Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-19
CITY NEWS.

DIR NJ. c. O'Connell of New Haven is
visiting friends in this city.
A full rehearsal of 1.-The Colleen
Bawn" will be held at the Acme club
rooms tonight.
Miss Nellie Culhane is temporarily
filling the position of assistant to Town
Clerk Madden.
Miss Mary G. Duncan, popular sales
lady at Reid & Hughes store, is visiting
DR. M. j. O'Brien, West 122d street, New
York.
Special forecast for Connecticut:
Warmer to-day, followed by colder
weather tonight.
The regular drill of Co E, Hibernian
rifles, will be held at the union armory
this evening at o'clock.
In the police court to day John j.
Clark case for forgery was again con-
tinued until tomorrow morning.
d. II. Tierney has sold for John Prin-
die his farm of As acres on the Park
road, to William E. Pulford of 23O
Cherry street.
! The Waterbury Burns club are
making great preparations for their
annual ball, which will be held at City
hall January %.
The Ideal Banjo club will render a
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the Union Foresters' fair in City hall
Saturday evening.
Julian f. Devaux, who is at the pest
house suffering with smallpox, is re-
ported to be very much better to-day
and in a fair way to recover.
The insurance companies have shipped
sixteen large crates of goods, left from
the late fire at f. b. Merriman's, and
carpenters are busy refitting the store.
Thirty-eig cigarette machines
owned by +. j. Luddington of this city
were destroyed in the fire at Allen &
Ginter's factory in Richmond, Va.
Jeanne, wife of Edward Lombard, of
ISouth Main street, died this morning.
Her age was twenty-siX years. The
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon.
Nile SiOrosea, who had both his hands
crushed in Holmes, Booth q Haydens',
is getting along nicely at the hospital.
His hands will be saved, so the doctors
think to-day.
The Rambler Wheel club will give an
entertainment and dance at Concordia
hall this evening. Lawson's OrChcstra
will furnish music, and A. HOLMAN
will call the dances. a good time is
assured all who attend.
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Clock shop enjoyed a sle.ghing party tC
Thomaston last night. A dance was
held in one of the halls in that town fol
which klobedanz furnished the music
and Professor Herr prompted.
At > o'clock this morning the crew o
the Harlem River freight deserted the
train in the freight ward at Bridgeport
The night was 80 cold that they refused
to obey the recent order of the Console
. dated railroad, compelling them to ride
on the top of the freight cars. Another
= crew was procured and the train pro
ceeded.
The secretaries of the local councils o
, the Knights of Columbus have received
notice of the following deaths: Patricl
LAWN, Torrington; NJ. ]. KerrIgan
Unionville; P. j. Meagher. Portland
Eugene Duval, Meriden. The tota
membership subject to this assossmen
is $3.50. Extra assessment No 2 ha
also been called for this month.
Observer Cox says there has been n
January since the weather office ha
been established in New Haven in 49,
that was so cold. The cold wave set il
. on the afternoon Of January 3 and TO
two weeks the thermometer has no
been above the freezing point, save o.
the 9TH, when it rose to two above. TIL
medn temperature Tor the past tW
weeks has not been above 20 degrees.
} j. w. Belts was fined S. so in tn
police court Monday morning for intoS
ication. He said he lived in Waterbur
and if allowed to go there would retur
p with the amount. The story he toll
? won the sympathy of the court and Cit
c Attorney Platt paid his fare to Water
y bury. Belts fully indicated the trus
. reposed in him by appearing at polio
U headquarters this morning with tn
: amount of the fine which was paid owe
to Court Clerk Thayer jour
= nal.
The following concert program wi
be rendered by Reeves band, thirt
pieces, of Providence, at the firemen
ball, in City hall tomorrow evening
Overture, william Tell" Rossin
clarinet solo, concert air, Neibig, Pei
formed by Joseph Demair; Lion d
Ball Gillett; piccolo solo, scherzc
o DE Carlo, performed by Max Guettel
- opera, Robin Hood" De koven; col
net solo, Loves Old Sweet Song,
Molloy, performed by B. r. Church
trombone and cornet duet, from TrovC
tore, performed by Smith and Church
descriptive, "Waterbury Fire Depart
ment," Reeves.