Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-08
CITY NEWS.

gam uay sale VIII pc continued until Friday.
 F. B. Rice to-day sold to F. A. Spen- cer the Darlington property on Church street.
 Dr Anderson, who assisted Dr Axtelle during Dr Norths absence in Europe a year ago, is now practicing in Chicago.
 The annual concert and ball of the Burns club will be held in the audi torium on January 25.
 An axle on one of the Adams Express Co.'S wagons broke, near the corner of Union and South Main streets, to-day.
 The Fl Dorado Pleasure club will give a masquerade ball at City hall on Thurs day evening, January 5.
 The funeral of Claus Erickson took place at p. m. to-day from Mulville's undertaking parlor to Pine Grove ceme- tery, Rev 0. Pike officiating. An officer from Stamford is in town to-day looking up some goods that were shipped from that place to some Italians here, and re-shipped to New York. John w. Eaton, aged AS years, died at midnight last night at his home on Cole street. The remains will be taken to Ansonia tomorrow for burial.
 In New Britain yesterday William Jackson of this city was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail, for drunkenness.
 It is said that Hon George M. Wood ruff, so long at the head of the Connec- ticut railroad board, will retire from services at the end of his present term. What is nicer or more useful than a handsome pair of slippers for Christ mas present for a gentleman or lady. Finn has large stock to select from. The new midnight trains over the New England road, between New York 6 Boston, have proved a success Every night Waterbury sends out pas sengers on each train.
 Joseph E. Martin has been appointed superintendent of the Shepaug, Litch- | field & Norwalk railroad, the appoint ment to date from the first of December. MT Martin has long experience as a rail road man.
 The Mandolin orchestra of this city will furnish the music for the press banquet in New Haven Saturday even ing. Charles T. ,Grillev, who has been attending the Boston School of Elocu- tion, will make his debut on that even- ing at the banquet.
 Matthew Bergen, aged 46, died at 6 o'clock this morning at the residence of his brother, William J. Bergen, 30 Ber- gen street, after a lingering illness The funeral will take place at S:3C o'clock Saturday morning to the church of the, Immaculate Conception.
 The autopsy on the body of Spencer Dikeman, who died late yesterday after, noon, showed that death resulted from structure of the urinary organs. The funeral will take place from the late residence of the deceased on Maple street tomorrow morning. Burial will be in New Haven.
 The milk dealers are agitatinp tho question of compelling all who sell mill to take out license. According to the city ordinance only those who sell ove fifteen quarts are obliged to take out license, the cost of which is S1. Tn dealers say if the license" fee wer higher and all placed on the same level the result would be the sale of only tn purest milk.
 A petition signed by twenty-five O the residents of Simonsville was sent t the selectmen this afternoon, askin that a town meeting he called to re consider the action of the meeting hel on November 21, in relation to the lay out of Chapel street. They assert tha it is an unnecessary expenditure C money. The selectmen have not ye taken action on the matter. Q The six Connecticut democrat 8 electors of president and vice-presider of the United States met yesterday { F the capitol in Hartford, and adjourne f to Monday, January 9. This was don to comply with the state laSv. which r, Iquires them to meet on the Wednesda after the first Monday in Decembel while the United States law require them to meet on the second Monday January following their election.
 William Drout, the nine-vear-old so of Theophilus Drout, of New Britain who lives at 471 Myrtle street, stole r short ride on the west-bound freigI train on the New England road, wh1c left at 11.50 yesterday morning. Tn train was moving very slowly when l. Iclambered into the car, but when | tried to jump off it was moving muc
 more rapidly, and the boy fell undt the wheels and had both legs manglet
 He will die.
 During the holiday season hundreds (
 packages are received and sent throug
 the post office. Very frequently son
 of the bundles and packages are ins
 curely tied and some are not fully aC
 dressed; as result many of them do nt
 reach the party for whom they were il
 tended until long after the holiday se
 s'n. Packages carel, 'ly tied are apt
 open in transit and as result son
 times the address is lost. It wou
 greatly facilitate the work at the loc
 office if parties sending packages wou
 see that they are properly tied. ar
 above all see that the address is COT
 plete.
 Chairman Tierney called the cent IS district committee to order last evenin
 all the members being present. 1T
 bills for November were ordered pal S also the pay roll for December, subje " to the approval of the chairman al
 clerk. This action with regard to u
 December pay roll was taken tn
 teachers and janitors may be able
 draw their salaries for the month befo | Christmas. The several recommend 'A tions of the board of education we
 approved and the chairman and tres
 urer authorized to make a tempora
 loan of $15,000 in anticipation of t t. taxes already laid. Miss Mary Flo -I janitress of Sperry street school, SC L. her resignation to the committee, and