Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16
CITY NEWS.

Free candy at A. & P. Tea Co Saturday.
 Nellie McHenry in A Night at the Circus at the opera house tonight.
 Judge Cowell paid visit to the Clay street school to-day.
 The last snow storm with the sleet that followed amounted to .S5 of m inch of water.
 St Barromaus vereIn will hold an i'm portant meeting at o'clock sunday after noon.
 The Regular Fourth Ward Democratic club will meet this evening. All members arc requested to attend.
 Ii the weather be favorable the boiler in the public schools wlll be inspected to- morrow by Inspector Laforge.
 Regular meeting of the water supply committee tonight. Bids for laying the pipe line in sections one and two will be opened.
 Mary Catherine keane, aged four years and five months. daughter of Mir and Mrs John kenne GS Mattatuck street, died this morning from pneumonia. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
 The remains of Mrs Grace E. Gaylord. Nho dien in Butte City, Mantana, arrived here last night on the 9 o'clock train and We're taken to the Hall Memorial chapel. The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon.
 The funeral of William Larkin took place at lu:3O o'clock this morning to the church of the Immaculate Conception. The services were read by Rev F. J Ken nedy Iuterment was in Calvary ceme- tery.
 J. C. Roach of Wall;ngford, state factory inspector. was in this city to-day looking over the works of the Benedict & Burn ham Manufacturing Co. The condition of the big plant is up to the average of the factories of the state. Mir Roach says.
 It has been necessary to keep tlanges running over the western division of the New York .S New England railroad the greater part of this week in order to keep the road open for business, but with this assistance all trains have been kept on good time.
 petition is being circulated to-day among the residents of Stone street, which will be presented to the next meeting of the court of common council, praying that two croSSwalks be ordered lald on Stone street. one in front of Ridge street and the other at the corner of Baldwin and Stone streets.
 The American bands concert Tn City h Ill last night wns we'll patroniZed The work of the band was up to its usual standard of excellence. showing the effect of painNtakiug and careful rehearsals The choristers made decidedly favorable i'm preSSlon on the audience and their first appearance gives promise of future success.
 Willie Carroll, the seven wear old son of D. F.. Carroll. was badly hurt on West Main street last night. With other boys, he was throwing snow balls at a colored man, in front of Foote's grocery store The latter turned on the boys and struck Carroll with the handle of his umbrella just above the left ear. The boy fell SenselesS and did not recover conscious ness for several hours.
 General Superintendent Platt of the Consolidated road Is quoted as saying that while freight traffic remains dull the pas srnEer traffic is increasing. especially the cOmmutatlon business. This lltter was unlocked for in view of the suburban com petition of electric roads. It is believed that the two express trains recently taken of the road will not be restored, even If passenger business should increase.
 (. L. Rogers meat marketin Doughcrty's block, SG East Main street, was burglarized last night shortly after 10 o'clock. At that hour one of the clerks happened to return to the market. and on entering the front door man hastily made his escape through th" rear door leaving behind in his haste d quau- tity of goods that he had packed up. The money drawer had been rihed and S7 taken. The pollce are working upon the cl>r.
 The Watertown Mutual Protective ls,o- cILtlon k experiencing a boom at this time. The general object of the association is to drfray the expenses incurred in efforts to apprehend and convict burglars. thieves and lncendlarles. It Is a purely local affair and by payment of Sl.50 n year, thereafter any citizen of the town can be member. The roll of membership has materially increased since the recent fire scare has prevailed. The vigilance com mittee Is still maintained and every effort k being made to prevent further crime.
 An evening with David Copperfield was the subject of the third series of the pco- ples ten cent course of lectures at the First church last night, with Charles F. Undrrhlll as lmpersOnatOr. The speaker handled his subject with rare skill and his portrayal of the different characters was highly appreciated. The musical pro- gramme Was under the management of OrganlSt Gibson, who presented the follow ing: Overture, "The Pearl of Bagdad," John LorctN. Jr; Russian March," Scot son Clark; Chorus of Angels" Scotson Clark.
 At the convention of the plumbers in Hartford yesterday. officers were elected aS follows; President James A Herne of Hartford: first vice president, J. B. Weiant of New Britain: second vice president, c. x Eames of Bridgeport; recording secre- tary, !. S. Craig of Hartford; financial sec retary. B. F. Stoddard. Middletown; treas urrr, Andrew J. ClarkIn of New Haven. | Delegates to the national convention to be held Tn Detroit. $. F.. Dibble, New Haven; John sullivan, Mddlctown. The convrn- | tlon next year will be held in Waterbury. Changes Were ordered in the bylaws to have delegates appointed by the local as sociatlcns rather than going independently. Free candy at A. X P. Tea Co Saturday. There seems to be some misunderstand- ing between owners of houses and tenants as to who Is liable for not cleaning the sidewalk in front of thelr premises. It is plain from the decisions that have been rendered in the different cases brought | before the court that 1t k the tenant, and | not the landlord, whose duty it is to see that the act relating to the cleaning of sidewalks Is complied with, provided the owner himself does not live in the house, | in which case the owner Is held respon- sible in the same manner as anybody else. A good many people have been working hard these mornings, cleaning the walks in | front of their property. when by right the work should be done by the tenants.
 An alarm of fire was rung in at G:45 last night from box B. co1ner of Cedar and Meadow streets. The department re- sponded quickly. The fire was discovered