Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-21
CITY NEWS.


 John Moriarty has purchased thu fast driving horse of w. D. Upson. Rev J. H. Broderick of Meriden was the guest of Rev H. Treanor yesterday.
 Special forecast for Connecticut:-Fair. stationary temperature, southwesterly winds.
 The democratic primary election will be held this afternoon, the polls being open from to o'clock.
 There will be a meeting of the nomi- hating committee of the peoples party in Labor hall this evening.
 The delegates to elect delegates to the democratic state convention will meet to- morrow night in City hall to make selec- tions.
 A. T. Sackett. ticket agent on the Erie road at Meadville. Penn, is visiting his of the Naugatuck road.
 The Misses Mary and Florence Murphy and Miss Margaret G. Fitzgerald of New Haven were present at the Sacred Heart | church entertainment last evening. An elderly lady fell from trolley car at the corner of Dublin street this morning. The car starred suddenly while she was up on the platform. Her left wrist was pain fully sprained.
 The Winsted Evening Citizen. one of our most valuable exchanges, has affected a modern dress and enlarged to eight pages. We are pleased to note this evi- dence of prosperity.
 4 rehearsal of The Chimes of Nor mandy" full cast and chorus will be held at LIlley block at 8 o'clock this evening. It is expected that every member of the company will be present.
 Thieves are making depredatians in many parts of the city and are becoming a pest. They have injured several trees by breaking off limbs, and have not hesitated U take away bushels of potatoes in some places.
 There are at present PTS men and forty eight women confined in the county jail which is an unusual number. Jailor | Okeefe has found it necessary to utilize the ''cooler" as a sleeping apartment for s me of his guests.
 When Town Health Officer O'Hara called at South I eonard street yesterday afternoon he found a dead horse in the stable belonging to one of the residents, | and grave dug about two feet Tn the Fear of the house in which iI was propose to bury it. The doctor informed the owner that the animal should be buried at least three feet under tn ground. | A suit has been brought against William sS. Wood. prominent resident of Water town. by Mrs Matilda Darlington. formerly of Philadelphia, to recover S25. .OO0 on a promISsO-y note. Wood, according to his | own allegation, has already lavished for tune upon Mrs Darlington. the only valu- able consideration claimed to have passed between the two being "love and affec- | tion."
 T azEr -,1,% El, 9:05 was rounding the curve just below Platt mills the guard struck large rock which lay on the track and hurled it down the embankment and into the river. The l train was stopped, but as the rock had rolled among others of its kind 1t was inn possible to distinguish it from the rest. As it could not have rolled down the bank it is believed that it was placed there for the purpose of wrecking the train.
 Says the New Haven Palladium: A calm and benign smile illuminated the face of l Registrar James \. Hynes of Waterbury as he left New Haven for the Brass City late yesterday afternoon. He had been Tn town making his peace with Sheriff Tom | linson. Nothing but harmony prevails now. it is said. Jailor O'Keefe too, was busy. and his smile deepened when he learned hat''Jimmy" Hynes had smooth+d things over with Charley" The beauti- ful harmory that pervades the party boded nothing good. leaders say. and they would rather have fight than a love feast
 J hn L Sullivan arrived at Waterbury tlIs noon from Hartford. Concerning the Corbett-Jackson fizzle. Sullivan said that when he wanted to fight he never had any trouble in getting place. He thought that was terse explanation of the whole thing Sullivan said about his new play oV .N 4ln.asR l. he had good thing" aud that it was de- signed especially to attract the ladies. Among the actresses in the company are Mlss..Eva Selby, Miss Nellia Lawrence and and the King sisters in specialties. The The Darrows children also in songs and dances and the men are clever including Bebby Mack. the old favorite.
 For the information of people who have petitiOned for electric lights in their streets it may be we'll to state that there are six petitions for electric lights in the hands of the city clerk, not one of which can be put puntil after the appropriation tor 1895 shall have been made out When the appropriation was made out for light ing the city last year. the sum of S24 .OOO was set aside for this purpose. At that time the city had contracted for the full amount, so tbat no one has been granted an electric light this year There are petitions now on file for the following streets. all of which until the approprla tion for electric light shall be increased which is sure to be done when the appro, priations for 1895 are being made out when all will be granted and the lights perhaps, put up before the bad weather Jewelry street, corner of Granite and River streets. Silver street at No I6O Bank street at the junction of Third street. Riverside street betYeen Washing.