Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-16
CITY NEWS.

Inc annual Inspection of Wadhams
post, G. A. R., will be held this evening
by Deputy Inspector Steele of Torrington.
The receipts at the passenger stations on
the Consolidated road this month show a
better state of things, business ways, than
was apparent in October.
The Waterbury Wheel club will hold a
smoker on Friday evening in their rooms
In Castles block. The rooms have been
newly furnished throughout.
John Bowers, who has been in the en-
ploy of ID. b. Wilson, has accepted posi-
ton in the repairing department of the
Rawley Cycle Co of New York.
Mrs Kate Shanahan died this morning at
her home, 9 Jewelry street. She was the
mother of Mrs Bridget Lynch, Miss Ellen
Shanahan and John and William Shana-
han.
Thomas Kelly to-day received reply to
his telegram of congratulations to Cover
nor Mckinley of Ohio, in which the latter
says: Please accept my warmest thanks
for your cordial congratulations over the
splendid victory on last Tuesday.
Daniel O'Brien was found dead in bed
in New Britain yesterday afternoon. He
was father of Michael and John O'Brien,
who are well known in Y. NJ C. A.
athletics, who formerly lived in this city.
George Partree and Miss Martha L.
Perry were married at 1890 yesterday
morning by the Rev DR. Davenport. After
a wedding tour Mr. and Mrs Partree will
reside at GA State.street.
Johnny Griffin of Braintree, Mass, the
well known light weight prize fighter, was
in town yesterday with his hacker, Will
liam Curley of Hartford. They came
down to see members of the fraternity and
incidentally to place some money on
horse owned by Curleys brother, which
was booked to win race at Clifton yes
terday. The horse failed to get there and
it is said the sports returned to Hartford
$50 out of pocket.
Sheets containing four sample pages of
the new index to the general statutes have
been sent to prominent lawyers throughout
the state to get their opinion and sugges-
tons as to type and arrangement The
new index was authorized at the last ses-
sion of the general assembly and is being
prepared by j. j. Buchanan of Meriden.
The new index is modelled after a new in
deN to the public statutes of Massachusetts.
A new council of the knights of Column
bus will be organized at Taunton, Mass, on
Sunday. This will be the eighty
in the state, and prominent official of the
order thinks that during the winter Mass
achusetts will furnish a number of new
councils. The meeting of the new di-
rectors of the order in New Haven on Mon
day was very satisfactory TO all present,
and the members are looking for a large
growth of the order throughout the
country.
A recent order from the department
compels postmasters to carefully weigh all
mail matter. There has been a large in
crease since of letters being marked ''post-
age due and as the letters are not de-
livered or put in boxes until the amount
due has been paid, many think they are
being imposed upon. 1t is not generally
known that all overweighted mail for Wa
terbury is rated up before it reaches the
local office. and they are acting under in
structions in holding letters back until the
amount is paid.
The stockholders of the Naugatuck rail
road reelected these officers yesterday:
President W. D. Bishop of Bridgeport;
secretary, Horace Nichols of Bridgeport;
treasurer, w. L. Squire of New Haven;
directors, W. D. Bishop and W D. Bishop,
Jr, of Bridgeport, Il. NJ. Bassett of Biz
mingham, S. S. Dennis of Newark, Charles
NJ. BROKER of Torrington, n. D. Sperry of
New Haven, Judge John NJ Hall of Wilt
mantle, H. Heaton Robertson of New Ha-
ven and F. J. Kingsbury of Waterbury.
Mrs Kate Wagner and her little 10 wear
old daughter were arrested last night, both
under the influence of liquor. The case
was one which aStonished both Judge Root
and the spectators to-day. The woman
was sent to jail for thirty days and the
little girl was committed to the county
home. Dennis Clifford, the man of aliases,
was sent to Jail for thirty days with costs.
George Barton was fined S. without costs.
Joseph Lachance and Edward Roach,
charged with assault on James McGrath,
were found not guilty.
There will be a rich treat in store for
the patrons of the Sacred Heart church
fair tonight. Professor Turner will give
one of his famous lectures on the great
Worlds fair and exposition at Chicago.
The collection of views and the able and
experienced manner in which they are pre-
sented, will guarantee to all who attend an
enjoyable entertainment. Two hundred
beautiful dissolving views will be shown.
Dancing and the other attractions will con-
tinue after the lecture. Last night Free
man Larned delighted the audience with
his contortion act, ''Silence and Fun"
Admission only Is cents.
j. j. Sheehan, who conducts saloon at
223 South Main street, has a better opin
ion of the banking system to-day than he
ever had before. Yesterday he went to
one of the local banks to have check for
1929 cashed, being money to pay his Ii
cenSe fee. After returning to his place of
business he found that he had only 1929.
He did not know whether he lost the
money or whether the bank officials had
made mistake counting it, and gave the
money up ms lost. He notified the bank,
howe er, and was surprised and delighted
when his money was returned to-day, the
error having been discovered in the banks
cash account last night.
Decisions were handed down in the dis
tIict court to-day by Judge Bradstreet as
follows: Hayes VS. Cornelis. suit brought
over the sale of n wind broken horse
plaintiff to recover 5000 and costs; Beach
VS. Catalampski, defendent to recover costs;
Goodrich VS. Rushton, plaintiff to recover
costs; Santana VS. Rushton, demurrer over
RULED. In the case of Editor Clyma of
Naugatuck against Messrs Kennedy, futile
and Brophy, action for false imprison
ment, Judgment was rendered by Judge
Root for the plaintiff to recover SIS and
costs from each. In the case of Clyma
VS. Clancy, grand juror, Judgment was
rendered for the defendant.
1t is said in Boston that the sound line
agreement of the New England roads is
terminated by the recent action of the
New Haven company. 1t is said that an
agreement is drawn up in writing and
signed by the New Haven company that if
MIR Mcleod would withdraw Mr. Parsons
6u-day notice on the sound line agreement
the New Haven would not interfere with
the New England noon train or 3 o'clock
train, and would give New England night
train if it wished. Upon these conditions
the 6O-day notice of the sound line agree
ment was Withdrawn. it is alleged that
the action of the New Haven company in
violating that agreement aunuls the with
drawal notice, and the New Englandis free
to reduce rates on the sound line any day
it chooses.
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