Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-22
CITY NEWS.

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Robert Latta, will give a lecture on
chemistry at the hospital this evening.
Christ's church of Watertown will
picnic at High Rock grove on Thursday,
August %.
P. b. Norton has received pneu-
matte tire sulky, and l. G. Platt has
ordered another.
Court Linden, A. o. F. of a. will
hold a meeting in the hall of Carrollton
council tomorrow evening.
The regular fourth ward democratic
club will meet at headquarters on
Pleasant street this evening at o'clock.
John Egan, who was assaulted by his
wife Friday, and removed to the hospi-
tai, is resting comfortably, but his con-
dition is still serious.
Several Waterbury members of the
Knights of Columbus attended the
funeral of the late Michael Corcoran, at
Naugatuck, this morning.
Alphonso Gauthier and Miss Amanda
Letelvre were married at st AIMS
church this morning, the Rev Father
Sinisac performing the ceremony.
Phoenix, No l, has engaged Pope's
Military band of Hartford for parade
day. Brass City, No 6, has engaged the
American band of this city.
The amusement committee for the
firemen's parade day held a meeting
Saturday evening and arranged some
preliminaries incidental to the arrange
ment for That day.
Waterbury council of the G. B. L.
will meet this evening at Carrollton
council hall. y full attendance is re-
quested as business of Importance will
be transacted.
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house furnishings, 8 and 10 Grand
street, made voluntary assignment in
probate court to day. Edwin l.. Bolster
is named as trustee.
The New York Recorder yesterday
published an excellent picture of Dan
Canary, the famous bicycle rider.
Canary was formerly employed here as
a telegraph operator.
The excursion to Coney Island to be
given by the Celtic Literary association
of Ansonia and the Patrick Sarsfeld
club of this city takes place Wednesday.
The tickets are selling for 81. So
A pretty and a very rare sight last
evening between $50 and Z o'clock was
the lightning playing amongst mass
of fleecy white clouds which slowly
drifted from the west to the south.
Richard G. Tanning who has been
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surance company, has been made as
sistant superintendent of the office in
New Haven.
Work has been begun on the Bank
street sewer extension from Third to
Fifth streets. A large force of men is
employed and the work will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible.
Eddie, the nine year old son of Ed
ward Howard of William street, fell
from a tree near his home yesterday
morning and had the cords of his neck
badly strained. He was attended by DR.
Higgins.
The Band of Hope will give an in
terestirg entertainment in st Paul's
church this evening. Miss Bennett of
Philadelphia will sing some temperance
selections. There will be no charge for
admission.
Thomas Quinlan was taken to New
Haven Jail this afternoon by Constable
O'Brlen because he still refuses to pay
| the bill of +. p. Champlin, for breaking
a carriage and for which judgment was
obtained.
The men who have charge of ice
wagons complain bitterly of the annoy
ance of children, who climb into the
| wagons, run after them and encounter
/ other dangers that fortunately, so far,
| nave resulted Ill no dCCluenIS.
The representatives of the parties who
furnished the road roller were expected
/ here this morning to unload the ma
chine from the cars ut the New England
yards, but up to two o'clock they had
| failed to put i'll an appearance.
Professor Bartlett will begin to night
| the program of rchcarSals which he has
prepared for the Concordia Singing
society. He intends to put in some
| hard work during the coming winter,
| and to have the society show greater
progress than ever before.
Gordon Is. Lawrence is tearing down
the house known us the SAKE place on
Union street and will build in its place
six family tenement house. The house
is one of the old land marks. Fifty years
ago it was a school house, and was
known as the South Middle district.
The New Haven Union says: The
Lucier minstrels played to a crowded
house at the Grand last evening. The
program is one interesting and refined,
and will continue the remainder of the
week. At the opera house Friday even
/ ing.
The train carrying the excursionists
| to New York on the New England road,
Saturday, reached Waterbury at 1850
on its return trip. Only thirty of the
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came back, the remainder taking adj
vantage of the fact that the tickets were
good for to-day.
Thomas Ledwith, of Hartford, met
with death on Saturday evening by
drowning. He, in company with two
| other men was out fishing on the Park
river above the Capitol avenue bridge.
Ledwith, who was leaning over the side
of the boat, lost his balance and fell
| overheard. He was unable to swim,
and although his companions tried their
utmost to save him, he was drowned.
One of the best and most important
features of the military camp at Mantle
last week was the reading and recrea-
ton tent, provided by the state execu-
tive committee of the Young Mems
Christian association. The state secre-
tary and three local secretaries were
present to carry on the work. The tent
was open from a. m. to II p. M, and
was in constant use and much appre-