Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-28
CITY NEWS.

Z y. 4 fnelan Will sell Tea as u6uhit III
some place to be announced tomorrow.
Special forecast for Connecticut: An ex-
tremely cold wave covers the whole west
ern part of the country and will be felt in
this vicinity tomorrow.
The meeting of the board of education,
which was to have been held at o'clock
this afternoon. has been postponed until 5
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
In the rush and excitement this morning
two or three women wheeled baby carriages
into the crowd and seemed highly indig-
nant that fremen and everybody else did
not get out of their way.
William J. Schlegel to day bought for
Leroy S. White all the machinery and tools
of A. u. White, who conducted a machin-
cry shop in the rear of the old Sandland
property on South Mai street.
4 private reception was given in Quig
ley's hall last evening by the st Aloysius
drum corps. There were fifty couples in
the grand march, led by John Kilduff and
Miss Nellie Parker. Supper was served
by David
Councilman P. J. McGrath of East
Main street, who has been suffering from
liver complaint for two years. went to New
York Wednesday. to consult DIR Loomis.
specialist. He will probably undergo an
operation.
A woman with tears in her eyes asked
reporter this morning if it was true
| that Judge of Probate Lowe had been
burned to derth in the fire. She
was she Wi that official across the street
aud then passed on apparently unmindful
| of all the other losses.
Horace johnson writes: With this
furnish you the information of the fall of
snow during the winter months of 1894.
During January the fall amounted to tif-
| teen inches and during February to 14!:
| March none. which Is very uncommon
| December of the same year only one inch
This December beats the record by n num-
| Der of inches. he month of December.
1858. wa much milder than the one We
are now passing through. There was no
snow until the 30th OF December"
On the Naugatuck division there is
used d, after heavy SHOWS, what is known as
.'scraper." II looks like a large box
| car, but it Is seen at once that it is to be
used for other purposes. as in the center
IS what looks like Il mammoth pillow which
>crapes all the snow between the rails and
llnds it some distance outside the tracks
A new car was sent up the division. Wed
nesday. SO as to be ready for snow wheI
it should come. The car is usually KEEP
in Waterbury, aud Is much oftener use(
between here and Winsted than 1t i
south of here. The pillow is raised anC
lowered by men who ride within the ca
and control its workings.
Alexander Buchi, a Frenchman, % year
old, was found in dying condition Wed
nesday night near the Albert street cross
ing of the Nsugatuck road in TorrIngtoI
and died yesterday morning. 1t was d
first thought that there might have heeI
foul play. Medical Examiner Hanchet
held an autopsy which showed that b,
| ~, Kali nv en-
on the right side of the head. There wa
also a cut on the left side of the head ant
bruises on the back. An engineer teeth
fed that the wounds were such as would
be made by the iange of an engine wheel
The medical examiner summoned Corone
Higgins from Winstei and he held an in
quest yesterday afternoon the result o
which shows that the man WIS undOubted
ly struck and killed by a train.
Waterbury sent her Christmas offering
over to Whalley avenue yesterday after
noon. says the Derby Transcript. and
was about as hard II looking delegation a
has ever passed Though this city. Their
were nine prisoners. eight men aud on
woman. the men being chained togethe
in pairs. while an old woman walked be
tween two officers who were in charge.
large crowd OF pc pile We're at the depot ii
o'clock to see the transfer. The ole
woman was a sight to behold aud even tn
hardest Il earted would have felt sorry 70
her The clothes she wore were rags
and her feet were Csconc6d in "a pair o
mems shoes. while stockings-she has
none. An old dress patched ill a dozel
different places and a shawl which covered
her head. completed her wardrobe.
was a sad sight to behold and while tn
men were jeered at by the crowd. many
tear was shed for the poor old woman
who. though she was drunkard. Wa
human.