Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-07
CITY NE WS.

are spending two weeks vacation in Saratoga and the Catskill mountains.
 The Waterbury Mutual Benefit ssso- citation will meet this evening at eight | o'clock and every member is requested | to be present. The Brass City lodge of this city won the $25 gold prize for making the best | showing in the parade of colored Odd fellows at Bridgeport yesterday.
 There are advertised letters at the postoffice for Mrs Joseph Cotter, Mrs Kate Dillon. Emerson Griswold, Mrs Nellie Kyile, Michael Broderick, Madame Murray and Mrs Annie Wilcox.
 Thomas McEvoy of Railroad Hill street, the Misses Maggie Phelan and i Hannah Mccarthy, Michael Kipp and family, Miss Hamilton and Miss A. c. Twining left this afternoon on the Isa- bella express for Chicago.
 Real Estate Agent Schlegel to-day sold for George B. Lamb, superinten- dent at the works of the Farrell Foundry and Machine company, his property on State street, to Edward G. kilduff, | who, after making some improvements, will take up his residence in the place. | The forty hours devotion at St Aun's church closed at S:3O this morning with a high mass celebrated by the Rav | Father Rainville of Brockton, Mass. The exercises were very largely attended, over ,500 of the parishoners receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist. The pastor, Rev Father Bourret, is pleased with the devotion exhibited by the members of his flock.
 The state board of education held a meeting at the capitol yesterday and ap pointed state library committee of five lpersons. This committee is appointed to assist towns in establishing public libraries. The names ef the members of the committee will not be made pub lie until it IS known that they will accept.
 George H. Crane of Woodbury and Miss Lellia Wardell Munson, daughter of w. w. Munson of 100 Bishop street, were married at the First M. E. church at 6 o'clock last evening by the Rev w. Fl. Barton. Miss Mary Els was the bridesmaid, and the groomsman was stephen T. Crane. Mir and Mrs Crane left on the s o'clock train for Boston.
 George J. Funck of Bristol and Miss Nellie Agnes Parsons, youngest daugh ter of Mir and Mrs Charles N. Parsons of this city, were married by the Rev E. l. Rowland in St Johns church, at 6 o'clock last evening. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Frances A. Parsons and George,,N. Parsons, her brother, was LAo DSol 1uG DTlue wore ROWI : Of white satin, cut en train, with dutch D ess point lace trimmings and tulle veil J MT and Mrs Funck will reside in Bristol The company that advertised as ''Jay RiaPs Ideal Uncle Toms Cabin com Ipany" that played here Saturday after noon and evening was in Meriden Llbol ,. day, had to stay there until money wa T received from New York, and the mem bers left for the metropolis last night or the $50 train. Poor management i said to be the cause of the collapse, tn, , company starting from New York with out sufficient money to tide over ba( business. Waterbury and Meriden wer the only places visited.
 The regular meeting of the board o health was held yesterday afternoon Mayor Webster presiding. The bills O the month were approved. A hearing l. was given to William Benn, one of tn people quarantined on Charles stree last winter during the smallpox scare
 MT Benn wanted the city to pay tn
 undertaker's bill for the burial of
 child during the quarantine, the sexton bill and bill for carpets and bedding The board voted to pay the seXtOn'S bil for the digging of the grave, amountin '. to $1O, but would not accept the othe
 bills. Certain properties on Mill stree
 were ordered inspected. The genera health of the city is reported very good In the police court this morning th y only case to be heard was that of frau
 against L. c. Taylor. The old man who had seen two days of Waterbur ol jail confinement, was brought int 70 court in charge of Sheriff McDonald B. He did not appear at all daft, but take
 with vigor. He trembled and coul d scarcely hold paper in his hand as T. tried to explain his position, Horace I
 Moore and Nathan Merrill, who ar
 pushing the prosecution, decided not {
 have the case heard, but to allow the ol
 man to go on his own bond
 Taylor gave to the sheriff two docu
 ments as security. He claims he ha
 property in New Jersey and that he ha an income of $325 every three months He promises to straighten matters out given time. He left the court rooI
 with Messrs Moore and Merrill. wh
 seem to place some confidence in h
 story.
 While workmen were placing a 65 A pound stone ID position in the cellar VI the new building of the American Pi
 company at Waterville, about 3:}O ve l. terday afternoon, the guy rope broE to and the derrick fell with a crash. tf " mast pinning Angelo Gsiarro, an Italia
 laborer, to the ground. He was dea
 when the derrick was removed fe minutes later. Medical Examiner A.
 telle made an investigation and gay m permission for the removal of the bod
 to the dead mans late home, 43 BroC street. The post mortem examinatiC J. revealed a fracture at the base of u
 skull, while the left leg was broken
 three places. No cause can be given f.
 the breaking of the rope. It was appa . ently sound and had, on previous occ
 sions, supported twice the weight und
 which it gave way. Gsiarro was
 years of age and leaves a wife and thr
 small children. He had been in u
 employ of A. I. 6 G. s. Chatfield f
 several years and was a sober and indu
 trious man.
 The road and sewer boards held tho
 regular monthly meetings last nigl
 Mayor Webster presiding. The proper
 owners on one side of South Riversi
 street were present and objected to t petition for grade and sidewalks. T board voted to visit the locality at
 next outing. John c. Thompson, fol
 man at the stone crushing plant at u
 Cheshire notch, presented hIs report