Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-30
CITY NEWS.

MT and Mrs E. F. hyland or 26 South street are receiving the congratulations of | their neighbors and friends. It is boy.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair, followed by light rain. colder Wednesday | night. stationary temperature. winds shift | ing to sou;herly. W. c. Kenney. son of Undertaker Ken ney of Hartford. will have charge of Un- dertaker H. Mulyille's business during the lattsr's absence from town. Tickets are in big demand for the ninth annual concert and socisble of the Acme club which will be given on November l6. The Acmes are royal entertainers.
 At St Cecilia's fair tonight the follow ing programme will be rendered: John Hazel. in Irish specialties. and representa- tives from the Parlor opera house.
 The adjourned meeting of the fire board will be held at 7:30 tonight. The water committee will meet at the same time and the police commissioners will meet at s o'clock.
 John J. Calvin of 8 Pond street left to- day for trIp through Southern California. Mir Calvin will be joined by one of his relatives in New York who will accompany him on the trIp.
 The French classes of the Catholic Women's association will not be held on | Thursday evening, but will meet on Wednesday evening at the convent. The l arithmetic and dressmaking classes ot Thursday will not meet this week The center school district committee met last night to arrange for a visit to the Washington school. In excavating for the foundation for the new building the con- tractor struck a mud hole. The commit tee will visit the place this afternoon. There has been quite a jump in the price of the stock of the New York. New Haven < Hartford railroad the last week and more a~tivity was observed in these securities than has been noticed at any time during the past six months. It is another indication of returning good times.
 Mrs Thomas Barlow and Miss Barlow had narrow escape from being seriously injured yesterday afternoon. They were | out for a drive and were on the way home when their horse became frightened in the vi-inity of the Farmers home and ran away. colliding W tn another team and throwing both occupants ont. At the foot | of Silver street the horse WAS captured by | Conductor Frank J. Miller of the Traction Co.
 Joseph Fielding of Waterbury com plained to the police last night, says the
 
 | of Sl15 in L ,uise Malansant's place at lO5 | Commerce street. He said that he was sitting in her lap and she took the money out of his pockets. Fielding says that he is a horse trainer. He was formerly a coachman in this city and is we'll known | h're Sergeant Johnson and Officer Far Tell went down 10 the place and arrested Mrs Malsnsent her husband, Joseph Malansant and Mrs O. Bast. Mrs Malan- sant was charged with keeping house of ill-fame and the others were put down as trequenters. No money was found on any of the prisoners and the police do not think that Fielding ever had as much money as he claims he lost.
 The auditorium was filled to the doors last night by the members of the Salvation army and their friends to listen to the ad- l dresses by General Booth and the mem- | bers of his staff. The hall was hand. somely decorated and the members of the | local army have just reason to feel proud of the reception accorded to the founder of the organization by the citizens of Wa terbury. The parade which took place about 30 was witnessed by thousands of spectators and the members had the honor of being received with liberal display of red fire along the line. Rev John G. Davenport acted as chairman of the meet ing He made A happy address of vel | come to General Booth. The generals | address was listened to with rapt atten- | tion and at times he was greeted with | bursts of applause. General Booth and party left on the S:l2 train this morning for New York.
 The three local lodges of the A. O. U. | w. celebrated the twenty-sixth auniver. sary of the order at the opera house last night A very interesting programme was rendered. Among those who contributed | were: Miss Rose T. Mcdonald, John E. Moran. w. c. Hungerford, NJ. J. McEvoy | D. J. Casey. Master Mcknight and the Misses Mcknight. A double quartette rendered the msrch, Soldiers Joy" and R. B, Fsrren. P. G. NJ. w, and John C. 1 Gallagher. G. O.. both of New Haven 1 spoke on the benefits to be derived from membership in the order. John c. Bick- f)Id. P. G. NJ. w. of Manchester, N. H spoke in eulogistic terms of the order He said the organization has a member. ship of 333 .0O0. The stage furnishing. were loaned by the l.. F. Haase company and John G. Twining k Go. Supper was l served at Conuolly's cafe. The commit tee in charge were: E H. Sandland, John L. Sake. c. H. Prircey. J. A. Knox, J. C. Whiting. William Lawson, J. H Madden J. $. Hayes and Emil Ebert.
 A singular circumstance in connection with the desth of Brakeman Miskill, which occurred at Towantic Sunday, Is told by one of his intimate friends H. says that but few days previous to tn, accident Miskill told him that he had re ceived letter from his sister in Norwood N saying that she had recently beer told by fortune teller that she had C brother who was a railroad man and tha he either had been or Was soon to b, seriously injured. The fortune teller de. scribed it by saying: "I see your brother lying on the ground with a crowd of men about him. all of whom. are wearing a cer tam kind of pin on the lapels of their coats" Miskfll was & member of tn. Order of Railway Trainmen. which fl symSolized by a small gold pin. There ii also superstition among railroad em ployes that one accident or death is always followed by two more. Ward Fish ana Miskill both were of the crew of trains 22I aud 22S. and both have died within ter days, and the remainder of the crew ar, asking each other which of them is to b, the next one.