Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-29
CITY NEWS.

NnuTCh ana SDn AcIt tN-t1AS Nb NAHAk AAo | Worlds fair.
 Acme Dramatic club tonight at the Acme !, rOoms. Every member is requested to be present. Patents were issued this week to Water bury inventors as follows: J. F. Platt, button; A. J. Wolff, case for hypodermic syIinges.
 Judge Hall of the superior court to-day refused to grant divorce to Joseph Rob erts from Winnie Roberts. The charge of deseruon was not proven.
 Todays storm was ushered in by thunder and lightning at , o'clock this morning. There was peculiar light in the sky and the rainfall was cold and heavy
 An addition is to be made to the local medical fraternity, in the person of Dr Gill of Waterbury, who is to locate on West Main street.-Meriden Record.
 The Jeffersons will go to Torrington to- morrow to cross bats with the T. A. B. nine of that place. Burns and Brennan will be the battery for the Jeffersons
 The wedding of Miss Grace Crosby to George H. Tracy took place at the home of the bride last evening. The happy couple left for two weeks trip to the Worlds fair
 Visitors to the Worlds fair will be wise if they take heavy wraps and coats. Good authorities say that, after o'clock each afternoon. the temperature falls very fast 1 in Jackson Park.
 i Emil Bengtson. aged five months. son of Albert BenStson of g Johnson avenue. died l this morning The funeral will take place | at ? o'clock to-morruw afternoon to River 1 side cemetery.
 George H. Sheehan, of the firm of Shec han X Maloney, yesterday received his ] commission from Governor Morris as a notaay public. MT Sheehan will go tn l New Haven o-morrow and take the oath ot ottirr.
 Matthew Shanahan, who was released 1 from New Haven jail yesterday on a writ of haheaS corpus will not bring suit against Justice Lowe. who committed him without jurisdiction. He knows when he ] iS well nff,
 | I. II kamak. who has been Tn poor health l for some time. k making preparations to Sn la Lower California. where he will spend the winter. The Boston ninety nine cent store will be conducted as for merly by Mrs kamak.
 Daniel Campbell. for drunkenness. was | fined Sl and costs this morning Lewis Ruber. an Italian, was charged with appro- priating $500 belonging to fellow coun- | tryman He had his case adjourned until to-morrow. He Says he has paid hack $50 i of the money and vii! pay the rest If the case can be settled.
 Morris. the south Main street clothier. has already made many friends in Water bury. He k q man of progressive ideas and will be a thorough Wnterburian di- rrctly. aS he likes the hustling spirit of the people. MT Morris k an oPumiSt and predicts unusually prosperous times in the near future, when the reaction that k sure to come sets in.
 The fnneral of Frank Ryan will take | place at S:3U tO-mOrrpw morning from the family residence l5 Emerald street, with services at the Immaculate Conception church The pallbearers appointed from the societies are requested to meet at Null neral
 The annual report of the New York. New Haven ,S Hartford Railroad Co. ap- peared to-day in pamphlet form. President Clark reports earnings from July l. 1892. tr June 30. 1893 as follows: From pas senger stations S9, S07, ,545,l7: freight, SS.- lIJ. 524 10; rents. SlO. .+04. .Sl; total earn ings. SlSlI3. .474.3S; less operating ex- penses of 2,405. .934.3S.
 An alarm of fire was rung in from box Is, corner of East Main and Cherry streets ct 245 this afternoon. The departmrnt dashed of through muddy streets on a uSC- less errand. A few rags had caught fire ln the cellar of Il house at the corner rt Cherry and High streets. and the people in the house had the blaze cNtinguished when the department arrived.
 The board of education have decided tu change the vote recently passed and let the teachers who are at Long Hill school rr- main. Miss Irnni, NJ. Dudley will he transferred from Bank street tN the r'onl ru-mtrly occupied hN Miss Pivrpunt i'll tn, Elm street schrol; Mrs A. (. Ellis tH Mis- Dudl,v's room: Miss Mary \. Cullum tu Miss Ellis rrum. and Mis- Rn~c McpUu- ald tn Miss Cullum'S room III the Wvlt"u street school
 The New York stat, railroad ,,olumi>>ion has granted permission for the cnustruc tlon of the New York New England X
 Northern r,lilruad from Lrsy,rtS Point, uI the Harlem river. to Brewsters, distance of tifty-two miles. there tn connect witf the New York X New England rnlruad President \. A. Mcleod of the latter roat k the prime mover in this new enterprise
 by which it k proposed to have new through line between New York ant
 Boston.
 Eighty members nf the Putnam Phalan, of Hartfold came to Waterbury this morn ] HE ny NtFNitl ltlH. llIlNlLE itlt Il " o'clock for their annual field day
 Owing Ia the storm. rifle rnctir,
 Was held in the armory instead of nt th' rife range. This afternoon thcrr WAS
 short street parade "f the PhalanN. th
 veteran aSsocIation of Chattitld guard an, Conn anit G and A. This WAS follnwe,
 by banquet. The visitors will leave fo 1 hom' by special train about o'clock la l. night.
 q The ease of Conlon Brothers nf this city s charged with violating the law passed h, s the last legislature with regard [" itinrran
 dealers. Was heard in the superior cuur in Haddam yesterday before Judge Hall + They We're charged with violating the lay
 by selling gnoiS in their Midlletowl
 branch sore. without license. Tn
 lower court decided that the. law had heel
 violated and an appeal was taken. Tn IF decision of the lower court was sustlinet . by Judge Hall. The outcome of this cas ' was watched with considerable interest h
 merchants throughout the state. Unde
 the decision merchants may not open o branch store in a town unless with the in D tention of permanently locating there
 without a license.
 Charged With Burglary and Arson.
 WILIINANTIC. Sept 29. Miss Mary E
 Jenner, of Scotland. Conn k still at tn
 Windham county jail. awaiGng trial ol the charge of burglary and arson. Ther 2 seems tn be no doubt in the minds nf tn a prosecuting officials that the bright youn f woman is guilty of burgiarizing and Settin
 fire to the house of Miss Mary F.. Geer ol September :. When the burglary wa 2 committed it created considemh, g excitement. but the affair remained mys tery. The way in which Miss Jenner wa found to be the criminal is unique. Deput, Sheriff Clark. for some reason which h.