Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-26
CITY NEWS.

we'll known as a newspaper man, was
in town to-day.
Mayor Webster is fast recovering
from his illness. 1t will be some. time
before he will be able to leave his home,
however. .'.E' .rl
Colonel Doherty to-day sissued an
order appointing Raymond B. Beach of
New Haven, paymaster of the Second
regiment.
L. F. Haase has purchased the
property at the corner of Orange and
Walnut streets. He will erect three
story block.
The Naugatuck railroad company
have begun to cut ice. They are cut
ting ice ut Litchfield eight and one half
inches in thickness.
The members of the Rose Hill Social
club and their lady friends will go to
Bethany Saturday evening and hold
social at the Bethany hotel.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Scovill Manufacturing Co
was held yesterday afternoon. All of
the old directors and officers were re-
elected.
The Keely institute will be opened in
West Haven February 1, under the
management of Samuel 'DeArmit. Mr.
Griswold will have charge of the
patients.
The north wind doth blow and we
will have snow, but in the mean time go
to the Epson & Singleton company's store
md be clothed in a manner to keep out
the wind and shelter you from the snow.
Washington Conclave, at their meet
ing last evening, appointed the follow
ing members to attend the funeral of
their late Sir Knight, Michael Hurley:
J. H. Murnane, George V. Gooding and
James Holran.
The state of Connecticut by the latest
report of the railroad commissioners,
contains 1,147 grade crossings. One
year earlier we had 1857 such death
traps. AThere has been a decline of ten
in the past.
A meeting of the members of the
| Waterbury Early Closing association
will be held at Bolster's hotel to morrow
evening at 9:15. Refreshments will be
served Important business will come
before the meeting.
The Hall & Epson Ice company have
commenced cutting ice on the Manhan
| to-day, consequently there will be no
| skating allowed there for the present.
Parties who have left skates there can
get them by calling this evening.
There is a rumor, that seems to have
good foundation, that r. B. Williams
who recently resigned from the superin-
tendency of the New York & New Eng
land railroad, will soon by occupy ing
the superintendent's Office at East Hart
ford again. So Tx EyHgsS -:
The committee in charge of the For
esters' fair to be held next month have
already prepared an elaborate pro-
gramme of events. Among the attrac-
tons will be voting contest for a gold
| headed cane, between the chief rangers
of the local courts.
The Rosa Hill Social club held social
session at their rooms last evening. The
members of Hi Henry's company were
present and all enjoyed them
selves. IL P. G. Cummings and Tom
Mack were the principal guests of the
evening and together with the company
md local talent made tho affair one
long to be remembered.
Cards were received yesterday an
nouncing the coming marriage of Will
liam j. Finnegan of this city and Miss
Teresa Mentally of Naugatuck at ST
Francis church, Naugatuck, on Mon
day evening, February l, at $50 o'clock.
The ushers for the occasion will be D
E. Fitzpatrick, John T. Boylan, John Fl.
Kilduff and William B. Murphy.
| Two west-bound freight trains on the
New England road came together at
Brewsters at l o'clock yesterday after
| noon. iThe first train was waiting near
the station when the:r second freight
| train camesaround a curve on the road
and ran into it, damaged engine ISL
| wrecked the caboose, one box car and
derailed two fiat cars. q The box car
contained lot off pianos and organs.
No one was injured.
George E. Alvord, the Litchfield
county mail carrier, who was accused
of stealing draft of $175, was brought
before Commissioner Wright for hear
ing yesterday in New Haven. After a
large number of witnesses had been ex-
amined the accused was bound over to
the United States court under a bond of
81 800, which was furnished by his
father. Alvord was defended by w. II.
Pierce of this city.
The total amount of cash found in the
residence of the late Mrs Julius Kings.
bury at Lyme, up to last evening, was
900. Rolls of bills and gold were
found by the searching party in every
conceivable hiding place. Some of the
residents think that more money is
buried in the garden and advise search
there as soon as the frost leaves the
ground. Mrs Kingsbury was seen fire.
/ NlSEAhS Al VIC BhEuG1 al night
fall and it is now thought for the Dur.
pose of burying treasures.
General Chamberlain, warden of the
state prison, said yesterday, in talking
Of the proposition to have all executions
of the death sentence done at the state
prison, that, while not a desirable ad
dition to the business there, it might
easily be done. He said the repulsive
act of killing the prisoner had no longer
to be done by any person. There were
devices for clock like attachments sc
that the murderer would be hanged
automatically, and there is also in use
a plan by which the murderer, on being
seated in a chair, puts his feet down be,
fore him and thereby touches a lever
which opens a valve that liberates a
stream of water, and as soon as enough
water has accumulated its weight
springs the trap.
TheTgallows of New Haven county,
| which It was said had reached Iitch.