Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-26
CIyrY NEWS.


 The Rev Father Murphy Is away on a few days vacation.
 Letter Carrier Tomlinson now uses a I bicycle on his collection rounds.
 The Rev Father White of Amsterdam. N. Y., is visiting hls home in this city. Miss Nellie T. Hanley of Northamp- \ ton, Mass, is visiting J. J. Mcdonald and ! family.s The Rev Father Mulcahy left for New York this morning, where he will spend | several days. Rev Father Lancaster's condition was reported vory low by the attending phy- sician, this afternoon. Mark Reilly, who has been spending few days at his home here, left this morning for New York. .r Miss Ellen Kenny of HoIyoke, Mass, is visiting the family of J. F. Devine, on Round Hill street. Connors, on East Main street, is the latest to put in "ticker,". and all sport ing news will be bulletined. The seats for the green have been re- moved from their winter quarters and are receiving coat of red paint.
 Another car load of Brussels carpet ottomans have arrived at Phelan's tea store and are going rapidly.
 Dr Bland has broken ground in the rear of the opera house for the erection of handsome two tenement dwelling.
 The final board of the Knights of Columbus met in New Haven yesterday and passed upon a number of applica- tions for admission to the order. M. H. Russell of Cherry street, assist ant superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, has had change for the worse, and is in a critical condition.
 William Easby. jr, assistant in the city engineers office, was married in Media, Pa, last week. He arrived in Waterbury with his bride yesterday.
 The police force was pretty well frightened up to-day, nine of it's menI- bers having to attend the superior court which oponed in New Haven this morn- ing.
 There was a brilliant display of aurora borealis at intervals during last evening. At midnight the aurora changed from colored to an intensely white light of great brilliancy.
 William Barry, who had several toes amputated yesterday, because of a heavy wheel falling on his left foot at the works of the Farrell Foundry & Machine Go, was removed from his residence at 36 Scovill street to the aims house to-day.
 The committee on teachers examina- tions held session yesterday afternoon and examined the papers of many of the applicants for teachers certificates. They adjourned to meet again on We'd needay afternoon.
 Officer Moore and Ed Belden, clerk in ) the selectman's office, took Joe Nor throp, a colored man, residing on the corner of Cedar and Livery streets, to the almshouse last night. He will be { confined in the insane ward.
 Architect Jackson is preparing plans for a gate house for the new Catholic cemetery, facing on the Cheshire road 7 The house will be of wood and will con tain eight rooms. It will be for the use of the sexton and his family.
 ==The general committee of the A. O. F, of A. ,are making extensive preparations to entertain those who labored for the l. success of their recent fair. There will [, be an entertainment, followed by 6 VI VI sociable, in G. A. R. hall to morrow evening.
 i,ee St Johns orphan asylum, of the of Sisters of Mercy, at Greenbush, N. Y. Id was destroyed by fire Sunday night The mother superior, Sister Antonia, ii daughter of Matthew White of Grove street. No one was injured. The los' was over $6O,O0O.
 4ho IOAIOWAuk uoCESC Wh5 ECuuCE0U DN Judge Bradstreet, in the district cour yesterday: George H. Cowel vs repre- sentatives and creditors of Robert Ban zigar, decree granted $1 ,575.S3 debt $50. .94 costs. Law day first Monday il May, 1899.
 - Alfred w. Cleland, pressman of thu New Haven Palladium, and formerly O the Waterbury Republican, had hi finger 80 badly crushed Sunday morning NkIn ,k ,Ank,1 |, necessary. It is thought today, how ever, that it can be saved.
 Engineer Mitchell, who was injured in the recent accident on the New Eng 4 land road, held his own yesterday which is a favorable symptom. 1t ii not known just how extensive the gan | grene is, but it is not as bad as has beer reported. Though slightly more com fortable yesterday, he is still in a criti cal condition.
 7 In Boston yesterday N. F. Goldsmith = filed bill in equity against the Nev England road, asking for an injunction to restrain payment of the B per cen semi annual dividend on the preferred stock payable May 2. The court issued of an order of notice returnable to-mor :, row. The preferred sold at 93 yesterday U. ex-dividend.
 Parties claiming to have inside in formation say that the Consolldate' N, road will not put on a Sunday morning N train from Winsted to New York 10 There is still another means of having days outing, however, for Waterbur, people. A train might be secured ove the Meriden, Waterbury & Connection River road to Cromwell, and the excur sion boat Sunnyside chartered to mak Sunday trips to points on the sound.
 J. H. McMahon and P. w. Wren O Bridgeport, both of whom are wei known in Waterbury, are leading mem bers of the Long Beach syndicate whic oi is te expend $10O, ,OO0 in improving tha summer resort. One of the most i'm portant features is the building out of pier 400 feet in length, which will ena ble excursion steamers to land passen gers at the resort. The building of thi