Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-09


gaining his health rapidly at the hos
pital.
Lieutenant Colonel Burpee will con-
duct another battalion drill at the
armory this evening.
Co E, HibernIan rifles, have engaged
Bergen's orchestra and Prompter Uffen-
dale for their picnic on May 90.
Lake, Strobel & Co are having their
windows handsomely "dressed" to-day
preparatory to having them photograph
Annie B. Booth, aged o, died to-day
at her parents home, Al Summer street.
The body will be taken to Monroe for
burial.
The Concordias gave their last Sum
day evening concert to large audience
last night. An excellent programme
was rendered.
The building committee having in
charge the new library have sent out
notice to contractors that all bids must
be handed in by June 1.
Elmer g. Parker, agent for the United
States Express Co during the past three
years, left for Jersey City to-day to take
a position with the Wells Fargo Express
Co in that city.
The grand convention of Foresters
will take place on Wednesday and
Il AAAAoAoy 1b hANu1OOO"uy
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The
courts in all parts of the state will send
delegates.
Arrangements have been made by the
New Haven weather bureau with the
Southern New England Telephone COM
pany by which the weather indications
for each day are to be telephoned all
over Connecticut.
Thomas Farrell of South River
street is dangerously i'll from the effects
OF dental operation performed last
week, so his friend claims. He is
obliged to take food through a tube.
DIR Hayes is in attendance.
The Italian Catholics are requested to
meet the Rev Father Daniels, an Italian
priest, at the church of the Immaculate
Conception this evening at 8 o'clock,
Father Daniels will give a mission for
Italian Catholics during the week.
William j. Grimes attempted to drive
between the street car and team
which was hitched near Spencer avenue
to-day, when the scraper of the car
caught one of the wheels and broke it
off.
The Hartford Times says that the New
York & New England road run yester-
days trains to Hartford in violation of
the orders of the railroad commissioners.
AHOAO 40 a pChdAOy VI CSOU IOT running
Sunday trains without permission. The
officials of the road here state that the
necessary permission was obtained.
The democratic state convention will
be held in the Hyperion theatre, New
Haven, tomorrow. This evening dis
trict caucuses will be held to nominate
delegates to the national convention,
The New Haven county caucus will be
held this evening.
John Kerr, Who was sentenced to
state prison for burglarizing Ford's store
in Waterville, was taken to Wethers
field on Saturday. Thomas and Patrick
Delaue and Daniel Cullum will not be
taken to Wethersfield until they have
finished their Jail sentences.
A want advertisement in the DEMO
Graf on Saturday brought SO many re-
turns that the advertiser did not know
what to do with all the applications he
received. He paid for two insertions of
the want" in advance, but to-day
countermanded the order. The moral |
is plain.
Joseph Evans and George Lyman,
both of New Haven, William Smith of
Bridgeport, and George Hall of Hart |
FORD, four boys who are, or rather were
inmates of the state reform school at
Merlden, escaped from that institution
late Saturday afternoon and have not as |
yet been retaken, though the police of |
the various cities of the state are looking
for them.
Sanctuary Onward, A. o. S. of A..
held its regular meeting on Saturday
night and elected the following officers: |
Pastor, Thomas Luddy; S. p, Charles II, |
Kane; treasurer, Joseph A. st Louis; F. |
s., James F. Knox; r. S., ]. II. Frenzy: |
LIST A, Thomas Clare; 2nd A., P. G.
Egan; S. K, J. S. Carroll; j. K. Gre.
CORY O'Connor.
At the meeting of Barcelona Council
K. of g., Sunday evening, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing |
term: G. K, T. F. Barrett; D. G. X,
J. 9. Thompson: r. S., P. F. Shields:
+. s., j. s. Lyons; treasurer, Thomas
Kane; warden, A. G.. Convard; chancel-
!or, j. s. Carroll; advocate, j. S. NeapIe:
lecturer, P. II. Riley; 1. c., Daniel
66ackett; Q; g., P. McNally; physician,
IL ~ .. r. hayes; The election of trus-
tees was deferred for one month.
The hearing on the application of
Chrls +. Downey, praying that letters
testamentory be granted to him on the
estate of the late John B. Cuddy, and /
that the will of the deceased be Nd
mltted to probate, is being held to-day.
Attorney Burpee represents Mr. Downev
and Attorneys Baldwin, O'Neill and
Lowe appeared in the interest of other
The hearing was adjourned
until o'clock this afternoon, at which
hour the taking of testimony began.
at $3.50 the will was admitted to probate
and Z. F. Downey was appointed ex-
ecutor, until the superior court decides
the matter.
The funeral of Engineer Frank
Shepard of the Naugatuck division was
from his home in WatervilIe
at noon yesterday, services being con-
Quoted in the Episcopal chapel. Beau
tItul floral pieces were sent by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and the Naugatuck road firemen. The
gaHDearers were Wilson Burns, William
Sherman, Eugene Lake, Edward King
Eugene Allen and Charles TomIin. IN
terment was in Riverside cemetery.
DeeminE's Sentence.