Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-05
CITY NEWS.


 Adjourned meeting of the water sup ply committee this evening. J. E. MsdIgan has returned to town after several weeks absence. The state Normal school opened at Willimantic to-day with siXty-three pUpfls. F. Lawlor of North Main street ar rived home to-day after a season of rest at the shores. Mrs John Blair and family have re- turned from their summer outing at Winchester.
 The Third division A. Q. H. will give it's annual sociable at Jacques auditor ium on Thanksgiving eve.
 The Misses Kate, Jennie and Nellie and F. Quigley and Mamie Fitzgerald, returned from Chicago this morning.
 The fifth grand excursion to New York by the New York X New England rialroad will be given Thursday of this week, $125 for the round trip.
 Hellmann's Advance Drum corps was awarded the drum majors baton. the prize for the drum corps rendering the finest music at the Labor day picnic.
 Frank O'Neill, son of Prosecuting Attorney O'Neill returned to George town college this morning. Attorney O'Neill and Mrs O'Nel accompanied him to New York.
 The picnic to be given by Companies Nos. 1, 5 and 6 Thursday afternoon, promises to be big affair. The arrange ments are now completed and a good time is in store for those who attend.
 The many..friends in this city of Mir and Mrs B. J. Carroll of Fittsfeld. will be pleased to learn that they are rejolc- inc tho aHCanf of a HaN1rhfar August 30. Mother and baby well.
 Elias Dorner and Miss Elizabeth Hoefer were married at St Cecila's church last evening by Rev Dr Martin. Ludwig Gloster was groomsman and Miss Gretchen Hoetler bridesmaid. Chairman Terney has so far recovered from the in juries received in last Friday afternoons accident on Dublin street. as \ to be able to get out again to-day, al though yet very stiff and sore.
 The morning train from Meriden will be held fifteen minutes Thursday morn ing for the accommodation of the National band and others who intend coming to the city to attend the fire mems parade.
 Frederick..H. La Forge and Miss Stella Bronson were married at noon to-day al the home of c. H. Bronson, on Highland avenue. Mir. and Mrs. La Forge left on the Isabella express for 8 trip to the Worlds fair.
 In the police court to-day Nora Rear don, for drunkenness, was given thirty days and costs in jail and sixty days and costs for being 8 common drunkard John J. Burns was fined $lO and costs for drunkenness.
 The district court opened today with Judge Root on the bench. There were all of seventy-fve new cases with an old list of as many. The criminal side was adjourned for one month and the civil side until tomorrow.
 The Waterbury Watch shop started up yesterday after a five weeks shut down, with 8 greatly decreased working force. A general cut of fifteen per cent was made during the day in the wages of all piece workers.
 Foreman James Meagher of the Gas company IS making good job of laying the new gas main through Grand and Union streets. Only a small section of the street is dug up at one time. Pedestrians and vehicles arc not inCon- venienced in the least.
 An event which will. no doubt prove as exciting to our fire laddies and their friends, as baseball does to the enthusi. asts of that game. will be the hose race at the picnic Thursday. It will also show with what alacrity the boys can handle the fire apparatus.
 Prosecuting Attorney O'Nenl has issued over sixty warrants against prop erty holders on Bank, East Main and Clay streets and Second avenue for vio. latIng section 26 of the health ordi nance, which requires owners of prop, erty to connect with a sewer within sixty days after it is completed. The warrants will be served to-day by Con. stable Egan.
 Kelly's bread fund is growing and uE to to-day 500 loaves had been pledged Six hundred loaves have already beer delivered to people in needy circum stances. 4 list of those who receive the bread is kept by MT Kelly and every case investigated, so that only deserving poor become benefciaries of the fund Subscriptions to the fund will be re ceived at any of Kelly's stores. At the meeting of the Waterbury Democratic association last night. a vot, was introduced, asking the town com mittee to call convention for the pur pose of formulating and adopting new set of rules governing the democrati party of Waterbury. This is in lin, with suggestions offered by the DEMO GRAF and should meet with the approva of the town committee.
 A little four year old son of Johl Corcoran of 9S South Elm street in som way got hold of a bottle Containini arsenic, this noon and before he wa discovered he had swallowed tn contents of the bottle, enongh the doc tors say, to have killed ten O twelve men. Dr. Donahue was calle, in, and after using a stomach pump fo some time and administering antidotes the sufferings of the little fellow wer partially relieved. Hopes are enter tained for hls recovery.
 One of the prisoners who appeare . before the board of pardons in Hartfor yesterday was convicted under the nam , of John Doe, on September II. 1SS6. fo , sixteen years for burglary. He was
 tramp and entered house in ReddIn and helped himself to victuals in tn pantry, and took an umbrella. He It
 fused to give his name when arrested He said yesterday that his correct nam
 was Edward Ryder and his home was i