Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-12
CITY NEWS.

afternoon by the arrival twin girls
An extensively signed petition asking
for tie appointment of Hon A. p. Brad
street. as judge of the superior court. is in
circulation. Most of the local lawyers
have signed the paper.
John Lynch. aged 30 years. died at his
residence, 25S Baldwin street, this morn
ing after short illness of pleurisy. The
deceased leaves his mother, two brothers.
William and Patrick. and three sisters,
Mrs Timothy Moriarty, Mrs Patrick Wren
and Mrs Thomas Kenny. all of Waterbury.
Miss Minnie Ryan, who was to have
given a musicale at her home, IS Phmuix
avenue, next Friday evening, and for
which invitations have been sent out. is
compelled to postpone the entertainment
indefinitely. Her brother, William Ryan,
is seriously i'll.
There are advertised letters at the post
office for JAS Flynn. P. J. Lyons, Peter J.
DAILY. Mrs LYDIA A. Rice, Jas sullivan, X.
\. AcLoughlin, Mrs Ada S. Hart. Edward
Vardnry. (2l. F. H. Smith. E. ]. McCor-
| mick, Miss Lens Griffin. WV. Hill and
Miss Sadie Lyman.
At the annual meeting of Division No
,. A o. H. held last night. the following
officers were elected: President, J. VI.
Lynch; vice-president, ID. Hanley; finan-
GAaA sCSAcAaANs
se" retary, Edward Shannahan: treasurer.
J: A Hynes; chaplain. Very Re' J. \
Mulcahy.
One of Dunworth's express wagons col
lided with a trolley car ON Bank street
this morning. near the building of the
Southern New England Telephone Co. The
| two forward wheels were severed from the
| wagon. but no other damage occurred
Drivers of teams claim that this is the
most dangerous place along the line of the
trolley cars. an incline in the street caus-
| ing vehicles to slip onto the bed of the
| rails.
4 resident of Prospect. who has been
reading of tie large number of chickens
stolen from people living in Waterbury.
said to-day that the business of chicken
stealing WAS not confined entirely to Wa
| terbury, The other evening" he said
Michael Walsh. nelghbor of mine. had
fourteen chickens stolen from him, and the
best of the joke is that he lives next
house to the constable
The storm of the last couple of days has
| played hobs with some of the trolley cars,
1t being found almost impo >sible to keep
| water out of the motor boxes. A conductor
/ on the East Main street line was exam
lining the motor box last night to discover
tie cause OF the car stopping. when he re-
ceived a shock that turned him head over
| heels and made him see stars for half
minute although the sky was overcast
| The trouble was caused by water and Is
provoking alike to the company officials.
| the employees and the public. 1t Is some
thing. however. that cannot be avoided
One of E. ii. Oviatts milkmen narrow
~ escaped losing his load of milk this
| afternoon His wagon was standing on
| South Main street. opposite Union street
when a trolley car approached. Just as
| the car came in front of the milk wagon
/ the horse backed the team just far enough
to get caught by the trolley. The motor
man was quick to act and stopped the car
before doing much damage. One can of
milk was tossed ont and for IL time the
water along the tracks for a distance of
many feet Was turned white. The horse
| ran down the street, but was caught be-
fore doing atty damage by Thomas Nc
Samara-
The committee appointed at recent
meeting of the Catholic Literary asSocia-
| tiOn to lind out on what terms L. ID Sulii-
van. nov on a lectuTing tour in America.
could be secured to speak In Waterbury.
| have received an answer from the manager
or the International Lyceum bureau.
Boston. which shows that the services of the
brilliant Irish essayist are in big demand
The best terms the bureau could offer was
Sl35 for one night, the society to furnish
/ hall and do the advertising. The bureau
| would 81 nd on some llthogra phs. The MEM
bers are anxious to hear MIR Sullivan, but
it is very doubtful if they will decide to
bring him here at that price.
The Standard Oil company and other
concerns which supply the retailers in
| this city with kerosence oil, have raised
the wholesale price and there is a posi-
bility that the retailers will raise the price
/ slightly. Kerosene has been cheaper
during the past few months than ever be
| fore, but the present Wholesale increase
will probably have the effect of sending it
back to the old prices. A prominent
| dealer. who was questioned about the
raise yesterday, said that the retailers had
been making comparatively small profit
| during the summer and the raise in the
wholesale price would undoubtedly be
followed by a corresponding increase in
the price to consumers.
John McCue of Bristol met with
serious accident Monday night about s
| o'clock. He had been in New Britain and
there boarded freight train bouDd " est.
1t proved to be a through freight which
| did not stop at Bristol. As the train
neared the Bristol depot. going at the rate
of twenty miles an hour. McCue realized
his error and jumped He was thrown
| violently to the ground and when found
| was unconscious and had a large cash in
his head. He WAS carried to his home and
| Do tors Wilson and Robbins were sum-
moned They found it necessary yester-
day to trepan the skull McCue now lies
in critical condition, but his physicians
have some hopes of his recovery
Street Inspector Kelley is now after
storekeepers who have put up transpar-
encies over their stores, which project
over the sidewalk Yesterday afternoon
parties maintaining such devises were
notified that they will be compelled to re-
| move them at once or suffer the cons.
quences. Section 40 of the ordinances on
streets Is pretty plain on this matter.
Head 1t: No sign. show bill, lantern.
show board. or goods, wares or merchan-
disc. or other thing which at its lowest
part Is less than nine feet in height above
the sidewalk or street. shall project into
any street more than twelve inches, under
penalty of not less than IS nor more
than $50 for each Offense, and the like
penalty for every day such ,ien. show
bill. lantern. show board, goods.
wares or merchandise or thing shall be
continued after an order to remove the
same given by the street Inspector" The
inspector intends to demand a full COM
plIance with The provisions of this section
OF the ordinances on streets.
| A reporter of the DEMOCRAT asked a
member of the water committee this after.
noon If he thought it just to the public for
a body of officials to go into executive ses
SION to transact matters pertaining to the
analrs OF the city. thus shutting out the
taxpayers from being informed as to what
disposition had been made of matters in
which the public have considerable inter
est ION general principles" he said
Il am opposed to the executive session
business, but there are times when il is
| the only safe course to pursue
and it Is only an such occasions