Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-24
CTTY NEWS.

and A in the aKmory this evening.
 James Gaunt, formerly of this city, | died in TorrinRton on Saturday, aged | 78, He was the father of James F., Arthur and Fred Gaunt of this city.
 Colonel Doherty is in New Haven to- | day inspecting the maneuvers of Com | panies c and D, who are holding their | annual field day.
 John Somerville had his hand badly gashed by knife, in the works of the American Mills Go, yesterday afternoon. Dr Frost dressed the wound.
 GA Plain Man" will be very interest ing and you had better secure an intro duction through the columns of the DEMOCRAT.
 David Fl. Smith, the New England brakeman who was taken to the Hart ford hospital Saturday evening, re- night.
 Property owners should bear in mind that only one week is left m which to pay their taxes and save percentage. Next Monday the usual percentage will be added. r
 T. ID. Barlow, the new alderman of the second ward, will be sworn in at the next meeting of the board. He re- ceived all of the 290 votes cast in yesterS days special election.
 Eugene Sullivan, of No 29 North Elm street, had the top of the index finger of the left hand taken of by a power press at Matthews 6 WilIiard's this morning. Dr North dressed the wound.
 Thomas Lillis and Miss Mary Devine were married in the church of the Im- o'clock by the Rev J. A. Mulcahy. Miss Margaret Devine, sister of the bride, and Frank Logue, were the best couple.
 Dr J. F. Hayes, assistant surgeon on the staff of Colonel Donoghue of the Hi bernian Rifles, is attending meeting of the staff officers in Hartford to-day, held for the purpose of making further pre- Iparations for the parade on June 15, at Bridgeport.
 Patrick Fl. Reilly was the only pris- oner in the police court this morning. He came down from the aims house yes terday and imbibed too much and last night created a disturbance on South Main street by shouting and cursing. He was sent back to the aims house for 30 days.
 The final arrangements for the tug-of- war team tournament to take place al the picnic of Co B, Hibernian rifles, on circus day, will be made tonight, when tho representatives of all teams wishing to take part should meet the commit. tee. An outside bet of $25 side has already been made between the Abri gador Athletic club and Soovill shoI teams.
 The funeral of Joseph, aged three years and six months, son of Frank Rousseau, 42 School street, who died yesterday, took place this morning al VE NNTnn InRIEr1 IsnG hot IL, child had died from the effects ot cigarette poisoning. Dr La Fontaine who attended the child, stated that thii ] was not the case, but that death, whicl 2 was sudden, was caused by meniHgiti and convulsions.
 Charles Leonard of 752 North Mai1 street, 8 veteran and member of Wad hams Post, G. A. R. died at his resi- , dence last evening at 8 o'clock. The de ceased has suffered for about six year with chronic cystitis. The funeral vii take place at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow iron St PauIs church. The interment vii be at Mill plain. The Wadhams post, G A. R., will hold special meeting thi evening to make arrangements to at tend the funeral.
 The government has awarded a larg contract to the Morgan Envelope com pany of Springfield for 24, ,000, ,00O doubl postal cards, new device which ha
 long been considered by the postoffic . department. The card will be 53x3
 inches, and will be folded in the middle
 presenting four surfaces. The outsid
 surface is for the address and the insid for the message. At the fold the card i perforated so that the recipient will tea
 off one half and then answer on tn other.
 | Gl--
 engineers from the New England roa,
 are to be hired by the Consolidated roa, !, for the purpose of barring the promotion > of the firemen, was denied by Presiden y Futile yesterday afternoon. The stor, 3 was to the effect that eleven of the NeI
 England engineers would begin worI
 for the Consoli1ated road in a few day
 and that this move was planned as sort of punishment of the Consolidate k road fiIemen who had taken part in tn q recent labor troubles. Mir Futile sai = there was not Q word of truth il @ the story. No New England engineer ]. had been hired and none were to be em lployed.
 The Connecticut Library association will hold it's next meeting in tn
 Beardsley library, West Winsted, O
 Monday, May 30, at 10:3O a. m. Tn !, programme includes ''The Library an the Business Man," by Forrest Morga
 of Hartford; stEarly Libraries in LitcL
 field County" by, H. F. Bassett, ibrs
 rian of the Bronson library of this city
 a report of the recent conference of th l American Library association at Lake
 wood and Washington, by Miss Eliza S
 Talcott of the Hartford Library associs
 tion; and a discussion on the bes
 methods for small libraries to use ' charging and registering books. Y The election for a major of tn
 Second regiment takes place to-morro1 ], in New Haven. At the present writin 'l ext Captain Callahan of Go 0 seems {
 be the favorite. He will have tn
 Unanimous support of the Waterbur
 officers and it is reported that New Fl,