Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-09-08
CITY NEWS.

John Kelly of Stone street, who died
yesterday, took place this afternoon.
Mrs Mary McEvoy, aged 90 years,
wife of Joseph McEvoy, died this morn
ing at the home of her mother on Pleas
ant street.
A meeting of French Canadians will
be held in the band room on Meadow
street at 7:30 tomorrow evening, for the
purpose of organizing a democratic
club.
The funeral of Dennis Dryer, the
one-year-old son of Michael L. Dryer,
| 1877 Bishop street, took place this after
noon at $3.50; interment in Calvary
cemetery.
| Frank NJ. Morgan, brakeman on the
New Haven freight, has returned from
his wedding trip, and is again making
his daily trip to New Haven. He will
reside in Waterbury.
Miss Lily Runals, the sweet song-bird
and recitationist of New York, is in the
city. She comes under the auspices of
| the prohibition town committee, and
will sing at the John P. st John mass
meeting in the opera house tonight.
The funeral of the late John Brennan
| took place to the church of the Immacu-
late Conception yesterday afternoon,
where the funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev Father Kennedy.
The pallbearers were John, George, Bar
tholomew and Patrick Kane, James
Cunningham and James Whalen.
A small boy stole cap from in front
of George B. Browns store this morning
and started on Nancy Hanks gait
down South Main street, pursued by
one of the clerks and hundred other
boys. The lad was captured on Jeffer-
son street. He gave up the stolen
property, received summary punish
ment and was then released.
John Calvin of North Elm street was
slightly injured at the corner of Ex-
/ change place and East Main street this
morning and was removed to Dexter's
drug store and physician called. There
is a difference of opinion as to how Mr.
Calvin was injured, some asserting that
he was knocked down by passing team
and others saying that he slipped and
fell, striking the sidewalk.
Sheriff Tomlinson was in the city to-
day summoning jurors for the fall term
of the court of common pleas, which
opens at New Haven next week. The
Jurors from Waterbury are: H. w.
Scovill, Thomas Donaldson, Alonzo
Boydon and William E. Austin from
Naugatuck: II. S. Pagan, T. II. Smith
and Walter Webster; from Wolcott:
Shelton T. Hitchcock and ADDISON
Minard.
The Gidemen Lithuanian Citizens
club, a democratic organization, has
been organized with the following Off
GERS: President, j. r. Micknites; treas
urer, Joseph Shobrinsky; secretary, r
Petrousky. A meeting to which all
Lithuanians are invited will be held in
the hall at 42 Grand street, at 7:3O
o'clock Saturday evening, The regular
meetings will be held every second
Saturday after that date.
By all means let the republicans NOM
mate the Hon Stephen w. Kellogg of
Waterbury for congress, against the
democratic nominee. He is staunch
supporter of Harrisonism and McKin-
leyism, force bill and all. We are
anxious for just such battle in this
district as his nomination would precipi-
tate. He is the strongest man the re-
publicans have, and there is real
pleasure in putting strong republicans
to sleep.-New Haven Register.
George I. Aucock, Waterbury cigar
cite fiend, complained to the police this
morning that he had $12 stolen from
him at the Main street depot and sus.
pected James Porter, a colored man, OF
the theft. Porter was taken into Gus.
tody and searched but nothing was
i
Aucock arrived in town on the 3:1G
train this morning, claiming that he
took the wrong train out of HARTFORD
Merided Journal.
The entertainment in City hall last
evening, under the auspices of the
Wadhams post, was well attended, and
Ievery number of the programme re-
ceived merited applause In the parade
which preceded the entertainment were
Chief Marshal E. G. Colby, with w. E.
IQuigleY and II. F. Northrop, as assist
ants; the American band, E. F. Durand
division, U. r. X. p; Comstock lodge,
Comstock degree team; Speedwell
lodge, Speedwell degree team, and the
Wadhams post. Miss Halle Gelbart's
Rotations were heartily encored. The
drilling of both teams was excellent.
The sports in Waterbury are in deep
mourning over the result of the Sulli-
van-Corbett fight. Waterbury has al
ways been a Sullivan town and
thousands of dollars at long odds were
wagered on the contest. One man is
said to have lost $500. A stranger in the
crowd on Exchange place last night
took all the bets he could find at odds of
two to one or over. He is said to be a
New York sport and won heavily.
When the result was announced just be.
| LOAS III d mighty SuOuC went up
from those who had placed their money
on the Californian.
General Passenger Agent Simmons OF
the b. & O. railroad met delegates from
all the G. A. r. posts in the Naugatuck
valley at the Scovill house last evening,
and completed arrangements for the
trip to Washington. The fare for the
round trip is So. 10, and the ticket must
be used on the special train leaving
Waterbury at TAO a. M. September 10.
The route is over the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad to Harlem
by transfer steamer to Jersey City,
where a special train will be taken to
Washington, arriving in that city at
$40 p. m. Tickets can be obtained
only from the committee of Wadhams
post. These tickets can be exchanged
in Washington for return tickets via
Harper's Ferry, Antietam, Hagerstown
with stop over privileges on payment OF
$3.50 extra. The return tickets are
good until October 10.
The center school district committee