Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-28
CITY NEWS.

Dominic will be held in the Sacred Heart
church after vespers tomorrow afternoon.
The attorneys will meet in the district
court room at O'Clock Monday afternoon,
for the purpose of looking over matters to
come before the superior court.
Night school will begin on Monday
evening in the Bank, Clay, Ridge and
Bishop street school. Nearly fifty appli-
cations have been rsceived in each of these
districts.
Many counterfeit United States treasury
notes of the denomination of s. are being
circulated and people should scrutinize
very closely the paper currency they re-
ceive.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Strauss, who have
just returned from wedding trip, were
reeably surprised by n party of friends
last evening at their new home on Farm
street.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Joy will be
held at o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
the family residence on We Side hill,
with services at St Patrick's church and
interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
The work of top dressing with broken
stone is finished for this season. The
steam road roller was housed to-day for the
/ winter. \ stretch of good road Is now
completed from the west end of the green
to the junction of East Main and Wolcott
streets.
The heavy rain during last night swelletl
the West Branch so that the chute was un-
able to carry off the water and the site of
the reservoir was flooded. Work had to be
discontinued for the day. but the basin
drained ont so that operations can be
begun again Monday morning.
A largely attended special town meeting
was held in Southington yesterday after
noon. 1t was voted to build the proposed
new highway from the Marion district to
Waterbury. The work of building the road
will begin at once and only Southington
labor will be employed.
Assignments for the coming week were
| made at II bar meeting in the district court
room this morning, as follows: Wednes-
day, November l Goodwin VS. Rushton
Thursday, November 2, Smith VS. city of
Waterbury: Pomponio VS. New York, New
Haven u Hartford railroad Pitkarnes VS.
Kaiser.
The teachers and scholars at the Town
Plot school have been annoyed for some
| time by boys who do all manner of tricks,
disturbing the pupils in their studies.
Yesterday three boys, Daniel Lawlor,
Augustus Williams and Matthew Sherlock
were arrested for disturbing the school.
One of the teachers and six of the scholars
testified against them. Each was fined 81
without costs.
Friends of William Belts of Southford,
who was killed by the cars week ago,
still believe that he met with foul play.
The result of their investigation is that
two men, one white man, William Kyle
of East Hartford, and negro, name and
place of residence unknown, were with
/ RptfS tho Mo 81 he -,
| Southford and started up the track with
him a short time before Belts was struck
by the train. Where these men were at
the time it is not known.
The weather did not prevent a large
gathering at the St Cecilia's fair last night
The Acme quartette rendered several fine
selections which were well received.
Adams and the Shelvey brothers also did
their part of the stage entertainment in a
creditable manner. This evening there
will be vocal duets by the Misses Sweeney
and Lawlor. Miss Coogan and James
Strong and Messrs DAILY and Moore. The
door prize last night was drawn by 1893.
The case of Abe Lorrin of New Britain,
against the New England Railroad com.
pany. was begun in the superior court in
Hartford Wednesday. Lorrin sues for
| s., 900 for injuries received by being struck
! by a locomotive at the East Main street
| crossing in New Britain in January, 1892
| A st:ange circumstance in connection with
the case is that New Britain man who
wa working in field at the time of the
accident and was the plaintiffs principal
witness in the case, was killed at the same
crossing few weeks afterwards.
Harron F. Chatfeld, aged three years
and ten months, son of William c. Chat
field, 1913 Grand street, died suddenly at
4:30 yesterday afternoon. The little fell
low had been suffering from a cold but
was well enough to play out doors a couple
of hours in the afternoon. He was seized
with a coughing spell shortly before his
death. He was put to bed by his mother
and died in few minutes. Medical Ex-
amlner ANtelle viewed the remains and
gave permission to have them prerared for
burial. They were taken in charge by W.
J. Spain of the Waterbury Furniture COM
pany. The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon with interment in Calvary GENE
terry.
The committee on additional water
supply held its regular weekly meeting last
night The bids for building the piers
and abutments for four bridges on the
pipe line were opened. the figures being as
follows: Babcock. Leary 4 Co, So, $40:
John W. Gaffney & Co, s. $40. SO; Henry
! Calender, S4,936. The contract was
/ awarded to Babcock, Leary & Co of Win
/ sted. The question of making the nav
day Monday instead of Saturday was dis
cuSSed and SO voted. 1t was voted that
day work on the laying of the pipe line be
discontinued when the work is completed
to the line of the valley turnpike on the
land of Edward Stevens
Quite a stock of unclaimed goods is aeon.
mr. Hat ! ~.
There are several reasons for the goods
accumulating. The principal one is that
the persons to whom the articles are sent
refuse to accept them. Some are mis-.
directed and the shippers refuse to tax,
them back. The shipper is always notified
by the agent when the articles are refusef
by the consignee or for any reason are no
delivered promptly. If the article is valu
able the shipper generally has it returned
to hlmI but they accumulate Rapidly an(
cause the express employees considerabl,
WORK and worry as the goods are kept OF
hand two years before they are sent to tn,
auction rooms. The articles include al,
most every class of merchandise, fame,
goods and clothing.
The committee appointed by the loca
! liquor dealers to draft resolution and nv
laws for permanent organization me
yesterday afternoon and made such draft
based on the Wine, Liquor and Beef
| Dealers association of New York. TIL.
preamble in effect is that the liquor dealers
form the association to protect themselves
| against the enactment of unjust and fanat
ical laws, and to urge and procure the re.
peal of such laws now on the statute
hooks. Individual political preferences
are to be laid aside and the members
pledge themselves to lend their aid. in
huence and vote to defeat any and all can
didates for office of public trust who will
not give positive and public assurance to
vote for such inst and equitable laws
which they as good citizens and honest
merchants are entitled to-
In regard to the statement of Manager
HOwes of the ScoYill house contrsdict;n,,