Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-23
CITY NEWS.

rant business on Grand street to William H. Brant Special forecast for Connecticut: Cloudy with light showers; generally fair, slightly warmer on Tuesday.
 J. E. Madigan. principal of the Bishop street school is at the summer school in Glen Falls, N. '.
 w. H. Atkinson of Bangor, Me, is visit. ing his friend Fergus J. Fay who is at- tending tie sick bed of his father
 Mrs Feeney of Boston, with her two sons. Leo and Frank. is visiting her sister. Miss Ada Splaine of Bank street.
 Miss Carrie L. Schindler left Saturday for the Catskill mountains. She will be chaperoned by Mrs A. Amend of New York city.
 Miss Katie Keegan of Taylor street is spending a three weeks vacation with her friend Miss Jennie Shat g1nessy of Bridge port.
 Ms Ann Fitzgerald of 624 South Main street and her daughter Mamie. are visit ing the1r cousin, Rev Father Tennlan Of Providence
 William Fox, Tom Donahoe and | ..Shorty" Brennan leave tomorrow for New Haven where they will join Harry Durant's aggregation of ball pllyers. Flour took big drop to-day when the axle of Truckman J. Villner broke at the hub throwing one of the hind wheels of and scattering several barrels of flour | around the street.
 Henry Schildgen and Mrs Ursuline Herr were married with a nuptial mass at s o'clock this morning at St Cecilie's chapel. Rev Dr Martin omciated. The witnesses were Quiren Staub and Mrs Hermann Her ringer.
 It was stated to-day that owing to an un- reasonable reduction in wages, quite a good many of the employees of the Scovill Manufacturing Co have left their posi- tions The reduction. it is said, affects some of the oldest and most experienced hands in the concern.
 William Wilson of South Main street. fJr over thirty years employed at Benedict X Burnham's, has accepted a position as superintendent of the manufacturing de- | D rtmeI t of the Manhattan Brass company, New York. MT Wilson will assume the duties of his new position to-day.
 About 10 o'clock Saturday night Arthur | SD, CTS, while returning to his home in Simonsyille. was met by two men near City Corners who demanded money from him. | He said he had none about him but this they did did not believe and seiZiDg hold of him took 5 in money and a silver watch out of his pockets.
 The following are the newly elected officers of the |. NJ. c. L A: President, Peter J. Luddy; ice-president, JohR J. Kelly: secretary, c. P. Bannon; assistant secretary, William Gilhooly; librarian. c. H. Bannon: assistant librarian. William Walsh; standing committee, Henry J. Kennaugh, John J. Conroy and John Luddy.
 n c. N. G.. will begin the competitive shoots to decide upon the members who will represent the Second in the brigade shoot to be held in the fall. There are to bt four competitive shoots. The one on Sat urday will take place at the QuinnipiaC range. The others will be he'd in Walling. ford, Meriden and Waterbury.
 Richard J. Mclaughlin, who was ar rested, here Saturday by Constable RIgney rec,i ived a dose of Wolcott justice tho same afternoon. On March 20 last Nc. Laughlin and two others broke into the house of Henry Lyman in Wolcott anC beat him unmercifuIly. They have beer absent ever since. Justice Evelyn UpsoI gave him thirty days, S7 and costs and s and costs.
 The long dry spell has had a disastrou, effect upon the huckleberry crop In thi. section. The upland pastures. where in, berrlss are usually the most abundant, art so parched and dry, and the sun ha poured its rays so fiercely upon the bushe. that the berries have been burned up, anC the income which comes to the farmer. through this source. and is largely earned by the Dimble fingers of their wives ant daughters, will be missing this year. Ther are some berries to be found in the low lands and in the swamps, but the grea bulk of the crop has been ruined.
 Martin F. Crean. aged p years, diec Saturday evening at his residence, Aver street He leaves besides his mother. Mir Katherine Crean. four sisters, Mrs Johr Nolan. Mrs Mary Ray, Mrs Micbae O'Brien and Miss Lizzie Crean. He was member of the Second division, A. O. H and of the O'ConnelI Literary and Socia club. The funeral took place this morn ing to the church of the Immaculate Con caption. where mass of requiem wa celebrated by the Rev P J. Kennedy. Tn pallbearers were: A O. H.. David Hanley John Barrett, Hugh Crean; O'Connell club Patrick Barry. James Fitzgerald and Pat rick Cahill. Interment WAS in St Joseph cemetery.
 Superintendent Bradley with a sual coterie of friends enjoyed hi- first ride ol the lew trolley road to-day. All of tn cars now in the stable which have beel made ready for the electric power wer gwen a trial. The run was made from tn barl to the New England tracks and re tarn. The trial was under the supervis ion of Superindent Daviso, who has put il the motors. Nothing could have beel mere successful and all were pleased a the smoothness of the primary guns. To morrow it is expected that the electric car will run on South Main street. They vii start at Scovill street and run the lenct of the line By the last of the week every thing Is expected to be in readiness an, al lincs will be occupied by the electri
 flyers.
 The summary of the Weekly Record fo the current week shows the following
 Real estate sales-New Haven and Wes
 Haven PC, Bridgeport IS, Hartford 22
 Waterbury 8, New Britain l, Middletowi 0. Norwich 3. New London f. Danbury :
 Norwalk '. Ansonia l. Real estate mort gages-New Haven and West Haven $50 SOl, Bridgeport S74 .546. Hartford sSS, ,175 Waterbury S4 900. Meriden S52, ,356, Ne,
 Britain s32. .190. Middletown 8 ,9e0 Nol
 wich S7,750. New London s10,OOO, Da1 bury S1,65O, Norwalk s6,S25. Ansoni | s, 800. The total number of sales thi | week Is 110, as compared with 75 for tn preceding week and 135 for the cores ! bonding week last year. The total of rt SoiuCu hOEt5abcs ls <OOOs fJO, Akalns ! s2i1 .SS9 the pr, ceding week and s459, ,O4
 for the corresponding week last year. There was a good attendance at tn s meeting of the Waterbury Temperance Re
 form league in the opera house yesterda = afternoon. The Misses Edith Northrol
 and Gertrude Neale sang, with Professo
 Elton al the piano. The Misses Margare s Sweeney. Margaret Hunter and Mimi ' Stowe also contributed to the musics f programme. G. NJ. Sims said he was dis
 gusted with the manner in which tn | machines of fha laao71a ra hair af