Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-31
CITY NEWS.

"Roy, the Royalist, our new and IN
teresting story, will be commenced in a
few days.
James p. Pigott, the candidate for
| congress in the Second district, will in
all probability be heard with the other
speakers Wednesday evening.
The mems mission at the church of
the Immaculate Conception opened at
the evening service yesterday. The at
tendance was very large.
All property owners should remember
that tomorrow is the last day that they
can hand in their lists. After that date
ten per cent will be added for non
appearance.
the contract to build the Capewell Horse
Nail company's new factory, at the
corner of Charter Oak avenue and Gov
ernor street, Hartford.
Tomorrow is known in the Catholic
church as the feast of all saints, a holy
day of obligation. Wednesday is the
feast of all souls, on which day the
faithful departed are remembered.
A young son of Anthony w. Ash
born of Second avenue received several
large sized shot in the lower jaw yester-
day morning, by the accidental dis
charge of gun. The shot was eX-
tracted by DR. Donahue.
Ex-Councilman L. 1. Cook, head tool
maker at the Clock shop, has accepted a
similar position in Ansonia. Saturday
afternoon he was presented with a
handsome clock by the employees of the
turning room at the Clock shop.
The Rev James P. Donovan, chan
cellor of the diocese of Hartford, has in
vited the priests of this city to assist at
a solemn requiem pontifical mass to be
celebrated in the cathedral at Hartford,
Wednesday, in behalf of the deceased
bishops and priests of the diocese.
S. w. Willets of Bridgeport is uneasy
over the absence of his brother, William
J. Willets, who has been missing since
September %. When Willets left his
destination was either Stamford or Wa
terbury. He promised to keep his
brother posted, but has not done so and
naturally the latter is uneasy about his
safety. The missing man is a painter
and about 80 years of age. He is
married.
The union committee of the A. o. F.
of A, appointed to secure a hall in
which all the courts can" hold their
meetings, came together Saturday even
ing. subcommittee on leasing and
purchasing were appointed with in
structions to report to the full com.
mittee on next Saturday evening. High
Chief Ranger J. j. Mcdonald is vigor.
ously pushing the project of uniting all
5 the local Foresters in a home of theil
own.
William McGrath met with fata
accident in the railroad yard at East
Hartford at o'clock Saturday morning
l He was on top of a moving train and il
. Is supposed that the frost which haC
collected on the car caused him to slip
l. He fell head downward between the
h cars. One leg and an arm were taker
off, and he was otherwise badly in iured
He was taken to the Hartford hospital
] where he died during the forenoon. HI
was 81 years old and unmarried. H,
was a son of Night Yardmaster Nc
IGrath.
year have been received by the count,
> commissioners and, while of the sam
general design as last year, are entirel.
different in color. A sense of tn
artistic may be displayed even in
liquor license. The shades and color
in which the new license blanks ar
printed are very pretty. The regula
liquor license is in rich shade of pur
- pie, the beer license is a soft shade o
red, the druggists license a coffee color
the prescription license green. Price
will be the same as usual.
The state convention of the Bakers
II and Confectioners' International unio
70 was held Saturday afternoon in Forest
20 ers' hall on Bank street. There wer
present delegates from New Haver
Or Hartford, Meriden, Bristol, BridgepoI
at and Waterbury. John Winter c
Bridgeport presided and Peter Connoll
y. of this city was chosen as English secrC
tary, and Jacob Raisse of Meriden a
German secretary. The perfecting {
the state organization was the principe
. work of the convention. The union
Y. preparing to make requests for uniforr
= hours, and the establishing of scale {
wages. The next convention will b
held in Hartford the last Saturday
January.
John w. Gaffney has purchased fror
E. U. Lathrop his entire rear propert
abutting the Lathrop block on Ban
street. The piece purchased measure
seventy-five feet front on Livery allie
and one hundred feet rear, and is no,
occupied by G. Fl. Knapp's livery stabl
and T. F. McDonald's Globe cafe. N
Gaffney has recently purchased a piec
of property similar in size and jul
north of the last purchase. He wi
widen and improve Livery alley, an
erect a four or five story building
cover both lots. The building will /
- designed for stores and business apar
ments of all kinds, and accommodation
for society purposes.
The board of agents of the Bronsc
library met Saturday afternoon at
o'clock to decide the question wheth
the proposed building shall be of stone
brick. A vote on the question shove
le five in favor of stone and four in fav
III of brick. AS it takes eight votes to
eide, no conclusion was reached. TT
cost of stone building would be $6(
les 900, while brick structure would &C
yer only 5000. The members of Il
re- board favoring brick do so because tn
fear to take so much from the fund,
would be necessary to pay the difft
ence for a stone building. The boa
appointed Frederick Jackson to t
Holmes scholarship in the academic {
et. partment of Yale, and Levi Wilcox
the scholarship in the scientific depa
lob ment. The question of giving t
'oA library book binding to local workm
was postponed until the next meetin
- which will be held next Saturday aft
noon.