Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-18
CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS. c R. W. Hill and sister left to-day for D Florida. A. S. Robbins leaves tomorrow for Savannah. N Henry Burlesque Co at the opera s house this evening. It is now thought that the trial of John P. Healy before the democratic will be resumed next Mon I day. lt The annual masquerade ball, concert ( and exhibition marches of the Turn Verein, will be held this evening in the City hall.
 There are "advertised" letters at the postoffice for Charles Engstrom, Thomas Hogan, F. S. Price and Mrs Henry Smith.
 The annual reception and exhibition drill of the Second division, A. O. H., will be given in the auditorium on Fri day evening of next week.
 Business is unusually light in police circles. Three plain drunks were be- fore the court this morning. Judge | Bradstreet gave them another chance. Joseph Arthur Pronovost, infant son | of Adolphe Pronovost of 29 Pond street, | died this morning. The funeral will be | held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Michael Kelly fell down stairs at IA Ellery street, Hartford, yesterday after noon and fractured his skull. He has been unconscious since last night and will probably die.
 Another beautiful day, but what a change from yesterday. Fur caps and ulsters yesterday, to-day light overcoats and Derby hats. Upson & Singleto have both at small cost.
 Edward J. Doyle, who met with such a serious accident at Benedict 6 Burn passed a comfortable night at the hospi- tai. Dr Benedict says that Doyle will recover.
 Miles F. Daley, for several years in charge of Fruin's West End drug store, to- day purchased, from s. P. Williams, the stock and fixtures of the insolvent estate of B. Bossidy, and will continue the drug business at Mir Bossidy's old stand.
 The Pope Manufacturing company of Hartford has offered hundred bicy- cles as prizes for the best essays of students in school or college, on good roads. They must first be printed in some newspaper or magazine and must be submitted in the printed form.
 Dr Frost, Tn speaking of the typhus fever scare, said that Waterbury was unusually healthy now and he did not think that typhus would reach here The health authorities in places where the disease has been discovered have taken great care to confine the disease to that particular locality.
 A special train will run from Water town to this city Saturday evening at the close of the fair of Court Merit = Hemingway, A. O. F. of A. Water bury people wishing to attend can SC to Watertown on the regular evening , train and return on the special. A :, general invitation is extended tC Foresters.
 The story of the elopement of Mis-. Annie Corrigan and Gordon H. Clark jr, which was published in this morn lngs Republican, IS indignantly denied by the young lady, who says that sht only went to Bridgeport to see hel uncle. The article in the paper saiC that both went to New York and tele graphed back that they were married. . P. J. Bolans horse ran away from il
 front of the store on Bank street, thi afternoon, and made things ln the vicin - ity hum for a few minutes. The hors, dashed across the street, colliding witl the Apothecaries hall team, and thel continued toward Grand street. L. \ Haase's horse was knocked down in tn rush, but fortunately was not hurt. Tn damage to Mir Bolan's turnout was no great.
 Observer Cox thinks that the presen cold snap will terminate in a snow o
 ram storm about Friday. The barome ter is abnormally high all over tn
 country. This disturbance has an easI
 ward movement and unless sidetrackeC n by some other storm wave will Sel
 geant Cox says, reach here in a day c N two. The storm is due here tonight u We may expect it's full force by Frida
 at the latest.
 Little Oscar Moore, the six year ol
 phenomenon, will be here at Leavel
 worth hall on Friday and Saturda
 afternoon and evening of next weel
 The child IS known as the "huma Y~ phonograph." In fact he is a ment; ; wonder. Though totally blind from h
 birth he can speak in eleven language
 and play five musical instruments. Il VT can tell you the square miles of an y country, the population of any countr - or city, and answer over seven thousan
 statistical questions.
 It is reported that some changes al to be made in the New York & Ne M England Railroad company's board ( 7" directors, and that two men conspicl
 ously interested in the recent Readin
 deal will be elected to the board. IT
 intimation is made that Austin Corbi ish went into the New England as muc
 for the interest of the Req ling as an
 other. With the Reading compan
 backing the New England road, tl
 New York, New Haven & Hartford,
 is said, will have more serious compet tion than 1t ever before encountered. 'tb 1t A Pittsburg newspaper claims ''N have evidence that the Reading con
 pany has secured control of the Bait - more and Ohio railroad and its hume
 ous branches, and also the New Yol
 & New England Railroad compan,
 The terms of the agreement and lease,
 says, were finally determined upon | the great financiers who have bee F. negotiating the deal at a conference Philadelphia last night, at which all u
 necessary papers were signed by Il
 cOntractin0 Darties