Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-09
CITY NEWS.

Jean Jacques and Chris Strobel leave
to-day for visit to Portland, Maine.
The foundation for the new aims
house is nearing completion.
A daughter was born last evening to
Mr. and Mr. Timothy Lane, So River
street.
Mr. and Mrs John Somerville of Clay
street are proud parents of a twelve
pound boy.
Mrs Thomas Darling, 1874 Baldwin
street, is reported very sick, being
threatened with peritonitIs.
One hundred and three Waterbury
people took in the New England roads
excursion to New York this morning.
Mrs Isabella D. Pelham, wife of
George l.. Pelham, ex-manager of the
local store of Shoninger & Co, died at
Bridgeport yesterday, aged "a years.
A meeting of the candidates for places
in the Y. NJ. G. A. athletic team will be
held tonight, at Z o'clock, when a short
run will be taken.
No water can be pumped into the res
ervoir for the next three or four days on
| account of an accident to the machinery
| at the pumping station.
The fourteenth annual funniest of the
Connecticut Turner's will be held at
Union grove, Hartford, July IS, II, 10
! and 10.
A. G. Dodds of Chicago is visiting his
brother, Sergeant of Police Dodds. Mr.
Dodds is superintendent of the home of
industry in Chicago and has not been in
this city before in fifteen years.
School Clerk Thomas J. Moran left
for the Adirondacks to-day for a vaca-
ton of several weeks. He goes in
search of health, having been ordered to
take some change of air.
Lieut. w. II. Bowen of the regular
army, who has recently been appointed
inspecting officer of the Connecticut
militia, will make his headquarters in
New Haven, at the recruiting station.
Chairman Hynes of the democratic
town committee says that the banner
ordered IS nearly ready and arrange
ments are under way for an early rally,
at which the banner will be raised.
Yesterday General Treasurer Daniel
Colwell of the knights of Columbus
paid 81 900 death benefits to the heirs
or Frank E. Craig, New Haven; Thomas
Killen, Hartford; M. J. Fitzgerald, Wa
terbury; Edward Benson, Bristol.
Interest on the state bonds of the issue
of 1897, the last 100000 of which was
called in few weeks ago, has ceased,
anu tllS JULIUS III DS CdSn9u as soon as
they are presented at the treasurer's
office.
Comptroller Staub has drawn an order
on the treasurer, paying to the soldiers
hospital board 100000. This amount
represents all the arrearages accumulat-
ing since the ''late unpleasantness" be-
gan.
Judge Cowell says that the announce
ment that the Oddfellows home com
mittee had purchased the property
known as "Fairview," in Groton, is
premature. The committee has an
option on the property; that is all.
On Friday, July IS, the New
York & New England railroad will give
one of their popular excursions to Bos-
ton. The excursion tickets will include
trip to Nantasket Beach or Nahant,
and will be sold for the low price of
S1.75 for the round trip.
Quite stir has been created among
the employees of the Watch company by
the introduction of a new system OF
of the help. Hereafter names will be
dropped and the employees will be
known by their number.
Superintendent Pond of the Meriden.
Waterbury & Connecticut River road
is arranging for an excursion over that
road to New York for July %. The trim
will be run over the New England road
from Waterbury and the New York
Northern down to High Bridge.
| Comptroller Staub yesterday regis.
tered the $750,O0O of bonds issued by the
Providence & Springfield railroad which
are guaranteed by the New York & New
England railroad. This is the issue OF
bonds regarding which Judge Robinson
L of the CIlnprinr
an injunction, and on July 4 removed
| it.
The twenty-fifth annual reunion OF
the Connection Cavalry a ISOLATION will
be held in this city on August II. The
headquarters of the association will be
at q. A. II. hall. The committee of ar.
rangements consists of John l.. SAKE,
George Egan, Frederick A. Spencer
William T. Cook and Emil G. Marg.
graft.
The eighteenth anniversary of the or.
ganization of Court Fruitful Vine, A.
o. F., was enjoyably celebrated last
evening. Addresses were made by
Chief Ranger James Cliff of Court
Abraham Lincoln, which court partici.
pated IN the celebration; by Chief Ran.
ger Charles Mitchell, of Court Fruitful
Vine; David Stein and Charles Thatcher.
Music, singing, recitations and refresh.
ments made up the programme.
The general committee of arrangements
for the annual parade of the firemen,
consisting of three members of each
fire company, has appointed the sub.
committees as follows: ADJUSTMENTS
John II. Loughlin, j. E. French, Frank
Welton, James Morris, William Latin,
Daniel Hackett, Henry Heitman; re.
freshments, B. F. Burns, John II,
Loughlin, w. H. Wright; music, viii.
liam Latin, Robert Wolff, w. H. De.
laney; printing, j. E. French, w. T,
Ovlatt, w. E. Bannon.
At the meeting of the Young Mems
Catholic Literary association held last
evening it was voted to celebrate the
twenty anniversary of the associa.
tisn, which occurs on August IS. The
celebration will be on the evening of the
10TH. The following committee was
appointed to make the arrangements:
James NJ. Lynch, P. J. Mcmahon, T. F.
tinnegan, w. G. Keenan, and John II,
Moran. When the society was organ