Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-29
CITY NEWS.

the opera house this evening. /
The fair Of the Rose Hill Social club |
will open in City hall this evening. i
To-day is the last day to pay your dog
taxes, before the law goes into effect.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
stationary temperature; fair and warmer
on Thursday. $780,.
Mrs Helen E. Fenton, aged 80 years,
died last evening at her home on Bald
win street.
The charter committee met last even
ing but adjourned for want of a
quorum.
The board of road and sewer commits
sioners will hold their regular monthly
meeting this evening.
Sanitary Inspector Moses reports that
there are very few cases of diphtheria
at present in this city.
Mrs Niver, mother of the late Walter
Niver, died this morning at her home
on North Main street.
John Nolan, of Pemberton street, fell
yesterday afternoon, breaking his arm.
DIR Hayes was called and reduced the
fracture.
Brett & Co have filled their north
window with children's suits costing
from IS to $40, which they are now
closing out for 1895.
G. II. Stevens, secretary and manager
of the johnson City Electric Light
company returned home yesterday after
several days visit in this city.
II is harder for man to stand pros
perity than adversely, and it is harder
for q woman to wash with anything
under the sun than lavine.
The annual report of Captain Wolff
was accepted at last nights meeting of
Co G. The report showed that the fl
nancial standing of the company was
satisfactory.
Rev Fathers Mulcahy, Duggan,
| Treanor, Fleming and Brown attended
the reception rendered to the priests of
the diocese, by Bishop Mcmahon, in
Hartford, yesterday.
The will of the late Hiram Btsbee was
offered for probate this morning. The
deceased bequeathed all his property to
be equally divided among his children.
George A. Cowell is named as executor.
The entertainment of the Immaculate
Conception parish, now being held at st
Patrick's hall, will be open every after
| noon at 2 o'clock for housekeepers and
those who cannot attend in the evening.
Miss Nora Egan of this city and
Richard Fingerhut of New York, were
married at st Francis Xavier's (Catholic)
N. N. McKinnon.
Members of Speedwell and Comstock
lodges, X. of p, with their lady friends
enjoyed a banquet in Pythian hall last
| night. Visitors were present from many
of the surrounding towns and the affair
was thoroughly enjoyed.
The April term of the United States
circuit court came in before Judge Ship
man yesterday at New Haven. A jury
was impanelled but was dismissed after
roll call and the court adjourned with
out date. OF the II civil actions on the
calender, not one of them was ready for
trial or assignment.
Beginning Friday of this week Col
lector Coughlan will be at his office in
| the council room, City hall, daily ex-
cept Sunday, from 10 to IL a. M, 2 to
| and z to s p. NJ, to receive taxes. The
law provides that percentage at the rate
| of three-quarters of one per cent per
| month must be added from May 1, if
not paid before June 1.
A report has been in circulation for
several days that the New England road
officials were considering the plan of
running their passenger trains down to
| the N u satuck station on that COM
pany's tracks and backing down on their
own. The plans could be adopted.
Superintendent Beach was much
amused at the story, but denied that
such a thing was to be done.
After the j. K. Emmett performance
at Meriden last Saturday night, Mr.
Emmet's handsome st Bernard, Plinlim-
| mon, did not go with the company to
New York, but instead went to Boston.
The reason for this was that he had
900. 1t is said this is a slight advance
on the sum Mr. Emmett originally paid
for the dog in Europe.
William ]. O'Brien, for many years
employed at Parker's hat store on
Asylum street, Hartford, died suddenly
of heart disease at a few minutes after
10 o'clock last night, at his boarding
place at 30 Chapel street. DR. d. +.
Sullivan was called, but the patients
heart stopped beating in ten minutes
after he was attacked. Mr. O'Brien was
occasions assisted the choir of st Pat
rick's church.
The blackmail case of j. A. Keefe of
Winsted, who collected hush money
from a resident of that town by repre-
senting himself to be Sunday Herald
reporter, was called yesterday before
Justice Hurlburt. Attorney Herman
asked for an adjournment in order to
have more time to prepare the defense.
The plea of not guilty was withdrawn.
An adjournment was granted until
Wednesday, May Q, and Keefe being I'M
able to secure bonds was placed in the
lookup.
The town clerk of Bridgeport on Mon
day received for record mortgage deed
from the Southern New England Tele-
phone company to the Union Trust
company of New Haven, to cover loan
of 100000. Three hundred and fifty
bonds will be issued, 100 of $500 each
and $50 of 81 900 each, bearing 8 per
bonds are due in 1905. but can be- called
in after 1896. The telephone company
is to use the money in extending its
lines and improving the service.
Nearly fifty friends of Joseph Ar
chambault, including the members of