Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-23
CITY NEWS.

Thomas Lancaster, aged S2 years, died this morning at his home on Round Hill street.
 Postmaster Doherty will tomorrow go to Middlebury to inspect the office at that place.
 Dr 0. W. s. Frost is expected home in a few days from his visit to North Con- way, N. H.
 The road board were out to-day in- specting Washington avenue and River side street. Members of the Canadian band are re- quested to meet at their rooms this evening at 7:15 sharp.
 Mrs Eugene Moriarty of West Side hill this morning presented her husband with twins, a boy and girl.
 Those who study economy when buy ing shoes will find that B. J. Finn's store has claim on their attention. The funeral of Mrs Samuel Taylor will take place from her late residence, on Cherry street, at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Joseph O'Neill, who is attending Georgetown university, has been ap- pointed editor of the college journal.
 Five candidates were initiated and four propositions received at the regular quarterly meeting of Court Shields, A. o. F. of A., last evening.
 Colonel Burnham of the Twenty Second regiment, c. w., was in town to- day on his way home to Hartford from the encampment at Washington. The West Main street sewer was to- day carried under the Naugatuck rail- road by a gang of twenty men, under the direction of City Engineer Cairns.
 Those interested in the formation of a social club will meet at Carrollton council hall this evening. An adjourn ment will then be taken to Tuesday \ evening.
 Superintendent Cross of the New Eng | land road has issued an order to freight conductors threatening to discharge them if they allow even employees of the road to ride on their trains.
 M. J. Culhane will open with a full X line of confectionery and bakers goods in the stores 242 Baldwin street and S64 Bank street, recently occupied by Bren- nan the baker, about October 1.
 David H. Casey, who sustained severe Injuries by being thrown from his car riage on Bank street, owing to the bad condition of the street, on August Il has served notice on the city that he will claim damages.
 IN of the center school district will be pre- scented at an adjourned meeting of the district committee this evening, but will not be acted upon until the final meet ing of the district.
 Engineer Vanderburgh, who was running the extra freight train on the night of September 12, when four cars went over the coal chute at Sandy Hook, has been discharged from the New England road.
 | Charles M. Clark, the local freight agent for the New York & New Eng land Railroad company in New Britain, has been notified of his promotion to the important position of travelling freight agent for the company through Penn | sylvania and New York states. | Classes in reading, writing, history and arithmetic will begin October 1 at who are desirous of entering them, ol who wish to join the gymnasium oI military tactics classes, should hand in their names before that date.
 The attendance of Waterbury people at the state fair Tn Meriden this year has been unusually large. One Waterbur. ian who was present on Wednesday says that fakirs were thicker than flies. Nc Eattempt was made to stop them unti after o'clock that afternoon.
 A special meeting of the union com mittee of the local courts of A. 0. F, ot A., appointed for the purpose of con sidering the advisability of securing ; union hall, has been called to meet il c. A. R. hall next Tuesday evening, by High Chief Ranger Mcdonald.
 Lieutenant D. E. Fitzpatrick, wht will have charge of the Waterbury | NI oE k1,n NzI.- the big parade to be held in New Ha ven on Discovery day, has been selected by the committee of local councils as ar aid to Major Callahan, who will be chic marshal.
 Miles F. Connolly has decided to gt into insolvency. The meeting of hi creditors called for this afternoon at tht Murray Hill hotel in New York has beer delared off. It is said that Connolly offered his creditors twenty cents on dollar.
 Lewis D. Benton's handsome yacht which is being built by E. H. Thatchel & Son of New Haven, was successfully launched yesterday. The yacht is sai( to be one of the finest of her kind When she is finished MT and Mrs Ben ton, and Mir and Mrs George Fowler vii start south for a winters cruise.
 Jonu, the ur-yeaF-OIu son or Dr J. + } Hayes, has been dangerously ill for tn, past few days, suffering from injuries to his left side, inflicted by a playmate who struck the little fellow with , stone. The left side was terribl, swollen but to-day the child shows sign of improvement.
 Chief Riley of New London has sen out inyitations to the following chief of fire departments to be his guests ol the occasion of the fire parade in tha city next Wednesday: Chief Snagg o Waterbury. Chief Kennedy of Nev Haven, Chief Wiley of MiddIetown Chief Leonard of Willimantic, Chic Greenberg af Norwich and Chief Cheese bro of Stonington.
 The funeral of Miss Mary Carney tool place from the home of her sister, ol Scovill street, to the church of the I'm maculate Conception this morning where requiem mass was celebrated b B the Rev Father Kennedy. The pal r bearers were Felix Mcdonald ,Thoma Kanp Tan1ns GaffpaU Tanac WiIl;op