Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-31
CITY NEWS.

night. n2s5 The board of health, will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon fs A daughter was born Monday evening to MT and Mrs John T. Phelan. Tomorrow is Curran's bargain day, probably the last in the old store. | Four new cars for the Traction company are being unloaded g t the Nsugatuck depot | this afternoon.
 The funeral os Charles Edward, infant son of Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Demers, was held from PTS Grove street to day. In tern ent at Calvery cemetery.
 There has been large sale of tickets for the entertainment and sociable of the Elfn Social club, at Leavenworth hall, Friday evening.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Rain to-day anl l tonight, followed by clearing early Thursday morning. southeast shift ing to westerly winds. colder.
 Edward w. Nobbs, aged 6S years. died at his residence. $50 North Main street The funeral wiil take place from the house at 2 clock this afternoon.
 James Fitzgerald af 463 Baldwin street an employe of Benedict and Burnham, re- ceived bad cut on the wrist of the right hand while at work this afternoon. Dr. Frost attended him.
 Tonight the artists of the Parlor opera ). house will appear at the fair of St Cecilia s l parish, also the Misses Mcknight in piano d duets. The fair wlll continue the rest of this week.
 Thomas NJ. Waller of New London will | speak in the auditorium next Monday nIsh'. This will be the closing rally be- fore the great battle of the ballots which will be opened on the following day. 2 Joseph Healy the truckm had a very painful tumor removed this afternoon. Dl J. J. McAvoy performed the operation assisted by Peter J. Lawlor. who is about to graduate from the New York veterinary college.
 The following errors oct urred in the re port of subscriptions received for tn, American band: John ONeill should havt credit fer s1 and c. $. Lang fifty cents and J. T. Phalen should have credit in stead of J. f. Phelan.
 1 c. F. Downey says that he disposed O his ioterest in the Sunday Globe som, J time ago to H. s. Visscher. He will mak, this his defense in the case for crimina libel. It is said that besides being prose cuted for lioel the G'o1e peopl, will b again arrested for sending obscene litera ture through the mail.
 On and after Thursday of this weel deputy collectors of internal revenue il | gagged in the sale of playing cards. Wher st it IS found that dealer has failed to plac O the required stamp upon the cards h Q offers or exposes for sale, the stock will b n seized and the dealer will be liable to D. fine of $50.
 The district committee visited tn Washington school grounds yesterday an '. decided that by digging down a few feet
 good foundation will be found au1 that will not be necessary to use piles, bu some of the boys, who remember that spo
 when it was a regular quagmire, shak their head at the idea of finding a soli
 bottom there.
 The first regiment team won the brie ade shoot at Mantle yesterday with the e1 cellent score of GAO. At the 200 var
 range the First made 322, the Fourth, PIT
 Second 217, Third 324. Machine Gun set
 ton 314. At .560 yards, the First mad
 BIS, Second 296. Third 302 Fourth 19t
 Machine Gun section 1S2. The total
 were: First GAO. Second 613. Third 62t G. Fourth 743, Machine Gun section 49(
 The resnlt of the shoot will be match b, . tween the First and Third regiments fo
 $50 trophy.
 James c. Britton of Hartford, a specii
 agent of the United States department (
 labor. is Tn town looking up the matter (
 strikes. The .bor bureau is conducting n special investigation into the subject ( N strikes and lockouts covering a period " seven and half years. About eight yeal
 ago the department issued a special repol
 on strikes. MT Britton covers a part we Massachusetts and all of Connecticut, wit m the exec sption O. New London and WinG ham counties. During the period covere nu by his investigation about 2O0 strikes hay
 occurred in New Haven, seventy-tive i
 Hartford and about twenty-five in wate
 bury.
 SI About 20 o'clock this afternoon th
 fire department was called to the die sinl
 ing shop of c. l.. Chapelle on Cherr
 street. where a gasoline tank had exploded
 MT. Chapelle was hardening some dit
 when the tank exploded. badly scaldin
 his arms and face. His son, young ma
 abou: l7 yearsiold. who was in the plaC
 at the time, was al badly scalded abol the hands and face Dr. Lopez was calle,
 Some one threw the gasoline tank out in
 the yard so that the damage to the built
 ing was slight. The proprietor and b
 son were taken to their residence whiC
 fronts the little shop. at the junction
 Cherry street and Cherry avenue. o0IInT