Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-08-09
CITY NEWS.

Freight CONDUCTOR CaOlne, or the New
England road, has resigned his position.
Engineers Higgins and Starkes have
been laid off.
Colonel Doherty has announced the
appointment of Lieutenant Rodman Y.
Beach to the position of adjutant of the
second battalion. Lieutenant Beach |
was paymaster of the regiment.
A mass meeting of workingmen, I'M
der the auspices of the Central Labor |
union, will be held on Sunday, August |
%, in City hall. Prominent speakers
from abroad are expected to address the |
meeting.
daughter of John Angrave of - Malta
tuck street, died at the home of her
parents yesterday afternoon. The flu
neral will be held at , o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, with interment in Riverside
cemetery.
1t is announced that after Saturday
night the United States express trains
between Boston and Washington will
be taken off the western division of the
New England road. They will be de-
livered to the Philadelphia y Reading
road at Hartford.
A meeting of the building committee
of the Bronson library board of agents
was held in President O'NeilIs office last
night. Work on the foundation. which
has been at a standstill for some time,
the contractors being unable to secure
the kind of cement called for in the con-
tract, will be Immediately resumed.
The excursion given by the New Eng
, land road to New York tomorrow will
! afford those who take advantage of the
/ low rate of fare an opportunity to
attend the league ball game between the
New Works and the Philadelphias. or of
ATTENDING the spectacular production of
"El Dorado" The special train leaves
this city at Sis a. M. The fare for the
round trip is $1.25.
James Sydes of Burton street. de
livery clerk for J. NJ. Warner. the
butcher, asked for half an hour oil
Monday morning and never came back.
Mr. Warner is at a loss to account for
the disappearance of the young man.
1t is said that Sydes and another boy,
Terrence Mclaughlin Of Hill street,
told some of their friends that they
were going to the Worlds fair.
Twenty suits have been brought
against the New England road for
blockading the West Nam street cross
) ing on the night of July =, beyond the
time allowed by law, and incon-
veniencing several persons. The suits
have been brought through ATTORNEY
\ IO'Neill and the writs placed in the
= hands of Constable Egan. The cases
will be tried before Justice John P.
kellogg on August 10.
Bishop McMahon of Hartford has
n made the following changes in the do
!, cese of Hartford, growing out Of the
!, vacancy at Naugatuck by the death of
y the Rev James Pagan: The Rev John F
v Lenahan, pastor of st lawrenC,
; O'Toole's church. Hartford. TO take
charge of the parish at Naugatuck; the
To 7 NJ
pastor of st Lawrence O'Tooles, and
the Rev William J. Dullard of St Pat
ricks church, Hartford TO take the
parrish at Guilford.
A special meeting of the district com
mittee was held last night, and Chair
man Tierney was authorized to take
Il steps to have the retaining wall in the
l. rear of the Ridge street school property
put in safe condition. John Fay of Il
Martin street, whose property abuts the
Ridge street school property, appeared
before the committee. He claims that
the school line encroaches on his land
The chairman was authorized to secure
, a competent person to examine into the
y title deeds of both properties so that the
matters may be definitely settled.
Venus, after an absence of nearly
- year, has returned to us as an evenIng
star and may now be seen after sunset il
the west. She will continue to shine a.
an evening star during the remainder OF
the year, growing brighter and brighter
nj as the months pass, and not reachinZ
~ her greatest brilliancy until January L
Jupiter is in the constellation Taurus
not far from the Pleiades, and now rise
about midnight. In a month or two
III he will stand among the evening star
J. in full majesty, being this year at hi.
brightest, and will be no mean rival o
Venus.
A new law in relation To DELAYED rail
road trains and to bulletins concerning
the same provides that the railroad com
missioners shall. whenever requested Nv
- twenty legal voters residing within two
II miles of any railroad station on any rail
n road in this state, or by the mayor o
the city, the first selectman Of the town
or the warden of the borough in which
the station is located. issue an orde
commanding the railroad company
owning such station to bulletin tho arriv
al and departure of all trains over 10 min
utes late, together with the cause OF the
delay of said trains. The penalty fo1
" failure of refusal to comply with tn
t. order on the part of tine company is
forfeit of $50 for each day Of neglect
The selectmen of various Connection
towns are to take action on the matter
The annual banquet of the Sccon,
division, A. o. H, which took Place il
st Patrick's hall last evening was
is very successful affair About -
people sat down to a plentiful rCTasy
there being a representative delega
ton from the local divisions. The pos
y prandial exercises opened with an ad
dress by President Keenan,. Songs. al
- dresses and Rotations followed I,
which William Hetherington, James NJ
Lynch, Thomas Sullivan. James HanIv
c. P. Hayes, John Altman. Patricl
Kelly, David Hanly. Thomas Dillon
John Barrett, James \. Hynes and Pat
rick Mulvaney, contributed. One 0
the gems of the evening was a song b.
Edward Curley entitled, Shall My Sou
Pass Through Ireland on the Way to 1t
in God" The merry party broke up abou
er midnight and all went home voting tn
tn event grand success.
A number of members of the Secon
regiment are rather dissatisfied owe
their failure to escape camp duty b
svailing themselves of the clause in til
military Law, recently promulgated
which provides that any man havin!