Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-17
CITY NEWS.

this evening.
James E. Russell has returned, from
his vacation at Old Orchard.
Rev j. A. Mulcahy is in New Haven
attending the silver jubilee of Rev
Father Mulholland.
John Brenier. aged AZ, died at his
residence No 291 River street, this morn
ing. Notice of funeral tomorrow.
Robert E. de Vorauer, general agent
of the New York Mutual Life Insurance
Co, is in the city. He will be perma-
nently stationed here.
Mrs. Eliza Fitzpatrick aged 49, wife of
James Fitzpatrick of 116 Union street
died this morning. The funeral will
take place to the church of the Immacu-
late Conception at o'clock Friday
morning.
John Sullivan, the old man who be-
lieves he owns the earth, was around
with an axe this morning looking for
the blood of two lightning rod agents
who were working on building that
Sullivan believes is his. The old man
was locked up by..Oficer Moore.
Attorney O'Neill, counsel for Charles
K. Fuchs, who is held here for grand
larceny alleged to have been commit
ted in New Brunswick, N. J, received
a bill of particulars to-day. He is con-
fident that the prisoner will be released
upon writ of habeas corpus tomorrow.
Comstock lodge, K. of P, last night
decided to enter a team at the competi-
ton drill to be held in City hall in the
early part of September for the purpose
of raising funds to help pay the ex-
penses of Wadhams' post, G. A. R., to
the national encampmentYat Wash
ington.
Fred Camp, colored, who is employed
by Druggist Partree, received a letter
yesterday, purproting to be from the
leader of band of White caps, ordering
him to mount his bicycle and leave
pose to obey the warning and considers
the whole matter practical joke.
The Meriden Journal says that a man
was badly injured on the New England
railroad tracks between Bristol and Wa
terbury yesterday morning, and he had
| ticket in his pocket from Meriden to
New York. There was nothing that he
could be identified by except something
marked as near as could be made out
I"C. N. W."
1t is said that the revenue collector OF
this district has determined to put q
stop to the practice of retail liquor deal
ers furnishing beer or liquors by the keg
or in quantities to pleasure parties and
| to supply beer or liquors in large guam
titles, the business belonging exclusively
to wholesale dealers, who pay special
tax for the privilege.
I Domenco Vomro, the Italian laborer
who fell thirty feet down the embank-
ment at the junction of the Consolidated
and Waterbury road tracks in Meriden,
ISunday, is in a fair way to recovery
from the fearful fall. The internal
hemorrhages are not so severe, but he
complained of racking pains in his back
where he struck the stone buttress be-
fore bounding to the ground below. He
is very weak, however, from the blood
that he has lost.
A horse owned by G. II. Cloves, at
tached to a phaeton and driven by a
| colored man, wearing a battered silk
hat, created considerable excitement on
Bauk street this morning. In turning
around, opposite the post office, the
horse collided with another team, and
turned sharply, throwing out the man
with the "stovepipe." The excited an,
gan & Cos store, but Joseph Bolan
headed him off. With the exception oil
a broken wheel no damage was done.
DR. j. Dauray, editor of one of the
papers LEcho du Connecticut, mention
of which was made in the DEMOCRAT
yesterday wishes it understood that his
} paper was first in the field and is the
only one fairly entitled to use the name
selected. He declares that his enter.
Prise was decided upon three months
before any other party considered the
r subject of a paper published in the in
terest of the Canadians of Waterbury
L'Echo du Connecticut, of which the
doctor is editor, will be democratic in
politics.
The newly elected officers of the
Waterbury r. G. 7. a. and b. society
for the ensuing year are: Henry r.
Byrnes, president; James Meagher, vice
president; John Thompson, secretary
William Duncan, corresponding secre.
tary; Rev Hugh Treanor, treasurer and
chaplain; James Eustice, marshal; Pat
rick Boylan, William Kelly, John
Phelan, James Lyons, standing com.
mittee; William Duncan, assistant
county director and local editor. Presi
dent Byrnes will represent the society at
the state convention of the Catholic
Total Abstinence union at Meriden
August 30.
The property owners near the Bald.
win street bridge over the Meriden road
appeared before the board of compensa.
ton last evening, on the question OF
benefits and damages to be assessed or
account of the elevation of the street
grade over the railroad track. w. E.
| Beecher, James LongwOrth and John
I. Phelan appeared before the board and
stated the amount of damages they
claimed by the change. After hearing
few other persons, the session closed
and the board will report later. MI
Longworth wants So, 900 damages, Will
liam +. Beecher $1,000, and John T.