Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-30
CITY NEWS,

Lord Rooney" at the opera house
this evening.
Editor c. F. Chaplin of the American
has gone to Vermont for few days.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of police commissioners will be
held this evening.
Many were disappointed last evening
thinking that the American band would
give their postponed concert.
There are advertised" letters at the
postoffice for Mrs Walter j. Clark and
Miss Hoberta l.. Kilborne.
In Bridgeport yesterday Mary Daily
of this city was sentenced to sixty days
in Jail for drunkenness and street walk
ing.
Contractor NJ. J. Daily yesterday COM
pleted the work of putting in the new
heating and ventilating system in the
High school.
A. G. Swenson has returned to his
homo in this city, having graduated
from the Zanerian Art college at Col
umbus, Ohio.
John Egan, who is at the hospital,
the result of his wife's assault a few
weeks ago, still continues in about the
same condition. If he should recover
he will be disabled for life.
DIR Bissell, who assisted DR. Axtelle
during DIR North's absence in Europe,
will leave next week for New York,
where he will resume his position ~as
house surgeon in Woods hospital.
The new transfer tickets for street
cars, which are being printed in Boston,
will arrive tomorrow and be put on
sale within a day or two after. The
conductors will have them for sale on
| the cars.
Mrs Mary +. IIackett, wife of James
Hackett of 1898 East Main street, died
last evening. aged PC years. The
funeral will take place to the church of
the Sacred Heart at $3.50 tomorrow
morning.
The district committe met at the High
school building at o'clock this after
noon to inspect the heating and venti-
lating apparatus which has been placed
IN this building and in the Elm street
school building.
| +. ]. Brown has returned from Wood
mont, where he has spent the season,
and will now settle down to work on
| the democratic state central committee.
Mr. Brown has charge of the speakers
for Connecticut during the campaign.
+. f. Smith, proprietor of the Oriental
stables on East Main street, reported
last evening to the police that two
|
| tached to a Boston blackboard wagon at
his stable, Saturday evening, to go to
| Naugatuck, had not returned.
| John T. Coleman, one of the popular
| conductors on the horse railroad, is GO
| ing into business for himself He has
purchased a fine hack and pair of
| horses and is prepared to attend to all
orders for hack work for weddings
funerals, etc. He will also run his hack
to all trains
Charles Dyas, the Naugatuck road
brakeman who was injured in the yards
at Bridgeport on July 4, is recovering
and will be discharged from the Bridge,
port hospital this week. 1t was at first
thought that he would lose a foot, but
the physicians succeeded in saving the
crushed member.
Henry J. Cox, the observer at the
New Haven weather bureau, has beer
ordered to Washington to do some
Especial work in that city and will star
south at once. He stated yesterday tina
his absence from the New Haver
bureau would be only temporary. Wha
he was wanted for in Washington hi
could not state, as the order directing
HIM to report there gave no hint of thu
nature of the special service.
The heads of the New England di
g. visions of the ADAMS Express Compan.
are still anXiously anticipating the re
suit of the recent meeting of the boar'
of management. The position of New
} England manager, made vacant by tn
, death of Waldo Adams, is one of tn
best positions i'll the service of tn
corporation and the question as to VIII
will secure the prize is a matter of livCl
conjecture.
John Dcneny and Edward West 70
k drunkenness were each fined 81 an,
costs this morning. John Ryan wa
| fined 81 and costs for a similar OifcnSC
John Mack, who has been employed b,
DIR Bland as hostler, went on Graz
drunk yesterday, and was tlourishing
revolver on Phoenix avenue, whe
Officer Tehan arrested him. Having
never been arrested before he was le
off this morning with 81 without cost
on each of two cases.
Philip Beaulieu and Jimmy
Orlando are in training for a bicycl
race to Naugatuck and return. TIL
match will not be for money, as bot
= men wish to remain in the amateu
ranks, but it will cost the loser So O
$40 for refreshments for the boys. TIL
race will take place at ; o'clock Satul
t, day afternoon. Beaulieu took a tria
spin last night, making the distanc
Union streets to Naugatuck and retur
in thirty-eight minutes and fftee
seconds.
= Acting Mayor Thompson presided a
the meeting of the fire board last even
ing, Commissioners Hynes, briggs an
j. Hart being present. The monthly bill
were read and approved. A petitio
fora two weeks vacation for Engineer +
70 NJ. Lyons of No was presented by Chic
> Snagg, and the matter was referred t
u the chief with power to act. There re
J. mains uneXpended $5,380.31 of the ar
nual appropriation for the fire depart
ment. An invitation was extended t.
the commissioners by Chief Snagg to b
present at the annual inspection an
parade on September s, after which tn
board adjourned.
That Waterbury is almost free fror
= contagious diseases at the present time
reassuring to the people. A member O
the board of health said to-day tina
there were but two or three cases O
ItVnbOI6 fever in tho Citv o11tci1a Of 81,