Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-20
CITY NEWS.


 Judge Bradstreet in the district court to- day
 The funeral of the late O. H. Stevens will take place at l o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Services will be conducted at Riverside cemetery.
 There will be a meeting of the voters of the South Brooklyn school district. in the school room tonight. to take action on the tax list which has just been completed.
 John Mouth of Seymour street. an em- ploye of Benedict < Burnham's. had one of his ribs broken while at work yesterday afternoon. Dr Frost rendered surgical aid
 Superintendent Shepardson of the Trac- ton Co expo cts to have the ten minutes schedule time in operation on the West Main aud Naugatuck lines by the end of the week.
 The funeral of T. E. Shepard took place from his late residence on Baldwin hIll at , o'clock this afternoon with services at Hall Memorial chapel and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 Martino GaraDgelc. living in the rear of the Butler property on Unlon street. was arrested to-day on A warrant issued by Prosecuting Agent Holohan charging him with selling without q license.
 The Young Mems Catholic Literary as- sociation has appointed a committee con- S sting of !. M. Lynch Peter Luddy and Chris Bannon to secure the services of T. D. Sullivan, the distinguished Irishman, to give n lecture Tn this city shortly after Christmas
 Faulman's orchestra furnished music for the third annual sociable of the Water bury Wheel club in Leavenworth hall last night. It was very successful affair. About fifteen friends of the club came up from Naugatuck and there were also a large number of people from other towns.
 St Jossph's Temperance society will be- gin arrangements at once for their next performance, which will take place at Jacques opera house on St Patrick's night. March r.. A strong drama will be secured and a suitable cast selected. and rehearsals will begin at once.
 Cigar dealers and other small merchants iu the western part of the state have been imposed upon by clever swindler. who Is travelling under the guise of collector His plan is to ascertain by airolt question: ing. the amount his would be victim owes certain firms. and then he generally se- cures something on account.
 The net receipts of the picnic on fire mans day has been divided among the seven companies. each receiving S64 In the net receipts was included the SI0O donated by k. K. Brown and the $50 given by I. Chase both in recognition of the valuable services rendered by the fire department, at the fire in Browns block.
 The Waterbury term of the superior court opened at New Haven to-day. The case of Dennis Donahy of Topeka. Kansas. against Willis D. Upson of Waterbury and G. E. Alcott of Wanego, Kansas, is being tried. It is an action to recover on a'Eote for LOIS. The defendants claim that they paid the note by giving lot Its full value.
 The glare of two incandescent lights shed their effulgence over Contractor Thompson's night gang in the cellar for the addition to the Washington school last night. After a long search the men have succeeded in finding solid earth and the work of building the stone walls has been commenced and will te pushed along with dispatch.
 In the police court Michael Hogan was charged with selling beer on Sunday last. Officers Blakeley and Bailey testified to seeing people bring pails of beer away from the resr door of Hogau's saloon at the corner of Railroad Hill street and Washington avenue. Hogan entered no defense and Judge Bradstreet fined him $50 and costs. He took an appeal
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair warmer; winds shifting to northwest. A cold wave has oyerspread the north Allan tic coast; along the south Atlantic and gulf coasts the ten perature has remained sta- tionary. with a decided rise throughout the lake reglon the central plains and the northwest. This morning fair weather in thern Minnesota from where local snows are reported The mercury dropped to fifteen degrees in Waterbury this morning
 \ H. Burgee. brakeman belonging to Conductor Stars switching crew on the Naugatuck division, was hurt in the Bridgeport yards Sunday evening. They We're making flying switch in the yards when Burgee stepped to one side to get out of the way of ore portion of the train and did not notice that a second portion was coming toward him on the opposite track. He was knocked down and the heel of one foot and the toes of the other were caught and injured. Amputation will not be necessary.
 Deputy Sheriff Carmody to-day served papers on City Clerk Grady Tn a suit against the city brought by Frederick J kingsb " of this city and Sarah l.. Car ter of Williamstown. Mass. The suit is to have annulled the assessment of benefits and damages on North Willow str. ct The allegations are that the report of the board of compensation. confirmed October Is. by the council was not approved by mayor. The assessments were not legally made and no notice was given them of a hearing The clse is returnable the first Tuesday in December.
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 Thanksgiving turkey shoot Sixteen skilled mlrksmen will compete for a turkey supper on the plains of Hopeville. Lieutenant Carter will have charge of half of the men and Lieutenant Sandland will lead the opposition Corporal G A. King, Sergeant W. A. Bigelow, Privates George Hinman. W Black. G W. Sharp and Cor poral W. W. Webster We're appointed to take charge of the annual turkey sAcot in the armory on Thanksgiving day. ''The | Frogs of Old windhtm' will be produces by the company some time about January IT
 Another large audience greeted TemT CT ance Lecturer Thomas E Murphy in the auditorium last night. s. W. Goodyear presided. Mir Murphy stated at the outset that it was not true that he had been en- gagged to come here for three nights for the sum of S250. He said he came here without making any agreement about money and when he got through the com mittee could give Linn what it wished. | The lecturer called President Nichols of the Waterbury Temperance Reform league and President James H. Freney out of tn C meeting and each made a short address. At meeting of the board of compensa- ton held last night there were present Messrs Frisbie. Chapman and Root. Hearings were given to property owners on South Main street m regard to the as-