Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-16
CITY NEWS.

O. W. Elkins and wife left this morning l for Nashua. N. H. Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair' | cooler, northwest winds. The rainfall of last night amount 1.2O 1 of water. Of this over one inch fell Tn less than an hour. Owing to the absence from town several members of the American band there will be no concert on the green this week.
 William Mccarthy, son of Policeman Joseph Mccarthy of Hawkins street, left to-daa to spend a few days with friends in Jewett City.
 Mrs Thomas J. Moran and her three children, Harold. Walter and Mabel. left to-day to spend their vacation with friends at New London.
 If you don't want two thousand and four hundred iron clad parlor matches. with | one pound of Phelan's tea he will give you a cryst Il glass lamp chimney, burner and wick instead.
 James Minehan, aged 22, son of John | Minehan of Watertown, died last night of typhoid fever. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning. interment being in Calvery cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs Sarah Middlebrook took place from her late residence. 415 West Main street, at ? o'clock this after noon. The remains were taken to Win sted for interment.
 Fiege & Langefield, the contractors now at work putting down the paving blocks on $ outh Main street. have been awarded the contract to pave Union place. Hartford. It is A wide thoroughfare. east of the union depot.
 George S. Chatfield has been awarde d l ba for inc work tha new buildings to be erected by F. B. Rice on Grand street The masonry and car D., ,nter work will cost about s70, ,0O0. Con- tracts for the rest of the work have not yet been awarded.
 John Sullivan of 37 Fuller street;an em- ploye of Randolph & Cloves, met with a painful accident while at work this morn ing. He was removing some timber when a hea,y plank slipped and fell smashing the great toe of the right foot. The wound was dressed at the office of Dr Frost.
 The Holy Family society will give a sociable and supper next Wednesday evening. the 22nd. at Concordia hall, for the benefit of St Cecilia's nali church. Ad, mission will be 25 cents. Professor Ru- dolph's orchestra will fu.E sh music and Leo Herr will prompt :auces will be taken on article of value.
 The thunder storm of st night raised quite a freshet on Ex- -hlnge Place and along South Main street. The channel oi Little Brook, which flows in close proxim ity to these streets for some distance leaked through and flooded the cellars o several stores along its course, doing con siderable damage in some places.
 The new dry goods firm of Skidmore d Steiger. which has purchased the lease stock. fixtures and S35. .0O0 worth of tn stock of the T. F. Judson store. bids fair t be one Of Waterbury's popular dry good firms. Both men are well and favorabl, known, have a thorough knowledge of th business and possess the necessary capita and push to make it a sIccess.
 There has been a rush at the interna revenue offices this week to get whIske out of bond before the !,ew rate of S1 | gallon, which is 20 cents more than tn present tax becomes operative. The dis tillers and others who release liquor iron bond before the new tax become effectiv save about g n cask upon the tax. It i estimated that l5. 900 gallons have bee released in this state this week.
 The excursion to Niantlc tomorrow promises to be well patronIzed by Water bury people. The special train will leav the Naugatuck station at GAO, and tn steamer Isabel will convey the party fror Bridgeport. There will be dancing au -. | refreshments on boaru the steamer. It four hours sail and five hours will L given at Mantle. The fare for the roun - trip will be S1.5O.
 > All the wholesale fruit dealers of Bosto have united in sending instructions to th / agents of the Lehigh Valley and Central { consign peaches for Boston in future via th New York Central and New England, VI s. Brewster. In previous years they ha, gone via the New Haven road via a speci = peach train. but owing to the small crol 150. GOO baskets. against 1,500, ,OO0 In year. no special train will be run tn s. year.
 Chief of Police Egan attended the al
 nual reunion of the Connecticut Cavall ,d association. of which he is a member,
 Savin Rock yesterday afternoon. IT matter or monument to the dead COT rades who were killed on the battle fife sT was brought to the attention of the a
 sociation by Chief Egan. The state h allowed each company funds for the ere
 ton of monument and it was thoug
 necessary to take action as soon as poosib
 as to the battlefield on which the mon
 ment should be placed and other detail
 The matter was placed in the hands of
 committee who We're appointed for tn 6 purpose.