Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-03-26
CITY NEWS.

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tition asking for5 a Sunday morning
train to Bridgeport. .o1s
Good clothing and stylish furnishings
can always be found at the store Of the
Epson & Singleton Co.
A Newfoundland dog owned by
George Tracy, which was believed to be
mad, was killed by DR. Bland yesterday.
Madam Smell has removed her dress
making rooms from Bank street to Jean
Jacques marble block on South Main
street.
The two weeks mission given at st
AIMS church, under direction of the
Redemptorist fathers, will close to-mor-
row evening.
The several promotions made among
the conductors on the Naugatuck di-
vision by Superintendent Beech went
into effect to-day.
Peter w. Reilly, clerk at D. B. Will
sons, left for Geneva, Ohio, Yesterday,
having received word that his father
had been killed by a fall of ore, while
working in a mine.
Many foreigners have arrived in town
during the past few days. They are
mostly Italians and Scandinavians. A
family Of eleven Italians arrived this
morning.
last night and elected the following
officers: Chairman, James A. Hynss;
secretary, John s. Neagle; treasurer,
Edward Williams.
The Lyra Singing society gave a mas
querade sociable in their hall last even
ing. In the grand march were fifty
couples headed by A. w. Diva and
Miss Clara Ziegler.
Thomas Luddy and James Morris are
the delegates elected by Court Hancock,
A. o. F. of A., to the grand court con-
vention. The alternates are NJ. P.
Kenny and Thomas Conley.
Alfred Hart, the eleven-year -old son
of Jay II. Hart, had his foot caught and
badly sprained in the machinery of a
well digging apparatus, yesterday.
Three months ago the boys leg was
broken.
Barcelona council, K. of c., will meet
tomorrow evening. Business of i'm
portance is to be transacted and the
first and second degrees will be worked.
Every member is requested to be
present.
Seventy-five couples attended the
masquerade sociable given by Haw-
thorn lodge, Sons of st George, last
evening, in the G. A. R. hall. The
grand march was led by John Mccarthy
and Miss Horn. ,-.
An Ansonia man named James Fallon
refused to pay his fare on the Nauga-
tuck railroad yesterday morning, and
upon his arrival at Winsted was taken
before Justice Rankin and fined $50.
he was taken to Litchfield Jail in the
afternoon.
East Main street from Exchange
Place to Cherry street, presented a very
~
having been thoroughly swept. Street
Inspector Wright intends to have the
paved streets cleaned properly now that
spring is approaching.
David R. Williams, a colored man,
who was wanted IN New Haven for
stealing an overcoat, WAS arrested in
this city yesterday afternoon, by Officer
j. BrIckel. He was taken to New
Haven this morning, but strongly pro-
tested his innocence.
Thomas Higgins, a peddler, who had
just came to town, was charged with
'ntoxication in the, police court this
morning. Judgment was suspended
Henry Pagan, aged 16, charged with as
saulting his brother and mother. was
fined 81 and costs and will go to the
town house If the fine be not paid.
The wheel of one of A. /. and G. 8.
| oLhSAO AdI BO TRUCK teams sank to the
hub in the soft earth on State street this
morning. The place mad not been
properly filled in after n break in the
water main was repaired. 1t required
the united efforts of two or three men
and two horses to bring the wheel back
to the road way.
1t is reported that Attorney Williams.
of Birmingham, has been retained as
counsel in suit for damages to be
brought against the railroad company
by. A. j. Miles, who was SO seriously
injured at Seymour ON Monday.
tuck road, has looked over the s5ot
where the accident occurred,
What was announced as a rumor yes
terday seems an assured fact this morn
ing-that G. s. Mellen, traffic manager
of the Union Pacific road. is to become
general manager of the New York
q New England. He has rendered his
resignation at Omaha, and his friends
expect his assumption of his new duties
here very shortly. Mr. Mellen is about
40 years of age, and has spent all his &C
tive life in railroad work.
Collector of Customs Bailey received
notice from the treasury department
yesterday that it had been decided best
not to appeal the case in which Charles
$3,277.60 from the government here
for excess Of duties collected on
Sumatra wrappers, imported by Mr.
Sooy. Similar cases, involving many
thousands OF dollars, were pending IN
New York and elsewhere, and this news
from Washington seems to show that
the government has accepted Judge
ShIpman's construction of the law and
will settle the others without trial.
Before the consolidation of the New
York, New Haven and the Naupatuck
railroad the latter did all of their own
repairing at their shops in Bridgeport.
damaged it must go to New Haven for
repairs, no matter how trivial. This
necessitates considerable trouble as
extra cars and engines must be sent on
from the above place. Superintendent
OF signal towers, H. d. Beach, formerly
superintendent of motive power, has n
small corner of what remains Of the