Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-08
CITY NEWS.

evening.
 John J. Splain of New Haven is visit ing friends in town to-day.
 Miss Mamie Guilfoile is visiting friends in New Britain.
 The Second Division, A. O. H., will hold their quarterly meetingG Tuesday evening.
 Six new locomotives, worth $15O, 900, have just been purchased by theSCon- solidated road. Sevenl more have been ordered.
 John F. Holohan, Linn Root and | Thomas F. Lawlor, students at the Yale law school, returned last evening to re- sume their studies. The Regular Fourth Ward Democra- | ! tic club will meet in the rooms on Pleasant street this evenings The meet | ing will be addressed by local speakers. The blackmail case brought by c. R. | Baldwin against w. J. Kelley of New York, some time ago, and which was set for trial in the police court, has been i nolled.
 There is much comment on the pro posed extension of the fire limits, which is contemplated by the council. Many think that the proposed changes are too sweeping.
 The regular democratic club of the Fourth ward will hold an important meeting, at their rooms on River street, this evening at s o'clock, and every member is expected to be present.
 Charles Jackson, a colored man, had his arm badly cut by a flying piece of metal yesterday, at the East brass mill. He was taken to Dr Holmes office and it required eleven stitches to close the wound.
 Of the inmates of the soldiers home Nnk N0rNkNv, absent; with leave, 2; without leave, 1; sick in New Haven, and 37 in the insane asylum at Middletown, making a total of 300 men.
 Henry Murray was kicked in the head yesterday, by a colt owned by Mrs l.. B. Pearsall, which he was breaking" He was taken to Dr North's office, where a jagged wound requiring!. .thirty-four stitches, was dressed.
 Go E, Hibernian rifles, has appointed the following committee to make ar engagements for the annual picnic on circus day: Lieutenant Wall, Corporals Humphrey, Barry and Spellman, Pri- yates Conroy, Griffin and Seery.
 Selectmen Pinney and Carmody, with EngineerW G. Smith, and Archi- tect Augustus J. Smith, selected the site for the new aims house yesterday, and staked out it's position on the ground. The specifications will not be ready for a few days to come.
 The Concordia society presented the drama "The Hunchback, or the Power of Labor," in their hall last night, be- fore large and enthusiastic audience. The different characters were in most competent hands and the entertainment gave general satisfaction. The commiteee from the board of trade, who were appointed to see Mana ger Futile of the Consolidated road and arrange for another train to Bridgeport '. left thls morning for New Haven, where | the matter was discussed with the rail f road officials.
 A horse belonging to a Prospect ! farmer named Platt ran away on Dub l lin street last night throwing out anC \ painfully injuring the owner. The 5 horse cleared himself from the wagon on East Main street and ran as far as tho center before being secured. The wagon was badly wrecked. 5 The public schools closed to-day fol the customary Easter vacation. Many of the pupils remembered their teacher with Easter gifts. The pupils of Misses Allen and Donohue presented each witt handsome easy chair. Miss Cairns pupils presented her with beautiful - cut glass set. The schools will re-opel , on April 19.
 The board of fire commissioners vii hold an adjourned meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. It is expected that City Attorney Burpee will report relative t( r the legal difficulties between the Game well and Municipal fire alarm stele graph companies, both of which hav
 made propositions to furnish the city n with fire apparatus.
 K Col Doherty has prepared his month";
 report of the Second regiment, givini
 the companies percentage for March
 It IS as follows: Co A, 9S 53; Go B
 95.15; Co c, 91.69; Go D, 96.69; Co E
 94.86; Co F, 91.O4; Go G, 97.O2: Go H y. 13; % l, 96.19; Co k, 96.12; Sigma = corps, 100; Hospital corps, 96; Machin
 average for the month is 95.05.
 Horace Johnson, not discouraged b of the failure of his last storm to materia
 iZe, writes: From the 25th to the 29t @. of the present month there will be
 great and peculiar disturbance in the al
 mosphere. Be prepared for furiou
 variety storm. From the 11th to tn IN 18th an intermediate storm will put he an apr earance mot of long duration: ma
 be furious for awhile.
 General Thomas Holt addressed tn meeting of Wadhams' post last evenins
 giving description of the battle (
 Charlottesville. The following wer
 appointed the committee for Decoratio
 day: Frederick A. Spencer, Oscar W
 Cornish, Harrison Whitney, Georg = l.. Platt, John NJ. Gallagher, James I
 Gaunt, Thomas R. Martin, Horatio Ne
 son, Henry F. Sanford, Eugene
 Pendleton, John $. Hayes.
 William Knapp, brakeman on tn
 Naugatuck road, met with an accider
 yesterday at Bridgeport, whic
 nearly resulted fatally. He wa pol riding on the front of switc
 engine and was engaged in coupling
 freight car, when in some manner he b,
 came caught between the cars. Hi
 body was badly bruised. although n