Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-20
CITY NEWS.

regiment while in camp.
The funeral of Willie Kranephull, son
Of William Kranephull, of % Ward
street, was held at o'clock this after
noon to Riverside cemetery.
Mat Lynch announces that he will
hang up $50 to be divided in three purses
of S25, $15 and $40 for peg" race to
be held Saturday, July 30.
The funeral of Annie, the five months
old daughter of Timothy Scanlon, of so
Pemberton street was held at o'clock
E. j. Finn, the boot and shoe man
found in the city. His russell shoes
would make the ugliest foot look pretty.
N. ]. Welton, state engineer, in
spected a dam now building for the
Greenwich Water Co at Greenwich,
Conn.
Samuel A. Chapman sold to James ].
McGrath three acres of land on the
Park road, which he will convert into
building lots when the electric road is
in operation.
| The Third division, a. o. H., will
| hold its quarterly meeting this evening.
A fine programme is prepared to pass an
enjoyable evening and every member is
requested to be present.
YThe Bersagliere band arrived from New
| York on the 11:17 train this morning
and the inspiring strainsDf the accom-
plished musicians has been ringing
through the town ever since.
The Concordia Singing society has
made arrangements with a German
dramatic company to furnish a number
of summer entertainments. The first en-
Itertainment will be at Concordia hall
next Thursday evening.
A. P. Miller of Bluefeld, West Nir-
ginla, has been appointed Roadmaster of
the Naugatuck division, taking effect
to-day. The position has been tenn
porarily filled by F. w. Plumb, foreman
of masons, since the resignation of c. S.
Lane in April last.
| Charles Paul was charged with in
toxication and breach of the peace in
the police court this morning, before
Judge Root. He was fined s. and costs
in the first charge and given 80 days in
Jail on the second. James Grant,
charged with breach of the peace, was
found not guilty.
Ticket Agent E. D. Manwaring has
concluded arrangements so that he can
now accommodate at the local New
England station all parties desiring Pull
| man sleeping coaches, section of coaches
or single births. He has a large fund
| VI luIOI I1dllOA useful lOI ILOSC COllACL1
!, plating a visit to the Worlds fair.
The police captured three young fel
lows in car in the New England yard
early this morning on suspicion thai
they were parties for whom the Hart
ford police were looking. Word was
sent to the Hartford chief and an off
Ger arrived and said that they were no
the right party. They were released a
once.
William J. Schlegel has sold his fv,
family tenement block, on Sandlan,
place, rear of South Main street, to VIII
liam Gumpper. Mr. Gu npper will oc
cupy part of the property and maxi
Improvements on the house. Mr. Schl ,ge
has also sold for Henry P. Dolan of New
Britain his two houses on Dublin street
to Patrick Mooney. Mr. Mooney Will a
once improve the property and cree
two houses on the remaining lots.
The board of education finished a
7:30 yesterday the work of examining
= the papers of those taking the competi
=. tive examination for teachers certifi
7 Gates. Tomorrow at , o'clock tn
. board will hold a special meeting to de
termine the successful ones. Nothing
J. definite can be said as to the numbe
It that will pass, but from the marking
II is evident that large number will no
# reach the seventy-five per cent mark.
James Wallace, an old and respecte,
Icitizen, died yesterday at his home, s
Wolcott street. The deceased was on
of the organizers of the Senior TEN
perance society and a member of tina
n Organization until his death. Seve
: children survive him; Miss Nellie NJ
Wallace, principal of the East Gaylor
school; William P. Wallace, clerk i
= Reid & Hughes; Miss Annie Wallace
II | Guifh + II Trnrnor u nd TDsnnh
" Wallace and three other children. TIL
funeral will take place at 8 o'clock tt
morrow with services at the Sacre
Heart church and interment in 5
= Joseph's cemetery.
OF the accident to Waterbury peopl
at the Savin Rock shore yesterday, tn
New Haven Palladium SAYS: About %
yesterday afternoon a party c0nsistIn
of j. F. Lunny and wife, of Waterbury
who are staying on Holmes street: the
three sons, Paul. Mark and James: the1
II two daughters, Nellie and May, an
Miss Ehle, started on a trip to She
Island. When on their way homo tn
boat capsized opposite HILLS Home
stead. Captain F. Hill, who saw tn
accident from the shore, went out
their assistance. AS Captain Hi
reached them Mrs Lunny and Miss Eli
/, were sinking for the third time, but /
managed 10 get them into MS boat an
took them to the shore. The boat vs.
owned by Captain Horton. of Fair H,
ven, and was in charge of the capital
himself.
A very good way to find the comet
to first locate the big dipper The
draw a line through the two sta
which make the handle. Let that lir
run down through the stars at the low,
, and outer corner of the body of II
y dipper. Then when the line has e,
tended about as far from this star at II
Id lower corner as the star mentioned
p distant from the starting point. the oil
a server ought to be able to find Il
st comet, which is very close to the tw
bright stars on the right forefoot of II
greater bear, and not far from the hi
bone OF the lynx. If it continues
- travel in the direction it is now goiu
it ought, so the astronomers say, to |
an "al night" comet for several day
come. The comet is large and brigh
with strong central condensation and
nucleus which appears to be about Il
size Of star of the second magnitude.