Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-05-12


Paw your water rent this week or Eve
per cent will be added to the bill.
There are advertised letters at the
postoffice for Mrs Jane Jilks and Mrs III.
Furniss.
If you have any flour or sugar barrels
for sale drop postal card to M. Healey, |
4 River street.
Very Rev Doctor Mcdonald of SITS |
Peter and Paul church, Brooklyn, N. X,
is visiting the Rev Father Mulcahy.
Chris Strobel, Frank Butler, DIR Bland |
and Frank Rametti leave tonight for
Danbury where they will be initiated in
the lodge Of Elks.
The funeral of Frank Healey, of IA
East Liberty street, will take place to
st Patrick's church at $3.50 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
A son of Abner G. White, a milkman
from Middlebury, Idrove his horse into
Peter Kelly's stable to-day, where the
animal died in a few minutes.
Selectman Pinney took M. J. Brzez-
inski to the almshouse this afternoon to
see if he could find out who an insane
patient is who cannot understand
English and is evidently Polander.
A freight train on the New England
road was derailed near Danbury this
morning by the dropping of a draw bar.
Eight cars left the rails and travel was
delayed for several hours.
The contract for. the Waterbury Brass
company's new mill has been awarded to
John W. Gaffney & Co. Mr. Gaffney
commenced laying the brick of the new
wire mill to-day and expects to have the
work completed by June Is.
Barney Branigan, teamster for Calf
ney & Co, while hauling brick for Smith
& Griggs to-day, slipped and fell under
the wheel of his wagon, which passed
over both legs. The left leg was cut
quite badly. DIR Benedict dressed the
wound.
gOn and after Monday May % special
duplex transfer tickets will be issued by
the Horse Railroad Co, which will be
taken for a regular fare and transfer.
These tickets can be purchased at the
office of the company only. After that
date no transfer checks will be given
out by conductors.
The contracte for the new aImshouse
were signed by both contractors and the
selectmen last night and the bonds of
the contractors, $15, 900 each, were filed.
Contractor Thompson will begin work
Monday next. The contracts call for
completion of the building, ready for
occupancy, by April i, 1893.
When the train bearing the Connecti-
cut delegates to the Hibernian conven-
ton at New Orleans, arrived at Roa-
noke, Va, on Sunday morning, the men,
bers of the Norwich colony were as
sembled at the station and the delegates
were given a rousing cheer. The travel
ers were surprised to see so many Con-
necticut people in old Virginia.
Postoffice Inspector Pendleton of the
/ Nnu ENGLAND 6iuicinn from PncfnT1
was in Waterbury o-day looking up the
matter of furnishing the local office
with more light. At present the appro.
priation is not sufficient to pay for light
ing the Office properly and it is probable
that the inspector will recommend an
additional appropriation to put in an
electric light system.
Margaret, wife of ex-Postmaster John
w. Hill, aged Al, passed quietly away
about o'clock this morning at hel
home on Field street. Mrs Hill has suf
fered for years from chronic Bright's
disease. She leaves, besides her hus
band, a married daughter, Mrs Howell
Of Pottsville, Pa, and younger daugh.
ter, Miss Margaret Hill. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been made.
John J. Mcdonald of this city was
elected high chief ranger of the Grand
Court of Foresters, at Middletown this
afternoon. The Waterbury delegates
will arrive home at 8 o'clock tonight
and it is probable that they will be giver
a rousing reception. Other officers
elected were Grand sub chief ranger
James A. Smith of Ansonia; granC
treasurer, David Dickinson of Meriden
grand secretary, George G. Randall Of
Rockville.
Patrick Reardon is under arrest il
New Haven for the theft of between
$500 and $500 worth of copper from
Wallace & Son of Ansonia. 1t was hi
habit to steal the copper from their yarC
in the night time and dispose of 1t to G
w. Ives and Donovan Bros, junl
dealers in New Haven. Reardon repre-
sented to them that he made business
of gathering refuse copper and selling
it. Pure copper is very valuable, being
worth 12 cents pound by the million
pounds. A single bar, four feet long
which Reardon stole is worth sci. Rear
don lived in Waterbury for some time
coming from Worcester, Mass. Riordar
was found guilty upon six charges this
morning and sentences aggregatine
about two years in Jail were imposed.