worked the third degree before Paugas-
sett council, K. of c., at Birmingham
last evening.
The annual concert and sociable of the
Rose Hill Social club will be given in
the auditorium on Thanksgiving after
noon and evening.
Freight Conductor William Rock of
the Naugatnck division, has been pro-
NOTED to be conductor on the North
End switcher.
Mrs Mary Pillion, aunt of DR. Hanloh
of this city, died yesterday at her home
in Naugatuck. The funeral will take
place tomorrow morning.
If stormy this evening the Sacred
Heart church fair will not be held, but
will he continued on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings.
Never mind the weather when you
can get clothing for all seasons of the
year at Epson, Singleton & Co.'S. Fur
nishings in abundance.
James Pryor, formerly of this city,
and at one time a clerk in Michael
Donohue's store on Spring street, died
yesterday in Meriden.
The funeral of John O'Neil, who died
Sunday from a dose of carbolic acid,
taken by mistake, took place to St
Patrick's church at 3p. m. to-day.
The break in the water main on Bank
| street, had not been repaired up to
o'clock. The water had been shut off
much to the inconvenience of the resi-
| dents in that vicinity.
The storm has played havoc with the
telegraph and telephone wires to day
| On the New England road many of the
| wires are down and telegraph commun-
| ication is somewhat impaired.
Postmaster Doherty, late yesterday
afternoon, appointed Charles w. Hotch-
kiss superintendent of letter carriers,
filling the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of John Ii. Loughlin.
The Sunday Herald flag pole on the
Lilley block was either blown down or
chopped down last night and a hole
made in the roof of the building. An
investigation is being made.
The criminal term of the Waterbury
superior court will be resumed to NOR
row in New Haven. The trial of Will
liam Daley, charged with manslaughter,
will commence morrow, the wit
nesses having been summoned to-day.
Thomas o. Hoyt has a room in the
block occupied by Hicks restaurant on
South Main street. Some one entered
his room yesterday and stole his gold
watch and $40. This morning he called
at the police station and reported his
loss.
A certificate of the organization of the
Plymouth Granite company of Water
bury has been filed with the secretary of
state. The capital is $1,000, and the
shareholders are: Lucien F. Burpee,
Charles r. Baldwin, John B. Doherty
and John B. Wallace.
The K. of P. fair closed last evening.
The attendance was small in COMPARE
son with the other evenings of the fair.
The ug-of-war match between the Co G
and Holmes, Booth & Haydens' teams
was won by the former in two straight
pulls.
The heavy rain of last night and to-
day was indeed Godsend to Connecti-
cut and will give new life to the rivers
and brooks which have been running
IOW' ASSIOGuG w SlIOA Ol the wafer
board says that up to o'clock this
morning the rainfall amounted to "a
inches.
G. w. Gray, a clerk at E. T. Turner's
store, was badly injured this morning.
He was walking on Bank street, when
he was struck by flower pot that had
fallen from the second story window of
a building. The pot struck him on the
forehead inflicting a severe cash. DIR
North dressed the wound.
Connecticut undertakers are put to
serious trouble, which might be pre-
vented if the Connecticut authorities
would do as those of Massachusetts and
New Jersey have done and make ar
engagements for transfer of bodies across
New York city without special permit
from the New York health board.
The selectmen and committee ap-
ing, to look into the matter of
a new town house, held a meeting
this afternoon. 1t was voted to
recommend that a $4,000 structure
be built. Five or six sites have been
suggested, but another meeting of the
committee will be held before a recon-
mendation to adopt any of the places
mentioned is adopted,
John Foley of East Hartford has
DrougnC peculiar suit against the New
York & New England Railroad COM
pany. Mr. Foley who is meat peddler,
alleges that on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
he was detained from twenty to thirty
minutes each day. He made no COM
plant until Thursday, when he asked
one of the employees if he could get by.
He received a profane answer, and
thereupon turned around and drove
back to Main street and around by
Burnside avenue, losing nearly an
hours time. Friday he complained to
Judge Stoughton, and hence the suit for
which the papers were served yesterday.
Mr. Foley wants the $50 allowed by the
statute, and $25 more for damage done
to his business.
RAIN, GOLD.
Official Weather Predictions For To-Day
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