Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-11
CITY NE VS..

20 " mas received numDer OF KNAPP |
sacks from the quartermaster generals |
Office.
The annual fair of st. Cecilia's parish
will be held in City hall from October Is
to October %, inclusive.
There are letters at the post office for
S. G. Beecher, Arthur Bright, NJ. Eve
line Lynch, Mrs Joseph Mason and Miss
Mary Jane Maloney.
Postmaster Doherty has received Or
deIs from the sub-treasury department
to send remittances in blank bills IN
stead of New York drafts.
Court Linden, A. 0. F. of \, will cele-
brate its first anniversary next Monday
night in G. a. r. hall. All Foresters are
invited to be present.
Charles Brandt, aged 10, was caught
in a wheel at the factory of the Water
bury Manufacturing Co, Yesterday after
noon, and had his left arm fractured.
A large number of Waterbury people
| will leave for New Haven tonight and
| tomorrow morning to attend the funeral
of James J. Coogan, who was well
| known here.
The excursion train on the New Eng
land road from New York came into
Waterbury an hour late last night, an
axle on one of the rear cars breaking
rs.r Brewsters.
Constable O'Brien is serving about
seventy five wrIts to-day on people in
Naugatuck, OakvilIe and Waterville.
| The writs are mostly for non payment
of doctors bills.
| Sergeant J. P. Condor of the United
States army has been assigned for duty
as instructor of a gun detachment at the
seacosst battery at Camp Morris. Mantle.
by order of Major General Howard
The New York & New England Rail
road company is now doing the largest
passenger business in its history. An
ditional cars are attached to all trains
and each passenger coach in the posses
sion of the company is brought into use
The Enterprise band was pressed into
service last night by friends of Cornelius
Moriarty and his bride. whose wedding
was celebrated at 3l5 Baldwin street
Fully one thousand people
lovation the like of which was never
before witnessed in Waterbury.
In the police court to-day Louis Arm
bruster was charged with drunkenness
and breach of the peace. About l
O'Clock this morning he got in
Ito an alteration with OTTO
Book on South Nam street and
drew a knife. He cut Book slightly
twice when Officer Mccarthy arrived on
/
was fined 81 and costs for breach of the
peace.
William c. Hungerford and f. y.
Richardson were visiting in Plymouth
last evening. When about to return
home, the horse became frightened, Just
as Mr.. HuDge-for stepped into the car
riage, and ran away, throwing the lat
ter out and making a wreck of the car
riage. Aside from a shaking up and
bruised hip Mr.. Hungerford escaped in
jury.
United States Marshal Strong is busy
at Bridgeport, fixing up the list Of
jurors for the United States courts
ISiXteen hundred names are put in the
the boxes, and of 800 of them it became
the duty of Marshal Strong to prepare
The names have not been changed in
many years. At times the names Of
men are drawn to serve as jurors. who
it is found have been dead ten years.
If the weather be favorable the Forest
ers' union picnic, on the West End
grounds to morrow will be a big tinan
cial success. Thereiis desperate rivalry
between the Acme and Meriden base
ball clubs, and the same might be said
of King and harrington. who are book
ed for a sparring mstch. There will be
a parade of the local courts of Forcsters
at noon.
Among the Waterbury people who
have recently registered at the Connec-
ticut building at the Worlds fair are
the following: Mrs L. S. Bronson, Nellie
L. Bronson. w. WeidliCh. Warren l..
Hall, tSarah &. Ransom. S. Bradley
Harriet B. Hawley, James F. Caultie ED
Alfred H. Humphrey. II. Heriuger. Miss
NJ. a. HerInger. May 4. Hillard. c.
Wedge, c. S. Durham. Clarence L.
Andrews, William II. jackson. J. \.
IO'Connor, H. \. Skidmore and wife.
Mr. and Mrs Martin Clark and family
have returned from Burlington, VI
where they went to attend the funeral
of Miss Lizzie Clark, their daughter and
sister, Miss Corley. her COUSIN, and
Miss Black. victims of the Lake George
disaster. The funeral was held Sunday
Afternoon, in St Mary's cathedral, the
church being filled to Overlooking and
the caskets completely hidden with
flowers. Bishop De Goeshriand. Coad-
jutor- Bishop MiChond. Vicar & eneral
Lynch and the Revs J. J. Bowie and j
Gallagher took part in the services The
interment was at Mt st JOseph's GENE
terry and an immense crowd followed
the bodies to their last resting places.
While store keepers generally are
feeling the effects of the dull times. it is
said upon authority of one who is in the
business, that the saloons are as well
patronized as ever. People will have
beer if they have to go without bread,
it is said, and the figures given by In
ernal Revenue Officer Case. show hat
there is more truth than poetry in the
assertion. According to the receipts of
Mr. Case 1874 more barrels of beer have
been drank in his district during June
and July this year than last At the
same time it is worth nothing that the
root beer extract manufacturers are
complaining of an unusually dull season.
Root beer is a luxury, they say. and
with the present stringency of the
money market, people will not buy. In
other words,,it would seem that the
man of the family must have his beer
while the wife and children can take
what comfort they may out of city wa,
ter.
Everything is progressing favorably
for the biggest handicap ever gwen in
New England, to be held here on Satur-
day, September ,. Entries are COM
mencing to come in and 1t is safe to