Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-09
CITY NEWS.


as well as all the latest styles in leather
and cloth can be found at Firms East |
Main street shoe store.
Miss Mary @. Fox of 10 Sperry street, |
left yesterday for Chicago, where she |
will spend several weeks with friends |
visiting the Worlds fair.
The regular monthly meeting of the |
Waterbury Central Labor union will be
held in the engineers rooms, G.. A. R.
block, this evening at O'Clock.
| A stone was thrown through the large
| window in the front of Rogers meat
market on East Main street early this
morning.
The Lyra Singing society will take
part in the state saengerrest to he held
in Meriden July 10, and is hard at work
Irehearsing for that occasion.
Phelan, the tea merchant, thinks it's
best for parents to hang up their babies
for the summer. He says in his ad-
ivertisement to-day that he has the
wherewith to do it easily.
Sunday will be Foresters' memorial
day and the graves of deceased mem
bers of the local courts will be deco
rated. The parade will form in front of
the G. A. r. block at $50 p. m.
Any person who may still have I'M
sold tickets or money for "Pinafore"
tickets sold will exceedingly oblige by
returning the same to Rev DIR Martin
this evening at his residence, or on Sun
day at st Cecilia's chapel.
Justice Frank p. Brett this morning
decided the case of Rose VS. Smith &
Griggs in favor of the plaintiff to recover
81 and costs. 1t was an action to. recover
wages. Russell for plaintiff and Terry
& Bronson for defendant.
The state board of directors of the
Knights of Columbus met yesterday in
New Haven. There were fifteen mem
bers present. With the exception of the
acceptance of two applications nothing
of public nature was done.
A committee was appointed at last
nights meeting of Wadhams' post to
Iprocure special train to take the
veterans to Boston on June 81, to be
lpresent at the annual reunion of the
Army of the Potomac.
Arthur Dulac, carpenter employed
at Tracy Brothers shop on Benedict
street, had his hand caught in a mould
: / ing machine on which he was at work
to-day and the third finger of the right
hand was taken off near the second
joint. The wound was dressed by DIR
Frost.
The calico sociable given by the
Women's Relief corps in G.. A. r. hall
last night was a very enjoyable and
pleasant affair and will add much to the
fund for the care of widows and
Iorphans of soldiers. Booths orchestra
furnished the music for dancing and
Morrow prompted.
The magnificent Vile Marie convent
just outside Of Montreal was almost to-
italy destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon. The institution is the mother
Q house of the congregational nuns, a
branch of which are in charge of the
convent of Notre Dame in this city.
1.-Two of the Waterbury madames had
just returned from the convent where
they had been to make their annual re.
treat.
The Consolidated road has adopted a
new style of mogul freight engine. The
cab on the engine is built over the
y boiler, thus giving the boiler the appear
lance of being shorter than it is. No 256
Is the first of the new pattern, was placed
on the New York division few day.
ago, and has made time with a train oil
from ten to fifteen cars more than those
, hauled by the Baldwin or Wooten ma
chimes now in use.
A young man from this city, who
gave his name as Purdy, was before TIL
police court in Willimantic Yesterday
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. He represented himself as al
agent of the Barnum & Bailey circus
and solicited money from merchants fo
advertising in the show program. Ii
response to telegram the young man.
brother-in-law went to Willimantit
with sufficient money to settle up thu
case. The costs, aside from the money
I'D refunded to merchants, were $26
n. A peculiar case was on trial befor
A served papers of ejectment upon one o
On his tenants, jeremiah III. Scully, TO
rs Inon-payment of rent, and when tn
d. time limit had expired the latter re
fused to vacate the premises on tn
Il ground that the house was situated OF
IT Hawkins street and in the writ it wa
IN located on George street, where NJ
Lynch lives. Justice Pierce ordered
ScullY to vacats within twenty-fou
hours. Attorney Russell appeared TO
Lynch and Porter L. Wood for Scully.
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night al
alarm from box so brought good shar
of Waterbury's population as near tn
corner OF Franklin and Union streets a
they could get. There was but littl
~ fire, however. Smoke had been dis
- covered issuing from a closet on tn
second floor of the house, 1913 FRANKLIN
street. The cry of fire was raised b.
al the neighbors and some one hurriedl:
10 pulled the alarm. The inmates of tn
house found a bundle of rags burning il
, the closet in the meantime and ha
IN dashed a few pals of water on them
leaving nothing for the department t
do. The fire is thought to have been tn
result of carelessly thrown match.
An exciting runaway occurred abou
o'clock last evening when horse an
carriage belonging to Liveryman Jane
Mclaughlin came dashing up Sout
Main street and turned up Grand street
People shouted and got into hallway
and several of them had narrow escapes
one man being knocked down on Sout
p Main street and another having a Dime
L , pail knocked out of his hand on Gran
street. When in front of Barlov
nd brothers store the horse got onto tn
Ap- sidewalk and carriage bringing u
h against an iron post was turned con
rst Ipletely over, the animal freeing hsmse
and continuing his run down Ban
street. About half way to the depot b
. slipped and fell and an expressma
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