Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-01-20
CITY NEWS.

E. c. Lewis is one of the losers by
this mornings fire in Bridgeport
Mrs Margaret Kelly, aged 70, died
from pneumonia, this afternoon, at her
her home, 14S Franklin street.
The Waterbury Furniture company is
showing a very fine line.,o furniture at
extremely low prices. The Quaker
range is dandy. -. -
William Gregory, who spent several
days here in the interest of the Consul
mers Commercial company of New
York, left to-day for Norwich.
The Waterbury Burns club is max
ing active preparations for their ball on
the evening of January %, the anniver-
Sary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Mrs Clarinda Painter, aged IS years,
died yesterday at her home on Buck
Hill. The remains will be taken to
Plymouth on Friday for burial.
The funeral of Mrs Mary J. jackson
will take place from her late residence
to the church of the Immaculate Con-
ception at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Mayor Webster is much better to-day,
having enjoyed a good sleep last night
for the first time since his Illness He
will not venture out for a week or ten
days more.
Observer Cox OF the weather bureau
predicts for this afternoon and to night,
fair weather, colder, northerly winds.
For Thursday fair weather with rising
temperature, winds shifting to south
erly.
Mrs Hannah Mcdonald, aged Ga years,
died at her daughters residence in Oak
vile on Tuesday. The funeral will take
place Thursday from her late residence
at p. m. Burial in st Joseph's Gene
terry.
David B. Hull qualified this morning
as executor on the estate of the late
Davis Baldwin, furnishing bonds of
SO, OOO. Fred Trott qualified as trustee
on the estate of c. G. Downes, furnish
ing bonds of $4,000.
Sergeant Ward, who is in charge of
the local recruiting, station says that
last month he received seventeen appli-
cations for enlistment, of which only
five were accepted. Four recruits have
been accepted this month.
Comptroller Staub having refused to
draw his order for the payment of the
usual grants of money made to the vari-
Gus agricultural societies of the state
Governor Buckley announces that he
will pay them himself.
Owing to the illness of Chief Justice
court judges are available, only four
Judges sat on the supreme court bench
yesterday. They heard arguments in
the land damage case of James Long
worth against the Meriden & Waterbury
railroad company.
Governor Buckley has signed reuui-
sltion upen Governor Flower of New
York for George Richards and Frank
Richardson who are wanted in Danbury
for burglary committed at Danbury
last August. Both are held by the New
YORK authorities. Officer j. II.
Waggoner of Danbury has the papers.
Conductor Ingalls,, who for two sum-
mers has run the New London and
waterbury. train, has been put in
charge of the new Washington express
via New London and runs ii between
New London and Harlem river. This
is one of the finest trains run in the
New England states and stops only at
New Haven, between New London and
New York.
Chris F. Downey was appointed adj
minis rator on the estate of the late Mrs
Bridget DOnahue, this morning. The
deceased was one of the three heirs of
the undivided estate of Patrick Covle.
which was appraised at $4,000. The
appointment was made at the request of
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OF the deceased, Michael Donahue.
A union of car inspectors in New
Haven will be organized when Organ
izer S. Kellcher of Minneapolis comes
east 1t will start with. a membership
of 800, including not only Consolidated
road employees, but also Derby road en-
ployes. When organized the union will.
through the officers of the Brotherhood
ask the Consolidated road to lessen the
hours of the men on that road.
The winter is now half over, but not
a pound of ice has yet been cut by any
OF the local ice companies for the reason
that the necessary thickness of ice has
not formed on any of the ponds from
which the dealers secure their harvest,
Thus far no ice has been gathered in
Connecticut this year and it is said that
down IN the frigid cline or Maine, there
Is also as yet dearth of ice.
dispatch from Long Island CITY late
last night announced that Isaac d. Bar
ton, general superintendent of the Long
Island road, had resigned to take the
place OF general manager of the New
York & New England, to which place
ne had been appointed by President
Corbin. Mr. Barton has extensive eX
perlence as railroad man and has been
general superintendent of the Long
Island road for many years.
dot Sonwell, a snake charmer, wife
of John Sonwell. who is performing in
the museum on South Main street this
week, was bitten on the cheek Inv q
rattlesnake last night in the Fourteenth
street museum, New York, while fond
ling II the reptile in her hands, :, before a
large audience. The woman realized
that she had probably received her death
wound, and probably remembering her
two helpless babies at home, fell on the
floor, screaming with pain and fright
L. j. King, an athlete, who was present,
ran to the woman and sucked the poison
from the wound. She will recover
Six months ago the woman was bitten
on the arm by moccasin and laid nm
Tor month. In the latter part of June
ster.
A Dayville Man Wants DeIIverancc.
PUTNAM, Jan 20.-Peter Mcbride Of
Dayvllle tells a strange story TIC ho.