Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-18
CITY NEWS.

closed all DAY yesterday because OF the
cold, the heating apparatus being out of
order.
The passenger trains on the New Eng
land road were delayed last evening,
owing to the derailment of an engine at
Bristol.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Fenton gave a
pleasant whist party at their home on
Scovill street last night. The winners
were much pleased with the prizes they
captured.
Keeper Moran of the aims house to-
day took James Grennan, 25 years of
age, to the aims house suffering with
frozen feet. Grennan resided at 10S
North Elm street and for several days
has been cutting ice for the City Ice Co
The board of education will hold a
meeting in the High school building at
o'clock Friday afternoon. At 2:30, in
the same place, meeting of the
teachers of the center school district
will be held, when addresses will be
made by the different school visitors.
Twenty couples, headed by "Sig"
Klobedanz, stormed the house of Miss
night. The young lady was agreeably
surprised and the party enjoyed them.
selves IN dancing and a variety of
amusements until after midnight.
Horace johnson must be keeping
under cover these days. He predicted
general disturbance of the atmosphere
| from Sunday to Saturday of this week,
which would be great storm-a south
easter with rain and snow. Between
February IA and 10, johnson says, look
out for big snow storm.
The High and Elm street schools were
comfortably warm when school opened
this morning, and teachers and pupils
could not understand how such an
agreeable change had been brought
about, until it was learned that a man
had been kept on duty to attend to the
fires during the night.
The funeral of Mrs Joseph McEvoy
was largely attended from her late resi-
dence, 4S0 East Main street, this morn
ing. High mass was celebrated by Rev
Father Dineen at the church of the I'M
maculate Conception. The pallbearers
were: Michael Murphy. James Costello.
John Meara, Martin Cunningham,
James Farrell and Dennis Cooney.
Coroner Mix proposes on the first of
February to take trip south, to BE-
gone for few weeks, for a rest. For
the last two years he has taken no vaca-
ton from his duties, and at the present
time he feels in need of a cessation of
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a vacation. He will probably spend the
greater portion of the time he is away
in Florida.
Conductor Brigham's train on the
New York & New England road, which
leaves here at a. m reached Danbury
two hours late yesterday, 1t was
pushed into the Hating town by a
freight train. The difficulty was with
the flues Of the locomotive of the pas
senger train. The engine refused to
steam. Two locomotives took the train
on to Fishkill.
Mic Siorosea, who had both of his
hands caught in a pair of rolls at
Holmes, Booth & Haydens, Monday
afternoon, is in critical condition at
the hospital. DIR Axtelle is making des-
perate efforts to save the mans hands
and is yet unable to say whether he will
be successful. Yesterday both hands
were placed on hot water bags and
covered with cotton handages, to keer
up the circulation. If the doctors eff
forts fail, both hands will have to be
amputated at the wrist.
James j. Lyons, Of Dublin street, who
went to the New York hospital some
weeks ago to have an operation perform
ed on broken knee cap, returned home
last night. DIR Bull. whoattended him
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, ton to be performed as it might neces
state amputation of the whole limb
J lie placed the leg in a plaster cast
J This and the splints will have to ht
} changed every month for probably siH
months. In the meantime the young
man with care may get around OF
clutches.
The battalion drill of Companies {
and A, at the armory last night, wa
witnessed by large number of admir-
ing friends of the soldier dogs. Lieu
tenant Colonel Burpee was in commant
= and the battalion was divided INTO fou
companies in charge of Captain Kel
t logg, Lieutenant Fitzpatrick, Lieuten
, ant Geddes and Lieutenant Halpln
Lieutenant Carter of Go A acted as ad
Jutant and Sergeant Danaher of Co G. a
sergeant ma jOr After the drill Colone
Burpee complimented the men and off
GERS on the manner in which they hat
performed the evolutions.
The Waterbury companies of the Con
I necticut National Guard are organizins
a sick benefit association. Ex-member
Will be eligible to membership. An ad
mission fee of twenty-five cents will bC
charged and an assessment of ten cent
will be made on each member. Whel
any of the members are taken sick 81 ;
day will be paid him up to ninety days
The committee having in charge tn,
perfectlng of the organization is as fol
lows: Sergeant Keavnev of G., chair
man; Sergeant Carter of A, secretary
Sergeant Bigelow of A, Corporal Lpni
han of G, Corporal Baker of A, Corpora
j.. Sullivan of G. Private Chadwick o
A.. Private McKennerney of G. ant
Private Peacock of A.
The meat market of r w Beers, a
the corner of Cherry and Vine streets
was discovered to be on fire shortly be
J fore l o'clock this morning, by Charlie
Andrews, who sent in an alarm from
d box 23. at the junction of North Main
p North Elm and Grove streets. The fir
a which was in the rear of the refrigera
1t tor, was easily extinguished. TIL
origin is not known, but a PARTIAL
burned barrel having some infam
mable matter, which stood near tn
= refrigerator, is supposed to be the caus
of the blaze. The damage is estimate
at $3.50 and was fully insured. Tn
building is owned by F. L. Peck, and
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