Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-16
CITY NEWS.

road company are being placed In po-
sition on the South Main street line.
The funeral of Martin Conroy of
Green street will take place to st Pat
rick's church at $3.50 tomorrow after
noon.
William Kane, four horse driver
with Forepaugh's show, became tired of
circus life and has returned to his home
in this city.
r. A. Lowe has bought a lot at
Walnut Beach, adjoining Judge Cow
ellis recent purchase, and will probably
erect a cottage.
Sterling commandery, U. o. e. G.,
initiated four candidates at its meeting
last evening. Two of the new members
belong in Waterville.
The New York & New England rail
road will sell excursion tickets to
Chatter Oak park and return for 81. 10 /
from Waterbury during the races next
! week.
The board of compensation will meet |
this evening to consider the question of |
benefits and damages caused by the |
change of grade and other work at the |
Baldwin street bridge.
The annual convention of the State |
Firemen's association opened at New
Haven to-day. Chief Snagg and dele |
gates from the local companies are at |
/ tending the convention.
The local divisions of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians will receive in day
or two pamphlets containing report of
the proceedings of the thirty eighth BIZ
ennial convention of the order which
was held in New Orleans last month.
Tickets for the benefit game between
the AGNES and Cuban Giants will be
placed on sale this evening. The game
will take place on the West End
grounds Monday, and will be one of the
best of the season.
| William J. Grimes of Hill street, fore
man at the Farrell foundry, was thrown
from his carriage on North Main street
this noon, by the breaking of the king
bolt. He was not in jured, and the horse
was secured before any damage was
done.
Thomas Connors, James Mccain,
John Hunter and John Carter, who
were whooping things up at the West
End, were brought in by the police this
afternoon, charged with drunkenness,
and in the case of Carter, with breach
of the peace.
a fourth ward democrat called at
this office to-day and stated that there
are 200 voters in that ward who want
justice. He suggests that committee
from each of the clubs meet at the DEM
koCRAT Office at some time to be
mutually agreed upon to discuss the
situation in the interest of harmony.
1t is intended by the chief of the
weather bureau to publish as mauy of
the weather proverbs of the United
States as can be collected, and he has in
structed the observers in charge of the
several stations to request those who
may be in possession of any to kindly
communicate them to the chiefs.
John F. Whalen, the East Main street
q grocer, having bought the McKane
a property at the junction of East Main
~ and Wolcott streets, has begun improve
!, ments on the same, He will have erect
Y ed three-Story addition to the build
, ing. The ground floor he will occupy
I as store and the upper floors will be
- used as tenements.
Representative Charles G.. Root of this
city is spoken of as the probable sue.
. cessor of Senator Homer Twitchell OF
the Fifth district. A number of demo
cratic politicians met yesterday in
- Naugatuck and discussed the matter and
considered. 1t is understood that David
y Clark of Bethany, who was candidate
has Withdrawn.
An item has been going the rounds OF
t. the state press in effect that men who
h are going about selling tea and offering
~ to take a photograph and give back ar
enlarged copy free of charge, provided 6
certain quantity of tea is bought, are
X swindlers. The Capitol City Tea anc
Portrait Co of Albany and Hartford
offers a standing reward of 81 900 tC
any person who will conclusively prove
that it doesn't keep its agreement &C
cording to contract.
William bowling, brakeman on
: special freight in charge of Conductor
Hammill and Engineer Nichols, wa.
caught between the cars near Brsto
early yesterday morning. His side wa
crushed so that he could not walk, H,
was brought to Hartford and taken t.
the hospital. The crew on the train OF
which he was at work abandoned
- Bowling and left him in the depot
where he was found by Selectman Bull.
The Connecticut delegates to the c. T
! a. U. convention held in Indianapolis
~ August 3, have returned. at the con
vention it was decided to allow local so
cieties to have n beneficiary insuranc,
society in connection with the T. A. B
organizations and that the member
could be insured from $4,000 to $4,000
- Further arrangements IN connection will
this will be made later. Father Doyl
O, of New York has been elected to tax,
o. charge of a temperance publication bu
reau which in future will be feature o
the unions temperance work.
es This first numbers of two papers print
er ed in the French language, and pub
9. lished in the interest of the French Can
adams, were received here to-day. By
queer coincidence each paper is named
"LEcho du Connecticut. Boil
are printed in Massachusetts,. One
published by Benjamin Lenthier, editet
by j. Dauray, MD, and is independent
It, with democratic tendencies; the other i
owned and edited by Roy brothers, anC
X will preach the republican doctrine
Neither paper contains much advertisinI
and but little if any local news.
JamesP. Pigott is now assured of tn
delegates from New Haven, Meriden
Wallingford, Milford, Madison, Ham
den, Woodbridge, Bethany and South
y bury. Three of the four delegates from
' Guilford will also vote for him and it \