Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-13
CITY NEWS,


 There was no police court this morn ing.
 Mrs Mary E. Niver, aged 56 years, Spencer avenue.
 who died at Westport, were brought to this city to-day for burial.
 The first annual sociable of the Elmer ald social club will be given in Music hall, Thursday evening, February IS.
 The Briggs property on South Main street will be occupied in a short time by the new owners, Mccarthy & Moore bottlers.
 resignation of Paymaster William New ton of Wallingford. Mir Newton has been paymaster of the Second regiment for several years.
 It is announced that John Pitt Stack, leader of the Second regiment band who was invited to become the head of Pope's military band of Hartford. has accepted the leadership.
 The first annual sociabIe of the Wa terbury steam engineers will be held Friday evening, in the Jacques audito- rum. Bergen's orchestra will furnish music; Uffendale, prompter.
 A cablegram was received to-day an- nouncing the safe arrival at Queens town, this morning, of the steamer City of Paris, having on board Thomas H. Hayes, F. w. Connor, R. F. Phelan and Henry Flanagan.
 There evidently will be another big rush on the New England road this week as there are 1, 500 loaded freight cars on the line of the Erie manage meut, waiting to bo hauled through to Boston.
 Judge James Phelps of Essex retired from the superior court bench yester- day, by reason of the constitutional limitation in regard to age. He has reached his seventieth milestone, and notwithstanding his vigorous constitu- tion and clear mind he can no longer serve on the bench.
 After hearing from all cities in re- gard to the state parade of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, State Delegate John P. Murphy expresses the opinion that the parade will take place in Bridgeport early in the summer and that the state convention will take place l there day or two later.
 In the court of common pleas, at New Haven, yesterday, the case of the First National bank of Dillon. Montana against Wallace & King of Ansonia was begun. The plaintiffs brought suit to recover $4,100 on a note by the de fendants. Webster S O'Neil appear for the plaintiffs and Kellogg X Kellogg for the defendants. The evidence sub mitted by the plaintiffs is mostly in the form of dispositions the reading of which occupied the greater part of the courts time yesterday.
 X Connecticut Associated Press dis patch in regard to the condition of Murderer Patrick Flanagan, says: The condition of Flanagan is truly pitiable. He Is unable to leave his bed and his lower limbs have become terribly swollen. He has wasted to skeleton and his eyes have the appearance of two glass balls. It looks now as though his death was only a question of few days at the latest. One thing the jail off cialS are sure of, and that is that he never will live to walk to the scaffold to swing for his crime.
 The gallows on which Andrew Bor- jesson, the New Milford murderer, is to be hanged, was carted across country from New Haven to Litchfield on a truck. Two big gray horses brought the truck into New Haven Monday morning, and the parts of the gallows were loaded upon it. The distance to Lltchtield is forty miles, and two days were occupied in the round trip. It would have taken longer to send the gallows by rail, on account of the ire 4uent loading and unloading that would have been necessary.
 Michael Anderson was struck and in- stantly killed at the Tin bridge last night by the train on the Naugatuck branch due at Bridgeport at $40. He was employed at Redfield's quarry and was returning from work when struck. Inc unfortunate man was thrown several feet ahead of the locomotive. Ills face was badly lacerated and both legs weIe broken. Besides these he re- celved internal injuries which were sufficient to cause his death. He was picked up and brought to Bridgeport on the train, after which the body was re- moved to the undertaking parlors of Hawley, Wilmot & Reynolds. Coroner Doten viewed the remains. His verdict was accidental death.
 The test suit of William Palm to re- cover penaly of $50 because the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad company charged an excess of fourteen cents in it's fares to Morris Park race course has been decided against Palm oy the superior court of New York, general term, affirming the judgment of Judge Dugro at special term. The decision states that in the half mile spur of the main line from Van Nest station to Morris Park the company could charge whatever it pleased, just as if it ran line of stages between the points. "This piece of track" the opinion states, was "unauthorized by the railroad acts, and consequently was not governed by them."