Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-24
CITY NEWS.

It is expected that the railroad conn., ] missioners will inspect the Naugatuck | ii vision next Thursday.
 The quarterly meeting of Waterbury council, c. B. L., will be held in Carroll | ton council hall this evening.
 The New England road to-day com menced to double track from Black Rock, near New Britain, to the Summit.
 The court of common council will hold a special meeting this evening to discuss the question of water supply.
 Mrs Mary Murphy, Mrs John Corbett and Agnes Murphy of New Britain, were visiting friends in this city yester- day.
 The hearing on the approval of a trustee on the estate of M. F. Connolly, set for to-day, was adjourned until to- morrow morning.
 Fire played havoc with the woods to the north and southeast of the city yesterday. The sky was brilliantly illu minated for miles around last evening.
 The Hartford police raided Chinese gambling den last night and arrested forty Celestials. At the police station two of them acknowledged Waterbury as their abiding place.
 Colonel Patric McGovern is thinking strongly of adding a bicycle corps to the Hibernian rifles and will consider sug gestions from those who are interested ia forming such corps.
 The high wind tore the democratic banner from it's fastening on Exchange place this morning, and made several rents in the banner itself. It will be re- paired as quickly as possible.
 Thomas Donahue's appeal from pro- bate and the case of Henry FIitts vs the New York 6 New England Railroad Go are on the docket of the supreme court, which comes in at Bridgeport to- morrow.
 Harry l.. Brown, postal clerk on the New England division of the Philadel- phia and Reading railroad, and also on the Naugatuck railroad, has received an Springfield line.
 A special train consisting of an en- zine and two freight cars loaded with machinery for the Union Hardware Col of Torrington, passed through this city over the Naugatuck division from Bridgeport early yesterday morning.
 The following list of officers was elected at the meeting of LUnion Fraternelle yesterday: President, Charles L. Maillard; vice e-president, Louis Arm bruster; secretary, Louis N. Morrot; treasurer, Joseph Weis; commissaires, Frank Graber and Charles Cullen.
 Stephen P. Cronan, who left here to pursue a course of study at the Balti more Dental college, was captain of a company of studens who participated in the Columbus parade in Baltimore last Friday. Stephen brought hIs Co G train ing into good practice.
 Superintendent Burn of the Metro politan Life Insurance company will give a complimentary banquet to his agents and their lady friends at Music hall this evening. After the banquet there will be dancing. Bergen's orches- tra will furnish music.
 The Acme Social club held a rousing meeting yesterday and completed ar engagements for the sociable to be held on November II, at Jacques audi torium. Many guests will be present from New York and other places. A novelty will be inaugurated in the grand march.
 The New York & New England freight and passenger station, at Brew sters, was totally destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The origin of the fire is not known. The loss is over $25,OOO. The company have placed passenger car for the use of travellers near the site of the old station. We have received from the Rev Father O'Donnell of Watertown, who is the guest of the pastor of St Cecilia's church, Fifty-fifth street and Fifth avenue, Chicago, sketch book of the Worlds Columbian exhibition, illustrating and describing the principal buildings with their loca- tion, and an indexed bird's-eye view of the grounds.
 Edward A. Kent of Bridgeport left home few days ago, deserting his wife and family. He went to Torrington, where it IS said he was married to Miss Belle Meinhold of Brooklyn. They have gone to Brooklyn to reside. Mrs Kent said last night that she was not surprised at her husbands action. Kent was formerly piano agent and news paper correspondent in this city and left many creditors before departing for pastures new.
 This morning the directors of the Consolidated road started out on their annual inspection of the road and it's branches: It is expected that they will take fully a week to do the work. President Clark and Vice-President Futile left last night in special train consisting of the presidents car and the observation car. They were met at New York by the other directors, from which point the party left on their tour.
 The annual fair of the church of the Sacred Heart, which will open at City hall early in November, promises to be a small counterpart of the Worlds fair at Chicago. The stage entertainment and other attractions will be entirely new and worthy of attention. The bright little newspaper "The Fair Reporter" will be published again this year, and advertisers will certainly reap beneficial harvest from its circulation. It will be delivered to your address during the far for the nomlnal sum of ten cents.
 The New York Herald of yesterday says: "The Connecticut National guard
 will think long time before they again
 take part in a parade in New York
 What little ground there was for such exaggerated stories was due to a long
 and tedious wait. The men had haC
 little breakfast and they were compelled
 to get what sustenance they could al