Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-05-23
CITY NEWS

Waterbury last n1gnC on a snort business trip, and left for home again this after noon.
 The opera of "Pinafore" will have a full stage rehearsal this. evening at 7:S0 at Music hall. Every singer is expected to be present.
 George Coons, the night telegrapher at the Naugatuck station, has resumed work after ten weeks illness with ty- phoid fever.
 The funeral of Joseph P. Corden, in fant son of the late P. H. Corden, was attended at o'clock this afternoon to St Joseph's cemetery.
 Lieutenant Colonel Burpee and Lieu tenant Fitzpatrick will go to New Haven tonight to have charge of the battalion drill of Co.'S c and E. Two plain drunks were in the police | court this morning. John Mcdonald was fined $5 and costs and Simon Hol- comb had judgment suspended. | The funeral of Elizabeth Bowling, in- | fant daughter of P. J. Bowling, was held from the family residence on Cooke street at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 The railroad commissioners will make their semi-annual inspection of the Nau- gatuck division tomorrow, beginning at Winsted and going through to New Haven.
 The sewer commissioners last night awarded the contract to build the Hill side avenue sewer, between Waterville and North Willow streets, to George &. Abbott. The contract price is $69O.
 There are advertised letters at the postotfice for Willie P. Barton, Hubert Wright, l.. H. Wentworth, Patrick Mulian, Arthur S. Barley, Miss Maud Cutler, Mrs Mary Connolly and Mrs Simon Matthews.
 A party of twenty people from Water bury and Watertown will leave for a visit to the Worlds fair on Thursday morning. They will occupy a special car and have everything arranged for Icomfort and convenience.
 The committee of arrangements for the coming fair of Nosahogan lodge will ito-morrow evening lay out as much as possible of the work for the young lady lcanvassers and walters who are to assist, and they are all requested to be present.
 A short distance from the Waterbury town line, in the town of Wolcott, Health Officer O'Hara has discovered another piggery, maintained by a man named Mccormick. Dr O'Hara pro- poses to have it abolished if he has to get the state board of health to do it.
 J.F. Hemingway of Newark, N. J., will deliver an address in the Engineers room, G. A. R. building, Saturday even ing on "Condensers and Condensing Engines" Parties interested in steam or steam appliances are invited tc attend.
 Contractor McMauus is mad cles through because the sewer board con sidered another bid for the Hillside ave nue sewer a week after his had beer lopened. MT McManus' bid was $931 and the sewer board considering it toe 5 high laid it on the table.
 3 Excursion tickets for Chicago have been placed on sale at the NaugatucE , railroad station. The rate via the Bal 8 timore & Ohio road is $50 80; over th' Erie road, on train No 3, and over th' West Shore road, good on train No $32. 40; over the Pennsylvania road, gooC on train No 3, and over the New York Central road, $35.60. The New Yorl Central tickets will not be placed or sale until May 2S. All tickets are gooc returning until November 15.
 One of the hallucinations of Charle
 Daily of this city, who was found insan, J in New Britain on Saturday, was that h.
 was regularly ordained preacher q whose special mission was to preach tn, 0 gospel to the benighted inhabitants oi II GN0" 1Ho gang Ol 4tdllduS WIlS s are working on the construction of tn Il electric tramway near the place, wa Il the particular object of his missionar, soaicitude. He preached an extem porized sermon, quoting whole chapter - of the bible.
 The advance in the price of bee t spoken of last week has gone int 2 effect. The dealers attribute the scarcit, 2 to various causes. One cause spoken o k was the high price of provisions during
 the past winter, causing in this way = Large consumption of beef. The World fair and the desire of the westerl
 dealers to have an abundance there also mentioned. Another reason give
 was the late spring, but the one grea
 and all sufficient reason seems to be tha = the western cattle kings have said SC n and what they say on such matters the law. Such IS the statement of
 local observer.
 The committee on water supply me ' last evening and listened to communics ) tions from John H: Taylor, who agree
 to sell his property for $2,300 if tn
 money is paid within thirty days; fror .- Mrs Hotchkiss and James Roberts, wh
 are willing to accept the terms offere
 by the committee. These properties il I clude all the land that is needed to bt
 gin the work and the committee vote
 to recommend to the council that the
 be purchased. City Engineer Cairr
 told the committed the details of th - preliminary work, the clearing of Ian
 and the preparing of quarters for th
 workmen, etc. The committee voted {
 place all the work in charge of the cit
 engineer. The properties of Clark an
 Woodward are yet to be purchased, bI
 there is no immediate need for them.
 President Clark of the Consolidate railroad when seen last evening i y reference to the berry story of the Bo
 ton fruit and produce exchange sait ad ''The dispatch is tissue of falsehood The New Haven road has not failed 1 . keep it's promises. It distinctly offere st at the recent hearing in Boston to tur
 over the berries to the New Englan
 road at Readville, to be delivered at th
 South Boston terminal on such tern - as the railroad commissioners of Mass,
 chusetts might deem equitable, if it WE
 thought an accommodation to the rt
 ceivers. The parties prominent in tn
 agitation are practically agents of tf
 New England management who aspil