Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-19

Inc repairs az the pumping 6totOn
have been completed and the pump was
put in operation again this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Timothy F. Flynn, of 80
Wolcott street, were made happy this
morning by the advent of baby girl
in the family.
The Fitton Hose company, of Rock
vile, have written Chairman John ii.
Loughlin that they will take part in a
state tournament here on September 8.
Catherine, aged eight months.
daughter of James ]. Srahan of 80
Maple street, died to-day. The funeral
will take place at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
The case of Charles Corner vs. Ed
ward j. Kane was heard before Justice
Lowe this morning. On July 7th dog
which was supposed to belong to Ed
ward J. Kane bit the son of Charles
Corner. To-day it was found that the
dog was owned by Kane's father and
out against Edward Kane, Sr.
preme court of Rhode Island yesterday,
abandoning the location of the much
talked about Rhode Island & Massa-
chusetts railroad, and dlscharging the
commission appointed to appraise the
land damages, Addison Q. Fisher, M.
Cook and Albert r. Sherman. This de-
cree effectually shuts out the New York
& New England road from direct entry
to the city of Providence, and places this
road in the power of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford orporation.
A dog fight which drew spectators
faster than fly paper can coax fiesy oc
CURED at the junction of jefferson anC
South Main streets shortly after O'CLOCK
this afternoon. Two Newfoundland
dogs INDUCED in a disagreement and al
though both were muzzled they tough
fiercely for over twenty minutes. Tit
owners were present but did not maxi
an effort to separate the dogs. A either
demanded that the owners separate thu
dogs but was told to mind his own bust
ness. No policeman was in sight unit
the battle had waged for fully ten min
uteS.
Many complaints are being mad
4 about the number of young men who e
? in swimming at the Waterville dam
e and stand around naked when passen9e
S trains are passing up and down on tn
a Naugatuck division. 1t is certainl
wrong that there should he such action
on the part of the people old enough
q know better, and it should be anothe
q incentive to the erection of a publ
bath. These same complaints have bee
;, coming in for the past four or fiv
a years, the necessity of public bath ha
been urged by the DEMOCRAT man
times in that period, but the council ha
l persiStently refused to provide even tn
9 cheapest kind of an affair.
William II. Hunt, the furnitur
= dealer and undertaken on South Mai
= street, made a voluntary assignmer
= this afternoon in the probate court fo
!. the benefit of his creditors. E. W
Pinney was named as trustee. NJ
Hunt places his liabilities at So 900. II
q was pushed so hard by some of tn
q creditors that owing to poor collection
h he was compelled to assign. His asset
!; he rates as follows: Stock of goods i
u store, $4,000; book accounts, $4,000
: horses, hearse, wagons, etc, 81 ,00(
); household furnishings, 5000, a total @
Il $23, 200. The hearing on the approve
of the trustee will be held in the pro
p bate court July 25 at 10 o'clock in tn
e forenoon.
John Fitzgerald, aged 10, who wa
thrown from a moving train
r Thomaston yesterday and Instant
: killed, was son of John Fitzgerald, or
u of the Oldest and most highly n
g spected resident of that place. tt
J. young man had been gone from hon
scarcely half an hour when his lifele
e remains were brought back. 1t was
Re severe shock to the family of the youn
1t man and they have the sympathy of IL
g entire community. The funeral wi
3 take place tomorrow morning at
e o'clock to st Thomas church, Thoma
1t ton, where a requiem mass will be sun
D. after which the remains will be take
Sc to Torrington for interment.
tie AS train load of laborers was draV
ing into Meriden over the Meriden, w
Oh terbury & Connecticut River road la
'e evening, the engine ran into one of
y 7. Smiths teams working for the Mel
N den Ice Co. The wagon was cut in tw
g one of the men on the team w
8. knocked off and badly hurt, and one
70 the laboring men on the train w
OF struck, presumably by the top of tt
Or wagon, with such force as to break OIL
e of his legs at the thigh; his side W
e, smashed and he sustained other j
rt juries. The harness was torn off Il
IL. horses but they were not injured. T.
E. wagon struck squarely in the middle,
at a wreck, and the driver, Theodore &c
y. dron, was badly cut about the head.