Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-07-01
CITY NEWS,

Pleasant street this evening.
George Doherty, a nephew of Post
master DohertY, has been appointed to
in the postoffice.
Attorney John F. Holohan will have
an office with D. F. Webster. Attorney |
Brett will have an Office with @. A. Col |
ley. i
last night at her home in Middlebury.
The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon.
The picnic of the Young Mems Fourth
Ward Democratic club, announced for
to day, has been postponed on account
of the rain. 1t will probably be held on
Friday, July %.
John w. Gaffney & Co are building
an addition to the Benedict & Burnham
copper wire mill, sixty by one hundred
feet, which will be used for boiler and
engine house and store room.
Martin Bergin has complete line of
fireworks at the lowest prices in town,
he says. Call and see the novelties and
you will be surprised at the quantity
you can buy for dollar.
Sergeant Devlin, who formerly con-
Quoted the recruiting station in this
city, and later at Hartford, has been de-
tailed to do duty in New Haven, the
Hartford office having been abandoned.
Several of the regular freight trains
on the Naugatuck division will not run
on Monday; and no perishable freight
will be received on Saturday which can
not be forwarded to its destination on
that day.
The following parties have gone to
Pine Orchard for their vacation. Homer
F. Bassett and family, S. p. Williams
g., Charles orI CoNrnn
and families, and Frank L. Smith and
family.
AdoIph Falbisaner, reporter of the
German Herald, is canvssSing Water
bury and vicinity for subscriptions and
advertisements for his paper. Mr. Fal-
bisaner has already secured handsome
list of subscribers in Waterbury, Maui
gatuck, Union City and Thomaston.
Many of the factories have closed for
the usual Fourth of July holidays. SEQ
Wills and Plume & Atwood's closed last
night, the former to resume work We'd
nesday morning and the latter on Tues
day morning. The Waterbury Clock
company will close this evening for
eleven days.
The board of compensation met in the
police court room last evening and gave
hearing to several property owners on
Meadow street and of awarding dam
ages for the widening of South Elm
street, between Scovill and Union streets.
The latter hearing nearly ended in a
riot, personal abuse beng INDUCED in.
The passenger brakeman on the New
England road swelter on warm days in
their new uniforms and don't like it
very well. The coat is double breasted
sack of quite heavy material AS the
rule prescribes that it must be worn
over vest and be kept buttoned all the
time, it will be readily seen that the rig
would be uncomfortable on a hot day.
| The new caps are of dark blue, neatly
shaped and have two gold bands. The
plate in the front is quite ornamental.
An injunction was issued by Judge
Robinson at New Haven yesterday to
restrain Comptroller Staub from regis
tering bonds of the Springfield and
Providence road to the amount of
$3.50, 900. 1t is a protest of certain New
England road stockholders against Civ
ing the bonds market value by regis.
tering them. Secretary James w. Per.
kins of the Providence company asked
the comptroller to register the bonds
last Monday, saying that the New Eng
land road had guaranteed them. The
comptroller refused them because in
functions have been issued in Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island against sncl
Registration.
At the meeting of the Odd Fellows
held last evening the Odd Fellows Hal
association was formally organized ant
the following board of directors chosen
IG. Ii. Cowell, l.. l. Munson, L. d
Steele, ID. f. Webster, j. H. Hart, w
NJ. Cottle, 7. D. Barlow, II. w. French
II. 7. Stedman, d. b. Wilson, j. Fl
Guernsey, G. f. Hall, j. w. Smith, G
NJ. Plat, f. w. Tate, g. H. Bronson, F
G. Humphrey, q. II. Hart, H. w. Lake
B. l.. Coe, John Blair, B. G.. Bryan, G
NJ. Chapman, A. II. Osborne. TIL
board of directors elected the followin,
officers President, George II. Cowell
vice-president, John Blair; secretary, C
II. Bronson; treasurer, III. T. Stedman
Over sci 900 of the $4,000 stock is al
, reody subscribed.
Patrick Kiely, who was arrested tn
day before yesterday and fined $40 an,
costs, was before the court again thi
morning. He was fined $50 and cost
for drunkenness. Timothy Healey TO
drunkenness had his bonds called thi
} morning. Yesterday afternoon
drunken man made himself obxoxiou
= to people in the vicinity of West Cha
street by exposing his person. Fou
little girls with their mothers were i
court this morning to testify agains
him. He was brought to the station b
Officer Kennaugh, where he gave hi
= name as James Martin. He was give
ten days in Jail with costs on each c
two complaints for exposure of person
and fined 81 and costs for drunken
ness.
The Burns club picnic and games t.
r morrow, at the West End grounds, wi
furnish amusement for a large Grove
The program of sports is a long one an
n many noted athletes will compete. !
special feature will be a football gam
between teams from Torrington an
Waterbury, composed as follow.
Torrington--Goal,B agrie; backs, Kelly
Cameron; half backs, Sullivan, Walker
A. Bagrie; forwards, d. Cameron
Carey, Bell, Pettigrew, Slater; umpir,
Constable. Waterburys-Goal,T Tempt,
ton; backs, Mackle, Morton; half back
Robertson, r. Mackie, Swan; forward
Reed, Wallace, Kennedy, McNab, Tol
ping; umpire, McKerracher; referet
. Edwards.
Portion of the uniform to be worn b
Captain B. G. Lynn, in his sword col