Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-20
CITY NEWS.

The Black Crook" at the opera house
this evening. -.--s
A parcel picked up on South Main street
to-day may be obtained by the owner at
the DENocRAT Office.
The st Aloysius drum corps will meet in
their new headquarters at 7:30 this even
ing in full uniform.
In the police, court this morning Viii
liam CLARK was charged with being drunk.
Judge ROOT fined him 81 and costs,
W.R. AIattison and Charles E. Turner
were appointed trustees in the probate
court to-day on the insolyent estate of W.
c. Myersnls &c
u. Finn has the lGIllgttesst and most Sc
lect stock of shoes and slippers in the city.
He is sure to please you on prices as we'll
rs fit and style.
A number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs
A. j. Smith assembled at their residence
last evening t. celebrate the first anniver-
ssry of t cir marriage.
The will of Samuel B. Pinney of Bloom
field was admitted to probate yesterday.
First SelectInan Z. W. Pinney, the tesla
tors son, is given 81 200.
Superintendent George W. Beach and
family returned to-day from their visit to
the Worlds fair. While away Mr.. Beach
Railroad Superintendents.
Several of the rooms of the public
schools are closed to-day as the teachers
are attending the forty-seventh annual
meeting of the Connecticut State Teachers
association in New Britain.
Report comes from the Town Plot school
district that crowds of boys are in the
habit of raising disturbances around the
school building. A party drove into town
| this morning to report the matter to the
proper authorities.
The case of W. ]. Schlegel against Mrs
| \. L. Allerton is being tried in the dis
trict court this afternoon before Judge
Brad treet. The suit is brought by Mr.
Schlegel to recover commission for selling
property for Mrs Allerton in Naugatuck.
Richard McKenna, aged SO years. died
| this morning at the almshouse from the re-
| silt of Il paralytic shock. The funeral will
be held from Undertaken Bergin's morgue
| at . o'clock tomorrow morning with seryi-
| ces at the immaculate Conception church,
and interment in Calvary cemetery.
The First division, A. o. H, will attend
the St Cecilias fair this evening in body.
An invitation has been extended to the
other divisions of the order to join with
them. 4 short parade will be made be
fore going to City hall. st Cecilia's drum
corps will escort the division.
Effie A. Nicholson, daughter of Edgar
| c. Nicholson of 10 West Liberty street,
and Reuben Wilcox of Pittsfeld, Mass.
| We're united in marriage at the home of
the brides parents by the Rev John G.
Davenport, at o'clock last evening. Mr.
and Mrs Wilcox will reside in Pittsfeld.
1t costs the 80, 600 inhabitants of Water
bury $27, $3.50 this year to care for paul
pers. That is too much. The trouble is
in the system, which is all wrong. If the
city has to see that the poor are provided
for, work should be set ap TT for them.
The town poor can be self-sustaining if
they are set about it.-New London Day.
The body of Morris Wodzislanski. a
Danbury saloon keeper, was attached
Wednesday afternoon to secure 81 200
which he owed the Naugatuck Valley
brewery of this city. Wodzislanski Sc
cured bonds and made an assignment.
| Before being attached Wodzislanski sold
the saloon to Frederick Belser and took
the latter's note. 1t is claimed that the
sale was fraudulent.
lounge in the apartments of a family
named Kahn at 1873 Bishop street caught
fire about $40 last evening and was tossed
out Of Il window The cry of fire was
raised and some one ran to Fogg'S store,
got the key and rang an alarm from box
%. ut the junction of North Main North
Elm and Cherry streets. The department
climbed the hill only to find how foolishly
th"y had been called out.
new barn owned by Assessor G. B.
Lawrence on the Hull road, Town plot
was destroyed by fire about $50 last night
Fifteen tons of hay, three horses and some
farm implements were also destroyed. Nj
Lawrence had been to the barn about Ia
and had only got back to the house wheT
the fire was discovered. The loss is esti.
mated at 81 200, insured for S9Oo. 1t i,
not known how the fire originated.
Another large crowd attended the S
Cecilia's fair in City hall last night. TIL,
stage attractions were little Dottie Simp
son. who won the audience by her dancing
of the highland fling. Some night mex
week she will repeat it. The Lyra Singing
society rendered several selections which
We're greatly enjoyed and the second act o.
the play ''St Cecilia" was given. Tn,
phonograph, in charge of Mr. Crane, is
| causing much amusement. This evening
: the Misses Brickel will sing and there viii
be pie eating matches and pig races by tn,
) boys. The door prize went to No 1921
last night.
Rev +. u. Buckley writes that he wa:
misrepresented by tho three daily paper.
on Wednesday. He was quoted as sayin,
that on recent Sunday evening he count
ed thirty saloons in full blast, on Soutl
Main street. What did say" writes NJ
Buckley. was that there were thirty place:
IN full blast, and while knew that som,
of them are not saloons, many of them par
} took much of the character of the saloon.
Inasmuch as Rev Mr. Buckley pEefaced hi
remarks by saying, lam not here to deer,
the saloons, but will tell you somethinj
: that will startle you" his statement tina
thirty places" were in full blast could no
be construed in any other way by tn
DEMeCRAT reporter than that the places
were saloons.
Arthur Chinquin, who robbed the depo
in Southington Wednesday noon, has nc
yet been captured. After committing tn
robbery he went to Bristol. Constahl
Morse, who had heard of the robbery
asked the man to step into his Office
Chinquin did so, but Morse was stoppe
by friend before he could enter and h
delayed to talk business with him. Thi
gave Chinquin time enough to jump out c
q the window and go to the barn, where hi
brother works. He had his brother hitc
up the sastest horse in the barn and tn
: two atarted for Waterbury. Constabl
Morse and Officer Gleason were right afte
| them and caught up with them at the Ne7
England depot in this city. As soon q
Chinquin saw the officers he jumped OF
of the team and disappeared in the lumbe
yard. There trace of him was lost.
A dispatch from Rochester. n. Y, say
4 o. B. Merritt, young comedian who unit
few days ago was a lecturer at the Muse
theater here, to-day found his lost wifi,
Agnes who left HIM two weeks ago. tn
couple met on Main street and Merritt tol
z locket containing his picture from
@ chain encircling his wife's neck Tt
= couple then came to police headquarters
t and aired their grievances. Mrs Merri