Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-05
CITY NEWS.

A special meeting of Phoenix Fire Co |
will be held at 8 O'clock tomorrow even |
ming.
Hall & Epson lost another of their
horses yesterday, the second within a
few days.
The Boys club rooms on Harrison
avenue open this evening for the
winters work.
George Drayer, who has been spend
ing the summer In Germany, will sail
for home on September 8.
The family of A. M. Young returned
this morning from Pine Orchard, where
they have spent the season.
Henry Leach's family came back to-
day from Woodmont, where they have
stayed during the summer.
The condition of Prof J. A. Moran is
not so critical to-day, he having passed
a very comfortable night.
Contracts have been sent to all the
teachers who have been engaged for
the coming year, by the Center district,
for their signatures.
Steuben lodge, d. o. H, No 391, will
meet at 8 o'clock this evening in Pfaff's
hail. to make arrangements for attend
ing the funeral of John G. Strobel.
Emerson S. Wooding of Bank street
killed an immense black snake on the
Middlebury road yesterday. The reptile
was five feet long and as thick as a
mans wrist.
Fred S. Goodrich of this city, who for
the past year has been tutor of Greek at
Wesleyan university, has accepted the
professorship of Greek language and lit
erature in Albion college at Albion,
Mich.
Reserved seat tickets for the grand
concert and exhibition drill to be given
under the auspices of Wadhams post,
G. A. r., in city hall Wednesday even
ing, went on sale to-day at Cones drug
store,
A number of horses in Waterbury are
sick with influenza. The horses are
afflicted with a discharge from the eyes
and nose and distaste for their food,
and general languor and Discrimination
to move.
James F. Gaffney has secured the
contract to build the COpperwaith
building in Danbury. 1t will be large
business block of brick and stone, four
stories high, and will take over 1,000,-
900 bricks.
The common council will meet this
evening. The committee to which was
intrusted the matter of granting the
permission to use electricity as a motive
l DO"SI On LuC SJLSCO Idll"d Wall
and it is likely that the matter will be
settled.
1t is seldom that the New Haven
county Jail is as full as at the present
time. There are now 1888 prisoners con-
fined there, while the Jail was built to
accommodate not more than 800. The
men are crowded together and sleep on
cot beds instead of having separate cells
for the night.
Daniel Engler of Waterbury was
elected president of the "Gruthverein'
and Ferdinand RechsteiDer treasurer, al
the meeting of the society yesterday
afternoon. The society is composed Of
the Swiss people of Naugatuck, Unior
they will celebrate the 601st anniversary
of the Swiss republic, in Concordia hall
Thomas Quinlan made application las
week to take the poor debtors oath ant
be released from Jail, through his attor
ney, Linford Root. Attorney James E
Russell appeared for F. P. Champlain t.
show cause why the oath should not b
administered. The case was tried be
fore Justice Isaac Wolff in New Havel
to-day. The oath was administered ant
the creditors took an appeal to the dis
, trict court of Waterbury.
} The competitors for positions on tn
Second regiment rifle team had anothe
contest OF the Quinnipiac range SatuI
/ day afternoon at 200 and 500 yards
r Those who participated were the sam
as those who took part last week. TIL
scores made were about the same, a.
( though the average was q little create
than last week. Another contest wi
take place next week, after which tn
men having the highest scores will b
chosen for the team.
A fire was discovered in Theodor
. divers new market on South Mai
: street, at o'clock last evening, by
passerby. who reported it at No g
house. The hose wagon and hook an
ladder went down to the store, but di
not use any water as the fire was eS
tinguished by grenades. The fir
started from burning gas jet. One O
the clerks had been in the store early i
the evening and had carelessly left tn
gas burning. Above the Jet was a shel
filled with newspapers and these becam
ignited. But little damage was done.
Great preparations are being made b
the parishioners of st Johns church
Watertown, for the lawnI fete to b
held in Shields grove tomorrow
Music will be furnished by the Oakvill
brass band and the st Aloysius Drur
: corps of this city. Among the amust
| IlSnIS VIII De udnCIu& ANU al eXnlDlClO
by Owen O'Neill of the Brookly
y Athletic club, the champion athlete c
the state. The different booths will b
handsomely decorated. Every one pul
% chasing a ticket will be entitled to
r. chance on a solid silver, gold lined, Gu
, and saucer. The regular trains will ru
up at 11:22 a. M, 1858, GIG and 7:04
M, and special will return after til
festival.
The superior court in Hartford will /
in session to, morrow for a hearin
on the request of the New York & Ne
t, England railroad for a mandamus I
compel the Asylum street bridge con
K mission of Hartford to allow the claiI
of the road for damages to its propert,
resulting from the orders of the con
mission in connection with the remov
= of the grade crossing on Asylum stree
Messrs Robinson and Henney of Har
ford, attorneys for the Asy lum sire
r bridge commission, will file motion
quash. The claim which the commi
sion refused to allow amounts to aboU