Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-31
CITY NEW r.

at Curran's.
Regular meeting of the road and sewer i
boards this evening,
A new safe arrived from Washington |
to-day for the local postoffice.
Reserved seat tickets for the opera of
"Pinafore" will go on sale at Days
drug store at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
DEMOCRAT souvenirs may be obtained
at the office, newsrooms, or from the
newsboys. Price fifteen cents.
3 Rev Father Mulcahy was in New Bril-
tain yesterday, assisting at the consecra-
ton of st Mary's new cemetery.
A rehearsal of the cast of "Pinafore"
will be held at 7:45 o'clock this evening
! in the hall on Scovill street.
The annual meeting of the Civil Engi-
neers' association of Connecticut Is
being held in New Britain to-day.
William Feeley, was struck by train
on the New England road at New Brit
ain, at O'Clock this morning and
seriously injured. He was drunk.
A petition signed by many names
| was presented to the selectmen to-day
asking for the appointment of @. d.
Schoomaker as constable at Waterville.
Ernest Papineau and Miss ,Virginie
Martin were married at St AIMS church
yesterday by the Rev Father Papillon.
The best couple were Louis Martin and
Miss Severine Simard.
Superintendent Crosby has placed
Miss Marie Corcoran, assistant teacher
at the Washington school, in charge of
Miss Mary A. Gaynor's room until the
end of the term.
If you have not paid your taxes do so
this evening. After to-day percentage
at the rate of three-quarters of one per
cent will be added from May /, upon all
taxes remaining unpaid. Collector
IGriggs will be at his office in the Plat
block or East Main street, between the
hours of Z and 8 this evening.
Miss Minnie Bloss of Bethlehem lost
la lady's silver watch between the New
England and Naugatuck stations this
morning. She came to Waterbury on
the 9:35 a. m. train from the east and
looked at her watch just before the
train stopped at the station. She re-
placed the timepiece in her belt and did
not miss it until the Naugatuck station
was reached.
The funeral of Mrs Michael Woods
was largely attended at o'clock this
morning from her late residence, 81
! School street. The funeral services
were held at the Immaculate Concep
ton church, where a requiem high
mass was celebrated by the Rev Father
Lynch. The pallbearers were: Thomas
Fl. Hayes, Thomas Butler, DAME
Cronin, Edward II. Gagain, Patrick
Conner and Henry Flanagan. Inter
ment was in st Joseph's cemetery.
Counterfeits of the Worlds fai
souvenir half dollars are in the marke
already, and as they are made of Goil
silver, they are not easy to detect. 1t il
said that they are trifle light in weigh
and q shade smaller in circumference
than the genuine, which, however, only
appears when they are stacked up to
gether. In the words columbian Hal
dollar" the d is not quite perfect anC
the medallion head of Columbus leans
little to the right.
City hall was again filled last nigh
with visitors to the Nosahogan fair. Tn
Icommittee have their hands full looking
after the comfort of the big crowds an
they are doing their work admirably
People who do not care for dancing, bu
want to see the sights and get hom
early may do so as the dancing doe
not begin until II o'clock. Charles F
Grilley gave several comic selection
and limitations last night and was az
corded hearty applause.
Il William E. Mattatell, aged 81 year,
was killed yesterday by a passenge
. train, at EImwood, by a west boun
u train on the New England road. 81
and his brother were hurrying to worl
ID When they reached the tracks, freigt
n train on the New York road was al
II preaching. The brother stopped, bu
Is William hurried on, seemingly dete
II mined to cross before the freigE
II passed. In his haste he did not observ
d the New England passenger train and
struck him with crushing force, smash
<. ing his bones and killing him instantly
Connecticut has for some years bee
% flooded with circulars sent out by
y Ashley Mears of North Dakota, who hs
a been managing national banks, stat
* banks, trust companies, loan companie
sheep companies and so on, and ais
has been offering for sale notes, NOR
N cages and other obligations of tn
abundant North Dakota market. II
has claimed to have a good many NeN
England investors and it is believed ths
here in Connecticut no small number {
= thrifty people attracted by his CLOWN
n Iprospectuses and the promise of hi
~ dividends have sent their money OF
there. Yesterday the governmer
closed Mears' two National banks.
81 The board of police commissioner
, held its regular meeting last nigh
Mayor Webster presiding and Commi
sioners Mcdonald, Cross and Goodric
E. being present. The bills foe the mont
were approved. III. B. Carter was al
pointed a supernum erary policeman. TT
l. petition to have a matron employed a
the police station was tabled without d.
bate. One of the commissioners sal
after the meeting that if the bill con
polling cities with population of 90
900 or over to appoint a police matro
becomes law something will have
be done, but no further action will /
taken on the petition.
The following jurors were drawn tn
morning for the criminal side of tt
district court: Woodbury-Robert
Drakeley, Thomas Bodicut; Thomasto
|, I-Abner Allen, ]. B. Fox; Naugatuck-
Minor s. Baldwin, John NJ. Beeb
~ outhbury-Frederick II. Gray, Sal
ID ford johnson; Middlebury- Frederic
G. Scott, Ansirah S. Perkins; Wolcott-
!a9 Henry B. Carter, Shelton Hitchcock
'' Cheshire-James A. Stone, Frederic
w. Doolittle; Watertown-George ]
Beardsley, Merritt Hemingway; Pro
pect-William G. Clark, George
Fem. The court will open next Tue