Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-05-06
CTTY NEWS.

The members of the board of trade
will discuss ''Tax Revision" at the meet
ing this evening.
The board of finance held its monthly
meeting this afternoon and approved of
the regular bills.
A story of diamonds will be COM
menced in the columns of this paper to.
morrow.
The town meeting called for the pur-
pose of increasing the appropriation for
the new alnshouse, will be held in City |
hall this evening.
Engineer Frank Shepard of the Wa
the home of his father-in-law in Water |
vile.
Patents have been granted to citizens |
of Waterbury this week, as follows:
w. E. jackson, button; d. A. Streeter,
pipe plug.
William P. Shinn, ex-vice president
of the New York & New England rail
road, died at his home near Pitts6urg,
Pa, yesterday.
Rev Martin Brennan of Greenport,
L. l., who has been visiting his nephew,
DIR O'Hara, for several days, left for his
home this morning.
Miss Bertha Gregory, a graduate of
this years class at the High school, has
accepted a position as teacher in the
public schools of Ridgefeld.
Circulars containing the necessary in
formation regarding the floor space to
be allowed Connecticut at the worlds
fair will be issued the first of next
week.
| Observer Cox of the weather bureau
predicts for to-day cloudy weather,
with showers, stationery temperature;
for Saturday cloudy, followed by clear
ing, colder weather.
The case of Minolti VS. Bartoli is &C.
lcupying the attention of Judge Brad
street in the district court to-day. 1t is
an action to recover on a cellar contract,
Lowe for plaintiff, Root for defendant.
Jacob Williams of Danbury, aged 0,
met with horrible accident this noon.
wagon his leg caught in the wheel aud
was twisted off at the knee. He will
die.
William j. Schlegel has sold for DR.
w. L. Barber, his two houses on the
corner of High and Orange streets, to
Frederick G.. Schlegel, who will i'm
prove the property and hold it as an IN
vestment.
A son recently born to Mr. and Mrs
Edward Doyle, of $40 Baldwin street,
has been given the name Edward Bone
dict. Mr. Doyle is the man who re-
Gently lost his arm at the Benedict &
Burnham factory.
James Sheridan, of "a Washington
street, had one of his great toes almost
cut off by heavy chisel which dropped
on it, yesterday afternoon in Benedict
& Burnham's factory. DIR Donahue
dressed the wound.
Colonel Doherty drove over to Wal
liOOfOrd last NIGHT md inSDoOtad 10 K
of the Second. He found the company
, under Captain Barbour in good form,
; with sixty-seven men, and the inspec-
! ton was entirely satisfactory.
t Thomas Mulvaney of Baldwin street,
= was struck by piece of hot metal at
) Benedict s. Burnham's factory a little
i before ~ o'clock to-day, just below the
wrist bone of the left hand, and badly
: cut. The radial artery had to be tied.
DIR Donahue dressed the wound.
William Phelan, bricklayer, while
working yesterday was taken with a fiji
, and fell from the scaffold. Yesterday
evening he had a second attack, or
Meadow street, and was carried into the
Valley hotel, when he suffered with
spasms for some time. Drs Hamilton
Dubuc and Axtelle, attended him. He
was removed to the town home during
night.
At the fair of st AIMS church thi.
evening the Rogers & Brother and East
End tug-of-war teams will "pulr' for {
purse of $25, and an exciting match il
: assured. The voting contest for golc
watch between Mrs Courtemanche
: president of st AIMS society, and Mis-,
Balthazar, president of the Children o.
Mary, will close at 10 o'clock Saturday
night. The fair will end Monday night
Norris White, while saving core
wood at Fred Perkins place on the Ches
hire road this afternoon slipped and fel
upon circular saw going at a rapiC
rate. The saw cut into the elbow join
: and caused a compound fracture of tn,
- left forearm. White was driven to D.
Benedict's Office and Drs Benedict anC
Munger reduced the fracture and dressed
the wound. It is feared that the arm
# cannot be saved.
Superintendent and visitors represent
J. ing the home department of Sun
= day schools, met in the vestry O
the First Baptist church at Hartford
yesterday afternoon for an inter
n chanGsOf views and experiences, ant
10 for the discussion of new methods o.
work. The meeting was conducted By
by w. ii. Hall, secretary of the Stat
- Sunday School association. The Rev II
G. HOadley of Waterbury aided materi
ally in the discussion.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has a communi
cation in the Sun in behalf of BENJAMIN
Winchester, SO, probably the only living
veritable son ofthe American revolution
now in the New Britain almshouse
oil Ten years ago the man became total,
blind. He was unfortunate in havinl
no money and no relatives willing o
able to support him. So he was sent t.
the poorhOuse, where he has since re
manned. The old man lived in Water
~ bury twelve years ago, his sen. w. w
n n business with F. J. Rametti.
m A brakeman on the Air Line freigh
train leaving New Haven at 1890 p. IN.
fell from a car last night near Monte
Wese. He was not missed until tn