Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-21
CITY NEWS.

high northeasterly winds.
Roger Conner spent Saturday night and
Sunday at his home in this city. Mr. Con-
nor left for Boston this morning.
G.. H Raymond, brakeman on the New
York i New England road, had two fingers
of his left hand taken off while coupling
cars in the local yard yesterday morning.
An important meeting of the Catholic
WomCn's association will be held in the
hall of the convent of the Notre Dame to-
night. All interested in the new organlZa-
ton are requested to be present.
At st Johns church yesterday morning
the Rev Dr. Rowland prefaced his sermon
with a touching reference to the presenta-
ton to him last Sunday evening by his
parishioners of a purse containing $220,
in recognition of the tenth anniversary of
his assumption of the rectorate.
The committee on Attachments will meet
in the mayors Office Tuesday evening,
May %, at 7:30, to answer all petitions
which have been referred to them for the
abatement of city taxes. No petitions will
be considered unless the petitioner or a
representative is present.
Mrs Margaret I4ally died at the aims
house Yesterday afternoon, from injuries
received by upsetting lamp at her home
Friday night. The remains were removed
to the rooms of Undertaken Lynch. The
funeral took place at 3 o'clock this after
noon.
Right Rev Bishop Tierney will admins
ter the sacrament of confirmation in St
Johns church. WATERFOWL, Friday even
ing, the 25th inst The class to be con-
firmed comprises children from Water
town, Woodbury. and Southbury. Priests
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Lewis CT. Baldwin. a well known coz
ductor on the New York and New England
railroad, died at his home at Fishkill yes.
terday morning He has been in ill health
for a long time. Mr. Baldwin was for
years a passenger conductor, running be-
tween Fishkill and Boston, and was well
and favorable known to the travelling public
for the entire length of the road. Three
years ago, on account of failing health, he
was compelled to leave the servi- e.
DIR W. F. Hinckley addressed large
audience IN Labor hall yesterday after
noon on the subject of national finances.
He declared that the revision of the fnan-
cial system by the congress of 1873 was
dictated by England, aud that this legisla-
ton had proved most disastrous TO the
working people. He also took occasion to
remind his audience of some unfulflled
promises made to the people by the pres
ent government
Ticket Agent Z. d. Manwaring will leave
this afternoon for n business trip to New
York, accompanied by his wife. The
party will stop at Newburgh tonight and
tomorrow vii enjoy a sail on the Hud 'on
IN the steamer Mary Powell By invita-
ton of Mr. Babcock Mr.. and Mrs. Man
waring will return by the Norwich line
Wednesday and arriving in New London
in time to reach Waterbury the same
evening. N. E. Payne, chief clerk of the
freight house, will sell tickets during Mr.
Manwarings absence.
Raise your awnings" is the order the
patrolmen all over the city are giving to
merchants. For the past few weeks nu-
merous complaints have been sent to
Prosecuting Attorney Russell and Chief
Egan relative to the majority of the avn
| ings around the city being so low that
| pedestrians have, in many instances, had
to take to the street. Umbrellas have been
broken, hats destroyed, and there has been
II general disregard of the ordinance rela-
tive to the height at which awnings should
be placed. The ordinance was adopted
some four or five years ago, and provided
that awnings should be nine feet clear of
the walk. Prosecutor Russell thought
this might he IL hardship and only asks the
merchants to raise them so that there will
be n distance of scven feet from the lowest
point of the awning to the walk. If these
| orders are not complied with at once, ar
rests of the owners will follow.
The Y NJ. C. A. orchestra furnished
music the meeting of the Temperance
Reform league in the opera house yester-
14V a tpr NV
Messrs J. f. Mix, Ii. F. Uffendale, Arson
futile, G.. NJ. Sims, James Welton, r. w.
Lamps Il, S. w. Goodyear and Robert
Brownie. Mr. Nichols said the audience
reminded him of n lot of cats. He said he
went to see the trained cat show the other
day and learned n good deal from them.
Professor Welton told him that whenever
he drank glass of beer or smoked cigar
he never went near the cats. they would
run away from him Mr. Nichols said he
wished the young women of Waterbury
were more like cats. He had seen women
wait outside while their escort went in and
got drink. A cat would not do that He
thought that the women who decided to
marry THESE men had no right to grunt or
grumble about what such men do after
they are married.
The fourth annual meeting of the Con-
HtC-ICuI ASSOcldtlOu Oh w OThlnR GlGI so
cieties will be held in this city Wednes-
day Officers and delegates from the va
rious clubs of the state are expected and
the occasion promises to be pleasant and
valuable 10 all who attend. business
meeting will be held ut the Friendly league
rooms ut 3 p. IN. This meeting is open to
delegates and members and will be fol-
lowed by discussion on summer life in
clubs. The evening meeting will be held
at Leavenworth hall at 7:30. Interesting
papers from Chicago and Baltimore dele
gates will be read and an address will be
given by the Hon Samuel NJ. Hotchkiss of
Hartford, COnnecticuts x-commissioner
of labor. He will speak on the labor prob
lem as connected with women. Music
by well known local talent has been prom
Used. This meeting is free and open to all
and large attendance of all interested in
the earnest and successful work being
done by the Working Girls clubs is q eatly
desired. Employers are requested to at
tend. The full programme will appear
later.
At the 1890 O'Clock mass in the Sacred
Heart church yesterday the Rev Father
Treanor called attention to the town meet
ing to be held next Friday night and urged
the men of his congregation to attend and
see that justice be done, and that some
provision made to give temporary en-
ployment to the deserving poor. There are
too classes, Father Treanor said. who are
not deserving of sympathy: the men who
spend most of their wages for liquor and
those who expect only to draw their wages,
doing as little work as possible He re-
ferred to the work done on the Naugatuck
turnpike last winter and said the town did
not get fair equivalent in labor for the
amount of money expended. 1t is rob-
berry, he said. for a man to draw full
days pay and give only half days actual
service. because it happened to be pub
lie work. On the other hand there are