Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-27

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Green goods letters have been received
10y ever a score OF Waterbury men during
the. past few days. They are about the
same III style as the letters published in
the Democrat some weeks ago, the only
change being in the code of signals and
tine addresses.
The case Of Jesse II. Pierce of Boston
" Timothy J. Hanlon of this city was
heard this morning before Justice C. G.
Root 1t Is an action to recover for the
value Of cash register, Lawlor for de-
PENDANT and Pierce for plaintiff. Decision
+, served.
Alfred Morton aged Is, of S Oak street,
IN employee of Smith It Griggs factory,
WAS throwing belt over tine shafting this
morning and got caught in the pully and
thrown to the ground breaking his left arm
and receiving several bad cuts and bruises
on the face. DIR ANtelle attended him.
Judge Charles O. Root was in Hartford
yesterday and held two hours confer
ruce with FIRST Selectman George w.
Fowler on the subject of outdoor aims.
Judge Root, Mayor kilduff and Thomas d.
Wells comprise committee appointed at
"a special town meeting to investigate this
subject.
The United States district court opened
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Townsend on the bench. Albert H. Ruhl of
Waterbury, charged with inpersoneting
pension agent, WAS found guilty and fined
SlUO and costs. Ruhl has only Just COM
plrted Al sentence of one year in Jail for
u like otfrnsc.
Or Munger performed a critical opera
ton on SoIoman Nineburg, the three year
old son of Julius Nineburg. of IS Canal
street. 1T Lis office this morning. The boy
showed Il pea up his nose, which his
parents found impossible to remove. He
WAS ethcrizel and after much difficulty
the pea WAS extracted.
Townsend lodge, l. O. O. F.. gave an
entertainment. sociable and card party
| last night The dance programme con
sisted OF eight members. TOwnsend's or
chestra furnished the music and Professor
Pole prompted. whist party was
prize WIS won by T. X. Woolworth, the
second went to Samuel Sloan, c. ]. Cleve-
| land carried off the third and Samuel
Hannvy captured the fourth.
Under date of February 18th. the South
trn New England has issued a new ttle-
phone directory. which WAS distributed
among Subscribers yesterday. These di-
| rrctotIr> are issued quarterly and are
growing larger all the time. aS the service
i extending. In addition to the directory
OF telephone subscribers is given the loca-
tlon Of the fire alarm boxes in each town
IN which services Is IN existence.
The case of Patrick Boyle and wife VS.
tn, city WAS heard this morning in the dis
t-Ict court 1t Is an action to recover
LOSSES for injuries 10 Mrs Boyle, who fell
| on m icy sidewalk, ut the corner of East
Main and Mill streets, some time ago, and
broke her leg. The case of Elizabeth
I.arttier was heard this afternoon. 1t is
AN action to recover for injuries received
from "a fall ON Washington avenue March
,, 1872. Decision was reserved in both
cases.
The winter of % and "a has after all,
distinguished itself, the recent intense
cold. Yesterdays bliZZard-like storm, and
th, vIrIous snOwfulls of the last month
having offset the mild streaks. One mlti-
eating feature OF Yesterday storm was the
comparative mildness of the temperature.
At ; o'clock the mercury was only at about
the freezing point, and in the height of
the storm there WAS not much change from
this point. The evening trains were over
an hour late.
good deal OF discretion should be ex-
erciSrd IN sending in fire alarms while the
streets IN their present condition, so
that the department will not be called out
| unnecessarily. Aside from the fact that it
makes a lot of trouble for the men to leave
| their employment and tires them out with
running. II means considerable expense
to the city every time the alarm is rung.
OF course no one wants for the purpose of
! saving expense to take the chance of fire.
but the impulse of most people is to pull
| an alarm on the slightest pretext Just to
see the department get out and make
little excitement.
There Is nothing new in the condition
of the two smallpox patients to-day except
that the authorities claim that they have
a clue To the origin of the case on Cherry
| street. J. F. Mccormick. who lives on
| the same floor with the Hammond girl
was in the company of the brother of Peter
Conroy the evening before Mr. Conroy was
taken i'll with the sickness. But even this,
the authorities say, Is mere speculation,
but It Is the only reasonable clue they
know OF. DIR Robbins ridiculed the idea
of anyone saying the girl contracted the
disease in church. The statement, he
says, has no foundation whatever, and did
not originate with the health officer or any
one else in Il position to know anything
about the case.
The regular meeting of the board of fire
commissioners WAS held last night Com
missioner Hart presiding IN the absence of
Mayor kilduff. The monthly bills of the
board amounting to 81 OBJ 40, were read
and accepted. A communication was re-
ceived from W. n. Sperry, acting for the
Southern New England Telephone COM
pany, in relation to putting telephones in
the engine houses. 1t was voted to have
instruments put in the houses of COM
panies. Nos l and ,. 1t was voted to al
l. IN A. . H. e
for extra services as acting chief of the de-
partrhent and Henry Hall the sum of 81 a
day for services rendered as extra man at
No rs house. Chief Snagg was instructed
to procure rubber boots and coats for some
of the assistant engineers.
The Cyr brothers. with ii good speciality
company, will be the attraction at the
opera house Saturday evening. Louis
Cyr, the elder brother, is well known in
Waterbury. He is the Police Gazette
champion strong man and can lift without
harness $3.50 pounds. His principal feat,
is described by the Norwich Bulletin,
where the company appeared Saturday
night: In Conclusion Cyr folded his mus
cular arms. which were protected only
by cotton bandages, around which the
whithetree-chains of a pair of Mr. Arthur
Lathrop's truck horses were fastened.
These horses weighed 1900 pounds, and
had been sharpened on Friday. They
pulled in opposite directions with all their
strength, but the arms of this modern